The Sunday Times - UK (2021-12-19)

22 December 19, 2021The Sunday Times 2GS

Football Results

WHY BRISTOL CITY?

My dad was a

Bournemouth fan, but

we grew up in Bristol

and he believed in

following the local

team and took steps to

encourage me to do it.

At the time, Rovers

were playing in Bath

which was 12 miles

away. So City it was.

EARLY MEMORIES

New Year’s Day, 1987, a

Bristol derby at Ashton

Gate. A dreadful game.

We had uncles down

and they decided to go.

I was pretty vocal that I

should, too. We lost 1-0,

but I didn’t mind — I

was hooked. After that,

Dad took me and my

MY

CLUB

MY FAVOURITE PLAYER

Flying winger Scott

Murray. At Ninian Park,

he was one of the first

to cup his ear to the

home fans and even

now fans post memes

of it. He’d take people

on, then go back and

beat them again,

unnecessarily. He’s the

kitman now. I’ve met

him and he’s always

been lovely to me, but I

can’t get past him

being Scott Murray.

MY LEAST FAVOURITE

PLAYER

Greg Goodridge. Just

after he arrived, he

scored twice against

Luton and with every

touch we thought,

‘We’ve signed a world

beater.’ Then he wasn’t

even in the team. He

must have been one of

those who didn’t train

well or apply himself. I

still think we missed

out on something.

NIGEL PEARSON:

A GOOD FIT?

I’m pro-Pearson. It was

a shambles when he

came in and he does

appear to have

breathed fire into the

players. The club needs

a long slow rebuild and

he has a track record of

doing that. He must be

given total licence.

HOW CAN CITY MAKE

THE LEAP OUT OF THE

CHAMPIONSHIP?

We’ve seen Adam

Webster, Joe Bryan,

Bobby Reid etc, etc, etc

sold on. I accept that,

but not to rivals who

are barely bigger. Next

time we have a team

with a genuine shot, we

have to ringfence them

and go for it.

John Aizlewood

Mark Watson’s UK tour

starts on January 20.

Ticket details from

markwatsonthecomed

ian.com

Comedian and

Bristol City fan

Mark Watson

on play-offs,

heroes and

loyalties

Pearson is doing well

brother, but he found

City losing funny... ‘Oh

dear, a bit bad today’. I

couldn’t bear that.

BEST OF TIMES

The 2004 play-off semi

second leg against

Hartlepool. We

equalised in the last

minute and won in

added time. We walked

through the Hartlepool

fans afterwards, as

sheepish as we were

cock-a-hoop.

WORST OF TIMES

The 2004 play-off final

against Brighton. Both

teams were awful. They

won it with a penalty

and it was a classic City

choke. I’m still jealous

of Brighton: they’re

living our life.

Weymouth v Eastleigh; Wrexham v Solihull

Moors. North AFC Fylde v Chorley; AFC Telford

v Chester; Alfreton v Boston; Brackley v

Kettering; Bradford PA v York; Curzon Ashton v

Southport; Farsley Celtic v Guiseley; Gateshead

v Blyth Spartans; Gloucester v Leamington;

Kidderminster v Hereford; Spennymoor v

Darlington. South Billericay v Concord Rangers

(1.0); Chelmsford v Braintree; Chippenham v

Bath; Dartford v Ebbsfleet; Dorking v Havant &

Waterlooville; Hampton & Richmond v

Eastbourne; Hemel Hempstead v St Albans;

Oxford City v Slough (1.0); Tonbridge v

Maidstone (12.30); Welling v Dulwich.

Cinch Scottish Premiership Aberdeen v

Dundee; Dundee Utd v Hibernian; Hearts v

Ross Co; Motherwell v Livingston; Rangers v

St Mirren; St Johnstone v Celtic (12.30).

Cinch Scottish Championship Ayr v Raith;

Dunfermline v Arbroath; Hamilton v Kilmarnock;

Inverness CT v Partick; Morton v Queen of

South. League One Airdrieonians v Alloa; Cove

v East Fife; Falkirk v Clyde; Queen’s Park v

Dumbarton. League Two Albion v Stranraer;

Annan v Kelty (1.0); Forfar v Stenhousemuir.

