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Vs

Derby County 2 Cardiff City 3

Silva opened for the home side in this one on 19mins Roberts stepped up from the spot on 59mins to make it 1-1 and his 2nd came 11mins later to put Cardiff in the driving seat well for 7mins anyway when Arnold popped up at the back post to head home 2-2 Roberts sealed his well deserved hatrick on 86mins and gave Cardiff 3 well earned points

Attendance 22755

MOM Zizi Roberts 9

Referee Michael Ryan

Vs

Cardiff City 1 Wolves 1

Carl Cort scored with only 10mins on the clock for the visitors and then Ben Wright made it 1-1 on 35mins and thats how this one ended

Attendance 16953

MOM Mirko Hrgovic 9

Referee Paul Armstrong

Vs

Plymouth 0 Cardiff City 4

Cardiff City totally outplayed the home team in this one Flurry opened on 4mins 2mins later he scored again then it was Wright who scored after only 8mins 3-0 up and cruising, with 44mins gone Wright scored again 4-0 at half time, no goals in the 2nd half but fans where calling for Plymouths manager to resign good result sees Cardiff continue to climb the table

Attendance 20908

MOM Joe Flurry 9

Referee Lee Griggs

Vs

Cardiff City 3 Millwall 2

Zizi Roberts had another great game today he opened the scoring on 61mins his 2nd came 5mins later, Robinson then gave Millwall fans some hope on 82mins but that wouldnt last long when Roberts sealed his hatrick on 88mins, Asaba scored late on 92mins to make it 3-2 and give Cardiff 3more valuable points in there slow climb up the table out of the relegation zone

Attendance 14742

MOM Zizi Roberts 9

Referee Travis Parkes

Vs

Cardiff City 1 Crystal Palace 3

The visitors today are unbeaten Premiership hopefuls Crystal Palace and they showed why they are unbeaten it took Macken just 35secs to make it 1-0 for Palace, Tom Soares who is a transfer target of a few Premiership clubs at the moment after some great displays for rouchie's red and blue army made it 2-0 on 36mins and this one looked like it was going to be a whoopin Ediede scored a lovely goal for the home side after Palace failed to clear a corner but Macken popped up 2mins later to gift Palace the 3points as they march of for the Premiership

Attendance 18176

MOM Jon Macken 9

Referee Steve Tomlin

Vs

Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Cardiff City 4

Bottom club Brighton could stop Cardiff's recent run of good form after a humiliating 4-0 defeat Roberts got Cardiffs first after only 15mins 2nd was on 27mins then Brighton would have Holt sent off for arguing with referee McDonald, Wright made it 3-0 on 29mins before Roberts scored his hatrick on 82mins to give Cardiff 3more well earned away points and the climb continues

Attendance 5717

MOM Zizi Roberts 10

Referee Chris McDonald

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Sky Sports Reports Recently caught up with Cardiff City Manager Rob Perry and this is what he had to say about recent times at Ninian Park </pre>

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Id like to thank Mr Hammam for sticking by me, for believing in me when the fans didnt I hope I can now get the fans on my side as we rise in the table.I feel with 1 or 2 more signings we can push for a play off spot maybe not this season but next season, well I must get back to training but if anything else develops here at Cardiff City Ill sure be the one to let you know Thanks </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Stay tuned for more from The Bluebirds TWEET TWEET!!

[Andy H]

Saints still stumbling along!!!

We are now into the second month of the season and Hepburn's Saints are still struggling to get a consistent run of form together to try and push up the table. It has been a frustrating time of Hepburn and his players as the performances have been good but they are just not getting the luck of the green just now. Here is a run down of the latest games in the Saints season..........

Championship

Southampton v Stoke - (H) Mon 29th August 2005

A game the Saints dominated and scored a couple of good goals to show their superiority over a poor Stoke side who could not handle the pace and power of the Saints strikers. Steven Naismith was the star as he bagged a double in the first half but it could have been a lot more but for some poor finishing and good goalkeeping.

Final Score - Southampton 2 v 0 Stoke

Goals - Southampton - Naismith (3,38)

Att - 17395

MOTM - Steven Naismith (Southampton)

Championship

Southampton v Watford - (H) Sat 10th September 2005

Hepburn was left seething after this game as he saw two of his players sent off and could face further trouble for comments made about the referee after the match. It was the Saints first home loss of the season but the chances the Saints missed also left Hepburn in a foul mood. An early Marlon King goal for Watford proved to be the winner but Watford were lucky to escape with the win. The Saints battled away with nine men but could not find that all important equaliser.

Final Score - Southampton 0 v 1 Watford

Goals - Watford - King (6)

Sent Off - Stephen Murray, Darren Kenton (Southampton)

Att - 18535

MOTM - Malky MacKay

Championship

Leicester v Southampton - (A) Tues 13th September 2005

This was possibly the worst performance of Hepburn's reign as Southampton manager as his team showed nothing for the whole ninety minutes. No one performaed well and yet another Southampton player was sent off to add to Hepburn's misery. The defending was schoolboy at times and they showed nothing in attack. "It was just dire", Hepburn commented to the press after the match and it certainly was. That's two defeats in row now for Southampton as they fall further down the table.

Final Score - Leicester 2 v 0 Southampton

Goals - Leicester - Fryatt (37), Gudjonsson (65)

Sent Off - Claus Lundekvam (Southampton)

Att - 29644

MOTM - Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester)

Championship

Ipswich v Southampton - (A) Sat 17th Spetember 2005

A game Hepburn will feel the Saints should have won. They had the better chances throughout and were dominant but again they could not put the ball in the back of the net and it cost them three points in the end.

Final Score - Ipswich 1 v 0 Southampton

Goals - Ipswich - Forester (75)

Att - 26713

MOTM - Michael Svensson

Carling Cup 2nd Round

Oldham v Southampton - (A) Wed 21st September 2005

Hepburn's side were struggling for goals before this game but whatever Hepburn said to his strikers it worked as they hit Oldham for five. The star of the show was young striker Kenwyne Jones who was just sensational as he grabbed a hat trick. Hepburn knows this boy has bags of potential and lets hope he keeps up this scoring form fot the remainder of the season. Oldham were truly awful but that was down to the hard work and determination of the Saints who worked their socks off to make up for their recent run of defeats. Gregor Rasiak also got on the scoresheet for the first time this season and Danny Higginbotham scored from the penalty spot. A terrific performance from the Saints and something to build on.

Final Score - Oldham 0 v 5 Southampton

Goals - Southampton - Jones (14,76,82), Rasiak (24), Higginbotham (pen,38)

Att - 6254

MOTM - Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)

Championship

Southampton v Sheffield Utd - (H) Sat 24th Spetember 2005

After the win at Oldam in the cup confidence was high at St Marys in preparation for the tough game against Steff Browning's Sheffield Utd minus their manager who has important business to attend to or computer aids. It was a great game for the Saints as they dominated the game and really should have scored a few more goals to reflect just how dominant they were. Jones got on the scoresheet again and youngster Dyer came on and scored his first goal for Southampton in the second half. Utd pulled a goal back in injury time but it was not enough to stop the Saints taking all three points.

Final Score - Southampton 2 v 1 Sheffield Utd

Goals - Southampton - Jones (35), Dyer (58)

Goals - Sheffield Utd - Wright (pen,90)

Att - 21977

MOTM - Stephen Murray (Southampton)

Championship

Cardiff v Southampton - (A) Tues 27th September 2005

The Saints were back on their travels again after the superb win over Sheffield Utd. It was up to Cardiff to take on Rob Perry's men. It was another great performance from the Saints with Darren Potter, on loan from Liverpool catching the eye of many as he made his debut for the Saints after recovering from injury. He grabbed a double as Cardiff could not cope with his movement off the ball. Young Kenwyne Jones scored another goal to continue his fine run of goalscoring to round off a great Saints performance. Cardiff did manage to pull a goal back through Hrgovic but it was no where near enough to prevent the Saints winning again.

