Dyches to Watch Out For - The Football League and Beyond, 2012-13

No, due to some kind of quirk it would appear the north starts about 30 miles north of London (though only in the realms of non-league football). Vauxhall Motors are in there too (which I think is in Luton, but I could be wrong). Stortford is easily reachable from my bit of London AND they were my actual childhood local team's local rivals.

Vauxhall Motors are from Ellesmere Port. Think the weirdest Conf N/S quirk was when Gloucester somehow ended up in Conference North one season. Think their ground got flooded that year too.

Really? I could have sworn I saw Harlow v Vauxhall Motors in the 80s.

No, wait, it's coming back to me and I'm talking shite. I think Vauxhall sponsored the league in the 80s.

And my Dad had a Vauxhall. With a motor in it. And I once caught a train from Sheffield to Luton.

joked to my old man about Carragher getting the Wolves job thanks to Scouse Mafia connection. oh how we laughed, slightly nervous like.

read some idiot commenting on the Express and Star today saying it like it's a good idea.

seriously tho the list of names being touted is pretty grim as you'd expect. got a feeling we'll make another left-field appointment but what we badly need is Jez Moxey to get sacked and a Chief Exec or Director of Football who knows the game installed. Morgan hasnae got a clue about appointing managers.

think i'd be okay with Coyle or Steve Davis, out of the names attracting betting money. most of the rest are *shudder*

Of the relatively left-field candidates, Tim Sherwood might be worth a punt.

that'd be interesting. can't see us stumping up the money to lure him away from Spurs tho, especially with the salary cap. which again begs the question why we're paying that clueless slug Jez Moxey so much money.

spurs point blank refused sherwood permission to talk to blackburn earlier this season iirc

mark venus (assistant to mogga at boro now) is probably the out of nowhere candidate

davis is the new o'driscoll, not gonna happen

tricky appointment this, all yr "progressive" type managers (coyle, ferg jr, robinson) have had worryingly flaky spells, all the ship-steadiers are grim as fuck (jackett best out of a bad mcleish megson bunch). coyle's had enough time out to look better than the rest i guess, altho robinson's mk dons play notably good footer despite the damning underachievement

curbs? does he actually want to work

some saying millwall talking to warnock now btw, wouldnt that be spesh

i don't think Curbs seriously wants to work unless maybe in London. Robinson i wdn't mind either but hmmm. Mark Venus wd be crazy. can't disassociate Ferg 2.0 from his lacklustre playing career which is unfair but hey.

Mark Venus wd be crazy in an interesting way I meant.

Got a feeling if there's no movement in the rest of the management set-up then we're gonna end up with a shit-kicker tho.

ferg's a weird one, does some eyecatching stuff for posh (great transfer record, fun attacking football) but relegated twice now and was totally shit at preston. i guess he could get you promoted again at least tho

i'd take anybody but one of the ship-steadiers tbh and wdn't worry too much about coming straight back up - whatever anybody says we have got plenty of expensive dead wood with years on its contracts yet

curbs to millwall amirite

Wolves midfielder Karl Henry is desperate to survive the Molineux clear-out he knows is coming in order to make amends for the “disgrace” of relegation.

and not because he knows no other club would pay him a quarter of what he's robbing from us

i heard o'hara thumbsed-up "40k ur having a laugh" the other week

just realised today btw, the season we went into the Prem under McCarthy, Norwich and Southampton were relegated to League 1

xp O'Hara is hilarious, Hollywood cunt who's had his pride hurt and his Mrs keeps getting into Twitter bust-ups with the fans

next season starts 3rd august, bloody hell

come on seagulls

do these playoff matches do extra time and pennos?

if they're level at the end of the second leg yeah. away goals don't count double.

ah two leg playoff, got it

Dan - It's a two-leg semi (home and away), but a one-leg final (at Wembley)

Why the gulllove, Dan?

Guy who's in my Fire group is from Brighton originally and has turned us all into casual fans.

FC United 1-0 down to Hednesford after just 90 seconds of the play-off final.

2-0 down. The Bishops Stortford dream looks to be dying once again.

Gah. 2-1 defeat. Out in the play-offs for the third year in a row.

really sorry NBS, have to say i didn't know Hednesford were in the play-offs and having grown up a couple of miles away i do have a soft spot for them tho

goal of the fucking season

catch it on 101greatgoals folks! seems I'm the only one watching this

which side?

i mean which team? text updating slow as per

watford

fucking try to hit that one dmac and I'll pay for your hip reconstruction surgery

thank fuck for that, worried about the travesty of a Leicester-Palace final

you may now recommence worrying, leicester equalise

OH MY GIDDY GIDDY GOSH

incredible scenes

amazing

Words fail me.

You couldn't make it up

i love football

Yann who?

palace missed a sitter there

cmon brighton

without zaha palace would do well to get 15 points next season in the PL

oh shiiiiiiiiii

Zaha really is the business huh?

that's it