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FOOTBALL LEAGUE/CHRIS CHARLES BLOG
THE CHRIS CHARLES BLOG 17
Posted on: 26.11.2010
As Wills and Kate announced their big day at Westminster, the current Princes of Wales were preparing for a battle royal in West London.
Queens Park Rangers are the hosts as Cardiff come to town for a meeting of the Championship's top two on Saturday - and if they're both still there come April 29, it could be cause for a triple celebration.
In the latest round of the gentlemen's excuse me, Cardiff surrendered top spot following a surprise home defeat by Nottingham Forest, which included another Lewis McGugan special, while QPR saw off bottom club Preston 3-1, helped by another pair of crackers from Adel Taarabt.
The mercurial Moroccan has been on fire this season, but there's clearly still a cultural gap between him and manager Neil Warnock, who said: "I met his uncle, brother and best mate this week. I suppose they all went off and smoked one of those big, long pipes. If he gets two goals I don't mind what he does, as long as it's not illegal!"
For the second successive season I was absent for Taarabt's Preston masterclass, choosing instead to go to a fancy dress party where I sprayed my hair pink with some 'washout' dye. Six days and 10 attempted washes later, I'm beginning to realise it doesn't do what it says on the tin.
Preston's defeat was their third in a row and left one fan on the messageboards clutching at straws as he pointed out: "We might not get beat next week - the game might get called off because of the snow!"
Cardiff strikerJay Bothroyd is probably secretly hoping for a similar result after tweeting on Thursday: "Soooooo cold today - somebody knocked my gloves so had to wear socks on my hand!" Knocked them where, exactly?
At the other end of the table, David James gave away, then saved, a penalty as Bristol City put a bit of daylight between themselves and the relegation zone, with substitute David Clarkson's magnificent 30-yarder sealing a 2-0 win over Leicester.
Clarkson replaced Robins cult hero Jon Stead, who last week I revealed was the subject of musical tributes on the OTIB forum. This week there was more of the same as 'Gritty' in his own words "unearthed this little beauty in the shower":
"Let's talk about Stead baby,
"Let's talk about you and me
"Let's talk about all the goals that Steady scores for the City
"Let's talk aboooooooout Stead
"Let's talk about Stead."
Don't wish to pour cold water on that one, Gritty, but I preferred last week's Bee Gees effort ('Ah Ah Ah Ah, Stead is Alive').
As a result of City's win, Middlesbrough slipped back into the relegation zone following a 1-0 home defeat to Millwall. On Boro's Fly Me To The Moon site, 'Grrreds' moaned: "I'm nearly 50 now. It's getting colder and wetter every year. The ground seems to be getting further and further away from my car. The football is poor, the atmosphere has gone and my enthusiasm is following close behind."
'ThePrisoner' helpfully replied: "You are clearly entering the 'tartan blanket and thermos' phase."
Hull eased their own relegation fears with a 1-0 win over Ipswich, while it was revealed Tigers midfielder Nolberto Solano has been giving Salsa lessons to "stunned locals" at a pub near his home.
Perhaps Nobby should have persuaded Roy Keane to join him after the game as a way of easing the pressure on the Ipswich boss - although granted he may have been told to Foxtrot Oscar.
Staying in the Championship and Leeds continue to impress, with 'kiwipete' on the Unofficial Leeds United forum getting into the party atmosphere by recalling the best chant of 2010:
"Luciano
"Lucianooo
"Cost less than Berbatov
"And he scores more goals."
Sorry, did he say the best chant of 2010?
In League 1, leaders Brighton are going through a mini-slump after three games without a win, leaving one supporter to ask: "Have the wheels come off the Gus bus?"
Charlton continue to keep the heat on the leaders. Their 3-2 win over Yeovil was their fifth on the bounce, but they were then held at home by Bristol Rovers, in a game which saw Matt Fry pick up a ban with his fifth booking.
Last week saw a brilliant tribute to the defender on the Charlton Life website, to the tune of Afroman's Because I Got High. This week, 'Bexley Dan' suggested another to the chorus of the R Kelly 'classic'…"I believe in Matt Fry." Keep 'em coming, lads.
Huddersfield moved back into contention with a 4-1 thrashing of MK Dons, with Terriers manager Lee Clark bringing a whole new meaning to the term winning at all costs by declaring: "We got bodies in the box and pulled the trigger."
Paul Ince finally got his first win as Notts County boss against Swindon, while Sheffield Wednesday steam-rollered MK Dons 4-1 (including a headed hat-trick from Neil Mellor) and Walsall 3-0, although inevitably it was the off-field issues that continued to dominate.
Thankfully the gallows humour was alive and well on Wednesday site Owls Talk, where suggestions for songs to run out to included Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life and If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands.
Comeback of the week was at Boundary Park, where Exeter came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with Oldham, while Josh McQuoid's goalscoring exploits for Bournemouth have seen him snapped up by Millwall.
Elsewhere, Brentford made it four away league wins on the spin with a 2-0 victory at Colchester.
