I wonder if Darlington are in the march back to League status. A win tonight will give them the Northern Premier League title - with at least 100 goals and 104 points for the season - fairly impressive.
My late father-in-law did...and still had a pronounced Darlo accent after living in the south for nearly 60 years.
http://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/match.php?MID=177262 Ah, the memories. What a line-up, including such footballing giants as Ken Goodeve, Brian Greenhalgh and Vic (no relation) Akers. And people moan about Jurado, Suarez, Nyom and Parades!!!
Well, here's a surprise - when was the last time De Gea saved two penalties in one half! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36106596
I see Hodgson has been defending Vardy quite strongly - nothing to do with the fact the bloke might play a key role at Euro 2016?
To think they thought it was close in the Championship last season! Top 3 level on points and about 3 goals between them - plus Boro play Brighton on the final day! BTW Newcastle cannot catch us so we might be officially be pretty much safe before the kick-off tomorrow which might be a nice boost actually! (Unless Sunderland win their other 4 games and we lose all ours with a 7/8 goal swing)
Nice to see Burton get a step nearer promotion yesterday - saw the reverse fixture the day we were at Villa and they were very impressive, winning 5-1. Assuming Burton do finish the job, a visit to the Pirelli will be a bit of a shock to a lot of teams in the Championship as it has a capacity of just over 6,000 and terracing on 3 sides.
Well done to our former Hornet John-Joe O'Toole. Promoted with Northampton Town as champions of their division and also he has a seat in the division's team of the season.
Probably not a popular view, but will this allow the families of the sadly deceased to pursue prosecutions against the Liverpool fans who arrived late and forced a gate leading to the crush, or is it just to be used to beat the police who could not cope organisationally or physically?
I wouldn't have thought that likely - for starters, how would you actually identify those who arrived late? And I don't think it right to say '...to beat the police who could not cope organisationally or physically'. The way things were then, no-one could have handled the problem satisfactorily. What this outcome does is highlight the incompetence of those at the top who gave the orders - and then tried to cover their own backsides by lying.
I have to agree that as things turned out no one could have dealt with the situation. Fans behind fencing probably cost numerous lives. Health and safety was not at the top of the list for fans going to football matches in those days. Being squeezed in at some of the London grounds over Christmas was uncomfortable, but it was so tight you couldn't fall over. You can make an argument that it has gone too far the other way now, with grounds that are safe, but roads still with snow on them. No replays for cup games because the police have to make arrangements. On balance I would accept today rather than ever see something like that happen again.
No. The enquiry found that Liverpool fans were categorically NOT to blame. Listening , as I have, all day it was a catalogue of errors and cover-ups. The police, the ambulance service, match command, the ground design, Sheffield Wednesday, health and safety executive...the list goes on. In fact, I find it incredible that the FA have so far escaped blame. They gave the match to a ground that did not have a current safety certificate. That , to my mind, is also negligent. I've learnt more today than I have in the entire 27 years since it happened. Tragic...and avoidable. But to pile on the agony by blaming the supporters and covering up the facts for 27 years. Unforgivable.
