who are dey??
It's the only town in England where the milkman needs an armed guard. I reckon everyone on here is old enough to know what I'm talking about.
Last night the mighty Accies defeated Boreham Wood to book their plum tie against us on Saturday 12:30 BBC1. It took them a replay and then extra time, which should tire them out to give us a fighting chance at the weekend - who knows maybe we can win a tie first time round?
Accrington Stanley are on 25 points from 25 games in league 1 - just above the relegation zone.
I was slightly surprised when I checked Google Maps - I genuinely thought it was over next to Liverpool, but it's actually in Lancashire nestled in the fabled golden triangle between Blackburn and Burnley, where property prices go into 4 figures for the best caravans.
Famous fans:
David "Bumble" Lloyd
Err
Douglas "I didn't drink enough milk so my legs came off" Bader
That's it really.
Predicted Lineup:
Klaasen
Rasmussen Llorente Wober Firpo
Greenwood Gyabi
Harrison Twinkie Boy Sinisterra
Bamford
Score Prediction:
Should be close, I reckon we'll come from behind and scrape a 2-2 draw, take it back to ER to avoid playing Scum twice in 4 days.
Weather prediction:
Its a bit *meh* at the moment, won't be too cold or wet but as Accrington is in Lancashire there will be a smog drifting across the mud tracks into the town.
Fun facts about Accrington:
I went onto google looking for something amazing - I could only find this and it made me laugh so I just copied it directly for you - it just makes me want to live there:
LOCAL historian Bob Dobson and the Accrington Local Studies Library compiled a list of fascinating facts about the town ... you'll be surprised at what you might find.
Accrington is in the Lancashire borough of Hyndburn, which is the name of the river flowing through it. In the days of intensive industry, cotton weaving, engineering and coal mining, the River Hyndburn was called the River Stink by locals.
Accrington probably got its name from an old English leader, though it is possible that it derives its name from the acorns on the oak trees which were abundant there. Therefore, Accrington equals "Acorntown" and there is no other town in the world which shares its name.
William Shakespere appeared in Accrington on the occasion of the opening of the town's fine market hall. This was not the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon, but a concert pianist of the same name. A newspaper report of the time said that Mr Shakespere "executed Rigoletto on the pianoforte''
The fabric called Terylene was invented in Accrington in 1941.
That's it folks. Over to you.....
Is this a fix? Leeds drawn away AGAIN and Man Poo at home? I have to wonder
Just seen all the 5th round games are midweek!!
Hope Blunderland get through as we'll be on tv at a different time from Saturday 3pm....BBC/ITV will love building it up as 1973
5th Round Draw......
Fulham or Sunderland v LEEDS
not a great draw.
That was enjoyable. A nice stress free game. Bamford had a good game, great to see him getting back to himself but with added tricks.
Well needed confidence booster and much as I hate to admit it, the team function better with Bambi pulling the strings up front. Harrison seems to be adopting a slightly deeper role these days and when he is on form no one can get near him.
The win was great, but let's not kid ourselves too much, the defence was again poor and only some rash finishing by Accrington saved their goal tally only being 1.
Apart from the goal, I thought Firpo was awful, especially with his passing ability and I would also include Roca and Greenwood in that as well, having said that, there were plenty of pluses. First time I've seen Rutter play and considering he hasn't played since last November the lad done well and can only improve.
God knows how many penalties we would have had if VAR was available!!
Now on to more important matters, Forest!
Is is a bird? Is it a plane? No its Soopaman!!
The man flying high in the sky is eating a pie!!
Congrats you man!!!!.............MOT
Wow what a game firpo on the score sheet?!!!
draw for next round on Monday @7pm
Crumbs! Nosebleeds all round.
Can anybody tell me how the 5th round draw works? Been a while
Rutter looks lively.Nice goal from Jack.Sini unlucky not to score a screamer,hit the post.Accrington look like they can cause us a few problems,hopefully we get the 2nd goal soon ..
Harrison, Sinisterra, Bamford and Rutter in our attack. Not knowing much about Rutter, this ought to be enough! MOT
I think Nutjob must play some minutes (would prefer to see him coming off the bench tbh) maybe for the last 30mins or if we are 14-0 nil up at half time bring him on for the full second half.
Now where did i leave those tablets.......
Didn't Marsch press conference say Summerville is out for another week?
Why wouldn't you have Sinesterra in the squad BB ?
Is Koch suspended for the Accy game or the Forest game?
Listening to JM's press conference, I would go for:
Robles
Rasmus Llorente Wober Firpo
Gyabi Greenwood
Jimmy Rutter Harrison
Bamford
Subs: KK, Koch, Ayling, Roca, Pascal, Gnoto, Rodrigo, Jospeh, Perkins
Sinesterra HAS to start to get back into the swing of things and for fitness....
Hattrick HAS to start.... as above
Nutter HAS to somehow start either alongside or just behind Hattrick.... or on the wing
Quality MDT Soopa and good luck on your run to Wemberlee....
I have an affinity with Accy as when my boy was really young he knew his name was the same as the team and we followed them around darn sarth at Stevenage, Barnet, Colchester, Wycombe etc.
The hardy away following of about 50 fans got to know us and was a proper family club.... good times! 👍👏
Because of this I think we'll only beat them 5-0 with Nutter scoring them all....
.... and no, we didn't christen my son Accrington....
Fantastic MDT
1-4 LEEDS
I'm making plans to wake up at 9am. Have a full English, relax on my sofa in front of the telly and then enjoy a few beers from 12.30pm with some nibbles.
No queues for the food, loo or to replinish drinks.
Weather 22 degrees, no snow, rain or wind. Perfect for shorts and LUFC new away top.
Lovely pie chart, takes me back does that.
Cracking WF that, if your not exactly sure what it will be like then admit to it, own it, not like Bull who comes up with some right...... bull and makes out it's gospel.
I'm making plans to go on the 6.59 train, land in Accy at 9.11, nice fry up and a few beers. Glug glug glug.
3-1 to us.
Good Luck Soopa!!