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ChiangMai noon · 09-08-2008, 08:13 PM

Here we go again in a couple of hours time.

Picking a winner from this lot is like picking a winner at the grand national.

I fancy Birmingham and Reading to pop back up, but wouldn't hazard a third.

Hopefully Cardiff will continue to improve and I'm vaguely optimistic that we have a chance of making the play off spots.

first lot of fixtures:

Birmingham v Sheff Utd, 12:45
Blackpool v Bristol City, 15:00
Cardiff v Southampton, 15:00
Charlton v Swansea, 15:00
Coventry v Norwich, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Watford, 15:00
Derby v Doncaster, 15:00
Ipswich v Preston, 15:00
Plymouth v Wolverhampton, 15:00
QPR v Barnsley, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Burnley, 15:00

Sunday, 10 August 2008
Nottm Forest v Reading, 13:15

Red dragon · 09-08-2008, 08:34 PM

Never been so confident of Cardiff doing so well in a season

NickA · 09-08-2008, 10:20 PM

NickA · 09-08-2008, 10:20 PM

ChiangMai noon · 09-08-2008, 10:24 PM

Birmingham pipped Sheffield in the dying seconds 1-0.

Mr Pot · 09-08-2008, 10:36 PM

0-0 here Cov V Norwich, nothing special yet hmmmphhh. C'mon city;thank fok for the link to the radio

Mr Pot · 09-08-2008, 11:13 PM

1-0 Coventry; happy days

astasinim · 09-08-2008, 11:19 PM

Doncaster just popped one in 1-0

justwingit · 10-08-2008, 12:39 AM

the swans must have forgotten to turn up

ChiangMai noon · 10-08-2008, 12:54 AM

good win for City.

happy with that first up.

