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ASTON VILLA 2 BRENTFORD 2 Brentford maintained their unbeaten start as they came from behind to earn a point and end Villa's hopes of a first Premier League home win this season. Well done to Lewis_1 for being the only one to get this spot-on, and another 9 had the outcome.
CHELSEA 5 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 Jordan Henderson scored his first Chelsea goals to help his new side to a dominant victory. Nobody had this spot-on, but 19 did get the outcome, with 10 going for a 2-0 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
IPSWICH TOWN 2 FULHAM 1 Ipswich scored two late goals in the 88th and 91st minutes to secure a dramatic victory and leave Alvaro Arbeloa still searching for his first win as Fulham boss. 4 got this spot-on, and a further 6 had the outcome.
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1 BRISTOL CITY 1 Scott Twine slotted home from the penalty spot to earn City a draw against Charlton and extend the Addicks' winless run to six games. 4 had this spot-on, and 1 more got the outcome.
BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 CARDIFF CITY 1 Andri Gudjohnsen and Todd Cantwell's first-half goals punished Cardiff as Blackburn marked the return of Championship action with a home victory. A massive 9 got this spot-on, and another 6 had the outcome.
PRESTON NORTH END 0 MILLWALL 1 Camiel Neghli ruined Graham Alexander's Deepdale homecoming with a late winner as Millwall claimed a first victory in four Championship games. A super 6 had this spot-on, and a further 10 got the outcome.
BRADFORD CITY 0 LEYTON ORIENT 0 Michael Duff had to settle for a bore draw in his first league game as Bradford manager, with Orient having the only shot on target in the game. Nobody got this spot-on, and only unitedwhites had the outcome. 21 predicted a win for Bradford.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 Wednesday mounted a dramatic late comeback with goals in the 88th and 98th minutes to snatch a draw. 4 had this spot-on, and another 3 got the outcome.
Highlights when available.
CRAWLEY TOWN 2 CHESTERFIELD 2 Two second-half goals from substitute Gianmarco Di Biase gave struggling Crawley their first home point of the season as they came from 2-0 down to draw. Nobody got this spot-on, and only thread and unitedwhites had the outcome. 17 predicted a win for Chesterfield.
Highlights when available.
YORK CITY 1 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1 Ollie Pearce's late equaliser rescued a point for York in this draw but they missed out on matching a club record, as they were hoping to rack up a 14th straight home league win to take their place in the record books alongside the club's class of 1964/65. Only thread and Blue4U2 had this spot-on, and only oxfcolu got the outcome. 18 predicted a win for York.
By nature it is the 10 game weeks that have the biggest influence on a season, and this one didn't disappoint. It produced a bit of everything, with a number of late goals changing the complexion of games, some good things winning, some shocks, and three 2-2 draws for the first time in a week. It all added up to a very decent 30 spot-ons in total, givig us the second best week of the season so far. Those 3 pointers helped to give some outstnding performances, especially from blueeagle, as he was the only one to get four of them, the wins for Ipswich, Blackburn and Millwall and the Charlton 1-1. He also had the Chelsea outcome, to give him a fantastic 13 points. Though it was only enough to give him a share of being the weeks top scorer, as Lewis_1 also got a fantastic 13 points by having the draws at Villa, Charlton and Huddersfield spot-on, and four outcomes. Also doing well to get three 3 pointers was gerry_us, who had the wins for Ipswich and Blackburn and the Huddersfield 2-2, and two outcomes, to give him a brilliant 11 points. Best of the six to have two 3 pointers were basher2010, who got the wins for Ipswich and Millwall, and thread, who had the draws at Charlton and York. They each also had three outcomes, to give them both an excellent 9 points.
In the Premier Another good week for this division, with only one member failing to get a 3 pointer. Having the Blackburn 2-1 spot-on helped RSCOSWORTH to maintain the 11 point lead he had last week. It is now from basher2010, as his excellent week moved him up three places to the DEMS spot. After getting the wins for Blackburn and Millwall spot-on, mfb_cufc remains third, but it only the first to post rule from ghughes11, who had the Blackburn 2-1 spot-on, and blueeagle, whose top scoring performance moved him up four places. It is status quo in sixth for Jorash63 despite his decent week, when he got the Charlton 1-1 and the Millwall 1-0 spot-on. A decent week for thrillseeker, where he had the wins for Blackburn and Millwall spot-on, moved him up a place to seventh. Despite getting the Ipswich 2-1 spot-on, Sector4 drops two places. A 3 pointer for all the bottom three, BFG the Millwall 1-0, and noah4x4 and concordman the Blackburn 2-1, but the gap to safety increases by a couple of points.
In Division One The brilliant week for gerry_us takes his run at the top to four weeks. After Week 5 Lewis_1 was bottom and still waiting for his first 3 pointer, but after getting 8 spot-ons and 33 points in the last 4 weeks, he has now moved up to the other automatic spot. Those wonderful performances from the top two have now created a 7 point gap back to the third Daniel, who moved up a place after getting the Blackburn 2-1 spot-on. The decent week for Blue4U2, after he had the draws at Huddersfield and York spot-on, moved him up four places to fourth. The excellent week for thread moved him up a good five places to fifth. Having the Huddersfield 2-2 spot-on moved Titters up a place into the final play-off spot.
THE TABLES (66 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 10 Fixtures
BIRMINGHAM CITY v QUEENS PARK RANGERS DERBY COUNTY v STOKE CITY BARNSLEY v CAMBRIDGE UNITED LEICESTER CITY v DONCASTER ROVERS OLDHAM ATHLETIC v CHELTENHAM TOWN SWINDON TOWN v WALSALL
Moves too raise the horizontal pole in United Way by the shuttle bus turning circle, has concerns raised in accessing the ground after match where motorists are unable at present to turn right from the car park into Boxted straightroad, which would ease congestion, with at present left only being available in leaving the site.
It comes as a motion will be proposed at a full council meeting, next week, to introduce a six-game trial to lift the barrier at Boxted Road following matches. A trail period up to Christmas would mean pole lifted for a hour after match to ease further congestion . Obviously the local councillor objects to the proposal, highlighting traffic congestion in the surrounding Chesterwood area .
It is two weeks since our last league game away to Shrewsbury, when in the end we got a credible draw, but it was another game when we failed to win after scoring first. This has become a bad trend of the season so far, as this is the fifth time this has happened, giving up 11 points from that winning position. Danny Cowley has emphasised how important it is to get that first goal in games, so he will be disappointed we have only managed to go on and win once against Rochdale, when incidently that was the only time we have kept a clean sheet. That is the obvious problem, the defence, and we need to get back to the 2024/25 season when we had 21 clean sheets. Equally the most in League Two that season. After getting 7 points from the first 3 games this season, we have now gone 5 games without a win, or if your glass is half full, we are currently 3 games undefeated.
