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Posted by: themaclad - 03-10-2023, 15:54 - Forum: Preston North End
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Leicester City v Preston North End
King Power Stadium 4/10/2023 19.45hrs
https://www.lcfc.com/?lang=en
https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/133018...wednesday/
Ground
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King Power Stadium (also known as the Leicester City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations and formerly known as the Walkers Stadium) is a football stadium located in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England. It has been the home of EFL Championship club Leicester City since 2002 and was the stage as the club famously lifted the Premier League title in 2016. The all-seater stadium has a capacity of 32,262 and since 2021 has also been the primary home of Leicester City Women.[2]
History
Background and construction
Leicester's previous stadium was at nearby Filbert Street, which had been their home since 1891. It was gradually upgraded during the 20th century and with the advent of the Taylor Report in January 1990 requiring all clubs in the top two divisions to have all-seater stadiums by August 1994, Leicester City's directors began to investigate building a new stadium during the early 1990s, but decided to take the redevelopment option by building a new stand on one side of Filbert Street and fitting seats into the remaining standing areas, giving the stadium a 21,500 all-seated capacity by the 1994–95 season.
Filbert Street's conversion to an all-seater stadium coincided with their promotion to the Premier League after a seven-year exile from the top flight, and with their relegation after just one season it appeared the 21,500 capacity would be adequate.
However, success in the late 1990s saw crowds rise, which meant virtually every game at Filbert Street was a sell-out by the end of the decade. Relocation was soon back on the cards; several clubs had relocated to new stadiums around this time, including fellow Midlands clubs Stoke City and Derby County.
Some parts of the ground – the East and North Stands in particular – were also somewhat outdated, which led the manager, Martin O'Neill to joke that when he showed Filbert Street to new signings he led them backwards out of the players tunnel to prevent them from seeing the East Stand.
In early 1998, plans were announced for a 40,000 all-seater stadium to be built at Bede Island South in time for the 2000–01 season, but they were abandoned on 5 January 2000. Chairman John Elsom vowed other options, including relocation to another site or even further redevelopment of Filbert Street, would be considered, hoping either option would have materialised by August 2002.[3]
The relocation option was soon settled upon, as plans were unveiled on 2 November 2000 for a 32,000-seat stadium at nearby Freeman's Wharf, with 2003–04 being the expected completion date, although it was suggested at the time relocation could happen at the start of the 2002–03 season.[4] Work on the stadium began in the summer of 2001, and by 10 October that year it was confirmed the new stadium would be ready for the 2002–03 season.[5]
The stadium was completed on time in the summer of 2002, ready for Leicester to take up residence for the start of the 2002–03 season. However, it was not an easy start at their new stadium as they had just been relegated from the Premier League and were more than £30 million in debt. The stadium is thought to have cost around £37 million to build.
MANAGER
Vincenzo Maresca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso maˈreska]; born 10 February 1980) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of EFL Championship club Leicester City.
After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, including Juventus, who loaned him twice for the duration of his contract, and with whom he won the league title in 2002. After being released in 2004, he went to play one season with Fiorentina; he then resumed his career in La Liga with Sevilla (where he remained for four years) and Málaga, appearing in 134 games and scoring 17 goals in the competition whilst winning five major titles with the former side; in between his two spells in Spain he also spent one year in Greece with Olympiacos, later returning to Italy in 2012, where he played until his retirement in 2017, totalling 140 appearances and 17 goals in Serie A.
Maresca represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level.
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LAST TIME OUT
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Goals pay the rent
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NEWBIES
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FORM GUIDE
FOXES 18 PNE 13
WE'VE MET BEFORE
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Even our keeper scored there
The Joy of Ex
Cannon, Mavididi and Iversen
CULTURE
Family were an English rock band, active from late 1966 to October 1973, and again since 2013 for a series of live shows. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock, as their sound often explored other genres, incorporating elements of styles such as folk, psychedelia, acid rock, jazz fusion, and rock and roll. The band achieved recognition in the United Kingdom through their albums, club and concert tours, and appearances at festivals.
Family's rotating membership during their relatively short existence led to a diversity of sound on their various albums. The group have been described as an "odd band loved by a small but rabid group of fans".
DEAD KINGS SOCIETY
The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Following extensive anthropological and genetic testing, the remains were reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015.
