Football

[Darandio]

John Terry has retired. That should please a few here.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

John Terry has retired. That should please a few here.

A poor man's Craig Short.

 

[AlterEgo]

John Terry has retired. That should please a few here.

He wanted to spend more time with someone else’s family.

 

[Drogba11CFC]

Winchester City 3...Cirencester Town 0 (Carr 3, Mlambo 21, Hayward pen 90+2; Pook s/o 58)

I still cannot find the words to convey the emotion of yesterday's FA Cup result. All I really need to say is as follows:

Winchester City, FA Cup fourth qualifying round. First time since 1954.

 

[Cletus]

1954 wow.

Normally look forward to this point, but as a Dover Athletic fan whoever we get we are likely to lose to. Unless our forthcoming new manager has an immediate impact.

 

[Drogba11CFC]

And the draw has been made...Torquay United away.

 

[Cletus]

Concord Rangers away for us. No railway station there!

 

[Groningen]

Benfleet - Concord Rangers: busline 21/22/27. Bus every 7 minutes. Traveltime: 22 minutes. Distance is 5 kilometers.

 

[Cletus]

Will be going by car if brave enough to go

 

[Groningen]

There is a huge scandal (possible) going on the main league of Belgium. What the results are is not yet known. Tip of the Iceberg?! Even 2 referees are taken for questening. Matchfixing?!

 

[The_Train]

There is a huge scandal (possible) going on the main league of Belgium. What the results are is not yet known. Tip of the Iceberg?! Even 2 referees are taken for questening. Matchfixing?!

There seems to be something dodgy going on with PSG of France as well

 

[The_Train]

After last night's result, am I right in thinking that England have not won a match since the World Cup Quarter Final?

 

[BlueFox]

After last night's result, am I right in thinking that England have not won a match since the World Cup Quarter Final?

They beat Switzerland 1-0 last month.

 

[The_Train]

They beat Switzerland 1-0 last month.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Thanks BlueFox

 

[61653 HTAFC]

There seems to be something dodgy going on with PSG of France as well

Wouldn't surprise me if there's a "gentleman's agreement" among EPL referees to favour those sides that generate the most income and penalise those "smaller" teams... unfortunately as my team is making it so easy for them at the moment that this post will seem like sour grapes!

 

[The_Train]

Wouldn't surprise me if there's a "gentleman's agreement" among EPL referees to favour those sides that generate the most income and penalise those "smaller" teams... unfortunately as my team is making it so easy for them at the moment that this post will seem like sour grapes!

Well isn't there some questions being asked of the FA regarding the potential sale of Wembley at the moment? We are quick to judge the goings on in other countries but I think you're right in the sense that there is undoubtedly things of a similar vain going on under our noses

 

[Trainfan344]

Spain 2 England 3 England beat Spain! Pickford made some brilliant kicks but also some howling errors.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Shields should win that league easily. After All they took the core of the Darlo team which did just that. Scarborough took a couple of others from us

Whatever has happened in the last month to South Shields, with defeats in most of their recent matches?

Last night, they visited Hyde United who normally would have regarded a draw at Ewen Fields as something worthwhile, but I was amazed at the scoreline...

Hyde United 4 ... South Shields 1

 

[SteveP29]

Wouldn't surprise me if there's a "gentleman's agreement" among EPL referees to favour those sides that generate the most income and penalise those "smaller" teams... unfortunately as my team is making it so easy for them at the moment that this post will seem like sour grapes!

Bournemouth have had 6 penalties already in their 8 league games to date, NUFC have had 1 in their last 46 Premier League games.
Have to agree with you, bias towards the southern teams is well and truly a thing these days!

 

[familyguy99]

Oldham 0-1 Port Vale

Other defeat for Oldham at Boundary Park which sound like Latics didn't played that well.

In other news in League two, Macclesfield have won for first time in 37 league matches after they beat Carlisle 2-1.

 

[Cletus]

FA Cup 4th QR
Concord Rangers 0-1 Dover Athletic

Into the 1st round proper we go. Slightly lucky, but hey ho

 

[Glenmutchkin]

Fort William 1 - 7 Inverurie Loco Works F.C

At last a reason for this thread to be on a Rail Forum.

 

[fowler9]

Fort William 1 - 7 Inverurie Loco Works F.C

At last a reason for this thread to be on a Rail Forum.

Still not a great season for Fort William.

 

[Glenmutchkin]

Still not a great season for Fort William.

You may be right. But these things are always relative.

Season 2017/8.
Played 34. Won 0 . Drawn 5 . Lost 29.
GD -153.

 

[LuSiVe]

Chesterfield won a game of football for the first time in living memory

Unfortunately assuming we'd be out I'd already arranged a trip away on FA Cup first round weekend.... Here's hoping we manage to draw someone near Brighton....

 

[tommy2215]

Chesterfield won a game of football for the first time in living memory

Unfortunately assuming we'd be out I'd already arranged a trip away on FA Cup first round weekend.... Here's hoping we manage to draw someone near Brighton....

Indeed, I was beginning to think we'd go the rest of the season without a win.

For obvious reasons I'm hoping we get Alfreton Town in the next round!

 

[507021]

Huddersfield 0-1 Liverpool.

Mo Salah's goal was enough for us to win, although it was frustrating to see chances to score being wasted yet again.

I thought Huddersfield played well, and had they equalised it would have been deserved.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Huddersfield 0-1 Liverpool.

Mo Salah's goal was enough for us to win, although it was frustrating to see chances to score being wasted yet again.

I thought Huddersfield played well, and had they equalised it would have been deserved.

We were far more wasteful with our chances than you, definitely in the first half.

We've played pretty well in spells in every game this season apart from Citeh, we just can't seem to score goals. We need to start doing so if we want any chance of defying the odds for three seasons in a row.

I must admit I was unaware of the rule that if a player knees the ball onto his own hand, it can't be handball. Thanks to Murphy and Shearer for informing me of this previously secret rule.
The sooner we have VAR like pretty much every other top league in Europe, the better.

 

[507021]

We were far more wasteful with our chances than you, definitely in the first half.

We've played pretty well in spells in every game this season apart from Citeh, we just can't seem to score goals. We need to start doing so if we want any chance of defying the odds for three seasons in a row.

I must admit I was unaware of the rule that if a player knees the ball onto his own hand, it can't be handball. Thanks to Murphy and Shearer for informing me of this previously secret rule.
The sooner we have VAR like pretty much every other top league in Europe, the better.

I don't mind missing chances if they're actually on target, but recently there's been quite a few poor misses from us which we should be scoring.

I thought that was a penalty to be honest, Huddersfield were unlucky not to be given it.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I don't mind missing chances if they're actually on target, but recently there's been quite a few poor misses from us which we should be scoring.

I thought that was a penalty to be honest, Huddersfield were unlucky not to be given it.

I wish the BBC would encourage Alan Hansen to come out of retirement... even with his Liverpool connections he wouldn't display the blatant bias that Danny Murphy did last night. I can't be bothered to trawl through the archives, but I'd put a pint on him having contradicted himself on the penalty shout at some point in the past. The offside was also a bit dodgy, as Pritchards feet were pretty much level and nobody seemed to know for sure whether the last contact on the header forward was from the Liverpool or Town player.

VAR would quickly either confirm or deny the claims of bias (implicit or deliberate) towards the bigger teams. So why don't we have it? It can't be a money issue as the Bundesliga has it and isn't as rich.