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| WBA - Easter Thread |
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Posted by: Ska'dForLife-WBA - 17-04-2025, 19:31 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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It's that magical time of year again when all of Albion's plans, hopes and aspirations either come gloriously to fruition, or else dissolve into the flaming wreckage of yet another in-flight disaster for Why Bother Airlines. And true to form, this Easter is perfectly poised to go either way, as last Saturday's nervy win against Watford coupled with a Coventry failure at Hull on Monday leaves the Baggies just three points behind the Sky Blues going into their Good Friday encounter.
Our form against Coventry is near exemplary, but alas, that fact is somewhat counterbalanced by Albion having the third worst Good Friday record of any professional team in English football; only Stoke City and Torquay United have a lower win percentage than Albion's 15.4%, the product of a miserable six wins in thirty-nine attempts. Half of those, admittedly, have come in our most recent five Good Friday outings, but none of them away from home, and factoring in our thirteen-match winless run on the road - which now stands just one short of equalling our worst ever streak outside the top flight - it's not a recipe for optimism. Yet Tony Mowbray showed a willingness against Watford to sacrifice possession and get the team hitting on the break: if we're to finally taste that elusive victory at the Coventry Arena tomorrow (and really, nothing short of a win will suffice in the playoff race), that has to be our key to success.
Easter Monday then brings Derby County to the Hawthorns, presently teetering just one point above the relegation zone. Inevitably, it's that point in the season when struggling teams start producing the unlikeliest of upsets against high-flying opponents, and Albion have form for bungling these games at the best of times, but if Friday's match doesn't render the outcome academic, then this is simply another must-win game at all costs.
The stakes are high, the odds are long, the bums are squeaky. It is, as always, the Albion way.
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| EASTER PREDICTION FIXTURES |
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Posted by: Devongone - 17-04-2025, 16:36 - Forum: Chesterfield
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Do 'em or the bunny gets it!
Monday 21st April
Newport County AFC v Walsall 12.30 Kick-off
3.00pm Kick-offs:-
Accrington Stanley v Carlisle United
Barrow v Tranmere Rovers
Chesterfield v Bradford City
Crewe Alexandra v Milton Keynes Dons
Doncaster Rovers v Colchester United
Gillingham vs AFC Wimbledon
Harrogate Town vs Fleetwood Town
Morecambe v Salford City
Notts County v Cheltenham Town
Port Vale v Grimsby Town
Swindon Town v Bromley
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| Prediction Week 30 Results |
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Posted by: St Charles Owl - 16-04-2025, 19:47 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Group A
A.A.A. 15
Amelia 15
Themaclad 11
Minizin 7
Zinman 6
Twerton 3
Not a bad week for Group A, but compared to most weeks it’s a bit upside down!! Joint first this week is our bottom 2 - AAA and Amelia with 15 points each. They got there in very similar ways, both missed on the Gamball but both got 2 CSs, in AAAs case that saw him get a max on the Bonus. In third place, and the only other player in double figures is Themaclad. He only;y managed one CS but got it on the Gamball, the 7th time he has achieved that this season!!
Bit of a drop down to the bottom 3, the chasing (but probably failing now) pack for first place!! Minizin ended with 7 points, Zinman with 6 and Twerton with just 3. All of them got one Correct Score but Zin and Minizin managed a CR on the Bonus whereas Twerton missed out on his leaving him bottom this week.
319 Themaclad
282 Twerton
277 Zinman
265 Minizin
225 Amelia
218 A.A.A.
No place changes this week but surely Themaclad now has the title won and the next three have likely secured their PO places unless Derby or Stairs have a storming last few weeks!!
Cheers
SCO
Group B
BaggieOne 15
Lady Jane 14
Derby 13
Stairs 10
Snooty 7
SCO 6
BBB 5
Another tight week for Group B with just 5 points separating the top 4. Just one correct gamball and it was a maximum but that wasn't enough to secure top spot.
BaggieOne has lagged behind for months but just as we have the end in sight, he's finally found some form. 5 correct results with 2 of them correct scores, including his bonus, is enough to see him top this week's table. Lady Jane is just a point behind. She collected her 6th gamball maximum (double the number of any other player) but her lack of faith in Albion saw her lose out on the bonus ball. A point further back is Derby with Stairs also achieving double figures.
Snooty was held back by missing on both the major balls, while SCO scored on 4 games but failed on all 3 balls. BBB had the lowest number of correct predictions, just 3, so it's no surprise to see him at the foot of the table.