Richard III, the final ruler of the Plantagenet dynasty, was killed on 22 August 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses. His body was taken to Greyfriars, Leicester, where it was buried in a crude grave in the friary church. Following the friary's dissolution in 1538 and subsequent demolition, Richard's tomb was lost. An erroneous account arose that Richard's bones had been thrown into the River Soar at the nearby Bow Bridge.
A search for Richard's body began in August 2012, initiated by Philippa Langley and the Looking for Richard project with the support of the Richard III Society. The archaeological excavation was led by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, working in partnership with Leicester City Council. On the first day a human skeleton belonging to a man in his thirties was uncovered showing signs of severe injuries. The skeleton, which had several unusual physical features, most notably scoliosis, a severe curvature of the back, was exhumed to allow scientific analysis. Examination showed that the man had probably been killed either by a blow from a large bladed weapon, probably a halberd, which cut off the back of his skull and exposed the brain, or by a sword thrust that penetrated all the way through the brain. Other wounds on the skeleton had probably occurred after death as "humiliation injuries", inflicted as a form of posthumous revenge.
The age of the bones at death matched that of Richard when he was killed; they were dated to about the period of his death and were mostly consistent with physical descriptions of the king. Preliminary DNA analysis showed that mitochondrial DNA extracted from the bones matched that of two matrilineal descendants, one 17th-generation and the other 19th-generation, of Richard's sister Anne of York. Taking these findings into account along with other historical, scientific and archaeological evidence, the University of Leicester announced on 4 February 2013 that it had concluded beyond reasonable doubt that the skeleton was that of Richard III.
As a condition of being allowed to disinter the skeleton, the archaeologists agreed that, if Richard were found, his remains would be reburied in Leicester Cathedral. A controversy arose as to whether an alternative reburial site, York Minster or Westminster Abbey, would be more suitable. A legal challenge confirmed there were no public law grounds for the courts to be involved in that decision. Reinterment took place in Leicester on 26 March 2015, during a televised memorial service held in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury and senior members of other Christian denominations.
The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Following extensive anthropological and genetic testing, the remains were reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015.
Richard III, the final ruler of the Plantagenet dynasty, was killed on 22 August 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses. His body was taken to Greyfriars, Leicester, where it was buried in a crude grave in the friary church. Following the friary's dissolution in 1538 and subsequent demolition, Richard's tomb was lost. An erroneous account arose that Richard's bones had been thrown into the River Soar at the nearby Bow Bridge.
A search for Richard's body began in August 2012, initiated by Philippa Langley and the Looking for Richard project with the support of the Richard III Society. The archaeological excavation was led by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, working in partnership with Leicester City Council. On the first day a human skeleton belonging to a man in his thirties was uncovered showing signs of severe injuries. The skeleton, which had several unusual physical features, most notably scoliosis, a severe curvature of the back, was exhumed to allow scientific analysis. Examination showed that the man had probably been killed either by a blow from a large bladed weapon, probably a halberd, which cut off the back of his skull and exposed the brain, or by a sword thrust that penetrated all the way through the brain. Other wounds on the skeleton had probably occurred after death as "humiliation injuries", inflicted as a form of posthumous revenge.
The age of the bones at death matched that of Richard when he was killed; they were dated to about the period of his death and were mostly consistent with physical descriptions of the king. Preliminary DNA analysis showed that mitochondrial DNA extracted from the bones matched that of two matrilineal descendants, one 17th-generation and the other 19th-generation, of Richard's sister Anne of York. Taking these findings into account along with other historical, scientific and archaeological evidence, the University of Leicester announced on 4 February 2013 that it had concluded beyond reasonable doubt that the skeleton was that of Richard III.
As a condition of being allowed to disinter the skeleton, the archaeologists agreed that, if Richard were found, his remains would be reburied in Leicester Cathedral. A controversy arose as to whether an alternative reburial site, York Minster or Westminster Abbey, would be more suitable. A legal challenge confirmed there were no public law grounds for the courts to be involved in that decision. Reinterment took place in Leicester on 26 March 2015, during a televised memorial service held in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury and senior members of other Christian denominations.
Who’s Available?
Ryan Lowe confirmed in his pre-match press conference that he has no fresh injuries in the squad to worry about.
Ched Evans is due for a scan later in the week and will see a specialist next Monday, and all being well he could be made available for full-contact training.
