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Curvature · 03-29-2006, 03:51 PM

Reading 2 Cardiff City 1
Doyle scored after only 5mins to give Reading the lead,Jerome made it 1-1 on 23mins before Kitson killed of the bluebirds with a cracking goal on 55mins good game this one.
Attendance 21199
MOM Ibra Sonko 8
Ref Paul Taylor

retired_abubaker · 03-29-2006, 10:52 PM

ffs Rob TWEET TWEET!!!

retired_abubaker · 03-30-2006, 07:30 PM

The Saints Sun - Saints looking good in pre season!!!!!

Hepburn is settling into life at St Marys and is enjoying every minute of it. He is relishing the huge challenge that is in front of him. Pre season has been good as Hepburn has decided not to invest hugely in the side as he thinks his group of players can do the business in the Championship next season. So in the transfer market it has been a pretty quiet time but here is who he has brought in:

Steven Naismith ST - £160k From Kilmarnock - A much needed boost in firepower and Hepburn has brought a youngster with huge potential. He has scored bags of goals in the SPL and Hepburn is hoping he can reporduce that form to fire the Saints into the Premiership.

Gary McDonald MC - £140k From Kilmarnock - Hepburn raided Kille again to take their best midfielder away from them. Seen more as a squad player if any injuries occur to his preferred choice of Prutton and Oakley in the middle of the park. Of course he will try to force his way into the team and should do well.

Willie Kinniburgh DC - £110k From Motherwell - Another Scottish youngster to help boost the Saints defence that was so poor last season. He has huge potential and lets hope he reaches that potential in a Saints shirt. The fans are excited at the prospect of seeing this lad in action and so is Hepburn.

Stephen Murray AML - £100k From Kilmarnock - Hepburn has brought him in as cover but compeition for places is what Hepburn is after and if he is given the chance he may well walk into the Saints first eleven if he produces the goods.

So Hepburn has been pretty busy in the transfer market during pre season as he trys to build a squad capable of challenging for the Championship. Hepburn has been working hard on the training pitch to get his team in shape and here is how the pre season friendlies went for the Saints:

Southampton v Harchester - (H) Sat 16th July 2005
Final Score - Southampton 1 v 2 Harchester

Tamworth v Southampton - (A) Tues 19th July 2005
Final Score - tamworth 2 v 1 Southampton

Notts County v Southampton - (A) Sat 23rd July 2005
Final Score - Notts County 1 v 1 Southampton

Burton v Southampton - (A) Tues 26th July 2005
Final Score - Burton 0 v 1 Southampton

Yeovil v Southampton - (A) Fri 29th July 2005
Final Score - Yeovil 0 v 2 Southampton

Doncaster v Southampton - (A) Mon 1st August 2005
Final Score - Doncaster 0 v 2 Southampton

So an indifferent set of results during pre season and lets hope the team pulls together and gets the Saints back to the Premiership at the first time of asking!!!!!!!!

retired_abubaker · 03-30-2006, 09:48 PM

The Saints Sun - Indifferent start for the Saints!!!!

It has been an indifferent start to the season for Hepburn's Saints as they have already lost two games in what has been a tough opening for the new manager. They lie in the top half of the table but a fair bit behind early leaders and promotion favourites Crystal Palace. here is a run down of the opening games in Hepburn's Southampton managerial career............

Championship

Crytal Palace v Southampton - (A) Sat 6th August 2005

A real tough opening game for the Saints but a game where they matched Palace for long periods but in the end a lucky goal sealed a win for Palace. Southampton started much the better team and were ahead in five minutes through youngster Kenwyne Jones who was delighted to grab his first ever goal for the Saints. The lead did not last long as Palace were level through Andy Johnson. It was end to end stuff as both teams had so many attackers on show it was pretty hard not to. Both teams made chances but neither could take them until seven minutes from time when debutant Richie Foran scored the winner to give Rouch's Palace the win. A draw would have been a fair result but if you don't take your chances!!!

