The Round Ball Game

[antongould]

FA Cup,3rd round.

Derby County 0 Chelsea 2. Safely through.

SPL.

St Mirren 0 Celtic 4. Beaten by 4 second half goals.
Hearts 0 Partick Thistle 2. Super away day despite a sending off late on.

Non forum performace of the day,Forest 5 West Ham 0
I watched some of this on TV,the Hammers were truly shocking,I wonder if Allardyce's days are numbered

Big Sam's days are always numbered.......never knew Peter Broadbent played for Stockport County.....

[EdgeleyRob]

Big Sam's days are always numbered.......never knew Peter Broadbent played for Stockport County.....

Yes 35 games,season 1969/70.
His last professional game was for SCFC.

[antongould]

Yes 35 games,season 1969/70.
His last professional game was for SCFC.

.....and then to Bromsgrove.....

[johncorrigan]

No Jim Goodwin for St Mirren today John? ah,as I type the commentator says he is suspended (surely not ).

The 4-1 victory against Dundee Utd ended with Utd a man short - possibly should have been someone else - anyway the ref missed it but Big Jim got a two match ban - and without our enforcer the Saints finished the year pretty poorly, Rob. As you can see from the picture it was a tasty tackle.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25551463

[EdgeleyRob]

The 4-1 victory against Dundee Utd ended with Utd a man short - possibly should have been someone else - anyway the ref missed it but Big Jim got a two match ban - and without our enforcer the Saints finished the year pretty poorly, Rob. As you can see from the picture it was a tasty tackle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25551463

Blimey !!!

Results round up.

Wednesday.

FA Cup 2nd round replay.
Crawley Town 1 Bristol Rovers 2.90th minute winner,Birmingham in the 3rd round.

Thursday.

Forest Green Rovers 1 Hereford United 1.Good away point,16th.

Friday.

Leicester City 4 Derby County 1.Emphatic win v a top 6 side,remain top.

Saturday.

Hull City 0 Chelsea 2.Top of the tree.
Southampton 1 West Brom 0.Top half of the table.
Spurs 2 Crystal Palace 0.Slipped back to the bottom.
Partick Thistle 3 Ross County 3.Were 3-1 up,10th.
St Johnston 2 St Mirren 0. Conceded 2 second half goals,9th.
Sheffield Wednesday 6 (SIX !!!) Leeds United 0.Capitalised on playing all the 2nd half against 10 men,up to 19th..
Brighton 1 Birmingham City 0.In the play off places.
Wolves 2 Preston 0. Remain 3rd.
Wimbledon 0 Torquay United 2.In freefall,15th.
Bristol Rovers 2 Exeter City 1. Much needed 3 poinst with a last minute winner,21st
Hartlepool United 0 Rochdale 3. Slpped to 16th after conceding 3 in the 2nd half.
Northampton Town 0 York City 2. Super away win,up to 14th.
Wrexham 0 Halifax 0. Did well to hold on to a point after having a man sent off at the start of the 2nd half,mid table.
Chelmsford 0 Sutton United 2. Disappointing after a recent good run,down to 17th.
Truro City 1 Stourbridge 1. Decent point v the 5th placed side,17th.

Stockport County v Vauxhall Motors was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Newcastle United and Coventry City play tomorrow.

[teamsaint]

Brilliant round up as ever ER, so many thanks.
Wouldn't be surprised to see you making an appearance at 10.30 BBC 1 sometime !!
Sure you would be a lot more interesting than Shearer .

[amateur51]

Many thanks for a great round-up, Rob

Wrexham 0 Halifax 0. Did well to hold on to a point after having a man sent off at the start of the 2nd half,mid table.

Yes a much better result for Wrexham than it looks. Halifax are the new kids in the Conference and they're having a very good first season. This result meant that Wrexham stayed as they were in mid-table but Halifax just dropped out of the play-off zone.

Any other results need talking up?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

thanks ER!

[eighthobstruction]

Wednesday.

FA Cup 2nd round replay.
Crawley Town 1 Bristol Rovers 2.90th minute winner,Birmingham in the 3rd round.

....Goodness Rovers on a cup run....unheard of....and another win in league....

[johncorrigan]

St Johnston 2 St Mirren 0. Conceded 2 second half goals,9th.

Yep, Rob...we're not only having problems on the field...our midfield playmaker's also been caught throwing haymakers in an inadvisable location. (not that it isn't always inadvisable to throw them)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25653862

[EdgeleyRob]

Today.

Newcastle United 0 man city 2. Perfectly good goal disallowed at 0-1,8th.

Coventry City 2 Crawley Town 2. Cov Were 2-0 up with 8 mins left,11th.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 Dundee United 1. Losing touch with the top 3.

Who needs Jeff Stelling ?

[Alison]

Cheers as ever Robbo.

Good wins for Southampton and Leicester.

An unusually convincing oerformance from the Foxes for good measure.

[gurnemanz]

Poor old Palace.It started so well against Spurs, but if you're going to miss a penalty you might as well make a decent job of it.

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/6B11F578551033807050687262720_1e8fb507786.4.7.2259095723216947361_9abOayWlhPlGono2q_VO_sumYE8raVWCWOkWMugWPAw0ppD0R1WNz59GM2UrusjU.mp4?versionId=iVad2gsO58r7cPlG2gjzwKKQifvyo7NR

[teamsaint]

Poor old Palace.It started so well against Spurs, but if you're going to miss a penalty you might as well make a decent job of it.
https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/6B1...jzwKKQifvyo7NR

Punch is a good player, and became a firm favourite at SMS last season, but I would never let him near a penalty. Not the deadliest finisher !!

Still, if you are going to miss a penalty, better now than in a 6 pointer in April. Palace will take it all the way, and they are playing some nice football at times.

The Buddies current fun and games remind me of the Hampshire Saints in the mid 1980's.......... There's no such thing as bad publicity they tell us......

[gurnemanz]

Punch is a good player, and became a firm favourite at SMS last season, but I would never let him near a penalty. Not the deadliest finisher !!

He has done well for us and is popular.

(Just read a rumour that Pulis is after much-travelled ex-Saint, Peter Crouch.)