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Weekend games 12 pm
Midweek games 7:30 pm

Just a reminder that you can use your on any fixture, but its not compulsory!! Get it right and you will score double points but getting it wrong will result in -2 points, so the reward and risk are there for all!!

AFC Fylde 0-2 Maidenhead United
Aldershot Town 0-1 Boreham Wood
Barnet 2-2 Harrogate Town
Barrow 3-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Eastleigh 1-0 Dover Athletic
Ebbsfleet United 1-2 Chorley
FC Halifax Town 3-0 Sutton United
Notts County 2-0 Woking
Solihull Moors 1-1 Hartlepool United
Stockport County 2-0 Bromley
Wrexham 2-3 Torquay United
Yeovil Town 0-1 Chesterfield

League Table after Matchday 36
Amelia = 476
Lord Snoots = 446
Dancing = 436
Spireitematt = 396
St Charles = 392
SaltergateBorn = 390
Theo = 236
Devon = 98

Eastleigh have sacked Reda Johnson. No reason given.

He was involved in a case years ago concerning the false imprisonment of a woman. No evidence was presented as far as I know and he was exonerated.

He must have done something fairly bad for Eastleigh to get rid on the spot. If it weren't for the huge dark cloud I'd much sooner we had him adding experience to our defence than the departed whale Gerrard.

Yes folks 87 years since the Robins last won at Carlisle.

Mind you I suspect we weren't often in the same division for many of those years.

Well done the hardy 84 supporters who braved the weather and travelled all that way. A pat on the back from me but, what time did you get home that night??
It must have been worth it though to see Rueben finally playing again and he scored the winning goal too.

So we now have three successive home games all within 10 days of each other and a chance to play one of our re-scheduled games.

And if all that isn't pleasing enough our Gloucestershire rivals appear to have blown up. haha

Looking forward to the Orient game on Saturday. Hope that the referee is a bit more even handed than the one who officiated down in London on the opening day of the season. Rumour has it that the Ref that day was determined to let the 'O's win the match as there was a lot of sympathy due to the then recent demise of Justin Edinburgh who had masterminded promotion from the National league the season before.

Even made sure by 'red carding' two of our players that day.

Onwards and upwards!!

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VENUE


Off to the Bet 365 on Wednesday to play a resurgent Stohe under new manager Michael O'Neill they seem to have found the way to win away from home although have struggled at home although they did win at home against Charlton on Saturday by 3-1.

At the moment they are still under a tranfer embargo can only bring players in when they get players out, as their parachute payment will end this summer there could be major upheaval at the Bet 365.
Speaking of the Bet 365 hopefully this period of windy weather will have died out as the stadium is on top of a hill at the same altitude of Everest base camp. Plenty of warm clothing will be required as well as oxygen masks.
Last season we triumphed 2-0 a repeat of that would be nice but personal view this is a tough game.


After winning in the land of pies suspect he may retotate the squad given we are at playing 3 games in 7 days, still found the playing of Fisher at left back after substituting Hughes odd, Rafferty can feel very unlucky.

Will be there match report some time on Thursday afternoon as sadly work will have to come first.
Form rating max 25

Stoke 12 PNE 16

Match Officials: Stoke City Away

This Wednesday we have a referee taking charge of his third Preston North End game of the season, but his first away from Deepdale.
The match official for the trip to the Bet365 Stadium, as we take on Michael O’Neill’s Stoke City, is John Brooks, now in his second season on the Select Group Two list of referees.

The Leicestershire ref was in charge of North End’s 3-2 home win over Millwall in December 2018 and the 3-1 home victory over the Potters in front of the Sky Sports cameras back in August 2019, as well as the New Year’s Day clash with Middlesbrough in PR1.
His 22 games so far this season, including a Boxing Day trip to Stoke, when they defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-2, have produced just 69 cautions and no red cards.
His last game prior to Wednesday was Charlton Athletic’s 2-1 home win over Barnsley last weekend.

He will be assisted by Sam Lewis and James Mainwaring, whilst the fourth official will be Anthony Backhouse.

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
Zinman 17 1 6 NP 3 0
Derby 16 0 6 5 3 0
Beefy 16 3 3 -3 3 0
St Charles 15 0 5 5 3 1
B.B.B. 14 2 4 -3 3 0
Bomber 14 0 5 5 3 0
A.A.A. 14 1 4 NP 3 1
Themaclad 13 1 4 5 -3 1
Sanjay 13 0 6 NP 3 0

An unusual week of scoring with a record low number of just 4 points separating this weeks highest and lowest scores!! Leading the way this week is Zinman with 17 points, he scored points on 7 games but only had one CS. In joint second spot is Derby and Beefy with 16 points. Both scored on 6 games but even though Beefy scored 3 CS to Derby's none, his inability to get the Gamball correct saw them level on points!! In 4th spot is St Charles on 15 points, no CS kept his score down although he was the only player this week to score points on all his balls!!!

Joint 5th this week saw three players on 14 points. Our league leader BBB managed 2 CS out of the 6 games he scored point on but missing the Gamball hurt his score. Bomber again put in a consistent score with 5 scoring predictions including the Gamball and Bonus Ball. AAA stays in the middle of the pack, scoring on 5 games but not playing the Gamball costing him valuable points!!

In joint 8th place this week is Themaclad and Sanjay on 13 points. Themaclad had a solid score after a bit of a rollercoaster time with his scoring in the past few weeks, gaining points on the Gamball and 4 other games. Sanjay scored points on 6 of the games but his decision to not play the Gamball cost him 3 points and a share of 2nd place instead of joint last!!! Amazing that the two in last place scored on 5 and 6 games respectively, in some weeks that would have seen them easily in the top 3!!