Final Score - Crystal Palace 2 v 1 Southampton
Goals - Palace - Johnson (9), Foran (83)
Goals - Southampton - Jones (5)
Att - 22053
MOTM - Andy Johnson (Crystal Palace)

Championship

Plymouth v Southampton - (A) Tues 9th August 2005

Although the result against Palace did not go their way Hepburn was pleased with the performance but this performance was truly shocking. A game the Saints were tipped to coast through turned out to be a real struggle. They could not get going and Plymouth were swarming all over them as they outplayed the Saints. Had it not been for some poor finishing and good goalkepping this could have been an embarrassment. In the end it was only a penalty that seperated the teams but it should have been a lot more.

Final Score - Plymouth 1 v 0 Southampton
Goals - Plymouth - Wotton (pen,69)
Sent Off - Lundekvam (Southampton)
Att - 20907
MOTM - Hansy Aljofree (Plymouth)

Championship

Southampton v Millwall - (H) Sat 13th August 2005

After the opening two defeats Hepburn seriously needed a win in front of a full house at St Marys. At times it was not the best football we have ever seen but in the end the Saints got the three points. At times though they were really good with some superb attacking football and it was another goal from youngster Kenwyne Jones after only ten minutes of the game. They could not find a second goal to make it more convincing and the fans were starting to get a little edgy towards the end but at full time it was Southampton who had the three points in the bag.

Final Score - Southampton 1 v 0 Millwall
Goals - Southampton - Jones (10)
Att - 17987
MOTM - Stephen Murray (Southampton)

Championship

Southampton v Brighton - (H) Sat 20th August 2005

Southampton seemed to grow in confidence from their first win of the season over Millwall as this was a much better performance. They were superb at times and they should have won by four or five goals. Two goals in the last five minutes of the first half were enough to give Southampton the three points. Goals from Kenwyne Jones, his third of the season and Steven Naismith, who got his first goal for the club much to delight of Hepburn were the goal scorers. They created many more great opportunities in the second half but failed to make them count but Hepburn was pleased with his team's win.

Final Score - Southampton 2 v 0 Brighton
Goals - Southampton - Jones (40), Naismith (45)
Att - 17697
MOTM - Stephen Murray

Carling Cup 1st Round

Southampton v Shrewsbury - (H) Wed 24th August 2005

A fantastic performance from the Saints as they brushed aside Shrewsbury and swept into the second round of the cup. The star of the show was Steven Naismith who grabbed four sensational goals and he should have scored more. He was a man bang in confidence and he showed why Hepburn bought this lad. Matthew Oakley got the ball rolling for the Saints, scoring after only two minutes and then Naismith took over and stole the show.

Final Score - Southampton 5 v 0 Shrewsbury
Goals - Southampton - Oakley (2), Naismith (16,27,63,83)
Sent Off - Gavin Cowan (Shrewsbury)
Att - 15025
MOTM - Steven Naismith (Southampton)

Championship

Reading v Southampton - (A) Sat 27th August 2005

A game that Hepburn came away from wondering how his team did not take all three points from. They were all over Tony Hall's Reading for the majority of the game but just could find a way past their keeper until the eighty sixth minute!!!! Hall's Reading started the better of the two sides and a great header from Gunnarsson had them ahead early in the first half. From then on it was the Saints who dominated this game but could not put the ball in the back of the net till Naismith finally put the ball in the net to salage a draw and in what should have been a victory for the Saints.

Final Score - Reading 1 v 1 Southampton
Goals - Reading - Gunnarsson (14)
Goals - Southampton - Naismith (86)
Att - 23884
MOTM - Jim Brennan (Southampton)

So it has been an inconsistent start from the Saints as they cannot string a set of results together. Lets hope this improves in the coming months.

Curvature · 04-01-2006, 03:36 PM

Cardiff City 2 Watford 1
Flurry on loan from Fulham opened his account for Cardiff on the half hour and Zizi Roberts made it 2-0 on 47mins,Marlon King would then score from the spot on 48mins but thats how this one would end
Attendance 13195
MOM Riccardo Scimeca 8
Referee Michael Jones

Players In
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Paul Lawson from Celtic for 35kEnzo Scorza from Norwich on 3months loan </pre>
Players Out
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Neil Cox left Cardiff to Join Derby Co for 30kTo left to Join Al-Nassr for 120kCameron Jerome Joined Gretna for 375kKevin Cooper Joined Dunfermline for 50k </pre>
Staff Changes
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Terry Burton has been fired as Assistant Manager his replacement is Frank Lampard Sr </pre>

