Deepcut Cobbler
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« Reply #60 on: November 13, 2019, 18:53:20 pm » |
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Portsmouth would just down my street, although The Amex isn't too far either and would be a new ground for me...
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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GrangeParkCobbler
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« Reply #61 on: November 13, 2019, 19:24:12 pm » |
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Joe Powell captaining and scoring for West Ham U21's tonight.....
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GrangeParkCobbler
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« Reply #62 on: November 13, 2019, 20:58:39 pm » |
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Group Winners.....Colchester United, Portsmouth, Brighton and Hove Albion U21's, Walsall, Exeter City, Bristol Rovers, MK Dons, Peterborough Runners Up.....Ipswich Town, Oxford United, Leyton Orient, Coventry City, AFC Newport County, Chelsea U21's, Stevenage, Northampton Town
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Group Winners.....Leicester City U21's, Accrington Stanley, Salford City, Port Vale, Everton U21's, Manchester City U21's, Blackpool, Manchester United U21's Runners Up....Scun thorpe United, Fleetwood Town, Tranmere Rovers, Shrewsbury Town, Mansfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Wolves U21's. Doncaster Rovers.
The Northern U21 teams seem to have taken things more seriously!!
I can't work out why Leicester (30 miles north of us) are in the North, yet Walsall (60 miles north of us) are in the South!!
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roz
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« Reply #63 on: November 14, 2019, 06:08:42 am » |
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I can't work out why Leicester (30 miles north of us) are in the North, yet Walsall (60 miles north of us) are in the South!!
Could it be so that both groups had equal number of U21 teams?
So North/South divide worked out separately for U21's and the Div1/Div2 teams
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Monkey & Gimps Mum - someone has to be!!!
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Cordwainer2
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« Reply #64 on: November 14, 2019, 08:52:55 am » |
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Always a problem with Midland clubs if you have a north/south split. Haven't Brackley and Corby been both north and south?
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GrangeParkCobbler
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« Reply #65 on: November 14, 2019, 09:19:37 am » |
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I can't work out why Leicester (30 miles north of us) are in the North, yet Walsall (60 miles north of us) are in the South!!
Could it be so that both groups had equal number of U21 teams?
So North/South divide worked out separately for U21's and the Div1/Div2 teams
Excellent....makes sense!!
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GrangeParkCobbler
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« Reply #66 on: November 14, 2019, 13:25:11 pm » |
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The way the draw is been set up means we can only face one of four opponents.....this ensures that none of the runners up could be drawn against the winners of the group that they played in.
One of Colchester, Portsmouth, Brighton or Walsall will be our opponents
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Deepcut Cobbler
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« Reply #67 on: November 14, 2019, 14:15:43 pm » |
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The way the draw is been set up means we can only face one of four opponents.....this ensures that none of the runners up could be drawn against the winners of the group that they played in.
One of Colchester, Portsmouth, Brighton or Walsall will be our opponents
Why have the others been omitted?
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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GrangeParkCobbler
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« Reply #68 on: November 14, 2019, 16:16:59 pm » |
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Why have the others been omitted?
To guarantee that no team can meet the same group winner who they have already played. The winners from groups A,B,C and D play the runners up from E,F,G and H The winners from E,F,G and H can play the runners up from A,B,C and D Otherwise there would have been a chance of the last two teams in the draw having played in the same group.....
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Deepcut Cobbler
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« Reply #69 on: November 14, 2019, 18:27:26 pm » |
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To guarantee that no team can meet the same group winner who they have already played.
The winners from groups A,B,C and D play the runners up from E,F,G and H The winners from E,F,G and H can play the runners up from A,B,C and D
Otherwise there would have been a chance of the last two teams in the draw having played in the same group.....
50% chance of one of my (and Horsham's) preferences then...
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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Air-Dan
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« Reply #70 on: November 14, 2019, 18:30:36 pm » |
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Walsall clearly the best possible draw. The most local and we're better than them.
I'd imagine we'd beat Brighton too.
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Horsham Cobbler
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« Reply #71 on: November 14, 2019, 21:33:35 pm » |
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50% chance of one of my (and Horsham's) preferences then...
Actually it has to be Brighton, Deepcut. No trains back to Horsham after an evening game at Pompey !
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EB Claret
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« Reply #72 on: November 14, 2019, 21:52:54 pm » |
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Actually it has to be Brighton, Deepcut. No trains back to Horsham after an evening game at Pompey !
Barely any trains back to anywhere after an evening game!
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Tabasco Kid
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« Reply #73 on: November 16, 2019, 13:42:08 pm » |
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Portsmouth would be right up my street You got your wish. Pompey away it is.
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Were in the pipe 5 by 5.
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Horsham Cobbler
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« Reply #74 on: November 16, 2019, 16:13:54 pm » |
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You got your wish. Pompey away it is.
Damn, the Horsham Cobblers will just have to drive it !
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Deepcut Cobbler
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« Reply #75 on: November 16, 2019, 17:11:40 pm » |
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You got your wish. Pompey away it is.
'Home' game...
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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clarkeysntfc
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« Reply #76 on: November 16, 2019, 20:29:45 pm » |
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Most likely to be on the Wednesday due to the FA Cup being on Sunday.
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DrillingCobbler
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« Reply #77 on: November 16, 2019, 20:31:52 pm » |
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I've jumped on the band wagon that week. Been trying to get Leicester tickets all season, and finally secured a couple for their home game versus Watford. Ill keep an eye eyt on the score if its on the same night!
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GrangeParkCobbler
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« Reply #78 on: November 25, 2019, 19:28:39 pm » |
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Most likely to be on the Wednesday due to the FA Cup being on Sunday.
Surprisingly it didn't get moved to the Wednesday, so now we are playing Sunday pm and Tuesday evening. Probably different teams/squads granted, but with prize money on offer for both games its not like we can afford just to forget about this game...... So Pompey have a home game against Rotherham in the league tomorrow, Altrincham at home in the Cup on Saturday, us in the EFL Trophy at home on Tuesday and then another home league game against the Posh on the Saturday.
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memyhead
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« Reply #79 on: November 25, 2019, 19:57:05 pm » |
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Surprisingly it didn't get moved to the Wednesday, so now we are playing Sunday pm and Tuesday evening. Probably different teams/squads granted, but with prize money on offer for both games its not like we can afford just to forget about this game......
So Pompey have a home game against Rotherham in the league tomorrow, Altrincham at home in the Cup on Saturday, us in the EFL Trophy at home on Tuesday and then another home league game against the Posh on the Saturday.
Play the first team v Notts as more of a priority (prize money & possibility of a decent draw IF we win) Play fringe / youth v Pompey limiting the possibility of injuries to regular first team players...
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