After a vg performance v Poland, I think it's a case of same again and try to keep this record unbeaten run "ticking over" esp bearing in mind we don't have that World Cup play-off semi-final or final coming up any time soon. Just ensure our "feelgood factor" is positive throughout the ranks of the Scotland squad.

Gamball:
Stoke - Sheffield Utd

Others:
Wolves - Villa
Leeds - Southampton
Blackpool - Nottingham Forest
Barnsley - Reading
Cardiff - Swansea
Coventry - Blackburn
Derby - Preston
QPR - Fulham
Birmingham - WBA

FULL-TIME: Accrington Stanley 1-2 Gillingham

Accrington Stanley: Isherwood, Rodgers, Hamilton (O’Sullivan 70’), Sykes, Pell (Longelo 88’), Bishop, McConville, Nottingham, Coyle, Clark, Adedoyin (Pritchard 70’)

Unused Substitutes: Hood, Rich-Baghuelou, Butcher, Conneely

Gillingham: Chapman, Jackson, Tucker, Ehmer, Masterson, Tutonda, O’Keefe (Phillips 60’), Lee, Thompson, Kelman (Reeves 89’), Oliver

Unused Substitutes: Dahlberg, Maghoma, Akehurst, Chambers, Dickson-Peters

Referee: Scott Oldham

Attendance: 2764 (253 Gills fans)



Back in the day both my parents supported Stanley that is until 1962 when the lovely Bob Lord the Chairman of Burnleh refused to buy a player from Stanley the proceeds would have kept them going, so they folded mid season.
They reformed in about 1968 and have over the years worked themselves back to mid table safety his season, the old ground at Peel Park is still there, pitch only stands long since disappeared they now reside at the Crown ground aka as the Wham Stadium although do not know what connection George Michael ever had with Stanley

Been there a few times do remember a Conference match with Shrewsbury were 20 minutes before the kick off the manager John Coleman ambled up to the hot food place behind the goal and got himself pie, chips and peas.
Coley still manager these days although has been at other clubs but Stanley and him are made for each other.
Visitors Gillingham or Gillinam as many presenters call them these days are in a relegation battle, have a new manager in Neil Harris and with results picking up they stand a good chance of staying up.
Other the years the Gills have ruined many a Saturday at Deepdale not by results but by the football they played mainly under Tony Pulis, they had a player called Matt Lawrence think he ended in journalism, he was a one touch footballer, everything was hoofed with his first touch.
A £10 to get in bargain second row of main stand near the corner flag. The first few minutes of play were blocked out by fans coming out of the bar although did see a Bishop effort which was well saved by Chapman. The signs were promising after last weeks dud at Fleetwood but from that moment on the half descended into a long throw battle although the Gills looked dangerous whenever they counter attacked
Again my view of the game was impeded by a plethora of substitutes doing minimal warm ups in front of me but the first half was to say poor at best.

More wanderings to and from at the start of the second and again Stanley made a good start overhead kick from Bishop which was tipped over by Chapman, Stanley also hit the bar. All the pressure towards the Gills goal only looked a moment of time until Stanley scored but momentum was lost due to a series of fouls and stoppages. The Gills started to look more dangerous and took the lead just after the hour, young keeper Isherwood made a decent save the but the second phase of play sent the ball to the back post and Kelman nooded home.
The 253 Gills supporters in ecstacy even more so, ten mnutes later when they went two up, hate to say this keeper error, went for a ball in no mans land Oliver got greater height with his jump and nodded home
People started to drift away and as seven minutes of added time were shown Stanley got a penalty Rodgers brought down by Tucker, Bishop sent the keeper the wrong way. A frenetic period of play followed several Stanley corners but no more goalss. Big win for the Gills puts them four points clear of the drop zone, the Sunderland boss Alex Neil who was there will have his plans in place as they have the Gills to play in the run in

Ivan Hollett has died and with him part of my youth. He was a seriously good centre forward. How Mansfield failed to get the best out of him it is difficult to appreciate, but if it had been left to our manager Tony McShane then we would never have seen him flourish either. McShane managed us in an era when we had no spare cash and were reduced to signing a new set of cast-offs every season. Ivan Hollett's signing for us was literally a car crash, one in which our centre forward Ralph Hunt had been tragically killed. Even then it took us a while to realise what we'd got. But Ivan Hollett did eventually become a Saltergate Spion Kop hero.

