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[Minilad]

Indeed! Although I doubt they would simply terminate his employment. There is a value to his registration.

Which just shows how immoral they are then.
Johnson will never play again. Just look at Ched Evans

 

[richw]

Adam Johnson pleads guilty to sexual activity with a child and grooming. Pleads non guilty to 2 other counts of sexual activity.

How Sunderland let him play on is beyond me.

Innocent until proven guilty mean anything to you? Would you want to carry on working if you were in a similar position? What if all charges were dropped?

He may have pleaded guilty because the offence happened. However there may be mitigating circumstances. Did he meet the girl in a nightclub for example.. Or are we blokes meant to ID girls before chatting them up in a nightclub now. I don't know the background to the offences, but it was initially reported he met the girl in a 18+ nightclub and therefore could reasonably believe she was over 18. Guilty but not totally at fault in such an instance in my view.

 

[Drogba11CFC]

Winchester City 4...Bashley 0 (Benham 21, Glasspool 41, Flooks 49, Bentley 54)

Another loss for Bashley as Winchester move up into third. Matt Benham scored from range before Zach Glasspool curled a shot into the corner of the net. A blunder from the keeper (who actually stopped it from being 9 or 10), saw the third go in, before that man Bentley scored his 41st of the season in all competitions.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

F A Cup...4th round replay

Peterborough 1...West Bromwich Albion 1

West Bromwich Albion won the penalty shoot-out 4-3 and will face Reading in the 5th round match.
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I know plenty of season ticket holders at Anfield as well as having a lot of family in the city and the general consensus is that Klopp does not get the stick he maybe deserves. Massively weakened squads, scraping into the League Cup final, a lack of January moves..... an endless list of negatives since he has come in.

One positive note is that in an open letter issued by the owners of Liverpool, their plans for the infamous £77 match ticket have now been scrapped and they apologised to the Liverpool supporters "for the distress caused"

 

[61653 HTAFC]

One positive note is that in an open letter issued by the owners of Liverpool, their plans for the infamous £77 match ticket have now been scrapped and they apologised to the Liverpool supporters "for the distress caused"

Well, I'll repeat what I said on the Huddersfield Town message board earlier: if only that nice man Mr Ian Ayre had u-turned so quickly on his decision to sell Marcus Stewart to Ipswich in order to make a quick buck when he was MD of Huddersfield... How he's managed to get and keep the Liverpool job for so long is an absolute mystery to me.

On the plus side, I think we got the better half of the Klopp/Wagner partnership. Results haven't always shown it so far but the performances have been a class above what we'd grown used to. The prospect of season tickets for £179 next year is another plus!

 

[Clip]

So you know loads of Reds who think Klopp has been a tremendous success so far?

That's not what I said in any of my posts but you twist it to how you want it to be said.

and stop being so touchy.

 

[Minilad]

Johnson sacked by Sunderland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35546894

 

[fowler9]

That's not what I said in any of my posts but you twist it to how you want it to be said.

and stop being so touchy.

Apologies mate. Tuesday was a very bad day for me aside from football and discussions on here. I didn't mean to be a prat.

 

[Antman]

Johnson sacked by Sunderland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35546894

Correct course of action, looks like his career is over!

 

[RichmondCommu]

Correct course of action, looks like his career is over!

More to the point I'd hazard a guess that within the month he'll be in prison!

 

[DarloRich]

Which just shows how immoral they are then.
Johnson will never play again. Just look at Ched Evans

exactly - which makes it surprising they have done the decent thing!

More to the point I'd hazard a guess that within the month he'll be in prison!

indeed - I assume Sunderland expect him to go a way for a time

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Johnson sacked by Sunderland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35546894

I note the report makes mention of the fact that Adidas have also terminated their contract with him.

 

[ExRes]

He may have pleaded guilty because the offence happened. However there may be mitigating circumstances. Did he meet the girl in a nightclub for example.. Or are we blokes meant to ID girls before chatting them up in a nightclub now. I don't know the background to the offences, but it was initially reported he met the girl in a 18+ nightclub and therefore could reasonably believe she was over 18. Guilty but not totally at fault in such an instance in my view.

One thing that really destroys that view, in my mind, is that he has pleaded guilty to child grooming as well as sexual activity, why would he admit to child grooming if he had any genuine belief that the girl had reached the age of consent?

 

[DarloRich]

One thing that really destroys that view, in my mind, is that he has pleaded guilty to child grooming as well as sexual activity, why would he admit to child grooming if he had any genuine belief that the girl had reached the age of consent?

it may be a foregone conclusion: any communication, in person, face to face or otherwise with a child for the purpose of committing a sex offence is considered to be grooming.

