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2013 Prediction League; Game 18 v Fleetwood Town (home)

Accrington Stanley

Fleetwood Town

2013/14 Prediction League – Game 18; v Fleetwood (home)

Continuing the theme; last 7 League games – points earned; Mansfield 3, Exeter 4, Torquay and Northants 5, York, Bury and Brizzle 6, Morecambe and Wycombe 7, Wombles 9, Chesterfield, Scunthorpe and Fleetwood 10, Newport and Pompey 11, Burton, Plymouth and Cheltenham 12, Dagenham 13, Oxford 14, Rochdale, Southend and Hartlepool 15 ……………and Stanley? Also 15 :D; difference is that we’re unbeaten in 7 (W4 D3) :D:D, whereas Rochdale, Southend and Hartlepool have each won 5, but lost 2 ……………Form team? Problem? What problem? :p:p:p:p

In its current guise, Fleetwood dates from 1997, but “Fleetwood Town FC” from 2002. The progression is staggering; they won the North West Counties League in 2005, finished 2nd (and got promoted) from the Northern Premier League (First Division) in 2006, won the NPL in 2008, got promotion from Conference North (via the Playoffs, having lost out on automatic promotion to Southport when Farsley Celtic’s record was expunged) in 2010, beating Alfreton 2-1, made the Playoffs in 2011 before getting thumped 8-1 on aggregate by the Wombles, and won the Conference in 2012, their season including a 29 match unbeaten run …………respect! :)

Little known fact (for those of you who like them); between 1908 and 1934, Fleetwood played on a pitch next to the North Euston Hotel – now the site of the current Fleetwood Police Station, and right behind the Magistrates’ Court ;); no doubt there were some arresting performances over the years ……………….:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Famous ex managers include ……………..erm ……………..him. And him :o:o. Famous ex players include Frank Swift :D:D, Man City and England keeper, and Preston-born striker Adrian Alston, who played for Luton and Cardiff but is better known as the captain of the Australian side which played in the 1974 World Cup (West German manager Helmut Schoen apparently said, before their group game, “We have nothing to fear from Australia ……except Adrian Alston”. Although he said it in German :):))

By the time they’d released people, retired people, and returned loanees to their clubs, there were something like 20 departures from Highbury over the summer; Barry Nicholson (34, CMF, Rangers, Dunfermline, Aberdeen, PNE) went back over Hadrian’s Wall to Kilmarnock :o; Jamie Maguire (29, CMF) to Mansfield, Danny Rose (25, CMF) to Oxford; 5 went to – or back to – non-League (Kieran Charnock to Stockport, Andy Mangan and Anthony Barry to Forest Green, Jamie Mulligan and one Jean-Michel Fontaine – there’s a name to recall from the 58 World Cup, although he was Just Fontaine :D:D – to Southport)………… Ex central defender/skipper Rob Atkinson (26) made the short journey down the M55/M6/M65 to the StoreFirst :D:D……………Shedloads of new faces arrived, notably ex Rotherham, Bury, Ferencvaros :o (Hungary) and Southend CB Ryan Cresswell (25), to form a new CB partnership with Crewe, Northwich Vics, Stanley and Stevenage’s former skipper Mark Roberts (30); midfielders by the score – CMFs Matty Blair (23) from York (Telford, Kidderminster), Jeff Hughes (28) from Notts County (Larne, Lincoln, Palace and Brizzle R) and Steven Schumacher (29) from Bury, AMF Antoni Sarcevic (21) from Chester, and Scots-born DMF Stewart Murdoch (22) from Falkirk ………..and if that wasn’t enough, they’ve loaned CF Emmanuel Dieseruvwe (19) from the Owls, 19 year-old LB Charlie Taylor from Leeds, and – just this week – strikers Nathan Tyson (31) from Blackpool, he having signed from Derby on deadline day, and ex Dulwich Hamlet (who play, if you didn’t know, in the Isthmian League Div One South) and Huddersfield striker Daniel Carr (19) ……….Those two are intended as cover for the injured Jamille Matt (ankle) and David Ball (shoulder); for your information, Mark Roberts and Jon Parkin – Fleetwood’s answer to our mate YFB (Adebayo Akinfenwa :)) – were both on the bench today …………for your further information, Fleetwood’s stats in beating Mansfield 5-4 were a rather concerning 16 shots (9 on target) and 8 corners ……………..:eek:

