Football

[Neptune]

I think that's the pre-watershed version That scene was truly stunning - sacking the club captain at half time, abusing pretty much all the rest of the players, and offering one of them out for a fight before telling him he could bring a mate and go one against two. I bet the TV people couldn't believe their luck

I remember watching it at the time. I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Makes Barry Fry and Neil Warnock seem calm.

I’ve seen a few interviews with John Sitton and he says that that programme ruined his career as nobody would touch him after that. Great youth coach by all accounts.

 

[Spartacus]

Yep, although Neville at Seville would have had a certain something to it, bit like Arsene at Arsenal!

I remember first seeing that on Teletext and thought it was an error due to poor signal quality!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yep, although Neville at Seville would have had a certain something to it, bit like Arsene at Arsenal!

Wasn't his father called Neville Neville?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Wasn't his father called Neville Neville?

He was indeed. One time director of Bury FC when they were still an EFL club. Wife was Janet Jill who was club secretary. Died in Australia in 2015 whilst in the country to watch his daughter Tracey's England team in the netball World Cup.

 

[43096]

He was indeed. One time director of Bury FC when they were still an EFL club. Wife was Janet who was club secretary. Died in Australia in 2015 whilst in the country to watch his daughter Tracey's England team in the netball World Cup.

Jill Neville (not Janet) according to t’internet.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Jill Neville (not Janet) according to t’internet.

Yep. That's correct. Previous post duly amended.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Would it be fair to say that the management role of Oldham Athletic is something of a poisoned chalice?

 

[D821]

That and Everton.

 

[Cletus]

I see Chesterfield knocked Salford out of the FA Cup. How will the TV companies manage to to schedule Salford into the 3rd round TV games?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Piching In Northern Premier League...Premier Division

South Shields 1 ... Hyde United 2

A large home attendance figure of 2,015 saw South Shields, in the top four in this league, go in front after 7 minutes, only for Hyde to level the scores two minutes later. After 25 minutes, Hyde took a 2-1 lead and that then remained the score until full time.

 

[DarloRich]

A good win: Darlington 1 v AFC Flyde 0. ( beating the top of the league side is always nice!)

South Shields 1 ... Hyde United 2

A large home attendance figure of 2,015 saw South Shields,

A good win. Shields are coined up.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester City 7 ... Leeds United 0

Anyone on here surprised by this scoreline?

 

[SJL2020]

Yes, it should have been 10

 

[SteveM70]

Before the season began I had a bet with one of my kids that Leeds will get relegated. They massively overperformed last season, and caught a few teams out with their formation and style of play. Fast forward a season and they’ve been found out, and a lot of injuries haven’t helped. It’s exactly what happened with Sheffield United.

And for all his hero status, Bielsa’s recruitment hasn’t been fantastic. Firpo is a disaster, Dan James is just a Theo Walcott for the 2020s (an athlete trying to be a footballer) etc etc

Now I might lose my bet as there could be three even worse teams, but it’ll be close

 

[150249]

Alright, place your bets, which games will go ahead this weekend?

 

[brad465]

Alright, place your bets, which games will go ahead this weekend?

The only game going ahead today (last minute postponement depending) is Leeds vs Arsenal. The other 5 have all been postponed, with the Villa vs Burnley one postponed just 2 hours before kick-off.

 

[Cletus]

Luckily football isn’t just the Premier League!

 

[150249]

Indeed! But the championship isn't exciting anymore...

And league 1 and league 2 have most games postponed

 

[SteveM70]

Bradford (Park Avenue) v Halifax also sadly postponed, although at least it was for the old-school reason of thick fog

 

[Loppylugs]

The only game going ahead today (last minute postponement depending) is Leeds vs Arsenal. The other 5 have all been postponed, with the Villa vs Burnley one postponed just 2 hours before kick-off.

Looking forward to Match of the Day tonight

 

[150249]

Bradford (Park Avenue) v Halifax also sadly postponed, although at least it was for the old-school reason of thick fog

There does appear to be some very thick fog all over the country this weekend!

 

[adrock1976]

Regarding the games this weekend that were announced as postponed earlier in the week, did the FA and the Premier/Football Leagues give it the go ahead for the cancellations with no problems?

I am asking this because if clubs have approached the FA, etc to cancel the game, they should have points docked, as what happened with either Sunderland or Middlesbrough (cannot remember which one) and Hamilton Academical years ago when they were unable to field a team.

Although there is a pandemic on at the moment, last season there were some sides in the fifth tier and below that got hammered with fines when they had to cancel games due to various Covid outbreaks within the team and testing positive.

 

[AlterEgo]

So let me get this right. A game is cancelled if some very fit athletes return a positive LFT, for some spurious “player protection” reasons. But if the game goes ahead then 50,000 can pack in so long as they’ve had vaccines. Makes no sense.

 

[Iskra]

Regarding the games this weekend that were announced as postponed earlier in the week, did the FA and the Premier/Football Leagues give it the go ahead for the cancellations with no problems?

I am asking this because if clubs have approached the FA, etc to cancel the game, they should have points docked, as what happened with either Sunderland or Middlesbrough (cannot remember which one) and Hamilton Academical years ago when they were unable to field a team.

Although there is a pandemic on at the moment, last season there were some sides in the fifth tier and below that got hammered with fines when they had to cancel games due to various Covid outbreaks within the team and testing positive.

I quite agree, Leeds played with 9 first teamers out injured yesterday. Some of the teams who cried off have less players with positive test results. Where’s the consistency?

 

[150249]

Really, they should've postponed all of this weekend's fixtures in all four divisions and the carabao cup matches on Tuesday and Wednesday as Thomas Frank suggested.

 

[SteveM70]

Another day, another VAR shambles. Actually, three of them (so far). Why can’t they just use it like rugby union do?

 

[150249]

As a tottenham fan, I'm quite happy with var today

 

[backontrack]

Another day, another VAR shambles. Actually, three of them (so far). Why can’t they just use it like rugby union do?

Because rugby doesn't use it all that well either! (Particularly if the TMO's name is Ben Skeen, but that's a topic for another day and another thread.)

 

[roversfan2001]

Really, they should've postponed all of this weekend's fixtures in all four divisions and the carabao cup matches on Tuesday and Wednesday as Thomas Frank suggested.

Why? What would that actually have achieved?

The talk of a 'circuit-breaker' for the football season just smacks of "we need to do something, this is something, let's do it".

 

[Jamesrob637]

As a tottenham fan, I'm quite happy with var today

I liked your weekend result too