The Round Ball Game - II

[eighthobstruction]

.....amazing in 2 weeks Bris Rovers go from 21st -14th....

....BUt with 4 games to go they could still easily slip to 22/23/24....

[jayne lee wilson]

MO SALAH SALAH SALAH!! OMG WHAT A STRIKE THAT WAS...

Fantastic contest...Trying to come down now.... ...
Deep breaths... switch to the Masters...

[LMcD]

A bit of football trivia for you - next season will be the first season since 1960-1 that Lincoln City and Ipswich Town will play in the same division!

Thanks for the reminder, cloughie! I'm told that, instead of singing 'We're all going to Wemberly,' the North Standers are now 'all going to Shrewsbury'.
Does anybody happen to know when Ipswich and Norwich started a season 2 divisions apart? I know the little yellow birds aren't up yet, but they need a maximum of 6 points from 4 games, which shouldn't be beyond them.
The son of one of my fellow volunteers derives a significant proportion of his income from filming highlights for local TV of matches featuring Championship teams based in East Anglia, so he's facing a double whammy.
(PS for Stanfordian) Perhaps they take of their shirts in the hope of landing a contract advertising toiletry products.

[johncorrigan]

(PS for Stanfordian) Perhaps they take of their shirts in the hope of landing a contract advertising toiletry products.

...or Tattoo Parlours!

[Stanfordian]

...or Tattoo Parlours!

What like shaving body hair as per the TV ad with the Liverpool players!

[antongould]

Thanks for all the replies. Looks like Oxford and Gloucester are bound for the north again then ?

There is little doubt in my mind that the Hangers will restore the downward balance next season ....

[Stanfordian]

If Watford are on their game they have the quality to give Arsenal a good match tonight. But Arsenal have much more to play for in the league and Watford will be looking ahead to the FA Cup Final next month.

[jayne lee wilson]

I never understand this need for football players to take their shirts off they they score. And what is that wearing masks all about?

A long and colourful tradition of inventive goal celebrations.... (those masks are usually Marvel superhero ones, geddit? Aubameyang has worn Black Panther and Spiderman masks recently...)

https://www.goliath.com/sports/the-12-best-soccer-goal-celebrations-of-all-time/

Always loved the Fowler and Gascoigne ones...Salah has a new take on it shown after his wonder-goal yesterday, standing on one leg, eyes closed in an attitude of prayer....

[cloughie]

T

Thanks for the reminder, cloughie! I'm told that, instead of singing 'We're all going to Wemberly,' the North Standers are now 'all going to Shrewsbury'.
Does anybody happen to know when Ipswich and Norwich started a season 2 divisions apart? I know the little yellow birds aren't up yet, but they need a maximum of 6 points from 4 games, which shouldn't be beyond them.
The son of one of my fellow volunteers derives a significant proportion of his income from filming highlights for local TV of matches featuring Championship teams based in East Anglia, so he's facing a double whammy.
(PS for Stanfordian) Perhaps they take of their shirts in the hope of landing a contract advertising toiletry products.

The answer to your question is never!

https://www.norwichcity-mad.co.uk/club/league-history/

https://www.ipswichtown-mad.co.uk/club/league-history/

[LMcD]

T

The answer to your question is never!

https://www.norwichcity-mad.co.uk/club/league-history/

www.ipswichtown-mad.co.uk/club/league-history/

Thanks, cloughie!
Apparently Ipswich Town's wages bill is 108% of the club's turnover - I suspect this is not that unusual?
Tickets for the League 1 Promotion Party in April 2026 go on sale tomorrow.
We're going to be staying in Fort William later this year, so I might pop along to the ground and try to restore my sense of proportion!

[BBMmk2]

Seagulls up or down?

[Stanfordian]

As a Man Utd supporter last night I felt they were totally useless!

After Utd had benefitted greatly from a post José Mourinho bounce the manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær was chosen on sentiment rather than proven ability. What a mess the club has got itself in!

[Edgy 2]

What on earth did I just watch at....city v Spurs ...Jayne???

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Oh dear. Is VAR going to ruin the excitement if every goal in every game in the future?

Manchester City won, drew and lost in today’s game.

[jayne lee wilson]

What on earth did I just watch at....city v Spurs ...Jayne???

Amazing wasn't it?
Porto was a stroll in the park for us by comparison...(but look who's lying in wait in the semis....)

As for VAR, there were quite few such moments this week - and thank goodness for them. Our first goal against Porto was disallowed initially, then awarded after the VAR check.

Excitement is more likely ruined (especially for the neutral) when an offside goal is wrongly given - as it might have been at the Etihad, and in injury time as well...imagine losing such a game like that. But City lost to Spurs mainly because, chasing the deficit, they never quite coped with their opponents fast counter-attacks... Spurs third was an oddity, but VAR showed exactly what happened....

VAR should be used in every game, it does far more good than harm and often prevents endless argument and bad feelings......

Team of the week for me has to be Ajax - their 2nd half performance against Juve was wonderful and really felt like a new youthful order being established against a great, but fading, old one...