LEAGUE ONE

CAMBRIDGE U 0 ROTHERHAM 1

Barlaser 66

HT: 0-0. Att: 5,323

IPSWICH 1 SUNDERLAND 1

Norwood 45+1 Broadhead 50

HT: 1-0. Att: 29,005

MORECAMBE 0 FLEETWOOD 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 4,018

OXFORD UTD 2 WIGAN 3

Williams 33 Keane 8

Taylor 59 Power 32

McClean 86

HT: 1-2. Att: 8,354

PLYMOUTH 1 CHARLTON 0

Agard 45+2

HT: 1-0 Att: 12,711

SHREWSBURY 3 CHELTENHAM 1

Udoh 10, 48 Williams 16

Davis 78

HT: 1-1. Att: 5,741

Sent off: Bloxham (Shrewsbury) 40

Agard got all three points for

Plymouth against Charlton

PWDLF AGDPts

1 Rotherham 22 14 5 3 43 15 2847

2 Wigan 21 14 3 4 40 20 20 45

3 Sunderland 22 13 4 5 39 26 1343

4 Wycombe 22 12 6 4 36 26 1042

5 Plymouth 23 11 7 5 36 25 1140

6 Oxford Utd 22 11 6 5 36 24 1239

7 Sheff Wed 22 9 10 3 30 21 937

8 Portsmouth 22 10 6 6 28 22 636

9 MK Dons 21 10 5 6 39 27 1235

10 Accrington 22 9 3 10 29 39 -10 30

11 Ipswich 23 7 8 8 38 34 429

12 Charlton 23 8 5 10 30 28 229

13 Burton Albion 22 8 4 10 24 28-4 28

14 Cheltenham 22 7 7 8 29 40 -11 28

15 Bolton 22 7 5 10 29 33-4 26

16 Cambridge Utd 23 6 8 9 32 38-6 26

17 AFC Wimbledon20 6 7 7 30 32 -2 25

18 Fleetwood 22 5 7 10 36 40-4 22

19 Lincoln City 21 5 7 9 22 28-6 22

20 Shrewsbury 22 6 4 12 22 29-7 22

21 Morecambe 22 5 5 12 29 44 -15 20

22 Gillingham 22 3 8 11 18 34 -16 17

23 Doncaster 21 4 4 13 13 36 -23 16

24 Crewe 22 3 6 13 19 38 -19 15

BLACKBURN 4 BIRMINGHAM 0

Buckley 6

Khadra 52

Brereton 60 (pen), 79

HT: 1-0. Att: 12,148

BLACKPOOL 3 PETERBOROUGH 1

Anderson 27 Dembele 11

Carey 86

Yates 90

HT: 1-1. Att: 9,745

BRISTOL CITY 2 HUDDERSFIELD 3

Weimann 2, 90+7 Holmes 41

Sinani 46

Ward 55

HT: 1-1 Att: 18,169

MIDDLESBRO 1 BOURNEMOUTH 0

Sporar 53 (pen)

HT: 0-0. Att: 18,323

NOTTM FOREST 2 HULL 1

Grabban 55 (pen) Lewis-Potter 43

Johnson 72

HT: 0-1. Att: 26,513

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

PWDLF AGDPts

1 Fulham 22 13 6 3 51 18 3345

2 Bournemouth23 12 7 4 37 20 1743

3 Blackburn 23 12 6 5 41 27 1442

4 West Brom 23 11 8 4 30 17 1341

5 QPR 21 10 5 6 33 27 635

6 Stoke 22 10 5 7 26 21 535

7 Nottm Forest 23 9 7 7 32 25 734

8 Coventry 22 9 7 6 29 26 334

9 Middlesbrough 23 9 6 8 25 23 233

10 Huddersfield 23 9 6 8 28 27 133

11 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 030

12 Blackpool 23 8 6 9 23 27-4 30

13 Luton 22 7 8 7 31 27 429

14 Sheff Utd 21 8 5 8 28 28 029

15 Preston 22 7 7 8 24 28-4 28

16 Swansea 22 7 6 9 26 31-5 27

17 Birmingham 23 7 6 10 22 30-8 27

18 Bristol City 23 7 6 10 26 35-9 27

19 Hull 23 6 5 12 20 28-8 23

20 Cardiff 22 6 4 12 25 39 -14 22

21 @Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34-7 21

22 Peterborough 23 5 4 14 20 44 -24 19

23 Barnsley 23 2 8 13 15 34 -19 14

24 *Derby 22 5 10 7 18 21-3 4

* deducted 21pts for breaching financial rules

and for going into administration

@ deducted 6pts for breaching financial rules

ROCHDALE 3 NEWPORT CO 0

Beesley 2, 72 (pen)

