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How much longer can this incredible run go on? Surely Palace will lose this month, they face premiership giants Arsenal in the Carling Cup Quarter Finals, and fellow EFB Managers Rob Perry’s Cardiff at Ninian Park and Steff Browning’s Blades at Bramall Lane in the Championship, some tough games :eek:
4th December 2005[/b]
A trip to Vicarage Road and Jon Macken was on fire for this one! He has been in impressive form lately, but he was sizzling for this fixture. Despite Watford taking the lead in the 4th Minute when Bouzza headed home, the team recovered well and Macken put palace on level terms less than 10 minutes later. He struck again before 20 minutes of the game had passed to give the visitors the lead, and Jobi McAnuff stretched the lead with a well taken goal just past the half hour. The second half was the same story with Palace continuing to dominate, and Jon Macken rounded off a Man of the Match performance with his hatrick just after the hour mark. A rare blunder from Leigertwood led to a brief glimmer of hope for Watford as he put the ball into his own net, but another own goal , this time from Malkay Mackay into the Watford goal, put paid to that. The crowd were going mad and singing out the managers name and a huige cheer went up as he acknowledged the travelling fans :cool:
At home to the jug eared ones beloved club, and it was pretty much the same story as it has been for the majority of the season, Palace outfoxed the foxes. Gottwald scored first, then Macken made it 2-0 just before half an hour had passed. Macken is in the form of his life at the moment and he was everywhere screaming for the ball, driving the other players on, and it was no surprise when he received the man of the match award for the second successive game! Soares buried the game with a goal of the highest quality just after the hour. The only surprise (Surprise! ) was when Sylla grabbed a late consolation goal for the visitors
Steff Browning and his Blades played host for this encounter (and yes I did check it was Steff this time, although he mysteriously disappeared from the dugout early in the game). Kabba scored the opening goal and sent the home fans into raptures as he rushed towards them to celebrate! Palace struggled and could not get the equaliser in the first half. The second half saw Jon Macken ignite the game with a superb goal to level the score. Try as he might though he could not get the winner, and Palace had to be content with a share of the points which was perhaps a tad generous to the home side
With the teams confidence taking a bit of a knock after dropping points at lowly Sheffield United, they had to travel to Ninian Park and face a resurgent Cardiff managed by fellow EFB’er Rob Perry. mackens superb run continued with less than a minute on the clock Macken put the visitors ahead and stunned the home fans! Tom Soares doubled the lead when he scored in the 36th minute and Cardiff were looking overwhelmed! Ebiede pulled one back for the bluebirds just after the restart, but a moment of Macken Magic put the result beyond doubt 2 minutes later and sealed Mackens 4th Successive Man of the Match Magnum! It has been rumoured that the manager, Paul Rouch, is confiscating the champagne from the lads and drinking it on their behalf so that they can concentrate on winning the Championship! This has yet to be substantiated though
20th December 2005 – Carling Cup Quarter Final[/b]
The big day is here and the players, staff and fans are all up for this game, their biggest of their season, at Highbury against the premiership giants Arsenal! A place in the two legged semi finals of the Carling cup beckons for the winner of this tie, and Palace fans are dreaming of Promotion and a final! The first half saw Palace pinned back in their own half in a very defensive mode as Arsenal’s free flowing attacking style took a hold of the game. Richie Foran had to go off injured after 7 minutes which must have upset the game plan for the team! The second half however was a different kettle of fish, as the team seemed transformed after what must have been one hell of a half time chat from their manager!! Man of the moment Jon Macken struck first sending shockwaves through Highbury! He rant to the palace supporters and screamed in ecstasy! The Highbury library become a cacophony of noise as the travelling fans started to party! But little did they realise that the whole night was going to get better and better! Jobi McAnuff put Palace into wonderland as he put them two ahead and then in the space of two minutes, with the smile of the last goal still on the visiting fans faces Jon Macken rounded off a superb evening and his own fine performance with a second goal for him and the clubs third goal of the night :eek: Even the most foolhardy gamblers would not have taken a punt on this score (even you Sandy!) The Rsenal players looked devastated and could not believe what was happening to them, the Eagles fans were taunting the Gunners with the chant of “Premier league? Yer ‘aving a laugh!” Kerrea Gilbert then sealed a night of misery for the gooners when he got himself sent off with only 3 minutes left. When the whistle went Paul Rouch quickly shook hands with Arsene Wenger then sprinted on to the pitch to congratulate his team and celebrate with the fans who were by now chanting “Paul Rouch’s Barmy Army” Although 3-0 was flattering scoreline no one was going to take anything away from the team, except Fitz Hall, who had his Man of the Match Magnum of champagne taken away by the manager!
