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!
It's another big day in the Premier League with lots of fixtures with meaning. First up, another chance for Pompey to fire up their season as they host Burnley at Fratton Park. Does Avram have something up his sleeve. Join me for the answer to that question and plenty of others.
posted by The Blue Devil @ 7:33 AM
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!
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Here are my predictions for today:
Pompey 1 Burnley 0
Arsenal 2 Stoke 0
Villa 2 Hull 0
Blackburn 1 Liverpool 1
West Ham 0 United 4
Wigan 1 Birmingham 1
Wolves 1 Bolton 1
Citeh 2 Chelski 3
The ESPN coverage has started and both Robbie Mustoe and Tommy Smyth agree with me that Pompey will pull out a vital win today.
It's the team with the worst home record versus the team with the worst away record. Which one is going to triumph today. Teams in the tunnel now.
The Pompey Chimes going as Burnley kick us off on this early match.
If anything it's Burnley - with the lively Eagles running things - who have made the early running here. Tal Ben Haim trying to keep them at bay in the Pompey defense.
Good Morning Bob,
I am up and have watched the match for a few minutes. Pompey don't look good.
Hermann H. cheats his pants off and dives for a penalty. The ref should have easily seen that!
Up comes the man in blue and takes a PATHETIC penalty.... why do Pompey miss so many penalties? Of course, they scored against United!
Boom boom
From The Sun
The World Cup draw has given England the "best group since the Beatles"
Nil nil at half time.
ESPN has a goalless half. They only had that with the Costa Citeh game. That ended 2-2. Espn have had a lot of goals in their matches so we are bound to get some
Just read Bob's predictions... your comments John??
I think he is Nostradamus!!
Of course, he did say that Citeh wouldn't get their EIGHTH draw in a row!!
Leeds 1 Huddersfield 1 in the second half
WHERE IS BOB?????
I don't think he knows they are playing!!
Leeds scored after 2 minutes through Snoddy
They were winning at half but Huddy scored in the 48th but Gradle just put the Whites 2-1 up!!
That goal was in the 66th minute. I am listening to Five Live for the updates.
Forest are two up on Leicester that was 4th vs 3rd.
How did Forest get so high up?
Bobby, you're missing your lot!
Tony, did you get my email?
Max Gradel scored having just come on... the season is blessed
Hello .
Yes I did Dave . I have to go over to Deb's shortly . But I will keep checking in here .
Five Live asking Arsenal fans outside the Emirates a simply question "Does Arsene still know?" Everyone said YES... except one STOKE FAN!
Hey Tony
Say hello to Debs
Tell her to skype me today
With Forest and Leicester being in the top four... that could be Leeds next season!
If anyone is out there, what did we used to do this Saturday in High School?
Second half has started
Five Live is still on. It is a couple of seconds behind ESPN. ESPN really do have it live
Huddersfield have tied it up in the 78th minute
Five Live are keeping me informed with all the happening at ER
Into the last ten minutes at ER
IT IS LEEDS TIME!!!!
I'M HERE! I HAD NO IDEA! COME ON YOU WHITES!
I fell asleep during the first half of the Pompey match and had no idea my lot was on already. Bugger!
According to Sky's Stats
Hudderfield have a 54-46 % advantage
Morning Bob
It's LEED TIME!
Cheers, mate. I am a complete numpty.
Did you read my question from 8:51?
Go on Dave . What did you guys do
this Saturday at High School ?
Morning, Tony!
This Saturday - you mean today or next Saturday?
We did it more than one of this Saturday
Bob?
THIS Saturday
Morning Bob .
Hope you haven't put a jinx on Leeds
By being so late .
Less than five minutes left at ER!
Rangers are 3-1 up in Falkirk
I'm afraid I have. Sleeping on the job.
Into the last 5 minutes at ER
NEVER... it is Leeds time!
When do they play Kettering? Or don't you know?
I can't wait to be able to HATE Leeds for a week!
Snoddy has been replaced by some geezer named Hogan Ephraim.
Never heard of him.
Did you like the The Sun's boom boom?
Tuesday - I'm hoping it's the regular mid-week kickoff time and not 10 o'clock in the morning or some daft thing. Who has a noon kick-off on December 5?
Very nice - although it was from the Sun so I won't admit it.
A Yorkshire derby! That's why
Again, what did we do in HS on this Saturday?
"Huddersfield are in control of the match"
No idea what we used to do THIS Saturday, whatever that means. I've just woken up again after a lovely Pompey induced nap remember. Honestly, watching this lot is better than Sominex.
Don't want to hear it - put a sock in that talk.
This Saturday, the first in December, we used to go Christmas shopping and then a football match in Norwich. You guys got your kababs and I got my fish and chips.
This is the day we got caught in the violence with Norwich and Villa. Fashanu got sent off and thank God Kevin Bond scored a last second penalty
All over at Leeds . Oh dear Bob .
All over at ER
2-2
Huddersfield hit the under side of the bar in the 90th minute!