We'll remember his headed goals, we'll remember his ability to bring the rest of the forward line into play and perhaps most of all we'll recall that he didn't just limit himself to ploughing down the middle. That's why he needed support up front. He needed to lead the line and would also quite often find himself receiving the ball out wide too. That gave defenders a problem. They were never quite sure who should be picking him up. Though he wasn't slow, he wasn't a speedster either, so when he received the ball out wide you'd think that would have been a recipe for an attack going nowhere. Nothing of the sort. He'd look a little hesitant and would draw in his defender. Then, it wasn't a thing of beauty, it wasn't a Ronaldo step-over or a Cruyff turn, but he'd do his shuffle first one way then the other, his feet would tango, then he'd be off. he'd gain a yard or two on any defender and depending on the circumstances would either whip in a surprisingly dangerous cross, or cut inside himself towards goal.

I wish someone had mentioned that in the piece on our website. I've never seen anyone else do it in quite the same way. Had the right people seen him at the right time he could have played at a higher level. He enjoyed playing and I was one of those who loved watching him. Almost no-one now has even heard of him, but I'll never forget him. RIP dear man.

In their play-off semi-final, Italy eliminated by N Macedonia!!! Never saw that possibility arising, but Italy been missing their key defenders for a while. Even so, they should've been too much for N Macedonia.

A quickly arranged friendly match that is definitely for a very good cause and Scot footie fans, the SFA et al embracing the humanitarian cause attached to it. Robbo and big Dyksey out due to COVID and injury respectively. Some players prob given a chance to impress Steve Clarke tonight and the match itself is important in bringing players together and playing matches. This one v top opposition will be testy and a welcome work out for all the players involved.

Altrincham 2-0 Aldershot
Eastleigh 0-2 Stockport
Grimsby 1-2 Dag & Red
King's Lynn 1-1 Halifax
Maidenhead United 0-1 Barnet
Notts County 1-2 Chesterfield
Torquay 1-0 Weymouth
Wealdstone 1-2 Bromley
Woking 1-2 Solihull Moors
Wrexham 3-0 Dover
Yeovil 2-3 Southend

League Table After Matchday 48

Lord Snoots = 510
Devon = 506
St Charles = 488
Amelia = 484
Dancing = 470
Spireitematt = 436

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 26TH MARCH KO 3:00 PM

v

LAST MATCH



Back to back where we get bullied & harassed and we drop more points against a relegation threatened team. They nearly scored in the first 20 seconds which kind of set the tone for the game. BPF had to make several stops while we couldn't muster a shot on target. On to the second half and not much changed with BPF making a few more saves and we still couldn't make there keeper work. We made a couple of changes and finally tested there keeper through Bannan. Gregory had a chance to win the game but his effort was cleared off the line, but we wouldn't have deserved it.

THE MATCH



Next up and Cheltenham make the trip north. We dropped more points against these earlier in the season when they equalised in injury time. They are comfortably in mid table but wont be threatening the playoffs and wont have to worry about a relegation battle. They are managed by Michael Duff who has been in charge since 2018 and has a 41% win rate. Alfie May is there leading scorer with an impressive 22 this season, about as many as our entire forward line combined

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                                      

CHEL                 -                                

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

TIM ROBINSON
Jonathan Hunt and Geoffrey Liddle
Fourth Official : Darren Drysdale

THE TEAM

Peacock-Farrell
Storey Hutch Dean
Hunt Byers Bannan Luongo Johnson
Berahino Gregory

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

3-1 Gregory

ATTENDANCE

23211

BML STANDINGS

SCO 14
Pei 14
Kev 11
Wereham 10
Maddix 9
Imre 9
Wash 6
SS 4

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham
AFC Wimbledon v Cambridge United
Doncaster Rovers v Charlton Athletic
Ipswich Town v Plymouth Argyle
Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City

HHAAH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Premier League

Minizin 8pts 1CS 2CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
Sanjay 8pts 0CS 4CR 5GB -3BB 0SB
SCO 6pts 0CS 3CR 5GB -3BB 0SB
Snooty 4pts 1CS 4CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Derby 3pts 0CS 4CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
BaggieOne 1pt 0CS 2CR 0GB -3BB 0SB
BBB 0pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Silver 0pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB

Oh dear. Lets just say that it wasn't a great week and the Premiership players could do with this week's Prediction League International break. A total of just 30 points scored wasn't the low point of the season but it was close - just 1 positive bonus, 2 gamballs and 2 scoreballs. 4 of the week's fixtures yielded negative points and 1 a zero - seems someone picked some toughies

Minizin and Sanjay share top spot with 8 points. Mini only got 2 correct results but they included a correct score and the only positive bonus ball and he was helped by avoiding the banana skin of the gamball. Sanjay got 5 of his points from the gamball game and shared in the week's high of 4 correct result predictions but lost out on his other balls. SCO was the other player to predict Bournemouth's victory but didn't get a lot else right but those 5 points were enough to secure him 3rd place.

