magine flying 8,000 miles to see your beloved team in action only for the game to be abandoned because of heavy rainfall after only nine minutes.

That nightmare was a reality for Bolton fan Andy Bebbington, who made the trip from China for Tuesday's ill-fated away fixture at Cambridge United.

With an extended two-week break for Chinese New Year, it should have been a return visit to remember, with Wanderers riding high in League One and pressing for promotion.

But play was stopped with the score 0-0, referee David Rock taking the players off the pitch and after a delay of 16 minutes, it was announced the game was off altogether.

"I looked at the fixture list and this game popped up. I thought Cambridge in February, what can go wrong?" he told BBC Radio Manchester.

"It turns out everything can go wrong. It was just my luck but worse things can happen."

Despite the wet weather, Bebbington's spirits were not dampened by the experience, however.

He added: "Luckily we stopped over for the night so we found a little pub.

"If I said we drowned our sorrows then that would be a bit of an understatement."

'Let's just get the game on'
Tuesday's abandonment caused a headache for Bolton boss Ian Evatt, whose side have had a number of postponements this season during the winter period.

They have played three games less than leaders Portsmouth, who they trail by five points, and two less than second-placed Derby County, who are one point better off.

It means Bolton will have a packed weekend and midweek schedule leading into the tail end of the season in their pursuit of promotion to the Championship.

"It's not ideal. We've got one Tuesday free up until the end of the season so that's that gone," Evatt told BBC Radio Manchester.

"I think we've both [Cambridge and Bolton] got a free Tuesday two weeks from now; let's just get it on as soon as we can.

"This happens in football and anything you gain in life, as in football, you have to earn the hard way, it's as simple as that.

"We're focused on the job and we're looking forward to getting it done."

THE MATCH

FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY KO 8:00PM

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LAST MATCH



WE'RE SO SHIT ITS UNBELIEVABLE!!! No surprise as we went out of the cup at the 4th Round. Did OK first half, Coventry took an early lead but we quickly equalized through Cads. We got to halftime level but we quickly capitulated after the break, this time conceding 3 goals in 8 minutes. With the game over both teams made a number of changes, we gave several of the youngsters a runout.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



Next up on our relegation tour and we return to Hillsborough to take on Birmingham. Birmingham have had a poor season, mostly thanks to putting Wayne Rooney in charge and see them fall from 6th to just above the relegation zone. They now have the more experienced Tony Mowbrey in charge to see if they can move away from the relegation zone. There leading scorer is Stansfield with 9, but there best player is Bacuna who has 7 goals and 5 assists so far this season

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 35
BIRM 40
DRAWS 27  

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                                  

BIRM                -                                                                    

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

ANDY DAVIES
Graham Kane and George Byrne
Fourth Official : Geoff Eltringham

THE TEAM

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

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-3 Gassama

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

26

ATTENDANCE

23745

BML LEAGUE

Imre 18
Washington 17
Owlkev 12
Maddix 11
SCO 5

BMPL

Wereham 7
Stateside 6
Pei -2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Luton v Sheffield Utd
QPR V Norwich
Carlisle v Portsmouth
Grimsby v Stockport
Southend v York City

HAAAH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Premier League

Stairs 18
B.B.B. 14
Minizin 10
Blue B 8
Derby 6
Lady J 3
Zinman -2
Dingle -3

Overall a poor week in the PL.  Some interesting stats on this weeks scoring though - only 5 correct scores, 4 of which were on the Gamball, only one CR on the Bonus and only one player missing out on the Scoreball.  Stairs moved from bottom last week to top spot this week with 18 points.  He got a CS on the Gamball, his first of the season and finally he is in positive territory on that ball!!  BBB is in 2nd spot for the second week in a row with 14 points, he too got a CS on the Gamball and added a second CS to boost his score.  Minizin is the only other player to get into double figures, he too scored a max on the Gamball but wasn't able to add much more to it.

Blue Baggie ended with 8 points, the final recipient of the Gamball max but he only added one CR to this.  Derby ended with 6 points and Lady Jane ended on 3, so not much to add to this for them.

Zinman posted his worst score of the season with -2 as his poor run of form continues.  He missed on all his ball and only added one CR t prevent him finishing with a complete washout!!  Dingle did not post any predictions, so by rule he finishes on 1 point less than the lowest score so gets -3.

