British Football Thread (all divisions)

[Obltn Strand]

Ha! Fulham really botched up their game giving a penalty kick and over time equalizer

[Jimbuna]

Yes, given their recent form I expected Fulham to win.

[Jimbuna]

TOON away to Birmingham but the match of the day must surely be Brighton away to Leeds.

[Obltn Strand]

Wolves at War

[Jimbuna]

TOON were surprisingly held to a draw but go top by one point after Leeds beat Brighton.

[Obltn Strand]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

TOON were surprisingly held to a draw but go top by one point after Leeds beat Brighton.

Magpies failed us again and it cost an evening at the pub. I scored 11/13 thanks to Burton and Newcastle. Well next round is free.

All together what a fine round. Top team beaten and competition lost.

[Jimbuna]

Derry City captain Ryan McBride has died at the age of 27.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/39324936

Not British (Republic of Ireland) but terribly tragic nonetheless.

RIP

[Jimbuna]

History has been made.

My home town football club South Shields have made it to a Wembley final.

COME ON YOU MARINERS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39327283

[Threadfin]

Shields almost did not make it past the fourth round, but for a floodlight failure which forced the abandonment of the tie against holders Morpeth at a time when they were 4-2 down with nine minutes remaining.
They convincingly won the rescheduled fixture 4-0

Shenanigans!


Liverpool got a point yesterday against City. Lallana's miss was epic. I had to have another drink after that one, so it wasn't all bad.

United have two games in hand, but Liverpool's run-in is a far easier prospect on paper. But that clearly discounts their maddening tendency to play down to their competition. I envision many hairs pulled and falling short of fourth by a point, followed by a summer of failed recruitment since there is no CL on offer.

[Jimbuna]

TOON beat Wigan to remain top with seven games remaining and Sunderland maintain their inconsistent form by losing 1-0 away to Watford and remain rooted to the foot of the Premiership.

[Jimbuna]

Sunderland stay rooted to the bottom of the Premiership after an expected defeat to Leicester.

Tonight Hull play Middlesbrough and a win for either side will further destroy any chance of Sunderlands survival hopes.

Brighton won last night to go top of the Championship but TOON play lowly Burton tonight and shouls win to retake top spot (ever the optimist).

[Jimbuna]

TOON beat Burton 1-0 to return to top spot and despite one of the most bizarre refereeing decisions I have ever witnessed.

Good to see the referee later had the bottle to admit he was wrong and offer his apologies (see the link below).

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...-penalty-gaffe

[Jimbuna]

TOON went down 2-1 at Shef Wed and admittedly deservedly so and are now second from top, two points behind Brighton.

Mackems face Man Utd on tv just about to start now.

Hopefully an entertaining game.

[Jimbuna]

Yes, most entertaining....Man Utd win 3-0 to leave the mackems ten points adrift of safety.

[Jimbuna]

TOON totally outplayed and outclassed Leeds last night but were held to a 1-1 the Leeds equaliser coming in the 95th minute

Lesson learned: Don't make more of your chances and risk losing the initiative.

Brighton are now four points clear at the top so the title is theirs to lose.

TOON are eight points clear of third placed team (Huddersfield) so hopefully they will maintain second place to the end of the season.