Final Score - Cardiff 1 v 3 Southampton

Goals - Cardiff - Hrgovic (84)

Goals - Southampton - Potter (44,48), Jones (50)

Att - 10450

MOTM - Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)

It has been an indifferent month for the Saints started the month badly with three lossess but ended it on a high with three wins in a row. Lets hope this run of form continues and they push up the table and challenge the leaders.

[steff]

Sheff United manager feels like using blades to slit wrists

Things are going from bad to worse at Bramall Lane as Sheffield United look destined for the relegation dogfight instead of battling for the playoffs

Saturday 26 November 2005: Wolves v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola Championship : 2-0 loss

We found ourselves up against 2nd places Wolves here and not a even a call from third placed Reading manager, Tony Hall could inspire my lads, Hall must have surely been hoping that we could knock off Wolves and do his Reading side a favour as they looked to close the gap for the automatic promotion place.

The match itself was a throughly one-sided affair and sadly that one side was Wolves

They finally made the breakthrough in the 42nd minute through Denese Rosa, and ten minutes later in the 52nd minute they all but wrapped up the points through Rohan Rickets.

Saturday 3rd December 2005: Sheff Utd v Plymouth : Coca-Cola Championship : 3-0 win \o/

Finally back to winning ways!

Steven Kabba opened the scoring in the 20th minute, Sheffield United got a fortunate break 11 minutes after the opener as Jon Hoyles was sent off for Plymouth in the 31st minute, this allowed Steven Kabba to find space in behind the defence to clamly slot home the second goal in the 35th minute. On the stroke of half time Plymouth's game plan and discipline simply collapsed as Paul Connolly was sent off for a shocking tackle on Kabba. Four minutes after the restart the game was over as a contest as Kabba completed his hat trick. The only downside to this match was the injury to Alan Quinn that will see him out of action for two months.

Saturday 10th December 2005: Millwall v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola championship : 5-1 <STRIKE>raping</STRIKE> loss

Well after the performance against Plymouth, most would have expected us to give Millwall a good here right?

NO!

Things started badly as Berry Powel opened the scoring for Millwall in the 14th minute, things seemed to pick up in the 17th minute as Ade Akinbiyi pulled the blades level. Sadly this was all we offered up in the way of offence as Millwall went on to crush us like the little bitches we are Barry Hayles put Millwall back in from in the 43rd minute and Berry Powel grabbed his second of the game right on the stroke of half time. Into the second half and in the 62nd minute Barry Hayles grabbed his second of the game and Lloyd Dyer completed the rout in the 64th minute.

This lot are rubbish

Tuesday 13th December 2005: Sheff Utd v Crystal Palace : Coca-Cola Championship : 1-1 draw

Zis iz Eric Cantona taking over zis match report.

Ze gaffer had a heart attack just before kick off and was rushed to l'hopital just before ze start of ze game, I think it was ze thought of facing le future champions Crystal Palace that did it to him

But now it iz my chance to shine in ze dugout, and if the Crystal Palace fans don't learn how to keep their mouths shut or i'll give zem ze kung fu kick.

Against all odds Steven Kabba opened ze scoring in le 6th minuite and a battling performance saw us hold on until the 62nd minute when ze Palace managed to pull level through Jon Macken. Both teams had chances to win ze game but in ze end a draw was a fair reflection.

Je adore le football management! but for now I must go I have some more nike commericals to make.

Vive Le France!

Saturday 17 December 2005 : Sheff Utd : v Brighton : Coca-Cola Championship: 2-0 win

Another win \o/

We dominated this match from start to finish and it was little surprise when Steven Kabba opened the scoring in the 18th minute and the only shock was that it took until the 71st minute for the Blades to score again through Krisztian Kenesei.

3 points \o/ oh how precious

Monday 26th December 2005 : Reading v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola Championship : 4-0 defeat

Another crushing defeat here

The player that Norwich manager Sandy Pettigrew had been shouting about, Vincent Pericard opened the scoring in the 27th minute, I guess Reading Manager Tony Hall knows a bit more about a decent player than Pettigrew, this is probably why Hall's Reading side are in 3rd place and Pettigrew's Norwich are lying in 8th place. Sheff Utd managed to keep the game alive as a contest (god knows how) until half time. Kevin Doyle opened the second half action as he gave Reading a two goal cushion a minute after the restart, a Nicky Shorey penalty made it three in the 61st minute. The pain was completed via Scott Goldbourne in the 75th minute

P!sh.

Lurching from one crisis to another here, dropping more points that we are picking up and losing goals left right and centre, its now not a chase of can we make the playoffs but more a question of can we avoid the drop?

[rouchie]

Where Eagles dare

How much longer can this incredible run go on? Surely Palace will lose this month, they face premiership giants Arsenal in the Carling Cup Quarter Finals, and fellow EFB Managers Rob Perry’s Cardiff at Ninian Park and Steff Browning’s Blades at Bramall Lane in the Championship, some tough games

Watford V Palace

4th December 2005

A trip to Vicarage Road and Jon Macken was on fire for this one! He has been in impressive form lately, but he was sizzling for this fixture. Despite Watford taking the lead in the 4th Minute when Bouzza headed home, the team recovered well and Macken put palace on level terms less than 10 minutes later. He struck again before 20 minutes of the game had passed to give the visitors the lead, and Jobi McAnuff stretched the lead with a well taken goal just past the half hour. The second half was the same story with Palace continuing to dominate, and Jon Macken rounded off a Man of the Match performance with his hatrick just after the hour mark. A rare blunder from Leigertwood led to a brief glimmer of hope for Watford as he put the ball into his own net, but another own goal , this time from Malkay Mackay into the Watford goal, put paid to that. The crowd were going mad and singing out the managers name and a huige cheer went up as he acknowledged the travelling fans

Watford 2 Palace 5

Palace Scorers : Macken (13, 19, 64) McAnuff (32) Mackay (OG 77)

Watford Scorers : Bouzza (4) Leigertwood (OG 67)

Att : 14843

MOM : Jon Macken (Crystal Palace)

Crystal Palace Vs Leicester

10th December 2005

At home to the jug eared ones beloved club, and it was pretty much the same story as it has been for the majority of the season, Palace outfoxed the foxes. Gottwald scored first, then Macken made it 2-0 just before half an hour had passed. Macken is in the form of his life at the moment and he was everywhere screaming for the ball, driving the other players on, and it was no surprise when he received the man of the match award for the second successive game! Soares buried the game with a goal of the highest quality just after the hour. The only surprise (Surprise! ) was when Sylla grabbed a late consolation goal for the visitors

Palace 3 Leicester 1

Palace Scorers : Gottwald (7) Macken (28) Soares (61)

Leicester Scorers : Sylla (88)

Att : 26479

MOM : Jon Macken (Crystal Palace)

Sheffield United Vs Crystal Palace

13th December 2005

Steff Browning and his Blades played host for this encounter (and yes I did check it was Steff this time, although he mysteriously disappeared from the dugout early in the game). Kabba scored the opening goal and sent the home fans into raptures as he rushed towards them to celebrate! Palace struggled and could not get the equaliser in the first half. The second half saw Jon Macken ignite the game with a superb goal to level the score. Try as he might though he could not get the winner, and Palace had to be content with a share of the points which was perhaps a tad generous to the home side , although Jon Macken maintained his recent run of Man of the Match displays and picked up the award for the third time in a row!

