So it has been rumoured for years but it looks like it is finally happening the big six Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham have all signed up to to a European Super League. Good or bad it proves if there was any doubt at all that its all about the money and who gives a dam about football. Interesting times.

Aldershot Town 2-2 King's Lynn Town
Boreham Wood 2-0 Barnet
Chesterfield 1-2 FC Halifax Town
Wealdstone 1-0 Maidenhead United
Woking 0-3 Torquay United


League Table After Matchday 45
Lord Snoots = 452
Amelia = 400
Spireitematt = 362
Dancing = 326
Devon = 322
St Charles = 300

WEEK          9   10    11   12  13  14   15   16  17   18   19  20        21  22  23  24   25  26
                                                                                                                            PTS                 

1 BBB       109(1) 129 155 158 163 173 186 196 205 208 215 235  254 250 254 264 273 293           BW    26 20

2 MINIZIN  94 97/3 119/4 124(5) 129 141 164/4 180(2)188 193 96(3) 213(2) 216 228 237 254 262            23 22

3 SANJAY   74 88/7 110/5 138(2} 154 156/3 172/2 173/3) 178(4)181 187 197/5-203/4-212(3)222 237 246   28 22

4 S/C        93 108(2)121 129(3)148 158(2)170/3)170/4 181(3)190 197/2 209/3 203/4 201/5 208(4)224 233 238   BW 23 19

5 BAGGIE1 55 67/16 92/14 94/15 96/16 102/15 125/12 142/11 155/9 170/6 183(5)197 205/3 207/4 207(5)220 223 237            BW 25 23

5 SILVER    63 67/15 97/10 110/12 119/9 122/10 147/7 149/8 150/11 156/12 162/11 181/8 181/9 201/5 201/7 219/6 228(5)237         BW 25 20

7 ZINMAN 88 92/4 121/3 127(4) 141 150 158(5) 168 169/6 169/7 171/8 178/9 183/8 190/7 202/6 212(7) 222 234                                     BW 29 13

8 STAIRS  87 86/10 100/8 111(7)123 139(6)154 166 170(5)171 178(6)189 186/7 189(8)192 208/9 215(8)231                                            BW 16 15

9 BOMBER 73 87(9)97(10)99(13)110(11)122(10)130(11)138(12)146 157(8)166(10)172/12-177(11)182/12 191/11 211(8)215 228(9)        BW 12 11

10 AAA   74 80/12  97(10)104 115 117/12 137/10 144 158/8 162/10 171/8 182 189/6 185/9 185/14 198/12 202/11 218/10                            BW  20 17


11 SOM'T 82 80/11 98/9 107/8 123(7)129 138(9)145 155 161(11)162 175 175/12 184/10 192/8 192/13 207/10 215/11                            BW  18 16

12 SNOOTY 60 69(13)87/15 98(14)100(15)96(17)98 109(16)119 131(15)144(14)158 175/12 177/14 188/12 203/10 214/12                            BW 18 15

13 JOKER  86 90(6)94(13)103(11)105(14)113/13 113/14 127(13) 131 141 146 169 174/14 184/10 192/8 192/13 202/11 213/13                  BW 23 14

14 DD   42 51(20)74(17)85(17)110(11)126(8)141 150(7)159 164/9 174(7)178(8)178/9 179/10 181/13 188/12 199/11 197/14 204/14     BW 25 23

15 DERBY 54 69(14)84(16)92 94(17)101(16)111(15)127(14)122(15)133(14)137(15)147 157 160 177 187 185 198         BW   17 15

16 AMELIA 76 91(5)107(6)117 127 123(9)123(13)125(14)126 125(16)125(17)133 139(16)151 166 178 183 193                      BW   16 15

17 L/JANE 58 66(17)69(18)72(20)83(18)85(19)96(18)105(18)107(17)115 127 138 137 136 140 151 165 180 191                    BW  17 15 

18 THEM   53 60(18)67(20)75(18)83 92 94(19)94(20)94(19)107 123(18) 130 133 134 143 162 170 177                                    BW  19 13

19 TWTON  49 51(19)69(18)73(19)79(20)84-89 -102(19)98(18)112-109-113(19)120(17)120(19)127 134 135 154                    BW  19 18



Not a lot of movement over 2 weeks. Somerset - Joker - Bomber dropping places. Amelia now only 2pts clear in the battle for the ladies title. BBB retains 1st place for the 25th consecutive week. Minizin 2nd for the 7th week. And Sanjay 3rd for the 5th week.
All to play for between the 4th and 9th spots with 10pts separating them.

