https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/pr...-vs-hibs-1

Well the start of our league fixtures' backlog begins tomorrow night in Dingwall. Not sure what Hibs side is gonna "show up" TBH. However, one thing is certain and that is the fact that the guys have got a huge lift from that vg win over Rangers at Hampden Park. The euphoria after that semi-final victory was there for all to see. We wanna ideally carry on where we left off and do a similar job on the Staggies. It looks like Porty will be missing from our defence. I'll be a tad concerned if that is the case and Darren Mac slotting in to replace him. Doig is also a doubt and I'm sure Stevo will be an able and willing deputy. The worry will be if the players lose that "edge" that they definitely have when playing Rangers. Try to avoid any complacency please. Lets "push on" and keep up the positive momentum and high spirits within the player squad.

GGTTH

Huddersfield travel to the capital on Wednesday to face Mark Warburtons Queens Park Rangers at the Kiyan Prince Stadium, aka Loftus Road. The Terriers come into the game on the back of a dogged display in the victory against West Brom, Danel Sinani scoring his second goal of the campaign for Town after it was laid on a plate for him by Danny Ward. Sinani tried to return the favour later in the game, but Ward somehow managed to squander a golden opportunity. Town looked to have a threat about them on the break, despite really testing Sam Johnstone, Sorba Thomas, in another off game, got behind the Albion defence but a poor touch saw him run the ball straight out for a goal kick. West Brom had the lions share of the ball throughout the game, but never really seemed to get into any real sort of rhythm and for all the possession it felt like they never really went anywhere, and for the 20 shots they had on goal, baring Matt Clarkes late diving header, Lee Nicholls seemed to be relatively unchallenged.



So what is happening at QPR?

Our visitors played on Friday night under the watchful camera of Sky TV. They faced off against Luton Town and won 2-0 thanks to goals from ex Town loanee Chris Willock and everyones favourite footballer Charlie Austin. Rangers have been in decent form this season and sit one place above Town in the final playoff berth. They have been fairly consistent so far, drawing one game more than Town and losing one fewer, and are above us by one point, but with a slightly healthier goal difference.

They began the season at home to Millwall and saw themselves fall behind thanks to a Jed Wallace strike after 11 minutes, centre half Rob Dickie equalised just past the half hour mark with a long range effort to give Rangers a 1-1 draw. Dickie found himself on the scoresheet once again, this time in the league cup as QPR survived a scare against league 2 side Leyton Orient, it took a penalty shootout for Rangers to get past the Orient. Back in league action and it was a trip up to Humberside to tame the Tigers, a 3-0 victory proved to do such with goals coming from Willock, Dykes and Dickie once again, Hull also saw George Moncur receive his marching orders. Staying in the North East, Rangers faced old boss Neil Warnock's Middlesbrough side and soon found themselves trailing thanks to a Uche Ikpeazu penalty after 7 minutes. Jonny Howson scored an own goal to bring Rangers back level, before Moses Odubajo was sent off for his second yellow card. Lyndon Dykes put the ten men ahead before former town player Matty Crooks levelled things up, another former Town player in Willock scored not long after to give the ten men the three points. It was back to home comforts and a late Charlie Austin equaliser was needed to save QPR against Barnsley. Dominik Frieser and Cauley Woodrow got the Tykes off to a flyer, but QPR rallied after the break and Ilias Chair pulled one back in the 76th minute, Austin then saved a point for Rangers with a 91st minute equaliser. It was back into league cup action against Oxford United, Dickie found himself on the scoresheet once again against his former club, before a Leon Chambers-Parrilon own goal saw Rangers progress into the next round. They finished the month off with a 2-0 win at home to Coventry City, with goals coming from Dykes and Yoann Barbet, seeing QPR end August in third position.

