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started tonight, Southend vs Donny, lots to report so far, there have been some attacking throw ins and goal kicks and Southend have had the average-sized Lion's share of possession.

BRISTOL CITY
Current form

Picked up just one win in five, and two in 11.

Lost the last four away from home in all competitions, and not won in six away from Ashton Gate.


COME ON PALACE!

Pretty standard first leg. It's not until the second that it gets good - yet I'm still watching... In fact since I've subscribed to SkySports every game has been shite - yet I still watch  :|

 Its quite instructive to consider these two sides, both did teh double over us last season,  but neither was particularly impressive at the CG, I didn't see the away games, but the scores were close.

  Neither side has a notable goalscorer, or individual players who seem much coveted by other clubs....both have had long spells being in the doldrums of lower league football.  Kind of shows the depths to which we've sunk that we can't really compete with these.

I went to southend but was bladdered and obstructed by random hats so can't really comment on the game.

Come on Watforddddddddd

this game is really fucking shit?

how did we not take a single point of these two teams and how the hell did we finish in 13th if the top 6 is this piss poor!

Hull-Crystal Palace-Bristol City-Watford = B'uh.

"JJ" Price just missed a fecking sitter which sums up this one.

We played ok but had a weak team out due to injuries and suspensions. Got unlucky conceding a pretty decent late goal.

The hats made up for it though!

you should drink more.

Once I've spent £20 on a match ticket and £4 on one (well, as it turned out, two  :wink: ) cooked breakfasts I can't afford all that much alcohol!

Now advice on cheap drinking is definately something fB can give you advice on!

My Predictions

CHAMPIONSHIP

Crystal Palace to beat Bristol City

Waford to beat Hull City

Crystal Palace to beat Watford in the final and win Promotion to the Premier League.

LEAGUE ONE

Doncaster Rovers to beat Southend United

Carlisle United to beat Leeds United

Carlisle United to beat Doncaster Roveres in the final and win promotion to the Championship.

LEAGUE TWO

Rochdale to beat Darlington

Stockport County to beat Wycombe Wanderers

Stockport County to beat Rochdale and win promotion to League One.

BLUE SQUARE PREMIER

Exeter City to beat Cambridge United and win promotion to League Two.

Watford, Leeds, Darlington and Exeter to win promotion IMO.

Hull, Doncaster, Stockport and Cambridge to go up.

I think Shitty will upset the form book and beat Palace for some reason  :shock:

To me it shows how weak we were mentally this season. I know there was a lot of unsettling shit behind the scenes. But weve got to have better focus and determination next season. We played only in patches.

We lost 3-0 at Carlisle, with an injury ravaged squad. But the same could be said of them. I didnt rate them at all.

Ooh 1-0 City.

that was a very well taken penalty...

I think my radio must be a good couple of minutes behind  :|

I'll pretend I don't know what will happen!

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HE SCORES! GET THE FUCK IN THERE!

keep listening reevesy!

 :cry:

to be fair, it was some fucking awesome strike...

Made me a few quid. Whoop!

Fair play to City. Think they'll do the business at AG and get to the final.

Part of me wants City to get promoted because they would get battered in the Premiership.

I'd agree, but I didn't expect them to do all that well in the Championship  :?

What if they do a Reading though.

I was on my way to 5 a side on Wednesday night when a lad who is the son of one of my mum's old friends asked if I supported Swindon (I was wearing a Swindon shirt).

"Of course", I says. He then asked if I liked Reading. "I fucking hate them" says I.

I got a bitter "fuck you then" in retort.

I doubt the cunt has ever been to Reading. I'd hate an extra load of plastic cunts jumping on another bandwagon. Where were you when they were shit?

I don't think they would though. Reading steamed to the Premiership with that crazy unbeaten run of something like 33 games.

Bristol City looked odds on for that 2nd automatic spot until the last few months of the season.

i think city will go up

The chairman said he'd pump money into the club that he'd otherwise spend on the ground.

That said I don't really hate Reading, more just this new wave of plastic cunts that decided to support them because they are Prem and 'local'.

2-0 Hull away at watford. Barmby and Windass with the goals.

and with a man sent off Watford really don't have much of a chance.

Ref's going to get it in the neck from Boothroyd I suspect.

Leeds are currently losing 1-0 at home - decentish game.

 Good fun watching Grunt Sniff.....he looks like a poor man's Andy Reid.

2-0 Carlisle now.  :shock:  :D

Brilliant. Sounds a good game listening to it on 5 live.

I am going to have fun at work tomorrow

If they don't go up they'll moan about the points deduction even more  :P

2-1 right at the end.

