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  Chesterfield Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 43
Posted by: spireitematt - 04-03-2024, 19:44 - Forum: Chesterfield - Replies (6)

Altrincham 0-1 Dorking Wanderers
Barnet 2-0 Rochdale
Gateshead 2-2 Solihull Moors
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Bromley
Southend United 1-2 Wealdstone
Woking 1-0 Kidderminster Harriers
York City 1-3 AFC Fylde Laugh



League Table After Matchday 42

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Spireitematt - 733
Amelia - 644
Dancing - 610
Lord Snoots - 609
St Charles - 608
Devon - 556

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  The Owls v Plymouth SBC Match Thread
Posted by: Owlkev71 - 04-03-2024, 15:04 - Forum: Sheffield Wednesday - Replies (72)

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 5TH MARCH KO 7:45PM

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LAST MATCH



We made it three wins in a row as we saw off Rotherham. We dominated the first half and had several good chances to score but either poor finishing or the goalie making saves kept the score-line 0-0. We did put the ball in the net but was disallowed because of offside, (replays seemed to differ). Onto the 2nd half and Rotherham showed a bit more going forward but didn't test Beadle. Midway through the 2nd we took the lead, Iorfa squaring for Ugbo to slot home. We should have had a second in injury time but Wilks header hit the post, but we saw the game out.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB Thumb up  Thumb up  Thumb up

THE MATCH



Back to Hillsborough as Plymouth make the long journey north. The Pilgrims have had a mixed return on there first season back in the Championship and currently lie in 16th position but that is only 2 points above the relegation. They have picked up the majority of there points at home (28) and have won just 2 games away from home out of 17 played. There manager is Ian Foster who took over on the 5th January. There leading scorer is Morgan Whittaker with 18 goals & 7 assists, with Ryan Hardie not too far behind with 13 goals & 4 assists.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB Thumb up  Thumb up  Thumb up

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 16
PLYM 17
DRAWS 13

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                    Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Angry Big Grin Angry                                                            

PLYM               -                                   Angry Big Grin Angry Angry Confused Angry                      

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT Thumb up  Thumb up

STEPHEN MARTIN
Mark Dwyer & Justin Amey
Fourth Official: Adam Herczeg

THE TEAM

Beadle
Palmer Ihiekwe Bernard Johnson
Musaba M Diaby Vaulks Bannan Gassama
Ugbo

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Ugbo

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

26

ATTENDANCE

24854

BML LEAGUE

Imre 22
Washington 17
Maddix 14
Owlkev 13
SCO 9

BMPL

Wereham 8
Stateside 6
Pei -2
Southey -14

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Bayern Munich v Lazio
Blackburn v Millwall
Barnsley v Bolton
Bradford v Doncaster
Barnet v Rochdale

HDAAH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE

PEIOWL

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  Adam Hinshlwood
Posted by: themaclad - 04-03-2024, 08:41 - Forum: York City - No Replies

York City FC is delighted to announce the appointment of Adam Hinshelwood as the club’s new first team manager.

The 40-year-old attack-minded manager joins the Minstermen on a long-term deal following over six-years at Worthing FC.

Hinshelwood’s Worthing side have racked up over 269 league goals since the beginning of the 2021/22 campaign.

A Football League defender by trade during his playing days, Hinshelwood boasts over 100 Brighton & Hove Albion appearances across the Championship and League One.

Spells at Aldershot and Wycombe in the Football League also followed for the central defender during a playing career hit by injury.

In 2013, Hinshelwood was appointed manager of the Rebels before leaving a couple years later to pursue a coaching role at Brighton & Hove Albion.

A return in 2017 has seen an Isthmian Premier Division title and a Sussex Senior Challenge Cup secured since, with Worthing now plying their trade in the National League South.

Hinshelwood’s promotion to the National League South was halted twice during both the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, with their eventual promotion secured in 2022 after keeping up on their relentless title-winning form to complete a full season.

Hinshelwood also brings two key major staff members with him to the LNER Community Stadium, namely Gary Elphick and Cameron Morrison.

38-year-old Elphick joins the Minstermen from Worthing too as Hinshelwood’s assistant manager.

