The Round Ball Game

[EdgeleyRob]

Busy time coming up for our teams,good luck to all of them.
Apologies in advance folks,full round up will be late,maybe Sunday afternoon.
Delivering presents etc and out this evening.

[johncorrigan]

Delivering presents etc and out this evening.

Hope you can deliver a nice wee early pressie for us at Fir Park this afternoon, Rob - awrabest to you all out there today.

[EdgeleyRob]

Better late then never.

Wednesday's FA Cup 2nd round replay betwen Crawley Town and Bristol Rovers was abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch with the score at 0-0.
The match has been re-arranged for Saturday,4 January.
The third-round tie against Birmingham City will now take place on Tuesday,7 January.
Sheffield Wednesday's home league game v Wigan on the same evening was abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch with the visitors winnig 1-0.

Saturday.

Crystal Palace 0 Newcastle United 3. Forum derby,Toon 6th,Eagles remain in the bottom 3.
QPR 0 Leicester City 1. Great win v the top placed side,3rd.
Brighton 0 Huddersfield Town 0. On the verge of the play-offs.
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Bournemouth 2. Late Owls goal but couldn't find an equaliser,3rd bottom.
Rotherham United 3 Wolves 3. Good point after being 3-1 down,2nd.
Swindon Town 2 Coventry City 1. Disappointing defeat after leading with 13 minutes to go,13th.
Bristol Rovers 2 Portsmouth 0. Welcome 3 points,easing away form the relegation zone.
Hartlepool United 1 Burton Albion 1. Good point v a top 6 side,14th.
York City 0 Oxford United 0. Again a good point v a top 3 team,just 1 point clear of the bottom 2.
Kilmarnock 2 Partick Thistle 1. Jags on the slide,10th.
Motherwell 3 St Mirren 0 . Comprehensive defeat 8th.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 Aberdeen 4. 0-4 at half time,almost grabbed a point,4th.
Hereford United 1 Cambridge United 0. Super win v the top of the league team,up to 17th.
Welling United 1 Wrexham 1. Up to 14th.
Stockport County 2 Oxford City 0. Hallelujah,18th.
Arlesy Town 1 Truro City 1.Remain 17th.

Newport County v Wimbledon and Eastleigh v Chelmsford were postponed,waterlogged pitches.

Today.

Southampton 2 Tottenham 3.Own goal agony,down to 9th.


Chelsea play Arsenal tomorrow.

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the brilliant roundup ER. Hope the Santa round went well.
good win for County.
Saints not coping with 5 first choice defenders out.

[cloughie]

Thanks for the brilliant roundup ER. Hope the Santa round went well.
good win for County.
Saints not coping with 5 first choice defenders out.

Owls just not coping

[amateur51]

Welling United 1 Wrexham 1. Up to 14th.

A welcome late goal gave us the point but Welling's a long way to travel for a point and a home crowd of just over 660 paying punters

[johncorrigan]

Owls just not coping

Fortunately the teams around the Buds seem to be coping just as poorly!
Thanks for the excellent round-up as ever, Rob!

[EdgeleyRob]

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 0. Only 2 points between the top 5.

[gurnemanz]

New Year's Day. Palace v Norwich. Normally you would back eagles in a fight against canaries (especially on home habitat - the untamed crags of Selhurst and South Norwood). I wish I could be so confident.

[gurnemanz]

PS. RIP Ron Noades who died last night.

[EdgeleyRob]

PS. RIP Ron Noades who died last night.

Just heard this very sad news gurnemanz,RIP.

[teamsaint]

A real character.
RIP.

[cloughie]

New Year's Day. Palace v Norwich. Normally you would back eagles in a fight against canaries (especially on home habitat - the untamed crags of Selhurst and South Norwood). I wish I could be so confident.

If Palace do happen to win I believe Delia has a recipe for Stuffed Canary!

[EdgeleyRob]

Boxing day bonanza.

Aston Villa 0 Crystal Palace 1.Last minute winner,out of the relegation zone!!!!
Cardiff City 0 Southampton 3.Super away win,3 goals in 13 first half minutes.
Chelsea 1 Swansea City 0.Up to 2nd place temporarily,before citeh v Liverpool
Newcastle United 5 Stoke City 1.Great run continues,6th.
Partick Thistle 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0. Forum thistle derby,10th and 3rd respectively.
St Mirren 4 Dundee United 1.Great win v the 4th placed team.
Charlton Athletic 3 Brighton 2.Surprise defeat after taking the lead.
Blackburn Rovers 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0 .Remain in the bottom 3.
Leicester City 1 Reading 0.Top of the league,at least until QPR v Forest.
Coventry City 4 Peterborough United 2. Two late goals sealed the win after going behind twice.
Wolves 2 Crewe Alexandra 0.Very early and late goals,2nd.
Torquay United 1 Bristol Rovers 1.Down to 19th.
Wimbledon 0 Southend United 1.Dropping down the league.
Accrington Stanley 1 York City 1.Useful point,up to 20th.
Chesterfield 1 Hartlepool United 1.Good away point v the league leaders.
Kidderminster Harriers 2 Hereford United 1.Remain 17th.
Wrexham 2 Alfreton Town 3.Heading for a point with 87th minute equaliser,then conceded in the last minute.
Chelmsford 2 Bishop Stortford 0.Good run continues,15th.
Stockport County 4 (FOUR!!!) Bradford Park Avenue 1.Up to 17th.
Bideford 0 Truro City 0.17th.

[teamsaint]

THanks very much for the excellent round up ER.
An excellent win for your lot, ,seems to be 4 or nothing for County. Hope you were down there to see it.
Palace really on the move, and the Foxes are looking good.