September began with a trip to the Select Car Leasing Stadium to face Reading, in what turned out to be a 6 goal thriller. Rangers got off to a good start when defender Michael Morrison put into his own goal, but Reading hit back and went on a bit of a rampage as John Swift went on to score a hattrick. Andre Gray pulled one more back for QPR, before Stefan Johansen scored a late equaliser in injury time to give Rangers a share of the spoils. Next up was a trip to the south coast to face Bournemouth, who inflicted the first league defeat for Mark Warburtons side, goals from Jaidon Anthony and Dominic Solanke put the Cherries 2-0 up, Sam McCallum pulled one back for QPR but they were unable to mount a recovery this time. It would be back to back defeats for the R's as former Rangers and Town striker Nahki Wells hit a 93rd minute winner for Bristol City as they ran out 2-1 victors. Chris Martin opened the scoring for the Robins on the stroke of half time, whilst McCallum made it two in two to restore parity before Wells came back to bite the hand that used to feed him to give Bristol the 3 points. The League cup was back on the agenda for QPR as they welcomed Towns conquerors Everton to the Kiyan Prince Stadium. Austin got QPR up and running in the 18th minute before Lucas Digne equalised for the Toffees, Austin was back at it again when he put QPR back ahead only to see Andros Townsend level things once again after the break. The tie ended up going to penalties which Rangers won 8-7. Rangers' poor run of results in the league continued when they travelled to the Hawthornes to face West Brom, Rangers fans could be forgiven for expecting something different when after 1 minute Andre Gray fired them ahead, but a second half salvo from Karlan Grant turned the game on its head to give Albion all three points. They finished September sitting in 8th position, one place below Town thanks to a 2-0 win at home to Birmingham City, with midfielder Ilias Chair bagging a goal in either half.

October started brightly for Rangers as they welcomed beleaguered Preston to the capital, Lyndon Dykes opened the scoring for QPR before Riis Jakobsen pulled North End level. Josh Earl scored his first professional goal to put Preston ahead straight after the break, but Chair and Jimmy Dunne found the back of the net to see QPR run out 3-2 winners. Next on the agenda was a trip to Craven Cottage to face a marauding Fulham side, It finished 4-1 to the Cottagers, Aleksandr Mitrovic opened the scoring for Fulham, before Dykes equalised for Rangers in the second half. Fulham turned the screw after that though Mitrovic scored once again before Bobby De cordova-Reid and Antonee Robinson bagged a goal each. Rangers were back on home soil when they welcomed Blackburn, and managed to scrape past them thanks to a late Chair goal. The London based side then travelled to London Road to face Peterborough, Chair put QPR ahead before Harrison Burrows levelled before Siriki Dembele scored an injury time winner to condemn Rangers to another defeat. It was back to the League cup as they welcomed Sunderland, the two sides played out a 0-0 draw before the Black Cats produced an upset as they knocked Rangers out on penalties. Nottingham Forest were next to visit QPR and saw Dykes fire the Hoops ahead, before Jack Colback scored a 91st minute equaliser. The result saw QPR finish October in 8th position on 22 points, whilst Town sat 5th on 24. 

November has been a bright month for QPR so far with them picking up a win away at Cardiff thanks to a solitary Gray goal, next up was a trip to the seaside to face Blackpool under the illuminations. Chris Willock opened the scoring for Rangers midway through the first half, but Gary Madine scored from the penalty spot in the second half to give both sides a share of the spoils. They then welcomed Luton for the 2-0 victory last week.

In regards to top performers, Chair and Dykes lead the goalscoring charts for Rangers with 6 goals apiece, Chris Willock is just behind them on 4. In the creative charts, Chair once again leads the way with 5 assists, with Willock on 3. Towns top scorer is Ward with 4, whilst Sorba Thomas has 9 assists in all competitions and is joint top for the league.

In terms of ones to watch, there seems to be three main candidates really;

1- Ilias Chair- The Belgian born Moroccan international joined QPR back in 2017 and after a period of adjusting to the style of play in England, he has made 109 appearances for the R's including a season out on loan at Stevenage. This season seems to be his break out season and will need to sat on or decked. Anyone want to put any more chair puns in?

