Corky Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 When was the last time that happened? Coca-Cola Cup Final replay, April 16, 1997
Joe Elliot of Def Leppard Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 Hillsborough is now officially sold out for Saturdays match. What happened to the home team at the last highest attendance of the championship season?
tartanowl Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 When was the last time that happened? I'm not sure. What happened to the home team at the last highest attendance of the championship season? They lost to the better side.
Scow Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 Hillsborough is now officially sold out for Saturdays match. I think I read somewhere that Norwich are bringing 6,000 with them? Anyhow, might be a difficult game for you guys, even with Norwich having nothing to play for. Not sure they'll want to piss off their fans after all that travelling.
shen Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 I think I read somewhere that Norwich are bringing 6,000 with them? Anyhow, might be a difficult game for you guys, even with Norwich having nothing to play for. Not sure they'll want to piss off their fans after all that travelling. When does a team ever play for the fans? I hope Norwich will put up a fight because they don't like to lose!
Scow Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 When does a team ever play for the fans? I hope Norwich will put up a fight because they don't like to lose! Who knows? When it suits them I suppose.
Eastern Fox Posted 30 April 2008 Posted 30 April 2008 I hope Norwich will put up a fight because they don't like to lose! It's a shame our players don't share that attitude...
tartanowl Posted 1 May 2008 Posted 1 May 2008 I think I read somewhere that Norwich are bringing 6,000 with them? Anyhow, might be a difficult game for you guys, even with Norwich having nothing to play for. Not sure they'll want to piss off their fans after all that travelling. They'd sold 4000 the last time I checked. So that leaves another 2000 available. I'm hoping they'll sell out. It's Huckerby & Dublin's last games for them and it'd be great if it was a complete sell out. When does a team ever play for the fans? I hope Norwich will put up a fight because they don't like to lose! They've got quite used to it against us recently.
Linekars Love Child Posted 1 May 2008 Posted 1 May 2008 we should have done what cov done but the damage has already been done we should have sacked holloway and got dowie or adams in to be honest dowie would have been my choice he loves buying very good kids who will mature in about 15 years. adams would also be a decent choice he would bring a goal threat back to the team by buying some of our great strikers like trevor benjamin and ade akinbyi players who we can lump the ball up to when in trouble which is all time!!!!!!
Zingari Posted 2 May 2008 Posted 2 May 2008 What do Plymouth, Charlton, QPR, Preston, Burnley, Norwich and Barnsley have in common? last game of the season and these are the only clubs with nothing to play for , quite remarkable really
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 2 May 2008 Posted 2 May 2008 This week has been cruel im having a nervous break down
Chimp Posted 2 May 2008 Posted 2 May 2008 we should have done what cov done but the damage has already been done we should have sacked holloway and got dowie or adams in to be honest dowie would have been my choice he loves buying very good kids who will mature in about 15 years. adams would also be a decent choice he would bring a goal threat back to the team by buying some of our great strikers like trevor benjamin and ade akinbyi players who we can lump the ball up to when in trouble which is all time!!!!!! I advise...
Fat Ron Posted 2 May 2008 Posted 2 May 2008 we should have done what cov done but the damage has already been done we should have sacked holloway and got dowie or adams in to be honest dowie would have been my choice he loves buying very good kids who will mature in about 15 years. adams would also be a decent choice he would bring a goal threat back to the team by buying some of our great strikers like trevor benjamin and ade akinbyi players who we can lump the ball up to when in trouble which is all time!!!!!! I sincerly hope this was a joke..
davieG Posted 3 May 2008 Author Posted 3 May 2008 Telegraph Coventry, Leicester, Southampton on the brink By Martin Smith Last Updated: 12:40am BST 03/05/2008 Have your say Read comments Micky Adams played for Southampton and managed Coventry and Leicester. Here, he looks at his old clubs’ chances of avoiding relegation tomorrow. Coventry City In only one of the seven seasons since they were relegated from the Premier League have Coventry looked serious contenders to return. "They've not really spent a fantastic amount of money trying to get back," says Micky Adams. "Maybe that will be different now Ray Ranson's come in with his consortium." Championship: Club-by-club latest news, results, fixtures and table Ranson terminated Iain Dowie's contract as manager soon after he arrived over a difference of opinion, and replaced him with Chris Coleman. "Ray understands the game because he's played it," Adams says. "But I expected them to get better results under Chris than they have. So the players have not really performed to their capabilities." Adams Verdict: It is important they stay in the division as with Ray Ranson’s financial backing, they can return to the Premier League. Leicester City In Ian Holloway, Milan Mandaric is on his third manager of the season, and that has not helped stability. Martin Allen went before the end of August, and Gary Megson was not there much longer when Bolton came in for him. Adams believes Mandaric should have insisted Megson stayed. <li>The Run-in: Going up, going down"They looked as if they had turned the corner under Gary; they looked organised and well drilled." Adams says. "Gary