Arsenal 0 Palace 3
Palace Scorers : Macken (67, 77) McAnuff (75)
Att : 38379
MOM : Fitz Hall (Crystal Palace)
26th December 2005[/b]
After the Lord Mayors Show! The 3-0 drubbing of Arsenal had taken a lot out of the team, and some looked like they had celebrated the win a bit too much! This was a dull uneventful game which wont live long in the memory of anyone who saw it, but after the momentous game against Arsenal, yo could forgive them for not being at the races for this one! A goal less bore draw.
Palace 0 Hull 0
Att : 17569
MOM : Tom Soares (Crystal Palace)
28th December 2005[/b]
A trip to St Marys and Andy Hepburn’s Southampton, but with the in form Jon Macken injured and a number of other key players on the sick list, some pundits were pointing at this fixture as the one where Palace’s remarkable run could be halted! The early signs were good for the Eagles however, especially when Marcus Berg put the visitors ahead mid way through the first half. Palace continued to dominate but were unable to put the Saints to the sword and paid the price when late on in the second half Kenwyne Jones equalised for the home side and earned a very undeserved point for the scummers.
Southampton 1 Palace 1
Palace Scorers : Berg (27)
Southampton Scorers : Jones (81)
Att : 24259
MOM : Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)
Awards
It was no surprise when Jon Macken received the Player of the month award after his recent run of Man of the match performances! It was also especially rewarding to see Tom Soares picking up the young player of the month award again, his performances have been consistently good and a pleasure top watch
Position
Top :cool: 12 points clear of 2nd place Wolves
Top Scorer
Jon Macken – 20
Top rated player
Jon Macken – 7.85
04-12-2006, 12:18 AM
Englisher Fussball Bund - EFB FM06 Clan Thread Mrk III Post #102
Cardiff Scorers: Emmanuel Ebiede (15) & Zizi Roberts (71)
Reading Scorers: Ivar Ingimarsson (34) & Dave Kitson (Pen 90)
Attendance: 16,361
MOM: Ivar Ingimarsson (Reading) Close match this, I was lucky enough to get away with this draw with Kitson saving me with a 90th minute penalty after Ingimarsson scored his first goal of the season before Cardiff scored their two goals.
Southampton Scorers: Steven Naismith (51), Kenwyne Jones (70 & 81) & Stephen Murray (73)
Reading Scorers: Dave Kitson (13, 19) & Stephen Hunt (90)
Attendance: 24,360
MOM: Kenwyne Jones (Southampton) A game we deserved to lose, having gone 2-0 up in the first half with two goals from Dave Kitson before we conceded 4 goals in the second half to throw the game away. Stephen Hunt did score a late goal but it was not to be.
Reading Scorers: Ibrahima Sonko (6) & Dave Kitson (42)
Hull Scorers: Micah Richards (2) & Billy Paynter (88)
Attendance: 23,230
MOM: Sergio Leite (Hull)
Reading Injuries: John Oster (32) & Graeme Murty (80) A game we should have won but again the defence let me down in the last 10 minutes of the game. Unfortuntely I was away from keyboard when this game was played but from the look of things it was a close match.
3rd Round
Reading Scorers: Vincent Pericard (44 & 71), James Harper (66)
Attendance: 16.795
MOM: Vincent Pericard (Reading)
Red Cards: Danny Szetela (Norwich) (90) Well what can I say, the very player Sandy said was no good scored not only once but twice against his side. Yep you guessed it Vincent Pericard scored the first goal in the 44th minute and then scored again in the 71st minute with James Harp scoring in between the two goals to complete the 3-0 win over Norwich. I sensed a bit of sour grapes from Mister Pettigrew as he didn’t stick around long enough to congratulate me on the win after the match had finished.
Championship Position at end of sessions: 4th
04-12-2006, 12:52 PM
Englisher Fussball Bund - EFB FM06 Clan Thread Mrk III Post #105
lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night.
04-12-2006, 04:07 PM
Englisher Fussball Bund - EFB FM06 Clan Thread Mrk III Post #107
Originally posted by Andy H:
lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be <STRIKE>man</STRIKE> woman enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night.
