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Dykes and Christie miss the Moldova match. Stoke City's striker, Jacob Brown, given his first call up and excited too. I can't believe Clarke has given Nisbet the "nod" as the striker is currently nowhere near the standard we need for this crucial fixture in Moldova. I think Clarke must have a serious rethink on team selection after observing the unimpressive incidents that unfolded in the Faroes and some worrying signs that this Scotland team could well "flounder" in this match if they don't recognise the huge importance of a final victory in the World Cup group and ultimately "show up".

It used to be like this



And it's now like this



Dean Court, currently known as the Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes,[2] is a football stadium in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England and the home ground of AFC Bournemouth.
In 1910, Boscombe F.C. was given a piece of land by the town's Cooper-Dean family, after whom the ground was named. The land was the site of an old gravel pit, and the ground was not built in time for the start of the 1910–11 season. As a result, the club played at the adjacent King's Park until moving into Dean Court in December 1910. However, the club facilities were still not ready, and players initially had to change in a nearby hotel. Early developments at the ground included a 300-seat stand.[3]

In 1923, the club were elected to Division Three South of the Football League, at which point they changed their name to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. The first Football League match was played at Dean Court on 1 September 1923, with 7,000 watching a 0–0 draw with Swindon Town. Subsequent ground improvements were made following the purchase of fittings from the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, which allowed the construction of a 3,700-seat stand. A covered terrace was added at the southern end of the ground in 1936.[3]

The club's record League attendance was set on 14 April 1948, when 25,495 watched a 1–0 defeat to QPR. The overall record attendance was set on 2 March 1957, when 28,799 spectators watched an FA Cup match against Manchester United.[4] Shortly afterwards, a roof was added to the western stand.[3] The club also purchased more land behind the northern end of the ground, with the intention of enlarging the stand and building a leisure centre. However, the club ran out of money during its construction and abandoned the scheme in 1984. As a result, the half-built structure was demolished and housing was built on that part of the site.[3] The club's lowest Football League attendance was set on 4 March 1986, when only 1,873 saw a 2–2 drawn with Lincoln City.[3]

The ground was completely rebuilt in 2001, with the pitch rotated ninety degrees from its original position and the ground moved away from adjacent housing.[5] Because the work was not finished in time for the start of the 2001–02 season, Bournemouth played their first eight games at the Avenue Stadium in nearby Dorchester.[3] When Dean Court reopened with a game against Wrexham on 10 November, it gained its first sponsored name, becoming the Fitness First Stadium.[3] Although it was rebuilt as a three sided stadium with a capacity of 9,600,[3] seats were placed on the undeveloped south end in the autumn of 2005. On 24 February 2004 Bournemouth's James Hayter scored the Football League's fastest-ever hat-trick at Dean Court, scoring three goals in 2 minutes and 20 seconds during a 6–0 victory over Wrexham.[6] The club sold the stadium in December 2005 in a sale-and-leaseback deal with London property company Structadene.[7]

In the 2010–11 a temporary south stand was built, but was removed during the 2011–12 season after attendances fell. In July 2011 the stadium was renamed the Seward Stadium after the naming rights were sold to the Seward Motor Group.[8] Following Seward entering administration in February 2012, the ground was subsequently renamed the Goldsands Stadium in a two-year deal.[9] During the summer of 2013 a 2,400 seat stand was built on the undeveloped end of the ground as a result of the club's promotion to the Championship. In July 2013 it was named after former club striker Ted MacDougall.[10]

Further redevelopment
In August 2014, chairman Jeff Mostyn revealed that the club were looking at the possibility of redeveloping the stadium rather than moving to Matchams.[11] With a limited capacity of 11,464, the club were exploring the option of building a new, permanent stand and filling-in the stadium's corners should they continue to be successful in the Premier League. The naming rights changed once more in July 2015 when the stadium became the Vitality Stadium.[2]

In May 2016, Bournemouth announced that they would not be adding new capacity to its ground in time for the next Premier League season. The club has taken the decision to delay redevelopment plans following a meeting of its board. A statement from the Cherries blamed "ongoing negotiations with the club's landlord to purchase the stadium". The club had previously said improving the stadium's size was needed as "demand for tickets far outweighs our current capacity". Dean Court was the smallest ground in the Premier League.[12]

