Realest Of Football, Realest Of Talk: Football League, Blue Square & Beyond, 2009/10

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BBC Sport brings Football League fans across the country unrivalled coverage of their team next season, with a new Saturday night programme called The Football League Show, which will showcase all the goals from the Coca-Cola Championship, League One and League Two.

Presented by Manish Bhasin, The Football League Show will begin on Saturday 8 August at 11.10pm [1] on BBC One.

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Joining Manish in the studio, with his unique brand of expert analysis and candid opinion on major talking points, will be Steve Claridge, whose playing career included spells at Leicester City, Portsmouth, Millwall and Birmingham City to name but four clubs.

BBC Radio 5 Live regular Mark Clemmit takes up the role of roving reporter, bringing viewers all of the stories making the headlines.

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Live coverage of the Football League also returns to the BBC for the first time since 1988. Ten matches from the Championship will be shown live, beginning with West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United on Saturday 8 August at 5.20pm (kick-off 5.30pm) on BBC One.

In addition there will be a divisional goals round-up from each league every week. All the Carling Cup and Johnstone's Paint Trophy goals will also be available.

The Football League Show will also be available for seven days on BBC iPlayer and on BBC Red Button until midday the next day (Sunday).

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READY!

It's all go! I can't wait! Can you?

P.S. can ILXors' teams plz try not to get relegated this season kthx

I have a bad feeling about this (BBC I mean). How are they going to work John Barrowman into the Saturday evening live matches?

I have a bad feeling because Manish Bhasin is a quite hysterically awful presenter, but hey, at least there's proper non-ITV highlights now to showcase Gillingham's improbable rise to glory

I have a bad feeling about this (BBC I mean). How are they going to work John Barrowman into the Saturday evening live matches?

He's going to sing a different Andrew Lloyd Webber-composed theme tune every week, while The Football League Show 2 (hosted by Graham Norton) sees the public vote for which one they want permanently installed by Christmas. Can't fail!

just noticed it's Swygart's birthday, so have a good one old chum and I'll wish some fortune on Soton

...some Jonathan Fortune that is!!

just noticed it's Swygart's birthday, so have a good one old chum and I'll wish some joy on Soton

...some Ian Joy that is!!

RIP Stern John.

just noticed it's Swygart's birthday, so have a good one old chum and I'll wish some bridge-wilkinson on Soton

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Boro sign Leroy Lita, send Mido to Zamalek

Ken Bates appears to have accepted a lower bid than Man City's for his best player, because he doesn't like Man City very much.

Something is rotten at Cambridge United - Martin Ling's left his post after nine days, and the official line is "irreconcilable differences between (him) and chairman George Rolls". Chairman George Rolls was also suggested as the key figure in the sacking of Gary Brabin, who led Cambridge to the play-offs last season, over a difference of opinion in the playing budget. All very odd.

Something's been rotten there for years. Deeply troubled club.

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HE'S READY

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HE'S READY FOR WHATEVER IT IS HE DOES THESE DAYS

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IT'S READY

fuck why can i not separate that face from jimmy bullard's

Because it looks exactly like Jimmy Bullard.

I'm predicting the Championship top six to be this:

1. Middlesbrough
2. Sheffield United
3. West Brom
4. Ipswich
5. Reading
6. QPR

Michael McIndoe has signed for Coventry.

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Odds on Jermaine Beckford moving to West Brom have gone from 20/1 to 2/1 this afternoon.

Because it looks exactly like Jimmy Bullard.

also Dave Stelfox

As one might expect from a channel that's just bought the rights to show Football League matches, the Beeb's League Two preview article is pretty thorough, albeit slightly dodgily subbed. And Macclesfield Town appear to be the only side not tipped for a top-half finish.

Will you be rooting for or inwardly hissing at the Cherries this season?

holy shit Kevin Poole is still a registered player o_O

I'd say that, if they actually manage a run for the play-offs given just how hamstrung they've been financially, then they, and Eddie Howe, deserve all the praise they can get. The prospect of us playing them next season... well, really, we've only ourselves to blame for that.

Kevin Poole was, I think, first choice for Burton for most of last season. Aged 46. I remember him from one of the Premier League sticker books in the mid-90s, when he was at Leicester, and he looked pretty ancient back then...

that's the kind of shit that stopped happening in the 1950's, or at least only ever happened to stanley matthews

the W.G. Grace of football

imo Bournemouth will not be playing Southampton next season. besides, we've both met nemeses already in Gillingham and Exeter

regardless, props to Howe and his merrie men.

Kevin Poole signed a professional contract in 1981

1981

Just For Men's been good to him.

He's also older than 12 of the managers in League Two; this includes Paul Peschisolido, his actual boss, who's just under eight years Poole's junior.

Super Donny have made their first signing of the off-season: Quinton Fortune!

bloody 'ell

i was watching an early-00's ESPN highlights reel the other day and blow me down if it wasn't Vegard Heggem...

Ooh, and the Beeb have done a team-by-team for League One as well, now. Radio Solent dude reckons we should aim for the play-offs, which seems about right. Need a striker tho.

