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Bristol Rovers v Brighton
Northampton v Scunthorpe

Also in the amateur game:

Barrow v Torquay
Histon v Weymouth
Stevenage v Kidderminster

Wins for Torquay and Histon, and anything other than a draw in the other game means that Oxford can't make the play-offs. Again.

Also, if Brighton lose then a win for us on Saturday and they can't catch us.

Unfortunately the possible series of events that could see us safe this weekend cannot be complete until 16:45, by which time the County Ground will be long since empty.

:(

Am I right in thinking that, god forbid, if Northampton and Brighton win tonight then Cheltenham get relegated.

Possibly Samdy.

I have been very insular in my research on tonight's football and only looked into our own situation.

All 0-0 at the moment. Too much to ask for Rovers, Scunny & Hereford to all win tonight?

Almost certainly.

Also, Torquay are really ruining my evening at the moment.

I'm not sure as they have 3 games left and play Carlisle on Saturday at home. They can catch all of Brighton, Northampton, Carlisle and Crewe but it would probably take a miracle to catch 3 of them teams.

Off to a good start. Hereford winning!

And rovers lambert penalty i think could be wrong :nod:

Scored by Myrie-Williams.

Interesting that he's still being loaned out to L1 sides. Looks a decent player when I've seen him and very very fast, but I guess Gary Johnson doesn't rate him.

Could he be a summer transfer target for DW?

Northampton winning apparently. Not all that bad really given the other 2 scores.

Northampton beating scunthorpe
 :cry:

Disagree. Need Northampton to lose ideally or draw at best. Keeps them at least 3 points behind, albeit with a game in hand. And their GD is better than ours too.

If we win both our games we won't go down

Brighton equalise.

Owusu again. Damnit.

brighton equalizer

Doesn't matter. We only have to better Carlisle and Crewe on Saturday and we stay up.

Easier said than done.....!

True. But the more teams in the mix, the merrier.

I was going to post that as well but you beat me to it. But yeah it would be nice if results went our way tonight but if they don't it's still very much game on for us.

Scunny equalise.

Match the best result in their games and we should be OK on goal difference.

Go Scunny...

Good.

meh, not the best not the worst so far...

Or as it stands, 2 from Carlisle, Crewe & Brighton.

Still we have Rovers and Carlisle have Cheltenham so there is no chance we'll match/better them.

Cheltenham have been quite 'plucky' of late.

Stockport vs. Crewe (Fri)
Cheltenham vs. Carlisle
Huddersfield vs. Brighton

It's possible, have faith DVatov.

As things stand...

Hartlepool         44  50   -9  65   
Swindon           44  49   -4  64   
Yeovil              44  49 -24  38       0-1  v Hereford
Northampton     43  46   -1  57      1-1  v Scunthorpe
Carlisle            44  46  -15  53   
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Brighton          44  46  -17  51       1-1  v Bristol Rovers
Crewe             44  46  -19  56   
Cheltenham      43  38  -35  50   
Hereford          44  36  -34  40       1-0  v Yeovil

Cheltenham can still catch Carlisle though so it's all to play for from their point of view.

Scunny 2-1 up

scunthorpe 2 - northampton 1

Brighton winning 2-1

Cheltenham are still shit though

So are Carlisle and so are we :)

Yet they haven't lost for ages.

You can't rely on Rovers for fuck all can you !?! Grrr.

I hope Rovers equalise or get a winner, but Brighton winning would not be hugely bad - it puts Northampton, Crewe and Carlisle right in the mess.

Cheltenham are still well below all the other teams mentioned.

Carlisle will beat them Saturday

Team 		P 	Pts 	Diff	Scored 	Current
Hartlepool 	44 	50 	-9 	65 	 
Swindon 		44 	49 	-4 	64 	 
Yeovil 		44 	49 	-24 	38 	0-1 	v Hereford
Brighton 	44 	48 	-16 	52 	2-1 	v Bristol Rovers
Carlisle 	44 	46 	-15 	53 	 
Crewe 		44 	46 	-19 	56 	 
Northampton 	43 	45 	-2 	57 	1-2 	v Scunthorpe
Cheltenham 	43 	38 	-35 	50 	 
Hereford 	44 	36 	-34 	40 	1-0 	v Yeovil

No Samuel. We WANT Brighton to get relegated.