2- Chris Willock- The former Arsenal youngster had a loan at Town from Benfica whilst Danny Cowley was in charge. A lack of game time in Portugal meant we probably never saw him quite at his best, with him playing catch up fitness wise. Seemed to have a bit of potential but was always hit and miss. Town were rumoured to have wanted to turn the deal permanent at the conclusion of the loan, but faffed around with the deal with Benfica and he ended up picking Warburtons QPR over Town.

3- Lyndon Dykes- Arguably the most complete striker on the QPR books, has height and an eye for goal making him a potent weapon in the opposition penalty area. More Australian than Scottish, but has chosen to represent the Highland nation.

 

In the summer, Mark Warburton was quite active, making 10 new signings in total. Charlie Austin joined on a free transfer from West Brom, whilst Jordan Archer and Moses Odubajo joined from Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday on frees. Jordy de Wijs saw his loan deal from Hull turned permanent, Sam Field also saw the same happen with his loan from West Brom. Jimmy Dunne joined from Premier League outfit Burnely upon the expiration of his contract, whilst Sam McCallum and Andre Gray both joined Rangers on loan from Norwich and Watford respectively. In terms of the money signings Steffan Johansen joined for 600k from Fulham whilst Andre Dozzell joined for £1 million from Ipswich, Macauley Bonne joined Ipswich on loan going the other way. In terms of other outgoings, Todd Kane left for Coventry, Paul Smyth joined Leyton Orient, Tom Carroll also joined Ipswich and keepers Joe Lumley and Liam Kelly joined Middlesbrough and Motherwell, all on free transfers. In regards to loan deals out of the club, Nikko Hamalainen went State side to LA Galaxy, Conor Masterson went to Cambridge, Charlie Kelman joined Gillingham, Faysal Bettache came North to Oldham and Olamide Shodipo joined Sheffield Wednesday.

 
In ode of Rangers manager Mark Warburton, lets see if you earn your bread in this quiz about the staple of fine English cuisine, does your loaf know your loaves?

1- An European bread now popular in the States, traditionally topped with poppy seeds or sesame seeds but other toppings can be now found. The first mentions of it come way back in the 1600's.

2- A sweet bread that is often used as a dessert bread with things like chocolate chips in it, it is made by using extra milk and/or cream. This doesn't mean it doesn't do savoury as it can still be found with meat and cheese inside.

3- Made using a batter instead of a dough, and made by putting on a griddle, it is fairly porous and served normally with a helping of butter that always seems to get all over your fingers. Very popular in Britain and some of its former colonies.

4- A type of bread that is hugely popular in the middle east and some Mediterranean countries, can be found cooking on many streets and is often associated with many popular dishes from those areas. Not as risen as a standard loaf of bread due to only proving for a few minutes before cooking.

5- Thin in size and made with wheat flour; usually eaten with curry dishes; pieces are used to wrap around and pick up each bite of the cooked dish. 



Hopefully you are all slightly peckish now and hungry for more of the thread!

In terms of head to heads, it is fairly even between the two sides, with Town winning 15 and QPR winning 13, there has also been 9 draws between the two sides. The sides first met back in 1932 where Town won a FA Cup tie 5-0 at Leeds Road, the first league meeting would come in 1967 also in West Yorkshire, where Town would emerge 1-0 victors in the old Division two clash. The two sides would meet in Division two for a while before a 23 year wait for a league fixture with the two sides being separated until a 1996 meeting at the McAlpine Stadium, which QPR would win 2-1. The sides would be constant oppositions for each other until 2003 where Town would sink into the bottom tier, the following years would see QPR make it to the Premier League whilst Town rebuilt and made their way back to the Championship where the two sides would meet once again after QPR fell from the Premier League, the first fixture back was a 1-1 draw with James Vaughan scoring for Town, with Junior Hoilett scoring for Rangers. The most recent fixtures between the two sides have been in favour of Town, with Town doing the double over Rangers in our promotion season, we drew down in London after our relegation, but managed to pull off a victory in what would be one of the last meetings before lockdown. In our lockdown meetings Town would win both games, with one of our most impressive first half performances coming at the John Smiths Stadium where Harry Toffolo and Josh Koroma, Juninho Bacuna would score the only goal in the return fixture to give Town one of their few victories post Christmas last season.



