@thickandthin63 said ‘A well dug out win,but wtf was Anderson thinking when he punted the ball straight to their keeper with about a minute left.’
Yep, no reason why it shouldn’t have sailed over the keepers head to seal a 3-1 win.
One reason is that he wasn’t trying to shoot. He had time on the ball and just booted it upfield. The goalkeeper collected the ball halfway up their half of the pitch and allowed them to put unnecessary pressure on us. It was very bad from Anderson but otherwise he did well.
Yeah, it was a silly ball and could have cost us. Only thing I was wondering was if he was trying to do something more clever but over hit it: A softer kick that just didn't have the power to reach the penalty box could have drawn the keeper out into no man's land and created a bit of mayhem at the back. Would have been tricky to get right though. It would have to be strong enough to turn the defenders whilst not reaching the box.
When he received the ball he had absolutely nothing in front of him and around 3 or 4 Mansfield players around him. He was trying to boot it up field, possibly into the corner, to create some distance and chase it down because he didn't want to get dispossessed that close to his goal. Not a bad idea in theory but as is often the case with Anderson the plan didn't survive the technique stage of the process and he just ended up blamping it into their keeper. Even then though, it was better having the keeper boot it back into us than him conceding a turnover around his halfway line so I personally don't think it was too bad
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Being kicked out of the EFL does not mean going out of business necessarily. Luton and Wrexham, for example, were recently outside the EFL.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Good interview. And yet another player talking about how good Jones is at creating squad harmony so the players who don't play every week are still happy
Absolutely brilliant getting the result last night, but it was tough going at times. Not only were Mansfield a lot better than I'd expected, it took us a long time to get into any sort of rhythm. Some of the first half passing was definitely below par. At times Docherty, Ramsay and Small looked like they hadn't seen each other before. Perhaps they actually weren't seeing each other as clearly as they might with those shitty grey tops blending into the shadows. Still, we never gave up and another bit of Campbell magic brought the points home. I fear that this thread could easily have read very differently this morning. Fantastic scenes at the end though what a joy it was seeing the players celebrating.
Final observation, I don't want to cast any aspersions but why were no less than four of our team wearing wrist bandages. What's going on there?
Nothing to see here, Ramsay and Small have always worn tape around their wrists and hand, Edwards always has something on his wrist and I've not seen enough of McIntyre to know if it's normal or not
Edwards is def a sweat band to use to wipe away sweat from hands and face (prior to long throws?). Maybe Small and and Ramsey similar.
Absolutely brilliant getting the result last night, but it was tough going at times. Not only were Mansfield a lot better than I'd expected, it took us a long time to get into any sort of rhythm. Some of the first half passing was definitely below par. At times Docherty, Ramsay and Small looked like they hadn't seen each other before. Perhaps they actually weren't seeing each other as clearly as they might with those shitty grey tops blending into the shadows. Still, we never gave up and another bit of Campbell magic brought the points home. I fear that this thread could easily have read very differently this morning. Fantastic scenes at the end though what a joy it was seeing the players celebrating.
Final observation, I don't want to cast any aspersions but why were no less than four of our team wearing wrist bandages. What's going on there?
Nothing to see here, Ramsay and Small have always worn tape around their wrists and hand, Edwards always has something on his wrist and I've not seen enough of McIntyre to know if it's normal or not
Edwards is def a sweat band to use to wipe away sweat from hands and face (prior to long throws?). Maybe Small and and Ramsey similar.
I thought that too but it's really tight like tape, maybe it's just shrunk in the wash!