hadn't had a job, like me, for something like 18 months, and Milan should have said, 'No, sorry, you're my manager. I've employed you, I've taken the risk after you were unemployed, you're staying here. I don't care about Bolton'." Adams Verdict: I fear for Leicester most as they have to go to Stoke, who have to win or draw to go up, and they’re not going to let that go easily Southampton Southampton have slipped badly after reaching the play-offs 12 months ago. "There's something gone drastically wrong there," Adams says. "When you look at the squads of Leicester, Coventry and Southampton, you'd take Southampton's squad any day. They have under-performed and under-achieved." <li>Football fans' forumThe departure of George Burley had a huge impact, especially as it took four weeks to bring in Nigel Pearson, during which time they went from play-off candidates to relegation fodder. "The board are to blame," Adams says, "because they weren't decisive enough. They should have had someone lined up to take over before George left. Adams Verdict: I can see them winning even though Sheffield United have got a little sniff of the play-offs. Blackpool Looked to have made a decent start to the season after winning the League One play-offs last year, and were handily placed to make a challenge for the Championship play-offs at the beginning of March. A subsequent run of one win in 10 leaves Simon Grayson’s men requiring a point to be safe. Sheff Wednesday Among the pre-season favourites for promotion after a strong finish to last year. However, they lost their first six games of this season, an unwanted club record, and have barely recovered under Brian Laws. Their win at Leicester last week, though, has provided them with a chance. What if... One team from Blackpool, Coventry, Sheffield Wednesday, Leicester and Southampton must accompany S****horpe and Colchester into League One. With two points covering the clubs, and goal difference close for all but Southampton, the five need to win to give themselves a chance of surviving, and then hope that one or more of the others slip up. Key games BLACKPOOL v Watford Charlton v COVENTRY SHEFF WED v Norwich Stoke v LEICESTER SOUTHAMPTON v Sheff Utd What’s at stake? In excess of £1 million Though not as big a differential as dropping out of the Premier League, relegation from the Championship is still a big deal financially. According to Football League figures, a Championship club could expect to receive around £1.5 million a year from sponsorship, television and 'solidarity’ payments, compared to around £500,000 in League One. That is before taking into account smaller crowds and reduced revenue from playing in the third tier.
step Posted 3 May 2008 Posted 3 May 2008 Options to stay up Leicester lose, Southampton lose. We stay up Leicester draw, Southampton lose or draw or Shef Wed lose. We stay up leicester win, We stay up. Statistically. The most likely outcome is that Leicester and southampton lose
IloveSOHOFOX Posted 3 May 2008 Posted 3 May 2008 FROM MY LORD THE SOHO FOX (Bentleys): SohoFox Posted on 03/05/2008 18:47 Email this Message | Reply I've Only Ever Prayed To The Almighty Once To help LCFC. 1997. Our last home game. At night. Home to Sheff Wed. We had had such a great season what with winning the CC Cup. But things were still looking grim in the league. Previous Saturday morning KO great draw 2-2 at home with Man U. But in the afternoon results went against us. So we were stuck on 41 points. Still could have gone down. I prayed to The Lord that if we could win and just stay up another season I promised I'd never ask another thing from him again. Matty Elliott scored the only goal of the game late on. We were safe. As it happened we slaughtered Blackburn away to finish 9th. But it didn't look like that a few days earlier. And I've never asked for another thing from him since. How does it go? "Our Father Which art in Heaven . . . "" Its All True.
Uncle Albert Posted 29 March 2009 Posted 29 March 2009 What a difference a year makes. This time last year we were one Relegation Watch and now we are on Promotion Watch.
Matt Posted 29 March 2009 Posted 29 March 2009 What a difference a year makes.This time last year we were one Relegation Watch and now we are on Promotion Watch. Currently both as worrying as each other in different ways though, The fact we can so easily fook promotion up when we should have wrapped this league up, Promotion atleast by the end of Feburary, Mid/End March IMO looking at our lead and we have slowly chucked the lead away is so frustrating! Again though if we win next Saturday our whole mind-set changes again.
Uncle Albert Posted 29 March 2009 Posted 29 March 2009 Again though if we win next Saturday our whole mind-set changes again. Another worrying note, alot of us said that about a few games last season at the end. We will win the League mark my words.
Matt Posted 29 March 2009 Posted 29 March 2009 Another worrying note, alot of us said that about a few games last season at the end. We will win the League mark my words. My heart says we will finish 2nd, Maybe even 3rd (), My head says we will scrape through and win the league - Not by ourselves though, I think we will throw the 4 point gap away (Losing to Leeds, Drawing or Losing to Scunny) but Peterborough will slip up and thus us winning the league. We really don't do it the easy way or do ourselves any favours do we?!
Uncle Albert Posted 29 March 2009 Posted 29 March 2009 We really don't do it the easy way or do ourselves any favours do we?! After reading this thread again, no.
maddog Posted 29 March 2009 Posted 29 March 2009 13 Hull 30 -17 33 14 Sunderland 30 -10 32 15 Portsmouth 29 -14 32 16 Stoke 30 -18 32 17 Blackburn 30 -16 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Newcastle 30 -13 29 Premiership relegation watch I think we will definately be playing Middlesbrough and West Brom next season, and any 1 of those 6 teams.
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