Fuckers getting that goal. 2-0 and I'd have been confident Carlisle were home and dry with their home form. Not a forgone conclusion now,

1-2 in the end. Carlisle very unlucky after having a 2-0 lead to the 95th minute...... Carlisle's keeper Westwood was phenominal. Leeds midfield was non-existent and the defence was shocking. Carlisle sat back for most of the game defending but fair play to them!

Sit back, defend and score two goals awy from home. Sounds like a good tactic to me  :D

Am i the only one who wants Leeds to go up?They will destroy this league next year if they stay down and probably win it by febuary

I'm 50/50 really, half of me wants them to go up as then it leaves only crapish teams (similar to us) in the league but the other half of me wants to laugh at them not going up and I also quite fancy another away day at Elland Road.  So not bothered either way.

If we really harbour ambition to get promoted it would be good if Leeds won the play offs.

Difficult to want them to win anything though....................

Thats what i am thinking basically if they stay down we will be trying to get into the top 5.

Bristol City tonight - the missus is already planning Wembley, then saying "IF" to avoid arrogance. There's been a few petty arguments. God I hope they lose tonight.

Perhaps I should stop telling her that.... perhaps not.

City will go down easily anyway so i can laugh at them all of next season if they go up and still laugh if they lose so i'm not bothered either way. Plus it's mainly the gas i can't stand.

My best mate at school did the opposite. He used to always wear Man U shirts and we used to give him stick as to why he supported Man U. So one year he decided to change his allegiance and picked Reading as his new team. To be fair they were in the bottom league and was when they played at Elm Park and he went to some of their games. We went down to the Majeski when they beat us 2-0. Hopefully after them going down this season and us hopefully gradually on the rise we'll be resuming our trips to Reading and Swindon games in future!

That's the thing though Bob's Orange, I don't really care about their team or their fans in general, just the ones supporting them because they're 'local'.

It's some kind of twisted justification, like the fan who says they support Manchester United because their great uncle supported them, even though they only met their great uncle once or twice. Just admit you support them because they win stuff and I'll leave you alone you glory seeking chump.

 :goodpost:

I wouldn't worry about Bristol City "doing a Reading" if they go up. For starters Reading broke all records when winning the CCC, whilst City only just managed a positive goal difference.

Watched the first leg in Barcelona with a Palace fan who works over there who has A.D.D.

Was very interesting to say the least.

palace 1 up

1-0 to Palace - oh hi again everyone bloody wi-fi is back connected :D

I find myself wanting City to win :o

Warnock is such a total and utter cunt!

Palace are shit. Yet, winning.

i can see this going to penalties.

how many people with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb?



do you wanna go on a bikeride?

pen missed

Never let a ginger take your penalties!! :x

Trundle just hit the bar.

City will win this.  Wankers.

Is it just me or does Trundle need 5 touches where anyone else would take 1?

Yeah, I think you're right - what a scrappy game (which I can understand)

great goal trundle

Fuck

There it is.

The fat cunt just scored.

it was nowhere near the corner of the goal. Keeper should have done better I think! :evil:

Come on Palace.

100% agree, awful goalkeeping.

Come on Warnock work your magic.

i wonder how Ben Watson is feeling right now.

depressed, all gingers are aint they?

Fuck off

Come on Moses!!

what was with Trundle celebration. he made him looked gay.

 :D

dave a ginge? sorry  :wink:

its over

That does it then. Good strike. :|

fucks sake. Mcindoe with the goal.

should of saved it

to be fair they deserved to beat palace, Hull will beat them though

I hope so. Work with too many of the fuckers.

there on the pitch, they should lose by default

city in the final. :x

Fuck. Can't wait to go to work tomorrow...... :-))(

So has Warnock gone mental and blamed the world and its wife for this defeat?

I'm blocking the City official site so the spackers at work can't buy tickets online.  I think I may also bar the ticket hotline on the phone system.

City and Hull it looks like then. Any of them can win. Who'd have thought that both of them would be 90 minutes away from the Prem just a few years back? I just hope that if City do win then people don't join the plastic bandwagon ala Reading.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Has to be done bo......

I barely ever see a City shirt in Swindon but when I do I give them a nasty glare  :twisted:  If they go up and I start seeing them I shall not be pleased

They'll bottle it.

why teh hell did I text a city ld saying 'come on palace' the abuse back has started!

Just sitting through the missus' celebrations is bad enough... If they get to the Premiership I'll have a year of this.

B'uh.