I must have gone through every sort of emotion watching this game, and after Godden gobbled up the absolute gift of a back pass in the 22nd minute for the opener, having said that it was still a well taken goal, I thought here we go, how wrong I would be. Mansfield were very well organied and had tenacity in abundance, and almost drew level immediately, the side netting was rattled, but no goal, however on 41 minutes they were level. So second half started, and they had clearly been encouraged by the equaliser just before half time, because they really came at us, and some sterling defensive work was needed, whilst we did create some nice chances ourselves, nerves were jangling, until up popped TC with another stunner in the 75th minute to seal the three points, still Mansfield wouldn't lie down, and the last 15 + stoppage was frantic stuff, but we showed we are built of sterner stuff now, and saw out the game and journeyed home with the three points. Special callout to every single one of the 839 die hard travelling Addicks, who never stopped singing from 1st to last minute, so on we go to The Valley Saturday and Lincoln City, where we COULD come 5pm be level with Wycombe and three points behind Wrexham should results go our way, COYR...👍
Absolutely brilliant getting the result last night, but it was tough going at times. Not only were Mansfield a lot better than I'd expected, it took us a long time to get into any sort of rhythm. Some of the first half passing was definitely below par. At times Docherty, Ramsay and Small looked like they hadn't seen each other before. Perhaps they actually weren't seeing each other as clearly as they might with those shitty grey tops blending into the shadows. Still, we never gave up and another bit of Campbell magic brought the points home. I fear that this thread could easily have read very differently this morning. Fantastic scenes at the end though what a joy it was seeing the players celebrating.
Final observation, I don't want to cast any aspersions but why were no less than four of our team wearing wrist bandages. What's going on there?
Nothing to see here, Ramsay and Small have always worn tape around their wrists and hand, Edwards always has something on his wrist and I've not seen enough of McIntyre to know if it's normal or not
Edwards is def a sweat band to use to wipe away sweat from hands and face (prior to long throws?). Maybe Small and and Ramsey similar.
I thought that too but it's really tight like tape, maybe it's just shrunk in the wash!
Seems like it is a much simpler reason
Taping Your Wrists for Football: Why and How
Sports tape is highly effective in supporting digits and joints from bending out of place and becoming injured when strained while playing football. Sports tape also supports other football players' wrists in case of sudden contact, either with the ball, another player or the ground.
Good interview. And yet another player talking about how good Jones is at creating squad harmony so the players who don't play every week are still happy
He lost the dressing room three or four months back though...
Any views on Ramsay's supposed back pass missed by the ref? I didn't see anything in enough detail and there didn't seem to be any replays. Plenty of Mansfield fans seem to think it was though.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
Dead cert backpass. Ref dropped a bollock there, fortunately
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
Any views on Ramsay's supposed back pass missed by the ref? I didn't see anything in enough detail and there didn't seem to be any replays. Plenty of Mansfield fans seem to think it was though.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
Dead cert backpass. Ref dropped a bollock there, fortunately
I've not seen it back but at the time I thought Ramsay was just trying to bring the ball down and got it wrong. Brown seemed to think the same on commentary.
MANNION: quiet night, one dodgy flap RAMSAY: his worst game since his return from injury, but the best of our back 3 McINTYRE: he's no Lloyd Jones is he? For that matter he's no Alex Mitchell either - looked half a beat off it all night and nervous as hell GILLESPHEY: right back to the depths of his awfulness witnessed until Christmas, big contribution to Stags' goal SMALL: decent on a tough night COVENTRY: struggled against Stags energy and physicality, often outnumbered BERRY: alright going forward, chocolate fireguard defensively DOCHERTY: wholly anonymous EDWARDS: tough night and his set plays were rotten GODDEN: star man, on it from the first second, Always always knows where his colleagues are and usually finds them, could hold it up a bit longer occasionally CAMPBELL: bullied, battered, often by two or more, Stags were rightly scared of him but he was tireless until he literally couldn't give any more, developing into quite the weapon. His burgeoning partnership with MG is key to our current form Referee: let plenty of physical stuff go and his worst blunder probably favoured us - no complaints
CHUKS: looked shagged out from the second time he touched the ball, stuck at his task manfully but seemed to be really struggling, one glimpse of that rare talent he has
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
Is it a race to the base; they did this so we do that? There's still a decent proportion of fans who know right from wrong and would like to protect the league competition and it's clubs, even if the 'authorities' seem to struggle with that notion as well.