280 Lady Jane
267 SCO
253 Derby
246 Stairs
220 BBB
212 Snooty
201 BaggieOne
There' daylight between all players in Group B, so unsurprisingly there's no positional changes this week. SCO's charge towards Lady Jane came to a halt as she again opens up a decent gap at the top. After a long season, BaggieOne finally broke the 200 mark!
Zin
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| Caretaker gets the gig |
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Posted by: themaclad - 16-04-2025, 08:31 - Forum: Rotherham United
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Rotherham United have given Matt Hamshaw the permanent manager's job on a three-year deal after he picked up three wins as caretaker boss.
Hamshaw, 43, was a coach for the Millers under former manager Paul Warne and took charge of the first team after Steve Evans was sacked last month.
United then won at Northampton, at home to Blackpool and on the road at Bolton and despite a 3-1 defeat at Stockport last weekend Hamshaw has been handed the job.
The club say that Hamshaw was being courted for a coaching job in the Premier League before committing his future to the League One side.
Chairman Tony Stewart said:, external "It was clear to us from a very early stage in his tenure that Matt was the individual that we wanted to take us forward.
"Not only is Matt an incredibly talented coach, he is also an individual who we feel embodies what the club stands for both on and off the pitch.
"He is the kind of hard-working and heart-on-his-sleeve character that has historically enjoyed great success here and - as we did with Paul Warne when he made the step up from the coaching ranks - we see great potential within him as a leader."
The Millers have moved away from trouble up to 13th in the table and a point against Mansfield on Good Friday would mathematically secure their place in the third tier.
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| Warne |
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Posted by: themaclad - 16-04-2025, 08:29 - Forum: MK Dons
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MK Dons have appointed former Derby County and Rotherham United boss Paul Warne as their new head coach.
The 51-year-old, who has signed a "long-term contract" replaces Scott Lindsey at the League Two club after he was sacked last month.
Warne has won four promotions from League One, three with Rotherham and one in charge of the Rams last season, but he was relieved of his duties at Pride Park in February.
"The potential of the team under the ownership of Fahad [Al Ghanim] and the Board is truly limitless, and I'm extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to manage the side over the coming years," Warne told the club website, external.
"This is an amazing project, and we're so excited to drive it forward."
He becomes the third permanent appointment at MK Dons this season after Mike Williamson left to join Carlisle United in September to be replaced by Lindsey.
Warne will be joined at the club by Richie Barker, who returns to Milton Keynes for a second stint as assistant head coach.
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| Cambridge at home on Good Friday |
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Posted by: Lord Snooty - 15-04-2025, 22:20 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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Huddersfield Town v Cambridge United
Sky Bet League One
Friday April 18th - 15:00 ko
at the Kevin Nagle Arena
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Huddersfield Town welcome Cambridge United to the John Smith's Stadium on Good Friday afternoon for what promises to be an exciting 90 minutes plus of pulsating action in a League One game of football.
Cambridge will arrive at the stadium full of confidence following their magnificent victory in the Boat Race at the weekend, whereas the Town will be on a hiding to nothing, win, lose or draw. Booed off at Burton, don't be surprised if the players get booed onto the pitch at three minutes to three.
One player guaranteed to get a warm reception, is Cambridge's Elias Kachunga, if he plays. He was on the bench last week. Even if he doesn't, I'm sure his song will be belowed out loud and long throughout the match, which could give that nasty piece of work Mark Cartwright, a bit of a rest from being on the end of the Town fans' ire.
Oh for those long gone days of just before Christmas when we won 4-0 down at their place. Michael Duff was certainly getting the best out of an average bunch of 3rd division players. Players like Tom Lees, Danny Ward and Herbie Kane have all had their critics, but how we have missed them since that day in December. Now the season is all but over, will Jonny Worthington give some of the youngsters a go? Tom Iorpenda can't be far off being ready after a long injury and Neo Eccleston looked useful in his twenty minute stint against Crawley.
And surely it's time to make Jacob Chapman the number one goalkeeper. What say you, dear reader?
A brief history of Cambridge United: formed in 1912 as Abbey United after the district of Cambridge known as Abbey. They didn't have a permanent home and didn't get one until 1932 when they moved into the Abbey Stadium. They changed their name to Cambridge United in 1951.
The club played in the Eastern Counties League and then the Southern League before being elected into the Football League in 1970, replacing Bradford Park Avenue. Promotion came again in 1973, which coincided with our relegation and so we played each other for the first time in 1973/74.
