It is Saturday evening, 16th April in the year of our Lord 2016. Maybe we should start counting again from the start of the Premier League, when football first started according to the media. When I was a lad we would come home and know by around 5 O'Clock how the football league tables would look for the next week. Today the matches continue into Sunday and even Monday.
Now I learn that Arsenal are going to play West Bromwich Albion on a Thursday night, an evening I remember as suitable for band practice as there was never any football on. Today the Europa League matches take place on a Thursday and I am beginning to wonder how soon it is before we have 24 hour football with some matches starting at 3:00 am just to get the TV money. It is the logical end given the direction we are travelling.
So to my selections. Arsenal are playing Crystal Palace tomorrow at 4:00pm so we will know what position in the league will result from our score on the day. We need Leicester and Tottenham to lose and the pervading attitudes seem to be that Leicester should win the league but everyone hates Spurs, particularly supporters of West Ham and Chelsea. It comes naturally to me.
Brentford managed a 1-1 draw with Bristol City and now sit in 13th place (unlucky for some) on 53 points. Even winning all 5 remaining matches would leave the team short of the play-offs so another season in the Championship is in line.
Southend United lost 1-0 away at Walsall. This puts the Shrimpers in 13th place also. Four wins from the remaining games WOULD put the team into the play-offs but I expect a mid table finish.
Exeter City drew 0-0 at home to Northampton and as they are top of the league it is not the worst result in the world. The team are now on 63 points and are one win away from the play-off places. These play-offs DO keep the leagues alive for a few more weeks than used to be the case when I was growing up. Overall I think they are a good thing. The chance of a match at Wembley is a huge deal.
Torquay United seem to have completed their redemption. A 2-0 win away to Bromley sees them on 50 points. Halifax Town, Boreham Wood, Guiseley and Chester would have to perform well to see Torquay down so I think another season in the National League is the future for the gulls.
Weston-super-Mare were at home to Whitehawk, who seem to have reverted to their traditional name having tried to rebrand themselves as Brighton City. Whitehawk won the match 2-1 which leaves the seagulls in 17th place on 47 points. We have to hope that the teams below them keep losing.
The curry is ready.
Back soon.
Now I learn that Arsenal are going to play West Bromwich Albion on a Thursday night, an evening I remember as suitable for band practice as there was never any football on. Today the Europa League matches take place on a Thursday and I am beginning to wonder how soon it is before we have 24 hour football with some matches starting at 3:00 am just to get the TV money. It is the logical end given the direction we are travelling.
So to my selections. Arsenal are playing Crystal Palace tomorrow at 4:00pm so we will know what position in the league will result from our score on the day. We need Leicester and Tottenham to lose and the pervading attitudes seem to be that Leicester should win the league but everyone hates Spurs, particularly supporters of West Ham and Chelsea. It comes naturally to me.
Brentford managed a 1-1 draw with Bristol City and now sit in 13th place (unlucky for some) on 53 points. Even winning all 5 remaining matches would leave the team short of the play-offs so another season in the Championship is in line.
Southend United lost 1-0 away at Walsall. This puts the Shrimpers in 13th place also. Four wins from the remaining games WOULD put the team into the play-offs but I expect a mid table finish.
Exeter City drew 0-0 at home to Northampton and as they are top of the league it is not the worst result in the world. The team are now on 63 points and are one win away from the play-off places. These play-offs DO keep the leagues alive for a few more weeks than used to be the case when I was growing up. Overall I think they are a good thing. The chance of a match at Wembley is a huge deal.
Torquay United seem to have completed their redemption. A 2-0 win away to Bromley sees them on 50 points. Halifax Town, Boreham Wood, Guiseley and Chester would have to perform well to see Torquay down so I think another season in the National League is the future for the gulls.
Weston-super-Mare were at home to Whitehawk, who seem to have reverted to their traditional name having tried to rebrand themselves as Brighton City. Whitehawk won the match 2-1 which leaves the seagulls in 17th place on 47 points. We have to hope that the teams below them keep losing.
The curry is ready.
Back soon.
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