Sheff Utd 1 Palace 1

Palace Scorers : Macken (62)

Sheff Utd Scorers : Kabba (6)

Att : 21481

MOM : Jon Macken (Crystal Palace)

Cardiff Vs Crystal Palace

26th November 2005

With the teams confidence taking a bit of a knock after dropping points at lowly Sheffield United, they had to travel to Ninian Park and face a resurgent Cardiff managed by fellow EFB’er Rob Perry. mackens superb run continued with less than a minute on the clock Macken put the visitors ahead and stunned the home fans! Tom Soares doubled the lead when he scored in the 36th minute and Cardiff were looking overwhelmed! Ebiede pulled one back for the bluebirds just after the restart, but a moment of Macken Magic put the result beyond doubt 2 minutes later and sealed Mackens 4th Successive Man of the Match Magnum! It has been rumoured that the manager, Paul Rouch, is confiscating the champagne from the lads and drinking it on their behalf so that they can concentrate on winning the Championship! This has yet to be substantiated though

Cardiff 1 Palace 3

Palace Scorers : Macken (1, 48) Soares (36)

Cardiff Scorers : Ebiede (46)

Att : 18176

MOM : Jon Macken (Crystal Palace)

Arsenal Vs Crystal Palace

20th December 2005 – Carling Cup Quarter Final

The big day is here and the players, staff and fans are all up for this game, their biggest of their season, at Highbury against the premiership giants Arsenal! A place in the two legged semi finals of the Carling cup beckons for the winner of this tie, and Palace fans are dreaming of Promotion and a final! The first half saw Palace pinned back in their own half in a very defensive mode as Arsenal’s free flowing attacking style took a hold of the game. Richie Foran had to go off injured after 7 minutes which must have upset the game plan for the team! The second half however was a different kettle of fish, as the team seemed transformed after what must have been one hell of a half time chat from their manager!! Man of the moment Jon Macken struck first sending shockwaves through Highbury! He rant to the palace supporters and screamed in ecstasy! The Highbury library become a cacophony of noise as the travelling fans started to party! But little did they realise that the whole night was going to get better and better! Jobi McAnuff put Palace into wonderland as he put them two ahead and then in the space of two minutes, with the smile of the last goal still on the visiting fans faces Jon Macken rounded off a superb evening and his own fine performance with a second goal for him and the clubs third goal of the night Even the most foolhardy gamblers would not have taken a punt on this score (even you Sandy!) The Rsenal players looked devastated and could not believe what was happening to them, the Eagles fans were taunting the Gunners with the chant of “Premier league? Yer ‘aving a laugh!†Kerrea Gilbert then sealed a night of misery for the gooners when he got himself sent off with only 3 minutes left. When the whistle went Paul Rouch quickly shook hands with Arsene Wenger then sprinted on to the pitch to congratulate his team and celebrate with the fans who were by now chanting “Paul Rouch’s Barmy Army†Although 3-0 was flattering scoreline no one was going to take anything away from the team, except Fitz Hall, who had his Man of the Match Magnum of champagne taken away by the manager!

Arsenal 0 Palace 3

Palace Scorers : Macken (67, 77) McAnuff (75)

Att : 38379

MOM : Fitz Hall (Crystal Palace)

Crystal Palace Vs Hull

26th December 2005

After the Lord Mayors Show! The 3-0 drubbing of Arsenal had taken a lot out of the team, and some looked like they had celebrated the win a bit too much! This was a dull uneventful game which wont live long in the memory of anyone who saw it, but after the momentous game against Arsenal, yo could forgive them for not being at the races for this one! A goal less bore draw.

Palace 0 Hull 0

Att : 17569

MOM : Tom Soares (Crystal Palace)

Southampton Vs Crystal Palace

28th December 2005

A trip to St Marys and Andy Hepburn’s Southampton, but with the in form Jon Macken injured and a number of other key players on the sick list, some pundits were pointing at this fixture as the one where Palace’s remarkable run could be halted! The early signs were good for the Eagles however, especially when Marcus Berg put the visitors ahead mid way through the first half. Palace continued to dominate but were unable to put the Saints to the sword and paid the price when late on in the second half Kenwyne Jones equalised for the home side and earned a very undeserved point for the scummers.

Southampton 1 Palace 1

Palace Scorers : Berg (27)

Southampton Scorers : Jones (81)

Att : 24259

MOM : Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)

Awards

It was no surprise when Jon Macken received the Player of the month award after his recent run of Man of the match performances! It was also especially rewarding to see Tom Soares picking up the young player of the month award again, his performances have been consistently good and a pleasure top watch

Position

Top 12 points clear of 2nd place Wolves

Top Scorer

Jon Macken – 20

Top rated player

Jon Macken – 7.85

[Andy H]

Rouchie for Champions league glory next season and he will not even be in the competition!!!!

[rouchie]

well u have moved in to 2nd m8, and I couldn't beat you so.....

[RedStar101]

Reading Report

Session Date: 11th April 2006

Results

Cardiff 2 vs 2 Reading

Cardiff Scorers: Emmanuel Ebiede (15) & Zizi Roberts (71)

Reading Scorers: Ivar Ingimarsson (34) & Dave Kitson (Pen 90)

Attendance: 16,361

MOM: Ivar Ingimarsson (Reading)

Close match this, I was lucky enough to get away with this draw with Kitson saving me with a 90th minute penalty after Ingimarsson scored his first goal of the season before Cardiff scored their two goals.

Southampton 4 vs 3 Reading

Southampton Scorers: Steven Naismith (51), Kenwyne Jones (70 & 81) & Stephen Murray (73)

Reading Scorers: Dave Kitson (13, 19) & Stephen Hunt (90)

Attendance: 24,360

MOM: Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)

A game we deserved to lose, having gone 2-0 up in the first half with two goals from Dave Kitson before we conceded 4 goals in the second half to throw the game away. Stephen Hunt did score a late goal but it was not to be.

Reading 2 vs 2 Hull

Reading Scorers: Ibrahima Sonko (6) & Dave Kitson (42)

Hull Scorers: Micah Richards (2) & Billy Paynter (88)

Attendance: 23,230

MOM: Sergio Leite (Hull)

Reading Injuries: John Oster (32) & Graeme Murty (80)

A game we should have won but again the defence let me down in the last 10 minutes of the game. Unfortuntely I was away from keyboard when this game was played but from the look of things it was a close match.

3rd Round

Reading 3 vs 0 Norwich

Reading Scorers: Vincent Pericard (44 & 71), James Harper (66)

Attendance: 16.795

MOM: Vincent Pericard (Reading)

Red Cards: Danny Szetela (Norwich) (90)

Well what can I say, the very player Sandy said was no good scored not only once but twice against his side. Yep you guessed it Vincent Pericard scored the first goal in the 44th minute and then scored again in the 71st minute with James Harp scoring in between the two goals to complete the 3-0 win over Norwich. I sensed a bit of sour grapes from Mister Pettigrew as he didn’t stick around long enough to congratulate me on the win after the match had finished.

Championship Position at end of sessions: 4th

[RedStar101]

Just like to point out that Pericard could have made it a hat trick if it wasn't for the luck of teh Norwich Goalkeeper

[Andy H]

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night.

[steff]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be <STRIKE>man</STRIKE> woman enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[RedStar101]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by steff:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be <STRIKE>man</STRIKE> <STRIKE>woman</STRIKE> PUSSY enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

lol

[Andy H]

The Saints Sun - Oh when the Saints go marching on!!!!

