British Football thread
Nov 19th 2004, 8:55 pm
#4081
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Re: British Football thread
Suze Orman surely?
OK, is it Anne Robinson...?
Nov 19th 2004, 9:09 pm
#4082
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by adeshell
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OK, is it Anne Robinson...?
OK, is it Anne Robinson...?
Nov 19th 2004, 11:15 pm
#4083
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by tony_2003
We try to discourage the word s**er in here...
Interesting article though. I disagree that all comentators in the UK ignored it though. Dave, you may remember a certain Archie McPerson taking a stand against the chants towards Mark Walters during the 80's? I remember one night after Sportscene at Tynecastle he addressed the issue from the pitch by holding up a banana he'd found at the corner flag. Walters took an absolute shitload of abuse from Scottish fans unused to seeing black players.
Interesting article though. I disagree that all comentators in the UK ignored it though. Dave, you may remember a certain Archie McPerson taking a stand against the chants towards Mark Walters during the 80's? I remember one night after Sportscene at Tynecastle he addressed the issue from the pitch by holding up a banana he'd found at the corner flag. Walters took an absolute shitload of abuse from Scottish fans unused to seeing black players.
Nov 19th 2004, 11:30 pm
#4084
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by DaveC
Don't remember McPherson's stand mate but I do remember Walters getting bananas flung at him. Apparently Archie is still alive and is the main commentator on the disaster that is known as Scotsport SPL.
Nov 19th 2004, 11:50 pm
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by tony_2003
I've always liked Archies commentating...despite his bias towards Rangers..."WHAT A WONNNNNNNNNNNNDERFULLLLLL GOAL BY IAN DURRANT OH YESSSSSSS HE HIT THAT BEAUTIFULLY!!!!!!!!"
Nov 20th 2004, 2:34 am
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by adeshell
OK, is it Anne Robinson...?
Give him a coconut !
From the Daily Mail via the Evening Standard:
She admitted being transformed by the skills of a plastic surgeon earlier this year.
But anyone still adjusting to the revamped Anne Robinson had another shock last night.
The 60-year- old presenter unveiled an updated look on the latest series of The Weakest Link.
And it's fair to say it's even more flattering than the last.
She appeared young and sleek on the quiz show, with fashionable glasses and blonde highlights in her more sophisticated hairstyle.
As a result, the wrinkles, red hair and old-fashioned John Lennon specs were even more of a distant memory.
'You could say she has gone all American on us,' said one insider on her BBC2 show last night.
'She looked fabulous - if a little too perfect. She looked like a different woman to the schoolmarm Anne that first started on the show.' Miss Robinson appeared on TV earlier this year and admitted that she had had plastic surgery. She added that all women should follow her example.
Previously the star had only owned up to the occasional botox injection.
But anyone still adjusting to the revamped Anne Robinson had another shock last night.
The 60-year- old presenter unveiled an updated look on the latest series of The Weakest Link.
And it's fair to say it's even more flattering than the last.
She appeared young and sleek on the quiz show, with fashionable glasses and blonde highlights in her more sophisticated hairstyle.
As a result, the wrinkles, red hair and old-fashioned John Lennon specs were even more of a distant memory.
'You could say she has gone all American on us,' said one insider on her BBC2 show last night.
'She looked fabulous - if a little too perfect. She looked like a different woman to the schoolmarm Anne that first started on the show.' Miss Robinson appeared on TV earlier this year and admitted that she had had plastic surgery. She added that all women should follow her example.
Previously the star had only owned up to the occasional botox injection.
****ing scary isn't it.
(And boo-sucks to the rest of you evangelical christians for not having a shot.)
Nov 20th 2004, 3:57 pm
#4088
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Re: British Football thread
Bloody hell. I wasn't being serious.... it really is her??!! 
Nov 20th 2004, 4:45 pm
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by adeshell
Bloody hell. I wasn't being serious.... it really is her??!!
Her previous look was scary and the selling point. Now as you have noticeds e's a Suze Orman clone.
