Apparently there have been reports that Remi has passed aged 65 years.
However on News now Man Utd state these reports are false, they have spoken to his family and he is alive and well.

He started his professional career with us before transferring to Man Ure in 1981 and becoming their first black goal scorer.

I hope he is alive and well, even though he followed Ron Atkinson and Bryan Robson out of our door to Man Ure, still haven’t forgiven the Red Devils for this.
They ripped the heart out of our midfield, a team that deserved to win silverware, should have been league champions, would have been, apart from a harsh winter which caused us to have a fixture backlog, which the eventual champions, Liverpool didn’t have due to their under soil heating. We were forced by the FA to play a lot of games in a short period of time, fatigue took its toll, the players ran out of steam and we finished third.

It looks as though they're doomed.
New manager or not, let's hope they stay on 2 points for the season. Pity we won't pass them on the way up, but hey ho Merry Christmas.

Gamball:
Derby - Leicester

Others:
Villa - Arsenal
Bournemouth - Chelsea
Everton - Forest
Bristol C - Millwall
Ipswich - Coventry
Preston - Wrexham
QPR - WBA
Sheff Utd - Stoke
Southampton - Birmingham

Neil Gibson has been appointed Altrincham manager until the end of the 2026-27 season after a spell in interim charge.

Gibson, 46, took charge on an interim basis last month after Phil Parkinson was sacked following a seven-game winless run.

Under Gibson and assistant Lee Jones, Altrincham have taken 10 points from a possible 15 since taking over - although they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Slough Town.

Altrincham have climbed from 20th to 15th as a result, moving six points clear of the relegation places.

"The club has gone through a full process in appointing a new permanent manager and the decision to appoint Neil Gibson and Lee Jones was not taken purely on the results," chairman Mark Luby said.

"Neil and Lee have demonstrated to the board over the four weeks since they came into the building that they have all the experience and necessary skills to keep current momentum and continue to move us in the right direction.

"I would like to congratulate them both on their appointment, they thoroughly deserve this chance and I am looking forward to working closely with them in the coming seasons."

Yeovil Town have named Billy Rowley as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

Rowley has left seventh-tier Walton & Hersham to become Yeovil's fourth manager in the dugout this campaign.

He has taken over from Richard Dryden, who had been in interim charge of the National League club since replacing Danny Webb.

Webb quit his role as manager after just one game and returned to former club Chesterfield as assistant manager in October, after Mark Cooper was sacked in August.

"It's a massive community club. The history of this club is incredible, I know a few boys who have played for this team and they can't speak highly enough of it," Rowley told Yeovil's website., external

"I'm just looking forward to getting on the grass with the lads. When a club like Yeovil call you up, it is incredibly hard to turn that down."

Walton & Hersham say they received an approach for Rowley during their Southern League Premier South match against Hungerford Town, external on Saturday.

He spent 18 months in charge of the Surrey club and has left them top of the league with a game in hand over second-placed Gloucester City.

Darren Simpson has been appointed assistant manager, following Rowley from Walton & Hersham, where the duo worked together.

Rowley will take charge of his new side's game against Boston United on Saturday.

The Glovers are currently 17th in the National League.

2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Badger gives you 2 points

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. However, if you do predict a draw and it's a match that won't be going to a replay, you can get a possible extra point by stating which of the two teams you think will eventually win.

Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.  


At the end of the season, the winner of group 2 and the bottom of group 1 will swap places in what is commonly known as "promotion" and "relegation". It's something that most football fans will be familiar with, unless you're a fan of Liverpool or Arsenal or one of those other fashionable clubs.

The second placed player in group 2 will then have a play off with the player who finishes second from the bottom in group 1 to decide whether they will be going up, down or staying where they are.

We're going to have two seasons in one though, just to try and make it a bit more interesting and not so long drawn out. The first season will end on the Boxing Day fixtures, with the play offs being on the dates of the Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.

The second season will start the following week, which is usually the FA Cup 3rd round, finishing on the last game of the League One season. Then another period of relegation/promotion play off games, taking in such fixtures as the EFL play offs, FA Cup Final, UEFA finals and such like.

Each group will have it's own set of fixtures. Both groups will have the Town games, with scorers to predict as before. Then it will be a split of League One fixtures and bonus matches, hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.

The random badger is restricted to three goal scorers in any of the fixtures in your group.

Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......


*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***

Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.

Postponed matches will only count if the match is re-played before the next Matchday is under way. Abandoned matches will be awarded half the points for the score at the time of abandonment, so 1 point if you have the correct result, 2 points if you have the correct score.

Substitute or scorer in one of the Town games:- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.

