It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Poyet still waiting for a Riley apology

http://www.thefa.com/news/england/under-21/2013/nov/san-marino-ings-reaction-201113

Never mind your Pre-Madonna lot Dil... Just listen to Danny-):

Whatever next!

Six arrests in football match-fixing investigation

Six men have been arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency investigating alleged match-fixing in English football.

At least three footballers are reported to be among those held across the country, but the BBC understands that none is linked to professional clubs.

The NCA said the focus of the operation was a suspected international illegal betting syndicate.

It is thought the suspects are being held by police in the Midlands.

Fine them very heavily and then ban them from "All football" for life, just like they did in the 60's with Lane, Swan and Kay.

But back to the U21's, our next apponents are Notlob http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/u21s-cup-opponents-confirmed-271113-1200222.aspx

From what I have read today, the organiser of the football fixing was talking about the number of goal that he would ask for, at least that lets my team off the hook, thay cant score goals and this season record proves it.

Who's that then Stable?

Stan, I believe it is better to suffer alone. We did have players involved in match
f ixing many years ago and I still remember the shame of it.
Now we are not good enough to fix the light bulb but we all live in hope.

Must be Sheff Wed. then -):

Bronco Lane CF. Peter(?) Swan CH. and Tony Kay WH, though wasn't Kay's misdemeanor committed at Everton? Might be wrong I can't remember.

Tony Kay, Everton, shame he was a great player but obviously a pillock.

edit - Kay guilty drugs not match fixing.

Drugs? I remember him getting the ban but didn't realise it was for drugs CC.

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Tony Kay

Everton FC

1 cap, 1 goal

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 8: A 1
100% successful
1963

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90



Profile

Full name Anthony Herbert Kay
Born 13 May 1937 in Attercliffe, Sheffield [registered in Sheffield, June 1937].
Married to Marina Platts [registered in Sheffield, September 1957].
Height/Weight 5' 7½", 12st. 0lbs [1963].
Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career

Club(s) Played junior football around Sheffield before earning a trial with Sheffield Wednesday FC, becoming part of the groundstaff in 1952, turning professional in May 1954. After 179 League appearances, and ten goals, Kay became Britain's most expensive footballer when he moved to Everton FC in December 1962 for �60,000. He remained until April 1964, he never played football again after The Sunday People revealed his match-fixing involvement on 12 April 1961. Sentenced to prison in January 1965. He completed 57 Toffee league appearances, scoring four times.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1958-59; Football League Champions 1962-63;
Individual honours Football League (seven appearances)
Distinctions None
Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number 823rd player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
Only match No. 371, 5 June 1963, Switzerland 1 England 8, an end-of season tour at Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel, aged 26 years 23 days.
Major tournaments None
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions None
England Disgrace

While at Sheffield Wednesday FC, he and two team-mates placed a bet on a match in 1962 against Ipswich Town FC, which eventually led to jail terms and life bans from the game.
Also spent twelve years in Spain after selling adiamond that turned out to be a fake. - The Observer Sport
Beyond England

His football career came to an abrubt end when he was sent to prison in January 1965 for four months, of which he served ten weeks in an open prison in Leeds. The Football Association banned him for life from football, but this was rescinded after seven years. Kay never returned to football, but in fact ended up in Spain and then South London. - Daily Telegraph


Tony Kay - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals Capt. Disc.
4 1 0 1 0 0 90 0 0 min 0 None None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
rry Stan I'm talking shite.

Edit - Sorry Stan I was speaking shxxe.

-):

Stan, if my memory serves me we had the goalkeeper that was involved.

I don't remember that stable, Springet (spelling) was the goalie wasn't it?

Ed: Ronald "Ron" Deryk George Springett to be exact -):

Walking Football go's viral http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=walking+football&sm=1

We are the 7th down, click on the chap with black tracksuit top on (Our Coach).

From My Seat: Stoke City (H)
By Ken Buckley :: 30/11/2013
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Back at the house of learning and culture for the second time in short order and, after ordering the ale, we retired to the room of nonsense. The Lukaku v Jose spat was well discussed and, after much deliberation, a verdict of 'not a clue what either is up to' was reached. The teams came through and they took centre stage: No Mirallas or Barkley but Oviedo included. Many theories ensued... Barkley and McCarthy one yellow away from facing OFM on Wednesday; Deulofeu and Osman more deserving of starting places, and so the list went on until it was time to head Goodison way, so we all sort of hoped OPM had got it right.
The walk up was not as intense as last week but the tented village that is the ‘Fan Zone’ plus Fat Van and all other outlets were busy. The Winslow still boarded up and no fanzine cries were a reflection of changing times. It’s all high tech and iPhones now.

Z-Cars rang out, the team gained a fine ovation and kicked off toward the Park End and from the off we were dominating and it only took a couple of minutes for Stoke to give away a foul near the edge of the area. Deulofeu took and, but for a fine sprawling save by Begovic, we would have led... instead, it was a corner which was cleared. Just a couple of minutes later, McCarthy surged and exchanged passes with Lukaku, fired in and just the wrong side of the post. It was a taste of things to come in this first half with many close things but goals not materialising.

The way the team were now playing was reminiscent of team play from our most productive periods from the '60s and parts of the '70s and '80s. It was smooth pass-and-move mixed with direct efforts forward as well as strong yet quick-to-cover-and-smother defending. Near the half-hour mark, Osman let fly a screamer that seemed to move in the air and Begovic produced a superb save which left the onlooker in no doubt the reason for so much interest in him from the wealthy classes.