In December 2016 the club announced plans to find a new site due to the ongoing issues regarding ownership of the ground.[13]

In July 2017 the club confirmed it was looking to build a new stadium near the current site in Kings Park.[14]

Manager Scott Parker



Fulham
2018–19: First-team coach and caretaker manager
Shortly after his retirement from playing, Parker returned to Tottenham Hotspur, coaching their under-18 squad, as well as being announced as a club ambassador.[73] In July 2018, Parker left Tottenham to return to Fulham, who had just gained promotion back to the Premier League, serving as first-team coach, linking up with former manager Slaviša Jokanović.[74] He was retained in his coaching position after Claudio Ranieri was brought in to replace a dismissed Jokanović that November.[75]

Ranieri was dismissed on 28 February 2019, after Fulham had achieved no improvement and were left engaged in a relegation battle.[76] Parker was then appointed as caretaker manager that same day, the club now sat nineteenth in the Premier League table.[77] He took charge of the team for the first time three days later, where they lost 2–1 to visitors Chelsea.[78] Fulham were relegated to the Championship after a disappointing returning league campaign, their relegation confirmed after a 4–1 thrashing by Watford, with five games remaining.[79]

2019–21: Premier League promotion and relegation
After speculation arose over who would replace Ranieri on a permanent basis following relegation, chairman Shahid Khan appointed Parker as manager permanently on a two-year contract.[80] Parker was able to retain the majority of his players, despite relegation, with star striker Aleksandar Mitrović signing a new contract during the summer.[81] During his first season in charge, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all English sport being suspended from March until June 2020; Fulham ultimately finished the season in fourth place, missing out on automatic promotion by two points, thus qualifying to the promotion play-offs. After defeating Cardiff City over two legs in the semi-finals, they beat Brentford in the play-off final to achieve promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.[82]

Fulham's return to the Premier League however did not begin smoothly: they lost their first four games and failed to win until November, when they beat relegation rivals West Bromwich Albion 2–0 at Craven Cottage.[83] Towards the end of the 2020–21 season, Parker reportedly became a surprise contender for the Tottenham Hotspur managerial vacancy, after José Mourinho was dismissed, but he remained at the club.[84] Parker's side were relegated to the Championship once again in May 2021 after suffering defeat to Burnley, who were above them in the Premier League table.[85] Following relegation, Parker said that Fulham must try to break the cycle of relegation and promotion and establish themselves in the top flight.[86] On 28 June, the club announced that Parker had left the club by mutual consent.[87]

AFC Bournemouth
On 28 June 2021, Parker was appointed as head coach of AFC Bournemouth, replacing Jonathan Woodgate. Parker signed a three-year contract with the club.[88] After guiding the club to 13 points from a possible 15, Parker was awarded the league's Manager of the Month award for September 2021.[89]



FAMOUS BOURNEMOUTH PEOPLE

Barbara Joyce Dainton (née West, 24 May 1911 – 16 October 2007) was the penultimate remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 14 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. She was the last living survivor who travelled second-class on the ship.

Will miss the game due to not being alive



Bournemouth 21 PNE 8

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As is the way of the world one of our longest away jaunts is a night game as it was last season and the previous visit to Dean Court in the League Cup was also a night and we won them both, might take something special to make it three on the bounce givn they are unbeaten and we are how you say at times a bit naff
It's on the red button so avoid if possible, Quest are also there so look out for North Enders in the highlights package and apparently it's going to be near freezing as well.
Win this and Frankie will achieve God like status although Saturday's win has bought him some time
Will be making the marathon journey for the first time in neigh on 30 years. Home by 4am up by 8am as Sky are replacing my non working HD box so will be slight farquared that day
PNE programme directions tell us to use the A338 towards Bournemouth however miss the out the 200 plus miles to get to the A338
Could be a long journey for little we shall soon see

Macs ever reliable form guide

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER KO 7:45PM

v

LAST MATCH



Well we actually came from behind to take the lead, but in true Wednesday fashion couldn't hold on for all 3 points, think that's 11 points we have thrown away from drawing or winning positions. The usual first half, we don't create much and concede a poor goal.
Onto the second, the usual,  we put a few attacking players on and then score as Dunkley heads in Bazza corner. We then take the lead through an own goal from another set piece. But as is coming common place, were denied all 3 points when we conceded in injury time from another set piece.