The former Brighton & Hove Albion defender signed for Worthing back in 2015 to work with Hinshelwood initially, however went on to steer the ship and win promotion from Isthmian League Division One South at the first attempt via the play-offs.

Elphick proceeded to repeat his feat of promotion from Isthmian League Division One South East with Hastings United, winning the title in 2022 before returning to Worthing in the summer of 2023.

Morrison also joins the Minstermen as Hinshelwood’s first team coach from Worthing. Morrison is qualified with a UEFA A license as well as a MSc degree in Performance Analysis and BSc degree in Football Coaching & Performance.

Welcome to the Minstermen: Adam, Gary, and Cameron!

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  End of an era
Posted by: themaclad - 03-03-2024, 13:37 - Forum: Accrington Stanley - No Replies

League Two side Accrington have sacked long-serving manager John Coleman, along with his assistant Jimmy Bell.

Stanley lie 16th in the table following Saturday's 4-0 defeat at Wrexham.

A club statement said: "Accrington Stanley can confirm that John Coleman and Jimmy Bell have been informed that their contracts are terminated with immediate effect.

"Everyone at the club thanks them for their long-standing service and we wish them all the very best for the future."

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  Other's Results
Posted by: drewks - 02-03-2024, 20:20 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (15)

Well, it's that time of year, when we not only look at how WE'VE done, but equally are checking other results, to see where we stand - whether we look less, or more, safe in our play off position.

Today? Still looks good.... Hull and Preston still there but 0-0 between them was the best result for us.
As long as we keep going... Blush

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  Hibs v Ross County
Posted by: HerefordBull - 02-03-2024, 14:36 - Forum: Hibernian - Replies (1)

Third game in a week for Mongomerys Hibs and having bagged 4 points so far they must be looking to make that 7 today.

Ross are scrapping for their SPL lives so it won't be easy and in the past I remember that this is the sort of game that Hibs make a pigs ear of!

They have some good forward thinking players so with Hibs defense not being the best there could be a few goals.........watch it be a 0 . 0 draw now. Smile Simon Murray in particular will be keen to put one over his old club and he is a good predatory striker.

I wonder if VAR will again play a part and for one I hate it. It should be used for the absolutely obvious glaring errors ( Griffiths freekick a few years ago which was about a yard in) but apart from that just let the ref get on with it. Mistakes will of course happen but I am a firm believer that they balance out........except against the uglies. Angry I much prefer watching Hereford and you know you can celebrate when the ref awards a goal and there is none of this nonsense of the game being called back minutes later due to some marginal / possible offside.

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  WBA vs Coventry - Match Thread
Posted by: Ska'dForLife-WBA - 01-03-2024, 13:08 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (12)

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Last weekend's hard-fought draw at Hull, a decent result all in all, naturally takes a back seat to the magnificent news this week that Shilen Patel's takeover of the club has been completed, and a new era can begin. It's a colossal vindication of the campaign led by supporters' groups like Action For Albion to hold Guochuan Lai to account: having gone about that objective in exactly the right way, keeping things legal, self-disciplined and non-disruptive to the club's on-the-pitch activities, is both a credit to Albion and an example to other supporters who find their clubs in a similar position. With that in mind - and not forgetting for a minute that Lai also made all the right noises when he came in, right down to claiming he'd supported Albion since the 1978 China tour - we can only welcome Shilen Patel to the Hawthorns, applaud his statements so far, and hope he'll be willing to work *with* Albion fans in the years to come, not against us.

Of course, we're also welcoming Coventry to the Hawthorns tonight, and as always in football, the talking ultimately has to be done on the pitch. Coventry have neither won a match nor scored a goal in West Bromwich since December 2007, and Albion still have the sixteen-month record intact of not losing two in a row on home soil under Carlos Corberan; however, the Sky Blues have also been on a relative run of form on the road since Christmas which they maintained a fortnight ago with victory at Stoke, so it's by no means a foregone conclusion.

Nevertheless, if there's such a thing as new owner bounce then Albion should be due one this week, and have to look for the win. Let's turn over a new leaf in style.

