Results Update

[johntheclaret]

DA, his name should be blocked by the swear filter on this thing ... Watching him get Reina Red-Carded last year is one of the lowest individual acts in sport I've seen, I'd support Everton before I said anything decent about that pr!ck!!

Absolutely agree CP DA. Souldn't be allowed to have 'Footballer' as has job title. Between him and J Cole, definitely giving Chelski, EPL and football in general a bad name.

[johntheclaret]

Sunderland 1 - 1 Clarets.
Sunderland awared the softest, dodgiest penalty I have ever seen anywhere. 45,000 crowd definitely swayed the ref. Not saying this because I'm a Burnley fan, it really was a joke. Anyway, the Beast pulled off a great save and justice was done.
At the other end Burnley awarded a penalty. Also a bit dodgy, not like the joke at the other end mind (maybe the ref was feeling guilty). Andy Gray put it away 1 - 1.
All the cats for 25 mins then all clarets for last 20.
Half Time Cats 1 - 1 Clarets

Revised

55 mins gone

Clarets went 2 - 1 up after scorcher of a goal from Elliot. You just gotta se this one.

Now Sunderland 2 - 2 Clarets. Yet again p1ss poor ref gives the Cats a soft penalty. Worried now every time a Mackem goes down in the box. 45,000 scream penalty and the ref duly obliges

Revised

Sunderland 3 - 2 Clarets. 81 mins gone. come on you Clarets

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Final Score Sunderland 3 - 6 Burnley

Just kidding real final score Sunderland 3 - 2 Burnley. Great game of football. Great advert for the CCC. This is the 2nd game inside a week that the clarets have palyed both 3 -2. both on the telly. beat WBA on monday night (in case anyone missed my update and tonigh lost to the Cats.

Sunderland go top.

Other result from last night

Youth FA Cup Final

Man U 0 - 1 Liverpool. Liverpool win 4 - 3 on penalties.

[devilsadvocate]

Final Score Sunderland 3 - 6 Burnley

Cracking sense of humor mate!

CP support Everton..........That's a fair dislike of Robben.

I won't be disappointed if that rumor is false.

Spurs 2 (Keano, Berbatov) - Boro 0. COYS!

[johntheclaret]

Final Score Sunderland 3 - 6 Burnley

Cracking sense of humor mate!

CP support Everton..........That's a fair dislike of Robben.

I won't be disappointed if that rumor is false.

Spurs 2 (Keano, Berbatov) - Boro 0. COYS!

Bor just scored.

Boro 2 - 3 Spurs

Portsmouth beating Pool 2 -1

[johntheclaret]

Gretna have scored in the 90th minute and will get promotion to the SPL. Considering only 5 years ago they were a non league side and I know the Scottish league is pretty shallow, that is still a hell of an achievement

[McAlmanac]

How about that Liverpool side tonight. They may as well have had Richie Alagich on loan.

[devilsadvocate]

Spurs 3-2. Tried to lose. Would like to watch a replay (watching commentary via a Spurs forum).

Apparentlt Berbatov's bicycle goal was amazing!

Liverpool playing their u12's side? Don't blame them with CL coming up.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

West ham beat Wigan 3-0

[johntheclaret]

b4st4rds 4 -1 Charlton Roberts 60,Hreidar'n og 77, Roberts 80, Derbyshire 83: Bent 71 Charlton press self destruct button as Thatcher sent off after 64 mins.
Chelski 2 - 2 Bolton Kalou, Jaaskelinen og 34: Michalik 19, Davies 54.
Everton 2 - 4 Man U Stubbs 12, Fernandes 50: O'Shea 61, Neville og 68 (yeah right ), Shrek 79, Eagles 90
Middlebro' 2 - 3 Spurs Viduka 66, Pogatetz 89: Keane 12 & 83, Berbatov 47
Portsmouth 2 - 1 Liverpool Mwaruwari 27, Kranjcar 32: Hypia 59. Kiverpool play their reserve side and go down.
Sheff U 1 - 0 Watford. Powell og 44. Blades should be safe now
Wigan 0 - 3 West Ham. Boa Morte 30, Benayoun 57, Harewood 82. Wigan showed no fight and most of their fans had left with 10 min still too play