NOT SURE OF THE PLAYERS BEST WEEKS: IF YOU KNOW YOUR BETTER SCORE(s) POST ON HERE -TA

Big Dave has puemonia is now having to take time of for the foreseeable future. 

Get well soon BigMan.

Bromley have signed a 19 year old centre back called Alex Mitchell from Millwall to play against us on Saturday. The question is will we sign a centre forward tomorrow to cover for Asante and play against him?

LAST TIME OUT

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 STOKE CITY 0

FORM GUIDE

STOKE 10 PNE 6

BET 365 STADIUM

The Bet365 Stadium (stylized as bet365 Stadium) is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City. The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agreement with its parent company, Bet365.[4] It has a capacity of 30,089 following the completion of expansion works in 2017.[5][6]

The stadium was built in 1998 at a cost of £14.8 million as a replacement for the Victoria Ground. Former player Sir Stanley Matthews' ashes were buried beneath the centre circle of the pitch following his death in February 2000; he had officially opened the stadium on 30 August 1997.[7] In European competitions it is known as the Stoke Ground due to UEFA regulations on sponsorships.[8][9]

History

Q-railing Stand exterior
The all-seater stadium cost nearly £15 million to build and brought the club up to standards with the Taylor Report of January 1990 to end 115 years at the Victoria Ground. Along with the possibility of converting the Victoria Ground into an all-seater stadium, relocation had was being considered by 1995 and by early 1996 the decision to build a new stadium elsewhere had been confirmed.[10]

Construction of the stadium was underway during the 1996-97 season.[11] In August 1997 it opened its doors for the first time as the Britannia Stadium thanks to a £1 million, 10-year sponsorship deal with the Britannia Building Society which was instrumental in the overall funding of the project. Another £4.5 million was given as a grant by the Football Trust.[11]

The stadium's opening did not go according to plan, as from the outset there was concern about getting there, as the plans covered only one access road from the nearby A50, and as a result, spectators arriving from the city or the motorway had to travel up the A50 for over a mile to a roundabout at Sideway and double-back the other way, which caused huge congestion.[10] The stadium was officially opened by club legend Sir Stanley Matthews, then aged 82. After he died in March 2000, his ashes were buried beneath the stadium's centre circle and a statue showing different stages of his career was put up in his honour outside the ground.[12] On 27 August 1997, Rochdale were the visitors for the historic first-ever competitive match a 1–1 draw in the League Cup watched by 15,439 – and four days later the first-ever league game took place against Swindon Town before a crowd of 23,859.[11] The first season at the new ground was a bad one as Stoke were relegated from the First Division, losing 5–2 at home to Manchester City on the final day of the season, with the visiting side also going down after the relegation-threatened sides above them all won their final games.

The club's supporters protested against chairman Peter Coates, who stood down afterwards, only to return in 2006.[11]

Four seasons of third-tier football followed with Gunnar Gíslason taking control of the club in November 1999.[10] In May 2006 he sold control of the club back to Peter Coates, and soon after the club obtained full ownership of the stadium in a deal worth £6 million following the previous joint-partnership with the Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration Ltd.[13] The name of the ground was changed to the Bet365 Stadium in June 2016.[14]


FAMOUS STOKE PERSON

Hanley Stafford (born Alfred John Austin, September 22, 1899 - September 9, 1968), was an actor principally on radio.