Mansfield have done nothing to convince me that they don't have the coldest away end in the EFL. Baltic micro climate
Was that you in the pink shorts and t shirt , quite a few in just Charlton shirts , I know I’m lame but how fucking hard are you lot just wearing that .
i put the temperature warning out on the Mansfield roll call to wrap up , I have no life so I think about these things ……fail to prepare
Haha nah I wrapped up. I remember it being cold/windy from the FA cup game there so had a coat on, despite it being tshirt weather in Nottingham in the afternoon.
I saw a few lads get off the coach in just shorts and immediately regret it.
Any views on Ramsay's supposed back pass missed by the ref? I didn't see anything in enough detail and there didn't seem to be any replays. Plenty of Mansfield fans seem to think it was though.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
Dead cert backpass. Ref dropped a bollock there, fortunately
I've not seen it back but at the time I thought Ramsay was just trying to bring the ball down and got it wrong. Brown seemed to think the same on commentary.
Likewise. It was an attempt to get control of the ball. It just happen to go forwards towards Mannion. No intent AT ALL to pass it back to him.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
Is it a race to the base; they did this so we do that? There's still a decent proportion of fans who know right from wrong and would like to protect the league competition and it's clubs, even if the 'authorities' seem to struggle with that notion as well.
The EFL have their rules.....plain & simple. Their chairman has failed the "fit & proper" test and can no longer be in control of Reading football club. If he is come this Saturday (5th) then the EFL reserve the right to apply sanctions. It appears the first one is suspending the club from playing any more matches.
I'm not saying it's fair. it's just the rules of the EFL. The same as a player getting 10 yellow & being suspended or failing a drugs test. Everyone knows at the start of the season what the rules are.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
Completely different things though aren't they. Giving a bit after you win is very different to not having any sympathy for a football club being dragged to the brink by an owner who doesn't care about the club and is happy to see it die rather than face up to his financial responsibilities. It really wasn't that long ago we were protesting against Roland, dragged to the edge by Southall and watching our club go through the courts to see who the hell would actually own us. We were so desperate at the time for someone else to actually care, for the media to report more widely. Every day someone would ask on here why there wasn't more noise being made about the fact a 100+ year old club could be destroyed like this and here's your answer: as soon as it's not happening to your club it doesn't matter. How quickly we forget how grateful we were to Brighton fans for joining our protest against Roland (because they remember how these things feel at least) or when Burnley used their title winning pitch invasion to join in the chants against him. Part of the reason it's so easy for stuff like this to happen to clubs - leading to stupid situations like us not owning our stadium or training ground - is because there's not enough collective outrage from football fans to offset the EFL's lack of interest in anything other than money. I honestly can't believe there are Charlton fans who don't recognise the importance of showing at least a little bit of solidarity with a club that hasn't done anything other than be victimised by shit owners. Oh, but they celebrated when they beat us I guess.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
Completely different things though aren't they. Giving a bit after you win is very different to not having any sympathy for a football club being dragged to the brink by an owner who doesn't care about the club and is happy to see it die rather than face up to his financial responsibilities. It really wasn't that long ago we were protesting against Roland, dragged to the edge by Southall and watching our club go through the courts to see who the hell would actually own us. We were so desperate at the time for someone else to actually care, for the media to report more widely. Every day someone would ask on here why there wasn't more noise being made about the fact a 100+ year old club could be destroyed like this and here's your answer: as soon as it's not happening to your club it doesn't matter. How quickly we forget how grateful we were to Brighton fans for joining our protest against Roland (because they remember how these things feel at least) or when Burnley used their title winning pitch invasion to join in the chants against him. Part of the reason it's so easy for stuff like this to happen to clubs - leading to stupid situations like us not owning our stadium or training ground - is because there's not enough collective outrage from football fans to offset the EFL's lack of interest in anything other than money. I honestly can't believe there are Charlton fans who don't recognise the importance of showing at least a little bit of solidarity with a club that hasn't done anything other than be victimised by shit owners. Oh, but they celebrated when they beat us I guess.
Couldn’t have said it better, just a mug if you are happy/have no sympathy for fans losing their club.
I must admit, I did have a chuckle when I saw all the ‘old’ and ‘bald’ running down the terrace and on to the pitch for TC’s goal. We can’t criticise our kids can we . . .
