We know all about Sunderland’s win and they are behind the 2nd place Tractor Boys only on goal difference whilst Reading’s home win against QPR keeps them just a couple of points behind the Mackems.
Furiously he reacted to it by kicking out at Sidwell and was rightly sent off by Steve Cotterill’s mate Richard Beeby.
But what about the self righteous Dave Kitson, he who thought it was in the best interests of the game to slag off the Clarets after we had earned a 0-0 draw down at the Madejski.
If you recall Kitson was carded that day for blatant cheating when he scored with his hand and tried to claim the goal.
Well the cheat was at it again on Saturday and was caught out again as he dived in the box to win a penalty. I’m not sure how he has the nerve to criticise others who at least are playing the game fairly.
I don’t like to see any players get injured but Kitson won’t be cheating for a while now, he was substituted with what looked like a cruciate ligament injury.
QPR were the better side and their manager Ian Holloway bemoaned their recent bad luck saying, “If I fell in a tub of boobs right now I would come out sucking my thumb.”
Sheffield United came from behind to beat strugglers
The Bluebirds are still just outside the bottom three but it is getting closer following the weekend results. They would have been down there had David Connolly not equalised for Leicester in stoppage time at
It was justice though,
Still the internet fans are off Joe Kinnear’s back now, what a ridiculous exit from the departing manager this week. He made himself look somewhat ridiculous.
They are still above
The new man’s done well, he’s been there ten days now and there is no news of any fall out with Scally as yet. That must be a record for a
Our local neighbours
West Ham remain sixth but they have to be considered one of the biggest underachievers in this division right now given the squad they have. Alan Pardew might not be on borrowed time just yet but he must be getting very close to that. He could well be close to the ‘Vote of Confidence’ from the Chairman. It certainly won’t come from the fans who have little time for him.
Glenn Hoddle’s first game in charge at Molineux was very close to a disaster as they looked to be heading for a 1-0 defeat to
Just as it looked certain that the home side would be booed off again Carl Cort grabbed a stoppage time equaliser.
Two previous leaders of the division
Plymouth have now won just once in six games, that coming against the Clarets, but it is even worse for Watford who haven’t won any of their last nine league games. A Gary McSheffrey goal right on half time was enough to see them go down to defeat at
Elsewhere Stoke won 1-0 at Brighton with a late goal from Ade Akinbiyi (he did actually score this one) and the division’s so-called big club
One or two clubs have been stocking up for Christmas, bringing in a new player to boost their squads for the rush of four games in nine days.
Preston finally persuaded
It was one in and two out at
Bjarni Gudjonsson signed for
Apart from the clash between the top two tomorrow that’s it until Boxing Day when every club plays. The fixtures and those for two days later are listed below.
The weekend results | |
Friday 17th December | |
Brighton 0 Stoke 1 | Nott'm Forest 1 Leicester 1 |
Saturday 18th December | |
Coventry 1 Watford 0 | Reading 1 QPR 0 |
Gillingham 3 Rotherham 1 | Sheffield Utd 2 Cardiff 1 |
Plymouth 0 Derby 2 | Sunderland 2 Burnley 1 |
Preston 2 West Ham 1 | Wolves 1 Crewe 1 |
Sunday 19th December | |
Leeds 1 Millwall 1 | . |
The weekend stats | |
Biggest win | Gillingham 3-1 v Rotherham (home) |
Total goals scored | 24 |
Player scoring most goals | no player scored more than one goal |
Highest Attendance | 27,102 - Sunderland v Burnley |
Lowest Attendance | 6,028 - Brighton v Stoke |
Total Yellow Cards | 33 |
Total Red Cards | 2 |
Most cards in a game | 7 - Leeds v Millwall |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
17 | Dean Ashton (Crewe) |
14 | Natham Ellington (Wigan) |
13 | Paul Furlong (QPR) |
12 | Dave Kitson (Reading) |
11 | Darren Bent (Ipswich) Jason Roberts (Wigan) |
10 | Robbie Blake (Burnley) Shefki Kuqi (Ipswich) |
9 | David Healy (Leeds) - 5 with Preston Danny Webber (Watford) |
8 | Richard Cresswell (Preston) Stephen Elliott (Sunderland) Marlon Harewood (West Ham) Heidar Helguson (Watford) Kenny Miller (Wolves) Grzegorz Rasiak (Derby) Paul Shaw (Sheff Utd) - 2 with Rotherham Teddy Sheringham (West Ham) |
7 | Ade Akinbiyi (Stoke) Carl Cort (Wolves) Lee McCulloch (Wigan) |
6 | Andy Gray (Sheff Utd) Steve Jones (Crewe) Andy Morrell (Coventry) Tommy Smith (Derby) Marcus Stewart (Sunderland) Paul Wotton (Plymouth) |
This week's and the Christmas fixtures | |
Tuesday 21st December | |
Ipswich v Wigan | . |
Sunday 26th December | |
Brighton v Gillingham | Plymouth v QPR |
Cardiff v Wolves | Reading v Watford |
Coventry v Sheffield Utd | Stoke v Preston |
Crewe v Burnley | Sunderland v Leeds |
Leicester v Rotherham | West Ham v Nott'm Forest |
Millwall v Ipswich | Wigan v Derby |
Tuesday 28th December | |
Burnley v Wigan | Preston v Reading |
Derby v Millwall | QPR v Crewe |
Gillingham v Coventry | Rotherham v West Ham |
Ipswich v Stoke | Sheffield Utd v Leicester |
Leeds v Plymouth | Watford v Cardiff |
Nott'm Forest v Sunderland | Wolves v Brighton |