Do you just write things and hope you're wrong? :)

Only my mother calls me Samuel... and that's only when I'm in trouble.

Northampton 2-2

Hereford 2-0

Yes, it rarely happens though

Hreford 2 up

Northampton 2-2

Boooooo.

Touche.

Great news from Huish park. If it stays that way that's another team below us.

And you're in trouble mate!

As it stands

Scunny 3-2 up

come on you cunts

liverpool winning :(

Come on Davis.

Come on Rovers.

Scunny 3-3 with Northampton :(

3-3

yeovil get 1

Arsenal 3 2 up

Aresnal winning, Arshavin hatrick.

I've seen that kind of defending before ;)

If only Arsenal were in L1.......

...and Liverpool below us in the table :)

Arsenal game is 3-3 now, Bendtner just had a goal given offside.

This is mental.

Its just I'm surrounded by Arse fans

Better than that game last week?

It's getting there. Liverpool games are tremendous to watch at the moment, which is a real turnaround.

Yeovil 2-2

Full Time Northampton draw.

the fucking goal keeper has scored, bastard cunt fuck shit

Yeovil 2-2

ghey cunts beat gash cunts

What?

hahaha what a swine.

90+6. Fair play.

Rovers is a must win.

Chris Weale in the 96th minute - Grr.

Brighton win - thanks Rovers - Grr.

What a joke. Hereford really are shit.

Hartlepool - 44 - 50
Yeovil - 44 - 50
Swindon - 44 - 49
Gays - 44 - 48
Northampton - 43 - 46
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Crewe - 44 - 46
Carlisle - 44 - 46
Cheltenham - 43 - 38
Hereford

This is close.

It's going to the last game isn't it. Arse.

Too close.

I didn't expect it to not be close.

what are saturdays fixtures

Us Vs Rovers
Carlisle Vs Crewe

So we'll be willing the Stockport youth team on on Friday night then.

Friday - Stockport V Crewe
Saturday - Us V Rovers, Cheltenham V Carlisle. Not sure about the others.

Stockport vs. Crewe
Huddersfield vs. Brighton

fuck, crewe are playing on the friday and playing Stockport who seem to be on a massive losing streak. brilliant

If Crewe win on Friday night we simply have to win on Saturday.

We have the early kick-off aswell so we NEED to get a positive result.

Arsenal winning 4-3, Arshavin scores all 4. The man is phenomonal.

Liverpool 3-4 Arsenal

Arshavin 4 shots 4 on target 4 goals

Yeah that too. We can't let other teams know that a win will see them go above us. I'm shitting it actually and i wasn't a few minutes ago. Fuck.

4-4

Fuck me, 4-4 now, Benayoun's scored.

This is bizzare.

4-4 bastard scousers

Ridiculous night for truly awful defending from both sides.

What? You mean you want Manure to win the league? shame on you.

I fucking hate the scousers. So yes, come on Man U.

Yes. the lesser of 2 evils

I thought you were too calm

We can beat rovers on Saturday though and we'll be a lot more up for it than they will. We really have to go at them from the first minute though, until the end.

Ha ha i'm still calm to an extent although i'll admit I didn't realise Crewe played on Friday night until about an hour ago. Shit.

Stockport     LLDLLL - same as Hereford :(

1. Cheltenham
Carlisle (H)
Scunthorpe (A)
Southend (A)

2. Crewe
Huddersfield (A)
Stockport (H)

6. Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers (H)
Peterborough (A)

7. Northampton Town
Hereford (H)
Franchise (H)
Leeds (A)

8. Yeovil Town
Tranmere (A)
Colchester (H)

9. Carlisle United
Cheltenham (A)
Millwall (H)

10. Hartlepool United
Leeds (H)
Bristol Rovers (A)


we have by far the hardest last two games and now im worried again.

Northampton have a game against Hereford and Carlisle have one against Cheltenham.

Others have sides with nothing to play for like Stockport, Colchester & Huddersfield

I still think one point will see us safe. For Crewe and Carlisle to BOTH get points from BOTH their remaining games is highly unlikely

And hopefully Peterborough.

Worryingly Leeds and Millwall might rest a few before playoff duty.

