Football

[Harvester]

QPR 4 ... Leeds United 0

That leaves the 2nd and 3rd places looking like this....
2nd...Leeds United.....P45 ... 90pts ... GD 39
3ed...Ipswich Town....P43 ... 89pts ... GD 32

Looks like Leeds have blown it, with only one win in their last five games. Ipswich looking good for 2nd place!

 

[High Dyke]

Two wins in 48 hours, and the last 4 games unbeaten saw Grantham Town safe from relegation. A great turn around despite languishing at the bottom.of the NPL East for most of the season. The last game of the season is now a formality, though it could see hosts Winterton Rangers relegated.

 

[Bantamzen]

The unprecedented number of howlers made by top flight goalkeepers in recent weeks is beginning to make me worry whether something sinister is going on.

In season 1962/63, Bristol Rovers goalie Esmond Million took a £300 bribe to throw their D3 match at Bradford and was subsequently banned for life. Despite his efforts, or lack of them, Bradford could only manage a 2-2 draw. Bristol Rovers finished the season a point above Bradford and thus Bradford were relegated, never to return, while Rovers stayed up. If only he had done what he was paid for!

Rovers eventually stayed up after coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Halifax, long after Bradford's season had finished. The season had been extended due to fixture pile ups after a severe winter. Conspiracy theorists said bottom club Halifax threw the game to take Bradford down with them to ensure lucrative local derbies in D4.

I always thought there was something dodgy about the team from the wrong side of the city.... And the fact that you couldn't even bribe your way to safety, well...

Up the Chickens!! Talking of which for reasons I'm yet to understand out awful season has still seen us on the threshold of the play-offs. So we need to win, Barrow to lose against Mansfield and Crawley draw or lose to Grimsby. And our opponents, Newport County, who have lost their last 6 scoring only 3 and conceding 13. So I know what's going to happen here...

QPR 4 ... Leeds United 0

That leaves the 2nd and 3rd places looking like this....
2nd...Leeds United.....P45 ... 90pts ... GD 39
3ed...Ipswich Town....P43 ... 89pts ... GD 32

Such a shame for such a lovely, amenable football club...

 

[Iskra]

We’re still second If Ipswich don’t manage another point all season…

 

[61653 HTAFC]

We’re still second If Ipswich don’t manage another point all season…

But Ipswich host Huddersfield on the final day... and we really are terrible!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Northern Premier League...Premier Division

Atherton Collieries 0 ... Worksop Town 2

Ashton United 1 ... Marine 3

The final matches of the season saw Worksop Town clinch the 5th league position and a place in the play-offs.

Hyde United finished in 6th place and Ashton United finished in 7th place.

 

[Jimini]

Sad times for Sutton United. A valiant fight but relegation is confirmed now.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Birmingham City

Town as good as down now, with the only thing keeping the R from next to our name being the unlikely possibility of a 15-goal swing over Plymouth next week.

Can't say it hasn't been coming. Bit of a clear out needed over the summer. One bit of silver lining is that there's a good chance today's opponents Birmingham will be joining us in the Football League Trophy next season.

 

[JD2168]

Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Birmingham City

Town as good as down now, with the only thing keeping the R from next to our name being the unlikely possibility of a 15-goal swing over Plymouth next week.

Can't say it hasn't been coming. Bit of a clear out needed over the summer. One bit of silver lining is that there's a good chance today's opponents Birmingham will be joining us in the Football League Trophy next season.

The Wayne Rooney spell in charge of Birmingham is really coming back to haunt them now. Will be even more galling for Birmingham fans as Aston Villa will be in Europe next season.

What has affected Huddersfield is the run of form that Sheffield Wednesday have had since Danny Rohl took charge, if they had stuck with Xisco then they would already be relegated.

Sheffield United have been relegated from the Premier League after losing 5-1 away at Newcastle.

 

[spyinthesky]

Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Birmingham City

Town as good as down now, with the only thing keeping the R from next to our name being the unlikely possibility of a 15-goal swing over Plymouth next week.

Can't say it hasn't been coming. Bit of a clear out needed over the summer. One bit of silver lining is that there's a good chance today's opponents Birmingham will be joining us in the Football League Trophy next season.

For this to be remotely possible it would require Hull to score 14 of them

 

[61653 HTAFC]

What has affected Huddersfield is the run of form that Sheffield Wednesday have had since Danny Rohl took charge, if they had stuck with Xisco then they would already be relegated.

What's affected Huddersfield is the clueless idiots that our American owner has appointed to run the club. First they dispensed with Neil Warnock, who had managed an unexpected escape last season and looked set to bring a comfortable mid-table finish.
Secondly, they chose to replace Warnock with the personality-vacuum that of Darren "part & partial" Moore- who to be fair had a decent-ish record up until joining us. Under Moore we won just 3 games out of 23, before the experiment was ended. Moore then went to Port Vale and failed to keep them in League One, so technically has two relegations in one season on his CV.

Other than the brief revival under caretaker Jon Worthington, the post-Moore era hasn't gone at all well, sadly. Andre Breitenreiter has a decent record too, but we've seen only two wins since he took over- so it's fair to ask whether the problem is the players. Some of them are clearly talented, but we haven't really looked like a team since the play-off final two years ago.

A clear-out will definitely be needed in the summer. Sorba Thomas and Jack Rudoni will likely attract bids from the Championship, but otherwise we'll be left with a lot of dead wood.