Emil Riis is already in training and back with a ball at his feet, but these next two games will come too soon. The Danish forward could potentially be ready for action after the international break.
Opposition Focus
Following relegation from the Premier League last season, Leicester City were considered favourites to win the Championship before a ball was kicked, and their start to the campaign will have done nothing to change people’s minds.
Still with a number of players who have spent years in the top flight, the Foxes have also introduced some new faces, as well as having a new man in the dugout in Enzo Maresca.
The former Manchester City coach has made a flying start to life in Leicester, leading his new team to eight wins from their opening nine matches.
Match Officials
Referee: Thomas Bramall
Assistant Referees: Richard West and Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: Gavin Ward
Thomas Bramall will referee Wednesday night's fixture, replacing Darren England who was initially set to be referee at the King Power Stadium.
Bramall last took charge of a PNE match in February when Ryan Lowe's side beat Wigan Athletic, and so far this season he has shown 22 yellow cards and one red in six matches.
MACS VIEW
Evening motorway journeys, my favourite, bit different, not been to the King Power and never been to Leicester so a first, free hit of a game, if they don't get over 100 points this season will be surprised, need to play better than Saturday given the standard of the opposition hopefully we will expect changes. Over 2000 going should be fun
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| Chesterfield Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 14 |
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Posted by: spireitematt - 02-10-2023, 20:50 - Forum: Chesterfield
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Altrincham 2-0 Aldershot
Barnet 3-1 Fylde
Chesterfield 2-1 Bromley
Dag & Red 1-2 York
Dorking 2-0 Kidderminster
Eastleigh 2-1 Ebbsfleet
Gateshead 2-1 Wealdstone
Oldham 2-2 Maidenhead United
Solihull Moors 1-0 Rochdale
Southend 1-0 Oxford City
Woking 1-2 Halifax
Wednesday
Boreham Wood 2-0 Hartlepool
League Table After Matchday 13
Spireitematt - 297
Amelia - 285
SaltergateBorn - 261
St Charles - 235
Lord Snoots - 209
Dancing - 205
Devon - 128
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| HTAFC Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 10 |
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Posted by: Lord Snooty - 01-10-2023, 22:20 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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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. 
So we have a new format for this season, which I put forward as an idea at the end of last season. Nobody offered any objections so here it is explained......
Firstly, I thought it was getting a bit boring towards the end with the league format as it was with the champion being so far ahead and everybody else not much to play for apart from the push for a play off spot, which was a bit of an anticlimax anyway. The most exciting bit was the tussle for 8th, 9th and 10th positions with Shep, Ritchie and Amelia.
So I'm splitting the group up into two groups with the top six from last season in the top group and the bottom six in group 2. 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 New Years Day games and the FA Cup 3rd round weekend.
The second season will start the following week, finishing on the last game of the Championship 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 Championship fixtures and bonus matches. And not as many fixtures to go at. Hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.
The rest of the rules will be the same as before apart from the which will still be in use, but I'm going to get arsey about it. Sometimes in the past, I've been able to just award two points immediately because it was such a nailed on thing to happen. Not accusing anyone of cheating. Far from it. I didn't put any boundaries on it, so anything was alright. So now I'm restricting it to three goal scorers in any of the games in your group. Sorry to all our more adventurous badgerers.
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.
The joker will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 for getting it wrong.
Division One table after Matchday 9:
- St Charles Owl = 174 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 154 pts
- neonfoxinthebox = 147 pts
- jjamez = 145 pts
- theo_luddite = 132 pts
- themaclad = 125 pts
Friday 6th October:
Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion
Saturday 7th October:
Sheff Weds v Town
Town scorers:
Weds scorers:
Ipswich Town v Preston North End
Leeds United v Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle v Swansea City
Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers
Southampton v Rotherham United
Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:
Burnley v Chelsea
Fulham v Sheffield United
Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest (17:30)
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
Division Two table after Matchday 9:
- Lord Snooty = 143 pts
- ritchiebaby = 129 pts
- SHEP_HTAFC = 127 pts
- WakeyTerrier = 117 pts
- Amelia Chaffinch = 112 pts
- Devongone = 110 pts
Saturday 7th October:
Sheff Weds v Town
Town scorers:
Weds scorers:
Sunderland v Middlesbrough (12:30)
Cardiff City v Watford
Coventry City v Norwich City
Leicester City v Stoke City
Millwall v Hull City
Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:
Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur (12:30)
Scottish Premiership:
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
National League:
Boreham Wood v Chesterfield
Ebbsfleet United v FC Halifax Town
*** scores for ***
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Posted by: Lord Snooty - 01-10-2023, 22:17 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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Birmingham City v Huddersfield Town
The Sky Bet Championship
Tuesday October 3rd - 19:45 ko
at St Andrew's
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Huddersfield Town travel to Birmingham to St Andrew's on Tuesday night for Game Three of the new Darren Moore era. That's three games in eight days, with the first two ending in one all draws, adding to the three match unbeaten run at the conclusion of the Neil Warnock era, to make it a run of five games unbeaten.