(An apology on my boo-sucks to the rest of you remark - Dave did have a shot as well.)
Back to sports and footie:
NBA = fighting:
http://news.google.com/?ned=us&ie=UT...awl041120.html
(Detroit Pistons having fisticuffs)
Stockport = losing.
(Manc lost his footie shirt in the above brawl)
Oxford = losing.
(adeshell put on his wife's blouse by mistake this morning)
Nov 21st 2004, 10:13 am
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Re: British Football thread
For anyone who cares. the score was 2-0 to Rangers. Bring on the treble.
Rangers 2-0 Celtic: FT Report
PA
Rangers emerged 2-0 winners from the Ibrox battleground after first-half goals from Nacho Novo and Dado Prso decided a brutal and controversial Old Firm derby.
Celtic ended the game with nine men following red cards for Alan Thompson and then Chris Sutton on a day when any number of other players could have also gone.
# Post-match reaction
It was Rangers manager Alex McLeish's second Old Firm victory in 10 days, with the first having ended a seven-derby losing streak.
More importantly it narrowed Celtic's lead at the top to just a point to set up a battle royal in the coming months with a repeat of the last-day dead heat of two years ago now a possibility.
Rangers triumphed on goal difference then and Hoops manager Martin O'Neill showed he was up for the forthcoming fight by putting an arm round Neil Lennon, the man Rangers fans like to abuse most, on the final whistle and presenting him as if in triumph to the Hoops fans behind one goal.
It was the final incident of a day which had been packed with them, with the controversial incidents out-numbering those of quality football.
Celtic striker Henri Camara hit the bar from point-blank range in the sixth minute, although John Hartson had jumped unfairly with Gregory Vignal and the Hoops were in control until their defence pressed the self-destruct button in the 15th minute.
Bobo Balde was under no pressure as Zura Khizanishvili floated a ball from the right away from any colleague, but he succeeded in heading only as far as Hamed Namouchi on the edge of the box.
The midfielder quickly sent it back into the box, where Joos Valgaeren's challenge on Novo was ill-timed and a spot-kick was the inevitable result. Novo took it himself and despatched it past Magnus Hedman, who had been preferred in goal to David Marshall.
The Spaniard was only on the field because the red card he had picked up for kicking at Hibernian's Craig Rocastle last week had been downgraded to yellow on appeal.
However, he was involved in a similar incident within minutes of the start of this game, with Jackie McNamara the player involved, and so could find himself in trouble again, especially as the cameras which cleared him on Friday appeared also to capture a second-half incident when his left boot landed on the head of Celtic substitute Stephen Pearson.
The same applied to Bob Malcolm, who had been dropped to the bench so Alex Rae could play. He was escorted up the tunnel by the police, presumably for a warning after an inflammatory gesture to the away end.
Exactly how Camara stayed on the pitch is a mystery as the Senegalese star was booked for raising his hands to former Wolves team-mate Rae and then in first-half stoppage time clearly kicked Vignal after the Frenchman had fouled him.
By that time Rangers were 2-0 up and Celtic a man down, with Prso having headed home a Fernando Ricksen free-kick in the 35th minute after Sutton had been booked for fouling Rae.
Within three minutes of that goal all 11 players and three officials were involved in a melee sparked by Lovenkrands' foul on McNamara.
Thompson confronted the Dane and pushed his face aggressively into his opponent's, although whether it was the full-blooded head-butt Lovenkrands made it seem with his fall to the turf was debatable.
Referee Clark showed Thompson the red card to add to his dismissal on this ground in 2000 when Rangers won 5-1 to avenge a previous 6-2 thrashing.
Lovenkrands was booked for the foul and Rae and Lennon for their part in the recriminations which followed.
Rae had been brought to Ibrox to add fire to the side in the same way Lennon does for Celtic, but his loss of temper was apparent when Rangers captain Stefan Klos tried to restrain him from confronting Celtic men on the way to the tunnel.
Camara did not reappear at the restart, with Pearson replacing him and Sutton moving to midfield.