If we win we stay up. Simple.

A win against Rovers pretty much sorts it out barring some freak 8-0 wins and losses.  So it's entirely in our own hands and every other fixture on Saturday can be ignored by the team.  Lets just hope Arsenal don't send us back our defence.

And if we don't we could be truly fucked.

Hi, I cant be arsed to read 7 pages,is it good or bad news?

doomed

If we don't finish on better points (or goal difference if points are the same) than four other teams then we'll get relegated :(

damn,I wonder if I can get the boro game off work...

This has been the case all the time in my opinion. We need to win saturday, and we knew that before tonight anyway.

We'll be fine. Stop all yer worrying

That's leave Crewe and Carlisle going down - we have tough games left but a point at the weekend I think would be enough, however I'd like to think the players would not see it that way. Not a lot has really changed tonight other than Brighton and Northampton giving themselves a fair sniff

1. Cheltenham
Carlisle (H)L
Scunthorpe (A)L
Southend (A)L
38

2. Crewe
Huddersfield (A) L
Stockport (H)W
49

2. Brighton
Huddersfield (A)L
Stockport (H)W
51

6. Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers (H) L
Peterborough (A)L
49

7. Northampton Town
Hereford (H) W
Franchise (H) L
Leeds (A) L
49

8. Yeovil Town
Tranmere (A) D
Colchester (H) D
52

9. Carlisle United
Cheltenham (A) W
Millwall (H) L
49

10. Hartlepool United
Leeds (H) L
Bristol Rovers (A) L
50

Hereford, Cheltenham, Carlisle and Crewe us and Northampton safe on goal difference as well as those fucking cunts brighton :(

Bloody be'jesus. We wont lose both out remaining games

Seems to be a massive over reaction happening in this thread tonight!

And only one team down here with us actually won!  The rest got a point!

Why is everyone acting like all the teams around us will turn into World beaters overnight and bound to win?

They are below us or down here because they really are as shit as us!

I'm not saying that I'm sitting here not worrying at all, but some of you really need to chill the fuck out!

for posperity

the 3rd division is very very next year northern isnt it..

We won't not lose one of our remaining games.

I like what you did there Ben!

Confused me for a nano second!

So we will lose one of them?

eh? norwich southampton and charlton coming down, wycombe exeter brentford and dagenham coming up.

I ment the second,some what confusingly   :D

and Norwich may as well be northern its friggin miles away

norwich will be lush on the train, only an hour or so from london, you cant beat giving a kicking to inbred racists.

I dont mind Norwich,we could easily be Norwich.

Plus were quite inbred,well I know i am  ???

To be fair you can do that in Swindon, Mex.

Norwich is a great away match...ground is good support is good..its as good as it gets...been there twice ..both times were quality.

Norwich is a great place. And it's 1h55m on the train from london.

Everyone loves the local racists .

Hug a nazi!!!

If we go down this season then it's down to us. We have lost too many games where we could have got a draw, and we have drawn too many games that we could have won. It's been horrible this season because we have had the capability to do well but have been hovering above the drop zone for too long. I feel like I've been through the ringer this season.  :washing:

I feel like ive been through the ringer the last 10 seasons 4D.

Saying that Leefer, I'll be renewing 2 season tickets tomorrow. Oh the woe  :D

Fair play...its got to get better.

I can't believe we have let it come down to this. Lose Saturday and we are in big trouble. Renewedmy st already but of course I'd rather be paying for league one next year!

Think you have made a bungle with the Crewe and Brighton games. They appear to be playing the same teams!!

Crewe are

Stockport (a) - Friday
Leicester (h)

Fuck - 6 points for them then! Reckon best we can hope for is a draw from a woefully out of form Stockport side.

Have a sneaky that Cheltenham will beat Carlisle, Chelts are on some form and have to win all 3 to stay up. They could do us a big favour!

For Cheltenham to have a prayer they need:

* maximum points from the next 3 games
* Northampton (the form team at the bottom) to pick up no more than 1 point from 9
* to overcome a goal difference deficit of 34

Basically they're dead already they just haven't stopped kicking yet.

I really don't think you guys will go down even if you don't pick up another point. Carlisle and Crewe both have a worse goal difference and I can't see either picking up more than 3 points from their final 2 games.