We have ten points so far this season from the first nine games, which is two points less than this midweek's opponents. Those opponents, like ourselves, are under new ownership from the good old US of A. Their new owners are Tom Wagner and what the BBC website describes as "high profile" Tom Brady. According to Wikipedia he is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons.
They were both present at St Andrews when the takeover was completed in time for their home game with the Leeds Urinals, a game they won with a late winner from former Town player Lukas Jutkiewicz (I still struggle to spell his name correctly ). They followed that with another couple of wins, which took them upto the dizzy heights of 3rd place after four games. They have only taken two more points in the next five matches though and so don't come into this one in the greatest of form.
No team news yet, but worryingly Yuta Nakayama limped off injured on Saturday. Let's hope that when Big D holds his press conference on Monday, he has some good news on that front.
Tickets:
ADULT – £24.50
SENIOR – £19
16-22 YEARS – £19
UNDER 16 – £5.50
Head to Head
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Town lead the head to head with 44 wins to City's 40, with 35 draws.
119 games. Our most played opponent. And I still haven't been there. 
Going back to the start of our Football League life, we broke our club scoring record twice against Birmingham. The first season, 1910/11, we set the record with a 7-1 win. James Macauley got a hat trick in that one.
Then three seasons later, we went and beat that by winning 7-0 at Leeds Road. This time Thomas Elliott scored a hat trick. He's on the front row, second from the left on this old photo of the 13/14 squad.
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Probably the biggest game we had against them was in 1972. It was the last time we made it to the FA Cup quarter finals and 52,500 turned up at St Andrews to watch it. Unfortunately we lost 3-1 with Trevor Cherry getting our goal.
We did beat them in the 2018 FA Cup though, again at their place. After a 1-1 draw at ours, we were level at 1-1 after 90 minutes of the replay, but then Steve Mounie, Rajiv van La Parra and Tom Ince scored in extra time to give us a 4-1 win.
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Last season, we had an early season visit to St Andrews, which was switched to a Friday night game, due to the Commonwealth Games being on at the time and Birmingham had a lack of stewards available for a Saturday afternoon. We lost 2-1 with Danny Ward getting a consolation goal after the Bluenoses had gone into the interval with a two goal lead. Scott Hogan and Przemyslaw Placheta scored the goals.
The game at home came at a time when we were the rubbing rags of the Championship. We had the co-ordinates firmly set on destination relegation. Mark Fotheringham had just been dismissed and a diabolical defeat at Stoke followed. Birmingham were our bogey team at the JSS, having not beaten them in a league game since 1996. How could this possibly go any other way but another Town defeat.
Enter Neil Warnock and Ronnie Jepson. And enter Troy Deeney. He scored early on, what hopefully will now be his last goal against us, seeing as he's gone all plant based and joined Forest Green Rovers.
Watford loanee, Joseph Hungbo then went and scored an absolute beauty in the 25th minute to draw us level and then shortly after half time, it was young Jaheim Headley firing home from a long punt out (perfectly weighted pass?) from keeper Nick Bilokapic.
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A thrilled Warnock praise his side's spirit and commitment.
"I loved it when Etienne Camara got blood on his face," he added. "You have to go through things like that. You have to make sacrifices but the rewards are greater.
"Every one the fans have gone home happy, and every one of the players now believes. That's a big thing and that's why I am in the game and why I came back. I owed Huddersfield something because I didn't really want to leave when I left but it was something I couldn't tolerate.
"It's not all young'uns. Yes young'uns are good [but] experience does count for a bit."
So what's going on down in Bordesley? Managed nowadays by John Eustace, the former Kidderminster Harriers boss.