Lovenkrands was also ordered to stay behind, with Shota Arveladze - the substitute hero of his side's extra-time success against the Hoops in the CIS Insurance Cup 10 days ago - coming on.
Hedman pawed over a Prso shot from point-blank range and the Croat was on the end of the corner before Celtic scrambled the ball away.
In the 56th minute Celtic were reduced to nine men when Sutton was shown a second yellow card after using a hand twice in the space of a few seconds to add an extra twist to an already astonishing spectacle.
Michael Ball replaced the hobbling Vignal just before the hour mark and Klos was required to make his first meaningful save in the 64th minute to deny Stilian Petrov from finishing off a fine passing move by the nine men.
Khizanishvili was booked for a foul on McNamara and then replaced by Malcolm, with the game much calmer now. Celtic's only aim was to avoid further damage and they managed to achieve that with aplomb.
Celtic sent teenager Aiden McGeady on for Petrov with 11 minutes remaining but ended up failing to score in a derby for the first time since Martin O'Neill took charge in the summer of 2000.
Namouchi should have made it 3-0 late on but fired wide to waste a fine move which had been begun by Rae winning two tackles and also involved Arveladze and Novo.
# Post-match reaction
Rangers manager Alex McLeish has revealed he withdrew Peter Lovenkrands at half-time during the 2-0 win over Celtic after the player got a kick 'as he came off' the field at Ibrox.
McLeish told Setanta: 'We took Peter off to calm down and he got a kick coming off the pitch. We decided it was a dead leg and we have got a European game to think about with quality players on the bench.'
But McLeish insisted he knew little about an incident involving Gers' substitute Bob Malcolm on the award of the 15th-minute penalty from which Novo opened the scoring.
The Ibrox midfielder was spoken to by the police after allegedly making a gesture.
McLeish added: 'I really don't know. There was a fracas and, again, a mountain out of a molehill. You would need to ask the police to clarify it.'
But Celtic manager Martin O'Neill was left furious after the defeat.
The Parkhead boss marched midfielder Neil Lennon towards the Celtic fans at the end of the game in an act of defiance against the abuse aimed at the player.
The former Northern Ireland captain was forced to quit the international in 2002 after a death threat.
And Lennon is a regular target for fans across Scotland but, on this occasion, O'Neill was sufficiently annoyed by the comments that he publicly showed his support for the midfielder.
O'Neill told BBC Scotland: 'Neil Lennon comes here to Ibrox and gets dog's abuse. Every single time. I get it myself so it doesn't make any difference. So I might join the anti-racist band.
'Neil took dog's abuse from the crowd. But he is very popular with the Celtic fans because of what he has done on the field. When you are away from home, you cannot prevent any particular fan starting to chant.
'Our fans got behind him and I was delighted with that. So I took him up there to show, whatever happens, the Celtic fans care about him.'
But O`Neill was similarly furious about the decisions of referee Kenny Clark who dismissed Thompson and Sutton.
The Celtic boss added: 'I thought some of the decisions made today were bordering on the woeful to be perfectly honest. I think Lovenkrands should have a look at himself. Henri (Camara) was a cardable offence when he retaliated with his foot.'
But O'Neill was particularly incensed by an incident involving Hoops' substitute Stephen Pearson and Nacho Novo.
The Rangers striker had only been freed to play by the SFA appeals committee after his dismissal at Hibernian for kicking out at Craig Rocastle.
But television cameras caught the Spaniard kicking out again at Jackie McNamara and appearing to stamp on Pearson's head at Ibrox.
O'Neill added: 'The incident with Stephen Pearson and Novo is absolutely terrible. Perhaps now, something will be done about these things. They have been caught on camera which is good news. We had trial by TV last week, which I agreed with.
'But that incident with Pearson was terrible - no doubt about that. But the effort put in by the players was magnificent. I don't think Lovenkrands will be very proud of himself, to be honest.
'If you actually tell me Alan Thompson has head-butted him, I'm sorry, he hasn't done it.