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Being kicked out of the EFL does not mean going out of business necessarily. Luton and Wrexham, for example, were recently outside the EFL.
With a very notable exception, Luton and Wrexham retained their stadiums, Reading's current owner wants his money back, which is what he paid for the assets, almost certainly he wants more than they are actually worth, ring any bells, and it's unlikely that those assets will be purchased in time, their only hope is a rental agreement, but is the owner up for that ? who knows.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
So they deserve to go out of business for laughing at us over a dodgy penalty, so Millwall deserve to go out of business for continually beating us and laughing about it, and we deserve to go out of business for having Jon Fortune equalise in the dying minutes to send Palace down. You and Golfie should get together and write a book, here's a working title 'The Bollocks wot I wrote'
How many times did that Sky commentator say they had a goal disallowed 😂. It wasn’t allowed because it never went in!
I'm being serious now......but the EFL need to have a look at Mansfield's nets. Twice tonight the ball appeared in the back of the net when it clearly went past the post. Their "disallowed" goal and Godden's shot.
Otherwise next time could have serious consequences.
Agreed. Palace fell foul of something similar in 2009 at Ashton Gate;
Freddie Sears v Bristol City, 15th August 2009
When Freddie Sears found the back of the net past Bristol City ‘keeper Dean Gerken, he naturally wheeled away to join his teammates celebrating Palace’s opening goal of a controversial summer afternoon, oblivious to the ball which sailed back over his head towards the penalty spot.
It wasn’t until he’d turned around to see referee Rob Shoebridge deliberating with his linesman that Sears realised something wasn’t quite right.
His goal, which followed a considerable punt upfield from Julian Speroni, cannoned in and out of the net in the flash of an eye and seemed to evade Shoebridge, who awarded a goal kick instead.
Despite enjoying the better of the two teams' performance, Palace would go on to lose the clash 1-0 as Nicky Maynard stole a point from the Eagles in the 90th minute.
I seem to recall a goal Chelsea scored at Stamford Bridge - probably 1980s. The shot went just past the right hand post on the outside, hit the stanchion at the back and came straight back out. Ref gave the goal! I think that may have been one of the reasons stanchionless (is that a word even?) nets came in.
I was at that game right behind the goal at the opposite end.Alan Hudson was the "scorer" vs Ipswich, and Chelsea won 2-1. The Chelsea fans found it hugely funny. Nobody except the officials thought it was a goal.
I must admit, I did have a chuckle when I saw all the ‘old’ and ‘bald’ running down the terrace and on to the pitch for TC’s goal. We can’t criticise our kids can we . . .
There I was enjoying my five minutes of fame having been alerted by family that I was on telly. Brought down to earth with a bump this evening. I mean, I am old and bald but still, I got to the front very fast, I thought.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
Is it a race to the base; they did this so we do that? There's still a decent proportion of fans who know right from wrong and would like to protect the league competition and it's clubs, even if the 'authorities' seem to struggle with that notion as well.
The EFL have their rules.....plain & simple. Their chairman has failed the "fit & proper" test and can no longer be in control of Reading football club. If he is come this Saturday (5th) then the EFL reserve the right to apply sanctions. It appears the first one is suspending the club from playing any more matches.
I'm not saying it's fair. it's just the rules of the EFL. The same as a player getting 10 yellow & being suspended or failing a drugs test. Everyone knows at the start of the season what the rules are.
Thought Mansfield were more than tidy and will be no pushovers whoever they play. They still might have a say in top six as they still have to play Hudds (A) and both Orient and Reading at home.
Superb result. Great atmosphere. Out of interest do readings results get removed if they don't find a buyer? I don't wish that on any club but could it benefit us?
Yes is my understanding because they already have banned the chairman and will not let the club carry on with him in charge, the EFL would prefer a points deduction but if the rules say the club has an owner who is declared not fit and proper, they can't continue. Lets hope they do find a buyer as we have been there and I don't want any other club to suffer the way we have, also, I'd rather Charlton overhaul Wycombe and Wrexham by winning games not by Reading being booted out.
Nah, sod that.