Hepburn's Saints are finally getting into their stride with some impressive performances over the last couple of months and even with Hepburn's absence the team seem to be doing him proud. here is a run down of the latest games from St Mary's.....

Championship

Southampton v Hull - (H) Sat 1st October 2005

Southampton will feel hard done by as they only managed a point from this game when it really should have been three. They had all the chances and all the poessession but could not turn that into goals. Jones and Naismith were misfiring today and Hepburn was left frustrated with only a point as they lose ground on early leaders Crystal Palace.

Final Score - Southampton 0 v 0 Hull

Att - 18234

MOTM - Damien Delaney (Hull)

Championship

Southampton v Crewe - (H) Sat 15th October 2005

They made up for the last game against Hull, with an astonishingly good performance at home to Crewe. Crewe have a lot of great youngsters in their team but not one of them could get anywhere near a Southampton player. It was chance after chance and almost goal after goal for the Saints as they were relentless against a sorry Crewe defence that did include Billy Jones at the time. Rasiak helped himself to a double and Potter and Jones got one goal each but it really could have been a cricket score.

Final Score - Southampton 4 v 0 Crewe

Goals - Southampton - Rasiak (22,37), Jones (32), Potter (88)

Att - 17667

MOTM - Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton)

After a meeting with chairman Rupert Lowe, who was desperate to keep Hepburn at the club they both decided that young Hepburn needed a much needed week away in the sunshine of Tenerife to take his mind off football and recharge the batteries as he was starting to feel the effects of football management. Lowe granted his wish left Hepburn's assistant in charge who did really well while Hepburn was away. Here is how he did.....

QPR v Southampton - (A) Tues 18th October 2005

Final Score - QPR 2 v 0 Southampton

Burnley v Southampton - (A) Sat 22nd October 2005

Final Score - Burnley 0 v 0 Southampton

Wolves v Southampton - (A) Wed 26th October 2005 in the Carling Cup

Final Score - Wolves 1 v 0 Southampton

Southampton v Preston - (H) Sat 29th October 2005

Final Score - Southampton 2 v 1 Preston

Southampton v Leeds - (H) Tues 1st November 2005

Final Score - Southampton 2 v 1 Leeds

Norwich v Southampton - (A) Sat 5th November 2005

Final Score - Norwich 1 v 1 Southampton

Southampton v Luton - (H) Sat 19th November 2005

Final Score - Southampton 2 v 0 Luton

Coventry v Southampton - (A) Sat 26th November 2005

Final Score - Coventry 1 v 0 Southampton

Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday - (H) Sat 3rd December 2005

Final Score - Southampton 1 v 0 Sheffield Wednesday

Derby v Southampton - (A) Sat 10th December 2005

Final Score - Derby 1 v 3 Southampton

Wolves v Southampton - (H) Tues 13th December 2005

Final Score - Southampton 3 v 1 Wolves

Southampton v Plymouth - (H) Sun 18th December 2005

Final Score - Southampton 0 v 0 Plymouth

Millwall v Southampton - (H) Mon 26th December 2005

Final Score - Southampton 4 v 1 Millwall

It has been an impressive run of form for Southampton under Hepburn's assistant who has led them on an elven game unbeaten run taking the scalps of Wolves and Leeds along the way. It has seen them shoot into fourth spot only a couple of points behind second placed Wolves and Reading. Lets hope now Hepburn is back in charge that he can push the Saints into second place at least and gain automatic promotion back to the Premiership.

[Jambo4eva]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dont think i should of joined the game tbh lol. Was kinda wrecked and just fell asleep half way through the game then just switched the power off my comp basically and well done .

[Andy H]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jambo4eva:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dont think i should of joined the game tbh lol. Was kinda wrecked and just fell asleep half way through the game then just switched the power off my comp basically and well done . </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

But you were in mirc after the game and said you were away to sleep!!

[Jambo4eva]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jambo4eva:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dont think i should of joined the game tbh lol. Was kinda wrecked and just fell asleep half way through the game then just switched the power off my comp basically and well done . </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

But you were in mirc after the game and said you were away to sleep!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yea i woke up i think mty exact words were "I need sleep" , remember i said i could be late/not make it on Thursday . Not to sure yet , will just have to see

[Andy H]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jambo4eva:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jambo4eva:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dont think i should of joined the game tbh lol. Was kinda wrecked and just fell asleep half way through the game then just switched the power off my comp basically and well done . </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

But you were in mirc after the game and said you were away to sleep!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yea i woke up i think mty exact words were "I need sleep" , remember i said i could be late/not make it on Thursday . Not to sure yet , will just have to see </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ok Sandy no problem.

[ChefRobGaming]

Tony really did a number of sandy he now cant turn up for the next session conviniently (sp) haha

cant stand the heat get the **** out the kitchen sandy \o/

[steff]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jambo4eva:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jambo4eva:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dont think i should of joined the game tbh lol. Was kinda wrecked and just fell asleep half way through the game then just switched the power off my comp basically and well done . </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

But you were in mirc after the game and said you were away to sleep!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yea i woke up i think mty exact words were "I need sleep" , remember i said i could be late/not make it on Thursday . Not to sure yet , will just have to see </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not turning up because Tony beat you

[RedStar101]

Hey cause its a Bank Holiday tomorrow why don't we play till the end of the season in tonights session.

Just a thought.

[RedStar101]

PPS I want to give Pericard another chance to put 3 more goals in the back of Norwich's net

[Andy H]

Yeah and yet some of us are still working!!!!

Damn Glasgow City Council!!!!!

[ChefRobGaming]

Id move if I was you andy haha

[rouchie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RedStar101:

Hey cause its a Bank Holiday tomorrow why don't we play till the end of the season in tonights session.

Just a thought. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm happy to play a bit later than usual, no work tomorrow

[rouchie]

Oh and Tony, nice reports mate

[rouchie]

Started another page

[ChefRobGaming]

Can start a bit earlier if you want as well lads nothing going on today

Im always off haha

[ChefRobGaming]

Vs

Cardiff City 2 Reading 2

Both teams came out firing in this one Ebiede opened for the home side after 15mins but Ingimarsson would make it 1-1 on 34mins Zizi Roberts made it 2-1 to Cardiff and it looked like the shock was on the cards only for referee Trevor Parkes to award Reading a late penalty which they converted and would leave Ninian Park with a share of the spoils

Attendance 16361

MOM Ingmarsson 8

Trevor Parkes

January Transfer Window Moves At Cardiff

IN

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Elpidio Silva from Derby Co 1k

Dene Shields from Gretna 10k

Sam Sodje from Brentford 100k

Andrew Frampton from Brentford 50k

Jorgen Petterson from Landstkrona 325k

Fatmir Pupalovic from Mainz 110k

Dean Smith from Chelsea 80k

Joe Karl Pierre FanFan from Rangers 24k

Yannick Zambernardi from Dunfermline 140k

Rob Stier from Werder Bremen 95k

Robbie Stockdale from Hull City 2k </pre>

OUT

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Sebastien Hoeneck to Brighton 35k

Phil Mulryne to Stoke 200k

Martyn Margetson to Colchester 80k </pre>

Vs

Cardiff City 4 Ipswich Town 2

Roberts opened for Cardiff from a curling corner take by Sodje,his would then add a 2nd on 28mins from close range, Williams would pull one back on 35mins then Silva made it 3-1 with a simple tap in at the back post after some great work from Roberts, Westlake would score again for Ipswich on 76mins but it was Silva who sealed his debut with another goal on 83mins a lovely wedge of the area strike

