firstly aint posted in a long while...so excuse me for that:

once upon a time all games kicked off at 3.00pm
we all knew where we stood with that
now its(well whatever times the t.v decide) getting stupid.
fans having to get up at stupid o clock to attend an away game
some of them not getting home till the early hours of the next day(i salute those fans)

the press going nuts over man u struggling......so what.....are they the be all and end all of football in the u.k?
no they are not....football revolves over the following:

the fans of lower league sides turning up to support their sides every game.....whatever day it is.
knowing those sides they support aint going to get press recognition

since the inception of the PL the lower leagues have basically been forced to survive on scraps
why?....the premier league just want the money for themselves.....but.....occasionally they look to these lower leagues
for bargains....correct me if i`m wrong on that one..

and finally our beloved football saviour....VAR
why only available in the P/L?

bought in to "HELP" referees ?

yeah right.......i think 40 odd thousand paying fans are being duped into the decisions this stupid technology delivers

rant over:

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER KO 3:00PM

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LAST MATCH



It was back to square one as we were put to the sword by Millwall. We started ok and Musaba squandered a chance, but Millwall scored with there first attempt, a close range header from a corner. It was 0-2 just before halftime, Saville with a good finish from 20 yards. Onto the 2nd half and any hopes of a comeback came to an end when Dawson couldn't hold a cross and Harding fired home. Cadamarteri was denied a debut goal before Norton-Curry finished the scoring.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH

First up after the international break sees us travel down to Birmingham. Brum were in 6 the place when they sacked John Eustace to replace him with Wayne Rooney. They are now 18th after losing 4 of there first 5 games with Rooney. I'm sure they will give Rooney time, but the new owners wont be happy with the start he has made. I think they will be Ok in the end as there are several clubs far worse than Brum. There leading scorer so far this season is Jay Stansfield with 5 goals.



DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 35
BIRM 39
DRAWS 27

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                              

BIRM               -                                                               

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

REBECCA WELCH
Alex James and Mark Russell
Fourth Official : Paul Howard

THE TEAM

Dawson
Palmer Bernard Ihekwe James
Musaba Bannan Byers Johnson
Gregory Smith

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Smith

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

30

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML LEAGUE

Washington 8
Maddix 4
Imre 4
Owlkev 1
SCO 1

BMPL

Stateside 3
Wereham 2
Pei -10

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Newcastle v Chelsea
Plymouth v Sunderland
Leyton Orient v Wigan
Newport v Stockport
Wealdstone v Barnet

DAAAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Sorry, but there was one very obvious Gamball match this weekend.

Gamball:
WBA - Ipswich

Others:
Newcastle - Chelsea
Sheff Utd - Bournemouth
Bristol City - Middlesbrough
Millwall - Coventry
Plymouth - Sunderland
Stoke - Blackburn
Swansea - Hull
Spurs - Villa
Everton - Man Utd

Morecambe boss Derek Adams has left the club prior to an expected return to Scottish Premiership side Ross County.

The League Two club did not name the Scottish side in their statement but said Adams, 48, had departed in order to "pursue an opportunity elsewhere".

The Shrimps added they had wanted to retain Adams' services but a release clause in his contract had been met.

"Derek has done an excellent job in challenging circumstances," said Morecambe chief executive Ben Sadler.

"During his second spell with Morecambe, he secured the club's status in League One upon his return midway through the 2021-22 season and built an excellent squad, almost from scratch, that is currently sitting just outside the League Two play-off positions, with games in hand.

"For all of that, we thank Derek and wish him the very best for the future. However, the sole focus of the board of directors now is to appoint the best manager to take this very special club forward."

John McMahon and Ged Brannan will take temporary charge of the team while the club begins its search for a new manager to succeed the Scot.

Adams' previous tenure ended when he left the club shortly after leading them to promotion through the League Two play-offs in 2021, in order to join Bradford City.

His time with the Bantams was short-lived, however, and he returned to Morecambe in February 2022, managing to keep the club in the third tier, but could not repeat the feat last season as they were relegated back to League Two.

Analysis - Adams' exit a blow to club on cusp of play-offs
BBC Radio Lancashire's Derek Quinn

The news that Derek Adams is leaving Morecambe for a second time will be a huge blow to the club.

The Scot will always be known as the man who performed something of a football miracle to take a struggling League Two side with the division's lowest budget into League One in his first full season in charge with a Wembley play-off final victory over Newport County.

Morecambe celebrate their League Two play-off final win in 2021
Morecambe beat Newport County 1-0 in the 2020-21 League Two play-off final
It was a feat that always made him something of a revered character with the Morecambe fans - even though he disappointed everyone as he left the club to join Bradford a few days after sealing promotion.

When he lost his job there after a relatively short period of time, it seemed as though the stars were aligned as his replacement at Morecambe, Stephen Robinson, jumped ship to join St Mirren at the same time and Adams again delivered the goods as he somehow led the Shrimps to safety.