He is remembered best for playing Lancelot Higgins on The Baby Snooks Show. Stafford also assumed the role of Mr. Dithers, the boss of Dagwood Bumstead on the Blondie radio program. He is commemorated by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[1]

Early life
Stafford emigrated from England to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1911. He enlisted in the 43rd Battalion of the Canadian Scottish Infantry in 1915, was wounded in the Third Battle of Yprès in 1916 and returned to England in 1918. Until 1924 he toured Canada in drama productions and landed in Los Angeles that year. He played in stock for eight years and then in tent shows.[2] He was appearing on KFWB radio in Los Angeles by April 1932 then went to Phoenix to manage a stock company,[3] the Delmas-Lawless Players, before returning to Los Angeles to resume stage and radio work the following August.[4]

Career
After starring in the New York-originating radio detective series Thatcher Colt from September 1936 to March 1937, Stafford again returned to Los Angeles.[5][6] He began the father role on The Baby Snooks Show on December 23, 1937 and played it until the final broadcast on May 22, 1951, two days before the death of star Fanny Brice.[7]

Between 1950 and 1963, Stafford appeared on various television series, beginning with The Popsicle Parade of Stars and Hollywood Premiere Theatre (1950–51), and concluding with his role as Kenneth Westcott in the episode "Lucy Is a Chaperone" of CBS's The Lucy Show. In between, he was cast on episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers series Cheyenne, Maverick, Sugarfoot, and 77 Sunset Strip, in the latter as Admiral Thomas Kyle in the 1962 episode "Dress Rehearsal". Stafford guest starred on the CBS sitcoms The Brothers, The Betty Hutton Show, and Angel, in which he portrayed Mr. Corwin in the 1961 episode "The Second Marriage". He was cast in 1957 as Colonel Farnsworth in "The Regina Wainwright Story" of CBS's The Millionaire.[8]

The 1940 U.S. Census records report him as living at 6200 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, California, with his mother Emily Austin, 60, and his sister Anne Standing, 36, his age was given as 40. He reported his 1939 income to census takers as a minimum $5,000, the equivalent of $86,952.88 in 2016 dollars.[9]

Personal life
Stafford was married to radio actress and singer Veola Vonn on April 12, 1940[10] after his second wife Bernice failed to get a divorce decree granted the previous April set aside.[11] He died of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles on September 9, 1968.[12] He had one son by his marriage to his first wife, Doris.[13]

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 17TH APRIL 12:30PM

v

LAST MATCH



Well how can I put that into words, we are supposed to be fighting for our championship lives, looked like a bunch of players who can't wait to leave the club. POOR, DOGSHIT, CRAP, PATHETIC, EMBARRASING, GUTLESS, USELESS, PAINFUL (You can pick your own word for Tuesday's performance). Defenders who cant defend, Midfielders who can't tackle, pass or create anything and Forwards who cant shoot anywhere near the intended target. Swansea are a decent but they didn't have to get out of first gear

THE MATCH



THEY ARE ON A FIVE GAME WINLESS STREAK, PLAYING US, WINLESS STREAK COMES TO AN END        

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                       

BRIS                -                                                          

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

TONY HARRINGTON
Shaun Hudson and Matthew Jones
Fourth Official: Ross Joyce

THE TEAM

532 again.

Westwood
Palmer Lees Borner Urhoghide Reach
Paterson Bannan Hutch
Windass Rhodes

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Rhodes

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 13
Stateside 13
Washington 10
Pei 7
SCO 7
Imre 6
Wereham 5
Maddix 4

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Brentford v Millwall
Luton Town v Watford
Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers
Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town
Swansea City v Wycombe Wanderers

HAHHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Premier League

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
B.B.B. 20 1 5 5 6 1
Twerton 19 2 3 5 3 1
A.A.A. 16 1 5 NP 3 1
Bomber 13 0 4 5 3 1
Snooty 13 0 4 5 3 1
Derby 13 0 6 5 -3 1
Amelia 10 0 5 5 -3 0
Sanjay 9 0 4 NP 3 0
Themaclad 7 0 4 -3 3 1
St Charles 5 0 3 -3 3 1

Decent scoring week for most, courtesy of a nice win for the Baggies on the Gamball.  BBB tops the table again with 20 points and seems to be heading for the title.  He scored on 6 games that included the Gamball and a max on the Bonus.  Close behind is Twerton on 19 points, he got a weeks high 2 CSs as well as picking up points on all his balls.  AAA is in third with 16 points, scoring on 6 games like BBB.

