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Standings: English Coca-Cola League Two

November 27, 2004League Two

OVERALL HOME AWAY

P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD

S****horpe 19 11 5 3 34 18 8 1 1 21 9 3 4 2 13 9 38 16

Swansea 19 10 3 6 20 17 7 1 2 12 7 3 2 4 8 10 33 3

Yeovil 19 9 4 6 34 26 6 2 1 22 8 3 2 5 12 18 31 8

Leyton Orient 19 8 7 4 29 24 3 4 2 14 11 5 3 2 15 13 31 5

Lincoln City 19 8 6 5 30 23 3 4 3 19 17 5 2 2 11 6 30 7

Macclesfield 19 9 3 7 23 21 5 2 2 12 9 4 1 5 11 12 30 2

Bury 19 7 7 5 28 23 4 3 2 13 7 3 4 3 15 16 28 5

Southend 19 8 4 7 29 28 6 2 2 17 10 2 2 5 12 18 28 1

Darlington 19 7 6 6 22 17 3 3 3 9 8 4 3 3 13 9 27 5

Northampton 19 7 6 6 24 22 4 4 1 13 7 3 2 5 11 15 27 2

Cheltenham 19 7 6 6 17 16 4 3 3 9 9 3 3 3 8 7 27 1

Wycombe 19 7 6 6 19 19 3 4 3 9 10 4 2 3 10 9 27 0

Rochdale 19 8 3 8 22 25 5 1 4 13 13 3 2 4 9 12 27 -3

Boston Utd 19 6 8 5 25 21 5 4 0 15 8 1 4 5 10 13 26 4

Bristol Rovers 19 6 7 6 20 20 4 4 1 12 9 2 3 5 8 11 25 0

Mansfield 19 6 6 7 23 20 5 2 3 16 10 1 4 4 7 10 24 3

Grimsby 19 6 6 7 21 19 4 4 1 14 6 2 2 6 7 13 24 2

Notts County 19 6 5 8 22 24 3 3 4 12 11 3 2 4 10 13 23 -2

Chester 19 5 8 6 18 26 3 3 4 9 14 2 5 2 9 12 23 -8

Oxford Utd 19 6 4 9 15 23 4 2 3 9 6 2 2 6 6 17 22 -8

Rushden & D'monds 19 5 6 8 17 21 3 3 4 9 10 2 3 4 8 11 21 -4

Shrewsbury 19 4 6 9 18 26 3 3 3 11 8 1 3 6 7 18 18 -8

Cambridge Utd 19 3 7 9 16 22 3 2 4 8 9 0 5 5 8 13 16 -6

Kidderminster 19 3 3 13 9 34 3 2 5 7 14 0 1 8 2 20 12 -25

More, much more, than just a funny name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Laws: Chelsea tie is like winning lottery

S****horpe manager Brian Laws felt like he had 'won the lottery' after learning his team would play Barclays Premiership leaders Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup.

Laws was doing his Christmas shopping in Sheffield with his wife when the draw was made but managed to watch it in an electrical goods store - and admitted his joyous reaction to facing Chelsea drew some strange looks from his fellow shoppers.

'I made a bit of a fool of myself right in the centre of the shop. People looked scared of me, they thought I was a lunatic,' Laws told BBC Radio Five Live.

The contrast between the League Two leaders and Chelsea's assembly of superstars, all financed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, could hardly be more stark, and Laws insisted he was relishing the tie at Stamford Bridge.

'It was like winning the lottery. This is what the FA Cup is all about. It's one of those draws that fires your imagination,' he added.

'For a long, long time the draw hasn't been fair to a lot of lower-league clubs - they just want their rewards. They know they're not going to win the FA Cup but getting a plum tie in the third round is like a lottery win and it's what they're in there for.'

Laws, whose side reached the third round by beating League One side Wrexham, knows the only chance his side have of causing a huge upset is if Jose Mourinho's side become complacent.

'We will go there and enjoy it. I experienced games like this when I was a player at Nottingham Forest - the one thing you fear is the element of cup history and the element of surprise,' Laws said.

'They might turn up a bit relaxed and all of a sudden they're in a really tough situation. They don't know anything about us, that's the beauty of it.

'I have already decided my formation - one up front and 10 in defence.'

The Iron could pocket around £250,000 from the tie, money Laws insists would make a huge difference to his club.

'It's the difference between us progressing even further and possibly buying new players,' he said.

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The steeley iron come roaring back away to score two in the final two minutes. Coca-Cola League One, here we come! Chelsea, start shaking!