'So, if their appeals are going left, right and centre, we can have a look at these.'
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Rangers 2-0 Celtic: FT Report
PA
Rangers emerged 2-0 winners from the Ibrox battleground after first-half goals from Nacho Novo and Dado Prso decided a brutal and controversial Old Firm derby.
Celtic ended the game with nine men following red cards for Alan Thompson and then Chris Sutton on a day when any number of other players could have also gone.
# Post-match reaction
It was Rangers manager Alex McLeish's second Old Firm victory in 10 days, with the first having ended a seven-derby losing streak.
More importantly it narrowed Celtic's lead at the top to just a point to set up a battle royal in the coming months with a repeat of the last-day dead heat of two years ago now a possibility.
Rangers triumphed on goal difference then and Hoops manager Martin O'Neill showed he was up for the forthcoming fight by putting an arm round Neil Lennon, the man Rangers fans like to abuse most, on the final whistle and presenting him as if in triumph to the Hoops fans behind one goal.
It was the final incident of a day which had been packed with them, with the controversial incidents out-numbering those of quality football.
Celtic striker Henri Camara hit the bar from point-blank range in the sixth minute, although John Hartson had jumped unfairly with Gregory Vignal and the Hoops were in control until their defence pressed the self-destruct button in the 15th minute.
Bobo Balde was under no pressure as Zura Khizanishvili floated a ball from the right away from any colleague, but he succeeded in heading only as far as Hamed Namouchi on the edge of the box.
The midfielder quickly sent it back into the box, where Joos Valgaeren's challenge on Novo was ill-timed and a spot-kick was the inevitable result. Novo took it himself and despatched it past Magnus Hedman, who had been preferred in goal to David Marshall.
The Spaniard was only on the field because the red card he had picked up for kicking at Hibernian's Craig Rocastle last week had been downgraded to yellow on appeal.
However, he was involved in a similar incident within minutes of the start of this game, with Jackie McNamara the player involved, and so could find himself in trouble again, especially as the cameras which cleared him on Friday appeared also to capture a second-half incident when his left boot landed on the head of Celtic substitute Stephen Pearson.
The same applied to Bob Malcolm, who had been dropped to the bench so Alex Rae could play. He was escorted up the tunnel by the police, presumably for a warning after an inflammatory gesture to the away end.
Exactly how Camara stayed on the pitch is a mystery as the Senegalese star was booked for raising his hands to former Wolves team-mate Rae and then in first-half stoppage time clearly kicked Vignal after the Frenchman had fouled him.
By that time Rangers were 2-0 up and Celtic a man down, with Prso having headed home a Fernando Ricksen free-kick in the 35th minute after Sutton had been booked for fouling Rae.
Within three minutes of that goal all 11 players and three officials were involved in a melee sparked by Lovenkrands' foul on McNamara.
Thompson confronted the Dane and pushed his face aggressively into his opponent's, although whether it was the full-blooded head-butt Lovenkrands made it seem with his fall to the turf was debatable.
Referee Clark showed Thompson the red card to add to his dismissal on this ground in 2000 when Rangers won 5-1 to avenge a previous 6-2 thrashing.
Lovenkrands was booked for the foul and Rae and Lennon for their part in the recriminations which followed.
Rae had been brought to Ibrox to add fire to the side in the same way Lennon does for Celtic, but his loss of temper was apparent when Rangers captain Stefan Klos tried to restrain him from confronting Celtic men on the way to the tunnel.
Camara did not reappear at the restart, with Pearson replacing him and Sutton moving to midfield.
Lovenkrands was also ordered to stay behind, with Shota Arveladze - the substitute hero of his side's extra-time success against the Hoops in the CIS Insurance Cup 10 days ago - coming on.
Hedman pawed over a Prso shot from point-blank range and the Croat was on the end of the corner before Celtic scrambled the ball away.
In the 56th minute Celtic were reduced to nine men when Sutton was shown a second yellow card after using a hand twice in the space of a few seconds to add an extra twist to an already astonishing spectacle.
