The Round Ball Game

[antongould]

Cheers as always ER - scarily surprising result - Cloughers knows best

Come on the Foxes

[Alison]

Yes thanks Robbo.

Congratulations Cloughers on our second team derby.

Thriller at Raith. Where is that?

Leicester City v Newcastle United Monday 14th March.

[johncorrigan]

Yes thanks Robbo.

Congratulations Cloughers on our second team derby.

Thriller at Raith. Where is that?

Leicester City v Newcastle United Monday 14th March.

The Buddies didn't quite get there in the end. They'll be dancing on the streets of Raith is the old joke, Alison...it's Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy, by the way.
Big wait for your next game - will that keep you all fresh and use up the cotton wool allocation? Certainly no end of season pile up of games for the Foxes that has inflicted teams before - I notice you've only got two games to come in March.

[cloughie]

Yes thanks Robbo.

Congratulations Cloughers on our second team derby.

Yes, Alison, a better result than my first team derby. The curse of Colin!

[gurnemanz]

Just been chatting to two neighbours, neither very happy .... next door: Newcastle. Opposite: Everton.

Optimism is not the default position for Palace fans but it would be great to thwart Liverpool again this afternoon. Surely Palace have to win a match some time this year. Eeeagles!!!!

[EdgeleyRob]

Just been chatting to two neighbours, neither very happy .... next door: Newcastle. Opposite: Everton.

Optimism is not the default position for Palace fans but it would be great to thwart Liverpool again this afternoon. Surely Palace have to win a match some time this year. Eeeagles!!!!

Unlucky gurney

Crystal Palace 1 Liverpool 2 Forum derby, Eagles took the lead just after the break,10 man Reds won it with a 96th min pen, Palace no win in 12 league games,Pool 7th
West Brom 1 Manchester United 0 Played for over an hour with 10 men, conceded the goal on 66 mins,1st league defeat at the Hawthorns for 32 years

Scottish Cup quarter final

Hearts 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 Went behind 10 mins into the 2nd half, equalised on 77 mins, replay on 16th March

[EdgeleyRob]

More results

Brighton 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0 Forum derby,drab,Seagulls 3rd Owls 6th
Shrewsbury Town 2 Coventry City 1 Lost 4 in a row,3 points off the play off places
Bristol Rovers 3 Wimbledon 1 Forum derby,Gas 6 points away from the automatic promotion places,Dons in the last play off spot
Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 2 Took the lead on the hour then conceded 2 goals in 3 minutes
East Stirlingshire 0 Clyde 3 Easily beaten by the promotion chasers,2nd half red card,5 points adrift at the bottom
St Johnstone 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Man sent off on 68 mins,conceded the goal on 84 mins

FA Cup 5th round replay

Hull City 0 Arsenal 4 Ended a run of 5 winless games,Watford in the quarter finals

Champions League

Chelsea 1 Paris St-Germain 2 Lost 4-2 on aggregate,work to do to secure European football next season

[cloughie]

More results

Brighton 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0 Forum derby,drab,Seagulls 3rd Owls 6th

Maybe for the neutrals but in our current lean patch it was a good result with some great defending stopping Brighton getting a chance, Owls were nearer to the three points. The result made sweeter by Bolton salvaging a point v Ipswich with a 97th min goal, keep us in the play off spot.
Thanks, Edge for your midweek forum round up.

[Alison]

Good luck to one and all today.

So could Newcastle yet have a touch of resilience at Leicester on Monday?

By the way, anyone know of a list of prize money for finishing positions in the Premiership?

Curious to know what we'd get for winning ...

[EdgeleyRob]

Beware the Rafa factor chuck

Prize money distribution seems complicated but I found this

[cloughie]

Beware the Rafa factor chuck

Prize money distribution seems complicated but I found this

Assuming that 3 of the bottom 4 go down - what an incredible reward fo failure - does that exclude parachute payments?

I thought it was interesting what Shearer said about Benitez having total control as manager - however at this stage of the season there's not a lot he can do about changing the squad - a good test for his motivational skills. If they are relegated will he want to manage a second tier club or will the get out clause come in. The appointment will be a good motivator for Big Sam and the Makems!