Snooty actually had the highest number of correct scores/results but lost 6 points from a blank set of balls. He finished a point ahead of Derby, though with everyone suffering, his overall lead won't be affected by such a low score.

Baggieone's struggles continue - just a single point from just 2 correct predictions though it would have been worse if he'd gambled. And at the bottom BBB and Silver. They actually both got a correct score - a rarity this week - but blanked their balls to leave them both pointless.

Derby 294
Sanjay 273
Silver 262
Minizin 253
SCO 252
BBB 243
Snooty 232
BaggieOne 198
AAA 79 ®

Not surprisingly there wasn't much change to the overall table, just Minizin and SCO swopping positions in 4th/5th. Derby maintains his comfortable lead at the top while BaggieOne is clawing his way towards 200 points but looks likely to fall back to the Championship.

Zin


Championship

Blue Baggie 18pts 1CS 4CR 5GB 6BB 1SB
Dingle 16pts 1CS 4CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Twerton 13pts 1CS 4CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
Amelia 13pts 1CS 5CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Zinman 11pts 1CS 5CR NPGB -3BB 0SB
Stairs 6pts 0CS 4CR NPGB -3BB 1SB
Lady Jane 5pts 2CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Salop 1pts 0CS 2CR NPGB -3BB 0SB
Themaclad 0pts 1CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB

Pretty good week on the whole in the Championship. Blue Baggie once again leads the way on 18 points, he didn't score on the most games but he scored on the right games taking advantage of all his balls!! Dingle is 2nd and continues his good form with 16 points. Identical record as Blue but only got a CR on the Bonus. Joint 3rd are our bottom two players, Twerton is on such a good run of consistent scoring and Amelia desperately needed a decent week and she got it!!

Zinman is 5th and the last player to get into double figures with 11 points, he chose not to play the gamball and that saved him 3 points. Stairs is 5th with 6 points, a poor week by his standards and one that could be decisive in the chase for the title. Lady Jane's poor run continues with just 5 points and Salop is 8th with just a solitary point, a bad week for him after a recent good run. Themaclad can't buy a decent score at the moment, although if he sends me a cheque his form might just improve!!! His zero didn't trouble the scorers!!


293 - Blue Baggie
277 - Stairs
238 - Salop
238 - Dingle
237 - Zinman
211 - Themaclad
206 - Twerton
202 - Lady Jane
197 - Amelia

A few key changes in the table. Blue extends his lead to 17 points over Stairs, could that be decisive at this late stage of the season? The race for the PO spot has really got hot with Dingle's great form seeing him drawing level with Salop, and with Salop having a rare off week Zinman has closed the gap to him to just one point. Themaclad is now out of the PO race and behind him now is Mr Consistency Twerton, he has been bottom of the table for so long and has now climbed into 6th spot with mid-table now in sights. Our Ladies now occupy the bottom 2 spots, separated by only 5 points, Lady Jane has been struggling for a few weeks and Amelia is stuck on a rollercoaster it would seem!!

From a stats perspective, its interesting that Amelia has the most points from the Bonus Ball with 27 points but unfortunately she has the least points from the Gamball with -29!! Three players share the least points on the Bonus with -9, Dingle, Lady Jane and Twerton being the guilty parties. Leading the way on the Gamball is Salop with 34 points despite only playing it 4 times, had he played it every week he would be 21 points better off, as would Stairs who hasn't played it at all, could that cost him the title??

Cheers
SCO

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/ma...arts-women

On a great sunny day for footie at Almondvale, Livingston, Hibs women attained their third derby win of the season v Hertz and this time doing it with a fair bit of style. This team is gradually evolving into a decent unit after various player amendments through the season, but obviously not good enough to compete for the top place as a lack of financial backing is clearly the main factor why it will not happen.