He's 43 years old, started his career in the Premier League with Coventry City, but spent the majority of his playing career in the Championship with Stoke, Watford and Derby.
After he hung up his boots, he had a couple of seasons managing Kidderminster, getting them to the Play Offs twice, but then left to be assistant to Steve McClaren at QPR. He left in the summer when Mark Warburton packed in, but wasn't out of work for long as he got the Brummie job when that disgusting Leeds scumbag Lee Bowyer was given the heave-ho.
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Saturday's line up at Norwich:
21 John Ruddy - 36 year old ex Norwich keeper with one England cap.
12 Cody Drameh - Full back on loan from the BellEnders.
5 Dion Sanderson - Was on loan from Wolves, but now signed and is club captain.
26 Kevin Long - Ex Burnley, Irish international.
23 Emmanuel Longelo - Wing back from West Ham.
34 Ivan Sunjic - Croatian midfielder signed from Dinamo Zagreb.
28 Jay Stansfield - Adam's lad, went back to play for Exeter last year, now on loan from Fulham.
11 Koji Miyoshi - One of Yuta's Japanese buddies.
6 Krystian Bielik - One of Helik's Polish buddies.
45 Oliver Burke - Much travelled 26 year old, now on loan from Werder Bremen.
9 Scott Hogan - Ex Halifax, Irish international.
Subs:
1 Neil Etheridge - Ex Cardiff, Philippines international keeper.
4 Marc Roberts - Ex Halifax defender.
7 Juninho Bacuna - Played in the Premier League with Huddersfield Town.
10 Lukas Jutkiewicz - Played in League One with Huddersfield Town.
17 Siriki Dembélé - Signed from Bourenmouth in the summer.
19 Jordan James - Welsh internationalmidfielder.
20 Gary Gardner - Ex Villa midfielder.
27 Brandon Khela - 18 year old Sikh lad.
44 Emanuel Aiwu - Austrian midfielder on loan from Cremonese.
Club connections:
Ned Barkas came to Huddersfield in 1921. He signed from Norwich, though he was born and raised in the north-east, playing for South Shields and Hebburn Colliery before becoming a Canary. He was a right back and with us having England internationals Sam Wadsworth and Roy Gooddall as competition for that position, he didn't make that many appearances. He did play 131 times though in his seven years with us. There were enough appearances for him to win League Championship winners medals in 1924 and 1926 as well as winning an FA Cup runners up medal in 1928.
Then former Town assistant manager Leslie Knighton, who had been manager of Arsenal before Herbert Chapman, joined Birmingham City and made Ned his first signing. He made nearly 300 appearances for them, many as club captain. One of them was skippering The Blues at Wembley in the FA Cup Final of 1931 against local rivals West Bromwich Albion. It was another runners up medal as the Baggies won 2-1.
Knighton then got the Chelsea job and brought Ned in, in 1937. He was 36 years old by now though and only played 26 times for them before winding his playing career down, including a short spell as player/manager of Solihull Town.
Ned died in 1962, in Little Bromwich, Birmingham, at the age of 60.
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Pat Beasley already had two League Championship winners medals with Arsenal by the time he came to Huddersfield in 1937. Those were won with Arsenal in 1933/34 and 1934/35, the 2nd and 3rd seasons of their hat trick of Championships. In his time down at Highbury though, he missed out on the 1936 FA Cup Final. So he would have been dead chuffed that when he came to Leeds Road, we reached Wembley again in his first season and he got in the team. Just like Ned though, it was another runners up medal.
He was a right winger and made over a hundred appearances for Town and that was part a career record of well over 400 appearances either side of the Second World War. A good number considering he lost six seasons due to the cessation of League football.
After the war, he played for Fulham and then Bristol City, the latter as player/manager, winning the Division Three (South) title. In 1958, he moved to Birmingham City, firstly as joint manager alongside Arthur Turner, but then solely in charge for the 1959/60 season.
This would also be his last season in charge, but one in which he would lead the team to the Final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which has now morphed into the Europa League. After beating Cologne, Zagreb and the Belgian side, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, they met the mighty Barcelona in a two legged Final.
A crowd of 40,524 turned out at St Andrews for the first leg, which ended goal less. The second leg had 70,000 in at Camp Nou and the Bluenoses got battered 4-1.
He resigned after that and after a managing job at Dover and a scouting job with Fulham, he retired to Somerset. Pat died in Taunton at the age of 72 in 1986.