Attendance 14433

MOM Mirko Hrgovic 8

Referee Trevor Parkes

Vs

Stoke City 2 Cardiff City 0

Mulryne would make his debut vs his old club in this one and a very good debut it was he set up the first from Hoefkers on 24mins and then scored one on 27mins to give the home side the deserved 3points

Attendance 21363

MOM Josip Skoko 10

Referee Kevin Friend

3rd Round

Vs

Cardiff City 7 Notts County 0

Best performance from Cardiff since Perry took over they totally dominated County from the kick off Silva opened on 8mins Ediebe made it 2-0 on 24mins, Flurry 3-0 on 29mins thats how it stayed till after half time, then Cardiff set about terrorising the County defence one more time Unsworth would make it 4-0 on 52mins 3mins later Flurry added his 2nd of the game, Lawson added another on the hour before Silva finished Notts County with a 88min penalty

Attendance 8452

MOM David Unsworth 10

Referee Eddie Ilderton

Stay tuned for more from The Bluebird TWEET TWEET!!!! haha

[Jambo4eva]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by US ARSENAL:

Can start a bit earlier if you want as well lads nothing going on today

Im always off haha </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Im here im wrecked and i will play ... ... ...

[steff]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by US ARSENAL:

Can start a bit earlier if you want as well lads nothing going on today

Im always off haha </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Get a job you hippy

[steff]

The rise of the rusty blades!

Things have become a bit of a mightmare around Bramall lane way of late, Players failing to perform, manager failing to perform, then something changed......

Here's a brief look at our recent run of games.

Wednesday 28th December 2005 : Sheff Utd v Stoke : Coca-Cola Championship : 2-0 win

A comfortable win here as we overcame a decent Stoke side, veteran Neil Shipperly opened the scoring in the 20th minute and Steven Kabba grabbed the second on 31mins. On a more sour note goalkeeper Paddy

Kenny went off injured just before the hour mark and will be out of action for at least two months

Monday 2nd January 2006 : Sheff Utd v Watford : Coca-Cola Championship : 1-0 loss

A new year and two new signings making their debut for Sheff Utd, 1.1million pound signing from Crystal Palace, clinton Morrision and 5k siging from Celtic Neil Lennon, sadly they couldn't inspire a win in any way shape or form as we continued in the same vein as we have been going for most of the season, we can't finish our chances!

A 4th minute goal from Marlon King was enough to defeat us when in reality we could have scored 6 or 7 with Clinton Morrison being the biggest culprit of missed chances.

Wednesday 4th January 2006 : Ipswich v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola Championship : 7-0 loss

Right! quite obviously something went badly wrong in my pre match team talk as central defender Leigh Bromby thought he was playing in goal and more worryingly none of my keepers had anything to say about this!

Ipswich didn't take long to take advantage of this chaos! as Alan Lee fired them into a second minute lead and Ian Westlake followed up with the second in the 7th minute. Darren Currie grabbed the third in the tenth minute and this was followed up five minutes later by Westlakes second goal of the match.

After this somehow we managed to keep them at bay until half time!

This didn't last long though as Kevin Horlock fired in the 5th goal for Ipswich right after the restart.

Nicky Forster completed my misery in the final eight minutes with a late double (82mins and 90mins)

Playing a defender in goal, I'm and idiot

Saturday 7th Janauary 2006 : Newcastle v Sheff Utd : FA Cup Third Round : 3-1 loss

Up against Premiership opposition here and it was always going to be a big ask for us to advance to the next round and our chance was effectivley gone after only nine minutes of the match, Shola Ameobi opened the scoring in the 6th minute and Albert Luque killed us off a mere three minutes later, Scotty Parker added the third in the 66th minute and Steven Kabba grabbed a consolation goal for us in the 72nd minute.

One plus though, we did manage to injure Michael Owen \o/

Saturday 14th January 2006: Leicester v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola Championship : 4-1 win

Things didn't start too brightly here for us as Elivs Hammond gave Leicester the lead in the 13th minute. Things went from bad to worse as Derek Geary was sent off for us in the 45th minute.

Our second half performance was a joy to behold though, Cesar Jimenez pulled us level with his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute, two minutes later Jonathan Forte shot us into the lead. The numbers were evened up in the 59th minute as Joey Gudjonsson was sent off for Leicester, cliton Morrison put the result beyond doubt with his first goal for the club in the 89th minute , Forte put the icing on

the cake with his second goal in the 90th minute.

Saturday 21st January 2006: Crewe v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola Championship : 2-0 win

Got off to a great start here as Clinton Morrison fired us into an early lead in the 5th minute, I had hoped we would go on to dominate the match but it wasn't to be as Crewe pushed hard and created many chances themselves, and only some great goalkeeping by Phil Barnes kept our lead intact and right at the death of the match after some great play by Morrison, Steven Kabba was able to slot the ball home to secure all three points.

Tuesday 31st January 2006: Hull v Sheff Utd : Coca-Cola Championship : 3-0 win

We expected a tough game here and the scorline probably flattered us a little bit as Hull did have some great chances in the game only to denied by a man of the match performance from our keeper Phil Barnes.

Michael Tonge opened the scoring in the 38th minute, this was pivotal moment in the match as up until that point either team could have gained the upper hand, the rest of the match became affair until the 77th minute when Steven Kabba unleased a magnificent 30 yard volley into the top right hand corner of the Hull net, Clinton Morrison rounded off the match by converting a penalty kick in the 89th minute.

3 in a row \o/

Saturday 4th February 2006: Sheff Utd v Southampton: Coca-cola Championship: 3-2 loss

Up against one of the promotion favourites here in Andrew Hepburn's Southampton, before the game Hepburn was moaning about the fact his strikers were struggling to find the net, well they found the net here no problem

Djamel Belmadi opened the scoring for Southampton in the 14th minute and we were lucky to go in all sqaure at half time thanks to a Clinton Morrison goal right on the stroke of half time, which was our only shot on target in the first 45. Second half we played a better game and took the lead through Morrison again in the 63rd minute, our lead was short lived though as Steven "I'm a Kilmarnock reject" Naismith levelled in the 66th minute,

Kenwyne Jones wrapped up the points for Southampton in the 83rd minute.

A better performance but still 3 points dropped

Saturday 11th February 2006: Sheff Utd v Cardiff : Coca-Cola Championship : 4-0 win

Up against fellow under-achiveres here in Cardiff under the crazy guidance of that Anglo-American Rob Perry, Perry had put together a good run of form for his Cardiff side and was looking to extend it here. Clinton Morrison opened the scoring in the 10th minute and followed up 15mins later with the second, Steven Kabba made it 3-0 in the 35th minute. Steven Kabba completed the scoring fun in the 76th minute.

The only sour note of the match from our point of view was the Injury to Phil Barnes that will keep him out for two weeks.

Cardiff will feel more than hard done to as they had more shots on target than us, but still they'll be no bluebirds singing in Sheffield tonight \o/

Tuesday 14th February 2006: Q.P.R v Sheff Utd : Coca-cola Championship : 3-2 win

Not a very happy Valentines day for Q.P.R here are they were brushed aside in a manner that the scorline failed to reflect accruatley, Michael Tonge fired us into the lead in the 14th minute, Gareth Ainsworth levelled things up six minutes later but their relief lasted only two minutes as Garry Flitcroft put us back into the lead in the 22nd minute, Steven kabba extended the lead even futher on the hour mark, Marc

Nygaard pulled one back for Q.P.R in the 83rd minute but out defence just shut up shop after that and saw the game out \o/

So things are looking up here!

Not losing anywhere near the ammount of game we where earlier in the season, playoff hope still alive?

