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Team and manager and ground circa 1975

LAST TIME OUT

NORWICH CITY 2 PRESTON NORTH END 2



His name is Darnell Fisher and he's f**king dynamite

STOKE CITY 0 BRISTOL CITY 2



The report I had described City's forwards as toothless

LAST SEASON

PRESTON NORTH END 3 STOKE CITY 1

A Jack Butland masterclass that night said absolutely no one

First meeting 6/10/1888 we won 7-0, we scored 10 the sdeason afterwards, there have been a couple of 4-3 games both winning one, if memory serves me right we were 3-1 up and still lost the game.
Stoke's last victory at Deepdale 1-0 16/9/2005

New Boys
Jacob Brown £2 million
Fox and Fletcher both free from Sheff Wednesday

Last season City flirted with relegation for a vast amount of the season, sacked Nathan Jones sniffed around our boss for a while before picking up Michael O'Neill the Northern Ireland manager. They eventually finished 15th leading scorer being Sam Clucas with 11

A coupe of seasons ago after relegation their support claimed they would walk the Championship they didn't, another empty ground sadly this is one of those games were there would have been plenty of atmosphere with those jolly fellows from the Potteries no chance to here Delilah this season.
There is a book about a Stoke fan how travelled to Deepdale from his home in Norwich to the 4-3 game we won, his after match melt down is epic to say the least, the book is called, 'She stood there laughing' it's a good read if you can find a copy.

Finally after game blogs wil be copy and paste for the foreseeable future for the simple reason Semi Pro football are still letting supporters in, sit at home in front of a computer or go to a game, , no brainer really

I just wanted to confirm that I would never consider making a water-buffalo comparison with any man who could bench-press me!

I love Akinfenwa's size and weight and strength. It is completely ridiculous that he can play football, but he can.

Players who stand out physically have always been the butt of adverse comments from the opposition and their supporters. Skin colour in this case is just another crayon to add to their colouring book of insults.

Personally I'd happily sign him for Chesterfield. Imagine the opposition reaction as they looked at 6'7" of Denton alongside Ade fresh from bench-pressing the manager and entire sub's bench. One of the greatest things about football is that there is room for both a Tigana and an Akinfenwa. All you have to do is to be able to play. Diversity is effing wonderful. Look at the names it generates. It is poetry and world history. At Chesterfield, if we ever play, alongside Smith in midfield we'll be fielding Milan Butterfield. If people can't get their heads round the sheer wonderfulness of that and the size of Ade Akinfenwa and yes his obvious and beautiful blackness, then they are going to hate the game.

Yes he's a heavyweight, yes he fills his shirt and yes if the trouble breaks out I want to be on his side. And yes Wycombe made it to the Championship on next to no money, whilst Fleetwood stayed where they were.

THE MATCH

SUNDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 1:00PM KICK OFF

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LAST MATCH



Not too surprising defeat in the league cup as we went down to Fulham. He changed all the team again and gave a couple of the young lads there professional debuts in Waldock and Hagan. Fulham scored with there chance through Kamara. We had a couple of chances but then fell 2 down when Reid scored. We huffed and puffed and had one or two chances but Fulham held firm and had a few chances of there own but failed to add to there tally

THE MATCH



Next up and a trip to Bristol, our fifth away game of the season already. Bristol have made a great start to the season winning all four games in League & Cup. They have the likes of Wells, Weimann and somebody called Brunt. Dean Holden is the man in charge these days, he had been assistant for 4 years before being given the job this year. Bristol have been there or thereabouts the last few seasons but usually tail off at the end of the season. They will be hoping to finish somewhere in the top 6 this season.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                           

BRIS                -                            

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

TONY HARRINGTON
Robert Hyde and Adrian Waters
Fourth Official : Keith Stroud

THE TEAM

Stick with what's been working in the league.

Dawson
Lees Iorfa Borner
Harris Luongo Bannan Brown Penney
Rhodes Windass

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Windass

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 2
Wereham 1
Washington 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Sheffield United v Leeds United
Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
Manchester City v Leicester City
West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bournemouth v Norwich

AHHAH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington



The thread awaits the Meggo of Statesides choice.[/b]

A chance for some R & R
How many bands or groups do you know with a number within it's name.
I will start off with a baggies related group.
THE THREE DEGREES

Just an overflow from the other thread; why The Baggies?
What great memories, characters etc can you recall?
Best players, best games? Teams?

