The Round Ball Game - II

[cloughie]

ts - Was Rupert Lowe at the helm of the Saints when they suffered their drop to League One or does my. memory fail me ?

[eighthobstruction]

....Premier League taken over by Portugal....

[LMcD]

TBs the only team in the top 4 tiers of English football without a win in 2025.

[teamsaint]

ts - Was Rupert Lowe at the helm of the Saints when they suffered their drop to League One or does my. memory fail me ?

He was, Cloughie, although he had resigned and been reappointed .
Always a divisive character, he did , I think have a sense of how football finances were going to change and called at one point for a creation of a two division Premier League,to even out TV money. This would have been influenced of course by fear of the relegation which finally happened in 2005.
The other plus on his CV was the badly needed building of the stadium at a bargain price , albeit after a worse scheme that he was keen on fell through .The stadium and the small amount owing on it was a key factor in the Liebher takeover, which was in the main a big success, and saved us from possible liquidation .
Another predictable defeat today, in a forum derby against mediocre opposition. Juric has done nothing to suggest that he is an upgrade on Martin. We are an utter shambles.

[teamsaint]

TBs the only team in the top 4 tiers of English football without a win in 2025.

Blimey, I thought we literally held every record for bad results.But apparently not.

[cloughie]

Blimey, I thought we literally held every record for bad results.But apparently not.

The same three coming back to the Cship is that you return loaded with Parachute booty and the additional downside for the Owls is the likelihood that the Saints will poach Danny and the TBs will taunt us with goals from Hirst Jr!

A win over the Blades will be a tonic tomorrow

[gurnemanz]

Strange scenario whereby Crystal Palace have taken a mid-season break to Marbella. Thanks to missing a fixture due to Newcastle's Carabao Cup Final tomorrow they found themselves with a three week gap before their FA Cup quarter-final with Fulham. Also gives Mateta a bit longer to recover from having his head kicked by Millwall's goalie.

[johncorrigan]

A win over the Blades will be a tonic tomorrow

My Claret cousins would appreciate it, cloughie.
Buddies had a two goal lead but ended up with a point in Motherwell yesterday. Looks like our top-six finish chances are fading fast for this season - eighth for the moment with three games to the split.
Good luck to anton's big team at Wemblers today.

[antongould]

My Claret cousins would appreciate it, cloughie.
Buddies had a two goal lead but ended up with a point in Motherwell yesterday. Looks like our top-six finish chances are fading fast for this season - eighth for the moment with three games to the split.
Good luck to anton's big team at Wemblers today.

Thanks jc but
Hangers 1 Solihull 1
….. and I missed the news that Lennie had demoted himself, with not very good effect ….

[DracoM]

Reds v Geordie Lads today at Wembley..............aha!

[antongould]

Joe Linton

[DracoM]

Reds looked useless - am v.surprised and depresed.

[eighthobstruction]

Fantastic Anton....Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic............

[teamsaint]

Joe Linton

Who else ?! Great day for the City !!
should be some parade……….

[johncorrigan]

Many congrats, anton. Hope you don't have to wait seventy years for the next one.