Carlos Corberán:

"Hoggy is not going to be available for the next 6-8 weeks. Lees didn't feel well the day before the game, that's why he wasn't involved, it wasn't any injury. Holmes, we'll see. Today he did some work on the pitch, and we'll evaluate him tomorrow."

"I think we were better pressing against West Brom in the midfield. For me, Scott High and Lewis O'Brien pressed really well, and put their midfield under pressure. We have areas to improve, too. To perform better we need to analyse our performance and start again"

"I think the last two game's that Scott High has played has been of a much higher level. After the Luton game, there was some time where he didn't play, and that affected his performance against Peterborough, for example. O'Brien offers many many positive things"

"As soon as we don't have Hoggy or Vallejo, we have to decide which the academy
player is close to help us, so Jon Russell starts to get involved. When you are watching a B Team player who offers something that is different to the First Team, that's a positive"

"I'm satisfied when I'm watching the First Team staff developing the younger players. We aren't a Club divided in to groups, when one of the Academy or B Team players looks ready, if they can offer something different, they will be involved"

"I was very pleased with the performance of Naby Sarr. Sarr faced the challenge of playing without having played many minutes before that very well".

It seems likely that Jordan Rhodes will be missing for this game as he continues his recovery from injury, the same can be said for Pipa, whilst Hogg, Rowe and Vallejo are longer term absentees. Duane Holmes appears the most likely to return from injury with him a possible candidate for tomorrow, failing that, the home fixture against Middlesbrough at the weekend.

As for QPR, boss Mark Warburton says he’ll make a number of late selection calls once more, Lyndon Dykes, Andre Gray, Moses Odubajo and Jordy de Wijs were all rated as 50-50 to make Friday’s 2-0 win over Luton Town at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, only to miss out.



Speaking ahead of the clash, Warburton said “Some are going to be close.

“We’ll see how the likes of Moses, Lyndon and Andre are. Huddersfield have suffered like we have. Many teams have had extensive injury lists. Things are a little easier now, but the consequences of the scheduling before the last international breaks is clear to see – it has been very demanding.”

Our opponents come here with plenty of incentive,” Warburton added. “They had a good result against West Brom at the weekend (1-0 win). But you can create some daylight for yourselves if you can get a good run of wins and performances, and that’s our aim.

“We’re also very respectful of the fact that Huddersfield will see it as a big opportunity as well. Tactically, they are very strong and strong out of possession. They are hard to break down and are very strong at set-pieces – they have scored a number of goals from them as they look to cause mayhem and chaos in the box. They’re a very dynamic team and have rotation in their ranks. They’re a good side and we know what we face – we have no doubt about the quality we face.

“The table doesn’t lie at this stage and we will have to meet the challenge – same old rhetoric!”

Plenty of players have played for both sides, with some notable players including Alex Smithies and Nahki Wells, both of whom were key players for QPR at certain stages during their times there, other players include the likes of Rob Green, who never made an appearance for Town, but made plenty for QPR. Jack Robinson also spent a few seasons at QPR, including one where they loaned him to Town, fellow fullback Danny Simpson had the one season at QPR, but he faired better than he did here, and is probably liked more by their fans than ours.