04-12-2006, 05:05 PM
Englisher Fussball Bund - EFB FM06 Clan Thread Mrk III Post #108
Originally posted by steff:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Andy H:
lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be <STRIKE>man</STRIKE> <STRIKE>woman</STRIKE> PUSSY enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
lol
04-12-2006, 05:20 PM
Englisher Fussball Bund - EFB FM06 Clan Thread Mrk III Post #109
The Saints Sun - Oh when the Saints go marching on!!!!
Hepburn's Saints are finally getting into their stride with some impressive performances over the last couple of months and even with Hepburn's absence the team seem to be doing him proud. here is a run down of the latest games from St Mary's.....
Championship
Southampton v Hull - (H) Sat 1st October 2005
Southampton will feel hard done by as they only managed a point from this game when it really should have been three. They had all the chances and all the poessession but could not turn that into goals. Jones and Naismith were misfiring today and Hepburn was left frustrated with only a point as they lose ground on early leaders Crystal Palace.
Final Score - Southampton 0 v 0 Hull Att - 18234 MOTM - Damien Delaney (Hull)
Championship
Southampton v Crewe - (H) Sat 15th October 2005
They made up for the last game against Hull, with an astonishingly good performance at home to Crewe. Crewe have a lot of great youngsters in their team but not one of them could get anywhere near a Southampton player. It was chance after chance and almost goal after goal for the Saints as they were relentless against a sorry Crewe defence that did include Billy Jones at the time. Rasiak helped himself to a double and Potter and Jones got one goal each but it really could have been a cricket score.
Final Score - Southampton 4 v 0 Crewe Goals - Southampton - Rasiak (22,37), Jones (32), Potter (88) Att - 17667 MOTM - Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton)
After a meeting with chairman Rupert Lowe, who was desperate to keep Hepburn at the club they both decided that young Hepburn needed a much needed week away in the sunshine of Tenerife to take his mind off football and recharge the batteries as he was starting to feel the effects of football management. Lowe granted his wish left Hepburn's assistant in charge who did really well while Hepburn was away. Here is how he did.....
QPR v Southampton - (A) Tues 18th October 2005 Final Score - QPR 2 v 0 Southampton
Burnley v Southampton - (A) Sat 22nd October 2005 Final Score - Burnley 0 v 0 Southampton
Wolves v Southampton - (A) Wed 26th October 2005 in the Carling Cup Final Score - Wolves 1 v 0 Southampton
Southampton v Preston - (H) Sat 29th October 2005 Final Score - Southampton 2 v 1 Preston
Southampton v Leeds - (H) Tues 1st November 2005 Final Score - Southampton 2 v 1 Leeds
Norwich v Southampton - (A) Sat 5th November 2005 Final Score - Norwich 1 v 1 Southampton
Southampton v Luton - (H) Sat 19th November 2005 Final Score - Southampton 2 v 0 Luton
Coventry v Southampton - (A) Sat 26th November 2005 Final Score - Coventry 1 v 0 Southampton
Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday - (H) Sat 3rd December 2005 Final Score - Southampton 1 v 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Derby v Southampton - (A) Sat 10th December 2005 Final Score - Derby 1 v 3 Southampton
Wolves v Southampton - (H) Tues 13th December 2005 Final Score - Southampton 3 v 1 Wolves
Southampton v Plymouth - (H) Sun 18th December 2005 Final Score - Southampton 0 v 0 Plymouth
Millwall v Southampton - (H) Mon 26th December 2005 Final Score - Southampton 4 v 1 Millwall
It has been an impressive run of form for Southampton under Hepburn's assistant who has led them on an elven game unbeaten run taking the scalps of Wolves and Leeds along the way. It has seen them shoot into fourth spot only a couple of points behind second placed Wolves and Reading. Lets hope now Hepburn is back in charge that he can push the Saints into second place at least and gain automatic promotion back to the Premiership.
04-12-2006, 07:07 PM
Englisher Fussball Bund - EFB FM06 Clan Thread Mrk III Post #110
Originally posted by Andy H:
lol nice report Tony and nice match report for your game against Sandy. Lets hope Sandy will be man enough to congratulate you at the next session on Thursday night.
I dont think i should of joined the game tbh lol. Was kinda wrecked and just fell asleep half way through the game then just switched the power off my comp basically and well done .
) was when Sylla grabbed a late consolation goal for the visitors 
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