Season 2020/21: The Trophy Lifts, Promotions and Relegations

 

HERE are the placings that matter throughout the divisions, as well as the teams that lifted the trophies in Season 2020/21:

Premier League:

Champions: Manchester City (Trophy Lift above)

Relegated: Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham.

EFL Championship:

Champions: Norwich City

Promoted: Watford

Play-Off Winners: Brentford

Relegated: Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe Wanderers.

EFL League One:

Champions: Hull City (Trophy Lift above)

Promoted: Peterborough United

Play-Off Winners: Blackpool

Relegated: Swindon Town, Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town and Rochdale.

EFL League Two:

Champions: Cheltenham Town

Promoted: Cambridge United (pictured below) and Bolton Wanderers

Play-Off Winners: Morecambe

(Carlisle United finished 10th; Barrow finished 21st)

Relegated: Southend United and Grimsby Town.

Cambridge United celebrate promotion (Picture: Cambridge News)

National League:

Champions: Sutton United

Promoted via Play-Offs: Hartlepool United

There are no relegations from the National League, as Macclesfield Town were expelled and Dover Athletic had their results expunged.

Trophies (in chronological order, throughout the season):

EFL Cup: Manchester City

EFL Trophy: Sunderland

UEFA Europa League: Villarreal

FA Cup: Leicester City (pictured below)

UEFA Champions League: Chelsea.

Leicester City celebrate winning the FA Cup, 15 May 2021.

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My AM Archive: November 2009

 YOU are most welcome to My AM Archive, a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: August 2009, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

November 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 14 November [2009]: 1700 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  '1989: Day by Day' hosted by John Tusa, closes. BBC News at 5pm: Heavy storms in the South of England, the Port of Dover was closed at lunchtime. Good to fair reception, 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Logged to 1710 UTC.
• 14 November: 1717 UTC: 603 kHz: France Info  French language speaking male, three-tone tune, speech. Good to fair reception, 300 kW via Lyon, F (France). Speech by male includes interviews with male on telephone regarding restaurants and food. Short music break, speech. ID at 1724 UTC, female reporting live from OB, including speech by male. Reporting live from sporting event. Logged to 1727 UTC.
• 14 November: 1750 UTC: 612 kHz: RNE 1  Vitoria, E (Spain) 10 kW. Fair to poor reception. Male and female, both in Spanish language, report from sporting event. Music. Logged to 1758 UTC.

RTBF (Belgium) QSL card, November 2009.

• 14 November: 1915 UTC: 621 kHz: RTBF 1  Music: Robbie Williams 'Bodies', female host, sport update, male at sports event on telephone. Wavre, Belgium (BEL) 300 kW. Female reads football scores, reports from males in football grounds. Excellent to good reception. Logged to 1926 UTC.
• 14 November: 1940 UTC: 630 kHz: NRK Euuropakanalen  Vigra, NOR (Norway) 100 kW. Male speech followed by music. Male host with music programme. Excellent to good reception. Logged to 1946 UTC.
• 14 November: 1950 UTC: 630 kHz: Voice of Russia  Male speech in the German language, music. Fair to poor reception. Logged to 20 UTC.
• 14 November: 20:08 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE 1  E (Spain) up to 300 kW. Excellent to fair reception. Male commentary of Spanish football. Logged to 20:16 UTC.
• 14 November: 2024 UTC: 639 kHz: Czech Radio 2  Prague, TCH (Czech Republic) 1500 kW. Male speech: good, clear speech. Music. Male speech continues after music: Interview. Excellent to good reception. Music: Instrumental version of Lionel Richie 'Say You, Say Me'. Logged to 2030 UTC.
• 14 November: 2048 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service  Good to fair reception, 500 kW via Orford Ness, Suffolk. Drama or a play with discussion by the author. Logged to 2058 UTC.

RNE 1 verification letter, November 2009.

• 14 November: 2103 UTC: 657 kHz: "I believe I may hear RNE 5 via Madrid, but propagation makes channel use impossible."
• 14 November: 2109 UTC: 666 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk (SWR)  Rohrdorf, D (Germany) 150 kW. German language speech lead by male, with comments from male and female. Male making speech to audience with applause and laughter. Good reception. Logged to 2115 UTC.
• 14 November: 2122 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria  Male speaking in the Dutch language. Excellent to good reception, Lopik, HOL [Holland] 120 kW. Male speaking continues. Logged to 2130 UTC.