Instead of a played for both quiz, this week we will try a played for both missing vowels round. so for example hddrsfld twn would be Huddersfield Town, but I might make them harder by putting breaks in the name where it shouldn't be, aren't I nice 

1) JLLY NCH

2) SCRG BRN

3) DMND LNY

4) KVN GLLN

5) LNK GHT

And now for your favourite anagrams

1) Jeans Honest Fan

2) Old Damn Canal

3) Might Annoy

4) Audio Ceiling

5) Alibi Belly

Gamball Game:
Brentford - Everton

Others:
Crystal Palace - Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa
Norwich - Wolves
Birmingham - Blackpool
Huddersfield - Middlesbrough
Hull - Millwall
Peterborough - Barnsley
Plymouth - Wigan
Sheff Wed - Wycombe
Burnley - Spurs

THEY USED TO PLAY HERE



MANAGER
CHRIS WILDER



Managerial career
Alfreton Town
Wilder began his career in management at Alfreton Town. He took over at the club in late October 2001 and in the 27 weeks he was in charge won four trophies: the Northern Counties (East) League Premier Division, the League Cup, the President's Cup and the Derbyshire Senior Cup.

Halifax Town
Wilder returned to Halifax Town as manager on 2 July 2002.[7][8] He replaced caretaker manager Neil Redfearn, who had in turn replaced Alan Little (who left on 8 April after falling ill with appendicitis in March). Halifax had been relegated to the Conference at the end of the season.

Wilder was in charge at Halifax for more than 300 games until the club went into liquidation on 30 June 2008, and he decided to join former Halifax defender Alan Knill, as the assistant manager of Bury.[9]

Oxford United
After fewer than six months at Gigg Lane, Wilder was appointed as the manager of Conference National club Oxford United on 21 December 2008[10] (replacing Jim Smith who had been caretaker manager in the wake of Darren Patterson's sacking), where he only just missed out on a play-off place in his first season. Wilder's first full season in charge of Oxford began successfully and by mid-season they were top of the Conference table by five points with a game in hand. However, Oxford were overtaken by Stevenage, who would go on to win the title and take the automatic promotion place, consigning the Us to the playoffs with Luton Town, Rushden & Diamonds and York City. They defeated Rushden & Diamonds to reach the play-off final, and gained promotion to the Football League by beating York City 3–1.[11]

In their first season back in the Football League in four years, Wilder guided Oxford to mid-table safety. The team finished 12th, in the top half of the table, their highest finish in seven years.[12] The next season Oxford finished ninth, after poor form late in the season led to the team dropping out of the play-off position they had occupied for most of the year.[13] Oxford's chairman Kelvin Thomas gave Wilder his backing, meaning he would remain manager for the 2012–13 season.[14] Despite failing to achieve a play-off place again in Oxford's third season back in the League, and intense speculation about his future at the club, Wilder was offered and accepted a further one-year contract for the 2013–14 season.[15]

On 26 January 2014 he resigned as Oxford manager with the intention of joining League Two rivals Northampton Town as their manager.[16]

Northampton Town
On 27 January 2014, Wilder was appointed manager of Northampton Town, signing a three-and-a-half year contract. Wilder successfully battled against relegation to the Conference, after taking over the club in the relegation zone in League 2.[17] He led the side to a mid-table finish in the 2014–15 season, and then to the League Two title the following season with 99 points,[18] despite significant financial difficulties at the club resulting in players and staff not being paid during October and November 2015.[19]

Sheffield United
On 12 May 2016, Wilder joined his boyhood club Sheffield United as their new manager on a three-year contract, following the parting of company with Nigel Adkins.[20][21] In the pre-season, despite little financial backing, he was able to bring some new players in, many of which were free transfers. He then made Sheffield born Billy Sharp club captain. However, Wilder’s League One managerial debut got off to a poor start, only gaining a single point from the first four games, which left Sheffield United at the bottom of League One.[22] Despite this, the club pushed on and went on to become League One Champions, securing 100 points in the process, a club record.[23]

His second season was full of highs and few lows. His managerial Championship debut against Brentford ended in a 1–0 win for Sheffield United.[24] Then in September 2017, United beat city rivals Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 at Hillsborough,[25] a record for goals scored by United against Wednesday at Hillsborough. By the end of October, after beating local rivals Leeds United 2–1 at Elland Road, Sheffield United were top of the Championship.[26]