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  Match thread- A Song of Blue and White
Posted by: jjamez - 01-03-2024, 01:03 - Forum: Huddersfield Town - Replies (27)

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Winter has passed and spring is upon us, a fresh leader stands a front his troops, bringing hope after a winter of discontent.

His troops have battled saints, grappled with mauling tigers, kicked the hornets nest and vexed the black cats, two have seen their leaders fall to the wayside as a quest for survival reigns supreme, further ambitions of glory are but a pipe dream, that even the most optimistic of us can only envisage at this moment.

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The biggest challenge of this new dynasty is fast approaching as the White Wankurs march on south together, leaving nothing but destruction in their wake, the mighty Leicester Foxes the latest to be put to the sword in the league by Farke and the monstrosity behind him. They did succumb and retreat north after failing to dispatch the Blue Pensioners of Chelsea, they came close but a last gasp winner saw them have to withdraw from the quest for the FA Cup. Propped up by the wealth bestowed upon them by the Premier League for failing, after an Argentine mad man ushered them in amongst the big boys after over a decade in the bleak footballing wilderness, Farke still has the capability to call upon individuals who came from foreign fields to chance their arm against the elite, whilst funds have been used to pillage defense less villages of the most abundant of resources, with the likes of Swansea losing their talismanic Joel Piroe. A ruthless approach has also beseeched them as they disposed of the services of long time servant Like Ayling over the winter months leaving him further north defending in the Middles Borough.

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Many mercenaries have offered their services to both clubs over the years, each claiming to honour the badge before moving on. Many have been designated leaders like Neil Warnock and Simon Grayson, both whom had relative success at the helm of at least one of the clubs, others have not had success such as Andy Ritchie, some like Warnock have gone there after us and learned the errors of their ways and eventually come back. In Warnock's case he turned down a return in favour of trying to tame a mad tyrannic Italian, but failed. Others achieved legendary status among the lunatics of Beeston, like John Charles, but his kin, Jake failed to live up to his name here, despite at one point being very highly rated, but plays in non league for the seaside settlement Scar Borough. Some others that have given their sword to the fans of both clubs can be seen in a jumbled mess below.

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1) ben in a tent
2) never aghast
3) frown honking tart
4) reptile eel
5) raccoon barrels
6) a customary alpha
7) a lunchtime ego
8) jacked fireman orb
9) calorie mop
10) a calm blank jam

The White Wankurs have a stronger set up at their disposal and were able to rest players for the trip to Chelsea ahead of the local derby. Some that feature were younger players that took their chance to impress, imperative to their conquest back to the Premier League promised land has been the likes of Crysencio Summerville, who joined the set up back in 2020, departing his Feyenoord to move to the north of England. He has amassed 16 goals and 9 assists in the league so far this season, bagging a brace in the earlier fixture. Although he did miss the meeting with Chelsea through 'injury', he is expected to return for Saturday, as is leading assist maker Georginio Rutter, the Frenchman joined last winter as Leeds splurged £25 million for his services. Former Inter Milan and current Italian international Wilfried Gnonto will likely line up on the other flank to Summerville, the club fended off expensive approaches for his services since they we relegated, although he hasn't set the world alight.

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A side from the already mentioned White Wankurs, the other mercenaries to look out for on Saturday include the likes of former Chelsea defender Ethan Ampadu, the youngster who is still only 23 began his career down on the south coast at Exeter until the blues came calling. He made just the three appearances for the club and instead saw continental football at the likes of RB Liepzig, Venezia and Sheffield United before signing a 4 year deal in Yorkshire. Ampadu is the son of Arsenal midfielder Kwame, who played the vast majority of his career at the likes of Swansea and Exeter. He was from Bradford originally, but can currently be found stateside as assistant manager to Wilfred Nancy at Columbus Crew.