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October the 3rd down the ages: How did we get on in previous matches played on this date?
Nottingham Forest were our opponents in a League Cup 2nd round 2nd leg match at Leeds Road, on this date in 1989. They were still managed by Leeds reject Brian Clough and were the League Cup holders, not the shower of shite they are nowadays.
Town were still in the 3rd Division, managed by ex Republic of Ireland manager Eoin Hand (pictured below) and we earned ourselves a decent chance of winning the tie with the giant tree trunks by drawing the first leg at the City Ground with Ken O'Doherty scoring.
Forest scored first through Tommy Gaynor, but then Craig Maskell equalised just before half time. Future Town player Gary Crosby, gave Forest the lead after the break and then Nigel Clough, who had been taunted by the Town fans throughout the first half, scored an absolute screamer to shut them up and surely close the match at 4-2 on aggregate.
But no! Back came Hand's heroes. First Maskell netted direct from a 20 yard free kick and then Mike Cecere unbelievably levelled it up at 3-3 slotting home in front of the Cowshed after Maskell had set him up. The game went to extra time, but we couldn't get the winner and sadly, the rules of the competition at the time had Forest going through on the away goals rule instead of the excitement of a penalty shoot out. 
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The Football League double champions Huddersfield Town, under the new management of Cecil Potter, were on an unbeaten run at the start of the new season in pursuit of that third title. We had gone seven unbeaten and on this date in 1925, made it eight with a 3-2 away win against Everton. George Brown was the hero, with a hat trick.
On this date in 1936, we had another win against Leeds Urinals. This was a routine 3-0 win at home against them with goals from Len Butt and two from Duncan Ogilvie. He was a new signing from Motherwell and he was to return back up there soon afterwards, in exchange for Willie MacFadyen, after only 18 games for us.
Back in Division One after promotion, we played Aston Villa at home on this date in 1953. Vic Metcalfe got one of the goals in a fantastic 4-0 win, but it was Jimmy Glazzard who was on fire, scoring a hat trick to take his tally to eight in three matches after a hat trick against Sheffield Utd and two against Middlesbrough.
And finally today, a 6-3 win. It was at Leeds Road against Portsmouth on this date in 1959. Jack Connor scored a couple, as did Les Massie. Kevin McHale scored just two days after his 20th birthday. And the sixth goal came form Ken Taylor, returning to the team when the cricket season had finished, having just starred in a successful County Championship title winning season with Yorkshire.
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Birmingham City in popular culture: Well Birmingham has such an array of superstars that I thought I would ignore every one of them. They've all been highlighted over the years in this particular section of our match threads. So instead, here's a play on words of the new Birmingham City co-owners, Tom Wagner and Tom Brady.
Now to be known as The Tom Tom Club.......
Recent form - last 6 matches:
Town 1-1 Ipswich
Coventry 1-1 Town
Town 2-2 Stoke
Town 2-0 Rotherham
WBA 1-2 Town
Town 0-4 Norwich
Norwich 2-0 Birmingham
Birmingham 0-0 QPR
PNE 2-1 Birmingham
Watford 2-0 Birmingham
Birmingham 1-1 Millwall
Birmingham 1-3 Cardiff (EFL Cup)
Town are 17th in the Championship table with 10 points. City are 12th with 12.
Leading scorers:
Terriers:
Delano Burgzorg (2)
Michal Helik (2)
Jack Rudoni (2)
Brummers:
Jay Stansfield (3)
Lukas Jutkiewicz (2)
Juninho Bacuna (2)
Scott Hogan (2)
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| Clarke in but will they score? |
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Posted by: themaclad - 01-10-2023, 09:00 - Forum: Cheltenham
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Cheltenham have appointed former Port Vale, Bristol Rovers and Walsall boss Darrell Clarke as their new head coach on a two-year contract.
Clarke was most recently sacked by Port Vale in April, having guided the club to promotion to League One in 2021-22.
The 45-year-old succeeds Wade Elliott who left the Robins last week following a winless start to the season.
Cheltenham are bottom of League One and have yet to score a goal in their first nine league games this season.
Clarke takes over the Gloucestershire club in the midst of a poor run that has seen them take only one point this season so far and go more than 13-and-a-half hours without scoring a goal, setting a new English Football League record.
Assistant manager Kevin Russell, who has been in caretaker charge, will remain in place for the trip to Lincoln on Saturday.