That's exactly why I decided I'd wait for the final whistle  :wink:

So it's likely to be Hull v City to decide who is going to be next season's Derby...

Yeah we'll see them stupid Reading shirts swapped for City ones no doubt. Fucking plastic cunts  :evil:

They've got plenty of their own to come out of the woodwork.

Will be great to see them bawling their eyes out when they lose in the final!  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

City in the Premiership will be even funnier.

They will make Derby look good.

The only positive to come out the game is that it proves if we sort it out off the pitch, there is no reason why we can't have the odd season of being competitive in the Championship. Is not expectation of doing so.

God I hope City get dicked at Wembley. You can see they aren't Prem quality and so I'd fully expect them to come back down, but a whole year of that gloating and the HTV coverage of it would be unbareable.

You have got to feel sorry for Rich Pullen.

Living in Bristol it gets on my bloody nerves - one of the local radio stations "Can Bristol City become the first team in the region to reach the Premiership?" Idiots

City or Hull, plus Stoke in the Prem. There's your bottom two right there. I have a feeling either of them could be more embarrassing than Derby.

By all accounts City have a big budget if they go up.Next season is probably the best time to go up aswel.

Bolton,fulham stoke,wba they will have a better chance of staying up

Their 'region' extends as far as Purton, it seems.

Not sure I fully with all the 'plastic' comments.  There is nothing we would like more than a promotion, bigger crowds, a higher standard of football, higher profile games and more (and better) press coverage.  That's what Bristol City and Reading have over us at the moment.

If we go up and we attract a few more fair-weather fans, would that make us plastic too?  I'd say we're long over due a slice of plasticity ourselves.  I'd take what Reading have achieved any day...just so long as we don't have to play on a retail park next to B&Q like they do.

Fair play to City, they deserve it.

I dont wish to hear the words "Bristol City" and "Wembley" again today

Imagine how Rovers fans must be feeling this morning.  That'll cheer you up.

I hope all the fans that ran onto the pitch after the game get football banning orders and are banned from wemberlee! :mrgreen:  :twisted:

working in bristol today is shit, tho most of the comments are at least ur not a gas head...

I do aswell I am going to forge a banning letter for Andy Cryer and say he is banned from all grounds in the country

He will shit himself

That pleases me greatly. Fecking Gas scum  :evil:

As long as Oxford never get in the Premiership I don't care.

They are in A[/u] Premier League.

That is my take on it as well. If a side of such averageness as Bristol City with a glut of rejects and league one players can get to a Championship play-off final, then there is hope for us all.

Oxford have been in the top flight before though haven't they?

Football didn't start when the premier league was formed Ralphus.

Yes in the 80's with John Aldridge and the mighty Les Phillips who apparently got caught wanking in Middle Barton Football Clubs toilets.

I think if City get promoted they will do worse than Derby, although I suspect Stoke will run them close, neither have the big pot's of money that is needed to survive or have had the resources to stregthen to such an degree.

Going on last night City looked quite handy going forward but was a bit panicky when it came to defending....I think Hull are stronger

Lewis Carey and Bradley Orr would hardly inspire me with confidence up against the likes of United, Chelsea et al!

Painful to say this..but two really good goals by city. Don't see them scoring many against Hull let alone in the premiership..

To be fair everyone said that at the begining of this season

Je Suis DETEST Bradley Orr  :twisted:

Team's who went up in 2006/2007:

1 Sunderland           46 15 4 4 38 18 12 3 8 38 29 29 88  
2 Birmingham City    46 15 5 3 37 18 11 3 9 30 24 25 86  
3 Derby County (P)  46 13 6 4 33 19 12 3 8 29 27 16 84

Team's who went up/in play-offs in 2007/2008:

1 West Brom       46 12  8 3 51 27 11 4 8  37 28 33 81
2 Stoke               46 12  7 4 36 27  9  9 5  33 28 14 79
3 Hull                   46 13 7 3 43 19  8  5 10 22 28 18 75
4 Bristol City        46 13 7 3 33 20  7  7 9  21 33  1   74

City's form this season is about the same as Derby's before they went up, Derby actually even had a better goal difference. If City go up they'll be humiliated.

I don’t know how people can say that for one they are not promoted yet and secondly even if they do we don’t have a clue what type of player they will buy

Its not about how much they have though its about who they can attract and that is why I think City will definitely struggle next year if they get into the premiership, most domestic players let alone recognised foreign players would more than likely turn down the opportunity to join City even if in the premiership.

Yeah that’s fair enough but stoke, westbrom fulham(reported only 8m to spend) wigan will have the same issues

The difference is that Derby had no intention of staying up this year and rolled over and if Jewell wanted to he could of signed players in January but decided better.

