Saturday 14 December 2019

Reporting AM Saturday December 14th

Arsenal won at last on Monday night, beating West Ham 3-1 although not before going a goal behind. Fortunately I know that whenever West Ham score they sit back and let teams come at them which is what we did and they paid for it.

On Wednesday evening Brentford continued the current good run by beating Cardiff City 2-1. Goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Ollie Watkins sealed the win in the first half.

Thursday evening saw Arsenal qualify in the Europa League but not without the usual worries on the way. Standard Liege went 2-0 up in the 69th minute and Eintracht Frankfurt were beating Vitoria at the time. We were out. Goals from Alexander Lacazette in the 78th minute and from Bukayo Saka in the 81st minute saw us see off the threat from Liege but as the night wore on Vitoria went and stayed ahead against Eintracht Frankfurt meaning that we were safely through whatever happened. Liege could have gone through with us given one more goal. It did not happen. The match ended 2-2.

The matches this weekend are :-

Arsenal are at home to Manchester City on Sunday.

The other matches take place today:

Brentford at home to Fulham.
Southend at home to Rotherham United.
Exeter away to the new Manchester United, Salford City.

It must be F.A.Trophy Day with no National League matches for my picks.

Torquay United are at home to Aldershot Town in the First Round of the F.A.Trophy.
Weymouth are away to Barnet having beaten Hastings United in the previous round.

Tiverton Town are at home to Farnborough in the Southern League.
Barnstaple Town are away to Cirencester Town in the Southern League Division One South.

Exmouth Town are away to Bridport in the Western League Premier Division.

Elmore Eagles are away to Newton Abbot Spurs in the South West Peninsula League Premier East.

Liverton are at home to Topsham Town in the Devon League North & East Division.

My local league opponents are Colyton, Newtown, Tedburn St Mary, Winkleigh, Sidmouth Town, Witheridge, Chagford, Priory and HT Dons. You need not worry about those. They are for me.

Good luck to whoever you are supporting today.

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