Michael Ball replaced the hobbling Vignal just before the hour mark and Klos was required to make his first meaningful save in the 64th minute to deny Stilian Petrov from finishing off a fine passing move by the nine men.
Khizanishvili was booked for a foul on McNamara and then replaced by Malcolm, with the game much calmer now. Celtic's only aim was to avoid further damage and they managed to achieve that with aplomb.
Celtic sent teenager Aiden McGeady on for Petrov with 11 minutes remaining but ended up failing to score in a derby for the first time since Martin O'Neill took charge in the summer of 2000.
Namouchi should have made it 3-0 late on but fired wide to waste a fine move which had been begun by Rae winning two tackles and also involved Arveladze and Novo.
# Post-match reaction
Rangers manager Alex McLeish has revealed he withdrew Peter Lovenkrands at half-time during the 2-0 win over Celtic after the player got a kick 'as he came off' the field at Ibrox.
McLeish told Setanta: 'We took Peter off to calm down and he got a kick coming off the pitch. We decided it was a dead leg and we have got a European game to think about with quality players on the bench.'
But McLeish insisted he knew little about an incident involving Gers' substitute Bob Malcolm on the award of the 15th-minute penalty from which Novo opened the scoring.
The Ibrox midfielder was spoken to by the police after allegedly making a gesture.
McLeish added: 'I really don't know. There was a fracas and, again, a mountain out of a molehill. You would need to ask the police to clarify it.'
But Celtic manager Martin O'Neill was left furious after the defeat.
The Parkhead boss marched midfielder Neil Lennon towards the Celtic fans at the end of the game in an act of defiance against the abuse aimed at the player.
The former Northern Ireland captain was forced to quit the international in 2002 after a death threat.
And Lennon is a regular target for fans across Scotland but, on this occasion, O'Neill was sufficiently annoyed by the comments that he publicly showed his support for the midfielder.
O'Neill told BBC Scotland: 'Neil Lennon comes here to Ibrox and gets dog's abuse. Every single time. I get it myself so it doesn't make any difference. So I might join the anti-racist band.
'Neil took dog's abuse from the crowd. But he is very popular with the Celtic fans because of what he has done on the field. When you are away from home, you cannot prevent any particular fan starting to chant.
'Our fans got behind him and I was delighted with that. So I took him up there to show, whatever happens, the Celtic fans care about him.'
But O`Neill was similarly furious about the decisions of referee Kenny Clark who dismissed Thompson and Sutton.
The Celtic boss added: 'I thought some of the decisions made today were bordering on the woeful to be perfectly honest. I think Lovenkrands should have a look at himself. Henri (Camara) was a cardable offence when he retaliated with his foot.'
But O'Neill was particularly incensed by an incident involving Hoops' substitute Stephen Pearson and Nacho Novo.
The Rangers striker had only been freed to play by the SFA appeals committee after his dismissal at Hibernian for kicking out at Craig Rocastle.
But television cameras caught the Spaniard kicking out again at Jackie McNamara and appearing to stamp on Pearson's head at Ibrox.
O'Neill added: 'The incident with Stephen Pearson and Novo is absolutely terrible. Perhaps now, something will be done about these things. They have been caught on camera which is good news. We had trial by TV last week, which I agreed with.
'But that incident with Pearson was terrible - no doubt about that. But the effort put in by the players was magnificent. I don't think Lovenkrands will be very proud of himself, to be honest.
'If you actually tell me Alan Thompson has head-butted him, I'm sorry, he hasn't done it.
'So, if their appeals are going left, right and centre, we can have a look at these.'
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Nov 21st 2004, 3:18 pm
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by Webbie
Oxford = losing.
(adeshell put on his wife's blouse by mistake this morning)
(adeshell put on his wife's blouse by mistake this morning)
Nov 21st 2004, 4:08 pm
#4092
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Re: British Football thread
Rangers emerged 2-0 winners from the Ibrox battleground after first-half goals from Nacho Novo and Dado Prso decided a brutal and controversial Old Firm derby.