English League Two

Cambridge Utd 1 - 2 S****horpe

CU:Richard Hodgson (35)

Iron: Andy Crosby (88),Cleveland Taylor (90)

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Laws salutes Iron recovery

Rushden & D 1-3 S****horpe

S****horpe boss Brian Laws praised the League Two leaders' powers of recovery after they battled back from being 1-0 down to win 3-1 at Rushden & Diamonds.

"Everybody wants to take points off us," the Iron manager explained.

"Credit to Rushden, they came at us and we didn't handle it as well as we usually do. I couldn't wait for half-time, so I could change things.

"We came in at 1-1, tightened things up and then looked the better team. Andy Butler took his two goals very well."

Coca-Cola Football League Two Table

P GD PTS

1 S****horpe 22 20 47

2 Yeovil 22 11 40

3 Swansea 22 7 39

4 Southend 22 3 35

5 Northampton 22 5 34

6 Wycombe 22 2 34

7 Macclesfield 22 1 34

8 Darlington 22 7 33

9 Boston Utd 22 6 32

10 Cheltenham 22 3 32

11 Leyton Orient 22 1 32

12 Lincoln City 22 5 31

13 Rochdale 22 -2 31

14 Bury 22 4 30

15 Bristol Rovers 22 3 30

16 Mansfield 22 4 28

17 Grimsby 22 2 28

18 Oxford Utd 22 -8 26

19 Chester 22 -12 24

20 Notts County 22 -8 23

21 Rushden & D'monds 22 -7 22

22 Shrewsbury 22 -12 19

23 Cambridge Utd 22 -8 17

24 Kidderminster 22 -27 15

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quote:Originally posted by bettermirror

i was on the total club manager board and someone there mentioned there was a canuck (at-least part canuck) on s****horpe. why is this news to me?

S****horpe...Canadian...news to me too...anybody recognise any names from this squad list?

1 Tom Evans G 6-0 168 28

21 Adam Capp G NA NA -

23 Paul Musselwhite G 6-2 198 36

26 Josh Lillis G NA NA -

2 Nathan Stanton D 5-9 157 23

3 Kevin Sharp D 5-9 165 30

4 Andy Crosby D 6-2 189 31

5 Mark Jackson D 5-11 168 27

7 Matthew Sparrow D 5-11 146 23

12 Lee Ridley D 5-9 163 23

18 Andy Butler D 6-2 198 21

25 Marcus Williams D NA NA -

6 Cliff Byrne M 6-0 179 22

8 Wayne Graves M 5-8 147 24

11 Ian Baraclough M 6-1 170 34

14 Peter Beagrie M 5-8 168 39

15 Cleveland Taylor M NA NA 21

16 Terry Barwick M 5-11 152 21

19 Richard Kell M 6-1 153 25

20 Lee Featherstone M 6-0 176 21

24 Russell Penn M NA NA -

9 Paul Hayes S 6-0 170 21

10 Steve Torpey S 6-3 209 34

17 Andy Parton S 5-10 168 21

28 Tom Brighton S NA NA -

29 Michael Rankine S NA NA [?]

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quote:Originally posted by beachesl

S****horpe...Canadian...news to me too...anybody recognise any names from this squad list?

According to the official site, Kevin Sharp is Canadian. (Too bad it wasn't spelled Kevan Sharpe.)

http://www.s****horpe-united.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/Profiles/0,,10442~9965,00.html

Link obviously won't work. You have to add some letters.

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I doubt it. He was capped at a youth level a long time ago (he's now 30 years old), before the current rules that allow switches were in place.

EDIT: beachesl tells me that he can actually switch, but has to do so before next week! But I don't know, he's 30 now and will be 34-36 at the next WCQ/WC. Furthermore, he was apparently considered by Canada for 1998 WCQ but wasn't interested.

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He has to apply with FIFA before the grandfather clause comes in on December 31 (next week)

because he is now overage.Maybe somebody should send him an email!

Basic Rule: One switch before 21 if eligible for both teams at time of playing for original youth team, the exception for overage players who have not played for Senior team runs out end of next week (the "french exception" for Kanoute and others.)

DJT has told me that he was invited to p[lay with 1998 WCQ team, but said he wasn't interested.

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Guest Jeffery S.

Long interview on a Spanish local tv. network in a Basque pub with ex-S****horpe Spanish player Alex Calvo-Garcia, who played there for 8 years before retiring last summer. Great details about the club, fans, style of play, the Wembley promotion final, and other details such as who are the S****horpe greats in history (at his very start Keegan, Ray Clemens, seems also Robbie Fowler went through there). Funny interview with young fans and others at his homage game last May I think it was.

Found this article that sums up a lot of what was commented in this tv interview I saw tonight.

http://www.s****horpeunited-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED16&id=146177

You'll have to clean up the url as our silly censor got to it.

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