THE MATCH



Back at Hillsborough, and Sunderland are the visitors. They had made a great start to the season but have lost there last two, Toytown thrashed them on Saturday 5-1. They are managed by Lee Johnson, since 2020 after managing Bristol City for 5 years. They have Aiden McGeady in there ranks, a former player, but he will be missing after a red card on Saturday. They will probably there or thereabouts come the end of the season and will want to finally leave the Pub League after being here for several seasons.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                      

SUND              -                           

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

CRAIG HICKS
Danny Gratton and Richard Woodward
Fourth Official : Tom Reeves

THE TEAM

Peacock-Farrell
Hunt Hutch Iorfa Palmer
Bannan Wing Adeniran
Paterson Gregory Brown

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Gregory

ATTENDANCE

24651

BML STANDINGS

Kev 6
Pei 6
Wash 4
SCO 4
Wereham 3
Imre 2
Maddix 2
SS 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Charlton Athletic v Rotherham United
Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers
Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic
Morecambe v Cambridge United
Portsmouth v Cheltenham Town

AHAHH

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.

Saturday 6th November:
Cardiff v Town
Town scorers:
Cardiff scorers:

Barnsley v Hull City
Birmingham City v Reading
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United
AFC Bournemouth v Swansea City
Coventry City v Bristol City
Luton Town v Stoke City
Millwall v Derby County
Nottingham Forest v Preston North End
Peterborough United v Fulham
West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough
Blackpool v Queens Park Rangers (17:30)

FA Cup:
Scunthorpe United v Doncaster Rovers (13:00)
Bradford City v Exeter City
Chesterfield v Southend United
FC Halifax Town v Maidenhead United
Harrogate Town v Wrexham
York City v Buxton

Sunday 7th November:
Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle (12:15)

Table after Matchday 14:

1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 392 pts
   
2. jjamez = 332 pts
   
3. Lord Snooty = 332 pts
   
4. St Charles Owl = 332 pts
   
5. theo_luddite = 326 pts
   
6. themaclad = 320 pts
   
7. neonfoxinthebox = 311 pts
   
8. SHEP_HTAFC = 303 pts
   
9. WakeyTerrier = 291 pts
   
10. ritchiebaby = 270 pts
    
11. Amelia Chaffinch = 246 pts

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Sure, Livingston set up to frustrate and were well organised defensively and played well. However, Celtic, even without the injured Rogic, still played positively and used their flanks effectively - had the requisite scoring opps to win this match! Celtic really have to win these kinda games v such limited opposition! The "icing on the cake", in a negative sense, happened at the very end of the game when the red-carded Livy defender, Obileye, gave away a pk and a huge opportunity for Celtic to just "take the 3 pts" and move on. And what happened next was just bizarre - a Greek player with "no bottle", Giakoumakis, misses the pen thereby giving Rangers the opportunity tomorrow to go 4 pts clear and they will take it!! Nuts!! Why Juranovic, who takes a good pen, wasn't given the opp, is beyond me!! To "rub salt in the wounds", the Greek lad "fluffed his lines" about a minute later by mishitting his shot in front of the Livy goal when it was easier to score - no redemption for the big man, not a good day for him at all. Ange's post-match interview was a "picture" and no wonder - totally let down by certain players, but didn't wanna say so - try to stay positive, no doubt. One positive to mention is that James Forrest entered the field of play after a long lay-off. His return could eventually offset this disappointment as long as he stays fit.

