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Midweek Football 25/27 February


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Monday

Championship 

Forest v Derby SS3

Tuesday 

Premier League 

Cardiff v Everton 

Huddersfield v Wolves 

Leicester v Brighton 

Newcastle v Burnley 8pm BT Sport 1

Championship 

Bristol City v Small Heath 

QPR v Leeds SS3 Red Button 

Hull v Millwall 

Sheff Wed v Brentford 

Wednesday 

Premier League 

Arsenal v Bournmouth 

Southampton v Fulham 

Palace v Man Utd 8pm 

Chelsea v Spurs 8pm BT Sport 1

Man City v West Ham 8pm 

MOTD 10.45pm 

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Celtic have unfurled a banner that says, "You traded immortality for mediocrity. Never a Celt, always a fraud" for Brendan Rodgers. 

I always love it when one of the Old Firm gets a reminder that they're mid sized fish in a very small pond. Leicester is a bigger job. Get over it.

 

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IT’S NOW BEEN EXACTLY 20 YEARS SINCE AN ALL-ENGLISH TEAM LAST STARTED A PREMIER LEAGUE GAME – ASTON VILLA, AGAINST COVENTRY IN 1999 

Today, 27th February 2019, marks the 20-year anniversary of the last time a Premier League club started a match with 11 English players on the pitch.

Well, it’s actually 13 years since Middlesbrough did likewise against Fulham in May 2006, but James Morrison (born and raised in England) then went onto to represent Scotland at international level, so Boro’s line-up has been struck from the official record books.

Anyway, a Villa side consisting of Michael Oakes, Simon Grayson, Riccardo Scimeca, Gareth Southgate, Alan Wright, Paul Merson, Lee Hendrie, Ian Taylor, Steve Watson, Dion Dublin and Julian Joachim bravely fought and lost 4-1 against Coventry City in front of 48,000 fans at Villa Park.


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*Sigh* Them were the days.

‘Twas Dublin who scored Villa’s goal from the penalty spot, while John Aloisi and the usually goal-shy George Boateng both scored a brace apiece for the Sky Blues.

As it happens, Villa wouldn’t have to wait too long to wreak cruel revenge two years later when a 3-2 win at Villa Park in May 2001 brought Coventry’s 34-year stay in the top flight to an end.

Coventry actually went 2-0 up too, rendering the precise manner of their terminal capitulation all the more embarrassing.

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/aston_villa/282062/on-this-day-in-1999-aston-villa-play-coventry-in-premier-league-with-all-english-starting-xi-photo-video.html

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6 hours ago, OutByEaster? said:

Celtic have unfurled a banner that says, "You traded immortality for mediocrity. Never a Celt, always a fraud" for Brendan Rodgers. 

I always love it when one of the Old Firm gets a reminder that they're mid sized fish in a very small pond. Leicester is a bigger job. Get over it.

 

Delusion of highest order, Leicester actually got further in Europe than Celtic did in 30 years 

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