Obviously your final game at Peterborough looks tough but I reckon you'll probably get a draw off us on Saturday as we never seem to win at your place regardless how well we play. We are very hit and miss at the moment anyway; superb against Millwall on Saturday and then very poor last night against Brighton.

I think you have a good manager now in Danny Wilson and there is every possibility that both Rovers and Swindon could be challenging at the top end of league 1 this time next year.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, dreamworld!

what a nice chap..

I think replacing our 30 goal a season strikers may be tougher than you think.

I think he has a point look at Millwall this season.

Firstly, you seem too normal to be a gashead. You can probably imagine the usual type we get on here before the games.

Carlisle and Crewe I think will both pick up 3 points this weekend, so its vital we get something.

Cheltenham have only lost 1 of their last 9 games so I'm expecting them to take at least a point of Carlisle if not all 3. Carlisle then have a tough looking home match against Millwall from which I think they might manage a point. I'd predict they'll take 2 points from their final 2 games.

Crewe haven't won in 8 games so although Stockport are also in very poor form I think it has draw written all over it and I don't see them getting anything off Leicester.

I guess if we were in your position I'd be fearing the worst because you never know in football but I honestly can't see the teams below you getting to 50 points which would leave you safe even if you lost your final 2 games.

It's a pity we couldn't have done you a favour by beating Brighton last night. I was hoping we could send them down to league 2 but it looks like I'll have to dig out my binoculars for another trip to the Withdean next season.

The hardest thing both clubs face this summer is keeping hold of Lambert and Cox. Personally I don't expect Lambert to be lining up in the blue and white quarters when we kick off next season. Any chance Cox will stay with you guys?

IMHO 2 chance, slim and none. And slim just left town.

I'm scared. This wovers guy appears to be normal.

I need a drink.

As far as relegation goes, I'm bricking it to be honest. Can't see us getting any more points so it's just a lottery.

Lambert and Cox will be gone in the summer.

The only chance would require a load of factors to all line up perfectly:

We stay up
We offer him more money
He's happy with DW's management and style of play
The CM convince him we'll invest to have a real crack at promotion next season
No bid comes in for him that is both big enough bid to tempt the board and matches Cox's requirements of a decent club in a higher standard of football but with a damn good chance of playing every week.

That's probably about 3 too many ducks to get in a row, but it might happen.

Of the interest reported so far I guess firm bids from W.Brom or Leicester of over £1.5m would see him on his way. The kid seems too sensible to take a punt on QPR with their mental sack the manager and refresh the team 3 times a season approach to Championship football though.

I think (hope) that it'll take more than 1.5 million to get him.
With 25% to Reading & the current cashflow situation, we ideally want to clear enough to put some decent money in replacing him & most of the current squad too. The worrying thing is that if we do sell him the prices will go up for replacements straight away.

Now I CAN see Wovers getting +2.5 milkion for Lambert. Historically they always seem to get good fees for their strikers whereas we have always let them go for peanuts.

The one redeeming thing now is that our new board could if they wanted, get the replacement in first before we sell.

Are you sure its 25%? Im sure I read 50%..

No, I'm not sure at all. If it's 50% adds weight to my point.

I think our board would bite the hand off any club offering 2.5 million. In truth I don't see us getting more than 1.25 million as Lambo is already 27 and does lack pace.

Cox on the other hand is only 22 and has his whole career ahead of him. If I was a Swindon fan I'd be disappointed if he left for less than 1.5 million.

I guess both are likely to leave in the summer and our chances next season will depend largely on how much of that money is given to the management to find a replacement and strengthen the team. Knowing our board Trollope will probably get about 15-20%.

It's a little worrying that both clubs haven't done great this season even with these 2 top strikers. Any replacement is not going to be up to their level so the rest of the squad will need to be improved to compensate.

We haven't done that well, as we have had basically the same squad since L2 with a few freebies and untested no names added. Most are out of contract this summer, which gives us chance to clear the decks and start next season with a decent nucleus to build on. IF we stay up (i think we will) I doubt if we will be bothering the top of the league next year, but at least there will be some hope for the following season, particularly with some supposedly useful youngsters almost ready to step up and bed in next season.

Exactly my point.