Aldershot 0-2 Wealdstone
Barnet 2-1 York
Chesterfield 2-2 Maidenhead United
Dorking 3-1 Dag & Red
Halifax 0-2 Woking
Gateshead 1-1 Eastleigh
Notts County 3-0 Altrincham
Oldham 0-2 Wrexham
Solihull Moors 2-1 Bromley
Southend 2-0 Yeovil
Torquay 1-2 Scunthorpe
Boreham Wood 1-0 Maidstone United

League Table After Matchday 10
Devon - 221
Amelia - 207
Lord Snoots - 197
Dancing - 184
SaltergateBorn - 179
Spireitematt - 150
St Charles Owl - 116

Yorkshire Relegated. Is that the best phrase in the English Language?

Warwickshire bowler Norwell declared King of the World.

The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland A.F.C. With space for 49,000 spectators,[2] the Stadium of Light is the ninth largest football stadium in England. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. home matches. The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the former Monkwearmouth Colliery site on which it stands.[3] A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to the town.[4]

As well as hosting Sunderland games, the stadium has hosted three matches for the England national football team, as well as an England under-20, an England under-21 and an England women's team match. With an original capacity of 42,000, it was expanded in 2000 to seat 49,000. Its simple design is apparently to allow for redevelopments up to a capacity of 63,000.[5] The attendance record at the Stadium of Light is 48,353 set on 13 April 2002, when Sunderland played Liverpool with the visitors running out 1–0 winners. Along with hosting football matches, the stadium has played host to performers such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, Oasis, Take That, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Spice Girls and Elton John. The ground also holds conference and banqueting suites, the Black Cats Bar, and a club shop selling Sunderland merchandise.

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https://www.not606.com/threads/sunderlan...00.402729/

NEWBIES

https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=11498



Form Guide

Sunderland 10 PNE 8

MANAGER

TONY MOWBRAY

Coaching career
Once his playing career finished he moved into coaching, starting as a first team coach at Ipswich Town. He had a brief spell as caretaker manager of Ipswich, following the sacking of George Burley and prior to the appointment of Joe Royle.[7]

Hibernian
In May 2004, Mowbray was appointed manager of Hibernian, replacing Bobby Williamson.[8] He gained much acclaim for the job he did, winning the Scottish Football Writers' Association manager of the year award in his first season.[9] Hibs finished in the top four in the SPL in his only two full seasons in charge, which was the first time that Hibs had done this in the top division in consecutive seasons since Eddie Turnbull was manager.

Hibs progressed to the later stages of every domestic cup competition in his tenure and made two appearances in European football. Hibs lost heavily to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup and on the away goals rule to OB Odense in the 2006 Intertoto Cup. During mid-2006, Mowbray was interviewed for the vacant managerial position at Ipswich Town, but he rejected their approach.[10] In September 2006 he signed a 12-month rolling deal with Hibs that was due to take effect from July 2007.[11] Just one month later however, Mowbray moved to West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion appointed Mowbray as their manager on 13 October 2006.[12] Mowbray faced the task of returning the Baggies to the Premier League after relegation the previous season.[12] Although he managed to turn around the club's poor away form, an indifferent run of results at home towards the end of the season meant that Albion finished fourth in The Championship table behind Sunderland, Birmingham City and Derby County, and faced the lottery of the Championship play-offs. Despite two famous victories over old rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the semi finals, Albion lost 1–0 to Derby County in the Wembley final.

As a result, during the close season, Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several of Robson's players for multimillion-pound fees, after press reports of dressing room division.[13]

High-profile players such as Jason Koumas, Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, in addition to the departures of Paul McShane, Nathan Ellington, Darren Carter and Steve Watson. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process. His most expensive signings were Chris Brunt from Sheffield Wednesday for £3 million, Leon Barnett from Luton Town for £2.5 million, and James Morrison from Middlesbrough for £1.5 million.[citation needed]

Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September 2007, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to 2nd in the Division.[14]

At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media[15] and supporters alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.[citation needed]

Mowbray guided West Brom to the EFL Championship title, meaning promotion to the Premier League and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted West Brom against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1–0 with the only goal of the game coming from Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April,[16] as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.[17]

After a poor 2008–09 season, West Bromwich were relegated from the Premier League, finishing 20th. Mowbray was still thought highly of by the fans, however, and this was evidenced by them wearing Mowbray masks at their last game of the season.[18] Mowbray left the club for Celtic shortly afterwards.