By now, Barry and McCarthy were well in control of midfield with Pienaar producing a stellar performance of both wide play and augmenting centre-mid with some delightful joined-up stuff. If that wasn’t enough, Deulofeu was scaring them to death with pace, flair and sheer unpredictability as well as some hard-driven crosses – or were they shots? Osman was ever-available and ever-ready to link with the beast that is Lukaku, leaving Stoke to chase shadows at times... but, if Stoke did break forward, then a superb back four plus keeper were well in control. Mark Hughes stood in the technical area a forlorn figure. "Some of these ‘Little Teams’ can play a bit, eh, Hughesy?" I mused.

We had played really well first half but that final thrust of ball to net was yet again missing and, with just a couple of mins to the break, Stoke had a good chance when Crouch headed down for his strike partner to have a clear shot on goal but luckily he shot straight at Howard. Just as I was thinking "If only we could have got a goal in that half, then more would surely follow," but the longer it stayed at 0-0, then the more tense the whole thing becomes, no matter how much we have been on top. My prayers were answered right on the 45-min mark and it was that man Deulofeu who virtually started and finished the decisive move. He played a one-two off the impressive Pienaar whilst bursting into the box, then exchanged passes with Barry and, from almost a yard or so out, smashed the ball home. The relief from those gathered could be felt amongst the celebrations.

Half-time and the chat was of how well we had played and how we really needed that goal.

Second half started and the first thing to notice was the pass-and-move that was easy on the eye and kept the ball until we saw a chance of an opening. It didn’t take long for this to work as, before 5 mins had elapsed, that man Deulofeu galloped down the left and found that man Barry yet again offering for a pass which he duly got and moved the ball on to the raiding Coleman who swung a foot and connected, the rest was a bit hazy as either he toe-poked or sliced but the upshot was it bamboozled the keeper and, hey oh, we were 2-up! The crowd reaction was of joy but, although 2-up, it was more of, "Great, but we should be sorting teams like this!"

In truth, it was 'game over' but our lads didn’t let up. (Could competition for places be having an effect?) Deulofeu continued to scare the hell out of them. Barry, McCarthy, Osman and Pienaar were a class apart. Lukaku was always a willing runner and a formidable presence plus the back five being solid and ready to break forward at the drop of a hat knowing the midfield would slot in. In short – a treat to watch.

Stoke were struggling now against this great display and Deulofeu should have doubled his tally when Howard gathered a long hopeful ball from Stoke and bowling overarm set Deulofeu on his way; he raced clear and came one-on-one with the keeper but he continued a trend for us at present and hit too close to the keeper who parried away with his feet. Keeper did well but more could have been expected. Stones replaced McCarthy to ensure he is okay for Wednesday.

In all of this, I must mention Oviedo who was having a steady game and – in this game anyway – Baines wasn’t being missed by that much. This was reinforced just before the hour mark when we forced a corner taken by Deulofeu who had taken over corner duties from both flanks today varied this one by finding Oviedo on the corner of the box, he burst past Adam as though he was made of stone and fired in a right-foot shot low and true that even the excellent Begovic had no chance and didn’t see the ball until he got it out of the net – no need for goal-line technology for that one. Fans in a right good mood now, hell, I heard wild predictions of beating Man Utd and Arsenal in the coming week! But, then again – why not?

The winter ball of luminous yellow was being caressed across the green sward with a swagger that included step-overs, back-flicks, side-flicks, 'megs – and not done in a disrespectful way but just part of the joined-up joy we were witnessing.

Oviedo was involved in many a good move and, on 80 mins, he did a Baines by sailing down the left, cutting in and with his head up found the lurking Lukaku some 5 yds out and he duly obliged and saluted the Street End who belted out his song. That was to be his last action as he made way for Jelavic who joined Mirallas who had replaced Pienaar. We were seeing the game out now but yet still looking for that break and, in the final minute, Jelavic was put in on goal by Mirallas. The Croat did everything right except shoot straight at the keeper thus keeping up his dreadful goal return. The chance was there but maybe just at the moment the confidence wasn’t. I really felt for him. He can’t buy a goal at present. (Do the whole team need more one-on-one practice?)

The final whistle and we all left the ground with a satisfied happy glow yet none of us daring to get carried away but no doubt today will have raised expectations.

MotM – Almost impossible but I will give mine to Oviedo who came in without a full Premier League game under his belt and scored one and created one. There could be life after Baines if he is prised away. I wouldn’t disagree with any other nomination either.

I really enjoyed that game. It could be said we didn’t have much to beat but we can only play what is before us and today we just swatted them away. Us fans always say we should beat teams like these – well, today, we did in a manner I would love to see become the norm.

I thought the manager did well today both in team selection and substitutions and the team were excellent in carrying out his game plan. A 4-0 win that saw a goal apiece by loan players and a goal apiece by our full backs, nothing like variety, eh!

As we pulled away from our Room of Nonsense in the House of Culture and Learning onto the mean streets of L4, I mused on a grand day out whilst wondering what the line-up will be Wednesday... and can we win? See you there to find out.
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stan
wrong keeper, the one i am thinking about was a big number

Hodgkinson?

ED: No wrong Sheffield.