Contact details [correct at the time] for the above broadcasters:

France Info:
Jean-Gerard Robichez, Directeur-adjoint de France Info, 116 Avenue du Président Kennedy, 75220 Paris cedex 16

RNE Radio Nacional

Plaza de Simón Bolivar 13, 01003 Vitoria - Gasteiz

RTBFi

Reyerslaan 52, bus BRR016, 1044 Brussels

NRK

N-0340 Oslo, Bj. Bjørnsons Plass 1

Český rozhlas 2

Vinohradská 12, 120 99 Prague 2, Czech Republic

Sudwestrundfunk

Hans-Bredowstrabe, D-76530 Baden-Baden

Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen

Postbus 5045, 5201 GA 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH Nederland

Reporting From The Fox Tower bears no responsibility for the use of the above contact details, which may no longer respond.

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My AM Archive: August 2009

BBC Sport Journalist Ivan Gaskell, 1991.

 THIS is My AM Archive, a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: March 2009, featured a log of BBC Radio Stoke, with a transmission map of their coverage area, dating from around 1991.

Also included in my archive of items collected from broadcasters over the last thirty-plus years, was a publicity photograph of broadcaster Ivan Gaskell during his time at BBC Radio Stoke (pictured left). Attached was a programme schedule for Saturday 11th May, 1991, with Ivan Gaskell's Sportsbeat on air at 1:30pm, covering Port Vale v Swindon Town, Reading v Stoke City and Crewe [Alexandra] v Mansfield Town.

Ivan's current profile can be seen on his IGTV website.

This post brings Medium Wave memories of August 2009.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

August 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 16 August [2009]: 1908 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Music: 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning!' Show tunes. Good reception. Music from 'Oklahoma!'. Music from Flanaghan & Allen. Transmission: 2 kW via Dumfries. Bud Flanaghan sang theme music for 'Dad's Army'. Music: 'I'm Getting Married In The Morning' / 'Get Me To The Church On Time'.
  Female vocalist on 'I Get A Kick Out Of You' - Elaine Page. Cole Porter.
  Guest: Andrew Bounder - 'Jerry Springer The Opera'.  Logged to 1937 UTC.
• 16 August: 1940 UTC: 594 kHz: HR - Info [Germany]  Live event - German language speech.
  Berlin athletics event - Usain Bolt - 100 metres Champion - Gold medal - New world record - 9.58 seconds.
  Broadcast is Germany: Hessischer RF / HR Skyline Frankfurt, D (Germany). 100 - 400 kW / 250 kW.
  Commentary / speech / reaction to 20 UTC; News. Programme: Debate before live audience (applause). Excellent to good reception.  Logged to 2012 UTC.
  [Contact details: hr - info, Hessischer Rundfunk, Bertramstraße 8, D-60320 Frankfurt. Website: hr-online.de]
• 16 August: 2023 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  Fair reception; 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Male discusses job seekers, close of discussion. Continuity announcer introduces actor John Hurt, with Appeal for the International Rescue Committee. Website: bbc.co.uk/radio4/appeal
  Continuity announcer: Laura Kuensberg previews 'Westminster Hour' prior to 'In Business' on air now (2030 UTC).  Logged to 2035 UTC.

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Calling Antigua: Roxanne Leah Townsend.

Roxanne Leah Townsend, Antigua, March 2021.

REPORTING From The Fox Tower has always been a proud supporter of Roxanne Leah Townsend through the years, with a chapter of posts celebrating her time in Mexico in 2014, posts celebrating her Birthday (2016) and posts just celebrating how magnificent Miss Townsend is; how magnificent Roxanne Leah is.

Enjoy the links to the previous posts in the wording above.

Rox is now based in Antigua and the images in this post are from a recent shoot featured on her social media.

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Roxanne Leah Townsend, Antigua, March 2021.

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Season 2020/21 : Season's End

 

AFTER Season 2019/20 was curtailed due to the pandemic, it was pleasing to see a full season.