LAST TIME OUT



FORM GUIDE

PNE 5  LUTON  14

MANAGER

NATHAN JONES

Charlton Athletic
On 27 June 2012, Jones joined Championship club Charlton Athletic as their under-21 professional development coach.[16]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Jones with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2015
On 19 July 2013, Jones joined Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion, filling the new position of assistant head coach, working under head coach Óscar García.[17] Following Oscar's departure from Brighton and the appointment of new manager Sami Hyypiä, Jones changed roles and became Brighton's first-team coach.[18] After Hyypia's resignation on 22 December 2014,[19] Jones was appointed as caretaker manager.[20] Following Chris Hughton's appointment as manager on 31 December 2014, Jones moved back to his role as assistant manager.[21] On 3 February 2015, after the appointment of Colin Calderwood as Hughton's assistant manager, Jones was demoted to the role of first-team coach.[22]

Luton Town
On 6 January 2016, Jones left his role as first-team coach with Brighton to become the new manager of League Two club Luton Town on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[23] He won 11 of his 21 matches in charge during the remainder of 2015–16, guiding the club away from the danger of relegation to an 11th-place finish.[24]

Jones made wholesale changes to Luton's squad ahead of 2016–17, releasing 12 players and signing eight new ones.[25][26][27][28] Jones' Luton team spent only one week of the season outside the top seven positions,[29] while he also led the club to the semi-final of the EFL Trophy.[30] He signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 20 March 2017.[31] Luton finished the 2016–17 season in fourth place, but were beaten 6–5 on aggregate by Blackpool in the play-off semi-final, meaning they would compete the 2017–18 season in League Two again.[32][33]

Jones stated his ambition to go one step further and win promotion to League One in 2017–18, saying: "This year we can't have excuses, can't have that naivety about us, can't allow teams to nick draws and cost us our ultimate goal."[34] His summer recruitment was focused on signing experienced players who had previously won promotion, and he succeeded in doing this when signing Alan McCormack, James Collins and Marek Štěch.[34] Luton began the season with an 8–2 home win over Yeovil Town to set a club record for their biggest margin of victory on the opening day of a season.[35][36] Jones was named the League Two Manager of the Month for October 2017 after Luton recorded three wins, one draw and one defeat,[37] including a 7–1 home victory over Stevenage.[38] He would go on to win the award for the second successive month, in which Luton achieved three wins in four league matches, including a 7–0 home win over Cambridge United, scoring 14 goals to climb to the top of the table on goal difference.[39] Luton's win over Cambridge meant they became the first team in the history of the English Football League to score seven or more goals on three occasions before Christmas.[40] They were also the highest-scoring team in the country in early December with 63 goals in all competitions, one more than Manchester City who were top of the Premier League.[41] Jones was nominated for League Two Manager of the Month for the third month in succession,[42] which was awarded to Danny Cowley of Lincoln City.[43] Luton topped the table until a 2–1 home defeat to Accrington Stanley in March 2018 saw them drop to second place for the first time since 21 November 2017, behind Accrington.[44] The club did, however, win promotion to League One on 21 April 2018 after a 10-year absence following a 1–1 draw away to Carlisle United.[45] A week later, they secured a second-place finish in the table with a 3–1 home victory over Forest Green Rovers.[46] After four wins and one draw in April, Jones was named the League Two Manager of the Month for the third time in 2017–18.[47]

Jones continued to take Luton on an upward trajectory during the 2018–19 season, leading the club to second place in League One by January 2019 with the highest number of goals scored. Following the sacking of Gary Rowett, he was linked to the vacant managerial job at Championship club Stoke City in January 2019. On 9 January the club announced they had granted Jones permission to speak with Stoke City.[48] His departure was announced later the same day and he left Luton with the highest Football League points per game ratio of any manager in their history.[49]

Stoke City
Jones was appointed manager of Championship club Stoke City on 9 January 2019 after the club agreed a compensation package with Luton.[50] Jones won three matches of the remaining 21 in 2018–19 as Stoke ended in 16th position.[51] During the summer transfer window Jones brought in ten new players to build his own squad.[52] Stoke made a bad start to the 2019–20 season gaining only a point from the first six matches.[53][54] Jones was sacked on 1 November 2019 after winning just two of the first 14 matches of the 2019–20 season.[55] Despite his sacking, Jones later stated that he didn't regret leaving Luton to manage Stoke.[56]

Return to Luton Town
On 28 May 2020, Jones was reappointed as Luton Town manager, almost 18 months after originally leaving the club to manage Stoke. He replaced the outgoing Graeme Jones, who left by mutual consent the month before.[57] In his first press conference, Jones spoke of his "regret" and "remorse" over the way he initially left the club and that he understood the mixed fan reaction to his exit and return, with hopes that he can earn fans trust back.[58] Jones went on to successfully guide Luton to Championship safety on the final day of the season with a 19th place finish, despite the club lying in 23rd when Jones re-joined.[59] In the following season, Jones achieved a 12th place finish after scoring 62 points - their highest points total in the second tier since the 1981–82 season.[60]


PNE Team News

Frankie McAvoy confirmed in his pre-match press conference that Matthew Olosunde felt a tight hamstring after Tuesday’s Central League fixture which will keep him out for seven days.

