The non-Watford football thread

Blimey - Maidstone leading 2-1 at Ipswich in the Cup. Two well taken goals too...

 

And they held on to win - amazing stuff, it's what the cup is all about.
4500 happy Maidstone fans...

 

Watford's laboured 2-1 win over Chesterfield (who are the outstanding team in the National League) looks a lot better now after Maidstone (who are 4th in the National League South) have won 2-1 away against Ipswich at Portman Road. Results for Championship teams against non-league sides in F.A, Cup games are not a foregone conclusion.

 

If you look at their recent results, they have lost 5 and drawn 1 of their last 6 away games - against the likes of St Albans and Slough...

 

Wonderful display by the keeper.

Ipswich will be ruing these missed chances but credit to Maidstone.

Outstanding effort and 2 cracking goals.

Hope they get a good one in the 5th round.

 

Us?

 

Maidstone scored with their only 2 shots in the game. Ipswich had 78% possession and 38 shots (including 13 shots on target) during the game. Maidstone;s previous 6 away results suggest that their finishing is not normally so clinical whereas Ipswich appear to have been wasteful.

Lucas Covolan (Maidstone's Brazilian goalkeeper) played for Chesterfield last season, but was not in their squad for the National League play-off final and his contract was not renewed. Ipswich made 10 changes from their previous game (although some first team players were brought on during the game): they got their just deserts for not taking the competition more seriously.

 

Ivory Coast through on penalties v Senegal .

This after sacking their manager presumably thinking they were out of the tournament already in the group stages !

Very AFCON I feel .

 

Fastest ever goal in the Premier league?

Form the BBC:
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"Wow! Luton ahead already and that might have a case for being the quickest Premier League goal!"

One record I wouldn't mind losing as we let the current fastest in v Southampton.

 

Even worse - it's 2-0 now

 

Keep up BB. 3-0 Brighton not coping with such a direct style.

 

With three ex Hornets in their side you'd think they would be...

 

And now 4.

Well one hardly played and another injured more often than not ..

 

4-0 Brighton wishing they had stayed away.

 

**** Lootown

 

This comment by Garth Crooks is probably stuck on the Luton dressing room permanently .

 

Aberdeen have sacked their manager - which may go a long way to ensuring that Pollock stays...

 

Pollock said he is staying anyway but yes probably ends any interest.

 

its like when we played Leicester the season after The Deeney Goal, they kept showing the goal before kickoff and I said to the people around me. Well thats the prematch team talk for them sorted and so it was

 

Yes and even think Harry the Hornet re-created it in front of their fans !