Season 2020/21 has come to a close for Carlisle United Football Club and here are the final set of results for April and May 2021.

Results: April 2021

Saturday 3rd [April]: League Two: Southend United 0 - United 2

Tuesday 6th: League Two: United 2 - Scunthorpe United 0

Saturday 10th: League Two: Barrow 2 - United 2

Tuesday 13th: League Two: Newport County 0 - United 0

Saturday 17th: League Two: United 0 - Port Vale 0

Tuesday 20th: League Two: Bolton Wanderers 1 - United 0

Saturday 24th: League Two: United 1 - Harrogate Town 1

Tuesday 27th: League Two: Cheltenham Town 1 - United 1

Results: May 2021

Saturday 1st [May]: League Two: Leyton Orient 2 - United 3

Saturday 8th: League Two: United 0 - Walsall 0

Here's to season 2021/22!

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Introducing Lotte (Courtesy of TikTok)

 ENJOY some of Taylor Swift's greatest music, courtesy of Lotte!

@teatimetay.13

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♬ The old Taylor CAN come to the phone right now - Julie (Taylor’s Version)

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Music Playlist (Album in brackets):

'Our Song'  ( Taylor Swift )

'You Belong With Me' ( Fearless (Taylor's Version) )

'Sparks Fly' ( Speak Now )

'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' ( RED )

'Welcome To New York' ( 1989 )

'...Ready For It?' ( reputation )

'ME!' ( Lover )

'cardigan' ( folklore )

'willow' ( evermore )

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My AM Archive: March 2009

 THE audio landscape of the Medium Wave band is undergoing sweeping changes here in the UK, as April 30, 2021, saw the closure of four transmitters on 828 kHz (Leeds), 999 kHz (Preston), 1152 kHz (Manchester) and 1161 kHz (Hull). Latterly broadcasting Greatest Hits and Magic, though formerly broadcasting some of the great nostalgic names of British radio: Radio Aire on 828 kHz; Red Rose Gold on 999 kHz and Piccadilly Radio on 1152 kHz.

The BBC are to close a number of Local / Regional radio transmitters over the course of May and June 2021, as detailed in this Facebook post from the British DX Club:

The BBC has now announced the dates in May and June that seventeen more of its medium wave transmitters will close....

Posted by BDXC - British DX Club on Friday, 23 April 2021

As these closures take place, at least enjoy the nostalgia brought by My AM Archive, a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: January 2009, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 12 March [2009]: 2050 UTC: 1458 kHz: Sunrise Radio  Excellent to good reception via Brookmans Park, London, 125 kW. Male broadcaster with Asian music, "Eight minutes to nine o'clock, thank you for all your messages". Logged to 2058 UTC.
• 12 March: 2122 UTC: 1485 kHz: SER  Spain. Excellent to good reception. 2 - 5 kW, transmission site not identified. Speech in Spanish language by male and female. Logged to 2128 UTC.
• 12 March: 2133 UTC: 1494 kHz: France Info  Excellent to good reception. Speech by female with jingles, music background. Transmission site: Clermont-Ferrand, France, 20 kW. Logged to 2140 UTC.
• 12 March: 2144 UTC: 1503 kHz: BBC Radio Stoke  Music: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing', male host, six eggs in a basket puzzle, email from listener. Music, really strong signal, telephone number: 0845 303... Interference from a Spanish broadcast. 0845 303 9303 was the contact number. Male host talks of baby crying in restaurant. Music: Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 'What Have I Done To Deserve This'. Female caller (Sheila) from Nottinghamshire / Lincolnshire talking about school days. Good reception. BBC ID. Music: The Korgis.
  22 UTC: ID 'This is BBC Radio Stoke'. News headlines: M5 motorway closed until 1am following road traffic accident. Man poisoned himself. Business loses trade; closes? Olympic Champion. Royal Hospital in Chelsea now accepts Ladies. Weather: Dry, cloudy, 12°C highest temperature. BBC Stoke text: 07786 201038.
  1 kW, Sideway, Staffordshire. Logged to 2210 UTC.

BBC Radio Stoke transmission map, c.1991.

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