The Round Ball Game

[BBMmk2]

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.

Thank you ever so much for this great service. MrsBBM none too happy!

[johncorrigan]

Thanks Rob - Dundee Utd have been thumping teams this last few weeks - I think they scored at least four goals five times in a row until their last win against Ross County - so to give them a doin' was result of the day up here, and not just for me - though funnily enough we scored 4 past them in the corresponding game at the end of 2012. Anyway delight!!!!

[EdgeleyRob]

Just a handful of games today.

man citeh 1 Crystal Palace 0. Very unlucky by all accounts,remain just outside the relegation zone at least until Cardiff v Sunderland.
Hyde 2 Wrexham 5.Came back from 2-1 down in style,mid table.
Stockport County 1 Workington 1.Points dropped v the bottom of the table side,17th.
Truro City 5 Bashley 0.Thumping win,17th.


Hereford United v Forest Green Rovers is an evening kick off.

Concord Rangers v Chelmsford,posponed due to power failure.

The remainder of our teams play tomorrow.

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the round up ER.

I was surprised that there was so little on , outside the pL.

I spent the afternoon at Twickenham, watching Harlequins v Exeter in the Rugby PL. My first proper rugby match !!
Very entertaining it was too.

[johncorrigan]

I spent the afternoon at Twickenham.

Bloomin' 'eck, ts...you must have been stuck...first rugby game I ever saw was Australia v Glasgow High School FP at Anniesland...hadn't a clue what was going on, but fortunately the game was televised so I made my way over to the commentary box and stood outside listening to Bill McLaren's dulcet tones explaining the action.
We're up against Hearts today...would be just like the thing to get cuffed by them given that they are still trying to get to zero points.

An interesting stat from the Premiership doing the rounds up here. Motherwell, at present sitting 2nd behind Celtic, have a negative goal difference...that can't possibly happen very often, if ever. For example, you have to go to 8th and Spurs in the EPL to get the first -ve GD.

[EdgeleyRob]

Last round up of the year guys n gals.

Hereford United 1 Forest Green Rovers 0. Up to 16th.
Everton 2 Southampton 1. Looked a tough fixture beforehand,9th.
Newcastle United 0 Arsenal 1.Again this was always going to be a difficult game,8th.
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1. Bleus now 3rd,Premiership looks interesting,only 9 points between the top 8
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Celtic 1.Lost to a very early goal,4th.
Partick Thistle 1 Motherwell 5.Not a lot one can say about that,10th.
St Mirren 1 Hearts 1.Probably 2 points dropped rather than 1 gained,8th.
Blackpool 0 Brighton 1. Super 3 points after a long trip,outside the play offs only goal difference.
Charlton Athletic 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1.A point not enough to climb out of the bottom 3.
Leicester City 5 Bolton Wanderers 3.Goal fest,finishing the year as top dogs.
Coventry City 1 Oldham Athletic 1. Mid table.
Wolves 1 Leyton Orient 1. Slipped to 3rd.
Wimbledon 1 Plymouth Argyle 1.Disappointig home draw,mid table.
Bury 2 York City 2. Goal difference keeping York out of the relegation zone.
Morecambe 1 Hartlepool United 2.Can't beat a 90th minute winner,13th.
Rochdale 2 Bristol Rovers 0.Clear of the bottom 2 by only 1 point

[cloughie]

Last round up of the year guys n gals.

Hereford United 1 Forest Green Rovers 0. Up to 16th.
Everton 2 Southampton 1. Looked a tough fixture beforehand,9th.
Newcastle United 0 Arsenal 1.Again this was always going to be a difficult game,8th.
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1. Bleus now 3rd,Premiership looks interesting,only 9 points between the top 8
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Celtic 1.Lost to a very early goal,4th.
Partick Thistle 1 Motherwell 5.Not a lot one can say about that,10th.
St Mirren 1 Hearts 1.Probably 2 points dropped rather than 1 gained,8th.
Blackpool 0 Brighton 1. Super 3 points after a long trip,outside the play offs only goal difference.
Charlton Athletic 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1.A point not enough to climb out of the bottom 3.
Leicester City 5 Bolton Wanderers 3.Goal fest,finishing the year as top dogs.
Coventry City 1 Oldham Athletic 1. Mid table.
Wolves 1 Leyton Orient 1. Slipped to 3rd.
Wimbledon 1 Plymouth Argyle 1.Disappointig home draw,mid table.
Bury 2 York City 2. Goal difference keeping York out of the relegation zone.
Morecambe 1 Hartlepool United 2.Can't beat a 90th minute winner,13th.
Rochdale 2 Bristol Rovers 0.Clear of the bottom 2 by only 1 point