Even though he could not keep the club in League One last season, there were few, if any, who called for him to go as the Shrimps' fanbase knew the pressures he was under with ownership issues and financial struggles constantly in the spotlight, with the supposed Sarbjot Johal takeover story rumbling on and on.

After relegation was confirmed on the final day of last season, Adams was in the unenviable position of having to release every player not under contract, leaving a squad of just six players as he was told his new budget would again be among the lowest in League Two.

Despite that, Adams, along with head of recruitment Greg Strong and assistant John McMahon, received a late cash boost to put together a team that has so far defied the odds this season to sit just outside the play-off places again and, until two successive defeats in the past couple of weeks, was pushing for a top-two spot.

Although Adams voiced his frustrations openly on several occasions during the past two seasons, it seemed like he was keen to see the project through and only a few weeks ago spoke excitedly of how he intended to take Morecambe into the Championship with potential new owners closing in.

That positive proclamation seems something of a pipe dream now, however, as Adams has once again decided to "seek opportunities elsewhere".

Despite walking out of the door for a second time, the Morecambe fans, who are a loyal lot, have been quick to pass on their best wishes to the 48-year-old as he takes his next step.

They are also already looking to his replacement with former Shrimps stars John Coleman and Dave Artell being put forward as the early crowd favourites to take over.

Bromley 2-0 Aldershot
Eastleigh 1-0 Boreham Wood
Ebbsfleet 2-1 Maidenhead United
Halifax 3-0 Fylde
Kidderminster 0-2 Hartlepool
Rochdale 1-2 Altrincham
Solihull Moors 0-1 Gateshead
Woking 1-2 Chesterfield
York 1-2 Oxford City

Wednesday

Barnet 2-0 Oldham


League Table After Matchday 20

Spireitematt - 489
SaltergateBorn - 441
Amelia - 380
St Charles - 353
Dancing - 350
Lord Snoots - 299
Devon - 249

My laptop is on the blink, or maybe dying, so I can't wait -

Barnet 3-1 Gateshead
Bromley 1-0 Fylde
Dorking 0-1 Boreham Wood
Eastleigh 2-2 Altrincham
Ebbsfleet 3-0 Oxford City
Halifax 2-1 Wealdstone
Kidderminster 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Rochdale 2-1 Aldershot
Solihull 3-1 Maidenhead
Southend 1-1 Chesterfield
Woking 1-1 Oldham Ath
York City 1-2 Hartlepool Utd

Premier League

Last week I promised Blue Baggie that I would try to get the results our earlier in the week, well in typical Sheffield Wednesday fashion, I once again failed to deliver!!!  Thankfully I got the results up before the next fixtures because we have the hated international break so its not that critical hopefully!!

Blue B 18
Minizin 17
Zinman 10
Dingle 8
Derby 6
B.B.B. 4
Stairs 2
Lady J -1

Another mediocre week in the PL this week, but like previous weeks there is quite a big spread in the scores on the doors!!  At the top end we see Blue Baggie with 18 points, he seems to have found some form but it always boosts the score when you get a maximum on the Gamball as he did!!  He was able to add to this with 2 other CSs but missed on the Bonus.  Right behind him is Minizin on 17 points, another max on the Gamball and a CR on the Bonus certainly helped.  Zinman was another Gamball max recipient but unfortunately wasn't able to add much to this on his way to 10 points.

Its all a bit downhill from here though!! Dingle is next with 8 points, scored a CR on the Gamball but missed on his Bonus, Derby managed 6 points with a CR on his Bonus and BBB ended with his worst week of the season so far with 4 points after missing out on an extra 2 points by not playing his Gamball, the first person in the PL not to play it this season!!

The bottom 2 had a week to forget, Stairs wrethched form continues with just 2 points, missing all your balls will do that to your score and Lady Jane also had her worst week of the season, finishing on -1, courtesy of using the Scoreball on a 0-0 draw!!!

146 Minizin
144 Zinman
140 Derby
134 Blue Baggie
130 BBB
113 Lady Jane
113 Stairs
90 Dingle

Like last week we see 6 positional changes this week!!  Back to the top of the table is Minizin as he leap frogs Zinman, who is now in 2nd place, and last weeks leader Derby who drops to 3rd.  Blue Baggie rose one place to 4th spot by overtaking BBB who drops to 5th.  The top 5 is now separated by just 16 points and with a 19 point spread in this weeks scores alone, its still anyone's title.

There is now a 17 point gap down to LJ and Stairs in joint 6th, they need to string some weeks together to get back to the leading pack.  Dingle is still last and still struggling to get over the 100 mark, just 10 to go for him to get there!!

Cheers
SCO


Championship

Themaclad  18pts
BaggieOne  15
Snooty        13
SCO              9
AAA              6
Sanjay          4
Twerton          1

A mixed week for the Championship. Once again the bonus choices weren't the best (though SCO's selection was probably down to hope rather than expectation!) but we did have a couple of maximums from the Gamball. 2 players chose to avoid the gamball (I know, I hate playing the gamball on the Albion match, I wish the match selector wouldn't do this) and both saved a point by doing so.

