THE MATCH

SATURDAY 24TH FEBRUARY KO 3:00PM

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LAST MATCH



We picked up a much needed win as we beat relegation rivals Millwall at the Den. It was a scrappy affair in the first half, for the first half hour at least, then we took the lead, Musaba got down the left and crossed for the on rushing Ugbo to finish from close range. We then made it 0-2 just before halftime, Bann sliding a lovely ball through to Musaba who finished with a angled shot past the keeper. Onto the 2nd half and Millwall upped there game a bit and had a couple of chances but couldn't find a way past Beadle and we saw out the rest of the game.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



Next up and Bristol make the journey north. City are sat in the middle of the table and seem to be the inconsistent sort, beating Southampton one game then losing to QPR the next. They are 7 points from the playoffs and if they stay inconsistent I doubt they will make the playoffs. They are managed by Liam Manning who left his role with Oxford Utd to take over at Bristol on the 7th November 2023. There leading scorer is Tommy Conway with 8 goals so far this season, they also have Nakhi Wells on there books who has 4 goals this season.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 30
BRIS 19
DRAWS 16

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                                    

BRIS                -                                                        

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

THOMAS KIRK
Matthew Jones and Robert Hyde
Fourth Official: James Linington

THE TEAM

Beadle
Palmer Ihiekwe Bernard Johnson
Musaba M Diaby Vaulks Bannan Gassama
Cadamarteri

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Musaba

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

26

ATTENDANCE

24575

BML LEAGUE

Imre 22
Washington 17
Maddix 13
Owlkev 12
SCO 7

BMPL

Wereham 7
Stateside 6
Pei -2
Southey -15

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Crystal Palace v Burnley
Cardiff v Stoke
Barnsley v Derby Co
Notts Co v Crewe
Altrincham v Maidenhead

HHADH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Rochdale need new investment by the end of March otherwise the National League club could face the prospect of liquidation, chairman Simon Gauge has warned.

Dale were relegated from the EFL last season after 102 years but have faced major financial problems.

Gauge has put in £566,000 in the past few months to keep Dale going, but has reached his credit limit.

They now need an investor to put in £2m to gain 90% of the club.

Rochdale are 12th in the National League and 10 points off the play-off places after four successive defeats.

Dale became a fan-owned club in August 2022, but have had to undertake serious cost-cutting measures this season after dropping out of the EFL.

An Extraordinary General Meeting has now been called for Thursday, 7 March to try to agree to proposals, including the creation of nine million new shares, which would change the conditions for investment in the club.

'Rochdale's existence at stake'
In a statement, Gauge, who has been involved with Rochdale since June 2021, described the club as "asset-rich and cash-poor" and that he and his family can put no further money into the club to keep it going.

He said that he had been trying to secure extra investment over the past 14 months but without success.

However, the chairman has made it clear that the 117-year history of the club is at stake in the coming weeks.

"This resolution needs to be passed at the EGM for us to have any chance of securing the required investment that will ensure the long-term future of our club," he said.

"If it isn't passed, the threat of liquidation at the end of March is very real. The passing of this resolution does not guarantee saving the club, but it will certainly give it a fighting chance.

"To be clear, the existence of Rochdale AFC is at stake. The opportunity to give a long-term future is now in the shareholders' hands."

2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
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.

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

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. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.

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.  

End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.

The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.

1. ritchiebaby = 174 pts
   
2. St Charles Owl = 164 pts
   
3. Lord Snooty = 162 pts
   
4. jjamez = 160 pts
   
5. Baggiebob(BBB) = 154 pts
   
6. themaclad = 134 pts
   

Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City v Preston North End
Leeds United v Leicester City

Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:

Hull City v West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City
Cardiff City v Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City

Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal v Newcastle United (20:00)

Monday:
West Ham United v Brentford

EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00)

FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City

Wednesday:
Liverpool v Southampton
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion

Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian


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1. theo_luddite = 154 pts
   
2. Devongone = 153 pts
   
3. neonfoxinthebox = 146 pts
   
4. SHEP_HTAFC = 140 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 106 pts
   
6. WakeyTerrier = 93 pts
   

Friday February 23rd:
Leeds United v Leicester City

Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:

Ipswich Town v Birmingham City
Middlesbrough v Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United
Southampton v Millwall
Sunderland v Swansea City

Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Crystal Palace v Burnley

Sunday:
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sheffield United (13:30)

EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00)

FA Cup 5th rd:
Monday:
Coventry City v Maidstone United

Tuesday:
Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United
Luton Town v Manchester City

Wednesday:
Chelsea v Leeds United

National League:
Tuesday:
Barnet v Chesterfield


*** scores for ***
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Former Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davis has been named National League club Eastleigh's new manager.

Richard Hill left the club by "mutual consent" on Saturday after a 3-0 defeat against Ebbsfleet left the south coast outfit without a win in nine matches.

Davis, 47, made 687 appearances in a career that spanned 22 years, including 301 games for Saints.

He began his career at Luton, where he played more than 100 matches, before moving to Wimbledon in 1999.

After 147 games for the Dons, Davis had spells at Ipswich Town and Sunderland before spending a decade at Southampton.

Davis has previously coached at Southampton and Lincoln City.

Danny Butterfield, who was most recently assistant head coach at Lincoln, has been named as Davis' assistant manager.

Eastleigh are 15th in the league and face bottom side Oxford City on Tuesday.

Tuesday Night Games

Fylde 2-3 Solihull Moors
Aldershot 2-1 Barnet
Bromley 0-1 Dag & Red
Ebbsfleet 2-0 Woking
Halifax 1-3 Chesterfield
Hartlepool 1-2 Altrincham
Kidderminster 0-2 Gateshead
Maidenhead United 1-1 Southend
Oxford City 1-0 Eastleigh
Rochdale 2-1 Boreham Wood
York 1-2 Oldham

League Table After Matchday 38

Spireitematt - 692
SaltergateBorn - 686
Amelia - 593
Dancing - 559
St Charles - 557
Lord Snoots - 550
Devon - 482

A struggle to find some unpredictable games this week.

Gamball:
Sheff Wed - Bristol City

Others:
Crystal Palace - Burnley
Man Utd - Fulham
Hull - WBA
Blackburn - Norwich
Cardiff - Stoke
Sunderland - Swansea
Barnsley - Derby
Blackpool - Bolton
Chelsea - Liverpool (EFL Cup Final - normal cup rules apply)

No doubt some will see Saturday's game as pivotal for us with Bromley in second place behind us. Truth is it doesn't matter a damn. We might as well send out the Academy lads. as we did at Welling in the FA Trophy, to avoid any injuries on their artificial monstrosity.

We are sitting on 81 points, they have 58. That means they are gathering points at around 1.8 a game. Even if they up their game to the end of the season (and currently they are on a point a game from their last 6) and reach two points a game, that will get them just 28 more points, for an excellent total of 86 points. Just TWO wins from our remaining 14 games will exceed that, and remember Bromley are also trying to win the FA Trophy as they have in the past.

No, I'm not saying we shouldn't try, but I am saying we shouldn't risk anyone about whom there is the slightest fitness doubt. Dobra and Jacobs have to be side lined and I can't see the point of risking Grigg unless we have to. Give Boot a game, he's just the sort of keeper who'd accept the challenge to keep a clean sheet under pressure. And sit Chadwick on the bench for safety.......

Let Bromley know we are full of respect for them and we wish them well in the play-offs, but our aim is to win this league. We've made that more than clear so far. Let's take that logic to its obvious conclusion, especially as Barnet will be preparing to lose at Fylde.

First time I've seen this, best not say anything


Preston North End have been charged with two counts of misconduct in relation to crowd control by the Football Association.

It is alleged the club failed to ensure their fans conduct themselves in an orderly fashion in a league game at Huddersfield on 12 December and an FA Cup tie at Chelsea on 6 January.

North End have until Wednesday, 21 February to respond to the charges.

Ryan Lowe's side are ninth in the Championship after 32 matches.