Lakenheath Old Boys

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Carling Cup First Round!

Forget the Premiership - the Carling Cup is back to offer fresh hope to fallen giants and minnows of the Football League alike. It's not a fashionable tournament but I would luv it - as King Kev would say - if Leeds were able to overcome League 2 dwellers Macclesfield tonight and continue the Renaissance that started on Saturday. If you're around this afternoon, do drop in for a cuppa and a chat.

27 Comments:

Blogger gatorbob said...

Here are the fixtures today:

Accrington Stanley 0 0 Leicester
L
Barnsley 0 0 Darlington
L
Blackpool 0 0 Huddersfield
L
Brentford 0 0 Bristol City
L
Bristol Rovers 0 0 Crystal Palace
L
Bury 0 0 Carlisle
L
Cardiff 0 0 Brighton
L
Chester 0 0 Nottm Forest
L
Coventry 0 0 Notts County
L
Dag & Red 0 0 Luton
L
Doncaster 0 0 Lincoln City
L
Grimsby 0 0 Burnley
L
Hereford 0 0 Yeovil
L
Macclesfield 0 0 Leeds
L
Milton Keynes Dons 0 0 Ipswich
L
Northampton 0 0 Millwall
L
Norwich 0 0 Barnet
L
Oldham 0 0 Mansfield
L
Plymouth 0 0 Wycombe
L
Port Vale 0 0 Wrexham
L
Preston 0 0 Morecambe
L
QPR 0 0 Leyton Orient
L
Rochdale 0 0 Stoke
L
Scunthorpe 0 0 Hartlepool
L
Sheff Utd 0 0 Chesterfield
L
Shrewsbury 0 0 Colchester
L
Southend 0 0 Cheltenham
L
Stockport 0 0 Tranmere
L
Swansea 0 0 Walsall
L
Swindon 0 0 Charlton
L
Watford 0 0 Gillingham
L
West Brom 0 0 Bournemouth
L

2:48 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Leicester have scored the afternoon's first goal against Accrington Stanley.

2:51 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Norwich have scored against Barnet and Stoke City have taken the lead against Rochdale.

2:52 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Hey Gator B, you still in the motherland?

2:54 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Hey, Sir Trev. No, I came back Sunday. I'm taking a break from packing up the house. I'll be into my new place in Gville on Thursday. KC's moving up to D.C. around about Labor Day.

2:57 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Morecambe have taken a shock lead against PNE, while Hereford are one up against Yeovil.

2:58 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Excellent! Sounds like your trip home was very enjoyable. Are your parents well? I don't know if you saw but I came down with mono while on vacation two weeks ago. It was awful, but I turned a corner last Wed when the fever finally went away. I have a doctor's appointment in 30 minutes, so I'm going to sign off soon. The ONLY plus side to the illness was that it gave me the opportunity to read The Deathly Hollows . . . really enjoyable stuff!

3:01 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Yeah, it was a terrific week with them. Parents are holding up remarkably well despite obvious creakiness due to age.

Sorry to hear about your illness; take care of that. Don't let it linger like Gooner did and end up in the hospital.

What did you make of the last Harry Potter - I was disappointed - you?

3:11 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Sorry, Blubber. MK Dons have taken the lead against Ipswich. And the Canaries have extended their lead.

3:11 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Crikey! Lescott has scored for Everton after only three minutes. Spurs are down again - not a happy start at Shite Fart Lane. They could be played two, lost two at the end of today. So much for my prediction of them at fourth.

3:14 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

It's not going right for Ipswich today. They're now 2-0 down while their arch rivals up the road are 4-0 up!

3:15 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Championship favorites West Brom and Watford are both one up.

3:17 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Macclesfield and Leeds are still at 0-0.

3:24 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Norwich now at 5-0 and building up a real cricket score against Barnet. Where are you, Stef?

3:30 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Ricardo Gardner has levelled it for Spurs. Typical. They've spent oodles on striking talent and their first goal of the season comes from their fifth choice center back.

3:34 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Half time at Macclesfield and it's still deadlocked.

3:37 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Everton have taken the lead against Spurs again through Osman. And speaking of Ipswich, they've nicked a goal back against the Dons.

3:53 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Half-time at Shite Fart Lane and they're 3-1 down now! Absolutely shambolic defending by Spurs.

4:01 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

And the Portman Rd. faithful have been rewarded with an equalizer.

4:01 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Leyton Orient have got QPR on the ropes 2-0.

4:06 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Down to twenty five minutes left to kill off Macclesfield.

4:17 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

And Spurs now have half an hour to score two just to even it up and win their first point of the season.

4:21 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

YES! Ian Westlake has come on and scored for Leeds. We're one up!

4:31 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

A couple of minutes left now to hang in there for another precious win for the boys.

4:39 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Full-time: And Leeds are into the Second Round of the Carling Cup. Lovely jubbly. Two games, two late goals, and two wins.

It's not beating Milan at the San Siro but you can only beat those in front of you.

4:44 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Spurs 1 Everton 3. The headline on 365 is "Let's all Laugh at Tottenham." Gooner must be peeing himself.

7:26 PM  
Blogger gatorbob said...

Second Round Draw:

Birmingham v Hereford

Bristol City v Man City

Bristol Rovers v West Ham

Burnley v Oldham

Cardiff v Leyton Orient

Carlisle v Coventry

Charlton v Stockport

Derby v Blackpool

Luton v Sunderland

Middlesbrough v Northampton

MK Dons v Sheff Utd

Newcastle v Barnsley

Nottm For v Leicester

Peterborough v West Brom

Plymouth v Doncaster

Portsmouth v Leeds

Rochdale v Norwich

Sheff Wed v Hartlepool

Shrewsbury v Fulham

Southend v Watford

Swansea v Reading

Wigan v Hull

Wolves v Morecambe

Wrexham v Aston Villa

Matches to be played week commencing August 27.

7:17 PM  

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