Kelly 89

HT: 1-0. Att: 2,232

SALFORD 1 STEVENAGE 0

Turnbull 34

HT: 1-0. Att: 1,375

SUTTON UTD 1 HARROGATE 0

Wilson 30

HT: 1-0. Att: 2,720

TRANMERE 1 L ORIENT 0

Spearing 58

HT: 0-0

LEAGUE TWO

PWDLF AGDPts

1 Forest Green 20 13 5 2 43 20 23 44

2 Northampton 21 12 4 5 29 17 1240

3 Sutton Utd 22 11 3 8 33 27 636

4 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 1235

5 Tranmere 21 10 5 6 18 14 435

6 Newport Co 22 9 7 6 35 29 634

7 Exeter 21 8 9 4 32 24 833

8 Swindon 20 9 6 5 29 24 533

9 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 1631

10 Harrogate 22 8 6 8 35 31 430

11 Mansfield 21 8 5 8 24 26-2 29

12 Walsall 21 7 7 7 25 24 128

13 Salford 21 7 6 8 24 21 327

14 Rochdale 22 6 9 7 30 30 027

15 Hartlepool 21 8 3 10 22 31-9 27

16 Bradford City 21 5 11 5 27 25 226

17 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33-6 26

18 Crawley Town 20 7 4 9 23 30-7 25

19 Barrow 20 5 7 8 22 24-2 22

20 Colchester 20 5 7 8 16 25-9 22

21 Carlisle 21 4 7 10 15 29 -14 19

22 Stevenage 21 4 7 10 16 34 -18 19

23 Oldham 21 4 4 13 21 36 -15 16

24 Scunthorpe 21 2 10 9 16 36 -20 16

Sporar’s penalty earned a

win for Middlesbrough

Wilson, right, celebrated his

winning goal for Sutton

OTHER FOOTBALL

UPCOMING FIXTURES

FA Trophy: Third round

AFC FYLDE 0 SOLIHULL MOORS 1

Stott 21 (og)

HT: 0-1

ALDERSHOT 2 KINGSTONIAN 1

Berkeley-Agyepong 53 Ajakaiye 37

S Cooper 61 (og)

HT: 0-1

BARNET 2 BOREHAM WOOD 3

Hall 9, Fonguck 36 Marsh 14, 29 (pen), 65

HT: 2-2

BOSTON UTD 4 KIDDERMINSTER 1

Wright Jr 12, Elliott 29, 59 White 68

J Preston 80

HT: 2-0. Att: 975

CHESHUNT 0 BISHOP’S STORTFORD 0

Cheshunt won 4-3 on pens

CRAY WANDERERS 1 DARTFORD 3

Reason 75 Robinson 24, 27 (pen)

Leonard 30

HT: 0-3. Att: 473

CURZON ASHTON 1 ALFRETON TOWN 3

Dunn 45 Branson 80, Ceesay 85

Hobson 90

HT: 1-0

DOVER 0 BROMLEY 1

Lovatt 27

HT: 0-1. Att: 457

EASTLEIGH 5 ENFIELD TOWN 0

Hesketh 37, 49, 82

Hare 44, Boyce 70

HT: 2-0. Att: 877

FARSLEY CELTIC 0 SOUTHPORT 3

Archer 24, Watson 57 (pen)

Thame 70

HT: 0-1

FOLKESTONE INVICTA 2 UXBRIDGE 0

Vincent 50, Yusuff 78

HT: 0-0

HUNGERFORD TOWN 0 WEYMOUTH 1

McQuoid 84

HT: 0-0

KING’S LYNN TOWN 2 NANTWICH TOWN 1

Barrett 32, 49 (pen) Cockerline 36

HT: 1-1. Att: 643

LARKHALL ATHLETIC 2 AFC TOTTON 1

Demkiv 67, Norris 75 Kasimu 38

HT: 0-1

MATLOCK TOWN 0 YORK 1

Beck 90+2

HT: 0-0

MORPETH TOWN 3 LANCASTER CITY 3

Turner 33, Ramsey 56 Wilson 20 (pen)