These scores may not change the table much this week with only a 4 point spread top to bottom, but I am sure you have noticed that the top 4 this week represent the bottom 4 in the current PL table, is this a moment of a change of fortunes for some of them??

Cheers
SCO

   


Amelia 32pts 3CS 9CR 10GB 6BB 0SB
Mighty 22pts 2CS 7CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Stairs 21pts 1CS 7CR 5GB 3BB 1SB
Joker 16pts 1CS 5CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
BaggieOne 15pts 2CS 5CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
Twerton 11pts 0CS 5CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
Snooty 6pts 1CS 5CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Lady Jane -4pts 0CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB

What a week. We saw the highest total points scored in the season to date, the highest individual score so far (by some distance) and the biggest points gap between top and bottom. The gamball paid off for most and only the scoreball seemed to provide any difficulty in predicting.

One obvious lesson is that Amelia should play with her balls more often. A spectacular week for her with maximums on both the gamball and bonus ball and 9 correct predictions (plus a win for Huddersfield - I hope she bought a lottery ticket). After meandering her way in mid table all season, this massive week may well have opened up the possibility of regaining her place in the Premiership.

22 points would normally be enough for top spot but MightyBrom has to settle for second place, though he will be relieved to get back to form after a poor run lately. 7 correct results and points from both his gamball and bonus will have brought him back into the promotion chase. Long time struggler Stairs also had a good week and was the only player to score on all his balls. He also got 7 results right but with only 1 correct score has to settle for 3rd place.

Joker (or should that be Choker?) was looking good for promotion a few weeks ago, and while 16 points would normally represent a good return, in such a high scoring week he may still find himself out of the top 2. Just a point behind is Baggie_One - a failure on his bonus ball cost him a higher finish. Long time leader Twerton was looking at a relatively poor week until his gamball kicked in but while he is still some way out in front, a few more "Amelia's" may start to make him nervous.

It was a high scoring week for most but not for Snooty and Lady Jane, the only players to lose points on the gamball. Snoots mid-season from appears to have deserted him as he looks to be fading even faster than Leeds, but at least he was in positive territory. No such luck for Lady Jane who had a nightmare week - just 1 correct result and nothing on her balls - maybe time for some lessons from Amelia?

Zin

   

Good footballer BUT lacks a Brain. Lets see what action ( if any) the FA/PL/SPUDS take. None i suspect. If anyone in " normal employment " did this, they would be Sacked or at the very least repremanded.

I'm not sure why youngsters look up to footballers as role models. He is a classic example og a " Role Model" with sh*t for brains.

End of Rant

This is a good fixture for Hibs to move on to after that morale-boosting Scot Cup win that projected Hibs into a decent home Scot Cup quarter-final v ICT. However, action must be taken to "shore up" a still fragile Hibs defence - we must tackle this issue!!! Anyway, on a more positive note, it will be good to see Hibs revised front line taking on the Staggies in what I hope will be an expansive game of footie that will engage our opponents to the extent where we pick up the full 3 pts. C'mon Hibs!

THE MATCH

WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 7:45PM KICK OFF

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LAST MATCH



Well, we didn't lose, but its more points dropped against the dross of this division. All the new boys started and it was one of them, Windass, who gave us the lead with a right foot stike. The lead only lasted 8 minutes as Dawson cleared straight to there striker who finished well from 35 yards into a empty net Onto the 2nd half and we had a few chances with Cruz having the best but yet again the  performance wasn't good enough, that's 1 point out of a possible 9 against teams who were 2nd bottom     How we go on against the team at the bottom table, I dread to think.

THE MATCH



Next up and an "easy" game against bottom of the table Luton. The Hatters have won once in about 12 games and that was against Derby. They have the worst defence in the league conceding 66 goals so far. We beat these 1-0 at Hillsborough earlier in the season so will be looking to double them up. Graeme Jones is the manager and they are another team with no real standout names. They are 9 points away from from safety and even a up turn in form might not see them survive, although they will probably beat us with ease    

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                      

LUTON              -                              

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

GAVIN WARD
Nick Greenhalgh and Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official : Darren Blunden

THE TEAM

Could Wildsmith come in for Dawson after another error? Put that young lad back at RB and move Iorfa back to CB instead of Lees? Will Fox be available? Will Hutch makeup with Monk?

Wildsmith
Urhoghide Iorfa Borner Fox
Bannan Hutch
Da Crus Mindass FF
Wickham

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Wickham

POSSESSION X SHOTS

528

BML STANDINGS

SCO 17
Washington 16
Wereham 15
Imre 15
Pei 15
Stateside 10
Owlkev 10
Southey 7

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Bristol City v Derby County
Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City
Millwall v Fulham
Reading v West Bromwich Albion
Stoke City v Preston North End

DAAAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington



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

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.  

Friday 14th February:
Hull City v Swansea City

Saturday 15th February:
Derby v Town
Town scorers:
Derby scorers:

West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest (12:30)
Birmingham City v Brentford
Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic
Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers
Fulham v Barnsley
Leeds United v Bristol City
Middlesbrough v Luton Town
Preston North End v Millwall
Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday v Reading

Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Sunday:
Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal v Newcastle United

Table after Matchday 28:
neonfoxinthebox = 657 pts
jjamez = 623 pts
theo_luddite = 603 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 601 pts
themaclad = 600 pts
St Charles Owl = 567 pts
ritchiebaby = 541 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 536 pts
Lord Snooty = 535 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 500 pts
Beefy 1965 = 490 pts