They went down at the end of that season, but appointed Ron Atkinson as manager and he took them to a double promotion. Although he had been poached by West Bromwich Albion before the second promotion was complete and so John Docherty was in charge for the celebrations.
They had six seasons in the second tier, before getting relegated again in 83/84. That was followed by another drop and then the inogminy of having to apply for re-election in 85/86.
John Beck became manager in 1990 and things began to pick up for the U's. They beat Chesterfield at Wembley at the end of that season in the Play Off Final, with Dion Dublin scoring the only goal of the game. This coming after they had reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup, where they lost 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace.
They reached the quarters again in the next seson, this time losing 2-1 against the Arsenal at Highbury. Undeterred, they went on to win the 3rd Division championship, finishing the season eleven places higher than Huddersfield Town.
That was 90/91 and the following season saw their highest ever league finish when they secured a Second Division Play Off place in 5th. It wsn't to be though. They came so close to being members of the first Premier League season, but after a 1-1 draw at the Abbey against Leicester City, the were beaten 5-0 at Filbert Street, losing 6-1 on aggregate.
And that was their big time done, as they were relegated at the end of the next season and haven't been as high as the Championship since.
They went down again in 94/95 and regained their place in the 3rd tier at the end of 98/99. That was followed by another drop in 2001/02, finishing bottom of the division. However they did have a Wembley trip, but were beaten by Blackpool 4-1 in the LDV Vans Trophy Final.
Another relegation followed at the end of 2004/05. After 35 years in the Football League, they were in the Conference for the first time. Not only that. They were also in administration and had had to sell the Abbey Stadium to stay afloat.
They almost went down again in 06/07, but the appointment of Jimmy Quinn had them on a run at the end of the season which saw them safe. He got them to the Play Offs in the next season, but after beating Burton Albion, they were beaten 1-0 by Exeter City at Wembley.
Quinn left at the end of the season, but they still reached the Play Off Final again. This time they beat Stevenage in the semis, but lost to Torquay United in the Wembley Final.
A few turbulent seasons followed until they finished in a Play Off position again in 2013/14. This time they did go up. A 2-1 aggregate win against FC Halifax Town gave them a match against Gateshead at Wembley. Richard Money was the boss by now and goals from Liam Hughes and Ryan Donaldson gave the U's a 2-1 win, which had them back in the EFL after nine years out.
They also won the FA Trophy that season, also at Wembley, beating Gosport Borough 4-0.
In 2020/21, the U's were promoted again, finishing 2nd in League Two and are now in the fourth successive season at this level.
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Head to Head
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Town lead the head to head with 12 wins to Cambridge's 1, with 8 draws.
That one defeat came a long, long time ago. I was only 17. That long ago! It was an Easter Tuesday afternoon game in 1977, back when Easter Tuesday was a Bank Holiday. When did that end?
That's why there was an unusually large crowd at Leeds Road to see the soon to be crowned 4th Division champions, Cambridge United. The largest home crowd of the season actually of 11,829 in our second season in the old 4th Division and came on the back of three wins on the bounce for the Terriers, which had got us up to 5th in the table and had renewed optimism around the Cowshed and the vast open spaces of the old terraces.
It wasn't to be though. The U's beat us 2-1 and we went without another win in the remaining eight games of the season to finish 9th.
Our first meeting came just a few years earlier in 1973/74, our first ever season at the league level we now play in, the 3rd Division. And on the 1st of September, Cambridge were our first ever home opponents at this level. We beat them 2-1 in front of 5,559 spectators with Alan Gowling and Bobby Hoy scoring for us.
Viva Bobby scored again in the return fixture on New Years Day, a 2-2 draw with Les Chapman getting our other goal.
Cambridge went down at the end of that season and we went down the year after, so we met up in Division 4 for the first time in 75/76. It was 0-0 at the Abbey and a 2-0 Town win at Leeds Road with goals from a young un and an oldie. Steve Smith got the first and the young Peter Hart scored his first goal for the first team.
The next season was the one where they got their one and only win over us. The away game was a 1-1 draw.
As they went up that season, we were stuck in Division 4 until 1980 and so the next time we met up was after we'd both gone up again, in Division Two in 83/84. It was the only season we have played each other at that league level, what is now known as the Championship. They finished bottom of the table and two 3-0 wins for the Town helped them on their way. The away game had Mark Lillis, Brian Stanton and a Colin Russell penalty. The home game saw another penalty, this one scored by Paul Jones. The other two came from Wolves loanee, Mel Eves. I wish we could get Wolves loanees as good as him nowadays. 