Mr Pot · 10-08-2008, 01:01 AM

Saturday, 9 August Scottish Premier Aberdeen 0 (0) Inverness CT 2 (1) Barrowman 27
McBain 90
Full time Falkirk 0 (0) Rangers 1 (0) Velicka 64
Full time Hearts 3 (2) Motherwell 2 (1) Stewart 25
Ksanavicius 40
Mikoliunas 82
Clarkson 33, 81
Full time Kilmarnock 1 (0) Hibernian 0 (0) Hamill 80
Full time Coca-Cola Championship Birmingham 1 (0) Sheff Utd 0 (0) Phillips 90
Full time Blackpool 0 (0) Bristol City 1 (0) Brooker 90
Full time Cardiff 2 (1) Southampton 1 (1) Thompson 41
Johnson 90
McGoldrick 45
Full time Charlton 2 (1) Swansea 0 (0) Hudson 3
Gray 85
Full time Coventry 2 (0) Norwich 0 (0) Ward pen 48
McKenzie 86
Full time Crystal Palace 0 (0) Watford 0 (0) Full time Derby 0 (0) Doncaster 1 (0) Guy 59
Full time Ipswich 1 (1) Preston 2 (2) Lisbie 2
McKenna 21
Whaley 34
Full time Plymouth 2 (1) Wolverhampton 2 (1) Fallon 7
Seip 55
Kightly 19
Vokes 78
Full time QPR 2 (2) Barnsley 1 (1) Hall 29, 31
Hume 5
Full time Sheff Wed 4 (3) Burnley 1 (1) Tudgay 1, 65
Sodje 4, 17
Paterson 6
Full time Coca-Cola Division One Bristol Rovers 2 (1) Carlisle 3 (2) Lambert 15
Williams 90
Carlton 19, 80
Bridge-Wilkinson 45
Full time Crewe 1 (0) Brighton 2 (1) Zola 85
Virgo 36
Forster 90
Full time Hartlepool 4 (2) Colchester 2 (0) Brown 13, 14
Boland 66
Jones 76
Gillespie pen 78, 90
Full time Huddersfield 1 (1) Stockport 1 (1) Booth 30
Rowe 45
Full time Leicester 2 (1) Milton Keynes Dons 0 (0) Fryatt pen 24, 83
Full time Leyton Orient 2 (2) Hereford 1 (1) Melligan 23
Boyd pen 45
Beckwith 14
Full time Northampton 4 (1) Cheltenham 2 (1) Doig 42
Akinfenwa pen 64, pen 68
Constantine 77
Gyepes og 35
Townsend pen 74
Full time Oldham 4 (1) Millwall 3 (2) Liddell 3, pen 74
Alessandra 80
Taylor 85
Kandol 1
Hazell og 14
Grabban 56
Full time Scunthorpe 1 (0) Leeds 2 (0) Hooper 57
Showunmi 61
Beckford 80
Full time Southend 1 (0) Peterborough 0 (0) Clarke 76
Full time Swindon 3 (2) Tranmere 1 (0) Paynter 5
Cox 37
McGovern 51
Savage 85
Full time Yeovil 1 (1) Walsall 1 (0) Tomlin 10
Ibehre 77
Full time Coca-Cola Division Two Accrington Stanley 0 (0) Aldershot 1 (1) Donnelly 43
Full time Barnet 1 (1) Chesterfield 3 (0) Carew 19
Lester 57, 62
Ward 80
Full time Bournemouth 1 (1) Gillingham 1 (0) Anderton 42
Mulligan 90
Full time Bradford 2 (1) Notts County 1 (0) Thorne 21, 61
Butcher 73
Full time Bury 1 (1) Brentford 0 (0) Bishop 43
Full time Dag & Red 6 (2) Chester 0 (0) Green 16
Strevens pen 42
Saunders 55, 60
Benson 79
Nwokeji 88
Full time Darlington 1 (1) Exeter 1 (0) Purdie pen 40
Seaborne 60
Full time Grimsby 0 (0) Rochdale 0 (0) Full time Luton 1 (1) Port Vale 3 (2) Parkin 35
Dodds 25
Taylor 45
Richards 58
Full time Rotherham 1 (1) Lincoln City 0 (0) Reid 44
Full time Shrewsbury 4 (1) Macclesfield 0 (0) Cansdell-Sherriff 31
Holt pen 51
Coughlan 79
Hibbert 85
Full time Wycombe 1 (1) Morecambe 1 (0) Spence 34
Artell 66
Full time

Mr Pot · 10-08-2008, 01:03 AM

Apologies, terrible cut n paste to show the results

Red dragon · 10-08-2008, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickA

NickA obviously didn't read that it was a CHAMPIONSHIP football thread!!!!
and Crewe lost 2-1 at home to Brighton

Red dragon · 10-08-2008, 02:43 AM

Very happy that Cardiff got off to a winning start infront of a sell out crowd of 19,500.

CB79 · 10-08-2008, 08:11 AM

We were awful first half and looked like a team who had never played together before. All week my phone had been buzzing about the game yet 15 minutes gone I was looking at my watch and thinking about the next beer.

Coleman obviously had a few words at half time and we came out much better second half. Got lucky with the penalty but a deserved win in the end.

We looked solid at the back, Steven Wright at right back was probably my man of the match but the two new midfielders and two strikers looked like they had never seen each other before. If they can click then we will be a half decent side.

I'll take a top half finish this season.

ChiangMai noon · 10-08-2008, 09:43 AM

Sounds like Cardiff played quite poorly but just about deserved their win.

This makes it doubly sweet.

I can't remember the last time Cardiff won a game in injury time.
Last season, especially early on, it sounded like we were running rings around teams only to be pipped back late in the game.

Listening on the radio is way more exciting than watching on tv, keeps you on edge constantly.

Doncaster away next week.

Sputnik · 10-08-2008, 11:59 AM

Good to see Derby carrying on where they left offlast season.

NickA · 10-08-2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red dragon

NickA obviously didn't read that it was a CHAMPIONSHIP football thread!!!!

Yes, I did, that's why I posted a....

I'm just here to scupper CMN's devious plans.