On 20 November 2025, Christian Fuchs was appointed manager of Newport, with them bottom of the table on 11 points after 16 matches. After starting with eight consecutive matches without a win, things were looking desperate. But a better second-half to the season, cumulated in them winning the final game of the season to stay up. The great escape had been achieved. Fuchs unexpectedly resigned as Newport manager just days before players were due to return to pre-season training, stating "he didn't have a lot to give". This was a shock, and another was to follow - well certainly to Colchester fans - when the new manager was to be Hayden Mullins. Newport started the season with a bang by beating recently promoted Rochdale 3-0 on the first day, but they have only won once in 8 league games since. Though a half full glass will show they are currently undefeated in their last 4. Overall they have a very similar record to us, with both having won 2 and drawn 2 at home, and both only managing 2 draws away, and losing on all their other visits.
Newport, a brief history Formed in 1912, they were originally nicknamed The Ironsides due to Newport being home to Lysaght's Orb Works steel works. The club began life in the Southern League before being invited to become founder members of the Football League Third Division in 1920. They failed re-election in 1931, but were elected back into the Football League the next year. They struggled for the next few seasons, but went on to be crowned Third Division South champions in 1938–39. World War II meant they had to wait until the 1946–47 season to take their place in the Second Division, though they were relegated at the end of the campaign. They were relegated out of the Third Division in 1962. In the 1979–80 season, under manager Len Ashurst, they secured promotion out of the Fourth Division and won the Welsh Cup for the first time. They reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup the next year. In the 1980s they suffered financial difficulties with a double relegation costing them their Football League place in 1988 and the club went out of business in February 1989.
The club reformed but were initially unable to play at their home ground at Somerton Park, so picked up the nickname of the "Exiles". They immediately won the Hellenic League in 1989–90 and were promoted out of the Southern League Midland Division in 1994–95. While playing at Newport Stadium, they were relegated from the Premier Division in 1997, before winning promotion out of the Midland Division again in 1998–99. Placed in the Conference South in 2004, they went on to be crowned champions in 2009–10 and after moving to Rodney Parade in 2012, they returned to the Football League following a 25-year absence after winning the Conference National play-off final in 2013 under manager Justin Edinburgh.
Head to head We have only played each other 18 times. We have a pretty good record against Newport, winning 9 drawing 4 and losing the other 5.
They played for both Quite a list, but one or two are a bit tenuous, as they never made a league appearance for both teams.
Frank Nouble: The experienced forward originally joined Newport for the 2017–18 season, scoring a memorable 13-minute hat-trick against Chesterfield. He moved to Colchester in 2018, where he became a fan favorite across multiple spells. Ryan Jackson: The pacey right-back played for Newport from 2013 to 2015 before later spending three seasons with Colchester between 2017 and 2020. Alex Gilbey: A product of the Colchester academy, Gilbey captained their youth side and made over 100 senior appearances for the U's. During his early development, he was loaned to Newport in 2013, playing a key role in their historic Conference Premier play-off final victory over Wrexham. Ryan Inniss: The commanding center-back spent the 2017–18 season on loan at Colchester, making 19 appearances, before later joining Newport for the 2019–20 campaign. Courtney Senior: The winger made 145 appearances for Colchester after joining them in 2017. Upon his release in 2021, he signed directly with Newport. Shawn McCoulsky: Featured on loan for Newport during their 2017–18 season (scoring 11 goals) and later signed a permanent deal with Colchester in 2021. Michael Spellman: The winger was named the Exiles' supporters' player of the season during a two-year stint with Newport. He spent time at Colchester ahead of the 2026/27 season, but only as a trialist. He featured in some of their pre-season friendly matches (such as a game against Peterborough United in July 2026), but the club did not sign him to a permanent contract. Shortly after his trial, he joined Gateshead. Tommy O'Sullivan: The Welsh youth international midfielder had a loan spell at Newport in 2015 and later signed permanently for Colchester in 2017. Luke Gambin: Joined Newport on loan for the second half of the 2020/21 season. Played for Colchester from 2019 to 2021 before his loan switch. Jake Turner: Current Newport goalkeeper.Previously spent a period on loan with Colchester in the 2021/22 season. Steve Maedenborough:Played for Newport early in his career during the mid-1980's. Had a brief spell with Colchester later in 1994. Owura Edwards: Began his youth development in Newport's academy. Spent three seasons with Colchester, initially on loan in 2022, then permantly from 2023 to 2026.
Notable Non-playing Cross-overs
Hayden Mullins: He took charge of Colchester as head coach between 2021 and 2022, overseeing 40 games. In July 2026, he was officially appointed as the new first-team manager of Newport. Joe Dunne: He is a legendary figure at Colchester, where he played over 160 games and served as the club's first-team manager between 2012 and 2014. He later worked at Newport, serving as assistant manager alongside Graham Coughlan from October 2022 until June 2024.
Predictions Danny said in Monday's Gazette a number of players had been suffering from tendonitis, due to playing and training on hard pitches. This was why they were rested from the squad that played Luton. Hopefully two weeks rest will give them time to recover. A number of fringe players had good games against Luton, to make a case for selection, but I think Danny will stay by the team that played Shrewsbury, if he is sticking with the 4-4-2 formation he employed then. If he reverts back to 4-5-1, then I would replace Ihionvien with Thorn.
Lo-Tutala
Hunt Tucker Raggert Iandolo
Sesay Jay Williams Payne Anderson
Kouassi Ihionvien
Subs: Roberts Digby Kuffour Lubala Terry Thorn Connolly.
As for a result. Now all the new guys should be back to full fitness, I have a good feeling about this team, and I am going for a 2-0 win, with goals from Sesay and Payne.
Weather watch A dry day with sunny intervals and a moderate (15mph) breeze, and a maximum tempreature of 15C. Ideal weather for playing football.
Sadly a rearranged train trip means I will miss Newport which is a shame because its a town I quite like. The refurbished Riverside can be lively and it's got interesting transport links, notably one of eight remaining transporter bridges. However despite spending millions on its refurbishments it remained closed even to people climbing and walking across it last time I visited. Its compatriot at Teeside is in the same state despite more millions being spent. Just outside Newport is Tredegar House where its owners lived the high life in the early 1900's. So much so that one of the sisters was found dead amongst the drug houses of London docklands.