West Ham cheated be playing Tevez & Mascereno and got a slap on the wrist instead of a points deduction.
Rules are rules. I think the deadline is the end of this week. If Reading are not sold by the weekend then they should be kicked out.
But sadly the EFL are pussies & wont do anything until the end of the regular season.
That’s very harsh. You want a club to go out of business because of its owner? That nearly happened to us.
Sorry but I really don't give a monkey's about any other teams or fans
When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Can’t believe I’m doing this but Golfie is bang on, Reading fans were extremely happy to gloat and celebrate after they beat us at The Valley due to a dodgy penalty and when we got relegated from the championship. I’m not going to wish anything bad on Reading but I’m struggling to have any sympathy for them
So they deserve to go out of business for laughing at us over a dodgy penalty, so Millwall deserve to go out of business for continually beating us and laughing about it, and we deserve to go out of business for having Jon Fortune equalise in the dying minutes to send Palace down. You and Golfie should get together and write a book, here's a working title 'The Bollocks I have wrote'
Despite Golfies negativity I think he is clever enough to come up with a book title that is grammatically correct.
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When we were under a transfer embargo with ESI a lot of the footballing world knew.......but we didn't . The Peterborough chairman even discussed online about trying to get a transfer deal done with us for Maddison. WTF ?
Look after No1 because no other buggers will.
Mansfield were very well organied and had tenacity in abundance, and almost drew level immediately, the side netting was rattled, but no goal, however on 41 minutes they were level.
So second half started, and they had clearly been encouraged by the equaliser just before half time, because they really came at us, and some sterling defensive work was needed, whilst we did create some nice chances ourselves, nerves were jangling, until up popped TC with another stunner in the 75th minute to seal the three points, still Mansfield wouldn't lie down, and the last 15 + stoppage was frantic stuff, but we showed we are built of sterner stuff now, and saw out the game and journeyed home with the three points.
Special callout to every single one of the 839 die hard travelling Addicks, who never stopped singing from 1st to last minute, so on we go to The Valley Saturday and Lincoln City, where we COULD come 5pm be level with Wycombe and three points behind Wrexham should results go our way, COYR...👍
I've not seen it back but at the time I thought Ramsay was just trying to bring the ball down and got it wrong. Brown seemed to think the same on commentary.
RAMSAY: his worst game since his return from injury, but the best of our back 3
McINTYRE: he's no Lloyd Jones is he? For that matter he's no Alex Mitchell either - looked half a beat off it all night and nervous as hell
GILLESPHEY: right back to the depths of his awfulness witnessed until Christmas, big contribution to Stags' goal
SMALL: decent on a tough night
COVENTRY: struggled against Stags energy and physicality, often outnumbered
BERRY: alright going forward, chocolate fireguard defensively
DOCHERTY: wholly anonymous
EDWARDS: tough night and his set plays were rotten
GODDEN: star man, on it from the first second, Always always knows where his colleagues are and usually finds them, could hold it up a bit longer occasionally
CAMPBELL: bullied, battered, often by two or more, Stags were rightly scared of him but he was tireless until he literally couldn't give any more, developing into quite the weapon. His burgeoning partnership with MG is key to our current form
Referee: let plenty of physical stuff go and his worst blunder probably favoured us - no complaints
CHUKS: looked shagged out from the second time he touched the ball, stuck at his task manfully but seemed to be really struggling, one glimpse of that rare talent he has
There's still a decent proportion of fans who know right from wrong and would like to protect the league competition and it's clubs, even if the 'authorities' seem to struggle with that notion as well.
Haha nah I wrapped up. I remember it being cold/windy from the FA cup game there so had a coat on, despite it being tshirt weather in Nottingham in the afternoon.
I saw a few lads get off the coach in just shorts and immediately regret it.
I'm not saying it's fair. it's just the rules of the EFL. The same as a player getting 10 yellow & being suspended or failing a drugs test. Everyone knows at the start of the season what the rules are.
Without rules there is anarchy.
We can’t criticise our kids can we . . .
Despite Golfies negativity I think he is clever enough to come up with a book title that is grammatically correct.