For this to be remotely possible it would require Hull to score 14 of them

Pretty much, yeah!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It is always noticeable that with two or three games until the end of a season, some supporters tend to play the "what if" results speculation game, then after one match, the majority of such speculation "goes up in smoke" as results reality bring matters more in line with actual reality.

 

[JD2168]

Premier League clubs have voted to introduce a spending cap from the 2025/26 season. Teams will only be able to spend a maximum of 70-85% of their revenue. Manchester City, Manchester United & Aston Villa voted against whilst Chelsea abstained.

This replaces the Profit & Sustainability rules currently in place.

Leicester City have been crowned champions of the Championship after beating Preston 3-0 at Deepdale.

 

[Harvester]

Coventry 1 Ipswich 2 leaves Ipswich needing one point, from their remaining home fixture against Huddersfield, to clinch automatic promotion.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Coventry 1 Ipswich 2 leaves Ipswich needing one point, from their remaining home fixture against Huddersfield, to clinch automatic promotion.

I'm sure the already de-facto relegated, and utterly hopeless Terriers will put up a good fight... we're always happy to help out our friendly neighbours from down the A62!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

North West Counties Football League...Premier Division Play-Off Semi-Finals

Bury 1 ... Charnock Richard 0
Attendance : 4,099

Wythenshawe Town 1 ... Padiham 0
Attendance : 658

Northern Premier League...Premier Division

The twoi play-off semi-final matches are as follows:-
Macclesfield v Worksop Town
Marine v Warrington Rylands

The three clubs that have been related from this division are:-
Bradford Park Avenue
Stafford Rangers
Atherton Collieries

 

[Iskra]

I'm sure the already de-facto relegated, and utterly hopeless Terriers will put up a good fight... we're always happy to help out our friendly neighbours from down the A62!

Ipswich are basically up due to the result and goal difference swing required being unlikely to happen.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ipswich are basically up due to the result and goal difference swing required being unlikely to happen.

Two of the four teams at present in the play-off positions, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion, have lost their last three league matches.

 

[Iskra]

Two of the four teams at present in the play-off positions, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion, have lost their last three league matches.

Yes, nobody really has any momentum going into the playoffs. Leeds V Southampton on the last day of the season ought to be an U21’s match if the managers have any sense. Norwich may wish to go all out still to avoid Leeds in the first round, as they’ve taken 6pts off Norwich this season and have the Farke-effect. I imagine West Brom would fancy themselves against Leeds. If Hull sneak in, they would also be well up for it against Leeds.

Unfortunately, I have little confidence in Farke motivationally or tactically, so I can’t see us being successful.

 

[Harvester]

Ipswich are basically up due to the result and goal difference swing required being unlikely to happen.

Leeds have a better goal difference than Ipswich. If they beat Southampton and Ipswich lose, Leeds get 2nd spot. Unlikely to happen though!

 

[Iskra]

Leeds have a better goal difference than Ipswich. If they beat Southampton and Ipswich lose, Leeds get 2nd spot. Unlikely to happen though!

Ah sorry, I must have misread the table at that early hour. Well that makes it interesting then, although I can’t see Huddersfield beating Ipswich.

 

[Haywain]

Northern Premier League...Premier Division

The twoi play-off semi-final matches are as follows:-
Macclesfield v Worksop Town
Marine v Warrington Rylands

These were also played last night and resulted in wins for Macclesfield (3-1) and Marine (1-0).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leeds have a better goal difference than Ipswich. If they beat Southampton and Ipswich lose, Leeds get 2nd spot. Unlikely to happen though!

Saturday's matches are all 12:30 kick-off times, so it will not be as long to wait for the unfolding of events in that division.

 

[Harvester]

Aston Villa 2 Olympiakos 4. A bad result for Villa in the Europa Conference, although better news from the Premiership with Chelsea beating Spurs 2-0. It now looks like one win from their last 3 games will clinch 4th spot for Villa!

 

[Ivor]

Aston Villa 2 Olympiakos 4. A bad result for Villa in the Europa Conference, although better news from the Premiership with Chelsea beating Spurs 2-0. It now looks like one win from their last 3 games will clinch 4th spot for Villa!

I was at The Bridge & delighted with the 2-0 win but I’ve got to say Spurs looked a very poor outfit on last night’s showing.

 

[75A]

Have to agree I watched the match on TV and thought that Spurs were very poor.

 

[Class15]

Coventry 1 QPR 2

Excellent finish to the season. Coventry were unlucky in the FA Cup I must say but I’m happy about this one. What a great revival under Marti.

 

[Urobach]

Happy to see Ipswich get promoted to the Premier League today, getting the win with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield ensuring their relegation which was all but confirmed anyway. McKenna has done a phenomenal job since taking the reins. As it turned out, Leeds lost to Southampton so Ipswich would have gone up regardless.

West Brom and Norwich join Leeds and Southampton in the playoffs

Birmingham relegated despite their 1-0 victory against Norwich as Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday also won, wonder what John Eustace must be thinking.

 

[Ted633]

Sheffield Wednesday survive despite not managing to win a game until the end of October, even the first point took 5 games! Spent 8 months in the relegation zone, but escaped at the right time. Makes you think how well they would've done without that utterly disastrous start.

 

[Iskra]

Congratulations to Ipswich Town, and to a lesser extent; Sheffield Wednesday.

The play-offs beckon for Leeds now, and there seems to be little confidence after another poor performance today.