On Bees messageboard Griffin Park Grapevine, fans were sharing their 'champagne moment' of Saturday's victory at Plymouth, all of which appeared to have a common theme.
'Maddogging': "20mins in, looking over to see 'Gazza Bee' standing up...fast asleep."
'South Acton Bee': "Finding Gaz asleep in a totally different part of the train after about an hour."
'McBee': "The fella who was at the back fast asleep and woke up when we scored, believing us when we told him it was 3-0. He then starts singing '3-0 to the super Bees'!"
(A red-faced) 'Gazza Bee': "That was probably me."
In League 2, Bury made it six away wins on the trot with a 5-0 win at Lincoln, while Gillingham, who had not won on their travels for 35 games, promptly secured two away wins in four days.
At the bottom, Barnet trounced Northampton 4-1, leaving Cobbblers fan 'Mad Mark' to amuse himself by chuckling at "the sign at the front of the terrace that said 'no standing'."
Long-time leaders Chesterfield surrendered top spot to Port Vale following a shock home defeat by Oxford - which ended a run of five successive defeats for the U's.
Vale returned to the summit by hitting five at Stockport which was, incredibly, the Hatter's third 5-0 reverse in their last five league outings.
'Philrobbie' on a Stockport messageboard groaned: "So far this morning no less than five people have approached me to gloat about last night's result. One bloke actually crossed over the road to take the (mickey)."
'County hatter' chipped in by saying: "A West Ham fan had a go at me would you believe?" (Blimey, things must be bad.)
As for Vale, supporter andyjones' wrote: "The guy behind me was going mental at 0-4 and was celebrating winning £80 at the bookies.You can imagine the rest …"
If you think that's bad, how's this for a cautionary betting tale from 'Kempo' on Rotherham's Millers Mad. Before the game with Northampton he wrote: "Just had my biggest bet on football this year - £5000 on Rotherham to beat Northampton at 4/5. Wish me luck."
Following the Cobblers' late equaliser 'TimeforAle' simply replied: "Ooops."
After a while (and probably several large brandies), 'Kempo' bravely returned to say: "The worse thing was when we were two up, I phoned Mrs K and told her about the bet....before I finished the call it was 2-2 She hasn't spoken to me at all today so I reckon I'm in for a hard time. Funny, when I win she seems to approve of gambling."
Kempo added: "I received an email from the online bookie who had my 5K. They sent me a code for a free £10 bet because I was a loyal customer!"
To which 'Mazeppa' replied: "What are you backing with the free tenner? Let us know...so we can avoid it."
Have a good weekend one and all - and don't forget the thermals.
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FOOTBALL LEAGUE/CHRIS CHARLES BLOG
THE CHRIS CHARLES BLOG 17
Posted on: 26.11.2010
As Wills and Kate announced their big day at Westminster, the current Princes of Wales were preparing for a battle royal in West London.
Queens Park Rangers are the hosts as Cardiff come to town for a meeting of the Championship's top two on Saturday - and if they're both still there come April 29, it could be cause for a triple celebration.
In the latest round of the gentlemen's excuse me, Cardiff surrendered top spot following a surprise home defeat by Nottingham Forest, which included another Lewis McGugan special, while QPR saw off bottom club Preston 3-1, helped by another pair of crackers from Adel Taarabt.
The mercurial Moroccan has been on fire this season, but there's clearly still a cultural gap between him and manager Neil Warnock, who said: "I met his uncle, brother and best mate this week. I suppose they all went off and smoked one of those big, long pipes. If he gets two goals I don't mind what he does, as long as it's not illegal!"
For the second successive season I was absent for Taarabt's Preston masterclass, choosing instead to go to a fancy dress party where I sprayed my hair pink with some 'washout' dye. Six days and 10 attempted washes later, I'm beginning to realise it doesn't do what it says on the tin.
Preston's defeat was their third in a row and left one fan on the messageboards clutching at straws as he pointed out: "We might not get beat next week - the game might get called off because of the snow!"
Cardiff strikerJay Bothroyd is probably secretly hoping for a similar result after tweeting on Thursday: "Soooooo cold today - somebody knocked my gloves so had to wear socks on my hand!" Knocked them where, exactly?
At the other end of the table, David James gave away, then saved, a penalty as Bristol City put a bit of daylight between themselves and the relegation zone, with substitute David Clarkson's magnificent 30-yarder sealing a 2-0 win over Leicester.
Clarkson replaced Robins cult hero Jon Stead, who last week I revealed was the subject of musical tributes on the OTIB forum. This week there was more of the same as 'Gritty' in his own words "unearthed this little beauty in the shower":
"Let's talk about Stead baby,
"Let's talk about you and me
"Let's talk about all the goals that Steady scores for the City
"Let's talk aboooooooout Stead
"Let's talk about Stead."
Don't wish to pour cold water on that one, Gritty, but I preferred last week's Bee Gees effort ('Ah Ah Ah Ah, Stead is Alive').
