Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Saturday, November 29, 2008

FA Cup 2nd Round

Ah, the majesty of the Cup. The muddy pitches, the tiny stands, the dreams of Wembley Way. It's all still there. Today we enter the 2nd Round of the world's most vaunted knock-out competition.

Oh...and there are some rubbish Premiership matches on the docket as well.

I'm back in Blue Devil HQ and looking forward to the pleasure of your company this morning. Join me?

85 Comments:

Blogger United We Stand said...

Good morning Robert. Welcome back to Balmy New York State!!

I will be around this morning to join you.

All of us have to wait until tomorrow for our matches.
I see that United Citeh and Leeds Histon are on the docket at myp2p. Let's hope for a big win for both of us. I will be able to follow my lot but then I have a game at the same time as the big one at the Bridge. I feel the Arse will get something from it

9:30 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I am traveling west this afternoon. We are going to Syracuse's Carrier Dome. The Burnt Hills High School football is in the NYS Final. They play some stupidly name Sweet Home for the Buffalo area. They are both 12-0 and it should be fun. Tom is going on one of the three coaches sent by the school.

9:32 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

All fresh and clear here in Western NY. I was promised a lot of snow but there wasn't much to deal with last night. Good luck to the Burnt Hills boys this afternoon.

10:00 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Here are my predictions for the weekend:

Villa 2 Fulham 0
Boro 1 Newcastle 1
Stoke 0 Hull 1
Sunderland 0 Bolton 0
Wigan 1 WBA 0
Citeh 2 United 3
Pompey 2 Blackburn 0
Spurs 1 Everton 1
Chelski 1 Arse 1
Liverpool 2 West Ham 0

10:02 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Tyne Tees derby starting up on the box...

10:03 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I've got the Leicester vs. Dagenham feed up thanks to Justin and his headset and it's got Spanish commentary on it. What a strange world we live in!

10:07 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Jeff Stelling will be happy. His beloved Hartlepool are 2-1 up against some outfit called Fleetwood Town.

10:08 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I've just switched on the Sunderland-Bolton feed in time to catch Djibril Cisse opening the scoring for the Black Cats. Good finish.

10:14 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Leicester are 1-1 with Dagenham and Redbridge. Hartlepool are now 3-1 up!

10:15 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Hey, I am watching Sunderland Bolton.
Sunderland just scored

10:15 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I just turned on Soccer Saturday.
The last link "afreeca" link is working for me

10:19 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Bolton have equalizer. Matty Taylor scores again

10:19 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Matty Taylor nods home an equalizer. Poor defending there from Chimbonda and the keeper was caught in no man's land.

10:20 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Le Tis is laughing about something? More to come

10:21 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Magic - I've got SS and Chris Kamara blasting in my face now. Cheers, mate!

10:21 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good stuff from Le Tiss. Joking about how the fog has lifted in the match he's watching.

Oh dear, Fleetwood are back in it and Stelling is not best pleased.

10:22 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Le Tis was giggling about a keeper in the Stoke Hull game. The keeper just kicks the ball out for a corner. Pretty silly I guess

Fleetwood get to 3-2
What the hell is happening with Bolton! They score again. So much for getting relegated.
SS is ahead of the Sunderland feed

10:23 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Sunderland are behind now!

10:23 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Charlie's moaning...

hoots, mon!

10:25 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Bit of a bore at the Riverside to be fair.

10:25 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Burnley are 3-0 up over Derby!

10:26 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The bloke reporting from the Forest Green match sounds like he's on the moon!

10:29 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Leicester are down again

Northampton losing to Colchester. What is up with them? How can they beat Leeds

10:30 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Dagenham are now 2-1 up on Leicester!

10:30 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I was thinking the same thing, mate.

10:30 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Sunderland get a goal called back. It doesn't look much
Leicester are back on level terms
Millwall are winning. Is that Cup or league

10:32 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Millwall's game is in the Cup

10:33 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Should have been a penalty there for Boro - clear push in the back.