On 28 April 2019, it was confirmed that Wilder had led the Blades to the Premier League following nearest rival Leeds' 1–1 draw at home.[27] This ensured his second promotion in just three years at the club. This achievement earned him the LMA Manager of the Year award.[28]

In July 2019, Wilder signed a new three-year contract with the club.[29] On 10 January 2020, Wilder signed a four-year contract extension with the club.[30] Sheffield United went on to finish ninth in their first season back in the top flight, their best since 1991–92.

On 13 March 2021, Wilder left the club by mutual consent, with the club bottom of the Premier League, with 14 points from 28 games.[31]

Middlesbrough
On 7 November 2021, Wilder was appointed manager of Middlesbrough after the club parted ways with Neil Warnock.[32]

LAST TIME OUT



MACS FORM GUIDE

BORO 8 PNE 8

https://www.mfc.co.uk/

https://www.oneboro.co.uk/forum/

THEY MADE MUSIC AND CAME FROM MIDDLESBROUGH

Michael Joseph Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes, having previously collaborated with unofficial 5th Status Quo member Bob Young in Young & Moody. Along with Marsden and ex-Whitesnake bassist, Neil Murray, he formed The Company of Snakes and M3 Classic Whitesnake with which they mainly performed early Whitesnake songs. From 2011 to 2015, Moody toured and recorded with Snakecharmer, a band he co-formed.



FAMOUS FOLK WHO WON'T BE AT THE GAME AS THEY ARE NO LONGER ALIVE

Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728[NB 1] – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec, which brought him to the attention of the Admiralty and the Royal Society. This acclaim came at a crucial moment in his career and the direction of British overseas exploration, and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HMS Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages.

In these voyages, Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously charted by Western explorers. He surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage, and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions.

Cook was attacked and killed in 1779 during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific while attempting to detain the ruling chief of the island of Hawaii, Kalaniʻōpuʻu, to reclaim a cutter taken from one of his ships after his crew took wood from a burial ground. He left a legacy of scientific and geographical knowledge that influenced his successors well into the 20th century, and numerous memorials worldwide have been dedicated to him.

MACS VIEW

November night in Middlesbrough



Travel in hope more than expectation, if we lose just for once put in 90 minutes effort let's not go down without a fight which is the main criticism I've had in the recent surrenders, not much to ask. Times running out for Frankie suspect the vast majority of support think he should go, after tomorrow it's Fulham on Sky next Saturday the joy

Apparently we are going use our DNA as best we can to beat Altrincham on Tuesday night.

I reckon the double-helix nature of our passing movements might just outsmart their defence.

Alternatively it could just be that our manager is talking complete Joey-Barton.

I know he has a Masters in Sports Science, but I don't really think turning up without your DNA is a viable option. I mean how often have you had to nip back home because you left a few chromosomes on the kitchen table?

Come on mate, talking garbage isn't going to put you in the running for the Man Utd job now is it?

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 23RD NOVEMBER KO 7:45PM

v

LAST MATCH



Well we started like a house on fire but in true Wednesday fashion made life hard for ourselves before securing the 3 points. We had goal disallowed early on but soon took the lead when Dunkley headed in from a corner. Theo made it 2 when he did a 1-2 with Palmer and finished well. It was 3 when Palmer crossed and Kamberi finished well from close range. Stanley pulled one back when we didn't clear a corner. Onto the 2nd and Stanley pulled another one back as we couldn't clear again and there player finished well. BPF made a good save from a long range effort and we held on for the points.