BURTON ALBION 1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3 Huddersfield handed Burton their first home league defeat of the season. Well done to oxfcolu for being the only one to get this spot-on, and a further 13 had the outcome.
LEYTON ORIENT 0 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2 Plymouth went top of League One after two goals in five minutes gave them this win. 4 had this spot-on, and another 10 got the outcome., with 9 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
READING 1 BRADFORD CITY 1 Managerless Bradford squandered a half-time advantage and the outright lead of League One as they were held to this draw. Only RSCOSWORTH and NME_colu got this spot-on, and only oxfcolu had the outcome.
ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 CHELTENHAM TOWN 0 Cheltenham squandered the chance to go top of League Two as Charlie Warren scored a late brace to win it for Accrington. 3 had this spot-on, and 3 also got the outcome.
GILLINGHAM 0 NEWPORT COUNTY 0 Newport created the better chances but were forced to settle for a point as they were held to a bore draw. Nobody got this spot-on, and only Blue4U2 and unitedwhites had the outcome. 20 predicted a win for Gillingham.
GRIMSBY TOWN 1 SHREWSBURY TOWN 2 Shrewsbury claimed a priceless first away victory of the League Two campaign with this hard-fought triumph. Well done to NME_colu for being the only one to have this spot-on, and only basher2010 got the outcome. 20 predicted a win for Grimsby.
Just when it looked like things were beginning to settle down over the last two weeks, it was a step backwards again this week, as we had the second worst one of the season so far. It was a week that produced the first 1-3 and 0-2 this season, and a seventh bore draw, so it was a great effort to get 11 spot-ons in total, especially the two who managed to get two 3 pointers. They were Jorash63, who had the 2-0 wins for Plymouth and Accrington, and the Huddersfield outcome, to make him the weeks top scorer with a decent 7 points. Also NME_cufc, who got the good Reading 1-1 and Shrewsbury 2-1, to give him a decent 6 points.
In the Premier A solid week for RSCOSWORTH, that included having the Reading 1-1 spot-on, has increased his lead to double figures. The last time he lead the Premier 5 years ago, it lasted for 16 weeks, and he is looking good to repeat that at the moment. Just outcomes for the next three places, and they remain the same. A good four outcomes for basher2010 moves him up a place to fifth. The top scoring performance from Jorash63 moved him up a big six places, and off the bottom, into the top half for the first time this season. Having the Plymouth 2-0 spot-on moved Sector4 up a place to seventh. Although he moved up a place by getting the Plymouth 2-0 spot-on, BFG still finds himself in the bottom three, ahead of noah4x4 and concordman, who are ironically the current divisional Champs.
In Division One Having the Plymouth 2-0 spot-on enabled gerry_us to increase his lead to 4 points. Just the one outcome for wessex_exile, but it was enough for him to hold onto the other automatic spot, but only on the most 3 pointer rule from Lewis_1, who moved up a place to third. I said last week I had never known this league to be so close at that stage, and it has now got even closer, with Daniel just a point back in fourth, but only on the most 3 pointer rule from Tropical_Us, who moved up a couple of places, after getting the Accrington 2-0 spot-on. Then it is only a further point back to NME_cufc, who moved up three places, and into the final play-off place again, but only on the tie-breaker rules from titters and Blue4U2, who was another to have the Accrington 2-0 spot-on. A solid week for oxfcolu moved him up a place. With things so close, one outcome was not enough to stop thread dropping four places. Although he his tenth, he is only an incredible four points from the automatics.
THE TABLES (56 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 9 Fixtures 10 games picked by this weeks guest wessex_exile. The connection is that these are all teams who he had seen the U's play against that are in his archive. 65 games, won 24, lost 24, drawn 17. Don't forget it is an early start with the deadline 12.30
ASTON VILLA v BRENTFORD CHELSEA v AFC BOURNEMOUTH IPSWICH TOWN v FULHAM CHARLTON ATHLETIC v BRISTOL CITY (12.30) BLACKBURN ROVERS v CARDIFF CITY PRESTON NORTH END v MILLWALL BRADFORD CITY v LEYTON ORIENT HUDDERSFIELD TOWN v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY CRAWLEY TOWN v CHESTERFIELD YORK CITY v NORTHAMPTON TOWN
Another draw on the road and our second 2-2 in eight games after going 111 without one. Once again, it was another game where we’ve led and not taken three points although when you go behind in the 92nd minute escaping with a point must almost feel like a win. It’s a return to the Jersey Mike’s Trophy this weekend, a game intelligently switched from midweek as it suited both clubs, and the visit of Luton Town, the current holders although it was called a different name when they won it of course.
This is probably a game that we need to win if we’re to have any chance of progressing in the competition and with no other game now until next Saturday, I was kind of expecting Danny to treat this like a league fixture and play our strongest team but after listening to his pre-match interview yesterday I don’t think that will be the case. We may pick a slightly stronger/more experienced team than we did against Peterborough, but I still think a number of youngsters to feature so I’m expecting the U’s to lineup as follows:
Lo-Tutala
Hunt Tucker Kuffour Jr Terry
Digby Perry
Thorn Lubala
Harvey
Ihionvien
Subs
Akande, Connolly, Payne, Williams (Jaden), Oni, Sesay, Roberts
This isn’t the team I’d pick if I wanted to win the game, far from it in fact and I’ve just realised I don’t have a defender on the bench so at least we’re going for it in that respect. As far as I’m aware Smith and KVY are both injured and will miss out. It’s been announced that Peake requires surgery and will be out for some time, but Bishop is back training now which is great news. I’m not sure whether Chiwome is injured or just out of favour. The available squad is growing with recent additions and players returning from injury and I do wonder whether Chiwome, Ihionvien, Digby and Williams will be included much going forward.
Not sure there’s anyone in the current Luton squad who has previously played for the U’s but they do have Jamie Donley (on loan from Tottenham) who grew up in Colchester and played for Colchester Villa. Players that come to mind having played for both clubs are Alec Chamberlain, George Moncur, Rowan Vine, Tony Thorpe, Wayne Andrews, Dean Morgan, Chris Coyne, Aaron Skelton, Cohen Bramall, Luke Gambin, Cameron McGeehan and Joe Taylor who was a lot more successful for us than he was for them. Most of these have been in the last 20 years and I’m sure there are plenty more due to the geographical proximity.