Only the third team to take a point at ER
Full time at the Elland - 2-2.
I can't be disappointed. After I snoozed through 80 minutes of it but it is certainly two dropped points at home.
YES
POMPEY SCORES!!
Hermann the diver scores!
Hreiderson scores!
1-0 Pompey!
Hey dropping points against a top four team isn't that bad!
Forest are 3-0 up
Leeds now seven points up on Charlton with a game in hand. Charlton are at home to mid-table Southend at the normal kick-off time of 3 pm today.
Leeds are still 11 points up on third
Did you read my THIS Saturday explanation
Free header there for Bike and he put it well over the crossbar.
Pompey have leapfrogged Wolves into 19th now. Still four points from safety though.
Upson and Cole out for the Hammers
VDS and Vidic not in
Oh yeah - I didn't remember the Christmas shopping ritual. I just remembered going to the footie. Was it only once a year in December really? Don't remember that.
Forest scored their fourth!
Can you say Premier League?
It was on the first Saturday in December. It was always advertised as Shopping and Footer if you wanted to. I know a lot of the people didn't go
I remember one of the years, it was Norwich vs Man Utd.... I couldn't go. I had to go to a cousin's wedding. I remember going to the car and listening to the scores on the radio
Steve and Julie should never have been married then!!!
Was it always the Dosedels who drove us?
This was through Home Nations
Host Nations... sorry
So the school organized it? Don't remember that at all. Why would they let us go on our own? I don't remember any teachers or parents being with us.
Were there any parents or teachers around when that riot broke out at Norwich. I don't remember them. I just remember you, me, Joel, Stef and Greg.
I can't believe that you don't remember!
Everyone split up for the shopping and match. The bus dropped us off in front of the cathedral. I know Stan the man always went to the match
I do remember those kebabs - they were scrumptious!
I remember getting back on the bus and telling everyone about it. Joel told everyone that I was begging the cop to let us out
Idiot... fish and chips all the way
Lots of links for SS on VSS
I do remember Joel "throwing you under the bus," so to speak.
We were right in the front! I was between the fence and the railing!
I remember going by the chippie in Ipswich before matches and getting the battered sausage. Lovely!
1422: TEAMS Blackburn v Liverpool
Blackburn: Robinson, Chimbonda, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Emerton, Nzonzi, Grella, Diouf, McCarthy, Di Santo. Subs: Brown, Roberts, Pedersen, Andrews, Kalinic, Hoilett, Salgado.
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Mascherano, Lucas, Benayoun, Gerrard, Riera, Kuyt. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, El Zhar, Skrtel, Dossena.
1425: TEAMS West Ham v Man Utd
West Ham: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Gabbidon, Ilunga, Collison, Kovac, Parker, Stanislas, Franco, Hines. Subs: Kurucz, Dyer, Faubert, Da Costa, Nouble, Diamanti, Payne.
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Fletcher, Neville, Brown, Evra, Gibson, Anderson, Valencia, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney. Subs: Foster, Owen, Berbatov, Park, Carrick, Nani, De Laet.
Again, Berba and Owen on the bench
10 to go at Fratton Park.. i am off to the loo
Rubbish side there for United. Honestly! What is Fergie thinking about?
Have a nice time....!
Inside the last ten minutes now at Fratton Park.
Dindane scores! 2-0!
Hi Bob .
While he's gone I'll tell you I agree
with you . I would have the Kebab .
And Dindane gets a yellow card for taking his shirt off. A ridiculous rule that.
I'm looking forward to having one next month when I'm across the Pond.
Good crowd noise from the Pompey supporters, doing a few rounds of The Great Escape now.
Burnley now drop into the lower half of the league. Still on 17 points and could easily be leapfrogged by Wigan today.
Well, I am back and missed the goal
You can stick your Kebab up your left nostril
Fish and Chips or battered sausages are FAR better
Are we still going to be blogging while over there
Well done Pompey . They needed that .
I will be watching United vs United on the computer as well as having SS on. The Arse and Stoke are on FSC
All over at Fratton Park... Pompey off the bottom!
That's it. Avram Grant gets his first win as Pompey manager. I do think that he can keep them up if he makes a few wise moves in the transfer market in January.
Yeah - I'm going to take my lap-top and use my parents' wireless. That's the plan - I hope it works.
Off to Mildenhall and Barton Mills
Back in a little while .
Take care Tony
I have the VSS link going for SS
No United one yet
HH said that he didn't dive but he was waiting for contact but it never came. He got straight up and didn't appeal
Sky's coverage of the early match is coming to an end. Come on SS
Still no United link
Yes
Here is SS
They are off at the Em
COME ON!! FIND A LINK!!!
Give us the link for SS, eh?
Arse Shaven should have scored there. Bad touch
Wolves have taken the lead against Bolton
Down go Pompey
Still can't find a link!
http://www.livevss.net/channel1.php
Jody Craddock pokes the ball home from the edge of the six-yard box to give Wolves a 1-0 lead at home to Bolton. Gary Megson's side continue to struggle at the back.