Clarke spent four-and-a-half years at Bristol Rovers, with the club winning successive promotions from the National League to League One.
He joined the Saddlers in May 2019 before leaving to join Port Vale in May 2021.
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| Preston & Sheff Wed vs WBA - Match Thread |
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Posted by: Ska'dForLife-WBA - 29-09-2023, 22:53 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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A draw at home to Millwall last week was more or less par for the course, but unfortunately the par on this weekend's hole is considerably steeper, and not unlike one of those Florida courses where the alligators eat your balls (which, all things considered, is the kind of handicap you can really do without). Preston are the only remaining unbeaten side in the Championship, and with Deepdale a difficult destination on our calendar even at the best of times, our recent record of losing two in three against them hardly bodes well. Our away record in general now stands at two wins from the last fourteen and none in the last six - a worse showing for 2023 than any other team in the division except Watford and Rotherham - while a home winning streak of four for North End leaves them on the verge of their best spell since January 2009. If the positions were reversed you'd swear this is the kind of match where Albion would come an absolute cropper, but it's probably too much to hope for that we might do similar to another team. Realistically, anything's a bonus tomorrow.
A different story on Tuesday night, however, when Albion kick off October by welcoming Sheffield Wednesday to the Hawthorns. Unbeaten in eight against the Owls since April 2007, and with no away win so far this season for the visitors, it has to be one we target for a win. Wednesday's last visit in autumn 2019 ended in a 2-1 Baggies victory, and they haven't lost consecutive matches on our patch since the Bay City Rollers were at #1 with Bye Bye Baby, so it may not be as straightforward as all that; but nevertheless, by this time next week we could really do with three more points under our belt.
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| Richard Hill |
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Posted by: themaclad - 29-09-2023, 15:55 - Forum: Eastleigh
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Eastleigh have appointed Richard Hill as their manager for a third time following his interim spell in charge.
Hill was placed in temporary charge alongside Jason Bristow following the sacking of Lee Bradbury on 26 August.
The Spitfires have taken 11 points from their seven National League games since, with three wins and two draws.
The 60-year-old managed the club between 2012-2015 and led them to the fifth tier for the first time, before returning in 2017.
A club statement said the process took longer than hoped due to "the volume of interviews" but that Hill gives "the best chance of success".
"Having assembled a team that won promotion to the National League he subsequently led Eastleigh to their highest ever league finish.
"The team played some of the most exciting football ever witnessed at the Silverlake and his team gave us many memorable matches.
"A vital part of this success was the fans and the unity between the players, staff and fans alike. Future success will undoubtedly require the same unity and feeling of togetherness which as a board we are committed to deliver."
Eastleigh, who were winless this season under Bradbury, are now up to 15th in the table and face FC Halifax Town away on Saturday.
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| Prediction League Week 7 Results |
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Posted by: St Charles Owl - 28-09-2023, 21:46 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Premier League
B.B.B. 6
Stairs 5
Lady Jane 5
Minizin 3
Dingle 3
Derby 1
Zinman 1
Blue B -1
Well it would certainly appear that after lasts week points fest Zinman absolutely ****** us with this set of fixtures!!! Last week the PL amassed 152 points, this week that dropped to a measly 23!!! For the accountants out there that is a staggering 85% drop!! And it didn't stop with just the total score, of the 8 players in the PL, 5 of them recorded their lowest score of the season, including the first negative score. The Rotherham v PNE match recorded the lowest scoring game of the season with a -9 total on it, courtesy of three incorrect Bonus Balls, and no other players scoring on it on that one, plus we also saw negative points on 3 other games as well!! And lets not get started on the balls, 7 incorrect Gamballs, 7 incorrect Bonus Balls and only 3 correct scores across the 80 predictions, and they were all on one game!!
Not much to say about the individual performances but lets highlight BBB being top for the first time this season, albeit with just 6 points!! He was the only one to score positive points on the Gamball but not much else to add to this score. Stairs and Lady Jane were a point behind, with Minizin and Dingle a further 2 points back. Lady Jane would have ended joint top this week but she put her scoreball on the 0-0 draw at Palace!! Dingle deserves a mention as the only player to score points on the Bonus by picking a L**ds win.
Derby and Zinman ended with 1 solitary point (I would have liked to have given Zin a negative score after these games but couldn't bring myself to do it!!) and after a good recent run Blue Baggie recorded the first negative score this season in the PL with -1!!