[EdgeleyRob]

Assuming that 3 of the bottom 4 go down - what an incredible reward fo failure - does that exclude parachute payments?

I thought it was interesting what Shearer said about Benitez having total control as manager - however at this stage of the season there's not a lot he can do about changing the squad - a good test for his motivational skills. If they are relegated will he want to manage a second tier club or will the get out clause come in. The appointment will be a good motivator for Big Sam and the Makems!

Not sure about the parachute payments but 66 mil for finishing last,crikey.

[EdgeleyRob]

Today's news

FA Cup quarter finals

Reading 0 Crystal Palace 2 Hosts down to 10 men on 85 mins,Eagles scored on 86 and 94 mins,hopefully an upturn in league form to follow
Everton 2 Chelsea 0 All the action in the last 13 mins,both teams had a player sent off,Chelsea with a lot of work to do to get anything out of this season now

League

Bournemouth 3 Swansea City 2 Cherries pegged back twice after leading then scored a late winner,3rd successive league win
Stoke City 1 Southampton 2 Led 2-0 at the break and managed to hang on despite conceding early in the 2nd half and a late red card
Nottingham Forest 0 Sheffield Wednesday 3 Owls ended a 5 game winless run with a comfortable away win,remain in the play offs
Blackpool 0 Coventry City 1 Scored the goal on 25 mins to end a run of 4 straight league defeats,now 3 points outside the play offs
Bristol Rovers 1 Mansfield own 0 The goal came on the hour to secure a 4th successive league win,3 points off the automatic promotion places
Hartlepool United 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Were 2-0 up after only 13 mins,back to back wins for the 1st time since August,7 points clear of the bottom 2
Morecambe 2 Wimbledon 1 Conceded on 76 and 80 mins and a red card on 79 mins before scoring a 90th minute consolation goal,3 points outside the play offs
York City 1 Barnet 1 Took a 1st half lead but were level at the break,now 7 points adrift of safety
Wrexham 1 Boreham Wood 0 Very early penalty secured the win,unbeaten in their last 8 league games,2 points outside the play offs
Stockport County 3 Gloucester City 0 Scoreline probably flatters us,GC were by far the better side for long periods,but who cares ?
Chelmsford City 4 Maidenhead United 1 Scored twice in each half,the 1st an OG,to secure an easy win to ease their relegation fears
Hemel Hempstead Town 2 Truro City 1 Went behind to an early goal but equalised right on half time,then conceded a late 2nd goal to end a 10 game unbeaten run
Partick Thistle 1 Celtic 2 Conceded 2 goals in nine minutes either side of the interval to the league leaders then scored a late consolation goal from the spot
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Hamilton 1 The goal came on the hour mark,Caley now just 5 points clear of the bottom 2
St Mirren 2 Queen of the South 1 Led at half time through a pen,2nd half winner came via an OG straight after the Buddies were pegged back (didn't know QoS nickname was the Doonhamers,you learn summink every day)
Arbroath 3 East Stirlingshire 0 Well beaten by fellow strugglers,apparently would have been a lot worse but for the ES keeper,now 8 points adrift at the bottom


FA Vase semi final 1st leg

Hereford 1 Salisbury City 0 Goal in the 2nd half,2nd leg next Saturday,played in front of an amazing 4,683 with 537 fans from Salisbury

No games for Liverpool and Brighton

Arsenal and Manchester United play tomorrow
Leicester City v Newcastle United is on Monday

[antongould]

Excellent as always ER looks like Cloughers is correct we will get promotion and sad that RB arrived a few games too late to get the Toon into Europe .....

[johncorrigan]

Today's news


St Mirren 2 Queen of the South 1 Led at half time through a pen,2nd half winner came via an OG straight after the Buddies were pegged back (didn't know QoS nickname was the Doonhamers,you learn summink every day)

Thanks Rob...good result for the Saints ...no chance of the play-offs, but thankful for small mercies. And yes indeed, doonhamer is a person from Dumfries. Got the name from towns more north than Dumfries because people from Dumfries say 'am gan doon hame'. Reminds me of the Aberdonians, called in some parts the 'Furry Boots' *, because of their expression 'Furryboots are you fae?'

* They've got a lot worse names than that in some quarters.