Their overall League record is P17 W10 D1 L6 F31 (best in the Division ;)) A21 (12th in the Division) Pts31 for 4th place ……………more interesting are their last 7, which resulted in 3 wins, one draw and 3 defeats :cool:; at home it’s W5 D1 L3 (Scunthorpe 1-0, Exeter 2-1 and Burton 3-2), away its W5 L3 …………..in only one of their 8 away games have both teams managed to score :D (a 3-1 win over Brizzle Rovers) ……..they’ve beaten Plymouth 2-0, Hartlepool 1-0, Pompey 1-0 and York 2-0, and lost 2-0 at the Wombles, 2-0 at Southend and 1-0 at the Cobblers ……….8 games, 9 goals scored :):)………..In the Cups they’ve progressed well; they went out of the CapitalOne 3-2 at Notts County, but in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy they’ve done Tranmere 2-1 away, followed by wins over Crewe (4-0) and Carlisle (2-0), both at home, giving them a home tie against Rotherham on 10th December, 3 days after they have a home tie in the FA Cup against Burton, courtesy of their First Round 2-0 win at Gloucester City.

Their 22 games – 17 League, 5 Cup – have resulted in 43 goals :eek::eek: to date, spread round the team; Jamaican-born, ex Kidderminster Harrier Jamille Matt (22), Antoni Sarcevic and David Ball (23, Swindon, Peterborough and Rochdale) all have 7 (but only Sarcevic is likely to be in the squad to play us :D); Gareth Evans – Macclesfield, Bradford and Rotherham - has 5, Jon Parkin has 4, and Schumacher, Blair and Hughes each have 3

Head to head last year was interesting; we went to their place and shocked them, winning 3-1 with goals from James Beattie :D:D (In Whom We Trust) from the spot, George Miller and Rommy Boco; they came to ours when we were hoping to do the double, but instead Jon Parkin did the treble :o:o ………..and he could afford a couple fewer pies in the average week, too :) ………….. P2 W1 L1 F3 A4 Pts 3 ……………..

Deadline is, as always, scheduled kick-off time, which is 7.45pm on Tuesday 26th November. Their last 7 have delivered 3 wins, one draw and three losses; ours have delivered 4 wins and 3 draws :D:D ………..while we need to be wary and respectful, we don’t need to be intimidated or pessimistic :):) ………… Can the run continue? If Northampton can do them over, why can’t we? :o:o:o They ain’t gonna win 5-4 every week! :p:p

Good luck to everyone …………… Remember; passion overcomes logic :) ……………..Keep the Faith! ……….….and thanks for playing! :D

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Accrington 3-1 winners please....

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Very nervy 2-0 winners......late goal to settle our nerves......

Stanley 2.. Fleetwood 0 !!!

Onwards and Upwards !!!:D

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5-1 to the Stanley please!

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2-1 to Stanley please

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Yep, I'll go with my old favourite 2 - 2 draw please.

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3-1 to The Stanley, please.

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2 - 1 to Stanley please

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Stanley 2 Fleetwood 2 please.

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tough game to call - gonna fence-sit with a 1 - 1 (but wouldn't 3 points ahead of the Northampton trip be fantastic ! )

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Tried & trusted 2 - 1 to the Stanley please D3N. :)

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Stanley 3 Fleetwood 2 please

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Stanley 0 - 6 Fleetwood

May the run continue

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Originally Posted by DAV007 (Post 1085081)

Stanley 0 - 6 Fleetwood

May the run continue

Defo an asylum case......

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Originally Posted by Chubbyman (Post 1085087)

Defo an asylum case......

No, just carrying on doing something that is producing Stanley wins:). See also Valairian's tactics ...