....and Brighton cheated

CharleyFarley · 10-08-2008, 04:40 PM

This where they will play next year, as yet un-named.

19,000 plus on Olympics day one, wow, they gotta keep winning. (Cardiff of course)

Red dragon · 10-08-2008, 04:59 PM

^ it's starting to take shape nicely but I do love Ninian Park!!
The crowd so close to the pitch, we have terracing and can make it so intimidating for visiting teams and fans which I am sure gives Cardiff the edge, you just have to look at the game against Leeds United who were top of the premier league at the time.

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ChiangMai noon ysbryd y nos Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 25,348	Birmingham pipped Sheffield in the dying seconds 1-0.

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Mr Pot Livin' the dream Last Online: Today 01:44 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: knee deep in it Posts: 2,388	0-0 here Cov V Norwich, nothing special yet hmmmphhh. C'mon city;thank fok for the link to the radio

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Mr Pot Livin' the dream Last Online: Today 01:44 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: knee deep in it Posts: 2,388	1-0 Coventry; happy days

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astasinim Small Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,207	Doncaster just popped one in 1-0

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ChiangMai noon ysbryd y nos Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 25,348	good win for City. happy with that first up.

10-08-2008, 01:01 AM	#11 (permalink)
Mr Pot Livin' the dream Last Online: Today 01:44 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: knee deep in it Posts: 2,388	Saturday, 9 August Scottish Premier Aberdeen 0 (0) Inverness CT 2 (1) Barrowman 27 McBain 90 Full time Falkirk 0 (0) Rangers 1 (0) Velicka 64 Full time Hearts 3 (2) Motherwell 2 (1) Stewart 25 Ksanavicius 40 Mikoliunas 82 Clarkson 33, 81 Full time Kilmarnock 1 (0) Hibernian 0 (0) Hamill 80 Full time Coca-Cola Championship Birmingham 1 (0) Sheff Utd 0 (0) Phillips 90 Full time Blackpool 0 (0) Bristol City 1 (0) Brooker 90 Full time Cardiff 2 (1) Southampton 1 (1) Thompson 41 Johnson 90 McGoldrick 45 Full time Charlton 2 (1) Swansea 0 (0) Hudson 3 Gray 85 Full time Coventry 2 (0) Norwich 0 (0) Ward pen 48 McKenzie 86 Full time Crystal Palace 0 (0) Watford 0 (0) Full time Derby 0 (0) Doncaster 1 (0) Guy 59 Full time Ipswich 1 (1) Preston 2 (2) Lisbie 2 McKenna 21 Whaley 34 Full time Plymouth 2 (1) Wolverhampton 2 (1) Fallon 7 Seip 55 Kightly 19 Vokes 78 Full time QPR 2 (2) Barnsley 1 (1) Hall 29, 31 Hume 5 Full time Sheff Wed 4 (3) Burnley 1 (1) Tudgay 1, 65 Sodje 4, 17 Paterson 6 Full time Coca-Cola Division One Bristol Rovers 2 (1) Carlisle 3 (2) Lambert 15 Williams 90 Carlton 19, 80 Bridge-Wilkinson 45 Full time Crewe 1 (0) Brighton 2 (1) Zola 85 Virgo 36 Forster 90 Full time Hartlepool 4 (2) Colchester 2 (0) Brown 13, 14 Boland 66 Jones 76 Gillespie pen 78, 90 Full time Huddersfield 1 (1) Stockport 1 (1) Booth 30 Rowe 45 Full time Leicester 2 (1) Milton Keynes Dons 0 (0) Fryatt pen 24, 83 Full time Leyton Orient 2 (2) Hereford 1 (1) Melligan 23 Boyd pen 45 Beckwith 14 Full time Northampton 4 (1) Cheltenham 2 (1) Doig 42 Akinfenwa pen 64, pen 68 Constantine 77 Gyepes og 35 Townsend pen 74 Full time Oldham 4 (1) Millwall 3 (2) Liddell 3, pen 74 Alessandra 80 Taylor 85 Kandol 1 Hazell og 14 Grabban 56 Full time Scunthorpe 1 (0) Leeds 2 (0) Hooper 57 Showunmi 61 Beckford 80 Full time Southend 1 (0) Peterborough 0 (0) Clarke 76 Full time Swindon 3 (2) Tranmere 1 (0) Paynter 5 Cox 37 McGovern 51 Savage 85 Full time Yeovil 1 (1) Walsall 1 (0) Tomlin 10 Ibehre 77 Full time Coca-Cola Division Two Accrington Stanley 0 (0) Aldershot 1 (1) Donnelly 43 Full time Barnet 1 (1) Chesterfield 3 (0) Carew 19 Lester 57, 62 Ward 80 Full time Bournemouth 1 (1) Gillingham 1 (0) Anderton 42 Mulligan 90 Full time Bradford 2 (1) Notts County 1 (0) Thorne 21, 61 Butcher 73 Full time Bury 1 (1) Brentford 0 (0) Bishop 43 Full time Dag & Red 6 (2) Chester 0 (0) Green 16 Strevens pen 42 Saunders 55, 60 Benson 79 Nwokeji 88 Full time Darlington 1 (1) Exeter 1 (0) Purdie pen 40 Seaborne 60 Full time Grimsby 0 (0) Rochdale 0 (0) Full time Luton 1 (1) Port Vale 3 (2) Parkin 35 Dodds 25 Taylor 45 Richards 58 Full time Rotherham 1 (1) Lincoln City 0 (0) Reid 44 Full time Shrewsbury 4 (1) Macclesfield 0 (0) Cansdell-Sherriff 31 Holt pen 51 Coughlan 79 Hibbert 85 Full time Wycombe 1 (1) Morecambe 1 (0) Spence 34 Artell 66 Full time