[Andy H]

First you buy a guy who has a global ban for like forever and then you put a defender in goals. Steff you going for the title of biggest headcase in EFB history? I think so!!!

[steff]

In my (poor) defence, I clicked on the guy at the top of the page assuming it was my goalkeeper (I should have scrolled up to get to the keepers) and away I went.

At least I can laugh about it

[ChefRobGaming]

Vs

Watford 0 Cardiff City 2

Cardiffs up and down season continued here this time with a well deserved win, Roberts opened after 9mins before Hrgovic made it 2-0 on 32mins second half was a half with very few if any chances

Attendance 19013

MOM Mirko Hrgovic 9

Refere Trevor Parkes (3rd time in a row FA HATES ME)

IN

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Johannes Djourou from Arsenal 875k over 24months

Joe Murphy from Sunderland 230k

Sebastian Larsson from Arsenal 375k over 24months

DJ Campbell from Birmingham 400k </pre>

OUT

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Joe Ledley on loan to Swindon Town 3months

Paul Parry to Blackpool 90k

Mamadou Diallo to Al-Nassr 22k </pre>

Sky Sports Cameras where at Cardiff for this visit of Leicester City,Commentators where Andy Gray and Chris Kamara

Vs

Cardiff City 3 Leicester City 0

Ebiede would score a Hatrick in this one 46,61,78mins and Alan Maybury would be sent off for punching Pettersson on the 73min, The Fa are going to look at video of this incident more to follow...

Attendance 19140

MOM Ebiede 10

Referee Paul Armstrong

4th Round

Vs

Birmingham City 2 Cardiff City 1

Chris Sutton was on fire in this one he ran all over the pitch today he opened the scoring after 23mins before Zizi Roberts would make it 1-1 n 31mins thats how it would stay at half time, 2mins from the restarts Sutton was in the right place at the right time yet again with a lovely taken goal from 25yards out left Cardiffs keeping stranded as he came out to collect

Attendance 10692

MOM Julian Gray 9

Referee Lee Mason

Vs

Crewe Alexandra 1 Cardiff City 0

Cardiff still smarting from an unlucky 2-1 loss in the Fa Cup came to Crewe and left with nothing Rix got the only goal in this one 3mins before half time when he broke the offside trap and slotted it past Murphy

Attendance 6936

MOM Tony Tonkin 9

Referee Andy Woolmer

Vs

Cardiff City 0 Hull City 0

The Commentators summed this one up A bore draw........

Attendance 17570

MOM David Jones 7

Referee Kevin Friend

Vs

Cardiff City 0 Sheff Utd 4

Cardiff started the day 1 place above Steff's Sheff Utd but by the end of the day oh how things changed, what a performance by Utd in this one they showed they really where up for this Clinton Morrison scored a double within 26mins 10 and 25min Jagielka added the third and Kabba killed off Cardiff after 76mins with the final goal of the game

Attendance 23239

MOM Phil Barnes 9

Referee Graham Salisbury

Vs

Southampton 3 Cardiff City 2

Mariah Pahars opened on 10mins for Southampton in this one Roberts made it 1-1 on 18mins, then Ken Jones scored 2 great goals on 40,59mins befor Sodje would head home on 62mins from a corner and thats how this one would end, Andy Hepburns saints came away with the 3points in this one but Cardiff put up a good battle

Attendance 18155

MOM Zizi Roberts 8

Referee Mark Warren

Stay tuned for more from Ninian Park I think the TWEET TWEET has being taken out of the bluebirds at the moment.

[Andy H]

The tweet tweet should never have begun Rob!!!!

[ChefRobGaming]

haha thought you would be the one to reply to that

[RedStar101]

Reading Report

Session Date: 13th April 2006

Results

Reading 1 vs 0 Q.P.R

Reading Scorer: Dave Kitson (86)

Attendance: 24,106

MOM: Lee Cook (Q.P.R)

Good match from both sides but it all came to a head when Dave Kitson scored a late 86th minute goal, is the striker perhaps returning to form?

Leeds 1 vs 3 Reading

Leeds Scorer: Eddie Lewis (47)

Reading Scorers: Vincent Pericard (22 & 61) & Scott Golbourne (90)

Attendance: 28,861

MOM: Scott Golbourne (Reading)

Reading Injuries: Vincent Pericard (70)

Red Cards: Aaron Brown (Reading)

A game we won comfortably, although Aaron Brown didn’t help things by getting sent off early in the game, Vincent Pericard scored two brilliant goals to cement his status as the clubs top scorer, Scott Golbourne scored another goal to cement his first team position.

4th Round

Reading 0 vs 1 Wolves

Wolves Scorer: Mark Kennedy (4)

Attendance: 24,070

MOM: Stefan Postma (Wolves)

Disappointed to be kicked out of the FA Cup by a side who I believe were not the superior side in this match. Wolves scored a flukey 4th minute goal and then were forced to defend as Reading unleashed attack after attack on their goal but the 11 people in the Wolves defence kept the score line at 0-1 in Wolves favour leaving Reading to concentrate solely on promotion to the premiership.

Preston 2 vs 3 Reading

Preston Scorers: Dave Nugent (45) & Paul McKenna (56)

Reading Scorers: Glen Little (25) & Vincent Pericard (38 & 72)

Attendance: 17,801

MOM: Steve Sidwell (Reading)

A very close match between the two sides after Reading went 2-0 up only to concede 2 sloppy goals but Vincent Pericard came to Reading’s rescue again to add his second goal of the game to end the match on a 2-3 scoreline in Reading’s favour.

Reading 1 vs 1 Norwich

Reading Scorer: Vincent Pericard (10)

Norwich Scorer: Ryan Jarvis (21)

Attendance: 24,109

MOM: Jurgen Colin (Norwich)

Red Cards: Dickson Etuhu (Norwich) (8)

A game I haven’t got the clue on how we did not win as in my opinion we outplayed Sandy’s Norwich and we had a one man advantage after Dickson Etuhu got himself a straight Red Card in the eighth minute. All I can say is Sandy certainly used the tactics well to put all his players in defence after getting his equaliser. However I do have to say it makes my proud to have Vincent Pericard score another and his third goal against Sandy in a week.

Reading 1 vs 0 Burnley

Reading Scorers: Vincent Pericard (86)

Attendance: 23,597

MOM: Steve Sidwell (Reading)

What can I say close match but yet again Vincent Pericard scores a late goal to give us the match. Pericard is having a stormer of a season at Reading and I hope that if we go up he can take the Premiership by storm as well.

Luton 1 vs 4 Reading

Luton Scorer: Kevin Nicholls (15)

Reading Scorers: Dave Kitson (9 & 78), Leroy Lita (48) & Glen Little (90)

Attendance: 10,458

MOM: Glen Little (Reading)

Red Cards: David Bell (Luton) (30)

Reading are certainly on the promotion drive and with this result it will just give the players even more confidence of promotion. I decided to give Pericard a rest for this match and by the looks of the score line the team didn’t miss him as Leroy Lita returned from injury to score a goal and Dave Kitson returned to form and scored two goals and Glen Little scored from a wonderfully taken free kick.

Reading 2 vs 0 Coventry

Reading Scorers: Dave Kitson (Pen 9 & 12)

Attendance: 24,083

MOM: Dave Kitson (Reading)

Red Cards: Robert Page (Coventry) (69)

Dave Kitson has definitely returned to form, with his two goals Coventry didn’t have anything to answer to them so with this result it puts us up into 2nd and my hope of automatic promotion to the premiership is intact. I think 1st place is out of the question as Palace are unseemingly unstoppable and its out of Reading, Southampton and Wolves to get 2nd position.