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Stanley 0 Fleetwood 1 please

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Originally Posted by Chimer (Post 1085089)

No, just carrying on doing something that is producing Stanley wins:). See also Valairian's tactics ...

Oh thats what it is n there was me thinking Beats had turned things around.:D

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1085092)

Oh thats what it is n there was me thinking Beats had turned things around.:D

Hi, Cashy: I don’t think there is much between any of the teams in this league, to my way of thinking at the beginning of the season there were games we lost where we deserved to win, the game on Saturday could have went either way but we ended up with the 3 points, I’m well pleased with the run we are on but more pleased for the J B & the lads, here’s hoping our good run continues

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Got to keep the faith & say Stanley Boys 1 Fleetwood 0

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3-2 To The Cod..................

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2-1 to the cods ----sorry !!

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2-2 and the run stretches to E-I-G-H-T

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2-1 to stanley please

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:) Accrington Stanley 2 - 1 Fleetwood Town :) Please for me

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If Mansfield can put 4 past them, why not Stanley - OK so The Stags had 5 put past them! So on that premise, 1-1 draw for me please.

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Stanley 1 Fleetwood 0

:D

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2 1 stanley again please

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RSD14595 believes we will be defeated by 2 goals to nil; once again I shall not speak to him for the rest of the week (for being a Doubting Thomas)

:dflam:

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I'll cross my fingers and go for 2-1 Stanley again.

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Stanley 2 Fleetwood 2

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2-1 win for Fleetwood I fear.

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Accrington Stanley 2 Fleetwood 1, please

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2-2 please to keep the run going

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2-1 to Stanley please

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AngeB back on top after tasty helping of Cod Ceviche

Well going off the stats it wasn't really a battering, was it :D

That really was super-optimistic, chaps. 21 expecting to beat a Top 4 team, only 12 hedging their bets and 8 expecting the inevitable end to the run. Only sometimes the inevitable doesn’t happen ……… yee haa!!

Someone got it absolutely right .....

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Originally Posted by carpon (Post 1085020)

Very nervy 2-0 winners......late goal to settle our nerves......

Stanley 2.. Fleetwood 0 !!!

Onwards and Upwards !!!:D

And that someone was the only person to get the max 5 points, which caused absolutely no impact on the upper reaches of the table :) as that was only Carpon’s fourth appearance in a prediction league shirt this season. It did however lift him clear of all the other occasionals into 44th place.

The great majority of those who got it right either went for 2-1 or 1-0 and therefore picked up one bonus point. But of the Top Ten, only AngeB and UK Cowboy (by default) were amongst the optimists, resulting in AngeB :hothothotregaining top spot two points clear of Teach, who along with Accybeme and PMIG, still 3rd and 4th, went negative :cool:.

The big decision this week however was where to draw the line between the two halves of the table. With 61 players, this should be after 30 or 31, but I always keep people with the same number of points on the same table, so I get as close as I can to the middle obeying this rule - the break can be anywhere between 25 and 35 depending on how things fall. But this week the holder of the 31st place was the only person with 20 points, so I could draw the line either side of ……….. my co-conspirator Div3North!

Now given this response ......

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Originally Posted by Div3North (Post 1085104)

I really hoped you weren't going to do that ..............:o:o

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Originally Posted by Div3North (Post 1085104)

:D:D:D:D:D:D

To my hilarious sign-off last week .....

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Originally Posted by Chimer (Post 1085098)

Roll on the Cod Army, ready for a battering I hope :D

What do you think I did? :dancedog:

Roll on the Cobblers, time to put the boot in!!

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Originally Posted by Chimer (Post 1085748)

Roll on the Cobblers, time to put the boot in!!

Oh God, he's at it again ................:o

:D:D:D:D:D

I'm looking forward to seeing how he finishes off the Exeter game ..........something to do with male hair colouring, probably!

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Originally Posted by Div3North (Post 1085753)

Oh God, he's at it again ................:o

:D:D:D:D:D

I'm looking forward to seeing how he finishes off the Exeter game ..........something to do with male hair colouring, probably!

I'll try to remember that, definite possibilities ....