Danny Searle has been given the Ebbsfleet United manager's job.

Searle was handed the job on an interim basis after the sacking of Dennis Kutrieb a fortnight ago.

With assistant Anwar Uddin also appointed, Searle has overseen draws against leaders Chesterfield and promotion hopefuls Oldham.

A club statement said "performances against Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield are an excellent platform" to build from.

Searle is a former assistant head coach at Czech club Banik Ostrava and has worked at Waterford, Witham Town and Aldershot after receiving a degree in football management from Liverpool University.

Kutrieb was sacked on January 29 after a run of two wins in nine league games had left The Fleet in the relegation zone.

The club statement added: "The Uefa pro-licensed coach is fully up to speed with the Fleet squad and has already made great strides at the Kuflink Stadium as the team head into the final third of the league season".

Ebbsfleet are currently 23rd in the National League table, five points above bottom-placed Oxford City.

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 = 160 pts
   
2. St Charles Owl = 148 pts
   
3. jjamez = 146 pts
   
4. Lord Snooty = 146 pts
   
5. Baggiebob(BBB) = 144 pts
   
6. themaclad = 120 pts
   

Saturday 17th February:
Town v Hull
Town scorers:
Hull scorers:

Leicester City v Middlesbrough
Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday
Norwich City v Cardiff City
Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United v Watford
Swansea City v Ipswich Town

Tuesday 20th February:
Plymouth Argyle v West Bromwich Albion
Southampton v Hull City

Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Brentford v Liverpool (12:30)
Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City v Chelsea (17:30)

Sunday:
Luton Town v Manchester United (16:30)

Monday:
Everton v Crystal Palace

Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Aberdeen v Hibernian



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1. theo_luddite = 142 pts
   
2. Devongone = 129 pts
   
3. neonfoxinthebox = 128 pts
   
4. SHEP_HTAFC = 126 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 98 pts
   
6. WakeyTerrier = 75 pts
   

Friday 16th February:
West Bromwich Albion v Southampton

Saturday 17th February:
Town v Hull
Town scorers:
Hull scorers:

Plymouth Argyle v Leeds United (12:30)
Birmingham City v Sunderland
Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers
Stoke City v Coventry City

Tuesday 20th February:
Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers
Ipswich Town v Rotherham United
Southampton v Hull City

Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Fulham v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth

Sunday:
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion (14:00)

Wednesday:
Liverpool v Luton Town

National League:
Saturday:
Bromley v Chesterfield

Champions League round of 16 1st leg:
Wednesday:
FC Porto v Arsenal


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Thought I'd do this to save Matt having to rush.

7.45pm kick offs

Aldershot 1-3 AFC Fylde
FC Halifax 2-0 Maidenhead Utd
Oldham Athletic 1-0 Boreham Wood
Solihull Moors 3-2 Kidderminster Harriers
York City 2-1 Dorking Wanderers

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY KO 7:45PM

v

LAST MATCH



We got back to winning ways as we battled to a 2-0 win over Brum. Brum made the better start but we took the lead when Poveda cut back for Ugbo to score. Brum continued to have chances and Beadle had to make a couple of saves but we went in 1 up. Onto the 2nd half and we started brightly and were rewarded when Johnson crossed to the back post and Ugbo headed in from close range. Brum were still creating chances but weren't testing Beadle  and we managed to see out the rest of the game

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



Next up and a daunting trip to runaway leaders Leicester. Barring a ridiculous collapse the Foxes will be back in the EPL next season. They are managed by Enzo Maresca who was appointed in the summer of 2023. They have 3 different scorers who have scored 10 goals this season, Dewsbury-Hall, Mavididi and some bloke called Vardy, Dewsbury Hall also has 10 assists to go along with his 10 goals. Some would call this a free hit, personally I would take a 1-0 defeat right now.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 42
LEIC 40
DRAWS 29 

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                                   

LEIC                -                                                                     

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

TOM NIELD
James Wilson and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official : James Linington

THE TEAM

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

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

4-1 Gassama

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

66

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML LEAGUE

Imre 19
Washington 17
Maddix 13
Owlkev 12
SCO 5

BMPL

Wereham 7
Stateside 6
Pei -2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Norwich City v Watford
Rotherham United v Hull City
Oxford v Wigan
Newport v Notts Co
York City v Dorking

HDADH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Looks like we may have a question to answer, whether to proceed with the midfielder signing or look for a striker now we are back to square one on the striker front, with Dike looking to be out again and Josh Maja out for a couple of months with a fractured ankle.

On Dike you have to feel for the lad and give him every opportunity, but realistically you also have to question whether he will ever play anywhere near his promise again. Obviously there is something going on with him physically which is making him more prone to serious injury than the norm, you also have to question whether he will now ever recover mentally from these setbacks, by that I mean the majority of his injuries seam to be caused by impact on landing or extension (stretching), will he ever be able to function properly or in the back of his mind will he be thinking, "I am not jumping/reaching for that, I might do something bad", even if that thought is in the sub-conscious?

Not just thinking of just Dike here, but I dread to think how much of our wage bill has gone up in smoke in the treatment room this season.

Altrincham 3- 2 Rochdale
Boreham Wood.1-3 Maidenhead United
Chesterfield 4-0 Ebbsfleet
Dag & Red 0-1 Oxford City
Dorking 2-2 Halifax
Eastleigh 2-0 Fylde
Southend 3-1 York
Woking 2-1 Hartlepoo

A long trip up the A9 (weather permitting) for what will possibly prove to be a season-defining game for Hibs against Super Caley in the Scottish Cup.

Following Hibs' much-improved display against Celtic last night, there will be a new confidence in the team. OK, we still lost (again), but we showed we can be an exciting team to watch. We just need to convert the excitement into cool, clinical finishing. I'm expecting goals galore from this game, probably going right down to the wire for a Hibs win.

ICT will be no pushovers, though, and I'm certain Duncan Ferguson will have his players fired up for this one. They are having their own struggles in the Championship, especially at home, but will look upon this as a welcome break.

GGTTH