Celtic

Tony Mowbray as Celtic manager.
On 8 June 2009, it was reported that Celtic had approached West Bromwich Albion for permission to speak to Mowbray about their managerial vacancy.[19] A compensation fee of £2 million was agreed, and Celtic declared Mowbray as their new manager on 16 June 2009.[20] He was unveiled as Celtic manager at a press conference a day later. His coaching team was Neil Lennon, Peter Grant, Mark Venus, and Stevie Woods.[21] On 12 September 2009 was named as the Coach of the Month of August in the Scottish Premier League.

Mowbray was described as "beleaguered" by The Herald after Celtic fell 10 points behind Old Firm rivals Rangers in the SPL title race after a 2–1 home defeat by Hibs.[22]

Mowbray decided to make significant changes to his squad during the January 2010 transfer window, selling Gary Caldwell and Barry Robson, which apparently caused disruption to the team in the immediate aftermath of those deals being completed.[22] Robbie Keane was recruited early in 2010 on a loan deal from Tottenham Hotspur amid great excitement, however further poor results, particularly a record 4–0 defeat by St Mirren, led to Mowbray being sacked on 25 March.[23] It was reported in May 2010 that Celtic had yet to agree compensation with Mowbray and his management team.[24]

Middlesbrough
Mowbray was appointed Middlesbrough manager on 26 October 2010, replacing Gordon Strachan. He lost his first match in charge, 2–1 against Bristol City,[25] but followed this with wins against Crystal Palace and Scunthorpe. Mowbray guided Boro to Championship safety,[26] having joined the club when they were 22nd in the league. The club finished the season well, winning their last four league games and finished 12th in the league table. The same season, Mowbray started giving youngsters a first team place such as Joe Bennett, Luke Williams and Richard Smallwood. Mowbray also started giving Marvin Emnes more playing time after returning on loan from Swansea City.[citation needed]

Middlesbrough began the 2011–12 season well and Mowbray won manager of the month for September.[27] Middlesbrough relinquished the only unbeaten record in the league after a 2–0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in October 2011.[citation needed] After a poor start to 2012, Middlesbrough's form picked up in late February with four wins in five games.[28] Middlesbrough finished 7th in the 2011–12 season, missing out on a play-off place by one position.[citation needed]

After an unbeaten run in October 2012, Mowbray won the accolade of Championship Manager of the Month for that month.[29] On 21 October 2013, it was announced that Mowbray had left the club with immediate effect after a run of two wins in 12 games in the 2013–14 campaign.[30]

Coventry City
On 3 March 2015, Mowbray was appointed manager of Coventry City on a deal until the end of the 2014–15 season.[31] With the club facing the possibility of relegation to the fourth-tier for the first time since the late 1950s, Tony Mowbray's initial brief was to keep the club in the third-tier. A final day victory away at Crawley Town was enough for Mowbray to secure League One football for the Sky Blues for the 2015–16 season.[32]

Following protracted negotiations at the end of the season, Tony Mowbray agreed to sign a two-year contract extension to remain as Coventry City manager.[33]

Mowbray resigned from Coventry City on 29 September 2016 after a string of results without a win.[34]

Blackburn Rovers
On 22 February 2017, Mowbray was appointed head coach of Blackburn Rovers on an 18-month contract, effectively lasting until the end of the 2017–18 season.[35] Despite an improvement in form that offered some hope of survival, Blackburn were relegated to League One at the end of the 2016–17 season.[36]

Mowbray signed a new contract that would keep him at the club until 2019, with an option of a further 12 months after that as well.[37] Under his managership, Blackburn won promotion back to the Championship after a single year in League One.[38] Their promotion was assured on 24 April, after a 1–0 away win against Doncaster Rovers.[39]

