Ups & Downs 24/25

[Winston Biscuit]

learned at the weekend that Carlisle are considered by quite a number of Newcastle fans to be their 2nd club, and they go and watch them when Newcastle are playing away, its one of the reasons why they get some pretty reasonable attendances. There are apparently quite a few historical links between the clubs.

From League 1 last season to bottom of League 2 this season and their average attendance has only dropped by 700. 6th highest average attendance in League 2

[Dirk Gently]

learned at the weekend that Carlisle are considered by quite a number of Newcastle fans to be their 2nd club, and they go and watch them when Newcastle are playing away, its one of the reasons why they get some pretty reasonable attendances. There are apparently quite a few historical links between the clubs.

From League 1 last season to bottom of League 2 this season and their average attendance has only dropped by 700. 6th highest average attendance in League 2

They have a massive catchment area, too. Apart from Barrow, Fleetwood and Morecombe (who were non-league/moribund for ages) their nearest league clubs going south are Blackpool & Preston. They also take in support from Southern Scotland and the A74(M) corridor.

I go there myself a couple of times each season - a truly wonderful old-school ground, with a standing paddock in front of the main stand, which is always a joyful thing. I hope they survive somehow.

[Sutekh]

[Winston Biscuit]

One of the very gr8est moments in English football history. and I mean that.

[Sanguine]

All the better for the fact that it happened before the internet, and people found out on the radio, or on Grandstand or Teletext, and had to wait to read about it in the newspapers the next day.

[Winston Biscuit]

Dumbarton relegated from Scotch League 1

Ebbsfleet relegated from the Vauxhall Conference

[Winston Biscuit]

With the correct ups and downs happening, Carlisle Vs Truro could be quite the awayday!

[Sutekh]

With the correct ups and downs happening, Carlisle Vs Truro could be quite the awayday!

Easy to access, A30/M5/M6 job done.

Gateshead v Truro would be much more challenging

[Winston Biscuit]

Shef Utd:
Oxford (a)
Millwall (h)
Plymouth (a)
Cardiff (h)
Burnley (a)
Stoke (a)
Blackburn (h)

Leeds:
Luton (a)
Middlesbrough (a)
Preston (h)
Oxford (a)
Stoke (h)
Bristol City (h)
Plymouth (a)

Burnley:
Coventry (a)
Derby (a)
Norwich (h)
Watford (a)
Shef Utd (h)
QPR (a)
Millwall (h)

With a 2 point lead now, and a pretty easy run in (aside from that Burnley game), Shef Utd really should do it from here. Burnley with the tougher of the 3 fixtures i reckon.

[Stranded]

Leeds on a run of 1 win in 5 at exactly the wrong time though.

Quite depressing though to see Sheffield Utd, who lost 28 of 38 PL games last season looking likely to bounce straight back despite a 2 point penalty - whilst Burnley, who were also incredibly poor last season in the PL proving to be too strong for the division below.

Makes Luton's race to 23rd even more impressive given they were the closest of the 3 to staying up (not very close to be fair).

[Sutekh]

Leeds on a run of 1 win in 5 at exactly the wrong time though.

Quite depressing though to see Sheffield Utd, who lost 28 of 38 PL games last season looking likely to bounce straight back despite a 2 point penalty - whilst Burnley, who were also incredibly poor last season in the PL proving to be too strong for the division below.

Makes Luton's race to 23rd even more impressive given they were the closest of the 3 to staying up (not very close to be fair).

Even more depressing when Burnley and Sheffield Utd come straight back down again.

[Winston Biscuit]

Bottom of the Champ looking very interesting with Luton & Derby both picking up form. Cardiff fans must be fearing the worst right now

can't be arsed to go through fixtures for those at the bottom. can someone let me know if any of them have a particularly difficult run in?

[Sutekh]

Bottom of the Champ looking very interesting with Luton & Derby both picking up form. Cardiff fans must be fearing the worst right now

can't be arsed to go through fixtures for those at the bottom. can someone let me know if any of them have a particularly difficult run in?

Remaining Cardiff fixtures:

QPR (a)
Preston (a)
Stoke (h)
Sheffield U (a)
Oxford (h)
WBA (h)
Norwich (a)

Remaining Luton fixtures:

Leeds (h)
Stoke (a)
Blackburn (h)
Derby (a)
Bristol C (h)
Coventry (h)
WBA (a)

Remaining Derby fixtures:

Preston (h)
Swansea (a)
Burnley (h)
Portsmouth (a)
Luton (h)
WBA (a)
Hull (a)
Stoke (h)

Remaining Hull fixtures:

Sheffield Wed (a)
Watford (a)
Coventry (h)
Swansea (a)
Preston (h)
Derby (h)
Portsmouth (a)

Remaining Plymouth fixtures:

Norwich (h)
Swansea (a)
Sheffield Utd (h)
Middlesbrough (a)
Coventry (h)
Preston (a)
Leeds (h)

[Winston Biscuit]

some great games against each other in there. 3 of Derby's last 4 fixtures!

Derby Vs Hull on the penultim8 day of the season. Sky need to get that on telly so we can watch Selles send Derby fans down in tears

[LUX]

Oxford not safe yet. Tough run-in too.

[Winston Biscuit]

Oxford and Chesterfield are messing up my season long acca, so I am keen for them to get back to how they looked early on in the season

[Sutekh]

Oxford and Chesterfield are messing up my season long acca, so I am keen for them to get back to how they looked early on in the season

Remaining Oxford games…

Sheffield Utd (h)
QPR (h)
Sheffield Wed (a)
Leeds (h)
Cardiff (a)
Sunderland (h)
Swansea (a)

[Winston Biscuit]

tonight is a big un. a win for Derby and its cat among pigeons stuff for the bottom of the Champ

[Winston Biscuit]

Chesterfield might be one to keep an eye on - reasonable early season form and were up in 5th place just before the halfway point, fell to pieces after that and dropped to 16th, now back to being the form team in the div, 4 points outside the play offs and in their remaining 7 games they play 4 of the bottom 6

[Winston Biscuit]

tonight is a big un. a win for Derby and its cat among pigeons stuff for the bottom of the Champ

Cats 2-0 Pigeons

Cardiff into the relegation zone.