The weather at the JCS tomorrow is set to be cloudy and warm at 21 degrees with a gentle breeze from the west-south-west. Luton aren’t a team we’ve played a great deal, especially recently, only 28 meetings in total of which we’ve won nine to Luton’s 10. Of the six meeting in the last 20 years, we do have four wins to their two though. I know Luton have a few players away on international duty but they do take this competition pretty seriously so I’m expecting them to pick a strong team tomorrow and one that’s probably too strong for the team I’m expecting us to field so I’m going to go for a 1-2 defeat with our goal being a late consolation from substitute Oni.
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 0 BURTON ALBION 1 Burton wing-back Jack Armer scored a second-half winner as Plymouth missed the chance to move top of League One. Very well done to thread for being the only one to get this spot-on, as everyone else predicted a win for Plymouth, with 10 going for a 2-0 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 PETERBOROUGH 0 Kyle Wootton scored the only goal as Stockport battled to a win over struggling Peterborough. 21 predicted a win for Stockport, but surprisingly nobody had it spot-on.
WYCOMBE WANDERERS 2 READING 2 Danny Ings made a sensational start to life with Wycombe with a 90th-minute equaliser. 3 got this spot-on, and a further 6 (all going 1-1) had the outcome.
BRISTOL ROVERS 1 EXETER CITY 0 Fabrizio Cavegn's 67th-minute strike created club history for Bristol Rovers with an 11th straight home league win. A great 8 had this spot-on, and another 14 got the outcome.
FLEETWOOD TOWN 1 ROCHDALE 2 Ten-man Rochdale survived a Fleetwood onslaught to earn this victory. Only titters and NME_cufc got this spot-on, and only BFG had the outcome. 15 predicted a win for Fleetwood.
TRANMERE ROVERS 1 WALSALL 1 Walsall extended their unbeaten run to eight matches with a 91st minute equaliser, to earn a lucky point, after they only had two shots on target. As Tranmere had 21 shots with 11 on target, and missed a penalty. 3 had this spot-on, and one more got the outcome.
Only the Fleetwood game had goals in the first-half, but second-half goals in all the other games, ended up giving us a mixed bag of results, that thanks mainly to the Bristol Rovers 1-0, we got a good 17 spot-ons in total, and the best 6 game week of the season so far. Four members did well to have two 3 pointers, with the best coming from RSCOSWORTH, who had the Rovers 1-0 and the Tranmere 1-1, and Daniel who got the draws at Wycombe and Tranmere. They each also had two outcomes, to give them both a share of being the weeks top scorer, with an excellent 8 points. Also Lewis_1, who got the Wycombe 2-2 and the Rovers 1-0, and one outcome, to give him a decent 7 points. Finally unitedwhites, who was another to have the Rovers win and the Tranmere draw, to give him a decent 6 points. Best of those to get one 3 pointer was thread, who had that good Burton 1-0 and three outcomes, to give him a decent 6 points.
In the Premier The top scoring performance from RSCOSWORTH has increased his lead to a healthy 7 points. Having the Rovers 1-0 spot-on keeps ghughes11 in the other DEMS spot. Up a place to third is mfb_cufc, after he was another to have the Rovers win spot-on. The Rovers 1-0 spot-on also for thrillseeker and basher2010, as they swop places, with the former moving up a place on the first to post rule. Three outcomes for blueeagle was enough to move him up a place. The biggest change came from concordman, as he moved up three places, to take him off the bottom. But he is still only a point above the relegation places, that are only being separated by the tie-breaker rules. Things remain really close in this division with 2nd to 12th only being separated by 11 points.
Ib Division One After 7 weeks this league is the closest it has ever been at this stage, with only an incredible 10 points separating top to bottom. Three outcomes was enough for gerry_us to maintain his lead, and two outcomes keeps wessex_exile in the other automatic spot. The top scoring performance from Daniel moved him up three places to third. The decent week for Lewis_1 moved him up another place to third. Despite having the Rochdale 2-1 spot-on titters drops two to fifth. The decent week for thread moves him up a place, and back into the final play-off place again. The only other upward move came from Blue4U2, going up a couple of places, after having the Wycombe 2-2 spot-on.
THE TABLES (50 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 8 Fixtures The International break continues, so it is 6 games from the fixtures left in League's 1 & 2 again.
BURTON ALBION v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN LEYTON ORIENT v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE READING v BRADFORD CITY ACCRINGTON STANLEY v CHELTENHAM TOWN GILLINGHAM v NEWPORT COUNTY GRIMSBY TOWN v SHREWSBURY TOWN
Seven points after three matches was a pleasing, if slightly fortuitous return, but nine points from seven games doesn’t look quite so good. On the balance of play I think nine points is probably about right given the up and down nature of the performances and the last time we had more than nine points after seven games was in the 2020/21 season, so it’s actually been a pretty decent start to the season for us. A trip to Shrewsbury is next up for the U’s. A side who are a few places below us in the table and also one of the lowest scorers in the division. We did the double over them last season and we really could with three points tomorrow. Four of our next five league games are against teams below us in the table so in a few weeks we’ll have a much better idea of what kind of season we’re in for.
Obviously, Danny made wholesale changes for the EFL Trophy match against Peterborough and I’m not sure anyone did enough to improve their case for being a starter rather than a squad player. After picking the same starting XI for three consecutive league matches there will be at least one enforced change tomorrow as Jay Williams is away on international duty. I believe KVY was also hoping to represent his country but will be staying with the U’s instead, in light of this I’m expecting the U’s to lineup as follows:
Beryly Lubala has signed on a short term deal today after spending a couple of weeks training with the squad. He was here on loan previously when both Wayne Brown and then Matt Bloomfield were in charge. I believe he was a striker then but is evidently a winger now. We definitely needed a wide player and at 28 he’s good age with decent experience so hopefully he can be a good signing for us. If he’s not able to figure tomorrow I expect Connolly to be on the bench instead as Jaden Williams is now suspended after our failed appeal against his sending off last weekend. I think Hunt is a tidy footballer although I’m not a massive fan of him slotting into the midfield alongside Sesay but, for some reason, Cowley doesn’t seem to trust Digby and I just can’t see him getting the nod to start tomorrow. It doesn’t bode well when the manager is choosing to play a player out of position rather than pick the player that was meant to offer that added bite and steel in midfield. If things don’t change soon, I can see him being this season’s Gape. If Bishop, Oni and Perry were fit I don’t think he would be getting anywhere near the matchday squad.
Don’t think there’s anyone in the current Shrewsbury Town squad who’s appeared for Col U or vice versa. Our former captain and now head of first team recruitment, Tom Flanagan, spent two seasons there before he joined the U’s though. And Anthony Scully has also appeared for both in recent seasons. Please feel free to add any more that you come up with. Gavin Cowan, the current Shrewsbury manager, never figured for Col U but did begin his career at Braintree.
