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:) Man in the middle :) Ross Joyce will be the man in the middle.
With the 2017/18 campaign now over halfway through, Joyce has refereed 28 games in several competitions, with the breakdown outlined below:
10 Sky Bet League One matches
11 Sky Bet League Two matches
2 Carabao Cup matches
3 Emirates FA Cup matches
2 Checkatrade Trophy matches
Across those 28 fixtures, he has brandished 113 yellow cards, with seven handed out in his last game when Lincoln City hosted Notts County in Sky Bet League Two. He has also shown one red card.
His assistants at the Wham Stadium will be Kevin Mulraine and Gareth Mellor. The fourth official will be Thomas Kirk. :)TEAM NEWS LINE UPS Stanley (4-4-2): Chapman; Johnson , Hughes, Richards-Everton, Donacien; Clark, Nolan, Brown, McConville; Kee, Jackson . Subs : Maxted, Rowan, Leacock-McLeod, Williams, Francis. Vale Probable line up (4-4-2) :- Boot; Davis, Anderson, N. Smith, Pugh; Kay, Tonge; Harness , Whitfield , Montano ; Pope.
Bookings: Anderson 51'
Subs : Lainton, Barnett, Forrester, Angus. with new signings Jules, Hannant may be included

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Reckon were in for a cracking game tomorrow, weather permitting.;)

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Mab,
If Anderson does get booked for Vale on 51 minutes, can I borrow your crystal ball sometime? ;)

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always had a bit of a soft spot for vale after my first visit to their ground. looked really massive in the old days when it was more open and remembered them getting to the f.a. cup semi finals in the mid fifties when it was a competition that every football fan cared about.

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Copy n past thought I'd taken all the subs/booked players off, sorry :o

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Unchanged team. Remember you heard it here first.

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No look at 1st post lol 😂

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0-2 vale

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3-2 win :)

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Alarm failed to go off at k/o time, but my overwhelming love of the team made me wake up at halftime. ...switch on computer and we down 2-0..que involuntarily expletive that startled the dogs but 'she' slept through it (thank u god).. Pure controlled delight as 3 goals get in in 2nd stanza. Sunday will be a great day thanks to you mighty men in red.

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Bloody hell!

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Great win. Thought we played pretty well throughout.

Chappers couldn’t have chosen a worse game to have a shocker of a first half with the new keeper watching on. Appeared to redeem himself with a great second half save.

Standout players were McConville, Ben and Clark.

Loved the scenes after the third goal and at the final whistle. Felt like a team hell bent on going up.

Despite the usual partisan abuse, the Ref has a decent game I thought, apart from the free kick for their second goal and not giving Jackson a free kick (before he was booked). I assume he was unsighted for Billy’s goal though. Looked like clear handball.

Shame about Wycombe and Mansfield snatching unlikely wins at the death.

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You weren't wrong there pal!

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We were the best side in first half, just gave em 2 gifts i thought, second half we just annihilated em, great 3 pts today.:) went for a Coventry ticket before the match, was told to come back at 5-00,cos they were busy, there was not a soul behind me, were supposed to be trying to attract more people, yet still got SECOND RATE service to fans, i didn't go back cos thats not the way i go home from the clayton end.

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Anyone a bit uneasy about “The Hand of Rod”? (copyright C Gibson).

Assuming it was handled deliberately of course.

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who cares? Maradona got away with it.:D

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A superb win for the Stanley boys today!
After giving Vale a gift on 3 minutes and a dodgy refereeing awarding Vale a free kick for their second goal we were 2 - 0 down and it seemed like the points were going South with Vale!:eek: We actually played really well for most of the first half and should have been rewarded with a goal. The FAITHFUL Stanley fans in the Clayton End kept singing though and the team was showing the necessary BELIEF needed to get back into the match!:mosher:
The second half continued with Stanley on the attack constantly but with Vale always looking like they could score 'on the break'.
We were rewarded with a very important early goal which lifted the players and supporters even more! Then the second goal came and their was only going to be one winning team after that. The third goal duly came and we held on to gain a valuable three points! Most of the Stanley boys played well. Clarke Sean Mac and Kayden were always looking dangerous. Brown and Nolan were superb in midfield and the defence did well apart from being asleep in the third minute for Vale's gift of a goal. For though me I thought that Billy was MOM as he was just tremendous, setting up two goals and scoring the other. I thought that he scored his goal guiding it into the net off his stomach.....(We will see when we see the video coverage later.):theband:
Agree with you Lord D about the atmosphere at the end with PLAYERS and SUPPORTERS united in mutual appreciation! What a Finnish to the match it was!:cuddle::love::cuddle::love::mosher::theband:


[B]Lord D .....IMHO, I thought that the referee was pretty useless!:dummy2::dummy2::dummy2:
Lord D......for just the reasons that you observed above he was poor! :enough
Throughout the match his decisions on free kick awards were quite baffling and he was inconsistent 'spotting' the place from where the kicks should be taken from. He did make players move back to where the 'foul' occurred on some occasions but not on others. One example in the second half where he awarded a free kick to Vale two yards in their own half was carried five yards forwards by the Vale defender. The ref rightly made him take it back but then as the ref ran to his position the Vale defender simply rolled it forward again over the same five yards and then was allowed to take the kick!
He also allowed the Vale right back, No 21, to take several 'foul Throw Ins' as he lifted his trailing leg off the ground thus allowing him to project the ball much further down the field of play. IMHO he was inconsistent and quite poor and then in the second half he seemed to realise that he actually had a yellow card and started waving it about somewhat liberally!:oke2:

Anyhow......We can all agree that it was a tremendous 'Come back' by the Stanley boys and a great result in the end and a very important three points as all but one of the top six were victorious today!:theband::wave8:
ON STANLEY ON:theband::s_gupjump:s_gupjump:theband:
COME ON YOU REDS[/B]:mosher::mosher::mosher::mosher::mosher:

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ps Well done to Buzza and his team of helpers for good use of 'The Covers' to protect the pitch.
There were matches at Rochdale and Halifax postponed today so it is an illustration of how well Stanley and Buzza and his team did to keep our match 'ON'.

Apologies for some grammar/typography errors in my previous post, as I was helping Mrs Choirboy preparing the Fillet Steak and Chips, and we were already downing a fine Rosemount Merlot red wine in celebration!
Happy Dayzzz....Hic!

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Accrington 3-2 Port Vale | Video | Watch TV Show | Sky Sports

Just watched the video on SKY /.....Johnson did great overlapping for the third goal!

(Don't really know hos to make a 'link'????)

Oh... I just learnt how to do it!!!!!!

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How perceptive you are/were young man ;)

:) :) :)

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what a game it had everything a fan would want. all the outfield players doing o.k. firsy half and it looked if vale had done a smash and grab on us. second half another story with a roy of the rovers comeback. on toph of it you knew the pantomime season was still with us with the referee giving us a number of comedy interludes. if anyone had come for their first game at the wham they will be back. best 90 odd mins of entertainment i,ve had for years. keep it up lads, lets make it our season.

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Was Chappers careless or unlucky for their first goal? I thought a mixture of the two.

The ball hit that mud patch and skidded low on it rather than bouncing.

What if Chappers had anticipated that it would stay low and dived on the ground and the ball had then bounced?

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Superb entertainment we dug in and ground a result against the odds have to disagree about the free kick that led to their 2 goal I was sat in line with it and about the same view as the referee Nolan was pulling their lads shirt of his back when he didn't need to, so correct decision as for Billy,s hand goal it's payback for Kettle,s horror show that cost us promotion so fate could just be with us this season.

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was a foul leading up to their 2nd goal but no worse than a lot of other challenges for high balls he let go before he gave that one.

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To be honest think S.M.has got makings of a skipper full time? Never thought i'd ever say that, but credit were its due.

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Cracking game played at a real high tempo.
Still felt we in the game at 2-0 down.
After a quiet first half Billy came alive and bullied their two CBS and was excellent.
Some great flowing football was played on a tricky surface, it maybe our year,as I haven’t
Seen a better team !!!

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Have to say from what ive seen this term. Luton have the edge on us, no-one else though.

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Wasn't there yesterday but sounds like fans created a decent atmosphere even when we went behind helping the team get the goals. If we can keep this atmosphere up all rest of season it may just push us over promotion line.

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Fans at Stanley always aid the team imho, May be few but yeh wouldn't think so.:)

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Yeah, fully agree with you Cashy...:mosher:
It's not the size it's the QUALITY that matters!:s_aim1:

ps. The video coverage is no help in trying to see what part of his anatomy Billy scored his goal with!
From right behind the goal in the Clayton End nobody around me even considered that he may have used his hand or arm!
It looked clearly as if he 'Chested' or 'Stomached' the ball over the line.

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Have no idea choirboy, never seen owt, but me mate said he handled it. but to be honest i couldn't careless.:D

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That's a great win, 2-0 down at the half to come back and pull it off shows character, hats off to all the players and the fans for a magic second half.