Themaclad heads the table this week with his best score of the season so far. He had a complete set of positive balls, including a maximum on the gamball. BaggieOne in second place scored on more balls than Themac but lost out on the gamball - still a good week for players who had been lagging behind the pack. Snooty scored on the week's high of 7 matches but failed to turn any of them into correct scores. One of his 3 incorrect predictions also happened to be his bonus, so what could have been a great week was only enough to secure 3rd place.

SCO also scored a maximum gamball but his over-optimism regarding the Owls cost him 3 points, leaving him adrift of this week's leaders. In contrast to Snooty, AAA turned all of his correct predictions into correct scores. Sadly, also in contrast to Snooty, he only got 2 results correct to leave him with just 6 points. Sanjay's season just keeps getting worse - just 4 points means his last double figure score was back in week 3. Still, he avoided last place which once again goes to Twerton with just a single point. He capped a miserable week by losing the maximum number of points from his balls - including a 0-0 scoreball.

[b]AAA      128
Snooty      127
SCO          126
Twerton  119
BaggieOne 107
Themaclad 106
Sanjay        65/b]

AAA retains his lead - just - but it's suddenly got very interesting at the top of the table. Twerton's 2nd consecutive poor week drops him from 2nd to 4th with Snooty jumping to 2nd just 1 point off the top. A good week for Themaclad and BaggieOne sees them move above the 100 point mark and within striking distance of the top.

And then there's Sanjay, not having the best of seasons.

Zin

https://www.efl.com/

Everton have received an immediate 10-point deduction after being found to have breached the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules.

The punishment is the biggest sporting sanction in the competition's history and leaves Everton 19th in the table on a new total of four points.

The club said it was "both shocked and disappointed" by the "wholly disproportionate and unjust" ruling.

Everton have said they intend to appeal against the decision.

The Premier League referred Everton to an independent commission in March but did not reveal the specifics of the club's alleged breach.

Everton posted financial losses for the fifth successive year in March after reporting a £44.7m deficit in 2021-22.

Premier League clubs are permitted to lose £105m over a three-year period and Everton admitted to being in breach of the profit and sustainability rules (PSR) for the period ending 2021-22.

Following a five-day hearing in October, the commission found in favour of the Premier League that Everton's losses during that period amounted to £124.5m.

In a statement, Everton said: "The club does not recognise the finding that it failed to act with the utmost good faith and it does not understand this to have been an allegation made by the Premier League during the course of proceedings.

"Both the harshness and severity of the sanction imposed by the commission are neither a fair nor a reasonable reflection of the evidence submitted.

"The club will also monitor with great interest the decisions made in any other cases concerning the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules."

The points deduction comes at a time of significant uncertainty at Everton. In September, owner Farhad Moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake in the club to American investment fund 777 Partners. The takeover is going through the regulatory processes and, before this ruling, sources said it was on course to be completed by next month.

Premier League table
'Irresponsible - a position entirely of Everton's own making'
Explaining why Everton's points deduction was so high, the commission said in its written reasons that the cause of the club's issues was because of overspending - largely on new players - along with an inability to sell players, and a lower than projected league finish.

The club's 16th-place finish in 2021-22 caused a loss of expected income of around £21m, the reasons state.

The commission added: "Everton's understandable desire to improve its on-pitch performance (to replace the non-existent midfield, as Mr Moshiri put it in evidence) led it to take chances with its PSR position.

"Those chances resulted in it exceeding the £105m threshold by £19.5m.

"The position that Everton finds itself in is of its own making. The excess over the threshold is significant. The consequence is that Everton's culpability is great.

"We take into account the fact that Everton's PSR trend over the relevant four years is positive, but cannot ignore the fact that the failure to comply with the PSR regime was the result of Everton irresponsibly taking a chance that things would turn out positively."

Biggest sanction in Premier League history - but can Everton survive?
In Premier League history only two other clubs have received a points deduction.

Middlesbrough were deducted three points for failing to fulfil a fixture against Blackburn during the 1996-97 season, while in 2010 Portsmouth were deducted nine points after going into administration.

Neither club was able to avoid relegation following those sanctions.

The deduction leaves the Toffees level with bottom club Burnley on four points after 12 matches - and two points adrift of safety.

Sean Dyche's side, who ended last season two points above the relegation places, had been 14th in the standings - and eight points clear of the bottom three.

On the three previous occasions when a Premier League club has had as few as four points after 12 games, Everton in 1994-95 were the only side to stay up.

Manchester City are the only other club to have been charged by the Premier League for financial breaches, when they were referred to an independent commission over more than 100 alleged rule breaches between 2009 and 2018.

Treble winners City were charged in February - before Everton - and that case is still ongoing.

Meanwhile, Chelsea could face further scrutiny from football's authorities over reports of payments connected to the club's former owner Roman Abramovich.

Chelsea were fined £8.6m by European football governing body Uefa in July for "submitting incomplete financial information" between 2012 and 2019 as part of a settlement for breaking Financial Fair Play rules.