The weather at the New Meadow tomorrow is set to be sunny and warm at 19 degrees with a gentle breeze from the south-west. Shrewsbury aren’t a team we’ve played a lot recently, only 11 meetings this century in fact of which we’ve won four to Shrewsbury’s three. We've not managed an away win this season yet (or a draw) but with the New Meadow feeling somewhat familiar I’m going for the U’s to come out on top 1-0 with a late winner from substitute Lubala.
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“A two legged final in the southern section got us of to a nightmare start, a 2-0 defeat at London Road blew our Wembley dreams apart. 7 days later what a night we saw, helped on by the Barside roar! Twiggy and Buckle reduced the arrears and Paul Abrahams wiped away our tears!!!”
What a night that was! Almost 30 years ago (18 March 1997) 5,000 people crammed into Layer Road for an ‘Auto Windscreens Shield’ dead rubber! Or so they thought. However, as the famous Special Duties song went (above), Chris Fry, Paul Buckle and Colchester born Paul Abrahams scored the goals to send the majority of the crowd onto the Layer Road carpet to smother their heroes (before they could make it to The Drury Arms) after they secured their place in the final of the Auto Windscreens Shield at the old Wembley. As you all know, this was to be the second of three trips to Wembley in the 90s!
As a young 13-year-old, I along with a group of friends took our seats in the Clock-End. Apart from Abrahams’ goal and jumping the small barrier to get on the pitch my memory of the actual match is grainy. Needless to say though that this game goes down in the memory of most Col U fans of a certain generation as one of the best!
So, 30 years later, can The U’s find a way to end the Wembley draught and make our way to the famous Stadium for the first time since the re-development?
Now named the Vertu Trophy (maybe), or Bristol Street Motors Trophy (maybe) or maybe the Football League Trophy does not currently have a sponsor? This tournament has faced persistent controversy primarily due to the inclusion of Premier League and Championship Under-21 academy teams. Lower-league supporters frequently stage widespread boycotts in protest of B-teams/U-21 sides entering the pyramid, leading to record-low crowds at many fixtures. Strict competition regulations have forced awkward tactical workarounds, such as managers making immediate substitutions one minute into a match simply to comply with starting-eleven player quotas. However, the Cowleys have talked in recent seasons about taking the competition seriously, knowing full well that this, and the play-offs are the only realistic ways of smaller clubs like Colchester United have of getting to Wembley.
Last season, Col U topped their Group which contained old foes Wycombe, Gillingham and Former U’s manager Hayden Mullins’ Fulham U21 team. 3 wins from 3 and so into the “hat” for the next round and a guaranteed home match against a team that came 2nd in their group. Unlucky for Colchester, that team happened to be a strong West Ham U21 XI that ended up winning 0-1 and ending our campaign for another season.
Onto this season then, and although I have been refunded back my money from Colchester United for the Col U TV debacle, I am still unable to watch any ‘Full Match Replays’, so my predictions for the team line-up etc come from Extended Highlights and reviews on here and the official Col U Message board.
A chance to give The U’s reserves and youngsters a run-out in a “competitive” match against a Peterborough team that has parted company with First Team Manager Luke Williams after the performance against Doncaster Rovers the Board felt it had no other choice but to make a change. The Posh currently sit 23rd in League One winning just once after 7 league matches. However, the former Swansea City and Notts County boss lasted less than 11 months in the job, having replaced Darren Ferguson - who was in his fourth spell with the club - when the Posh were bottom of the table in October 2025. It was Luke Williams who persuaded Owura Edwards to join them on a free transfer from The U’s in the summer, so it will be interesting to see how a change of management will affect Edwards’ performances going forward.
Line-up
GK: Tom Smith RB: KVY (if fit) CB: Kuffour Jr CB: Frankie Terry LB: Jake Leake (if fit) CM: Ben Perry (if fit) CM: Milton Oni (if fit) CM: Paul Digby ST: Ihionvien ST: Chiwome ST: Jaden Williams (if not suspended) Subs: GK: Lo-Tutala, Hunt, Tucker, Max Jolliffe, Ronnie Harvey, Akande, Kien Connolly
Score Prediction Anything can happen in these games, so let’s go 2-3 Col U! Let the shackles off and let both teams go for it!
Weather watch Light cloud and light winds. 73% humidity. Very good visibility. Temperature feels like 23o Precipitation is not expected!
Up the U’s and let’s be cheering ‘Wembley, Wembley here we come” at 9pm
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3 ARSENAL 0 Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season as they were stunned by Brighton, who thrashed the champions. No points for anyone from this game, as 21 predicted a win for Arsenal, and the other 2 went for a 1-1.
CARDIFF CITY 3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1 Cardiff secured their first league win since returning to the Championship as Jack Moylan scored twice in this victory. Nobody had this spot-on, but 12 did get the outcome.
STOKE CITY 2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 Sam Gallagher scored a spectacular winner for Stoke as they came from behind to beat United in a game dominated by stunning goals. A massive 11 got this spot-on, in what was equally the weeks most predicted score, and a further 5 had the outcome.
LINCOLN CITY 1 SWANSEA CITY 2 Swansea returned to the top of the Championship as they came from behind to claim a hard-fought win. 3 had this spot-on, and another 11 got the outcome.
OXFORD UNITED 1 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1 Ben Knight struck a second-half equaliser to earn Cambridge a point. Only gerry_us and Lewis_1 got this spot-on, and nobody had the outcome. 18 predicted a win for Oxford, with 11 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks other most predicted score.
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0 STOCKPORT COUNTY 0 A bore draw in a game lacking in clear-cut chances. Nobody had this spot-on, though 4 did get the outcome. 17 predicted a win for Wednesday.
WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 1 Wigan slipped back to the foot of the League One table after a defeat at the hands of managerless Wycombe. 3 got this spot-on, and a further 6 had the outcome.
CREWE ALEXANDRA 1 SHREWSBURY TOWN 1 Shrewsbury earned a first away point of the season thanks to a goal from George Lloyd in a draw at local rivals Crewe, who remain undefeated this season. Only gerry_us and Blue4U2 had this spot-on, and nobody got the outcome, as the other 21 predicted a win for Crewe.
GRIMSBY TOWN 2 CRAWLEY TOWN 0 Grimsby continued their undefeated start to the season with a victory over struggling Crawley, who only had one shot on target. A great 8 got this spot-on, and another 14 had the outcome.