Ched Evans will again miss out, with the forward not yet back in full training, and Josh Murphy is also unavailable due to an ankle injury picked up last week.

Long-term absentees Izzy Brown and Connor Wickham remain out, while Alan Browne will be back in contention after serving his suspension on Wednesday evening.

The Opposition

Luton Town have made a great start to their season, currently sitting fifth in the Championship table.

In the dugout for the Hatters is Nathan Jones, in his second spell in charge of the team from Bedfordshire, the first of which saw him lead his side out of League Two and set them up for another promotion the following term.

Now in their third campaign back in the second tier, Luton will be looking to build on their 19th and 12th-placed finishes.

Key Stats

Luton come in to this fixture five games unbeaten, scoring ten goals in that time, while conceding just twice, keeping four clean sheets in the process.

The Hatters are the fifth top scorers in the division, with 23 in total this term, and seven of those have come from striker Elijah Adebayo, who joined from Walsall in February.

Luton have come out on top of the last two games between the two sides, but they’ve never won three in a row against North End.

Our Last Meeting


Luton won 1-0 on their last visit to Deepdale back in March 2021, with the only goal of the game coming in the 83rd minute.

After Daniel Iversen made a remarkable stop from point-blank range to deny Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, James Collins put the ball back across goal and the Danish goalkeeper inadvertently put into the back of his own net.

Man In The Middle


For the third time this season, Dean Whitestone will take the whistle for a game at Deepdale.

Whitestone was the referee when PNE beat Peterborough in August, and he also took charge of North End’s 4-1 Carabao Cup victory against Cheltenham Town.

Whitestone will be assisted by Nik Barnard and Geoffrey Liddle, while Sebastian Stockbridge will be fourth official.


MACS VEW

A massive week for the under pressure manager, two extremely difficult away games follow the home game against a decent Luton side who like previous opponents at Deepdale are in the play off positions, after last Saturday's horror show we need a performance, although there is a gap to the bottom three we need to start putting more distance between them however if we only show up for 10 minutes per game we are not going to do that.
Some of those who played on Wednesday put themselves in pole position for playing tomorrow, McCann especially who looked quality against Liverpool. Never want to see manager's sacked but another week of zero points will no doubt see that happen, coincidence Neil potted after we lost at home to these very same opposition last March 

Simon Rusk was sacked as Stockport manager. I'm surprised he lasted so long. When money has been invested and players brought in from a higher level if the team doesn't win then the blame can only go in one direction.

The crash and burn against Barnet after signing Sarcevic - Bolton's captain! - wouldn't have been tolerated at many clubs, harsh as that is.

Well I think Jack Ross is reaching a "crunch time" position after Hibs now hitting a barren run of 4 x consecutive defeats - TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!! And not a single compromise draw registered in there!! His team choices have been wrong and the set up has been dreadful. However, there were some signs last night v Celtic of the players playing with some purpose and resolve in the final quarter of the game. The Staggies have registered their 1st win of the season with a very good display in a 0-5 thrashing of Dundee last night at Dens Pk although note Dundee hit with injuries to key players. This is still a fixture v a team at the foot of the Scot Prem and IMO we must try to win it at all cost thereby kickstarting a push up the league table again - try to avoid a negative "freefall" situation!! It's also time for Ross to start picking a starting line up for this particular fixture that is the right formation to face this particular side while ensuring the team will "show up" with a full commitment. God help us (and him!) if we lose this match!! I think Paul Hanlon will not make this match due to a pulled hamstring and just hope that assumption is wrong. It will be shit if he is indeed not gonna make it! Something Ross will just have to redress, but do it effectively. Field three at the back? I'll be surprised if he does that. C'mon Hibs - time to "grow a pair" and lift performances to overcome this mini-crisis.

GGTTH