L Henderson 60 Turner 41, Brockbank 89

HT: 1-2

Morpeth Town won 5-3 on pens

NEEDHAM MARKET 2 WEALDSTONE 1

Sturgess 8, Ingram 35 Buse 65

HT: 2-0. Att: 432

NOTTS COUNTY 2 ALTRINCHAM 1

Rodrigues 14 (pen) Hannigan 21

Wootton 42

HT: 2-1

PLYMOUTH PARKWAY 1 DULWICH 1

Allen 15 (pen) Diallo 90

HT: 1-0. Att: 394

Plymouth Parkway won 4-3 on pens

RADCLIFFE 0 SPENNYMOOR TOWN 1

Chandler 77

HT: 0-0

SLOUGH 3 EASTBOURNE BOROUGH 1

Tenconi 9, Worsfold 31, 61 Luer 62

HT: 2-0

SOUTHEND 2 DORKING WANDERERS 1

Dalby 42, Dennis 74 Rutherford 5

HT: 1-1

ST ALBANS 0 BRAINTREE TOWN 0

St Albans won 6-5 on pens

STOCKPORT COUNTY 4 GRIMSBY 0

Collar 12, 72, Croasdale 42

Palmer 60

HT: 2-0. Att: 2,735

STOURBRIDGE 3 AFC TELFORD 2

Gibson 54, 89 Streete 41

Styche 90+2 Daniels 66

HT: 0-1. Att: 795

TONBRIDGE ANGELS 2 TORQUAY 1

Turner 9, Olutade 86 Wright 45

HT: 1-1. Att: 719

WREXHAM 5 GLOUCESTER 0

Davies 24, 32, Cleworth 48

Thomas 56, J Jones 71

HT: 2-0. Att: 1,823

YEOVIL 3 WOKING 1

Yussuf 80, 90+5, Knowles 87 Campbell 22

HT: 0-1. Att: 1,493

Vanarama National League: North Gateshead

2 Brackley Town 0; Leamington 0 Kettering 4.

South Billericay 0 Chelmsford 0; Ebbsfleet 3

Bath 0; Hemel Hempstead 0 Chippenham 2.

Kick-off 2.0 unless stated

Today

Premier League Newcastle v Manchester City

(2.15); Tottenham v Liverpool (4.30);

Wolverhampton v Chelsea.

FA Trophy: Third round Truro City v

Dagenham & Redbridge (3.0).

Scottish Premier Sports Cup final Hibernian

v Celtic (3.0, at Hampden Park).

Women’s Super League Arsenal v Brighton

(6.45); Leicester v Birmingham; Manchester

Utd v Aston Villa (midday); Tottenham v

Everton.

Kick-off 7.45 unless stated

Tomorrow

Sky Bet Championship Fulham v Sheffield

Utd.

Tuesday

Carabao Cup: Quarter-final Arsenal v

Sunderland.

Papa John’s EFL Trophy: Second round:

North Tranmere v Harrogate Town (7.0).

South Exeter v Portsmouth.

Vanarama National League Grimsby v

Boreham Wood. North AFC Telford v Guiseley;

Kettering v Southport.

Cinch Scottish League Two Stirling Albion v

Elgin.

Wednesday

Carabao Cup: Quarter-finals Brentford v

Chelsea; Liverpool v Leicester; Tottenham v

West Ham.

Cinch Scottish Premiership Hibernian v

Aberdeen; St Johnstone v Ross County; St

Mirren v Celtic.

Cinch Scottish League One Montrose v

Peterhead. League Two Cowdenbeath v

Edinburgh City.

Kick-off 3.0 unless stated

Sunday

Premier League Aston Villa v Chelsea (5.30);

Brighton v Brentford (8.0); Burnley v Everton;

Liverpool v Leeds (12.30); Man City v

Leicester; Norwich v Arsenal; Tottenham v

Crystal Palace; West Ham v Southampton;

Wolverhampton v Watford (12.30).

Sky Bet Championship Barnsley v Stoke;

Cardiff v Coventry; Fulham v Birmingham;

Huddersfield v Blackpool; Hull v Blackburn;

Luton v Bristol City; Middlesbrough v Nottm

Forest; Millwall v Swansea; Peterborough v

Reading; Preston v Sheffield Utd. League One

AFC Wimbledon v Charlton; Accrington v

Rotherham; Bolton v Morecambe; Cheltenham

v Plymouth; Crewe v Wigan; Fleetwood v

Shrewsbury; Gillingham v Ipswich; Lincoln v

MK Dons; Portsmouth v Oxford Utd; Sheffield

Wed v Burton; Wycombe v Cambridge Utd.

League Two Bradford City v Harrogate; Bristol

Rovers v Sutton Utd; Carlisle v Rochdale (1.0);

Colchester v Leyton Orient; Exeter v Swindon;

Mansfield v Hartlepool; Newport County v

Forest Green; Northampton v Walsall; Oldham

v Scunthorpe; Port Vale v Salford; Stevenage v

Crawley; Tranmere v Barrow.

Vanarama National League Aldershot v

Woking; Barnet v Boreham Wood; Bromley v

Southend (5.20); Dover v Dagenham &

Redbridge; Halifax v Grimsby (12.30); King’s

Lynn v Notts Co; Stockport Co v Altrincham;

Torquay v Yeovil; Wealdstone v Maidenhead;