SALFORD CITY 1 SWINDON TOWN 0 Salford extended their unbeaten league run to four games with a victory over Swindon, who were another team to only have one shot on target.
We always look for the 10 game weeks to give us the big points in a season, and this week was one of the better ones. Despite three games failing to have a 3 pointer, the other seven more than made up for it, by producing 32 between them, mainly thanks to the efforts of Stoke and Grimsby. The pleasing thing about it was only two members failed to get a spot-on. On the other side, two members got three 3 pointers, they were gerry_us, who had the 1-1 draws for Oxford and Crewe, and the Stoke 2-1, and Lewis_1, who got the wins for Stoke and Wycombe, and the Oxford 1-1. They both also had two outcomes, to give them a share of being the weeks top scorer, with a brilliant 11 points. They are also the first ones to get a double figure score this season. Seven members did well to have two 3 pointers each, with the best coming from mfb_cufc and thrillseeker, who both got the wins for Stoke and Grimsby, and concordman, who had the wins for Stoke and Salford. They each also got three outcomes, to give them all an excellent 9 points. The other four were blueeagle, who had the wins for Stoke and Wycombe, and two outcomes, to give him a decent 8 points, Sector4 and thread, who each got the wins for Stoke and Grimsby, and one outcome, to give them both a decent 7 points. Finally NME_cufc, who had the wins for Swansea and Grimsby, and one outcome, to give him a decent 7 poibts.
In te Premier First of all well done to everyone for achieving a rare feat, by all getting at least one 3 pointer. A solid week for RSCOSWORTH, that included having the Stoke 2-1 spot-on, takes his run at the top to three weeks. Though his lead was cut by a couple of points, with the decent week for ghughes11, who also got the Stoke win spot-on. Having the Grimsby 2-0 spot-on, helped bwildered to remain third. The excellent week for mfb_cufc, moved him up a place to fourth. The Salford 1-0 spot-on for basher2010, but he drops a place to fifth. The excellent week for thrillseeker moves him up a couple of places to sixth. The decent week for Sector4 couldn't stop him dropping a place seventh. The decent week for blueeagle moves him up a place to eighth. After running away with Division One last season, noah4x4 is still finding his feet back in the Premier, and despite having the Salford 1-0 spot-on, he drops two to ninth. Just a point above the bottom three, who are only separated by the tie-breaker rules. Headed by BFG, whose decent week included getting the Grimsby 2-0 spot-on, ahead of Jorash63, who had the Swansea 2-1 spot-on, on the most 3 pointer rule, who in turn is ahead of concordman on the first to post rule. The excellent week for him was not enough to get him off the bottom, but things are looking a lot brighter for the current champ. Especially when there is only 13 points separating top to bottom in this division.
In Division One The lead changes again, as the top scoring performance from gerry_us moves him up a couple of places, and back to the top, after three weeks away. But it is only on the first to post rule from wessex_exile, whose decent week included getting the Wycombe 1-0 spot-on. The decent week for titters, after he had the Swansea 2-1 spot-on, moves him up a couple of places to third. Four outcomes for Tropical_Us, but he drops two to fourth. The top scoring performance from Lewis_1 moves him up a big six places, and off the bottom, to fifth. Taking the final play-off place is Daniel, after he got the Stoke 2-1 spot-on. It is status quo for thread in seventh, after his decent week. Despite having the Grimsby 2-0 spot-on, oxfcolu drops a couple of places to eighth. The decent week for NME_cufc couldn't stop him dropping a place. Despite having more outcomes than anyone in both leagues, Blue4U2 remains tenth, after getting a season first 3 pointer, with that Crewe 1-1. Three outcomes for unitedwhites means he drops to the wooden spoon spot. Though just like in the Premier, there is only 13 points separating top to bottom.
THE TABLES (44 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 7 Fixtures The first International break this season, so it is 6 games from League's 1 & 2.
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE v BURTON ALBION STOCKPORT COUNTY v PETERBOROUGH WYCOMBE WANDERERS v READING BRISTOL ROVERS v EXETER CITY FLEETWOOD TOWN v ROCHDALE TRANMERE ROVERS v WALSALL
Colchester United continue to frustrate as the nearly men, after conceding a 93rd minute equaliser last Saturday that the Railwaymen did precious little to deserve (though to be fair, the lad took it well). Away at Brizzle Rovers we deserved at least a point from our second half pressure, and away at Swindon we deserved at least a point from our first half dominance. In the end though, just one point that should have been at least five. There’s no point in crying about it though, if we don’t take our chances, these things will happen. Mind you, Harry’s goal was a peach!
What’s even more frustrating (I’ll get over it, promise) is those additional four points would have put us joint top of the league, which only goes to show that no one is taking the league by storm right now. Tomorrow’s opponents Cheltenham Town are one of the unbeaten teams in the league so far, but with the last four as draws they are currently just outside the play-offs and two points ahead of the U’s. However, this does mean that Sombrero Steve’s Robins are likely going to be very difficult to break down.
Form is temporary… So, six games in, and like a Labrador that’s just spotted a tennis ball, the U’s have spent most of their time charging enthusiastically around League Two, occasionally crashing through a hedge but generally heading in the right direction. The U’s have mixed grit, graft and the odd moment of footballing wizardry to keep us dreaming of bigger things. One week they look like promotion contenders; the next they kindly remind us that this is still League Two. The defence has usually been sturdier than a Roman villa, while up front there’s enough threat to keep opposition managers reaching for the antacids. In short: imperfect, entertaining, and unmistakably Colchester.
Played for both It’s only right that the featured player for this one is Harry Pell. Never the most talented footballer, Harry was the footballing equivalent of a pub landlord who somehow ends up captaining the tug-of-war team, refereeing the quiz night and winning the raffle all at once. Competitive, outspoken and full of personality, he was a natural leader who thrived on getting under opponents' skin while remaining hugely popular with teammates and supporters. This is why he’ll always be considered a legend at both Cheltenham and Colchester.
Harry in a nutshell
There are loads of others on the played for both list, but a few stars include Jamie Cureton, Kayodi Odejayi, Ben Stevenson, Chris Iwelumo, Steven Gillespie, and from back in the day, Chris Fry.
Head to head It probably won’t come as a surprise, given my location, that Cheltenham are equal third in my list of teams I’ve seen the U’s play most (alongside Bristol Rovers and behind Exeter City and Swindon). In fact, my last game watching the U’s was our final game of last season at Whaddon Road – that was a good way to finish the season.