Championship Position at end of session: 2nd

[Andy H]

Ach Tony you won't be second for very much longer as my Saints will be there come the end of the season!!!

[Andy H]

I fecking hate computers!!!! I have now tried twice to do my update and twice damn sh!tty internet explorer crashes on me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rouchie]

get Mozilla firefox m8

[Andy H]

Got it and it looks much better already!!

[ChefRobGaming]

n00b host of the year and cant get his update right I ask ya

hehe

[Andy H]

I tell ya ever since i won all those awards the whole interneting world is out to get me!!!!

They are just jealous of my landslide victory at the awards, never to be repeated!!!

[Goldy]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

I tell ya ever since i won all those awards the whole interneting world is out to get me!!!!

They are just jealous of my landslide victory at the awards, never to be repeated!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shame your FM skills arnt upto the same level eh!

[RedStar101]

Andy_H up for nomination for Worst FM2006 Manager for 2007?

[Andy H]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Goldy:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

I tell ya ever since i won all those awards the whole interneting world is out to get me!!!!

They are just jealous of my landslide victory at the awards, never to be repeated!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shame your FM skills arnt upto the same level eh! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Says the man too scared to rejoin EFB because he knows everyone would hammer him as he had no way to edit the database!!!

[RedStar101]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Goldy:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy H:

I tell ya ever since i won all those awards the whole interneting world is out to get me!!!!

They are just jealous of my landslide victory at the awards, never to be repeated!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shame your FM skills arnt upto the same level eh! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Says the man too scared to rejoin EFB because he knows everyone would hammer him as he had no way to edit the database!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Come on Gold you have to answer that challenge now, rejoin EFB and put your skills where your mouth is.

[rouchie]

Where Eagles dare

So we approach the new year and with so much to look forward to for the Palace fans. A league Cup Semi Final against Man City and an FA cup match against Man United! An unbeaten run still in the league with Palace staring automatic promotion and a championship win in the face… oh happy days!!

Leeds Vs Palace

2nd January 2006

A slow start for both sides but Palace got going in the second half and really took Leeds apart in front of their own fans! Michal Gottwald scored the first goal just before the hour and that kick started a massacre! Andy Johnson and Tom Soares both scored within 3 minutes of each other and AJ got the final goal with only seconds left on the refs watch. A fine way to start the new year, and to cap it all off, Danny Granville picked up the Man of the Match award

Leeds 0 Palace 4

Palace Scorers : Gottwald (56) Johnson(73, 89) Soares (76)

Att : 28537

MOM : Danny Granville (Crystal Palace)

Crystal Palace Vs QPR

4th January 2006

Another slow starting game but unlike the Leeds one, this one never got going and a single strike from the goal machine that is AJ was enough to give Palace the three points, Danny Granville picked up a second successive Man of the Match magnum too

Palace 1 QPR 0

Palace Scorers : Johnson (63)

Att : 26481

MOM : Danny Granville (Crystal Palace)

Man U Vs Palace

7th January 2006 – FA Cup 3rd Round

A day out at the Theatre of Dreams, and not even the most ardent Eagles fan could have dreamed of the result from this game!! The third game of the year with no goals in the first half burst into life in the second half! Gottwald got the fans singing with a superb strike immediately after the restart and Richie Foran had them feeling “Glad All Over†when he doubled the advantage to really wind up the OT faithful. Man U were not likely to give up that easy though but despite their best efforts they were unable to get back into the game! Tony Popovic confirming that the defensive line plays an important in the Palace success story by grabbing the Man of the Match Champagne as the Palace boys partied hard next to the Prawn sandwich brigade celebrating another famous scalp for this remarkable season

Man U 0 Palace 2

Palace Scorers : Gottwald (46) Foran (60)

Att : 55007

MOM : Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)

Man City Vs Palace

11th January 2006 – Carling Cup Semi Final 1st Leg

After beating City’s more glamorous neighbours, everyone must have felt like this game was a walk in the park for the underdogs! Players included as it turned out The first half was a lesson on how to throw away a seasons hard work allowing Darius Vassell to grab to priceless goals which may have secured a final spot for the blues of City. Palace were unable to respond and now face having to overhaul a 2 goal deficit in the return leg

Man City 2 Palace 0

City Scorers : Vassell (23, 44)

Att : 46445

MOM : Richard Dunne (Man City)

Crystal Palace Vs Burnley

14th January 2006

A penalty after three minutes seemed to set the tone for this match, a clean game with some bizarre and harsh refereeing! Micah Hyde converted the first of three penalties to be awarded in this match, this one for the visiting team. Gottwald converted the next awarded Penalty for the home side and ensured the sides went in level at the half time whistle. Foran netted the third bizarre award of the day while Marcus Berg grabbed the only goal from open play midway through the second half to seal the victory for the Eagles

Palace 3 Burnley 1

Palace Scorers : Gottwald (Pen 21) Foran (Pen 47) Berg (70)

Burnley Scorers : Hyde (Pen 3)

Att : 18349

MOM : Marcus Berg (Crystal Palace)

Preston Vs Palace

21st January 2006

Well, it had to happen eventually, after losing the unbeaten in all competitions tag to Man City, the Unbeaten in the league title finally fell to a very dour and fortunate Preston! Patrick Agmeyang grabbing the only goal of the game and consigning Palaces record breaking run to the history books

Preston 1 Palace 0

Preston Scorers : Agmeyang (49)

Att : 18743

MOM : Chris Lucketti (Preston)

Crystal Palace Vs Man City

25th January 2006 – League Cup Semi Final Second Leg

A full house for the biggest game of the season (so far!) at Selhurst Park, and although a seemingly impossible task of overturning the 2 goal deficit lay before them, the team were looking very positive, and the crowd were right behind them! Tom Soares sent all the hearts a flutter and gave everyone hope at the close of a very tight first half when he struck home to send the eagles in ahead at the break! In the second half palace camped in the city half but were unable to find that elusive precious second goal and the team slumped to the turf at the final whistle The crowd were fantastic though and sung and danced as if they won, celebrating the journey rather than the final destination

Palace 1 Man City 0 (Palace lose 2-1 on aggregate)

Palace Scorers : Soares (43)

Att : 26483

MOM : Tom Soares (Crystal Palace)

Nottm Forest Vs Palace

28th January 2006

A hectic schedule for January showed no signs of letting up but despite the crushing disappointment of the previous game Palace responded well taking the lead via a well crafted Emmerson Boyce goal which was enough to see Palace to the break with a deserved lead. Jon Macken doubled the advantage mid way through the second half but the lead was halved again almost immediately when the dome headed Dublin pulled one back against the run of play. Super AJ to the rescue with the insurance goal 5 minutes before time to ensure the three points for Palace and another Man of the Match award for his collection

Forest 1Palace 3

Palace Scorers : Boyce(22 ) Macken (71) Johnson (85)

Forest Scorers : Dublin (72)

Att : 16754

MOM : Andy Johnson (Crystal Palace)

Luton Vs Palace

28th January 2006

After a month of disappointments for the Palace faithful, a spectacular finale, with yet another Man of the Match performance from top scorer Andy Johnson, who nabbed 4 goals in this onesided game! Tom Soares opened the goal fest after just 8 minutes, and Gottwald slotted home a penalty less than half an hour later, with Johnson grabbing 2 of his 4 in the final 5 minutes of the half. Morgan pulled a consolation goal back for the home side but all that did was flatter to deceive as Palace finished off the game in clinical style with AJ getting another Brace in the second half and Richie Foran adding his name to the scoresheet as the palace fans went searching for the record books !

