Have I missed something?
Blackburn celebrated their 5,000th Football League match the weekend, so I asked my brother how many had Albion accumulated, 'cos I've heard no mention.

Interestingly, only 6 have made the 5,000 - so get your brains going (without looking it up!)
A lot depends on early inclusion, but also on playing 46 matches p.a. instead of 38.

I'll tell you the 6 later.

Gamball:
Plymouth - Norwich

Others:
Leeds - Watford
Middlesbrough - Southampton
Rotherham - Preston
WBA - Millwall
Stoke - Hull
Crystal Palace - Fulham
Luton - Wolves
Brentford - Everton
Arsenal - Spurs

Quote:CLUB STATEMENT:

It is with much regret that the club has taken the decision to terminate the contracts of Head Coach Billy Dodds and his Assistant Manager Barry Wilson with immediate effect.

In the first instance we would like to put on record our huge appreciation for the efforts of Billy since taking the position. His professionalism, attention to detail and positive attitude could never be faulted no matter the challenges we faced.

The run to the Premiership play-off final in his first season was an epic effort which saw us only fall short in the final 45 mins of the final and it goes without saying that reaching the Scottish Cup Final for the second time in our 29 year history was a fantastic achievement, as was the performance of the team that day against the Scottish champions.

It is important to note that this is not a decision which has been taken lightly and as our history shows, it is rarely the way managerial changes happen at Caledonian Stadium. We do not have a revolving door, nor a hire and fire at the drop of the hat attitude and we do not expect that to change going forward.

That said, the CEO and full Board of Directors had been meeting regularly with Billy regarding performances, results, and our expectations and ambitions for this season. We were all determined to give ourselves the best possible chance to succeed. Our intention is always to be competing for promotion but as is repeated regularly in such circumstances we are in a results driven business and sadly, this seasons results have not reflected the quality we believe we have in the building.

Assistant Manager Barry Wilson is a club legend and he has more than ably served the club as player and coach. His many years here as both, and the respect with which he has been held, shows our appreciation of his service.

Sometimes in football we have to make difficult decisions and both of the decisions outlined above fall very hard into that category.

Sporting Director John Robertson and Academy Director Charlie Christie will take charge of the team in the interim period while we endeavour to find a new Head Coach in short order and applications will be accepted at footballdept@ictfc.co.uk

We have great plans for the club as we move towards our 30th year and indeed a bright future. More importantly we have a very good squad of players, many of whom were brought in over the last two years and they now have to step up and prove they are worthy of the plaudits they have all previously received to help both the interim Football Dept staff and the new Head Coach, once appointed.

Tuesday Night

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Altrincham 2-1 Hartlepool
Barnet 2-0 Aldershot
Boreham Wood 1-2 Rochdale
Chesterfield 3-1 Halifax
Dag & Red 0-2 Bromley
Dorking 1-0 Wealdstone
Eastleigh 1-1 Oxford City
Gateshead 2-0 Kidderminster
Oldham 0-2 York
Solihull Moors 4-1 Fylde
Southend 1-0 Maidenhead United
Woking 1-1 Ebbsfleet

League Table After Matchday 9

Amelia - 206
Spireitematt - 199
Dancing - 160
St Charles - 152
SaltergateBorn - 149
Lord Snoots - 144
Devon - 105

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER KO 8:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



2 weeks to prepare and that is what is served up. There was only one team who wanted to score and after a few Vasquez saves, Ipswich took the lead when Davis got down the vacant left and pulled back for Chaplin to score. Onto the second half and the pattern continued with Vasquez making a few saves. We still couldn't muster anything for there keeper to do as we didn't register a shot on target in over a hundred minutes of time played.

THE MATCH



Next up and Middlesbrough make the journey south. Amazingly Boro are below us in the league with an identical record to our own, there only point coming at home to The Village. Michael Carrick is there manager and would have been hoping to carry on from last season when they made the playoffs but lost to Coventry, but have struggled. Losing there leading scorer Akpom was a big blow and they haven't found a replacement it seems. I think they will recover (starting against us of course ) but will be struggling to get near the playoffs.

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 49
MIDD  48
DRAWS 18

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                         

MIDD               -                                                                             

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

DAVID WEBB
Rob Smith and Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official : Oliver Langford

THE TEAM

Vasquez
Pato Palmer Famewo Berrnard James
Musaba Buckley Byers Delgado
Gregory

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Gregory

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

55

ATTENDANCE

24689

BML LEAGUE

Maddix 2
Washington 2
Owlkev 1
Imre
SCO

BMPL

Stateside 1
Wereham 1
Pei -12

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City v Coventry City
Preston North End v Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City
Southampton v Ipswich Town

AAHHD

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

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. St Charles Owl = 132 pts
   
2. neonfoxinthebox = 119 pts
   
3. Baggiebob(BBB) = 110 pts
   
4. theo_luddite = 105 pts
   
5. jjamez = 103 pts
   
6. themaclad = 93 pts
   

Friday 22nd September:
Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers

Saturday 23rd September:
Rotherham United v Preston North End
Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion v Millwall

Sunday 25th September:
Stoke City v Hull City (12:00)

Monday 26th September:
Coventry v Town (20:00)
Town scorers:
Coventry scorers:

Carabooboo Cup round 3:
Tuesday 26th September:
Bradford City v Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wednesday 27th September:
Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City
Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham v Norwich City
Liverpool v Leicester City

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

1. Lord Snooty = 116 pts
   
2. ritchiebaby = 97 pts
   
3. SHEP_HTAFC = 95 pts
   
4. Devongone = 88 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 87 pts
   
6. WakeyTerrier = 81 pts
   

Saturday 23rd September:
Ipswich Town v Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United v Watford
Leicester City v Bristol City
Middlesbrough v Southampton
Plymouth Argyle v Norwich City

Sunday 25th September:
Sunderland v Cardiff City (15:00)

Monday 26th September:
Coventry v Town (20:00)
Town scorers:
Coventry scorers:

Carabooboo Cup round 3:
Tuesday 26th September:
Mansfield Town v Peterborough United
Port Vale v Sutton United
Manchester United v Crystal Palace

Wednesday 27th September:
AFC Bournemouth v Stoke City
Newcastle United v Manchester City

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

Nick Montgomery takes his Hibs' side to Rugby Park tomorrow, accompanied by around 1,800 fans. Any points scored in this difficult game will be most welcome and Hibs often play well on the artificial pitch. We'll see if Montgomery's different style has an immediate effect - the new manager bounce. There's no doubt that Lee Johnson wasn't taking the players with him in his tactics and attitude. Many of the players will be aware that they might be playing for their futures at Easter Road in the next three months or so and will give their all for the team.

Killie have had a couple of poor results recently, mainly due to a lack of goals, and will have been glad of the international break. They haven't lost many goals though and this could be a close low-scoring encounter with one goal in it.