The Round Ball Game

[Beef Oven!]

You will have missed this Frank Worthingtonesque thing of beauty BeefO

Awesome

As a Lower Clapton boy, born and bred, Tottenham is my second team

(sod Orient )

[Alison]

Yes, edge, previous manager stepped down after a midweek cup exit. Step forward one Kevin Maher to record first win in nine.

Really pleased with the Leicester win and performance and the cup defeat suddenly a distant memory.

[teamsaint]

great roundup ER. Thanks as ever for the report.

Leicester finish the weekend top. Brilliant.Wouldn't it be wonderful.....they are going to have a LOT of folk on their side.

Saw the whole Saints game on a stream yesterday. Played really well, but United were pretty abject. Van Gaal cannot survive long with that level of performance.

[EdgeleyRob]

And finally

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 1 Goal in the 1st half soon after the hosts had a man sent off,good result for Leicester and another team.

[gurnemanz]

You will have missed this Frank Worthingtonesque thing of beauty BeefO

We were at the match and (through gritted teeth) it was a beautiful goal. Neither team had played particularly well and I thought 1-1 would have been a fair result. Palace could well have taken the lead just before that goal, hitting the bar twice. A decent striker is needed urgently (Connor Wickham has scored once) and, alas, Bolasie's return is not imminent.

[jayne lee wilson]

OK, here we go....

You have a feeling that the only thing Liverpudlians can rely on these days is - at least it won't be dull...

[jayne lee wilson]

"Long night", "won't be dull" did I say..?

Liverpool 0 Stoke City 1 (agg. 1-1. Liverpool win 6-5 on pens)

Speechless to screaming, agony to ecstasy, offside goal-against to penalty-shootout and MIGNOLET the hero with a true wonder save...

So - City or Everton?

I don't care
because we're there!

[Alison]

Congratulations Jayne.

Fascinating feature next midweek:

Leicester City v Liverpool

[EdgeleyRob]

"Long night", "won't be dull" did I say..?

Liverpool 0 Stoke City 1 (agg. 1-1. Liverpol win 6-5 on pens)

Speechless to screaming, agony to ecstasy, offside goal-against to penalty-shootout and MIGNOLET the hero with a true wonder save...

So - City or Everton?

I don't care
because we're there!

Good for you Jayne.
Got to be Everton hasn't it ?
You spelt city wrong btw,should be ****

[EdgeleyRob]

Quiet midweek

League cup semi final 2nd leg

Liverpool 0 Stoke City 1 Reds through on penalties

League game

Braintree 1 Wrexham 0 Conceded on 74 mins and had a man sent off on 84 mins

[EdgeleyRob]

FA Cup

Derby County 1 Manchester United 3 Improved display.2 2nd half goals, eases the pressure on Van Gal
Crystal Palace 1 Stoke City 0 Goal in the 1st half defeated the muched changed visitors
Portsmouth 1 Bournemouth 2 Behind at the break,2 goals in the last 20 mins avoided the upset
Shrewsbury Town 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2 Cup shock,2 goals on 87 and 97 mins sealed it for the league 1 strugglers
Liverpool 0 West Ham United 0 A young Reds side couldn't find a way past the Hammers inspired keeper

League games

Coventry City 1 Scunthorpe United 2 Conceded in each half,pulled one back with a late pen,finished with 10 men
Accrington Stanley 1 Bristol Rovers 0 Missed the chance to close in on the top 3,conceded on 67 mins
Wimbledon 2 Yeovil Town 3 Winning run ended after twice taking the lead in the 1st half
Hartlepool United 0 Exeter City 2 Missed a couple of good chances,4 points above the relegation zone
York City 2 Stevenage 1 Winning at half time,looked to have thrown it away until scoring in the 93rd min,remain bottom
Eastleigh 1 Wrexham 1 Both goals in the 1st 18 mins,good away point v the top 4 side
Chelmsford City 0 Sutton United 2 Never recovered from going behind in the 4th min against the in form visitors
St Albans City 0 Truro City 1 Goal on 66 mins,that's all I can find about this game
St Mirren 3 Alloa 1 Home win at last,went behind early on but fought back v the bottom of the league team
East Stirlingshire 0 Arbroath 3 Easily beaten,now 4 points adfrift at the bottom of the table

Chelsea play tomorrow

no games for

Stockport,Hereford,Brighton,leicester,Southampton, Newcastle,Inverness and Partick

[johncorrigan]

St Mirren 3 Alloa 1 Home win at last,went behind early on but fought back v the bottom of the league team

Thanks for the round-up, Rob, and for the result - brilliant 6-pointer, though we only seem to have got 3...also creating a distance from the 2nd bottom bunch - dare we look upwards?

[Alison]

I am pleased for John and St Mirren, the bright spot of a (for me) very boring Saturday's action!

[Alison]

Poor Cloughster.

[Lat-Literal]

FA Cup

Derby County 1 Manchester United 3 Improved display.2 2nd half goals, eases the pressure on Van Gal
Crystal Palace 1 Stoke City 0 Goal in the 1st half defeated the muched changed visitors
Portsmouth 1 Bournemouth 2 Behind at the break,2 goals in the last 20 mins avoided the upset
Shrewsbury Town 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2 Cup shock,2 goals on 87 and 97 mins sealed it for the league 1 strugglers
Liverpool 0 West Ham United 0 A young Reds side couldn't find a way past the Hammers inspired keeper

League games

Coventry City 1 Scunthorpe United 2 Conceded in each half,pulled one back with a late pen,finished with 10 men
Accrington Stanley 1 Bristol Rovers 0 Missed the chance to close in on the top 3,conceded on 67 mins
Wimbledon 2 Yeovil Town 3 Winning run ended after twice taking the lead in the 1st half
Hartlepool United 0 Exeter City 2 Missed a couple of good chances,4 points above the relegation zone
York City 2 Stevenage 1 Winning at half time,looked to have thrown it away until scoring in the 93rd min,remain bottom
Eastleigh 1 Wrexham 1 Both goals in the 1st 18 mins,good away point v the top 4 side
Chelmsford City 0 Sutton United 2 Never recovered from going behind in the 4th min against the in form visitors
St Albans City 0 Truro City 1 Goal on 66 mins,that's all I can find about this game
St Mirren 3 Alloa 1 Home win at last,went behind early on but fought back v the bottom of the league team
East Stirlingshire 0 Arbroath 3 Easily beaten,now 4 points adfrift at the bottom of the table

Chelsea play tomorrow

no games for

Stockport,Hereford,Brighton,leicester,Southampton, Newcastle,Inverness and Partick

A win at last for York City but the performances have been so poor. I need to investigate just how much money is going into the new stadium - of which I disapprove - so that is clear what could have been spent on players to have prevented the club dropping out of the league again. There is still some time to turn it round but it is now looking unlikely!!

Is it possible to include the Arsenal results on a regular basis as those are more cheering (although I have a feeling the PL will be won on the other side of N London this year)?