Table

Man U 35 85
Chelski 35 80
Liverpool 36 67
Arsenal 35 63
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Bolton 36 55
Everton 36 53
Portsmouth 36 53
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Spurs 35 53
Reading 35 51
b4st4rds 35 47
Aston V 36 46
Newcastle 35 42
Man C 36 42
Middlesbro' 36 40
Sheff U 36 38
Fulham 35 36
Wigan 36 35
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West Ham 36 35
Charlton 36 33
Watford 36 24

News

Speculation mounts that Allardyce is set to leave Bolton. (assistant manager Sammy Lee refutes claims), with likely destination Man City
Owen set to make 1st appearance after 10 months against Reading on monday.
Chelski without defender Carvalho for tuesday trip to Liverpool after knee injury.
Chelski midfielder Ballack out for rest of season after having knee surgery on Friday.
Arsenal chairman Hill-Wood to meet billionaire Stan Kronke "to hear what he has to say" after further speculation the American is preparing a hostile takeover
Bayern Munich set to make £15m bid for Chelski winger Arjen Robben. (News item from previous thread claimed Man U set to sign Hargreaves from Bayern for a similar fee)
Spurs told "winger Keiron Dyer is not for sale" by Newcastle after enquiry
Spurs interested in Benfica's Greek international Katsouranis
Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell will go to Newcastle this summer
Bolton linked with Swiss U21 midfielder Gelson Fernandes
Former Fulham boss Chris Coleman is favourite to take over from Peter Taylor at Crystal Palace in the summer
West Ham fined £5.5m for player registration rule infringement. (Tevez & Mosherano), but no points deducted
AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaqhi set to retun for CL clash with Man U
Former Thailand prime minister Thakson Shinawatra has made a £108m takeover bid for Man C

[johntheclaret]

Barnsley 0 - 1 Leicester Auston og 49
Birmingham 2 - 0 Sheff Wed Jerome 74, Larsson 84 (Muamba sent off for Brum 58 mins)
Cardiff 0 - 1 Hull Windass 52
Coventry 0 - 1 WBA Robinson 37 Sent off Turner CCFC 45: Kamara WBA 90)
Leeds 1 - 1 Ipswich Cresswell 12: Lee 88 (Leeds are effectively relegated unless they win last game by around 15 goals)
Plymout 2 - 0 PNE Ebanks pen 77, Hayles 85
Southend 1 - 3 Luton Bradbury 66: Andrew 20, Spring 39, Idrizaj 87 (Southend relegated after 1 season in CCC)
Stoke 3 - 1 Colchester (Who) Russell 53, Sidibe 57, Higginbottom 62: Iwelumo pen 38 (Sent off Barker CCFC 78)
Wolves 2 - 0 QPR Keogh 57, Kightly 64

Table

Birmingham 45 86
Sunderland 45 85
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Derby 44 81
WBA 45 73
Wolves 45 73
Soton 45 72
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Stoke 45 72
Preston 45 71
Colchester 45 69
Sheff W 45 68
Cardiff 45 64
Plymouth 45 64
Palace 44 59
Ipswich 45 59
Burnley 45 57
Norwich 45 57
Leicester 45 53
Coventry 45 53
QPR 45 52
Barnsley 45 50
Hull 45 49
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Leeds 45 46
Southend 45 42
Luton 45 40

Derby must beat palace tomorrow or Birmingham and Sunderland will be promoted this week
Leeds must win next week by a 15 goal margin (and Hull must lose) to prevent relegation
PNE drop out of playoff's for 1st time since November, replaced by Southampton
Such is the rivalry between Cardiff and Leeds, Cardiff fans cheer Hull victory despite Bluebirds losing 1 - 0

[Dogwatcher]

Woo hoo Black Cats!

Sorry JC!

We're on the waayyy uppppp.

C'mon Palace!

[RoosterMarty]

Cardiff fans are a funny lot.

That's about 5 or 6 losses in a row now, what a collapse.

[johntheclaret]

Woo hoo Black Cats!

Sorry JC!

We're on the waayyy uppppp.

C'mon Palace!

Your wish has been granted DW. Congrats to Brum and the Cats.

[johntheclaret]

CCC

Palace 2 - 0 Derby

Defeat leaves Rams confined to the playoff lottery as Sunderland and Birmingham win promotion to the EPL.