Doing a great job for another year - a few more points, no a lot more points for the Owls in 2014 please.

[Alison]

You need a manager Cloughie!

[cloughie]

You need a manager Cloughie!

Yes - Yours!!!!
Well done Leicester - top of the pile for the New Year.

[Alison]

Any vibes ? One or two good new candidates now available.

[cloughie]

Any vibes ? One or two good new candidates now available.

Mandaric seems to have suspended the search to give Gray an opportunity - BUT we're still in the bottom three - Mackay or Holloway would be good but it needs a bit of transfer window cash whoever's there and Connor Wickham for the rest of the season.

[teamsaint]

Bloomin' 'eck, ts...you must have been stuck...first rugby game I ever saw was Australia v Glasgow High School FP at Anniesland...hadn't a clue what was going on, but fortunately the game was televised so I made my way over to the commentary box and stood outside listening to Bill McLaren's dulcet tones explaining the action.
We're up against Hearts today...would be just like the thing to get cuffed by them given that they are still trying to get to zero points.

An interesting stat from the Premiership doing the rounds up here. Motherwell, at present sitting 2nd behind Celtic, have a negative goal difference...that can't possibly happen very often, if ever. For example, you have to go to 8th and Spurs in the EPL to get the first -ve GD.

Free tix, JC. Certainly a rather different demographic from SMS !!

Interesting stats from your PL .

[BBMmk2]

Ah, well, I knew we would loose against Arsenal, but not a too bad score line. We have WBA on NY's Day at home. So hoping for a better result. :(

[johncorrigan]

Free tix, JC. Certainly a rather different demographic from SMS !!

Interesting stats from your PL .

Best Scottish footie joke of the season, sainty...Guy went into Tesco in Edinburgh and bought a Hearts replica top. At the checkout they took 15 points off his clubcard.

[EdgeleyRob]

New year,same old mixed fortunes.

Crystal Palce 1 Norwich City 1. Back in the relegation zone due to Fulham's win.
Southampton 0 Chelsea 3. Forum derby,Blues 3rd Saints 9th,Torres scored the first away goal in the Premier League by a Chelsea striker since Dec 2012
West Bromwich Albion 1 Newcastle United 0.Late penalty,Debuchy sent off,not music to BBM's ears,8th.
Brighton 1 Bournemouth 1.On the brink of the play offs.
Millwall 1 Leicester City 2.Clear at the top by 4 points.
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Blackpool 0.Super win,up to 20th.
Rotherham United 1 Coventry City 3.Up to 10th.
Tranmere Rovers 1 Wolves 1.Up to 2nd as Orient didn't play.
Dagenham and Redbridge 1 Wimbledon 0.In freefall,17th.
Hartlepool United 0 Bury 3.Comprehensive defeat,down to 14th.
York City 1 Morecambe 0.Welcome 3 points,remain 20th.
Celtic 1 Partick Thistle 0.Narrow defeat v the top team,10th.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 Ross County 2.Poor result v the 2nd bottom team,4th.
Alfreton Town 1 Wrexham 0. Couldn't find an equaliser,15th.

St Mirren play tomorrow.

The following games were postponed due to waterlogged pitches.

Bristol Rovers v Cheltenham Town
Hereford United v Kidderminster Harriers
Bishops Stortford v Chelmsford
Bradford Park Avenue v Stockport County
Truro City v Weymouth.

In other news,Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the new Cardiff City manager.