Jonjo Shelvey is the player to watch if you're an Ipswich fan. He won't be at Charlton this time next month. Also A+ sarcasm, cheers folks

also it will be interesting to see 24 clubs finish in the play-offs

carlisle, yeovil and possibly swindon seem fucked to me

Joe Kinnear claims he was offered a two-year deal to be Newcastle boss, which he turned down for health reasons. In other news, no-one has bought the club off Mike Ashley yet.

I can't decide whether to hope the rumours about Jermaine Beckford being sold by Leeds to WBA are true or not, given it's 72 hours or so until we play them at their place. Like: is an unsettled JB a weaker choice than a second choice with something to prove? Not sure.

Leeds are supposed to have a decent choice of strikers - Becchio's meant to be a bit of alright, and Snodgrass, Grella and Showunmi have all had their backers in the past...

This is all quite tantalisingly close, isn't it? Here's Auntie's Blue Square preview. Not quite as many predicting the play-offs in this one.

Right. That's why I'm thinking that Bad Uncle Ken might helpfully hold off selling until next week, giving Jermaine plenty of time to put in a thoroughly below-par unsettled performance. That doesn't seem unreasonable.

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CRABS

PUBIC LICE

or worse still

CURBS

;_;

Chester sort of saved, sort of torpedoed

On one hand, yay Cardiff, they've got some pretty sound fans from those I've met. On the other hand, fucking hell Peter Risdale back in the top flight?

My desire for Blackpool to be promoted is tempered by the fact that I'd probably stop finding Ollie's zingers funny if they were on MOTD2 every single week.

Yeah, there's that on both counts. Also, Charlie Adam's teeth.

Somebody phone Mrs J and tell her to hide all the knives

missed the shootout but feelin for a dude right now.

BEST GAME IN THE WORLD

oh jesus nobody told him that they lost.

HUZZAH FOR FOOTBALL

this is karma for your denigration of messi on his own thread imo. you want english cloggers doing what they do- i give you....swindon

NONE OF US WILL BE LAUGHING WHEN IT IS ENGLAND

(well ok the Scottish will be but w/e)

ahem

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He doesn't look the type to vote BNP.

scanned this thread and didn't see it but assume you all caught the clip of the wheelchair-user pitch invasion at Chesterfield? 30 seconds in

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amazing

A number of his team-mates — principally winger Lloyd Dyer and veteran defender Chris Powell — were particularly upset and rounded upon the former Hull City man.

holy fuck he admitted voting BNP with CHRIS POWELL in the same room?????

show the fucker Chris

the comments on that article....wtf. i know, it's the daily mail, but jesus.

btw you're so not gonna win L1 next season

SNARLING THRU BARED TEETH STARTS HERE FOLKS

*smiles calmly*

I'm still looking for things to maim, equanimity will return eventually. Then we will see what Morgan Schneiderlin is really made of.

haha, Sammy McIlroy gobbing on his arm just now and trying to wipe it off like it didn't happen...

Can't take your eyes off this, can you?

great game

unlucky there cardiff

DJ Campbell
Dance with me
DJ Campbell
Let's pretend
Living out a Championship fantasy
Waiting for the match to end

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It was a broadly fair result wrt how the game panned out but all of Blackpool's goals were basically not necessary... real talk tho, everyone is consolable by the magic words "Ian Holloway in the Prem next season you guys"

Next thread title.

On 2 May 2010, Bloomfield Road experienced its highest attendance for thirty years: 12,296 (11,192 home; 1,104 away) people watched Blackpool's 1–1 draw with Bristol City as the hosts secured a final-day play-off spot. This beat the previous high of 10,427, when Rotherham United visited on 20 August 1980

That record could be under threat next season - wikipedia reckons they can squeeze another 259 folk in if need be.

the magic words "Ian Holloway Gareth from The Office in the Prem next season you guys"

it's a good way for an irritating season to end

well

dagenham or rotherham, wonder what i'd prefer? christ i saw us play dagenham when we were prem and they were non-league

needed a deflected 87th-minute equaliser from salako

maybe this was always fated

OH WHAT A MISS

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A MISS OF CLASS AND GUILE

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he's gonna deny to his grandkids that he was ever a footballer imo

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this is just adding hilarious pathos to the massive mark clemmit interview with his entire extended family on R5 earlier, saying how joyful they'd be if he scored the goal to send them up

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all speaking with awed tones of his fairytale ascent from Poole Town FC

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and of how he was a bricklayer even as late as last september, but a bricklayer who dreamt of wembley

if he dreams of wembley tonight he'll require sedation

morrison has looked excellent.

that looked like quite a last minute save, but opn replay it was nearly what a fuckup by the goalie tbh

a load of millwall fans going by my window being obnoxious

success has ruined them no doubt

hahaha

Our train back from Solihull to Marylebone this evening stopped at Wembley and picked up a load of Millwall fans. We had our one-year-old with us and feared the worst but they were absolute sweethearts.

you're so so so lucky they won

They were so subdued I presumed they had lost!

they've been feeling promotion is a right rather than a gift this season, they'll end up like arsenal fans

from firm to plc, a natural progression

first time ive watched the football league show

ricardo rocha described as having A LATINO SHORT FUSE

both the managers are p scary but not as scary as the grotesque canted angles and weird straub-huillet via chris brydon feel of the studio sequences

hilarious dive by apparently nonforeign adam lallana