10:34 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

off the bar by Martins. That happened almost exactly the same time as SS

10:35 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

There are a couple of matches in Div. 1 but neither involving the league leaders.

Phil Thompson isn't impressed by the FSC match.

10:35 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Malbranque misses a great chance

10:36 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Nice ballet move there by Aliadiere.

10:37 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Accrington Stanley, who are they, EXACTLY

10:38 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I'm on -40 points so far. Not good.

10:41 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Sunderland 3-1 down. Awful defending.

10:41 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Aren't Accrington a historic club who have fallen on hard times?

10:41 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Decent free kick from Nicky Butt.

10:43 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I was quoting the famous milk commercial


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgYP1d5nN2o

10:43 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Norwich and Ipswich have both taken the lead

Both against the Sheffield clubs

10:44 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Both with penalties. what a coinky dink

10:45 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

What is up with the Prem?

All those nil nils last week and now we have four more

10:47 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Dean Windass has got a yellow card for impeding a Delap throw in and Le Tiss is chuckling again.

10:48 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Windass has been carded and he isn't even playing

Deliberately getting in the way of a Delap throw in while warming up!!

10:48 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Le Tis goes crazy... Hull take the lead through Marlon King

10:49 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Hull have scored! That's my score. Shut up shop, lads.

10:49 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

West Brom score at Wigan

11:05 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Both teams go close at the foggy Riverside

11:07 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Second half starting up...

11:07 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

No fog at SoL, isn't it the same part of the country??

11:08 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wednesday have tied it up with Norwich

11:09 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The weather in the UK is appalling.

11:13 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wednesday are now beating the in-trouble Norwich

11:14 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Is Keano in trouble?? FOUR ONE

11:15 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wigan tie it up

11:18 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Martins goes close

11:20 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Norwich have tied it up

11:20 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Nice set up my wee Mikey to Viduka but it is blocked

11:30 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wednesday take the lead again

11:31 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

What is with FSC?? This could be the third Saturday nil nil in a row!

11:31 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Sorry, mate. My friend in Boston called.

11:33 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Not good news for Bob

Stoke have a pen

11:33 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

HE SCORES!

11:34 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

FSC have the worst luck in the world. They've got Chelski-Arse tomorrow and I'll bet anything that it'll be a horrible draw.

11:34 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Shame. That's 30 points down the drain.

11:34 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Saturday morning!!! Doesn't he know what you are doing??

11:34 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Mido coming on in the fog for Aliadiere. What a dire match this has been.

11:36 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

He's a pillock! I keep telling him about myP2P and he doesn't believe that it's possible.

11:36 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Is he a fan?

11:37 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Who ordered the fog machine? These matches look like a bad night at a Judas Priest concert.

11:39 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

He's an NBA fan. I've been trying to tell him that he can get whatever NBA game he wants. He doesn't buy it. Pillock!

11:39 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

NBA fan, PILLOCK. Very apt.

11:40 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOAL.....no it's called back for offside. FSC is ahead of SS.

11:41 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wigan take the lead

11:45 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Yes! Wigan have scored. That's 10 points for me.

11:45 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Glad Villa aren't winning. United will keep in front of them

11:45 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

What's going on with Villa. They should beat Fulham easily.

11:45 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Arsenal will fancy it too. A win for them tomorrow would stick them back in fourth.

11:47 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Maybe third

11:48 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

THis will bring Bolton up to seventh

11:49 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

James Beatie scores a pen for Shef Utd at Portman Road

Villa only draw

11:50 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Eastwood Town into the 3rd Round of the Cup! Do you fancy them at OT?

11:50 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wigan win

11:51 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

We could get a draw.
I want those WHITE across the Pen-nines.

11:52 AM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I am off to get ready for our trip

Talk to you in the morning


Dave

11:56 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

It's all over. I'm off to get a bit of work done. I'm hoping for better entertainment tomorrow. I'll be at it from 7:15 onward. Hope you'll join me for at least part of it. Cheers!

11:56 AM  

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