MK Dons losing to Yeovil
Cheers, mate!
Couldn't happen to a nicer club. Shame about Paul Ince, though. He deserves better.
I just got booted off everything
Back on SS and LOB
but still no UNITED!
Jeff: Plenty of variety in Heinz's play then?
Merse: Absolutely - 57.
Great banter!
I'm a bit sick of seeing Rory Delap's hairy belly at this point.
Stoke are giving it a go!
FINALLY!!
ATDHE has United!
My link has frozen again!
Have to take Shadow outside. I'll be back
Millwall losing
Villa score as Charlie Nicholas was commentating. Good stuff!
No major chances yet at Ewood Park as Blackburn face Liverpool.
Jeff is happy - Hartlepool take the lead through a bloke named Hartley against Millwall.
I am so frustrated!!
Still can't find UNITED LINK!
More bad news for Hull City fans - Jimmy Bullard is down and looks as if he won't be able to continue.
Yeah - I'm afraid so. Apparently he's in tears now. Doesn't look good.
Penalty for the Arse
FSC are actually ahead of SS
SAVED!!!
Penalty to Arsenal! Arshavin was tripped in the box.
Oh, it's saved by Sorensen! Terrible penalty from Fab!
Can anything go right for the Arse? They've had a terrible week.
Newcastle are winning
Villa are winning?
That was a quick dogwalk, Dave?
Millwall two down
Yeah - Richard Dunne scored while you were away walking the dog.
atdhe's link is working... for now!
More happy news for Stelling. Hartlepool 2-0 up.
Bloody hell... keeps freezing!
Norwich winning
Still no action at Ewood Park as Liverpool look to get their season back on track in a tough clash with Blackburn.
Chris Kirkland has had to come off with injury. His back's out again.
Peter Lovenkrands continues Newcastle's great start to the season as he gives them a 1-0 lead over Watford.
That Norwich goal pushes them within two points of Charlton in third.
Arse Shaven scores for the Arse... it has been coming
GOAL! Horrible defending by SToke as Arshavin waltzes through and pokes home.
1-0 Arsenal!
oh my god!!
Arsenal hit the post, the ball comes out and Fab knocks the rebound toward the goal and it hits Eboue and doesn't go in!
Bloody hell - that was interesting. A cross came over and was tipped by a defender onto the post and then the follow-up shot was blocked by Eboue on the line!!
Comical stuff, there.
365 says: "Manchester United are still looking lively at West Ham but the score remains 0-0."
Villa are 0-2 up now through a Jamie Millner goal.
Yeovil now 1-2 up.
More hairy Delap belly on the touchline. Yech!
Charlton winning
Villa two up
Millwall three down
Robbie Savage in the middle of a ruck at Pride Park. What a shocker!
A link is working for now
Neville looks like he hurt himself right away.
Charlton now within four (five given GD) points of us. Game in hand, though.
The Neviller has done his groin in. Ouch!
Neville has come off
Carrick on and looks like he is playing in the middle of the defense.
Michael Carrick now playing center half. Bloody hell!
Colchester take the lead
Not good scores for Bob so far
Wigan take the lead against Brum
Hartlepool now 3-0 up! Wow!
Sotton take the lead
Colchester are now 1-0 up. So all three of our main rivals are winning. I am a numpty.
Come on ManU
Come on ManU
Come on ManU
Norwich now 2-0 up!
Tubby just let a goal in against Salisbury
Steven Gerrard sees his effort from the left hand side of the Blackburn box deflected behind as Liverpool push for the first goal of the game.
Celtic have taken the lead against Aberdeen
Are you watching Costa
Sotton are two up
Soton now 2-0 up - they're well out of trouble now.
I'm popping around the different games.
Into the last two minutes at Upton Park
Where's your FOUR Goals Dahlgren!!
Derby in front against division front-runners WBA.
Second half?
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCHOLES!!!!!!
GREAT GOAL!!!
There was news that he was going to leave in the summer
Half time
Scholesy puts United into the lead!
Half time at the Emirates.
Having trouble with my link again
VERY FRUSTRATING MORNING!!!
Got a link working
They're off again
United attacking the same end Giggs scored on last year
WHERE ARE YOU MENDITTO???
Lost the link again
FSC are way behind the time!!!! WHY????
Carlos Vela is on for Tomas Rosicky at the start of the second half at the Emirates. Must be a knock there.
Kettering now losing
David Ngog now on for Liverpool at Ewood Park.
Kevin Nolan sent off for the Magpies. They're still leading.
Not bad on the predictions so far. 55 points up.
A bit of a dive from Steven Gerrard. I am shocked. Shocked and dismayed.
Eboue limping up off at the Emirates to be replaced by young Aaron Ramsey.
I am having so much trouble today with everything.
I keep getting booted off every website!
YES!!!!!!!
I get a link back and Giggs makes a wavey run and lays it off to Gibson.. Great goal!
Nice save by Kuz
The Arse still only one up
Wolves two up against Bolton
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