In the 2018–19 season Mowbray led Blackburn to a final finish of 15th in the Championship. In the EFL Cup they reached the third round before being eliminated at AFC Bournemouth. In the FA Cup Blackburn were eliminated in the third round after extra time in a replay against Newcastle United.[citation needed]

In the 2019–20 season Mowbray secured an 11th-place finish in the Championship. In the EFL Cup they reached the second round before defeat at Sheffield United. The club were beaten in the third round of the FA Cup at fellow Championship side Birmingham City.[citation needed] Mowbray left Blackburn at the conclusion of his contract in May 2022 and was replaced by Jon Dahl Tomasson as head coach. He had served five years in the post.[40]

Sunderland
On 30 August 2022, Mowbray was appointed head coach of Sunderland replacing Alex Neil.

CULTURE

Field Music are an English rock band from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, that formed in 2004.[1] The band's core consists of brothers David Brewis and Peter Brewis. Andrew Moore was the original keyboard player. Their line-up has at times featured members of both Maxïmo Park and The Futureheads.

Field Music have been called one of the few bands to outlast the indie guitar band explosion of the mid-2000s. Describing the band as "a truly artful proposition in the pseudo-filled landscape of contemporary Brit art-rock", music blog The Fantastic Hope puts this down in part to their "un-self-conscious anti-fashion stance", arguing that Field Music's "wayward pop from the fringes of academia is one of the most worthwhile ways in which rock//indie/guitar music/white pop/whatever might evolve".[2] Critics have compared their music to acts as diverse as Steely Dan, XTC, Prefab Sprout, Peter Gabriel, Scritti Politti, Talking Heads and Todd Rundgren.[3] They have also been nominated for the Mercury Prize.[4]

Been charged with sexual assault.

A 0-0 draw in their final group match and top of the NL Group again - well done Scotland!! Lotsa probs leading up to this fixture for Clarke - a sickness bug affecting lotsa players, McTominay suspended, Tierney out, Robbo out. An adapted defence drawn up with Ryan Porteous playing in a debut CB position alongside Jack Hendry and he did OK v decent opponents. Aaron Hickey also doing very well when the "going got tough". I must say we definitely "rode our luck" in the first half when Ukraine forwards scorned some vg scoring opps. Our defence and mid players certainly settled in the second half and managed to attain a more assured and balanced performance to ensure another successful NL campaign. Scotland top of their group and automatically added to the pot 2 draw for the next Euro Championship qualis and a back up Euro play-off place guaranteed - LOTSA REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL FOR THE TARTAN ARMY!!!

Gamball:
Stoke - Watford

Others:
Arsenal - Spurs
Bournemouth - Brentford
Crystal Palace - Chelsea
West Ham - Wolves
Bristol City - QPR
Coventry - Middlesbrough
Blackburn - Millwall
WBA - Swansea
Leeds - Aston Villa

2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score      
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.

Friday 30 September:
Hull City v Luton Town

Saturday 1 October:
Reading v Town
Town scorers:
Reading scorers:

Blackburn Rovers v Millwall
Blackpool v Norwich City
Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers
Cardiff City v Burnley
Coventry City v Middlesbrough
Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic
Sheffield United v Birmingham City
Sunderland v Preston North End
West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

Sunday 2 October:
Stoke City v Watford (12:00)

Tuesday 4 October:
Luton v Town
Town scorers:
Luton scorers:

Bristol City v Coventry City
Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers
Sunderland v Blackpool
Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers
Reading v Norwich City

Wednesday 5 October:
Burnley v Stoke City
Hull City v Wigan Athletic
Middlesbrough v Birmingham City
Rotherham United v Millwall
Watford v Swansea City
Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion

Table after Matchday 9:

1. jjamez = 179 pts
   
2. themaclad = 179 pts
   
3. theo_luddite = 176 pts
   
4. ritchiebaby = 166 pts
   
5. Lord Snooty = 165 pts
   
6. neonfoxinthebox = 151 pts
   
7. St Charles Owl = 143 pts
   
8. Amelia Chaffinch = 141 pts
   
9. Baggiebob(BBB) = 141 pts
   
10. Devongone = 139 pts
    
11. SHEP_HTAFC = 135 pts
    
12. WakeyTerrier = 93 pts

Championship club Watford have named Slaven Bilic as their new boss on an 18-month deal after sacking Rob Edwards just 11 games into his tenure.