THE MATCH



Next up and MK Dons make the journey north to Hillsborough. They have made a god start to the season and currently are 5th in the table. They have won there last 3 games beating teams in the lower half of the table, unlike us who tend to draw those games recently. We have done well against sides above us beating 3 of the current top 6. They are managed by Liam Manning who must be one of the younger head coaches (36) in the league. Scott Twine is there leading scorer with 8 goals.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                     

DONS              -                         

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

ROBERT MADLEY
Wayne Grunnill and Daniel Woodward
Fourth Official : Bradley Hall

THE TEAM

Peacock-Farrell
Brennan Dunkley Palmer
Hunt Dele Bannan Luongo Corbeanu
Kamberi Gregory

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Corbeanu

ATTENDANCE

20211

BML STANDINGS

Kev 6
Pei 6
Wash 4
SCO 4
Wereham 4
Imre 4
Maddix 3
SS 2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Ipswich Town v Rotherham United
Lincoln City v Portsmouth
Morecambe v Charlton Athletic
Oxford United v Fleetwood Town
Plymouth Argyle v Wycombe Wanderers

DDAHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

2 points for a correct result
4 points for a correct score
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.


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.  

NEW FOR THIS SEASON: 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.
So last season's matches would've been Baggiebob(BBB) v theo_luddite and jjamez v St Charles Owl and would've given a bit more to play for towards the back end of the season.
The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.

We now have an Appeals Committee set up, consisting of me, myself and I. All appeals must be made before the next Matchday kicks off.

Friday 26th November:
West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest

Saturday 27th November:
Town v Middlesbrough
Town scorers:
Boro scorers:

Preston North End v Fulham (12:30)
Birmingham City v Blackpool
AFC Bournemouth v Coventry City
Hull City v Millwall
Luton Town v Cardiff City
Peterborough United v Barnsley
Stoke City v Blackburn Rovers
Swansea City v Reading

Sunday 28th November:
Sheffield United v Bristol City (12:30)

Monday 29th November:
Derby County v Queens Park Rangers

Table after Matchday 17:

1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 456 pts
   
2. theo_luddite = 413 pts
   
3. Lord Snooty = 396 pts
   
4. jjamez = 394 pts
   
5. neonfoxinthebox = 389 pts
   
6. St Charles Owl = 388 pts
   
7. themaclad = 384 pts
   
8. SHEP_HTAFC = 369 pts
   
9. WakeyTerrier = 351 pts
   
10. ritchiebaby = 334 pts
    
11. Amelia Chaffinch = 306 pts

aint posted for a while
but felt the need to

just been called a so-so supporter cause i am finding it hard to actually get excited about attending games
the football over the past few games ain`t exactly been the stuff to get us excited has it?
where does the blame lie?
the manager?
the players he selects?
tactics?

i wish i knew
same as the rest of you

seen so many on-line post on various sites calling for the manager to go
really...already


personally i think he dont have a plan b.c.d
not going to say get rid....just yet!!!!!

coming very close to it though

cannot make players give more than they do
strange team selections do not help
we the fans can see it
but we dont get paid a shed load of money

personally i will give him till the new year
to turn this form around
please Val give me something to get excited about when i watch them
so far you aint delivering

Aldershot 0-2 Torquay
Boreham Wood 2-0 Notts County
Bromley 3-2 Yeovil
Chesterfield 3-1 Altrincham
Dag & Red 2-1 Eastleigh
Dover 0-4 Wealdstone
Halifax 3-2 Wrexham
Solihull Moors 2-2 Grimsby
Southend 1-2 Maidenhead United
Stockport 4-2 King's Lynn
Weymouth 2-0 Woking

League Table After Matchday 19

Amelia = 244
St Charles = 242
Lord Snoots = 238
Dancing = 226
Devon = 216
Spireitematt = 202

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59293414

So Ange already reaches his first cup final with Celtic and James Forrest introduced by the manager to change the course of this tight match and delivers after 4 mins on the Hampden pitch, one goal good enough to get to the final esp after St Johnstone "riding the storm" in the first quarter of this game and competently "keeping their defensive shape". Celtic's quality eventually paying dividends and deserving of the victory.