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Another who is likely to influence the game is Dan James. The Welsh winger, born in Hull, has had a topsy turvy career to date, beginning at Hull before moving to Swansea's set up. He would go out on loan to Shrewsbury and struggle to make an impact before breaking into the Swans side a season later. He would have a breakthrough season and find himself looking for a move away come the winter window as Leeds came calling (mercenary) he agreed all the terms and passed the medical etc but Swansea pulled out of the deal at the last minute, leaving James with egg on his face and having to mope his way back to Wales. That summer he would make the move to Manchester United, a rather left field move by the Red Devils and during his three seasons there he struggled to make an impact whatsoever, even missing out on a few Wales squads through lack of form. He would finally get his move to Leeds as the made the move for the Welshman once again, he struggled to recapture the form that made them interested a few seasons prior and he spent his second year at the club our on loan to fellow Premier League side Fulham, he failed to make the mark there once again and found himself back at Leeds, with another move away likely, but under Farke has been given a new lease of life and has scored 10 and created 8 so far this season.

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It would also be prudent to keep an eye on young Archie Gray, He is the son of Andy Gray, grandson of Frank Gray, and the great nephew of Eddie Gray, all of whom played for Leeds United and represented Scotland at international level. His brother, Harry, also plays for the Leeds United academy. Currently only 17, the youngster has been tipped to go right to the top level with the likes of Liverpool showing keen interest in his progress. Grey made his first appearance for Leeds on the bench as a 15 year old against Arsenal, but his debut didn't come until this season. Capable of playing in midfield or at full back, it is likely that he will start at right back on saturday.

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Some team news from Herr Farke,

“Some good news overall. We had a training session already today and Georgi was able to train, looked good today. He’s definitely available for the game if his body won’t react. It looked good. The same with Cree Summerville and Patrick Bamford, both were unable to train on Monday, both had a full session today and everything works in the session tomorrow they’re fully available. Overall definitely some good news.

“Ilia Gruev is just on individual training today so it will be a late call. We have a few more hours, he would need to train at least tomorrow with the team. There’s still a chance, it depends if he’s capable.”

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After rotating key players for the FA Cup clash on Wednesday, Leeds should return to as full strength as possible.

Illan Meslier is likely to keep his place in goal and will want to return to a clean sheet, having managed six in 2024 already.
The back four will probably see one change with Liam Cooper coming out of the side to be replaced by Ethan Ampadu, with Archie Gray moving back into right-back for Connor Roberts, while Joe Rodon and Junior Firpo retain their places.

A midfield pivot of Ilia Gruev and Glen Kamara is the hopeful outcome, but hinges on the Bulgarian’s late fitness test, which could provide Farke with an unwanted selection headache in his double pivot, as he’s yet to have Gray and Kamara play together yet in the middle.

Crysencio Summerville and Gnonto came off the bench and posed a real threat to Chelsea, and they will be looking to pick up where they left off the league starting on either flank – with the returning Georginio Rutter in attacking midfield. Starting up front is likely to be the much maligned Patrick Bamford, but Mateo Joseph’s starring performance this week means that Leeds know they have another option to lead the line if needed.

As for Town, Michal Helik is rumoured to be back fit for a place in the squad, whilst the likes of Jaheim Headley and Bojan Radulovic are both said to be ready to feature. Danny Ward will be hoping his performance against Watford will be good enough to get him a starting role, whilst Sorba Thomas will definitely be involved after missing the last game for the birth of his child. The bad news for Town fans is that Balker and Brodie Spencer are both rumoured to be out for this fixture through a combination of injury and illness. Rhys Healey, Oliver Turton and Josh Ruffles remain long term absentees.

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In terms of head to heads, Town just about have the upper hand, with 32 victories, 19 draws and 30 defeats. The first meeting between the two sides came back in 1924 when Town were under the guidance of Herbert Chapman one would presume, and Town wouldn't taste defeat until the 30's, before that, Leeds were on the reverse of a couple of 4-0 and 4-1's and also one 6-1. Really, since the 30's it hasn't been a happy fixture for Town, with a hell of a lot of red on the form charts, since Town got promoted to the Championship, the side had a couple of tight wins as well as a few hammerings, including a 5-1 and a couple of 3-0, the arrival of one David Wagner would see the club register 3 straight wins against them, one being a 4-1 hammering at Elland Road, the others being tight wins, with Aaron Mooy scoring the only goal at Elland Road whilst who can forget the game at the John Smiths? Since then Town haven't won a game against them and have scored just the one goal.