Cardiff City 2 Sheff Utd 3
Sheff Utd came to Ninian Park without manager Steff Browning who was away on a scouting mission in europe somewhere,Eric Cantona took charge of the team for this one Kenesei opened on 14mins for the visitors Diallo made it 1-1 on 34mins and Flurry would give Cardiff the lead at ht,Quinn made it 2-2 on 47mins and Kabba scored the winner on 78mins
Attendance 15155
MOM Michael Tonge 8
Referee Tony Bates

Curvature · 04-01-2006, 04:01 PM

Cardiff City 0 Crewe Alexandra 1
Cardiff City continue to free fall down the league a Higdon pen on 70mins was enough to earn Crewe 3points in this one
Attendance 9801
MOM Adie Moses 8
Referee Brian Curson

Leicester City 2 Cardiff City 1
Lawson got the 1st goal in this one after 25mins Hammond and Lundqvist scored 2 very late goals to steal the win for Leicester
Attendance 31656
MOM Glenn Loovens 8
Referee Keith Hill

2nd Round

Swansea City 0 Cardiff City 1
A single goal from Mulryne on 56mins was enough to see Cardiff through to the next round
Attendance 5149
MOM Emmanuel Ebiede 9
Referee Lee Mason

Hull City 1 Cardiff City 4
Ben Wright scored on 25mins to give the visitors the lead Unsworth added a 2nd from the spot after 38mins Delaney was sent off on 38mins for Hull,McPhee would add a goal for Hull City before Scorza 53 and Mulryne 79min would score for Cardiff and give them 3 well deserved points
Attendance 22894
MOM David Unsworth 9
Referee Paul Robinson

Cardiff City 1 Southampton 3
Andy Hepburn would bring his saints to Ninian park and would leave with the 3points Darren Potter on loan from liverpool scored 2 lovely goals on 44 and 48mins Jones made it 3-0 on 50mins and Hrgovic would score nothing more than a consilation on 84mins
Attendance 10450
MOM Ken Jones 9
Referee Steve Tanner

QPR 1 Cardiff City 1
Commentators labelled this a bore draw Ebiede would open for Cardiff with only 3mins gone Furlong made it 1-1 on 21mins and thats how it would stay Kus was sent off on 87mins for QPR but Cardiff couldnt get by the 5 man defence and make the extra man count
Attendance 19017
MOM Ian Evatt 8
Referee Tony Bates

Stay tuned for more from the bluebirds TWEET TWEET lol...........

retired_pjscott64 · 04-02-2006, 11:37 AM

Rob,

Fantastic logo's mate :thup: bloody brilliant, KUTGW

retired_pjscott64 · 04-02-2006, 05:13 PM

Pre Season Friendlies

The assistant manager took control of the friendlies pre season and here are the results :-

19th July 2006 – Vs Notts County (Away) 1-1 Draw
County Marksmen – Pipe (71)
Palace Marksmen – Johnson (40)
Att 7714

22nd July 2006 – Vs Hendon (Away) 5-0 Win
Palace Marksmen – Johnson (2) Morrison (4, 27) Hunt (OG 22) Rihilati (32)
Att 2948

26th July 2006 – Vs Dorchester (Away) 4-0 Win
Palace Marksmen – Hall (13) Berg(21) Foran (45) Harris (OG 90)
Att 4923

31st July 2006 – Vs Northampton (Away) 2-0 Win
Palace Marksmen – Foran (1) Berg (45)
Att 7349

3rd August 2006 – Vs Weymouth (Away) 3-0 Win
Palace Marksmen – Johnson (6, 9, 45)
Att 6533

So all in all a good confidence building run of preseason fixtures that will have helped the squad build up some important match fixtures ahead of the opening day clash against promotion favourites Southampton!

Transfers

In came Marcus Berg from IFK Goteborg for a very reasonable £800,000 to bolster the midfield. Richie Foran, a promising striker was snapped up from Motherwell for a measly £100,000 and Michael Gottwald was signed from Legia for £425,000. By far the best signing was the capture of Freddy Guarin from Envigado for a cool million. The down side is that the transaction wont be completed until the end of the season due to his loan contract

Ben Watson was sold for a very welcome and tidy sum of 2.5 million and a 30% sell on fee clause to money bags Portsmouth.

