Sunderland 'Til I Cry: EFL and beyond 19/20

Glenn Murray, the Sir Captain Tom of professional football, scoring goals in his 90s to raise money for the NHS

Lol I can still remember those heady days when Murray was arguably one of the hottest young talents in the shitty leagues, at Dale I think.

Definitely a good idea to sell him and buy Benteke thanks pardyoo

Our lot had got to Barrow last night before the game was called off, poor sods.

On the plus side, I have been enjoying looking at Barrow's club badge. Submarine! Bee-arrow!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/New_Barrow_Football_Club_Crest_2014.png

when they have their big derby game against Morecambe coming up I hear they often deploy their club submarine into the bay to spy on the Shrimps training ground through the periscope.

are we sure that's a submarine and not a Lemmings level?

League 2 is totally a Lemmings level.

On derby days they could replace the bee-arrow bit with one of these
https://chowhound3.cbsistatic.com/resize/b3d5948ab63a57d05e34cd1ac77819318bc08997/recipe_photos/30998_grilled_sweet_chili_lime_shrimp.jpg

It was a picture of a shrimp kebab but fuck doing that again.

apparently we have signed Ravel Morrison on a free who has had roughly as many managers in the last decade as he has played games in the last few seasons. probably a dud signing but at least he pissed off Big Sam and has a shitload of talent if he can be arsed putting in some graft with a relegation battle.

So our league has just been Null and Voided but we can still play in the Trophy because the NL proper hasn't.

Makes perfect sense.

Bloody hell!

(to calz' lot)

But also to aldo's lot :(

Yesterday's development is that Gloucester are pushing that they might go to court to ensure they are promoted because they're currently first - although they have played more games than everyone else and would be 5th I think on average points terms - and have thrown out bitchy public statements at the club's who voted for it. I'm sure it has nothing to do with going shit or bust on the money front this year to try and get promoted.

Of course there is a special irony in them doing it this season, when the rugby team have been a complete disaster and have only got their act together once the league decided there would be no relegation and took the pressure off them.

that 2nd Duane Holmes goal was sublime and it is extra pleasing because he is a homegrown town fan who most of us had dismissed as s lightweight with no end product and he's a very nice chap as well. lol some Derby fans seem to be taking it as proof that he couldn't be arsed playing for Rooney, who can blame him tbf.

Just watched that goal calz absolute beauty

good day for the old warhorse Frasier Campbell as well he scored a scruffy goal, had one disallowed and got two assists, led the line like a good-old-fashioned-pro™. He gets lots of unfair stick but as a 33 year old often playing twice a week you can't really ask for more from him.

Feel like Frasier fucked himself career wise on more than one occasion but fair play. 40 year-old James Coppinger scored a pearler of a free kick for Donny today

lord, he's been at Donny Rovers since they still played at Bell Vue! My brother used to work for the dodgy fucker chairman that plotted to burn it down for an insurance job. When my brother left his employment in a huff he later found out the dodgy crook had paid someone to break his legs but they must have been as shit as the arsonist he hired because it never happened!

beware championship defences...beware 🤡

Top ten in L2 all neatly queued up one point behind the club in front.

1 Cambrg. 31 52
2 Forest G 29 51
3 Cheltenm 29 50
4 Morecam 30 49
5 Tranmere 29 48
6 Newport 29 47
7 Exeter 28 46
8 Salford. 29 45
9 Bolton 30 44
10 Carlisle 26 43

NATHAN FERGUSON! 🚀🚀🚀

THAT’S OUTRAGEOUS.@SUFCRootsHall 👀pic.twitter.com/My5ZEZoOe6

— The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) February 24, 2021

Nice one, Luke, any chance of a new BBR album?

PENALTIES | HEREFORD PROGRESS!!!

Luke Haines fires Hereford into the semi-finals of the #FATrophy!

ALDERSHOT ✅✅✅❌
HEREFORD ✅✅✅✅✅

— HerefordFC (@HerefordFC) February 27, 2021

Hahaha

The highlight was our official account celebrating victory in the 89th minute, before commentators curse struck.

Sheffield fucking Wednesday :D

Rotherham down to ten and incapable of beating an egg at the best of times.. there's hope for all of us!

McCarthy's thugball Cardiff side are the worst, it was like watching a tribute team to every Warnock side of the 90's. They only ever look like scoring from set pieces and have been beating sides with 20-30% possession. I hate them more than Leeds rn! And last night Aaron Rowe won us a pen and up steps the guy who got voted the worst Arsenal player of all time and looking nervous and awkward and not up for it at all and then blasts it wide. Our 4th penalty miss of the season.

Big Mick's back baby

It really is a indictment of the champo that such a boring, grisly anti-football side are in playoff contention. Gl Cardiff!

mind you at one point I heard a bbc Leeds commentator say that Warnock's Middlesbrough were averaging one shot per game, and they didn't say one shot on target. But their big playoff push seems to have faded since.

lol @ Bournemouth. or some might have it Boscombe Manor.

lmao we're playing Birmingham City the mother of all hospital passes, what a glorious day

oh it's official now!

he'll be thanking the new-manager gods for Rotherham being so wretched, but brum have previous for escaping on the last day if it gets a bit sticky

fingers x'd

Woking have gone public to say Saturday is shit or bust for them, if they don't win the semi them they're furloughing all their plays and (presumably) not completing the season.

To help(?) this state of affairs they have signed two new players for the semi. One of whom is cuptied because he played for Slough in an earlier round thus ineligible. Fucking tinpot.

I have met a Woking fan, a teenager. Poor lad

There's a Woking fan on ilx, though I don't think she hangs about on this thread.

idk, seems like they might be a fun club to support. Remember in the 90s they used to win the Trophy almost every year, decent FA cup record too

Woking itself a grim place tho lol

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All aboard the banter bus

1-0 up at half time. Been a decent enough game, 2 or 3 decent chances to both sides but their marking poor for the goal. Other semi might be the one to watch though as its currently 2 each.

WEMBERLEE

legs all trembly y/n?

Week after FA cup final so will be able to go as well.

wooooo I might actually go, with my one child who may be interested

read that as "might be arrested" for a minute lol i love this cuntry

have a mate who's a Hornchurch fan, would almost be tempted to join him lol