 

[LuSiVe]

Burton 1 - 0 Chesterfield

We're going down. Injuries have been very cruel to us this season (and again last night), but that's what you get when you fill your side with a load of Championship crocks. A more expensive team than last season spending most of their time not playing. Burton were nothing special, but we wouldn't have scored if we were still playing now.

So where exactly is Forest Green?
And York please stay up.

Long trip to Colchester on Tuesday night. They'll be up for a fight, I doubt we will.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Huddersfield Town

We finally get the result that recent performances have deserved, ending a 5 game losing streak. A dominant first half but with only an own-goal by Forest captain Mills to show, I was fearing the worst... But Philip Billing's second half stunner was the perfect birthday present, a first senior goal for the 19year-old Dane. Remember that name!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Evo Stik Premier League

Barwell 2...Hyde United 0

Hyde again lose to a top-six club and are now down to 17th place, only five points clear of the relegation places.

 

[DarloRich]

Game of the day at Salford:

Salford 3 Darlington 4.

The Quakers were 2-0 down at half time and 3-1 down after 70 minutes but came from behind to claim 3 points with a late winner after which the Salford keeper was sent from the field of play!

Stick that in your class of 92 pipe and smoke it!

 

[familyguy99]

Wigan 0-0 Oldham

Poor game in which both teams wasn't up to there best, we had probably best chances to score but Wigan goalie pull off good save.

First time I been to DW Stadium and knowing is nice stadium it seen to be bit large for Wigan fans given many empty seats and seen to be cold ground too.

Burton 1 - 0 Chesterfield

We're going down. Injuries have been very cruel to us this season (and again last night), but that's what you get when you fill your side with a load of Championship crocks. A more expensive team than last season spending most of their time not playing. Burton were nothing special, but we wouldn't have scored if we were still playing now.

So where exactly is Forest Green?
And York please stay up.

Long trip to Colchester on Tuesday night. They'll be up for a fight, I doubt we will.

You should beat Colchester on tues night as they poor team and probably look more likely to be relegated. I see you drop into bottom 4 after Shrewsbury won and Fleetwood draw, two big games coming up for Chesterfield and feel you need to get six points to try move away from bottom 4.

18 Blackpool - 33 points
19 Shrewsbury - 33 points
20 Fleetwood - 30 points
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21 Chesterfield - 30 points
22 Crewe - 27 points
23 Oldham - 25 points
24 Colchester - 22 points

 

[Drogba11CFC]

Didcot Town 1...Winchester City 2 (Woodley 72, Bedwell s/o 45; Bentley 50, Benham 86, Flooks s/o 45)

Winchester City gained a measure of revenge for their loss in January in a bad-tempered game. Just before half time Didcot's goalkeeper threw the ball at the head of a Winchester City player and was sent off, with Winchester's Rob Flooks also being sent off for his part in the ensuing brawl. Winchester opened the scoring from 25 yards in the second half before Didcot levelled it up from a freekick, only for Winchester to regain the lead from close range.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I'd like to follow my previous post on Huddersfield's excellent away win with a moan about the woeful quality of Channel 5's highlights programme. Since David Wagner took over they have shown his post-match interview only once. The bias towards the "big" teams is even more pronounced than it was under the BBC. I do hope the Football League will take this into consideration when the deal is up for renewal.

 

[Minilad]

I'd like to follow my previous post on Huddersfield's excellent away win with a moan about the woeful quality of Channel 5's highlights programme. Since David Wagner took over they have shown his post-match interview only once. The bias towards the "big" teams is even more pronounced than it was under the BBC. I do hope the Football League will take this into consideration when the deal is up for renewal.

I'm pretty sure the only thing they take into consideration is the amount of money they will be getting

 

[Kite159]

I'm pretty sure the only thing they take into consideration is the amount of money they will be getting

Sadly probably true.

 

[SS4]

Our defending has been shocking thus far. Hopefully we can snatch one back before half time.

Mind you this Valentine's day Liverpool players have been going down as easily as women everywhere wished their partners would

 

[fowler9]

Sorry I turned down a ticket for Villa away now.

 

[Minilad]

Sorry I turned down a ticket for Villa away now.

I have a season ticket and I am so glad I didn't bother!!

 

[Johnuk123]

Still think Villa will stay up even though they're very poor.

 

[zuriblue]

I could share my opinion of Mark Clattenburg but I'd probably get banned.

 

[richw]

Nothing like BBC impartiality asking Sherwood and Murphy about who they wanted to win the league. Two ex Spurs boys could only give one answer!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Our defending has been shocking thus far. Hopefully we can snatch one back before half time.

The problem appeared to be that far more than one would have been required to counter the goals going in "at the wrong end".