The player registration deadline that was due to fall tomorrow has been extended to April 22nd, so expect some new players for Saturday ....?????

Neal Ardley got the sack at Notts County. They look certs for the play-offs. Will a new manager help the current players, and do they want to bring in a big signing to compete with Stockport, but weren't sure they could trust their manager? Seems a strange move, but if it takes them back to the EFL things will look very different.

As to Dover, when's that happen, and what happens if the change to points gained alters the finishing places of those in the play-offs AND Dover take legal action? Can the play-offs go ahead under these circumstances? And if they do, how will those who lose out react?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55512595

Hearts humiliated by Brora Rangers tonight, beaten 2-1 in a storm by a Highland League side playing at the bottom end of the Scot footie "pyramid" and never played a competitive match for quite a while. This is probably the worst Scottish Cup result/defeat in Hearts history TBH.

First friendly today Essex batted 86 overs and made 160 for 13 Mahmood got Cook twice in the day, Lancs will bat tomorrow

This is a fairly tough initial group game for Scotland but the Austrians have been weakened by restrictions on their player availability due to COVID travel issues. However, the boys can't be too complacent and they must focus on winning this match and starting this world cup campaign with a real positive intent to impose themselves on this group. Goals win matches and this is the area of concern where we'll be hoping somebody will "step up to the plate" to score the requisite goal(s) while our defence continues to perform like a typical Steve Clarke "miserly" defence. C'mon Scotland - more positive progress please!

Town legend Frank Worthington has died, aged 72. RIP.

The final 5 fixtures have been published today.

Hibs play Rangers away on Sunday 11 April, Livingston at home on Wednesday 21 April, St Johnstone at home on Saturday 1 May, Aberdeen away on Wednesday 12 May and finally Celtic at home on Saturday 15 May.

One win and one draw will guarantee us at least 4th ahead of Livingston with probably one win being enough with our superior goal difference, but this is Hibs we're talking about. And I'd like to think we'll be good enough to clinch a deserved 3rd place.

GGTTH

Had a score on El Fuddalo and broony both getting yellow carded at 3/1.

Easy money, especially with Gollum as ref. Wish I'd put more on now.

Aldershot Town 1-2 Chesterfield
Altrincham 2-0 King's Lynn Town
Bromley 0-0 Sutton United
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Hartlepool United
Stockport County 2-0 Eastleigh
Torquay United 1-1 Solihull Moors
Wealdstone 1-2 Woking
Yeovil Town 2-2 Notts County

League Table After Matchday 38
Lord Snoots = 370
Amelia = 316
Dancing = 288
Spireitematt = 286
Devon = 270
St Charles = 240

Club Statement: Alex Neil


Preston North End Football Club can confirm that it has today parted with the services of its Manager, Alex Neil.

Alex joined the club in the summer of 2017 and he leaves us with our thanks and very best wishes for the future.

It is the intention that Frankie McAvoy will take up the position of interim Head Coach and work with Steve Thompson, Mike Pollitt and Paul Gallagher in taking the team for the remaining eight games of the season.

Inevitable really the form over the last 15 months has to say been patchy at least wasn't helped by the cpntract issues with the bigger players however when you say you have not got a Scooby what your best side is does kind of sealyour fate.

Sad but it is a result game and over the previous months we have not been getting them

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.

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.  

Wednesday 24th March:
World Cup Qualifiers:
Serbia v Republic of Ireland
Belgium v Wales

Thursday 25th March:
England v San Marino
England scorers:

Italy v Northern Ireland
Scotland v Austria

Saturday 27th March:
Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg (19:45)

Friendly:
Wales v Mexico (20:00)

Sunday 28th March:
World Cup Qualifiers:
Albania v England (17:00)
England scorers:

Israel v Scotland (19:45)

Friendly:
Northern Ireland v USA (17:05)

Tuesday 30th March:
World Cup Qualifier:
Wales v Czech Republic

Friendly:
Republic of Ireland v Qatar (20:30)

Wednesday 31st March:
World Cup Qualifiers:
England v Poland
England scorers:

Northern Ireland v Bulgaria
Scotland v Faroe Islands

Table after Matchday 29:

1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 728 pts
   
2. jjamez = 719 pts
   
3. themaclad = 715 pts
   
4. theo_luddite = 696 pts
   
5. St Charles Owl = 682 pts
   
6. Lord Snooty = 668 pts
   
7. neonfoxinthebox = 653 pts
   
8. SHEP_HTAFC = 644 pts
   
9. ritchiebaby = 631 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 542 pts
    
11. Beefy 1965 = 356 pts