Showing posts with label npower Football League. Show all posts
Showing posts with label npower Football League. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Who did what, 2011 - 2012


GREETINGS from Reporting From The Fox Tower on an exceptionally warm afternoon, so let's proceed with today's post: Who did what, 2011 - 2012, which refers to the recently completed football season, of course!

The results of the fixtures fulfilled by Carlisle United are still outstanding on this blog, so I shall complete those first:

Carlisle United results, February 2012:

  • Saturday 4th: United 2 - Chesterfield 1
  • Saturday 11th: Stevenage v United postponed.
  • Tuesday 14th: United 0 - Tranmere Rovers 0
  • Monday 20th: Brentford 4 - United 0
  • Saturday 25th: United 3 - Yeovil Town 2
Results, March 2012 (all fixtures in npower League One):

  • Saturday 3rd: Notts County 2 - United 0
  • Tuesday 6th: United 2 - Rochdale 1
  • Saturday 10th: United 4 - Bury 1
  • Saturday 17th: Bournemouth 1 - United 1
  • Tuesday 20th: United 0 - Preston North End 0
  • Saturday 24th: Colchester United 1 - United 1
  • Tuesday 27th: MK Dons 1 - United 2
  • Saturday 31st: United 2 - Huddersfield Town 1
Results, April 2012:

  • Friday 6th: Wycombe Wanderers 1 - United 1
  • Monday 9th: United 0 - Scunthorpe United 0
  • Saturday 14th: United 0 - Charlton Athletic 1 (This result promoted Charlton Athletic)
  • Tuesday 17th: Stevenage 1 - United 0
  • Saturday 21st: Sheffield Wednesday 2 - United 1
  • Saturday 28th: United 4 - Exeter City 1
The final result, May 2012:

  • Saturday 5th: Oldham Athletic 2 - United 1
Remaining on the Carlisle United theme for the final time this season, please visit the Peter Murphy Testimonial Year website. Thank you.

The final placings, 2011 - 2012:

Beginning with the trophies:

  • Champions League: Chelsea
  • Carling Cup: Liverpool
  • Johnstone’s Paint Trophy: Chesterfield
Barclays Premier League:
Champions: Manchester CITY
Relegated: Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers

npower Championship:
Champions: Reading
Promoted: Southampton
Play off winners: West Ham United
Relegated: Portsmouth, Coventry City, Doncaster Rovers

npower League One:
Champions: Charlton Athletic
Promoted: Sheffield Wednesday
Play off winners: Huddersfield Town
(Carlisle United finished the season in 8th place)
Relegated: Wycombe Wanderers, Chesterfield, Exeter City, Rochdale

npower League Two:
Champions: Swindon Town
Promoted: Shrewsbury Town, Crawley Town
Play off winners: Crewe Alexandra
(Morecambe finished the season in 15th place)
Relegated: Hereford, Macclesfield

Blue Square Conference Premier:
Champions: Fleetwood Town
Promoted via play off: York City
(Barrow finished the season in 13th place)
Relegated: Hayes & Yeading, Darlington, Bath City, Kettering Town

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, brings down the curtain on the 2011 - 2012 football season.

And finally...

Last, but definitely not least, let's wish a Happy Birthday for today (Sunday 27 May) to Miss Stephanie Hodson, Miss Intercontinental 2011 and participant in the most recent series of ITV's Take Me Out - And yes, she did get a date! Happy Birthday Steph!






Sunday, August 8, 2010

The npower Football League 2010/2011 kick off!

THE FIRST WEEKEND of the npower Football League fixtures have been completed and here are the results:

  • The npower Championship
Bristol City 0 - Millwall 3
Burnley 1 - Nottingham Forest 0
Cardiff City 1 - Sheffield United 1
Coventry City 2 - Portsmouth 0
Crystal Palace 3 - Leicester City 2
Hull City 2 - Swansea City 0
Leeds United 1 - Derby County 2
Middlesbrough 1 - Ipswich Town 3
Norwich City 2 - Watford 3
Preston North End 0 - Doncaster Rovers 2
Queen's Park Rangers 4 - Barnsley 0
Reading 1 - Scunthorpe United 2

  • npower League One
Carlisle United 2 - Brentford 0 (Madine 22, Harte [pen] 45)
Charlton Athletic 1 - AFC Bournemouth 0
Exeter City 2 - Colchester United 2
Notts County 0 - Huddersfield Town 3
Peterborough United 3 - Bristol Rovers 0
Rochdale 0 - Hartlepool United 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2 - Dagenham & Redbridge 0
Southampton 0 - Plymouth Argyle 1
Swindon Town 1 - Brighton & Hove Albion 2
Tranmere Rovers 1 - Oldham Athletic 2
Walsall 1 - Milton Keynes Dons 2
Yeovil Town 2 - Leyton Orient 1

  • npower League Two
Accrington Stanley 0 - Aldershot Town 0
Burton Albion 0 - Oxford United 0
Bury 0 - Port Vale 1
Chesterfield 2 - Barnet 1
Crewe Alexandra 0 - Hereford United 1
Gillingham 1 - Cheltenham 1
Rotherham United 2 - Lincoln City 1
Shrewsbury Town 3 - Bradford City 1
Southend United 1 - Stockport County 1
Stevenage 2 - Macclesfield Town 2
Torquay United 3 - Northampton Town 0
Wycombe Wanderers 2 - Morecambe 0.

That completes the results for the first weekend of the npower Football League. Don't ever expect results from the Premiershit, as no one is interested in that. Get down to your local club, support them and enjoy real football!