If they go up I have a feeling we may be surprised unfortunatly

Despite my earlier City-bashing, I have to admit that is my main fear. If they were to go up, get a few decent players in and survive the drop for a season I'm not sure I could bring myself to watch Match of the Day any more!

If they get past the mighty Hull (or Watford, you never know!) then there's always a chance they could do what we, Leicester and others did and financially ruin themselves though! Always look on the bright side!

Disagree as I feel all of the above Stoke aside could offer higher salary and teams like Fulham have the advantage of being established in the premiership for last few years and have a manager with a good reputation home and abroad, same could be said of Wigan both established and good manager.  West Brom are a yo yo team who go up and down but any player would feel more confident they have the resources and the squad already to mount a serious bid for survival next season.  I have no worries at all if City go up they will come straight back down.

You are DETEST Bradley Orr?

So Shitty V Hull

COME ON HULL!

my money is on hull to go up, good on them best side in that league apart from west brom by a mile imo

It's too close to call really. I have a bad feeling Shitty might nick it tbh  :(

i hope they dont..them and stoke would be whipping boys
i see hull are on the verge of signing christian vieri, that would be interesting

The thought of either Hull or Bristol City in the Premier league just makes me feel weird.

The first time I ever came across Hull City in football was when we beat them 3-0 in 1996. They were relegated to the third division that season and stayed there for 8 years. In 04/05 we murdered them at the CG and only a few years later look at them. Same with City really, pretty much a third tier team and now within a hour and a bit of top flight football.

Would like to Hull to win for obvious reasons, plus I know a few City Hull fans and would be happy for them. I went up to the KC to experience their promotion from L1 and the fans were absolutely amazing, probably the best I've ever seen at an away game.

I remember that 3-0 game. Hull were fucking woefull. Didn't we string together a stupid amount of passes or something? Also there number 10 was offside every time he got the ball.

Tails was that the one Tony Grant scored the lob?

Yes it was DRS. I think that was h8s debut. Hes just been released as well i think. He went a bit shit didnt he.

Booo! Dirty Leeds 1 up.  Come on Carlisle I want another drunken crusade to Elland Road

Leeds look like they will go through  - Carlisle are not playing very well at all.

I think I may be about to lose my first bet so far on the playoffs. Useless bastards.

Carlisle will probably get a late goal and go through.

The one good thing about Hull v Bristol is that it shows where a well run club can get.

Get in, Leeds are 2 up.

Howson wins it for leeds

They are far too good for this league. We are better off without them next year.

I would also like to see Leeds win it and have Lord Mawhinney (sp?) have to hand the trophy over to them   8)

Arrrr, don't cry Grant, it's only a game

A close up of a gutted Grant Smith was mildly amusing.

Last minute Leeds again.

Good achievement with the -15, but I'd rather Carlisle went up. Oh well, book your cold January Tuesday off now!

Would I get a free hat from the new owners though?

That looked mental in the Leeds end, I fucking love moments like that.

1-0 Doncaster - Southend had hit the bar a couple of minutes before.

As if anyone cares.... :|

5-1 Doncaster Full Time. Coppinger with a classy hat-trick.

The only team in the Play-Offs I wanted to see promoted was Darlington as it would be a short trip from Newcastle.

1st Leg: 2-1 win - Awesome
2nd Leg: 1-0 up - Awesome
2nd Leg: Lost 2-1 and 5-4 on Penalties.

Booooooooooooooo  :evil:

Quelle Suprise  :D

  We've got Pool and Carlisle still....don't want a full house of far norvern monkeys.

  I'm pleased for Dale...can't be easy being stuck in the bottom div seemingly for eternity.  At least this year they'll have a Wembley trip...befroe doubtless not gaining promotion....going to be fucking Stockport innit  :rain:

Stockport have scored early on against Wycombe.

Roy Carrolls first ever league match for Hull.

Stockport beat Wycome 1-0. Rochdale-Stockport final

I watched and it was by far the worst game of the 2nd Legs throughout the divisions.

The only interesting thing about the fixture was the war-of-words between Gannon and Paul "I've won the Champions League" Lambert.

2 out of 3 derbies for the Play-Off Finals then.

I just want Exeter to win today.  :beers:

Cambridge for me, sorry!

Just i live near there so they have my support today  :D

Go Exeter. Not that I'm going to watch it.

40,000 tickets have been sold for Wembley today which isn't bad at all for non league.  Hope both sets of fans have a good day with the grecians coming out on top  :wink: