The Round Ball Game

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

fell into two deep sleeps last night watching Swansea lose a win and Spurs have a dire first half and missed all the goals in the second ....are Spurs really boring? can Swans thrive without Michu? Yes and No?


zzs most welcome

[BBMmk2]

Ah well, FA Cup weekend.

[John Wright]

Yes, and Coventry went to AFC Wimbledon last night to get the cup started.

A typically odd cup game. Wimbledon's goalie was stuck in traffic so a young sub had his first game - an FA Cup game! He did great the first half, and Cov were not playing well. Then second half an unfortunate fumble, I really feel for the lad.

And again, typical of the cup, a well off-target free kick was kneed in by an Wimbledon defender.

So, two bizarre goals got Coventry through.

Poor Wimbledon goalie, I wonder how he slept last night. He must be reliving the incident, but instead punching the ball away! Really feel for him. But I expect his gaffer will get him though this and play him again very soon.

[EdgeleyRob]

I saw the goalie gaff JW,poor lad.
Good luck to all our teams this weekend,full classified to follow.

[eighthobstruction]

What does this mean for terrestrial ....http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24879138

[teamsaint]

What does this mean for terrestrial ....http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24879138

well it will mean one less viewer down here in Wiltshire.
Football's greed will kill it, if it isn't careful.

I know people have been saying that for a long time.

[John Wright]

Silly money.

I currently watch BT Sports free on our Skybox ch 426 (e.g. last night) as I'm on BT Broadband. This announcement is saying some matches will be free, so does that mean a) free on Freeview and b) I will still get to watch all the other games free on my current channel ?

[johncorrigan]

What does this mean for terrestrial ....http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24879138

Doesn't matter...St Mirren aren't in it anyway!
Board derby at Firhill today...may the best team win Come on you Buddies!!

[Anna]

I have my broadband with BT so was offered BT Sport (I think free, at least initially) but I'm not interested in watching football on the computer - in fact I rarely watch a match, sometimes Match of the Day but does it mean that the BBC will have to pay BT to obtain coverage of matches on that programme?
I don't have a Sky box or Freeview - I'm on FreeSat - so cannot comment on John's post above but I agree with ts that greed will kill the game for many.

[EdgeleyRob]

FA Cup 1st round (good day for the forum).

Wimbledon 1 Coventry City 3.
Bristol Rovers 3 York City 3. Replay.
Hartlepool United 3 Notts County 2.
Oldham Athletic 1 Wolves 1. Replay.
Wrexham 3 Alfreton Town 1.

League.

Chelsea 2 West Brom 2. Last gasp pen for les bleus,4th.
Crystal Palace 0 Everton 0. Point stops the rot,still well adrift.
Southampton 4 Hull City 1. Saints best ever start to a top flight season,3rd.
Brighton 3 Blackburn 1. Great win,up to 10th.
Derby County 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Back in the relegation zone .
Leicester City 0 Nottingham Forest 2. Winning run halted,still 2nd.
Hibernian 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2. Remain 2nd.
Partick Thistle 0 St Mirren 3. Forum derby,Scotty JC .
Oxford City 4 Stockport County 1. Took the lead,man sent off,let in 4 against the bottom of the league side,other than that....not too bad.
Truro City 1 Chesham 1. Decent point v the top of the table side.

Newcastle and Hereford play tomorrow.
Chelmsford's game postponed,waterlogged pitch

[cloughie]

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Derby County 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Back in the relegation zone .
Truro City 1 Chesham 1. Decent point v the top of the table side.

Newcastle and Hereford play tomorrow.

Back to normal again!

Mention of Newcastle and Hereford in the same sentence brings back memories of Ronnie Radford!

[antongould]

Back to normal again!

Mention of Newcastle and Hereford in the same sentence brings back memories of Ronnie Radford!

Must you Cloughie .....thanks as ever ER.....there is always next Saturday!

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the great round up, ER.

[EdgeleyRob]

The boy Suarez can certainly play a bit,absolute quality.
And the boy Lambert is really good at penalties.

[BBMmk2]

FA Cup 1st round (good day for the forum).

Wimbledon 1 Coventry City 3.
Bristol Rovers 3 York City 3. Replay.
Hartlepool United 3 Notts County 2.
Oldham Athletic 1 Wolves 1. Replay.
Wrexham 3 Alfreton Town 1.

League.

Chelsea 2 West Brom 2. Last gasp pen for les bleus,4th.
Crystal Palace 0 Everton 0. Point stops the rot,still well adrift.
Southampton 4 Hull City 1. Saints best ever start to a top flight season,3rd.
Brighton 3 Blackburn 1. Great win,up to 10th.
Derby County 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Back in the relegation zone .
Leicester City 0 Nottingham Forest 2. Winning run halted,still 2nd.
Hibernian 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2. Remain 2nd.
Partick Thistle 0 St Mirren 3. Forum derby,Scotty JC .
Oxford City 4 Stockport County 1. Took the lead,man sent off,let in 4 against the bottom of the league side,other than that....not too bad.
Truro City 1 Chesham 1. Decent point v the top of the table side.

Newcastle and Hereford play tomorrow.
Chelmsford's game postponed,waterlogged pitch

Thanks as ever Rob, for doing this great service for us forumites! :) Cheers! :)

Brighton did well! hmmm tomorrow............?