They have Old Firm games that are not brutal & controversial ??
They have Old Firm games that are not brutal & controversial ??
Nov 21st 2004, 5:45 pm
#4093
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Re: British Football thread
The S&GBEFPL Results:
Arsenal 1 - 1 West Brom
Chelsea 2 - 2 Bolton
Middlesboro 2 - 0 Liverpool
Portsmouth 1 - 3 Man City
Doncaster 3 - 1 Stockport
Oxford 0 - 1 Rochdale
Hearts 0 - 1 Motherwell
Livingston 0 - 2 Aberdeen
Havant_Water 0 - 0 Hayes
Barrow AFC 3 - 4 Moor Green
Excuses for the sorry performances taken from the various FOOTE MAD websites:
Arsenal World:
"Yet another desperately poor display by the lads at Highbury against
a team that (with all due respect) we should have beaten easily"
Chelsea Mad:
"It was just what Chelsea needed and should have been the springboard for more goals and a comfortable victory. But Bolton are made of granite in the image of their manager Sam Allardyce and clawed themselves back into the match."
mfc1986.co.uk:
"Liverpool could not complain about the result as they had little midfield flair and no cutting edge. Before the final whistle, many of their fans had made their way to the exits."
Fratton Faithful:
"Shaun Wright-Phillips put his Spanish racism taunts behind him to ensure Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp's own week of misery continued. Wright-Phillips was subjected to vile taunts about his skin colour during England's friendly defeat in Spain on Wednesday. But the midfielder was a key figure as City notched their second away win of the season. Redknapp was close to walking out on Portsmouth following the appointment of Croatian Velimir Zajec as Pompey's new executive director on Monday. The Pompey boss must have wished he had followed up that threat when Wright-Phillips opened the scoring as early as the fifth minute."
Hatter MAD:
"Two second-half goals in three minutes earned Doncaster victory and plunged bottom club Stockport deeper into relegation danger. County showed plenty of spirit for a side well adrift at the foot of the table and looked the better team at the start."
U's MAD:
"Rochdale manager Steve Parkin praised the fitness of his side after they scored a last-minute winner to beat Oxford for the second week running. Dale did it in the FA Cup seven days earlier, and this time they had fortune on their side when Tony Gallimore's 20-yard shot struck the post and went in off the back of keeper Chris Tardif."
Jambo's MAD:
"John Robertson's return to Tynecastle as Hearts boss was ruined as Motherwell beat them 1 0, thanks to a Richie Foran penalty."
Stand-Free:
"Livingston slumped to a seventh straight defeat and stayed rooted to the bottom of the SPL table after a dismal performance at Almondvale. Aberdeen got the perfect start with a goal from Richard Foster after just 37 seconds and Darren Mackie added a second in the 21st minute to wrap up the points."
Headline from Hawks.net:
"Hawks can’t find goal in a Hayes stack"
Forum posting from BarrowFC.com:
"Either resign Turnbull (the manager) or we must sack him,and it must happen now,for the sake of our club,otherwise were dropping back into the unibond.Yesterday was a complete disgrace."
Back later with the table positions and other distractions.
Arsenal 1 - 1 West Brom
Chelsea 2 - 2 Bolton
Middlesboro 2 - 0 Liverpool
Portsmouth 1 - 3 Man City
Doncaster 3 - 1 Stockport
Oxford 0 - 1 Rochdale
Hearts 0 - 1 Motherwell
Livingston 0 - 2 Aberdeen
Havant_Water 0 - 0 Hayes
Barrow AFC 3 - 4 Moor Green
Excuses for the sorry performances taken from the various FOOTE MAD websites:
Arsenal World:
"Yet another desperately poor display by the lads at Highbury against
a team that (with all due respect) we should have beaten easily"
Chelsea Mad:
"It was just what Chelsea needed and should have been the springboard for more goals and a comfortable victory. But Bolton are made of granite in the image of their manager Sam Allardyce and clawed themselves back into the match."
mfc1986.co.uk:
"Liverpool could not complain about the result as they had little midfield flair and no cutting edge. Before the final whistle, many of their fans had made their way to the exits."
