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*Official* English Football Season 2008-2009

grecian

grecian

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Could be worse if Luis Boa Morte wasn't well, Luis Boa Morte,

He must be one of the wiorse players ever to play as long as he has in the Prem, He makes Perry Groves look like Pele.
 
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Craig said:
Mark Hughes the difference, or not?

Anyway, I'm looking at the FA Cup 3rd Round Draw:

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Middlesbrough		v 	[b]Barrow[/b]
Ipswich Town 		v 	Chesterfield/[B]Droylsden[/B]
[B]Torquay [/B]		v 	Blackpool
[B]Histon [/B]			v 	Swansea City
[B]Forest Green Rovers [/B]	v 	Derby County
Notts County/[B]Kettering [/B]	v 	[B]Eastwood Town[/B]
Bournemouth/[B]Blyth [/B]	v 	Blackburn Rovers
Coventry City 		v 	[B]Kidderminster[/B]
Can Neil (or somebody else?) shed any light on the non league teams, in terms of quality etc.? Hak probably know's :p
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Barrow have the most eye-catching of the non-league draws in an all-Northern clash. Barrow returned to the Conference after nearly a decade last summer, and the former long-standing League side will be out to remind the country that they were once a third-tier team.

Droylsden are highly unlikely to get past Chesterfield: relegated from Conference last year despite holding City at the Park: not much by way of heritage or names.

Torquay are a pathetic excuse for a football team who have hotels than supporters and play the most disgusting brand of hoof-ball that has dirtied the turf of the grounds they visit. I am delighted that they have a draw against a bottom-half Championship side with no glamour and no fans.

Histon also play John Beck longball and are very well drilled at set pieces: how they accounted for Leeds. Swansea could go the same way on a wet afternoon in Impington, but as a satellite village of Cambridge there isn't much to build on.

Forest Green finds itself at the top of a (bloody steep) hill in the Gloucestershire town of Nailsworth - one of the few places you can see sheep from the end of the ground. They do try to play a bit more football and will look forwards to hosting the Rams... were in the playoff race last season before Charlton-bound Stuart Fleetwood ran out of goals.

Kettering have bought their way to the top of the Conference this season, so are not exactly a glamour story: but they have a non-league pedigree and will fancy themselves to turn over a poor Notts County side in the replay before facing Eastwood, the lowest-ranking side (Northern Premier - two tiers below the Conference) in the Cup. The Nottinghamshire side will be disappointed with such a draw in the Third Round: but both non-leaguers will fancy their chances of making the next stage.

Blyth Spartans are the non-league side with the greatest FA Cup pedigree now that Yeovil have made the step into the 92. They have played 30 times in Round One, 14 in Round Two, and 3 in Round Three - including 1978, when they reached the Fifth Round, and will relish the prospect of welcoming Bournemouth back to Croft Park having disposed of Shrewsbury in the First Round: Blackburn certainly won't take anything for granted should they make the last 64.

Finally, Kidderminster have had a trouble-free path to the Third Round to meet Coventry, having brushed aside the year's biggest giant-killers, Curzon Ashton. Caused waves in the FA Cup in 1994, reaching the Fifth Round having defeated Birmingham - the last non-league side to reach the final 16, and spent five years in the league themselves before returning the Conference.

Enough for ya?
 
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BoyBrumby

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grecian said:
Could be worse if Luis Boa Morte wasn't well, Luis Boa Morte,

He must be one of the wiorse players ever to play as long as he has in the Prem, He makes Perry Groves look like Pele.
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Hey, leave Pezza alone. Won us the 87 League Cup with his searing pace and pinpoint cross for Champagne Charlie to fluke it in. Possibly the best looking player ever to sport a haircut that looked for all the world like ginger snatch stubble too.

Worst player for mine was Kaba Diawara. Nominally a striker, I don't think he scored a goal for us, West Ham or Blackburn. Just a big lumbering lump of nothing.
 
grecian

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Yeah, both those mentioned were contemporaries of Luis, and were certainly worse, but my point is Luis is still around 10 years later, and has presumably purloined millions for his ineptitude. I always find it puzzling, as he's almost always total crap every time I see him.

Maybe I'm just unlucky:unsure:
 
GIMH

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Fascinating title race so far, but to stay ahead of this United side you need 10 points on them at Xmas IMO, they peak in the spring
 
aussie

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Word, but i dunno somehow i get a weird feeling this is Liverpool's year, might tip United by a point or two at the end..
 
grecian

grecian

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Someone on youronskysports comparing Ronaldos handball to Paolo Di canios, when he could of scored that time. One of the great pieces of sportsmanship. Hmmm to say "I despair of some ****wits" really doesn't quite cover it. :unsure:
 
Matteh

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Think we all know that he handballed it because it was zeroing in on his beautiful precious face.
 
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grecian said:
Yeah, both those mentioned were contemporaries of Luis, and were certainly worse, but my point is Luis is still around 10 years later, and has presumably purloined millions for his ineptitude. I always find it puzzling, as he's almost always total crap every time I see him.

Maybe I'm just unlucky:unsure:
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I remember him having one awesome season for Fulham. Was top-scoring midfielder in the fantasy football league i was in IIRC, ridiculous amount of assists.
 
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cpr said:
Quite a few left our pub after the game, took a good number of paddy wagons, thats for sure. Thing is, trouble started by 1 Utd fan trying to headbutt another (really picked the wrong person n all). Thank **** I watched it at home. Just know on derby day all the ****ty wine bars (yer wetherspoons etc) wont open because they dont want the hassle, leaving the proper boozers packed with strangers and invariably some of the ****s we've barred sneak in and cause trouble.

The CCTV footage of it is awesome though
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Yeah, the bar i was in closed at 6 after the Chelsea match as they didn't want the people who'd been kicked out of every other bar coming up here. No trouble at all, although the doormen did turn away eight skinheads with their tracksuit bottoms tucked into their socks on the grounds that "it's too full, can't let anyone else in". They went to the pub next door and failed to get in there too.

At least it wasn't on a Saturday though, the night crowds then are scummy enough as it is.
 
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