The Round Ball Game

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yep big shout for Bradford City ... i especially enjoyed their disparaging post match comments on the quality of Arsenal ... can you imagine them saying such things in Adams's day?

[johncorrigan]

[QUOTE=aka Calum Da Jazbo;235264]yep big shout for Bradford City [QUOTE]
Yes indeed.....and while we're at it the Red Lichties of Arbroath managed to take the conquerers of Barca to 180 minutes, separated by a single goal. If the wind at Gayfield had just been a touch stronger anything could have happened...probably find the ball ending in the North Sea.

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[BBMmk2]

The Magpies have Man City at home today!

[johncorrigan]

The Magpies have Man City at home today!

Early start too Bbm - hope you cuff them. We've got the 'tic at Parkhead - here's hopin'! All the Scottish Premier games have a 3 o'clock kick off this afternoon. Hope Santa arrives early for all the board teams this weekend!

[BBMmk2]

Early start too Bbm - hope you cuff them. We've got the 'tic at Parkhead - here's hopin'! All the Scottish Premier games have a 3 o'clock kick off this afternoon. Hope Santa arrives early for all the board teams this weekend!

[antongould]

Very important game for both sides at whatever St James' is called today. Could have a big impact on the January Sales!!!!

[EdgeleyRob]

Here are today's forum team results.

Newcastle United 1 manchester city 3
QPR 2 Fulham 1. Forum derby,been a long time coming for QPR.
Birmingham City 2 Crystal Palace 2. Palace were 2-0 up.
Millwall 1 Leicester City 0
Barnsley 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Doncaster Rovers 1 Coventry City 4
MK plastic dons 1 Hartlepool United 0
AFC Wimbledon 0 Rotherham United 1
Cheltenham Town 1 Port Vale 1
York City 4 Bristol Rovers 1.Another forum derby.
Celtic 2 St Mirren 0
Partick Thistle 3 Raith Rovers 2
Truro City 0 Maidenhead United 1
FA Trophy matches
Stockport County 1 Southport 1.A replay.One of those strange games with a goal at the very start and another at the end, with little in between.
Wrexham 3 Solihull Moors 2
Hereford United 0 Chelmsford City 3.Another forum derby with added giant killing
Aberstwyth Town's game was postponed.
Southampton didn't play.

Let's hope Chelsea can bring home the world club championship trophy tomorrow,it will look good in the forum cabinet.

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the excellent round up ER.
A result at last for the Owls. Oh how they needed that. Must have been sweet in a S yorks derby too.

[BBMmk2]

Oh no, I havnt had time to look at the results!

What i expected though. Thank you ER!

Our next three matches are a mixed bag. QPR at home, Man Utd and Arsenal away and Everton at home. Hmmm....

[cloughie]

Thanks for the excellent round up ER.
A result at last for the Owls. Oh how they needed that. Must have been sweet in a S yorks derby too.

ts - like you, no doubt looking forward to a season of two halves - at least we are now level on points with safety.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

A result at last for the Owls.

Maybe this should really be on the Pedants' Paradise thread, but surely Sheffield Wednesday get a result every week - usually a defeat or a draw.

[aeolium]

Aargh - bad week for Hereford. Done by a bad penalty decision in the FA Cup on Tuesday and then rolled over with a weakened team yesterday.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Today's Corinthians v Chelsea World Club final is rather a dull affair. Neither team seems to be trying.

[Lancashire Lass]

Glad you got your win Cloughie and yes, to answer your question of ten days ago, I and my fellow Dons will become Owls over the first weekend in January, like most of the country I expect.

Gloomy post-match atmosphere in the Kingsmeadow bar yesterday. As it happens, we played well (not that I saw much, as I was doing my volunteer stewarding and checking tickets into the main stand). We were on top for most of the first half and were unlucky to lose to a late goal. We looked dangerous going forward and at times got Rotherham rattled. Toby Ajala impressed with his pace and footwork and won MOM. Our back four are now reasonably solid and if we can build on yesterday we have a decent chance of staying up. But it's dispiriting to plug away and not get even a point.

Problem is, Terry Brown (who achieved massive success for us) had a revolving door strategy in recent months and the team hasn't had time to settle. He also used up most of the player loans allowed, so Neal Ardley has his hands tied. People are hanging their hopes on the January transfer window now, although we've also got to the stage where our playing budget is pretty stretched.

Gurnemanz, point taken about Selhurst and thanks for correcting me. Although Palace are our most enduring derby rivals, we got a lot of support from their fans during the MK saga, and there's a lot of sympathy for the travails you've been through.

[cloughie]

Maybe this should really be on the Pedants' Paradise thread, but surely Sheffield Wednesday get a result every week - usually a defeat or a draw.

No Alps, usually a defeat!