The Round Ball Game

[teamsaint]

Poor old Moyesy. Looks ill.

Well done Sunderland.

I hear conspiracy theorists saying that the united players want Moyes out.
he looks a worried man. Having your best two strikers out at the same time does for most teams......but united are a very ordinary side right now.

[EdgeleyRob]

I reckon he's doing a great job.

[gurnemanz]

Played tennis (lovely starlit evening) and watched from 9pm in bar afterwards. All neutrals were cheering for Sunderland as MU missed four penalties. Great atmosphere.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Sunderland's game! the highlights were heartwarming ...

and in the Mata of Barclay do we see signs of the special ones Machiavellian nature?

the issue now is who will knock the gooners off their perch at the top and give Man City a pasting or two? [only if you are a fan of les bleus ]

[EdgeleyRob]

Forum football weekly.

Tuesday.

Partick Thistle 0 St Johnstone 1.Remain 2nd bottom.
Southport 1 Wrexham 2.late winner,top half of the table.
Concord Rangers 1 Chelmsford 3. Super away win,mid table.

Friday,FA Cup 4th round.

Arsenal 4 Coventry City 0.

Today,FA Cup 4th round.

Port Vale 1 Brighton 3.
Rochdale 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2.
Southampton 2 Yeovil Town 0.
Wigan Athletic 2 Crystal Palace 1.

Now get this,the draw for the 5th round is tomorrow,AFTER ALL THE 4TH ROUND GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED,WHAT A GREAT IDEA !!

League games.

Leicester City 2 Middlesborough 0.Top.clear by 8 points.
Wolves 3 Bristol City 1.Remain in 3rd spot.
Wimbledon 2 Exeter City 1.Came back after conceding very early,up to 11th.
Bristol Rovers 3 Newport County 1.Pulling away from the relegation zone.
Hartlepool United 2 York City 0. Forum derby,2 late goals sealed it,both mid table.
Kilmarnock 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0. Losing touch with the top 3.
St Mirren 0 Partick Thistle 0. Forum derby,honours even,11th and 9th.
Hereford United 1 Salisbury 0.Remain in 16th.

Stockport County 1 Histon 0. Poor game,but 3 points is 3 points,15th.

Wrexham v Grimsby Town,Truro City v Hungerford Town and Chelmsford v Dorchester were postponed due to waterlogged pitches.

Chelsea play Stoke City tomorrow.

Newcastle didn't play.

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the great roundup ER.
Good to see Stockport putting some wins together.

[johncorrigan]

St Mirren 0 Partick Thistle 0. Forum derby,honours even,11th and 9th.

Not wishing to split hairs with your aye excellent round-up, Rob - but it's 9th and 11th, at least it is for now - we need all the points we can muster. After all, Hearts got to positive points value yesterday!

[EdgeleyRob]

Not wishing to split hairs with your aye excellent round-up, Rob - but it's 9th and 11th, at least it is for now - we need all the points we can muster. After all, Hearts got to positive points value yesterday!

Of course John,sorry.

Chelsea 1 Stoke City 0. Tasty looking draw at man citeh in round 5.

Still plenty of forum interest in the cup.

Brighton v Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton Athletic
Sunderland v Southampton

[EdgeleyRob]

Full on midweek forum programme.

Norwich City 0 Newcastle United 0. Both teams finished the game with 10 men,8th.
Southampton 2 Arsenal 2. Probably a good point although Saints were maybe unlucky not to win,9th.
Crystal Palace 1 Hull City 0. Pulis has really turned things around,15th.
Chelsea 0 West Ham United 0.Points dropped against a parked bus,Remain in 3rd spot.
Hearts 2 St Mirren 1.Scored first,then had a man sent off,9th.
Birmingham City 1 Leicester City 2. Can't stop winning,still top of the league.
Burnley 0 Brighton 0. Good point v the 3rd placed side,Just can't quite sneak into the play off places.
Millwall 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1. Useful point v fellow strugglers,20th.
Leyton Orient 2 Coventry City 0. Tough fixture v the 2nd placed team,11th.
Oldham Athletic 0 Wolves 3. On a great run,but the top 2 keep winning,3rd.
Wimbledon 2 Hartlepool United 1. Forum derby,2 goals in the last 15 mins sealed the win,9th and 14th.
Bristol Rovers 0 Accrington Stanley 1. Conceded in the last minute,slipping back into danger,20th.
York City 0 Chesterfield 2. Difficult game v the top of the table side,mid table.
Hereford United 1 Kidderminster Harriers 1. Move up to 15th.
Wrexham 2 Tamworth 0. Last minute goal made sure of the points,only 5 points away from the top 6.
Boston United 0 Stockport County 0. Decent point,15th.
Stourbridge 2 Truro City 2. Remain in 17th.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

cheers Rob for that ... lordsa mercy the blues need a decent striker or three! could have .....

great result for Sunderland, out of the bottom three at last ...

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the round up ER. Rewarded by a handy away point.
I feel that tonight is a pivotal moment in the race for the title, though a couple of big fixtures (city at Arsenal) may yet be decisive.
The special one tm will keep chelsea at it though......

[BBMmk2]

As ever, thank you Rob! My teams just can't seem to get in the necessary places! :(

Brighton (Tesco Shirts(:))

[EdgeleyRob]

Sat'dy round up.

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 3.Derby nightmare,remain 8th.
Fulham 0 Southampton 3.Comprehensive win,3 goals in 11 second half minutes,9th.
Partick Thistle 1 Dundee United 1.Equalised with 15 minutes left,11th.
Bournemouth 0 Leicester City 1. Late winner,10 points clear.
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Barnsley 0. Heading for mid table with a 96th minute winner !!!
Wolves 2 Bradford City 0. Sneaked into the promotion places.
Chesterfield 3 Bristol Rovers 1. On a poor run,only 1 point from the relegation zone.
Fleetwood Town 1 York City 2. Last minute winner v the fourth placed team,now 13th.
Hartlepool United 0 Scunthorpe United 0. Useful point v the second placed team,15th.
Oxford United 2 Wimbledon 1. Couldn't find an equaliser,10th.
Dover 2 Chelmsford 2. Super fightback from 2-0 down at half time,13th.

Arsenal v Crystal Palace,Celtic v St Mirren,Hearts v Inverness and Watford v Brighton tomorrow.

man city v Chelsea and Woking v Hereford are on Monday

Coventry v Walsall,Redditch v Truro and Worcester v Stockport were postponed

Wrexham didn't play .

[teamsaint]

Thanks for the excellent round up ER.
leicester look unstoppable !!

I was lucky enough to be at Craven Cottage to see the Saints complete a double over Fulham, who were rather better than they had been at SMS. Saints class up front was just too much for Fulham in the second half.

Had front row seats right behind the goal in which we scored all three, so you might see me on MOTD. Look out for me in a rather fetching sheepskin colour jacket as the goals go in !!

[BBMmk2]

Not good, not good!!