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Palace Scorers : Soares (8) Gottwald (Pen 34) Johnson (40, 42, 54, 65) Foran (69)

Luton Scorers : Morgan (45)

Att : 9907

MOM : Andy Johnson (Crystal Palace)

Awards

Tom Soares moved onwards and upwards after last months young player of the month award, he now received the player of the month award, and AJ came in a very close runner up to him again, Paul Rouch also picked up the Manager of the Month award after a bittersweet month

Position

Top

Top Scorer

Andy Johnson – 25

Top rated player

Tom Soares – 7.86

[Andy H]

The Saints Sun - The race for second hots up!!!

Hepburn is now back in charge of the Saints after his break and has consolidated and propelled the Saints into real contention for the runners up spot in the Championship along with Reading and Wolves who are pushing each other all the way. With the league all but over as Palace are so far ahead there is still a lot of interest in the race for second place. Here is a rundown of the latest games in the Saints push for automatic promotion..........

Championship

Southampton v Crystal Palace - (H) Wed 28th December 2005

What a huge game for Hepburn to come back to as runaway league leaders Crystal Palace came to St Mary's intent on keeping their unbeaten run in tact. Hepburn had is own team's unbeaten to think about as well. It was a game that Palace dominated and should have been a few goals up by half time. Luckily for the Saints they only had a Berg goal to show for their efforts. Hepburn was not happy and in the second half it was a different Southampton team. They actually competed and started to make a game of it and got in amongst the Palace players. Rouch's Palace were made to pay for all those misses as Kenwyne Jones popped up with the equaliser for the Saints nine minutes from time to give Southampton an undeserved and lucky point, but hey we'll take it.

Final Score - Southampton 1 v 1 Crystal Palace

Goals - Southampton - Jones (81)

Goals - Palace - Berg (28)

Att - 24259

MOTM - Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)

Championship

Southampton v Reading - (H) Mon 2nd January 2006

Another huge game here as Tony Hall's pormotion chasing Reading came to St Mary's in a game that could go a long way to decide who finishes in second place come the end of the season. This was a funny old game as the Saints dominated the opening stages and yet found themselves 2-0 down at half time due to two Dave Kitson goals. Hepburn was not panicking and knew the goals for the Saints would come. The goals eventually did come and they started to fly in. Naismith got the Saints back into the game with a goal early in the second half. This gave them some belief that they could get something out the game and then two quickfire goals left Reading stunned. Firstly Jones scored in seventy minutes then only three minutes later Murray put Southampton ahead much to the delight of Hepburn and the fans!!! Jones then grabbed his second and Southampton's fourth and there seemed no way back for Reading. They pulled a goal back in injury time but it was not enough in the end as the Saints finally earned a deserved three points.

Final Score - Southampton 4 v 3 Reading

Goals - Southampton - Naismith (51), Jones (70,81), Murray (73)

Goals - Reading - Kitson (13,19), Hunt (90)

Att - 24360

MOTM - Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)

Championship

Brighton v Southampton - (A) Wed 4th January 2006

After two tough home games, Hepburn was glad to see the back of St Mary's as it was off to the beach in Brighton and of course to play some football. The Saints started the game as if they were still on the beach and Brighton took full advantage as Hammond fired them ahead inside two minutes. Hepburn was not too happy and fired his team up and they immediately went on the attack in search of an equaliser. They got the equaliser through Kenwyne Jones and then he quickly got a second to put the Saints in control till half time. Yet again though in the second half Southampton went to sleep at the back and Brighton were level. It was yet another good response from the Saints as they pressed for another goal and Jones fired in his hat trick to put the Saints ahead again. Rasiak then added a fourth to put the icing on the cake for the Saints. Terrific game for the fans but left both managers tearing their hair out!!!!!

Final Score - Brighton 2 v 4 Southampton

Goals - Brighton - Hammond (2), McKenzie (47)

Goals - Southampton - Jones (16,24,77), Rasiak (84)

Att - 5880

MOTM - Kenwyne Jones (Southampton)

FA Cup 3rd Round

Southampton v Barnet - (H) Sun 8th January 2006

After the pressures of the Championship it was a welcome distraction being in the FA Cup as they faced Barnet, looking to cause an upset. Unfortunately for them they found the Saints in formidable form and Barnet were brushed aside with some great attacking football in the first half that saw the Saints score three times through Naismith, Potter and Rasiak. The second half was nothing more than a training exercise although Rasiak did add a fourth but other than that it was all Southampton and they could have ran up a cricket score here if they wanted to!!!

Final Score - Southampton 4 v 0 Barnet

Goals - Southampton - Naismith (5), Potter (19), Rasiak (29,55)

Sent Off - Adam Groves (Barnet)

Att - 15326

MOTM - Stephen Murray (Southampton)

Championship

Stoke City v Southampton - (A) Sat 14th January 2006

A professional and efficent performance from the Saints here, saw them run out comfortable winners in the end as they travelled to Stoke. Rasiak got the Saints off to a great start with a goal in five minutes and they looked to build on this goal but were unable to find a way through until ten minutes from time when Michael Duberry put the ball in his own net. Southampton should have scored more but Hepburn was more than happy with the three points.

Final Score - Stoke City 0 v 2 Southampton

Goals - Southampton - Rasiak (5), Duberry (og,80)

Att - 12278

MOTM - Paul Smith (Southampton)

Championship

Southampton v Ipswich - (H) Sat 21st January 2006

Hepburn was wanting his team to keep this incredible run going and next up was Ipswich at St Marys. It was another game that the Saints dominated from start to finish but were made to pay for a host of missed chances as Ipswich escaped with a draw. Rasiak put the Saints ahead in the second half but right at the death Westlake scored a dramatic equaliser to grab a point.

Final Score - Southampton 1 v 1 Ipswich

Goals - Southampton - Rasiak (53)

Goals - Ipswich - Westlake (90)

Sent Off - Jaime Peters (Ipswich)

Att - 25108

MOTM - Lewis Price (Ipswich)

FA Cup 4th Round

Southampton v WBA - (H) Sat 28th January 2006

It was back to the FA Cup for the Saints where they faced Premiership side WBA in what was going to be a tough game. Southampton produced one of their best performances and Hepburn was absolutely delighted with it. They dominated WBA for long spells and they had no answer to the Saints attacking prowess. Darren Potter was the hero for the Saints as he grabbed two goals. Kenwyne Jones scored a third for the Saints as they were rampant. A fantastic performance from the Saints and well worth their fifth round slot.

Final Score - Southampton 3 v 0 WBA

Goals - Southampton - Potter (pen,23,48), Jones (27)

Att - 15945

MOTM - Paul Smith (Southampton)

Championship

Southampton v Leicester - (H) Tues 31st January 2006

Buoyed by a terrific performance in the FA Cup it was back to the Championship where they faced Leicester City at St Marys. They suffered somewhat of a cup hangover as they were not at their best and yet they should have came away with all three points as they created enough chances but in the end had to settle for a draw. A sloppy opening from the Saints saw Leicester go in front but a wonder goal from Gary McDonald got the Saints back level. In the second half the Saints huffed and puffed but did not have enough to find the winner.

Final Score - Southampton 1 v 1 Leicester

Goals - Southampton - McDonald (42)

Goals - Leicester - Williams (19)

Att - 25286

MOTM - Stephen Hughes (Leicester)

It has been a great spell for the Saints and lets hope it continues for along time to come as they push for automatic promotion.

[rouchie]

Wheres my post from last night I only wanted the first one deleted, not both!!

[Andy H]

Was about to ask the exact same thing!!!

Hope you saved your update mate.