FO hero Jonny Brain

Weekend Wager summary -- Despite the ignominy of Gillingham's freakish 7-0 defeat at Shrewsbury it was a satisfactory first week for FO's bets. A one point stake on each of the 15 selections returned an overall profit of approximately four points. Hats off to Macclesfield goalie Jonny Brain who put behind him a dreadful start to the season, keeping out 24 Bournemouth attempts and landing a FO a 4/1 winner. Click to continue reading...

Martinez...the only Sky pundit not to cause ears to bleed?


Premiership -- The WBO Set Piece Championship of the World from Caesers Palace, Las Vegas the Britannia Stadium, Stoke was won by the home team as they eclipsed Aston Villa 3-2. Villa struggled against the long throw-ins of Rory Delap all game, and in second half injury time Stoke scored from one, Mama Sidibe getting his head to Delap's projectile. Click to continue reading...

Soccerword's League Two Predictions
1. Darlington
2. Bradford
3. Rochdale
4. Wycombe
5. Shrewsbury
6. Chesterfield
7. Brentford
8. Notts County
9. Port Vale
10. Grimsby Town
11. Gillingham
12. Lincoln City
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Ties are due to be played in the week commencing 11 August. The draw for the first round of the Carling Cup: Preston v Chesterfield Chester v Leeds Leicester v Stockport Sheff Utd v Port Vale Grimsby v Tranmere Crewe v Barnsley Hartlepool v Scunthorpe Derby v Lincoln Notts County v Doncaster Sheff Wed v Rotherham Shrewsbury v Carlisle Wolves v Accrington Bury v Burnley Rochdale v Oldham Nottm Forest [. Click to continue reading...

A game of two halves last night then as Sven swapped his entire starting line-up at half time to give the majority of his new squad an outing ahead of the tougher test this Saturday against Valencia.

Match reports suggested Martin Petrov was the pick of the bunch, whilst Corradi again got on the scoresheet, and Paul Dickov notched what I believe was his first goal since re-joining the club. Click to continue reading...