Fratton Faithful:
"Shaun Wright-Phillips put his Spanish racism taunts behind him to ensure Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp's own week of misery continued. Wright-Phillips was subjected to vile taunts about his skin colour during England's friendly defeat in Spain on Wednesday. But the midfielder was a key figure as City notched their second away win of the season. Redknapp was close to walking out on Portsmouth following the appointment of Croatian Velimir Zajec as Pompey's new executive director on Monday. The Pompey boss must have wished he had followed up that threat when Wright-Phillips opened the scoring as early as the fifth minute."
Hatter MAD:
"Two second-half goals in three minutes earned Doncaster victory and plunged bottom club Stockport deeper into relegation danger. County showed plenty of spirit for a side well adrift at the foot of the table and looked the better team at the start."
U's MAD:
"Rochdale manager Steve Parkin praised the fitness of his side after they scored a last-minute winner to beat Oxford for the second week running. Dale did it in the FA Cup seven days earlier, and this time they had fortune on their side when Tony Gallimore's 20-yard shot struck the post and went in off the back of keeper Chris Tardif."
Jambo's MAD:
"John Robertson's return to Tynecastle as Hearts boss was ruined as Motherwell beat them 1 0, thanks to a Richie Foran penalty."
Stand-Free:
"Livingston slumped to a seventh straight defeat and stayed rooted to the bottom of the SPL table after a dismal performance at Almondvale. Aberdeen got the perfect start with a goal from Richard Foster after just 37 seconds and Darren Mackie added a second in the 21st minute to wrap up the points."
Headline from Hawks.net:
"Hawks can’t find goal in a Hayes stack"
Forum posting from BarrowFC.com:
"Either resign Turnbull (the manager) or we must sack him,and it must happen now,for the sake of our club,otherwise were dropping back into the unibond.Yesterday was a complete disgrace."
Back later with the table positions and other distractions.
Nov 22nd 2004, 12:53 pm
#4094
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by Webbie
Hatter MAD:
"Two second-half goals in three minutes earned Doncaster victory and plunged bottom club Stockport deeper into relegation danger. County showed plenty of spirit for a side well adrift at the foot of the table and looked the better team at the start."
"Two second-half goals in three minutes earned Doncaster victory and plunged bottom club Stockport deeper into relegation danger. County showed plenty of spirit for a side well adrift at the foot of the table and looked the better team at the start."
I think this is the nadir.
Palmer was sacked after 8 league games accumulating 6 points - 0.75 points per game
This season McIlroy has accumulated 0.56 points per game.
In Division 2 (and equivalent) Palmer's total record was 61 points from 54 games, or 1.13 points per game. McIlroy's record is now 51 points from 51
games, or 1.00 points per game.
I believe McIlroy's record says all that should need to be said.
Nov 22nd 2004, 7:20 pm
#4095
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Re: British Football thread
Originally Posted by Manc
we lost to Doncaster.
I think this is the nadir.
Palmer was sacked after 8 league games accumulating 6 points - 0.75 points per game
This season McIlroy has accumulated 0.56 points per game.
In Division 2 (and equivalent) Palmer's total record was 61 points from 54 games, or 1.13 points per game. McIlroy's record is now 51 points from 51
games, or 1.00 points per game.
I believe McIlroy's record says all that should need to be said.
I think this is the nadir.
Palmer was sacked after 8 league games accumulating 6 points - 0.75 points per game
This season McIlroy has accumulated 0.56 points per game.
In Division 2 (and equivalent) Palmer's total record was 61 points from 54 games, or 1.13 points per game. McIlroy's record is now 51 points from 51
games, or 1.00 points per game.
I believe McIlroy's record says all that should need to be said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rt/4019387.stm
or your striker ******* off to Sheff Utd:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/4013949.stm
You support a club with big ambitions there.