If you are wondering why there is no transfer update for the White Wankurs, well basically it was boring as only Connor Roberts joined on loan and no one of note really left apart from Ian Poveda, Luke Ayling and Leo Hjelde.

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  Chesterfield Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 42
Posted by: spireitematt - 29-02-2024, 20:03 - Forum: Chesterfield - Replies (7)

Dorking Wanderers 1-2 Chesterfield
AFC Fylde 2-0 Maidenhead United
Boreham Wood 0-2 Gateshead
Bromley 2-1 FC Halifax Town
Dagenham & Redbridge 3-2 Altrincham
Eastleigh 2-0 Solihull Moors
Ebbsfleet United 0-1 Rochdale
Hartlepool United 2-0 Barnet
Oldham Athletic 3-1 Southend United Laugh
Oxford City 0-2 Aldershot Town
Woking 1-3 Kidderminster Harriers
York City 2-1 Wealdstone



League Table After Matchday 41

SaltergateBorn - 739
Spireitematt - 724
Amelia - 633
Lord Snoots - 603
St Charles - 596
Dancing - 591
Devon - 550

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  Prediction League Week 27 Results
Posted by: St Charles Owl - 29-02-2024, 19:44 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion - Replies (1)

Premier League

B.B.B. 14
Blue B 9
Zinman 7
Derby 3
Minizin 3
Lady J 3
Stairs 2
Dingle 0

Poor scoring week in the PL this week, not the worst but in the bottom 5 and not helped by the Manure game setting a new low scoring record for a single game this season!!. BBB kept his side of the bargain though with a decent 14 points. He was the only player to score positive points on the Gamball, I really have to questions the faith of the rest of you on this one!!! Whistle Our top two in the table were once again in the top three of the weekly scores, Blue ended on 9 points and Zimnan on 7. Both managed a CS but Blue was able to pick up points on the Bonus to give him the advantage.

Three players finished joint 4th with just 3 points - Derby, Minizin and Lady J. Each of them missed on the Gamball and the Bonus and added very little else!! Stairs ended with 2 points and wasn't even able to add anything!!!

342 Blue Baggie
341 Zinman
296 Derby
294 Minizin
286 BBB
262 Stairs
214 Lady Jane
204 Dingle


If there was an emoji for a drum roll I would now be adding it, but there isn't, so you will need to use your imagination!!!!!.................................................WE HAVE A NEW LEADER IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!!! Its taken a while but Blue Baggie is our new leader after spending a few weeks clawing back his deficit, then drawing level only to fall back again but now finally he has overtaken Zinman!! Its only by a single point but still worth celebrating!!!

Everything else stays the same, talk about a high, followed by a low!!!

Cheers
SCO


Championship

Twerton 20
SCO 16
Snooty 11
AAA 7
Themaclad 7
Sanjay 5
BaggieOne 4

A week with a few unpredictable scores - notably Man Utd's sad defeat (obviously, I don't mean the sad part) blew a few bonus balls and Bolton's defeat also led to a negative overall score for that game. It was a bad week for bonus balls with not a single player getting any points from them, but, in contrast the gamball scored high and would have been higher if only.....

Quite a spread of scores with Twerton leading the pack with his 2nd 20 point week thanks to 7 correct predictions and a max on the gamball. That's 4 weeks of double figure scores for Twerton. SCO maintains his recent form with 2nd place - he also maxed on the gamball, so a double celebration for him. Snooty crawled into double figures - now a five week run for him.

Not such a good week for the rest. AAA could have joined Snooty on 11 points if he'd only played the gamball but instead he has to share 4th place with Themaclad on just 7. This week's bottom 2 are also at the foot of the overall table so it shouldn't be a surprise. Sanjay scored on just 3 games but that was 1 more than BaggieOne as he added just 4 points to his overall total.

294 SCO
283 Twerton
264 Snooty
264 AAA
244 Themaclad
226 BaggieOne
200 Sanjay


The top 2 are opening a bit of a gap with a 19 point cushion between automatic promotion and the play-offs. Our only positional change comes in that play-off race as Snooty draws level with AAA. At the foot of the table Sanjay finally breaks the 200 mark but is still some way off catching BaggieOne.

Zin

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