We don’t have a great record down there so will be interesting. I’ll take at least one win of the two!
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They did look good, helped a lot by Chelsea giving them ample opportunity to.
More goals are needed; against Southampton on Saturday night it was a tense finish right to the end when Barnes scored the 2nd with the last kick of the game to clinch it; last night Chelsea for all their faults only needed one to set up another tense finish and nearly got it with just a fine call from the VAR knocking it off. The chances are there but the finishing is missing - Justin planted a header into the side netting from 6 yards; Vardy missed his best chance and Albrighton had his wiped for a clear off. A few handsome wins would be welcome, maybe not 9 goal tonkings but 3 clear going into the last few minutes.
A very entertaining game this evening between Man City and Villa. Villa will feel hard done by with the referee’s decisions with both of City’s goals and I thought Villa played well. But…City deserved the 3 points.
It’s nice to see things so close at the top of the PL.
Dec 2018 you ended our 22 game unbeaten run. I actually have a fan number for The Saints and have been to a few games at St Mary’s that day was a Sunday and the journey down was rubbish a bus replacement from Havant to Southampton then I had to witness you end our 22 game unbeaten run sitting in the home stand surrounded by jubilant Saints fans then I got so wet walking back to the train station which as you know is a trek that even my underpants where wet!
Then of course I had the bus replacement back to Havant full of steaming wet Saints fans and of course there where no toilets on the bus and because of the couple of pints I’d had I was cross eyed with pain by the time we got to Havant.
I think it was Ralph H’s first game in charge and it was doubly strange because Henrik Mkhitaryan actually scored both goals but both Ings and Austin did for us that day.
It’s a great stadium to watch football though fantastic atmosphere.
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Oh Bob, what a memory, and an uncomfortable one at that! And a bus replacement from Havant, absolute misery!
I have a vague memory of the game now that you remind me. Thanks for your compliment about the ground and the atmosphere. I tend to take it a bit for granted.
The grounds I remember are Goodison, St James’ Park, Anfield, Villa Park, the Etihad, and both Highbury and the Emirates. And for the wrong reason, Stamford Bridge.
Here’s to our next two games.
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The end of an era, as York City exit Kit-Kat Crescent to move to their new flatpack stadium on the outskirts of the city.
Their fortunes faltered as they dropped down the Divisions, and it became somewhat inevitable that the developers would start eyeing up a potential city centre site.
It was a lovely little old fashioned football ground, but, with any luck, the move to the new stadium will safeguard York City’s future, together with that of York City Knights, the rugby league team who will groundshare, and anyway, nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
Sheffield United have moved all their home games from Bramall Lane to the Crucible Theatre, due to the fact that they now need snookers.
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What does Sheffield United have that Liverpool doesn’t?
A win in their last five league matches.
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As a student in Leeds I did my coaching badges at York during the Denis Smith era. Massively fond of Boothman and I’ve many great memories. Like my own club, there was just something lovely about looking across the main shandy and seeing the trees behind it. Houchen, Byrne et al.
Fave memory was a midweek game between City and Wrexham in which our plummeting 80s team went 0-2 up and were then picked apart by Johnny Byrne running the show. I recall one incredible goal where he ran half the touch line then cut inside and ran the far goal line befure rounding the keeper.
Now we have moved on some players who where not in Arteta’s plans at last some exciting chatter about a loan deal for Norwegian Martin Ødegaard who is down the pecking order at Real Madrid but what a player.
Arsenal just signed Brighton keeper Matt Ryan on loan I’ll not be surprised to see him in the FA Cup squad to face Southampton tomorrow. A very good keeper with over 100 Premier League starts under his belt a fantastic bit of business by Edu and the team giving expert cover for Bernd Leno.
I trust we’ll give him a warm welcome. And if J W-P gets a free kick on the edge of the area,… 
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Yes no doubt! Not sure if he will be able to play so quickly after only signing today?
Not to take anything away from The Saints who fully deserved the win but what was Arteta thinking his line up and tactics where abysmal.
Yeah, but we still needed some help from one of your guys to stick it in the net on our behalf.
Same time next Tuesday?
I love David Moyes.
Perhaps but on the day the best side won I have a feeling things may be slightly different on Tuesday.
Rock on at Johnny Rocks Stadium.
Next up, Man U or Liverpool, Kev?
I guess with West Ham’s form, either will do.
Either @JOF – if you want to win the FA Cup you have to beat teams of the calibre of Liverpool or Man U. If we can get past one of those we have a reasonable chance.