Back in the days of the Southern League, we played Cheltenham often, with a pretty decent record too – won eight, drew six and lost only four. Following our entry into the Football League, we didn’t see the Robins again for nearly 40 years, until our relegation to the Conference in 1990. Mind you, we kept up the dominance with three wins and a draw over those two seasons.
Cheltenham finally achieved promotion to the Football League in 1999, of course under Steve Cotterill during his first stint at Whaddon Road. Since then, like us they have mostly bounced along between Leagues 1 and 2 (mostly 2) and one brief foray back into non-league in 2015. In that time, our record against each other has been a bit more even, with the U’s winning 11, drawing five and losing eight. Still, with an overall record of W22 D12 L12, we must be a borderline bogey side for the Robins?
Line-up A difficult line-up to predict here. Overall the performance against Crewe was pretty good – the one player who I thought wasn’t quite at the races was actually Thorn, and his control and cross for Harry’s goal was superb. However, I’m banking on Lisbie being fit to replace him out on the right, otherwise more or less as is from last Saturday..
Substitutes: Thorn Ihionvien Kuffour Smith Terry Vincent-Young Williams (Jaden)
Cheltenham are proving themselves a tough nut to crack so far this season, but I’m reckoning the U’s will peel them open like a freshly roasted pistachio tomorrow, and finally deliver the walloping we’ve been threatening. U’s to win 4-0, with a brace from Kouassi, one from Payne and Bradley finishing things off from the bench.
Weather watch It’ll be a bit of a grey day tomorrow, overcast and quite humid, making the 22 degrees feel more like 24-5. There’ll be a fresh breeze from the west-south-west, and a modest chance of some rain being about.
South stand hand drier in the gents has not worked for couple of games and also audio and light indicators on one of the turnstiles do not work. Is this a council building maintained by the club ?
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2 BRENTFORD 2 Marco Rose's wait for a first Premier League victory as Bournemouth head coach continues as they were held to a draw by Brentford, who remain undefeated. 4 got this spot-on, and a further 5 had the outcome.
LIVERPOOL 0 FULHAM 0 Fulham and boss Alvaro Arbeloa claimed their first Premier League point of the season with this bore draw. No points for anyone from this game, as everyone predicted a win for Liverpool, with 11 going for a 2-0 in what was equally the weeks most predicted score.
BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 MILLWALL 1 Dapo Afolayan scored twice as Blackburn secured their second league win of the season and continued their good form against Millwall, who have not won at Ewood Park in 11 visits. Nobody got this spot-on, but 7 did have the outcome.
SOUTHAMPTON 4 BRISTOL CITY 1 Cyle Larin continued his excellent form as he scored twice in Southampton's win. City will consider themselves unlucky as they ended the game having had 21 shots compared to the hosts' 10. Again nobody had this spot-on, though 19 did get the outcome, with 11 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks other most predicted score.
OXFORD UNITED 3 BURTON ALBION 0 Siriki Dembele, Louie Sibley and Gatlin O'Donkor all struck late on to earn Oxford a victory. A final game this week with no 3 pointer, but 19 did have the outcome.
PORT VALE 1 EXETER CITY 0 George Byers' penalty gave Port Vale their first win of the season, as Exeter fail to have a shot on target. 3 had this spot-on, and 3 also got the outcome.
As we approached full time, the improvement in the seasons results looked to be continuing. Then stoppage time goals from Blackburn and Oxford put paid to that, as they took 10 spot-ons out of the week. In the end we have another four games without a 3 pointer, with the other two producing seven between them. It took good outcomes from Southampton and Oxford to make sure everyone got at least a point. The 3 pointers were shared out, with seven members gettng one each. Best of those were RSCOSWORTH and Tropical_Us, who both had the Port Vale 1-0, and oxfcolu, who got the Bournemouth 2-2. They each also had three outcomes, to give them all a share of being the weeks top scorer, with a decent 6 points. In what has been a difficult start to the season, the 34 games so far have ended with 16 (47.06%) home wins, 8 (23.53%) away wins, and 10 (29.41%) draws. Top result is currently the bore draw with 5, one ahead of the 0-1. Top result for a home is the 2-1 and 4-1 with 3 each.
In the Premier The decent week for RSCOSWORTH has extended his lead to a healthy 5 points. In the Week 5 thread he said "Have I ever topped the Premier before? Feels like a long time ago if I have!" He last topped the Premier in the 2021/22 season for 18 weeks, from Week 4 to Week 21. Something he will look to repeat, and hopefully extend. Two outcomes for ghughes11 was enough for him to hold onto the other DEMS spot, on the most 3 pointer rule from bwildered. Having the Port Vale 1-0 spot-on moved mfb_cufc up a place, and the only other upward move came from Sector4, who got the Bournemouth 2-2 spot-on to take him up a big five places.
In Division One Getting the Bournemouth 2-2 spot-on enabled wessex_exile to remain top for the second week in a row. The decent week for Tropical_Us moved him up a couple of places into the other automatic spot. One outcome for gerry_us means he drops to third. Daniel was another to get the Bournemouth 2-2 spot-on, and he moves up a place to fourth. Three outcomes for titters, but he drops two to fifth. The decent week for oxfcolu moves him up a couple of places and into the final play-off place. In the bottom half the only gains came from NME_cufc, who moved up three places, and off the bottom, after he got four good outcomes.
THE TABLES (34 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 6 Fixtures 10 games picked by this weeks guest Blue4U2. Don't forget it is an early start, with the deadline 12.30.
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION v ARSENAL CARDIFF CITY v CHARLTON ATHLETIC (12.30) STOKE CITY v SHEFFIELD UNITED (12.30) LINCOLN CITY v SWANSEA CITY OXFORD UNITED v CAMBRIDGE UNITED SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v STOCKPORT COUNTY WIGAN ATHLETIC v WYCOMBE WANDERERS CREWE ALEXANDRA v SHREWSBURY TOWN GRIMSBY TOWN v CRAWLEY TOWN SALFORD CITY v SWINDON TOWN
The game has been postponed due to Port Vale international call-ups. The Valiants will be without Ben Waine (New Zealand), Liam Gordon (Guyana), Keyrol Figueroa (Honduras) and U’s former loanee Tyreece Simpson (Saint Kitts and Nevis). Not bad for a team currently 92nd in the league.
After back-to-back away defeats, the U's return home this weekend to take on Crewe Alexandra. The games at Bristol Rovers and Swindon were both true tales of two halves. At Bristol, we were rightly behind at the break but threw everything at the hosts in the second half and were unfortunate not to come away with at least a point. Last week at Swindon it was a different story, as we capitulated after the interval following a dominant first 45 minutes in which we should have been two or three goals to the good. The faithful will be hoping for a complete 90-minute performance this weekend.