For me, Laurie Cunningham and the Valencia game will NEVER be eclipsed!

I would like us to play 4 3 3 

Johnstone
O'Shea - Ajayi - Ivanovic - Townsend
Field - Sawyers - Livermore
Pereira - Robinson - Diangana 

Button - Furlong - Bartley - Harper - HRK - Edwards - Austin

bloody hell we lost on penalties so effing what
time you bloody so called supporters stopped being so negative
if you idiots are going to criticize  every tactical decision and every player this season  do me a favour
go and F***king follow another side

sick of seeing rants about this player and that player is crap
xxxx and and support someone else

SMILIES/BALLS

 Bonus Ball
 Score Ball, Free to use Ball , play it on a game that you think both teams will score in !
 Gamball,

New Scoring System

Incorrect Result =  0 point
Incorrect Result (Bonus Ball) = -3
Incorrect Result (Gamball) = -3
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Score Ball = 1 added Point if both teams score.  !

Correct Result = +2 points
Correct Result (Bonus Ball) = +3
Correct Result (Gamball) = +5  
Correct Score = + 4 points
Correct Score (Bonus Ball) = +6  
Correct Score (Gamball) = +10  

Just a reminder you DO NOT have to play the Gamball if you dont want too, the score will then be marked normal.  


Again the third from bottom of the premiership will play off against the third in the table from the Championship to keep even more excitement going, they will have to predict through all the Playoffs and the winner obviously takes their place in the Premier League the following season  

Beefy, Bomber, Zinman & SCO  


If you do not predict,...........
If in your league everyone scores above zero you will receive Zero points,
However if in your league the person with the lowest score is below Zero (eg -4) you will score -5 and receive your first strike, Remember 3 strikes and you're out.

All scores must be in before MIDDAY SATURDAY,(For The Early Kick Off If Applicable) If the early kick off is missed the rest of your predictions must reach us by 2.45pm or none will be counted.



* NEW & UPDATED 2020/21 PARTICIPANTS,

Premiership
                           
1/ AAA
2/ Amelia
3/ BBB
4/ Bomber
5/ Derby
6/ MacLad
7/ Sanjay
8/ SCO
9/ Snoots
10/ Twerton                
                         
Championship

1/ BaggieOne
2/ Beefy
3/ DD
4/ LadyJane
5/ Joker
6/ MiniZin
7/ OneTrueBaggie
8/ Silver
9/ Somerset
10/ Stairs
11/ Zinman


                        
                             
I'm almost 100% sure Myself & the Scorers get the scores added up correctly, From time to time over the season we may get now and again get this wrong, SO IN THE EVENT OF ANY POINTS DISCREPANCIES can i ask all you guys to check your predictions and if you feel they are incorrect in anyway contact me Via PM within a week of the TABLES & SCORES being presented and they will be corrected the following week.
Anything later unless it is a Major error will NOT be corrected. It is as much your responsibility to check your scores as much as it is ours to try and score them correctly.
Beefy  

Friday 25th Sept

1/ Huddersfield V Notts Forest

Saturday 26th Sept

2/ Brighton V Man Utd 12:30
3/ Palace V Everton
4/ WBA V Chelsea
5/ Watford V Luton
6/ Derby v Blackburn
7/** Preston V Stoke

Sunday 27th Sept

8/ Sheff Utd V Leeds
9/ West Ham V Wolves
10/ Bristol City V Sheff Wed

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LAST ROUND

DERBY COUNTY 1 PRESTON NORTH END 2



BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 4 PORTSMOUTH 0



The first meeting between these two clubs was in 1908 it was an FA Cup which went to a second replay(remember them) we lost 1-0, the next meeting was also a FA Cup tie which we won although it took us 52 years to get revenge.
Rare visitors to Deepdale, the last knock out tie was at the Withdean in 2002 we won that 2-0.
Given the Seagulls schedule they have United at home on Saturday they will play a second string 11 like they did last week, also expect us to make a few changes as well.
Would have been nice to go but looks as if that is bolloxsed for the time being.