106 Stairs
92 Minizin
89 Derby
77 Blue Baggie
77 Zinman
70 BBB
61 Lady Jane
56 Dingle
No real changes in position except for Zinman going joint 4th. No movement due to only a 7 point spread in the scores and those at the top suffering as much as those in the bottom half.
The total points from balls in the PL now stands at 164. No surprise that Stairs, Derby and Minizin occupy the top three spots in the table and are in the top 4 in terms of points gained from balls, Stairs has 34 points, Derby 33, Zinman 26 and Minizin 24. Down the other end the one with the fewest points from the balls is BBB with just 8 in total, Dingle has 16 and LJ has 21.
The outlier with ball play is Blue Baggie, he is sitting ok in 4th in the league but is down near the bottom when it comes to ball play with only 14% of his points coming from balls compared to 32% for Stairs, 33% for Zinman, 34% for LJ and even 28% for the bottom of the table Dingle! To me that maybe shows he is a better predictor overall but those bonus points do add up and make a difference, and this is shown when you look at who scores on the most games where we see Blue top of that with a record 10 games scoring points last week and he was the one who held the previous record at 8 games, he just needs to choose his games better to play his balls on. Of course I could be wrong especially when you take into account that Blue also has the lowest scoring games/week record with 2 positive scores in weeks 3 and 7, a record he shares with Dingle who only had 2 scoring games in weeks 5 and 7.
In terms of the individual balls Zinman leads the way on the Gamball with 17 points, Stairs is best on the Bonus with 21 points and he is joint top with Dingle on the Scoreball with 5 points. No surprise either that Stairs is second only to Derby with correct scores, Derby has 9 and Stairs has 8, this equates to 13% of games predicted for Derby and 11% for Stairs.
Cheers
SCO
Championship
AAA 9pts
Themaclad 8
Snooty 6
BaggieOne 6
Twerton 5
SCO 3
Sanjay 3
After last week's easy set of fixtures, it seems I reverted to type by choosing some rather less predictable games. Surprisingly, nobody scored a maximum on the gamball(!), the bonus ball was a complete wipe out and 3 fixtures returned negative totals; Albion's draw blew 2 bonus balls with only 1 player predicting a draw, nobody saw Everton winning at Brentford and Wolves draw at Luton got 1 correct score but blew 2 more bonuses. Unsurprisingly this was the lowest scoring week so far with, for the first time this season, nobody reaching double figures.
AAA heads the table despite losing a gamball point thanks to 2 correct scores from his 4orrect predictions.Themaclad had the samescores/predictions breakdown as AAA but sits a point back as he lost out on his scoreball, the only player to get zero points from that ball.
Snooty and BaggieOne are together on 6 points with both of them also the only players to gain from the gamball which was one of Snooty's only 2 correct predictions. Apoint further back is Twerton while SCO and Sanjay sit at the foot of the table with just 3 points. The last 2 both played their scoreball on a nil nil draw meaning that their balls managed to lose them 5 points each.
Twerton 77
AAA 75
SCO 71
BaggieOne 69
Snooty 68
Themaclad 59
Sanjay 43
Given the relatively small spread of scores there isn't mach positional change in the table this week with just AAA climbing into 2nd ahead of SCO. Twerton's early season form has deserted him, collecting just 15 points in the last 3 weeks, and his lead is down to just 2 points as the pack closes in. Sanjay remains some way behind the rest of the league and the reason lies in some stats.....
Our bottom 2 are really suffering with their balls - Sanjay now has a total of zero points from the 3 balls, with Themaclad gaining 2. In contrast Twerton still leads this particular table with 32 points. Sanjay also stands out in terms of correct scores. While he's in line with everyone for correct result predictions, he has 25 so far with everyone between 25 and 30, his failure to land correct results stands out. Sanjay has turned just 8% of his correct predictions in to correct scores, half the percentage of the next lowest and a clear contrast to Snooty who is up to 32%.
Zin lays down the gauntlet to SCO for some Premiership statting!
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(28-09-2023, 21:46)St Charles Owl Wrote: Zin lays down the gauntlet to SCO for some Premiership statting!
The gauntlet was picked up, worn to see if it fit my hand, used to type this write up, polished with a nice cloth and laid right back down where I found it!!!
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