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A lotta speculation re Kyogo's knee injury and finally looks like he'll be absent for a fair number of upcoming fixtures. So Edouard gone to Crystal Palace, Griffiths loaned to Dundee FC and then this unforeseen nasty injury arises "out of the blue"! I'm curious to see what Ange's response will be. Stick with the remaining strike force? The Greek lad, recently signed from Venlo, may well be his "ace in the pack", potentially offering another decent striking option in the Scot Prem - wait n see!

Anybody who opens a manifesto with the words, "Football is on a journey." is probably exactly what Alexei Sayle thought of those who insist on using the word workshop and are not involved in light engineering.

Forty eight experts and none of them looks as though they ever kicked a ball or ever could.

It looks to me as though they have expended a lot of space and energy demonstrating their own academic credentials whilst advocating the "bleedin' obvious!"

I know I'm a terrible person, and that they clearly mean well, but if the Premier League was even vaguely prepared to be regulated and if it had any deep intention of showering money on EFL clubs it has had the power and resources to impose that on itself for years. No Government is ever going to have any incentive to impose laws that empower a regulator and enforce that regulator's decisions unless there is some massive public outcry, and that is vanishingly unlikely, because those who give a damn are more interested in simply seeing their team win.

Ashton Gate is a stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it currently has an all-seated capacity of 27,000.
Ashton Gate was the home of Bedminster F.C. until their 1900 merger with Bristol South End who played at St John's Lane, and the merged club played at St John's Lane until the end of the 1903–04 season, when they moved to Ashton Gate.[2]


The Dolman Stand at a Bristol City home game vs rivals Bristol Rovers
The ground has also played a part in the history of rugby in the city. Bristol played there on a number of occasions since the 1920s, one occasion being on 27 December 2006 when they defeated local rivals Bath Rugby 16–6 whilst selling out the stadium for an all-time record Premiership crowd outside of Twickenham. Several rugby internationals have been held, starting with England versus Wales in 1899. 100 years later, the All Blacks took on Tonga in a 1999 Rugby World Cup pool match. As of the 2014–2015 season, Bristol Rugby permanently moved to Ashton Gate.

It has hosted three England under-21 international friendlies. The first was against Italy on the 12th February 1997 with Darren Eadie scoring the winner in a 1-0 win in front of a crowd of 13,850. [3] The second was against Romania's under-21s on 21 August 2007. It ended in a 1–1 draw with Matt Derbyshire giving the hosts the lead on the eighth minute but Joe Hart's 25th minute own goal gifted the visitors a draw but they had Cristian Scutaru sent off on the seventy second minute for a second bookable offence. There were 18,640 in attendance. The third was against Uzbekistan's under-21s on 10 August 2010. The hosts beat the visitors 2–0 with Danny Rose scoring on the 64th minute and Martin Kelly scoring on the 78th minute. There were 9,821 in attendance. It will also host the 2021 National League play-off Final after it was moved from Wembley Stadium to avoid clashes with UEFA Euro 2020 matches.

FAMOUS BRISTOL PERSON

William Child (1606 – 23 March 1697) was an English composer and organist.

Born in Bristol, Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the Choristers there until the dissolution of the chapel in 1643. After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Child was re-appointed to St. George's, became Master of the King's Wind Music and a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.

Works
His output of church music is understandably considerable, including a set of psalms (1639), many anthems and 17 service settings. He was often influenced by the Italian 'tastes' of his time, but also wrote anthems in more conventional English forms.

Little secular music of Child survives, namely, a number of catches and instrumental pieces.

As William has pegged it he won't be at the Gate this Saturday



FORM GUIDE

As clubs have now played 5 games Macs mystic form guide now kicks in

Brizzle 11 PNE 6

LAST TIME OUT

CARDIFF CITY 1 BRISTOL CITY 2



LAST SEASON

Bristol City 2 PNE 0

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER KO 3:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



Our first defeat of the season and our first goal conceded, scored by ourselves and some poor finishing as we went down to Morecombe. We controlled the game but the chances we had were either put high and wide or the keeper saved. Byers came the closest to scoring but his strike struck the post. Morecombe's goal came from a corner which was flicked on and Adeniran diverted into his own goal. We tried to press for an equalizer, but Morecombe defended well and hung on for victory.