In joint 4th are three players, Bomber, Lord Snooty and Derby, all on 13 points.  Bomber was desperate for Ward-Prowse to score that penalty but it wasn't to be and that cost him 5 extra points on the Gamball. Lord Snooty had an identical record to Bomber and Derby scored on an impressive 6 games but missed on the Bonus to keep his score down.

Amelia is 7th on 10 points closely followed by Sanjay on 9 points.  After a few good weeks Themaclad dropped this week to 9th position and St Charles drops to the bottom with a poor week only scoring on 3 games and missing on the Gamball, he obviously used all his faith up last week!!!

BBB - 293
Sanjay - 246
St Charles - 238
Bomber - 228
AAA - 218
Lord Snooty - 214
Derby - 198
Amelia - 193
Themaclad - 177
Twerton - 154

No positional changes this week but BBB has really put himself in a strong position at the top.  Bomber is slowly reeling in both Sanjay and SCO, if he keep this up it will be close for runner up.  The rest are essentially the same, Twerton's good week gives him a little hope but he will need to follow up in the coming weeks.

Cheers
SCO


Championship

Stairs         16pts 0CS 7CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
BaggieOne  14pts 1CS 3CR 5GB 6BB 1SB
Zinman       12pts 1CS 4CR 0GB 6BB 0SB
Joker          11pts 1CS 5CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Lady Jane   11pts 0CS 6CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Silver           9pts 0CS 4CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
Minizin         8pts 0CS 3CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
Somerset     8pts 0CS 3CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
DD              7pts 0CS 4CR -3GB 3BB 1SB

Not a great deal between everyone this week which will ensure very little change in the promotion race. Ball play was good, with only 1 player missing out on the bonus and 1 the scoreball, though there were again some grateful for avoiding the gamball. Correct scores were as rare as a decent VAR decision though 2 of the 3 were played on the bonus to give a much needed boost to certain players' scores.

Stairs noses just ahead of the pack after an impressive 7 correct predictions though he failed to convert any into correct scores and also missed out on the extra gamball points. BaggieOne reacted to losing his grip on the overall 2nd place with an improved performance and sitsjust a couple of points behind. In contrast to Stairs, B1 only got 3 predictions right but it helps when one of them is the gamball and another a spot on bonus. Zinman got what might be his first correct bonus score this decade to take 3rd place from an otherwise unspectacular week. He was also unique in missing out on the scoreball, selecting this week's only nil nil draw.

Joker and Lady Jane are tied together (only metaphorically, I assume) on 11 points, Joker the 3rd player with a correct score and Lady J continuing her recent improved form with 6 correct predictions. Another 2 point gap to Silver, the second player confident enough to bet on an Albion victory but the only one to miss out on his bonus. Minizin and Somerset had a poor week, both only getting 3 results right but saved by correct bonuses and scoreballs, and avoiding the gamball. DD owes his bottom position to a loss on the gamball - fancy not having faith in Albion's ability to keep us all with a tiny glimmer of hope!

Minizin 262
BaggieOne 237
Silver 237
Zinman 234
Stairs 231
Somerset 215
Joker 213
DD 204
Lady Jane 191

Very little change in the overall standings. Minizin's lead remains pretty much intact and it will need someone to have an excellent couple of weeks to catch him. The battle for 2nd place is getting very tight, BaggieOne and Silver level going in to the final few weeks and just 6 points separating 2nd from 5th. Lady Jane continues to close the gap at the bottom with DD looking nervously over his shoulder.

Zin

Friday 16th April
Everton v Spurs
Blackburn v Derby
Reading v Cardiff

Saturday 17th April
Chelsea v Man City
Newcastle v West Ham  
Forest v Huddersfield
Sheff Wed v Bristol C
Norwich v Bournemouth

Sunday 18th April
Leicester v Southampton
Rotherham v Blues