OH, I SAY !!
A cliche`d view of yesterday`s encounters...
Five points out of a possible nine for the afficionados of Snopper Street yesterday on a day that saw conflicting fortunes for our football teams. Pride of place once more goes to Gillingham (it`s getting to be a habit) as they took all three points from their home game against the Cobblers of Northampton Town. Their narrow 1-0 win by the only goal of the game took their recent rich vein of form to just one defeat in the last eight games.
No wonder Gills manager Andy ("Hess") Hessenthaler is declaring that `this is promotion form` as his charges establish themselves in the promotion play-off positions following a spirited turnaround from their early season disappointments. Rumour has it that yesterday`s home crowd at Priestfield was boosted by the return of a `Woody` bedecked supporter who has slinked back to the terraces now that his heroes have returned to winning ways.
Our street`s local iconic pacy flanker and his buddies made the long journey to South Yorkshire to take on Alan Irvine`s Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Our hard working wideman scored for Charlton early on, burying an angled shot into the back of the bulging net leaving ex-Addicks custodian, Nicky Weaver, grasping thin air in a desperate attempt to deny Scott Wagstaff`s goalbound effort. Charlton went two up before a spirited revival from the Owls saw the game end in a 2-2 stalemate and leave the Addicks just outside the play-off positions.
As for me, I toddled down to Southampton to see the high riding Saints play Paul ("The Guv`nor") Ince`s Notts County. Another goalfest was eagerly anticipated by the 20,000 plus crowd at St. Mary`s after the midweek 6-0 drubbing the Saints had handed out away to Oldham. But Ince had other ideas and so he played five across midfield, parked the bus on the 18-yard line and invited Saints, minus the influential Adam Lallana and Dean Hammond, to break them down.
Although chances were created, they weren`t put away and at this level, if you have promotion abmitions, then you really should capitalise on the chances that come your way. It ended as it began - 0-0 - and Ince will be the happier of the two managers at the end of the day. As for Saints gaffer Nigel Adkins, he was abe to take some positives from a disappointing result, although to be fair it does mean that the Saints need to get back on track and take the three points on offer at Prenton Park next Saturday against struggling Tranmere.
So, well done to the Gills, who must now travel to Devon next week to play Paul Buckle`s Torquay at Plainmoor in what promises to be an important test of their promotion credentials, whereas Charlton will be entertaining the other Devon side, Plymouth, in what could turn out to be a pivotal game for beleagured Pilgrims boss Peter Reid, as he comes up against Chris Powell, the legendary Addicks` player, now newly installed as their manager.
At the end of the day, I can hardly wait for next week, to be fair.
5 comments:
Yes, I can confirm that Slightly paid his third visit of the season. Not the best of games but certainly seen worse over the past season or forty. Saints will march to auto promotion. Can gay pacy icon keep-up his scoring habit (no titters from the back) to keep CAFC in the chase? Place your bets now ..........
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As you seem to know your way around the localgambling establishments, Slightly, I wondered what the odds are on a Snopper Street promotion treble this season. Slight?
Fairly slight one would imagine, but curiosity got the better of me so just done some quick research. I wont bore your readers with the detail, just the fact that if you were to wager £1 of your fixed pensioner income, and all three did indeed prompt a Snopper Street Party, then you would win approximately £30 for your bravery. Not a great prize, to be fair, given only the Saints look real promotion prospects. But they say fortune favours the brave. And as Arnie would say ... 'Are you feeling lucky?' No, me neither.
Many thanks, S, for your research into this absorbing question. I watched Horizon last night on BBC2 - it was all about reality; what reality might really be. Had they read this exchange and the post that gave rise to it, they could have saved themselves a shedload of wonga, for it seems that the true definition of reality can only be found in football. And possibly the mystic world of the punter. So no thanks, especially as Adam Lallana is out for a while.
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