THE MATCH



Next up and a nice long trip to Plymouth. Plymouth started the season with a defeat but are unbeaten in there last four (W2, D2) but currently lie in the bottom half of L1. There threat appears to be Hardie & Jephcott who have 3 goals & an assist each so faar this season. Ryan Lowe is there manager who spent a season with us a decade ago and scored 8 in 26 apps. We haven't played these in a decade when they did the double over us

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                        

PLYM                -                                                                                          

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

BENJAMIN SPEEDIE
Christopher Wade and Mark Derrien
Fourth Official : Daniel Flynn

THE TEAM

Looks like 433 may be DMs starting formation:

Peacock-Farrell
Hunt Hutch Iorfa Johnson
Bannan Byers Adenarin
Paterson Gregory Sow

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Gregory

BML STANDINGS

SCO 1
SS 1
Kev 1
Wash 1
Pei 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Burton Albion v Gillingham
Cambridge United v Lincoln City
Charlton Athletic v Cheltenham Town
Ipswich Town v Bolton Wanderers
Milton Keynes Dons v Portsmouth

HDHDA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE

PEIOWL




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

In a game maimed by bizarre refereeing, dangerous foul play, play-acting, malign crowd intent, and a complete absence of sportsmanship, Szczesny came out to play Pickford in a battle for the accolade of world's most over-rated goalkeeper.

Szczesny seemed to have achieved a knock-out when he let in a shot from Harry Kane, who was so far from goal he could only be sighted by telescope, and who was having such a poor game that the very act of shooting represented a triumph of ambition over good sense.

Unfazed, Pickford responded with his impression of a cigar-store Indian stranded on the goal line for a half-decent, but wholly anticipatable header from the six yard line. Clearly he was so overcome by the brilliance of Moder's turn and Lewandowski's ability to provide a perfect cross that he was unable to offer any actual physical reaction, beyond his usual facial impersonation of an eleven-year-old boy caught looking through the girl's changing-room window.

One pundit surmised that a top keeper would have saved Kane's (admittedly very good) shot, but I'm only guessing when I suggest Szczesny, despite his attractive lack of vowels, would probably be generally ranked in the world's top ten. The heavy-legged lack of thrust evident when he finally appreciated the swerve on Kane's shot was embarrassing. He's a mistake waiting to happen and always was. Why Poland don't go for Dragowski, or the younger Majecki at Monaco, is baffling.

And Pickford, by idiot acclamation rated superior to Nick Pope or probably even THE pope himself, had less than a third of the goal to protect from a header but had flat-footed himself so completely he was unable to offer anything in the way of an attempt to save.

But why should I be surprised, Bachmann certainly didn't hit overdrive, when hovering above Lyndon Dykes' unsophisticated, almost straight penalty thump when Austria played Scotland? If he's the best penalty-taker in Scotland I'm Nicola Sturgeon. Hand the job over, whilst you're still winning, is my advice Lyndon. As for Watford's goalie, learn to dive man, you're the goalie - to get a ball close to your feet like that, get one arm down to deflect the ball and the other up, which helps you get down quicker and just kick your feet away - that'll up-end you! Now go away, get some practice in, and let me know when you can do it.

Come on, I want to see goals, proper goals, not permanently be thinking, how the hell did that get past a pro'?

Well most of our players have had a welcome rest for a couple of weeks apart from Boyly and Kevin Nisbet. Paul McGinn briefly played for Scotland in Vienna and well done on his international debut. He'll still be as fresh and "raring to go" as the rest. Boyly injured with a hamstring pull and I'm sure most Hibs fans not surprised re this disappointing injury to our best player happening while playing for Australia! This could poss open the door" to young Daniel Mackay - wait n see how Jack Ross views this position. I'd luv to "turn them over" big-time - a bit of "pay back" after what happened in that Scot Cup semi-final re the pen that never should've been awarded. Anyway, that's past history and I reckon Ross will tighten our defensive line and mid defensive positions. However, I want to see scope for an "out ball" and getting at their defence. We are top of the Scot Prem and we wanna stay there for as long as we can hold that position. Looks like Kevin Nisbet will be our strike option up front, but we want ample support given to him to test a defence that can be penetrated using the right attacking options. My main caveat is beware of Mackay-Steven who has a habit of scoring against Hibs apart from one instance at ER where he crocked his ankle playing for Dundee United and out injured for months. It always frustrated to see so many Hibs managers not being aware of said threat and deploying a marking system to "nail him" or mark him out of the game.

GGTTH

US Open Semi Finalist

Aldershot Town 1-1 Solihull Moors
Barnet 1-2 Eastleigh
Bromley 1-1 Boreham Wood
Dover Athletic 0-4 Chesterfield
FC Halifax Town 1-2 Southend United
Stockport County 2-1 Yeovil Town
Torquay United 2-0 Grimsby Town
Wealdstone 0-3 Altrincham
Weymouth 1-2 Notts County
Wrexham 2-2 Woking
King's Lynn Town 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

League Table After Matchday 4

Amelia = 60
Spireitematt = 52
Dancing = 46
Devon = 44
Lord Snoots = 36
St Charles = 32