299 Zinman
299 Blue Baggie
261 Derby
259 Minizin
255 BBB
231 Stairs
202 Dingle
187 Lady Jane

No actual positional changes this week but one significant move with Blue Baggie completely closing the gap on long time leader Zinman. Just a few weeks ago the gap between them was 28 points but slowly but surely Blue B has clawed it all back and the title race is definitely on!!

Derby, Minizin and BBB are now only separated by just 6 points, so that third place finish is also up for grabs.  The bottom three are still adrift and the bottom two look like they are heading for relegation.

A couple of general stats.  This was a bad week for the Bonus with only one player scoring anything on it but the Bonus is now showing a positive score of 69 for the season.  Stairs leads the way on the Bonus with 27 points with Minizin sitting at the bottom with -9 from it!!  This was the second best week for the Gamball with 34 points and that ball has now produced 279 points. Stairs wishes his Bonus form translated to this ball, but unfortunately he has only gained 5 points from it all season, compared to the 66 Zinman has at the other end of the table.

Cheers
SCO


Championship

BaggieOne 12
AAA          11
Twerton    10
Snooty      10
Themaclad  9
Sanjay        -1
SCO          -1

A difficult week with just 3 correct scores and the lowest number of correct result predictions since week 14. With these low figures, the balls proved to be very important. Only 5 matches produced positive scores with 2 games, the gamball and Man Utd fixture, providing 74% of this week's points.

2 distinct groupings in the table this week. Just 3 points separate the top 5 leaving 2 players some distance behind. BaggieOne sneaks top spot - no correct scores but he made up for that by scoring on all the balls. AAA is a point back. He only scored on 2 games but both of them were correct scores - he also chose not to play the gamball, saving himself 1 point. Twerton and Snooty crept into double figures but both via very different paths. Twerton only scored on 3 games but was helped by getting the gamball spot on. Snooty had the week's high of 5 correct predictions including the gamball, but failed to turn any of them into correct scores and missed on his bonus. Themaclad also only scored on 3 games but happily for him, 2 of those were the gamball and bonus.

Sanjay and SCO had a week to forget. They both scored on just 1 game and missed all their balls to put them into negative territory.

247 SCO
241 Twerton
227 AAA
218 Snooty
204 BaggieOne
202 Themaclad
162 Sanjay

Just the one positional change with BaggieOne and Themaclad swopping positions, just like they did last week! SCO's poor performance sees his lead at the top reduced to just 6 points and he'll be hoping for a return to form soon.

BaggieOne has extended his run of correct bonuses to 6 weeks though none of them have been correct scores. Twerton stands out as the ball king, leading the way with both the gamball and bonus ball - oddly he's at the bottom of the pack when it comes to the scoreball.

Zin

Altrincham 2-0 Dorking
Dag & Red 0-2 Chesterfield
Halifax 1-0 Solihull Moors
Gateshead 2-1 Eastleigh
Wealdstone 1-1 Maidenhead United
Woking 0-1 Oxford City


League Table After Matchday 34

Spireitematt - 662
SaltergateBorn - 657
Amelia - 560
Lord Snoots - 523
Dancing - 522
St Charles - 507
Devon - 422

Gamball:
Ipswich - WBA

Others:
Fulham - Bournemouth
Spurs - Brighton
Nottgm Forest - Newcastle
Blackburn - Stoke
Cardiff - Preston
Middlesbrough - Bristol City
QPR - Norwich
West Ham - Arsenal
Aston Vila - Man Utd

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 Random Badger gives you 2 points

The random badger is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...."  
The joker   is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.
Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.

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. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.

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.  

End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.

The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.