As a result of City's win, Middlesbrough slipped back into the relegation zone following a 1-0 home defeat to Millwall. On Boro's Fly Me To The Moon site, 'Grrreds' moaned: "I'm nearly 50 now. It's getting colder and wetter every year. The ground seems to be getting further and further away from my car. The football is poor, the atmosphere has gone and my enthusiasm is following close behind."
'ThePrisoner' helpfully replied: "You are clearly entering the 'tartan blanket and thermos' phase."
Hull eased their own relegation fears with a 1-0 win over Ipswich, while it was revealed Tigers midfielder Nolberto Solano has been giving Salsa lessons to "stunned locals" at a pub near his home.
Perhaps Nobby should have persuaded Roy Keane to join him after the game as a way of easing the pressure on the Ipswich boss - although granted he may have been told to Foxtrot Oscar.
Staying in the Championship and Leeds continue to impress, with 'kiwipete' on the Unofficial Leeds United forum getting into the party atmosphere by recalling the best chant of 2010:
"Luciano
"Lucianooo
"Cost less than Berbatov
"And he scores more goals."
Sorry, did he say the best chant of 2010?
In League 1, leaders Brighton are going through a mini-slump after three games without a win, leaving one supporter to ask: "Have the wheels come off the Gus bus?"
Charlton continue to keep the heat on the leaders. Their 3-2 win over Yeovil was their fifth on the bounce, but they were then held at home by Bristol Rovers, in a game which saw Matt Fry pick up a ban with his fifth booking.
Last week saw a brilliant tribute to the defender on the Charlton Life website, to the tune of Afroman's Because I Got High. This week, 'Bexley Dan' suggested another to the chorus of the R Kelly 'classic'…"I believe in Matt Fry." Keep 'em coming, lads.
Huddersfield moved back into contention with a 4-1 thrashing of MK Dons, with Terriers manager Lee Clark bringing a whole new meaning to the term winning at all costs by declaring: "We got bodies in the box and pulled the trigger."
Paul Ince finally got his first win as Notts County boss against Swindon, while Sheffield Wednesday steam-rollered MK Dons 4-1 (including a headed hat-trick from Neil Mellor) and Walsall 3-0, although inevitably it was the off-field issues that continued to dominate.
Thankfully the gallows humour was alive and well on Wednesday site Owls Talk, where suggestions for songs to run out to included Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life and If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands.
Comeback of the week was at Boundary Park, where Exeter came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with Oldham, while Josh McQuoid's goalscoring exploits for Bournemouth have seen him snapped up by Millwall.
Elsewhere, Brentford made it four away league wins on the spin with a 2-0 victory at Colchester.
On Bees messageboard Griffin Park Grapevine, fans were sharing their 'champagne moment' of Saturday's victory at Plymouth, all of which appeared to have a common theme.
'Maddogging': "20mins in, looking over to see 'Gazza Bee' standing up...fast asleep."
'South Acton Bee': "Finding Gaz asleep in a totally different part of the train after about an hour."
'McBee': "The fella who was at the back fast asleep and woke up when we scored, believing us when we told him it was 3-0. He then starts singing '3-0 to the super Bees'!"
(A red-faced) 'Gazza Bee': "That was probably me."
In League 2, Bury made it six away wins on the trot with a 5-0 win at Lincoln, while Gillingham, who had not won on their travels for 35 games, promptly secured two away wins in four days.
At the bottom, Barnet trounced Northampton 4-1, leaving Cobbblers fan 'Mad Mark' to amuse himself by chuckling at "the sign at the front of the terrace that said 'no standing'."
Long-time leaders Chesterfield surrendered top spot to Port Vale following a shock home defeat by Oxford - which ended a run of five successive defeats for the U's.
Vale returned to the summit by hitting five at Stockport which was, incredibly, the Hatter's third 5-0 reverse in their last five league outings.
'Philrobbie' on a Stockport messageboard groaned: "So far this morning no less than five people have approached me to gloat about last night's result. One bloke actually crossed over the road to take the (mickey)."
'County hatter' chipped in by saying: "A West Ham fan had a go at me would you believe?" (Blimey, things must be bad.)
As for Vale, supporter andyjones' wrote: "The guy behind me was going mental at 0-4 and was celebrating winning £80 at the bookies.You can imagine the rest …"
If you think that's bad, how's this for a cautionary betting tale from 'Kempo' on Rotherham's Millers Mad. Before the game with Northampton he wrote: "Just had my biggest bet on football this year - £5000 on Rotherham to beat Northampton at 4/5. Wish me luck."
Following the Cobblers' late equaliser 'TimeforAle' simply replied: "Ooops."
After a while (and probably several large brandies), 'Kempo' bravely returned to say: "The worse thing was when we were two up, I phoned Mrs K and told her about the bet....before I finished the call it was 2-2 She hasn't spoken to me at all today so I reckon I'm in for a hard time. Funny, when I win she seems to approve of gambling."
Kempo added: "I received an email from the online bookie who had my 5K. They sent me a code for a free £10 bet because I was a loyal customer!"
To which 'Mazeppa' replied: "What are you backing with the free tenner? Let us know...so we can avoid it."
Have a good weekend one and all - and don't forget the thermals.
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