We had another one off league season together in 1990/91. That was at the third level of English football again and it was another championship title winning season for the U's. It was the famous team managed by John Beck, with Homes Under The Hammer presenter, Dion Dublin as leading scorer. They still couldn't beat us though. We won 3-1 at home. Iwan Roberts, Chris Marsden and a Kieran O'Regan penalty this time That was followed with a goal less draw at the Abbey.
We stayed in Division Three, waiting for them to come back down, which they eventually did in 1993. We had Neil Warnock as manager by now and when Rodney Rowe scored in a 1-1 draw at Leeds Road, we were struggling in 19th place. By the time the away game came around, we were well safe from relegation, but Warnock still managed to make it a grudge match. It was played on a Tuesday night, but was only two days after our Autoglass Trophy Final match at Wembley against Swansea. The Cambridge bosses had refused to move the date, so with nothing to play for, Warnock made sure it meant everything.
I'm not sure how the scoring went, my memory isn't that good, but we were 3-1 up at half time. It was a high scoring game and the goals kept coming in the second half. We got a penalty again. How come we get so many penalties against Cambridge. I'll bet we don't get one this season. 
Anyway, Phil Starbuck converted it as part of a hat trick. Hat trick! Do you remember them? Even more rare than a Town penalty!
Iain Dunn and Andy Booth got the other two goals as Warnock's warriors won 5-4.
We won promotion in the next season and beat them 3-1 at the new McAlpine Stadium. Dunny scored again and Ronnie Jepson scored twice, one of them being yet another penalty. The return match at their place was on the penultimate Saturday of the season. We drew 1-1 with Boothy grabbing our goal. The result ended our hopes of automatic promotion, but we still went up through the Play Offs. Cambridge were unlucky, getting relegated when 5th from the bottom in the season where five teams went down due to the Football League restructuring.
We've only had two occasions when we have been in the same division that one of us hasn't either gone up or down. So the next time we were together was 2001-02 in the third tier and it was the U's going down. They finished bottom and we did the double over them. A 2-1 win in Cambridge, with Boothy scoring again to add to an opener from Chris Hay. Leon Knight scored the only goal of the match down at the Mac.
The last league season together was one where we went up, 2003/04. It was our first season in the 4th tier since 1980 and Cambridge at home was the first game of the season. Dan Chillingworth scored the first goal for them, before two goals from Jon Stead put the Terriers, led by Peter Jackson into the lead. Dave Kitson equalised shortly before full time, but at the end of the day, we were all relieved to have started the season, which during the summer didn't look likely.
We won down yon' Abbey in January. A 2-1 win. Yet another penalty! Steady scored it just before half time. A young lad named Jonathan Worthington got the second, before Adam Tann got a last minute consolation for the U's.
So that was it for league games until this season. In between those days, we went up to the Premier League and they went down to the Conference League. They were down there in 2010 when we were drawn together in the first round of the FA Cup. We were in League One, under the legendary leadership of Lee Clark. He wasn't a happy geordie boy when we could only draw 0-0 down there. And he was absolutely livid when Rory McAuley put the U's ahead in the replay. He was still fuming as the fourth official stuck his board up for the added on time at the end of the 90 minutes. We got the break we needed though as Lee Peltier equalised and as we all sat back waiting for extra time, up popped Gary Roberts with the winner.
That was the season we went on to play Arsenal in round 4.
And so to this season. Game 12 of the 16 match unbeaten run. Goals from David Kasumu, Brodie Spencer and two from Callum Marshall gave Michael Duff a great 4-0 win against our arch enemy, Garry Monk.
Enjoy........
Recent form - last 6 matches:
Burton 3-0 Town
Town 0-1 Wycombe
Town 2-1 Mansfield
Lincoln 1-0 Town
Charlton 4-0 Town
Town 5-1 Crawley
Cambridge 0-1 Charlton
Shrewsbury 0-1 Cambridge
Cambridge 2-2 Wrexham
Cambridge 1-1 Northampton
Barnsley 1-1 Cambridge
Cambridge 0-1 Peterborough
Town are 9th in the League One table with 64 points. Cambridge are 23rd with 35.
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| BAWS passed. |
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Posted by: Blue Baggie - 14-04-2025, 14:56 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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For those that new BAWS in the early days of football forums. Sadly it's been confirmed he has passed
RIP and thanks for the forum contributions over the years
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