Edwards, 39, was appointed in May after leading Forest Green Rovers to promotion from League Two.

He succeeded former England boss Roy Hodgson and became the Hornets' eighth permanent manager since 2018.

Former West Ham and West Brom boss Bilic had been out of management since leaving Chinese club Beijing Guoan.

His contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January, after a year in charge, because he wanted to return to his family in Europe.

Owner Gino Pozzo said: "As with all decisions taken by the board, I believe this change to be in the best interests of the club.

"We felt Rob had enough time to show us the identity of his team, however performances haven't reflected our hopes and ambitions.

"Now we must move forward, and, in Slaven Bilic, we have secured the services of an experienced coach who has recent experience of promotion to the Premier League."

Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards began his managerial career at Tranmere and has also worked in the Wales age-group set-up
When Edwards was appointed, it triggered a furious response from Forest Green, whose chairman Dale Vince accused Watford of going behind his back to complete negotiations.

At the time, the sense was of Watford taking a different approach to hiring and firing of managers.

Chief executive Scott Duxbury told the Watford Observer: "We will be supporting Rob Edwards come hell or high water."

But he has quickly gone the same way as so many of his predecessors at Vicarage Road.

In a brief statement, the club said: "Watford FC has relieved Rob Edwards of his duties as head coach.

"The board wishes to place on record its thanks to Rob for all of his work since his appointment and wish him and his assistant Richie Kyle - who will also leave the club - all the very best for their future careers in coaching and management."

Since Sean Dyche left in 2012, Gianfranco Zola, Giuseppe Sannino, Oscar Garcia, Slavisa Jokanovic, Quique Sanchez Flores, Walter Mazzarri, Marco Silva, Javi Gracia, Nigel Pearson, Vladimir Ivic, Xisco Munoz, Claudio Ranieri, Hodgson and now Edwards have all had spells in charge.

Of those, Jokanovic and Munoz both led the club to promotion to the Premier League, the latter in 2021, but he was sacked six months later.

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After witnessing, ad nauseum, the Brit media frenzy of 24 hour "wall to wall" positive coverage/propaganda for weeks n weeks of all things Royal plus our Police service acting like some kinda security force from the likes of Russia with instructions to suppress any kinda opposition or free speech (see above for an alternative impartial Police view of this sham) covering an alternative view of how the monarchy is regarded, isn't it about time that a serious debate should be brought up re reforming the whole Royal institution, the eyewatering finances and assets attached to it and its most unhealthy relationship with the establishment elites in this country???? Surely such a debate has been overdue for decades??? Some of the new monarch's decisions have already been frowned upon and are IMO downright wrong and insensitive to public opinion. Is this just the start of a new phase in exceptionalism and arrogant disregard to public opinion and the fact we are hurtling towards a huge cost of living crisis while the monarchy and its 41 "hangers on" continue to "dip into the public purse" and take advantage of other huge benefits that are only applicable to them?? It has also become clear to me that all governments in this country are frightened of the monarchy and "do not want to upset the applecart" while there are millions and millions of citizens who want some kinda change (from radical to moderate) seriously imposed on King Charles III (II in Scotland) and his cohorts. Remember, this is the same Charles who was touting huge reform of the institution a number of years ago, but clearly silenced well before his accession to the throne. Also the billions of quid that have somehow been "found" by the Brit govt covering the recent past events plus more for next year's coronation events really should be "called into question" by the citizens (not subjects btw!!) of any modern, progressive civilised country that has endured such life-changing crises and challenges of the past few years. IT IS TIME FOR THAT NATIONAL DEBATE, AND A FULLY COMPREHENSIVE ONE AT THAT WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES PROPERLY REPRESENTED.