With the preseason out the way and some important signings made to bolster the squad, Paul Rouch declared himself and his squad ready for the Championship season, bring it on ……..

retired_bigmamma · 04-02-2006, 09:22 PM

Reading Report

Session Dates: 28th & 30th March 2006

Preseason

Preseason Results

Reading 0 vs 0 Parma
Attendance: 10,300
MOM: Steve Sidwell (Reading)

Hinckley vs Reading

Reading Scorers: Kevin Doyle (18 & 58), Dave Kitson (52) & Pierre Joseph-Dubois (75)
Attendance: 4,220
MOM: Dave Kitson (Reading)

Season Begins

Loans In: 1
Njazi KuqiSTBirmingham End of Season

Loans Out: 1
Jamie YoungGKPort Vale 5 Months

Results

Reading Scorers: Kevin Doyle (5) & Dave Kitson (55)
Cardiff Scorer: Cameron Jerome (23)
Attendance: 21,199
MOM: Ibrahima Sonko (Reading)

Reading 1 vs 0 Leicester
Reading Scorer: Stephen Hunt (83)
Attendance: 22,817
MOM: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading)
Red Card: Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester) (17)
Reading Injury: Ibrahima Sonko (40)

Attendance: 25,808
MOM: Paddy Kenny (Sheff Utd)

Hull Scorer: David Jones (14)
Reading Scorers: Leroy Lita (3), Steve Sidwell (33), Aaron Brown (Pen 40) & John Oster (72)
Attendance: 22,454
MOM: Nicky Shorey (Reading)

Barnet 0 vs 4 Reading

Reading Scorers: Aaron Brown (Pen 9 & Pen 19), Leroy Lita (25) & James Harper (89)
Attendance: 3,409
MOM: James Harper (Reading)

Reading Scorer: Brynjar Gunnarsson (14)
Southampton Scorer: Steven Naismith (86)
Attendance: 23,884
MOM: Jim Brennan (Southampton)

Reading Scorers: Nicky Shorey (Pen 2), James Harper (8) & Leroy Lita (39)
Attendance: 14,753
MOM: Glen Little (Reading)
Red Cards: Matthew Rose (Q.P.R) (24)

Attendance: 12,670
MOM:Aaron Brown (Reading)

Reading Scorers: Vincent Pericard (55 & 90) & Nicky Shorey (57)
Attendance: 23,043
MOM: Steve Sidwell (Reading)
Red Cards: Youl Mawene (21)

Reading Scorer: Kevin Doyle (4)
Leeds Scorers: Richard Cresswell (7) & Shaun Derry (12)
Attendance: 20,300
MOM: Shaun Derry (12)

West Ham Scorer: Lionel Scaloni (69)
Reading Scorers: Leroy Lita (6 & 39) & Aaron Brown (Pen 21)
Attendance: 18,098
MOM: Leroy Lita (Reading)

Attendance: 25,670
MOM: Brynjar Gunnarsson (Reading)
Reading Injuries: Aaron Brown (42)

Luton Scorer: Dean Morgan (26)
Attendance: 17,796
MOM: Markus Heikkinen (Luton)

Coventry Scorer: Michael Doyle (82)
Reading Scorers: Leroy Lita (66 & 90) & Vincent Pericard (68)
Attendance: 31,598
MOM: Vincent Pericard (Reading)

Reading Scorer: Kevin Doyle (57)
Sheff Wed Scorer: Deon Burton (16)
Attendance: 24,084
MOM: John Halls (Reading)

Championship Position at end of sessions: 3rd

Sky News Report

Kelly Dalgliesh: “Reading have made almost a flawless start to their championship campaign with only 2 defeats in the two sessions this week. Manager Tony Hall has gained public support from the fans and the board have given him their support and have even approved a request for the clubs training facilities to be improved. New signing Vincent Pericard has made a good start to his Reading Career by scoring 3 goals and Tony Hall has loaned in Birmingham Striker Njazi Kuqi as a back up striker. The highlight of the week for Tony Hall was to watch his side beat Premiership side West Ham 3-1 to progress in the Carling Cup and they now face Middlesbrough at the Riverside in the next round.”

retired_pjscott64 · 04-02-2006, 09:40 PM

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Reading Report