Prediction League Archive: https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=12830

Division One table after Matchday 18:

1. jjamez = 327 pts
   
2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 321 pts
   
3. neonfoxinthebox = 288 pts
   
4. Lord Snooty = 245 pts
   
5. ritchiebaby = 241 pts
   
6. SHEP_HTAFC = 137 pts
   

Saturday 6th December:
League One:
Cardiff v Town (12:30)
Town scorers:
Cardiff scorers:

Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian v Falkirk

Championship:
Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion

FA Cup round 2:
Fleetwood Town v Luton Town
Peterborough United v Barnsley
Wigan Athletic v Barrow

Sunday 7th December:
Blackpool v Carlisle United (17:30)

Monday 8th December:
Brackley Town v Burton Albion (19:30)

Tuesday 9th December:
League One:
Northampton v Town
Town scorers:
Northampton scorers:

Doncaster Rovers v Stockport County
Exeter City v AFC Wimbledon
Mansfield Town v Bolton Wanderers
Port Vale v Bradford City
Stevenage v Cardiff City
Wycombe Wanderers v Plymouth Argyle

*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***

1. theo_luddite = 303 pts
   
2. themaclad = 296 pts
   
3. Devongone = 290 pts
   
4. St Charles Owl = 249 pts
   
5. WakeyTerrier = 227 pts
   
6. Amelia Chaffinch = 224 pts
   

Saturday 6th December:
League One:
Cardiff v Town (12:30)
Town scorers:
Cardiff scorers:

Plymouth Argyle v Bradford City (12:30)

FA Cup round 2:
Accrington Stanley v Mansfield Town
Exeter City v Wycombe Wanderers
Port Vale v Bristol Rovers
Stockport County v Cambridge United
Swindon Town v Bolton Wanderers
Sutton United v Shrewsbury Town (17:15)
Chesterfield v Doncaster Rovers (19:30)

Tuesday 9th December:
League One:
Northampton v Town
Town scorers:
Northampton scorers:

Leyton Orient v Luton Town
Lincoln City v Barnsley
Reading v Peterborough United (20:00)

Championship:
Preston North End v Coventry City
Watford v Sheffield Wednesday

*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***

Three weeks after the redemptive win over Oxford, courtesy of two performances in which our brief flashes of flair made the inevitable outcomes all the harder to take, the Damoclean sword hangs again over Ryan Mason, as it was always liable to. The Baggies boss isn't yet in the kind of territory that made Steve Bruce's position untenable three years ago, and a seven-point cushion from the relegation zone more or less spares him getting there this side of Christmas, but as against Oxford, Mason tomorrow finds a hefty weight of expectation falling on one game in which anything short of a win would feel like a significant nail in the coffin of his tenure.

Swansea are the visitors, currently six games winless in all competitions and on a four-match losing streak. New head coach Vitor Matos failed to re-Vitor-lise their fortunes in his first match against Derby, but is now urging the Swans to treat Saturday's game as a cup final, and it's just Albion's luck that new manager bounce might kick in ninety minutes late. I can't see it being anything except a close match and result one way or another, so it's down to Mason to prove - not for the first time, and probably not the last - that he's got the answers.

Into South Yorkshire for our first of two trips this season, off to Hillsborough for what is likely to be our last visit for possibly a couple of seasons due to situations caused by a dodgy ex foreign owner. Sadly this is still happening around the league but at least there is some light at the end of the tunnel for the Owls

https://www.swfc.co.uk/

MANAGER

Henrik Pedersen (born 2 January 1978) is a Danish football manager who is the manager of EFL



Photograph attribution Maniacofsport


FORM GUIDE

WEDNESDAY
DDLLL

OWLS 3 PNE 12

Watched their game at the Den on Wednesday night, battled hard nearly had a wonder goal by Bannon, they also hit the bar the lad should have scored.

Newbies and hot shots

Loanees only for the Owls Amass loiks useful
Top Scorer

Barry Bannan 3 goals

Team News

Ben Whiteman will return to the squad after serving a one-match suspension, meanwhile fellow midfielder Harrison Armstrong is also likely to be back involved, having missed the last two matches through injury.

It seemed like North End picked up a few bumps and bruises on Tuesday night, however everyone has come through unscathed and should be in contention on Saturday.

Ali McCann, Andrija Vukčević, Brad Potts, Lewis Gibson, Robbie Brady and Theo Carroll will all miss out again.

The Hosts

Sheffield Wednesday head into the weekend sat bottom of the table, but that by no means tells the full story.

It’s been a tumultuous time for the Owls who entered administration in October and were deducted 12 points, leaving Henrik Pedersen with the difficult task of retaining their Championship status.

The team and supporters have really stuck together through difficult times, though, and as Paul Heckingbottom spoke about in his pre-match press conference, they are proving really competitive and fighting for every point.

Match Officials

Referee: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referees: Mark Stevens and David Harrison
Fourth Official: Matthew Russell

Experienced official Oliver Langford will take charge of Saturday’s fixture.

The referee was the man in the middle for North End’s season opener against QPR and so far this campaign has shown 34 yellow cards and one red in ten matches.

Langford, may the Lord have mercy on our souls

We’ve Met Before
An Emil Riis brace and a penalty from Sam Greenwood earned North End a 3-1 win in the final match of 2024.