1. ritchiebaby = 130 pts
   
2. jjamez = 124 pts
   
3. St Charles Owl = 118 pts
   
4. Lord Snooty = 114 pts
   
5. Baggiebob(BBB) = 112 pts
   
6. themaclad = 102 pts
   

Friday 9th February:
Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City

Saturday 10th February:
Southampton v Town
Town scorers:
Saints scorers:

Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City
Cardiff City v Preston North End
Hull City v Swansea City
Leeds United v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v Bristol City
Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City
Sunderland v Plymouth Argyle
Watford v Leicester City

Sunday 11th February:
Coventry City v Millwall (12:00)

Wednesday 14th February:
Town v Sunderland
Town scorers:
Sunderland scorers:

Bonus matches:
Scottish Cup 5th round:
Saturday:
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hibernian

Premier League:
Saturday:
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United (17:30)

Champions League round of 16:
Tuesday:
FC Copenhagen v Manchester City


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

1. theo_luddite = 106 pts
   
2. Devongone = 105 pts
   
3. SHEP_HTAFC = 104 pts
   
4. neonfoxinthebox = 98 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 74 pts
   
6. WakeyTerrier = 57 pts
   

Saturday 10th February:
Southampton v Town
Town scorers:
Saints scorers:

Tuesday 13th February:
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday
Norwich City v Watford
Rotherham United v Hull City
Swansea City v Leeds United
Bristol City v Southampton
West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City

Wednesday 14th February:
Town v Sunderland
Town scorers:
Sunderland scorers:

Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City
Preston North End v Middlesbrough
Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers
Millwall v Ipswich Town

Bonus matches:
National League:
Saturday:
Chesterfield v Ebbsfleet United

Premier League:
Sunday:
Aston Villa v Manchester United (16:30)

Monday:
Crystal Palace v Chelsea


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

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY KO 7:45PM

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LAST MATCH



A game that looked like finishing 0-0, until we collapsed in true Wednesday fashion and ended up on the wrong side of a 4-0 score-line. It was a first half of few chances though we came close a couple of times with Ugbo and Ihiekwe, and Beadle made a save to deny Thomas. Onto the second half and it all went downhill from the 68th minute to the 80th. Pearson headed Huddersfield in front then to say our defending was school boyish would be an insult to schoolboy as Huddersfield scored 3 more. The gap is now 8 points and relegation seems inevitable    

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



Next up and the replay with Coventry, bet you cant wait for this one   The season is over and we will be getting relegated and we wont be winning the cup. Play all the crap players (which is most of our squad anyway   ) with some youngsters thrown in. Good luck to Coventry in the quarter finals after they see off the mighty Maidstone in the next round.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 29
COV 34
DRAWS 24  

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                                 

COV                -                                                                    

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Assistant referees: James Mainwaring & Mark Scholes
Fourth official: Stephen Martin

THE TEAM

Charles
Palmer Ihiekwe Bernard Johnson
Musaba M Diaby Vaulks Bannan Gassama
Cadamarteri

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

3-1 Musaba

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

26

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML LEAGUE

Washington 17
Imre 17
Owlkev 12
Maddix 11
SCO 5

BMPL

Wereham 7
Stateside 6
Pei -2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Cambridge v Bolton
Exeter v Peterborough
Walsall v Morecambe
Dagenham v Chesterfield
Halifax v Solihull Motors

AAHAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Not sure what I should put on here. Hibs on 26 points with a goal difference of -9, Celtic on 58 points with a goal difference of +39. There's really only one outcome.

Thanks to recent results I have quickly gone from an eternal optimist to a disheartened pessimist. Prove me wrong, Hibs. Please.

League One strugglers Charlton Athletic have appointed former Southampton and Luton Town boss Nathan Jones as their manager on a "long-term contract".

Jones, 50, has been out of work since being sacked by Saints in February 2023 after just 95 days in charge.

The Addicks dismissed Michael Appleton last month after a 12-match winless run.

That run has now extended to 14 games, leaving them just three points above the relegation zone.

Welshman Jones took Luton to the Championship play-off semi-finals in the 2021-22 season, where they lost to Huddersfield.

He was then appointed to replace Ralph Hasenhuttl as manager of the then Premier League Saints in November 2022 but was sacked after three months, with one win in eight league games leaving the club bottom of the league.

"He is a manager of real pedigree who has a track record of building successful teams over a period of time," James Rodwell, chairman of the Charlton board, said.

"He is a great fit for Charlton given his ability to get his teams playing football on the front foot, with a passion and an intensity.

"He is an excellent coach, who is tactically savvy and an outstanding developer of talent."

Jones' first game in charge will be at relegation-threatened Reading, who are two places and three points below Charlton.