Crewe travel to Colchester unbeaten in the league so far this season. They currently sit seventh in the table, two points above the U's, having followed up victories in their opening two matches (1-0 at Crawley and 1-0 at home to Northampton) with a run of three successive draws (0-0 at Port Vale, 2-2 at home to Walsall, and 1-1 at home to York). Only three goals conceded, but at the same time, only five scored. That suggests Crewe are a defensive side grinding out results, but far from it, they've had 75 shots in those games!
While we come into the game with nothing from our last two, I think it's worth pointing out that Bristol Rovers and Swindon occupy the top two places in the league at the moment. We were dominant and attacking in those games, so I think we have it in us to secure three points this weekend. The key question is whether we'll take the game to Crewe from the outset or adopt a more cautious approach.
Much of the team virtually picks itself. I'd expect the same starting XI as last week, although KVY's fitness could change things. If he's available, Rob Hunt is probably the man most at risk of dropping out.
Despite thinking we can win this one, I'm not quite confident enough to predict it. Either we'll take the lead and Crewe will come at us and get an equaliser, or the complete opposite. So it's a 1-1 draw from me. I'm going to say Sesay for the goal, he'll confidently dribble the ball, shake off a challenge or two, and then drill it in from outside the box.
The forecast for the game is sunny intervals with temperatures reaching 24°C. There's a very slim chance of rain showers.
Lastly, I'd like to focus on a single player for played for both – Chris Porter. Now retired after a 21-year career spanning 682 appearances and 196 goals, he's now working as a property manager. The U's and Crewe were the two clubs he made the most appearances for. He arrived at Colchester in January 2015 from Sheffield United and was with us for two-and-a-half seasons, scoring 30 goals in 95 appearances. He was also named captain. He joined Crewe Alexandra in the summer of 2017, after rejecting a contract offer from us. He went on to enjoy five seasons at Gresty Road, scoring 54 goals in 189 appearances. How I'd love us to have a player like him right now. More at: https://www.coludata.co.uk/pla
PORTSMOUTH 2 CARDIFF CITY 0 Goals from Conor Shaughnessy and Marko Milovanovic either side of half-time saw Portsmouth climb to mid-table in the Championship, as Cardiff remained winless and dropped into the bottom three. Well done to BFG for being the only one to get this spot-on, and a further 9 had the outcome.
WEST HAM UNITED 3 DERBY COUNTY 0 Substitute Edvin Austbo scored his first goal for West Ham to help them string back-to-back wins together for the first time since January. 3 had this spot-on, and another 19 got the outcome.
BRADFORD CITY 1 MANSFIELD TOWN 0 Bradford returned to winning ways after consecutive defeats, with a goal from Antoni Sarcevic. 3 got this spot-on, and a further 11 had the outcome.
DONCASTER ROVERS 2 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 3 Plymouth got a first away victory of the League One campaign as they triumphed at winless Doncaster. Nobody had this spot-on, but 6 did get the outcome.
ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3 CRAWLEY TOWN 2 Charlie Caton scored a double to take his tally to four for the season as Accrington celebrated their first win of the campaign. Nobody got this spot-on, though 12 did have the outcome.
CREWE ALEXANDRA 1 YORK CITY 1 Crewe maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign but had to settle for a point after ex-U's Alex Newby hit back to secure a draw for York. 4 had this spot-on, and one more got the outcome.
After a difficult start to the season, results took a turn for the better this week, with the best 6 game week of the season so far, though that was from a very low bar. Still had two games without a 3 pointer, but the other four had a respectable 11 between them, and the four home wins produced plenty of outcomes. The only member to have two 3 pointers was wessex_exile, the Bradford 1-0 and the Crewe 1-1, and two outcomes, to make him this weeks top scorer, with an excellent 8 points. Best of those who got one 3 pointer, and all getting a decent 7 points, were RSCOSWORTH, who had the Crewe 1-1, and four outcomes. Only missing out on a full house by not getting the Plymouth win, bwildered, who also had the Crewe 1-1, and four outcomes. Only missing out on a full house by not getting the Portsmouth victory, and mfb_cufc, who got the Bradford 1-0, and four outcomes. Only missing out on a full house by not having the Crewe 1-1.
In the Premier We have a new leader as the decent week for RSCOSWORTH moves him up a place to the summit. Three outcomes for ghughes11 means his 3 week run at the top comes to an end, and he drops to the other DEMS spot. Decent weeks for bwildered and basher2010, and they remain third and fourth. There is now a 5 point gap to the fifth noah4x4, who moved up three places, after having the Bradford 1-0 spot-on. The decent week for mfb_cufc moves him up six places, and takes him off the bottom. After having the West Ham 3-0 spot-on, Jorash63 moves up a couple of places to seventh. Current champ concordman drops to the bottom, after being the only one in the division still without a 3 pointer.
In Division One The lead changes hands again, as the top scoring performance from wessex_exile moves him back to the top again, after a week away. Two outcomes for gerry_us means he has to settle for the other automatic spot. Two outcomes also for titters, and he drops a place to third. Up two places to fourth is Tropical_Us, after he got the Crewe 1-1 spot-on. Two outcomes for Daniel, and he drops a place to fifth. The final play-off place goes to thread, after he had the West Ham 3-0 spot-on, to move him up four places. The only other upward move came from oxfcolu, after four outcomes moved him up three places. All very close at this early stage though, with only two separating 6th to 11th.
THE TABLES (28 out of 280 played) (Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 5 Fixtures
AFC BOURNEMOUTH v BRENTFORD LIVERPOOL v FULHAM BLACKBURN ROVERS v MILLWALL SOUTHAMPTON v BRISTOL CITY OXFORD UNITED v BURTON ALBION PORT VALE v EXETER CITY
Once you've seen the magic roundabout (we had the first in the UK remember), seen the locomotive in the out of town shopping mall and if open the museum the answer is not a lot else. However just outside Swindon are the large exhibition stores of the Science Museum. Very sadly these are very rarely open to the general public and from the reports I have seen there is virtually no conservation being carried out so that historically significant vehicles are sitting on flat tyres and without their engines being turned over occasionally. Very occasionally one is "liberated" by a major uk museum but others will rot and die. Let's hope we can liberate 3 points.
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Nobody got this spot-on, and only unitedwhites had the outcome. 21 predicted a win for Bradford. 