A big big pat on the back must go to Roy Keane. Sunderland botton of CCC when he took over. He has quietly gotten on with the job. He soaks up the pressure for his players and I haven't heard / read a single news item about his fabled temper.

He was very complimentary to the Clarets in the after match interview the other night, praising the way Burnley played and pushed Sunderland right to the wire, despite the fact that the clarets have nothing to play for. He has certainly matured over the last couple of years.

Bruce had to win promotion or he would have been out at Birmingham. They of course had the benefit of the £10m parachute payment. This parachute payment has effectively created a second tier EPL. and almost guarantees at least one or two relegated clubs will return the following year.

Would like to say congrats to Steve Bruce and Birmingham City, however I don't feel his achievement (with his extra £10m pocket money), compares to that of Keane.

[mighty_tiger_79]

as a brummy follower im absolutely stoked that we are going back to where we belong.

But i do agree in that Keane's performance has been one of the highlights in english football at any level.

[RoosterMarty]

Man Utd vs Sunderland next season will be a pretty big game now.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Man Utd vs Sunderland next season will be a pretty big game now.

only if Keane doesnt go to another club.

[Dogwatcher]

A big big pat on the back must go to Roy Keane. Sunderland botton of CCC when he took over. He has quietly gotten on with the job. He soaks up the pressure for his players and I haven't heard / read a single news item about his fabled temper.

Here's something for ya:

http://www.lukewhostalking.co.uk/2007/04/take_that_tactics_board.html

Did you know that Roy Keane knows a few karate moves? It's true, apparently when he isn't happy with the way his players have performed he does the whole ninja thing and kicks the ink out of the tactics board! Whatever happened to the good old days of plate throwing eh?!

Keane's temper tantrum was revealed by Sunderland's goalkeeper Darren Ward and if you aren't surprised by Keane's impression of the Karate Kid you will probably be surprised by the fact he has only done it once since he became manager.

That, though, is of little comfort to the unfortunate tactics board which has never been seen again after Keane's vicious assault!


Given Sunderland’s magnificent form since the turn of the year, Keane appears to have forgotten how to lose his cool because even the team talk after the defeat and poor performance at Colchester last week was restrained.

But that is just a sign of his natural ability to lead and inspire. Sunderland’s players have not let him down for a long time and one defeat, no matter how disappointing, does not suddenly make them bad players intent on discarding their manager’s instructions.

Promotion remains in Sunderland’s own hands and two wins against Burnley and Luton will ensure their place in the Premiership next season. It is not the time to rant and rave, it’s the time to comfort and encourage, to give the players the belief they need to complete the job they started the moment Keane took charge.

There was something else impressive about Keane’s approach today as well. How often do we see a manager blaming his players for a defeat, directly or indirectly? And compare that to how often you hear a manager admit he has made a mistake?

Admitting mistakes, so the old school seem to believe, is a sign of weakness. Keane, though, disagrees. Admitting a mistake can command respect, because when you admit your own, you are better qualified to point out the mistakes of others. How refreshing don’t you think?

Keane is not only willing to protect his players with clever sound bites, hard luck stories and positive public comments about effort and commitment, he is also willing to take the blame when things go wrong.

He did just that at Colchester for failing to tell his players to play for a point when they equalised midway through the second half. Instead, Sunderland continued to attack and were caught on the counter attack by Colchester in the closing stages.

It would be easy to moan about poor defending, but Keane does not let himself off the hook so easily. If only a few other high-profile managers was so magnanimous.

[Dogwatcher]

Hey Claret, have you heard anything about Sunderland having a crack at West Ham's Tevez?

[johntheclaret]

Promotion remains in Sunderland’s own hands and two wins against Burnley and Luton will ensure their place in the Premiership next season. It is not the time to rant and rave, it’s the time to comfort and encourage, to give the players the belief they need to complete the job they started the moment Keane took charge.

On the whole, pretty good post that DW. Considering how far away are from the action and all the news snippets that don't make the mainstream tabliods etc.

Re Promotion for Sunderland. They are already up mate. Derby's loss at Palace has guaranteed both Birmingham and Sunderalnd promotion no matter what happens now. Cats and Brum just fighting it out for the title now.

PS.. CL latest Liverpool 1 - 0 Chelski. agg 1 - 1