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Mr Pot Livin' the dream Last Online: Today 01:44 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: knee deep in it Posts: 2,388	Apologies, terrible cut n paste to show the results

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Red dragon Songkhla Last Online: 21-11-2008 05:22 PM Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In Mourning Posts: 674	Very happy that Cardiff got off to a winning start infront of a sell out crowd of 19,500.

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CB79 Udon Thani Last Online: 15-11-2008 07:53 PM Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Coventry Posts: 148	We were awful first half and looked like a team who had never played together before. All week my phone had been buzzing about the game yet 15 minutes gone I was looking at my watch and thinking about the next beer. Coleman obviously had a few words at half time and we came out much better second half. Got lucky with the penalty but a deserved win in the end. We looked solid at the back, Steven Wright at right back was probably my man of the match but the two new midfielders and two strikers looked like they had never seen each other before. If they can click then we will be a half decent side. I'll take a top half finish this season.

10-08-2008, 09:43 AM	#16 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon ysbryd y nos Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 25,348	Sounds like Cardiff played quite poorly but just about deserved their win. This makes it doubly sweet. I can't remember the last time Cardiff won a game in injury time. Last season, especially early on, it sounded like we were running rings around teams only to be pipped back late in the game. Listening on the radio is way more exciting than watching on tv, keeps you on edge constantly. Doncaster away next week.

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Sputnik Big Buddha Beach Last Online: 20-11-2008 04:39 PM Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Outer Orbit Posts: 66	Good to see Derby carrying on where they left offlast season.

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CharleyFarley Tiger Bay Last Online: Today 10:11 AM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: aberthin Posts: 1,171	This where they will play next year, as yet un-named. 19,000 plus on Olympics day one, wow, they gotta keep winning. (Cardiff of course)

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Red dragon Songkhla Last Online: 21-11-2008 05:22 PM Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In Mourning Posts: 674	^ it's starting to take shape nicely but I do love Ninian Park!! The crowd so close to the pitch, we have terracing and can make it so intimidating for visiting teams and fans which I am sure gives Cardiff the edge, you just have to look at the game against Leeds United who were top of the premier league at the time.

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