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Very sad not to be travelling to Cambridge tomorrow. Basically it's just too bloody far away either by car or train - even for a fanatical, hardcore glory hunter like myself.

News on Mingoia:
"We're more than hopeful with Piero for the weekend to be part of the group," said Derry.
"Whether he can be fit enough to start is a different kind of question, but we've managed Piero really well."

If he plays it will be a good test for the Don/McConville dream partnership. Keep him and Halliday quiet and surely we will get a draw that is probably a good result.
I'm told they are solid at the back... This one has 0-0 written all over it but from a reading of the tea-leaf formation in the bottom of my cup I'm thinking Clark is getting a solo wonder goal, cutting in from the right, beating two men and stuffing one low in the onion bag.

Remember where you heard it first.

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Pierro gets a good mention off our manager, and was well worth it in my view, one of our best in recent times, hope we handle him if he plays.

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a miss hit shot thats deflected past the keeper in the last min. of added time will do me as a winner.

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That's all well and good Monkey Hanger, but did you read this in your tea leaves? Did it come upon you as in a vision from God, or just wishful thinking?

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Who gives a rats,if its correct?;)

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being a coffee drinking atheist as long as we win i couldn,t care less how its done. 3 points are 3 points as long as you get them.

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Just arrived and it's peeing down like its Accy Wakes.:mad:

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Newport county games called off due to waterlogged pitch

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Nice & dry, even sunny at times here - still rather be in Cambridge in the rain today cheering the lads on though . . . . :(

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I'm Feeling jealous Mr Spencer Street - keep the red flag flying.

Boco starts. I always feel comforted when he's in the side.

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Chapman n Brown back also looks a very strong team to me.

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Is coverage on twitter again? Can't find link on fishy site for live text on this one

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Have yeh found one Di? i sodding well aint.:confused:

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Haven't seen live text for ages.... does it still exist?
I follow on BBC text, not that good, just better than nowt.

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Dunno why things have changed? but its crap now.:(

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Twitter coverage is on, but it's saying Cambridge are winning. Which must be a mistake.

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1-0 legge:(

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No Cashy, seems there's no live text - just on twitter

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There was live text coverage for last week's game at Colchester but seems to have disappeared again

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Ta di, whats the craic this season? coverage is crap.:( This is one area that certainly aint improving fer fans.

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Notts county vs morecambe abandoned

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H.T. 1-0 down this is a bad habit to be getting into.:eek:

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And can I say that Kevin did not influence the referee's decision :hidewall:

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Good first 10 mins but didn't make much headway after conceding from a set piece. We need to raise our game.

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Time for Coley's half time hairdryer!!

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1-1 Billy KEEEEEE

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Bless his cotton socks - what would we do without him :)

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1-1 Kee again

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Boco hits post

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cmon stanley you can do it

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Oh crap Pierros scored:eek:

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Mingoia 2-1 to them

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Where are you following, Cashy?
BBC have yet to mention Romy hitting post

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Subs finally on............ with 5 minutes to go :(

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Stanley on twitter mate 2 subs on for us, they were all warming up at half time, 5 mins to go aint giving em much chance to do out imho

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Twitter

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Cheers, don't have twitter... looks like I'll have to enroll, or whatever

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SkySports is slighter better than the Beeb mate.;)

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We got a penalty:eek: Missed but we got another they had 2 sent off missed again unreal

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Eagles misses it

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don't have that either, or is it online?

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another penalty

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missed again dont deserve out

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Lost 2-1 Ridiculous state of affairs. Both subs missed, perhaps if they had been on long enough? who knows?

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Super &$%^#%%ed off.

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Well, that's BBC text binned from now on, quicker info from you guys on here!

Thought Billy was our taker? He could have had a hat trick.

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Both subs come on for a few minutes, both took penalties, both missed. Think I'd make them walk home. Especially Eagles.

Brad handled on the line for the second? Presumably tantamount to denying a goal. He shall no longer be my favourite ex player.

And that's not the only change. I will not be paying any attention to tea-leaves in future.

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How the hell did two players with fresh legs not score a penalty between 'em?? Hoping it was because their keeper played out of his skin rather than our lads cocking them up - tonight's highlights will show what the story was no doubt, not a good day at the office :(

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sod all to do wi fresh legs, they hadn't been on long enough in my view, we didn't need fresh legs the other week.

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True Cashy but still, to miss one but two??? If it was because of their fresh legs then someone else should've taken them but maybe it was just because their keeper was amazing & having saved one he'd be really confident with the second?? without being there can't really judge but wouldn't like to be our lads in that dressing room tonight.

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Wouldn't like to be Billy either,,,, sure he would have converted.

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Sean Derry: In all the time I've been in football, I don't think anyone has seen a finish like that!

Cambridge fan: The most exciting game of football ever! Norris you are a legend!

Aaarrrggghhhhhh.....

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I might only be (been) a tinpot amatuer,but even I know that you don,t let a fresh player(s) take a penalty unless there's no one else standing. Never.

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Far as im concerned being on a matter of mins, none of em should have had to take one, ridiculous to me, we scored double figures the other week with people that had played in the game. we missed the first then scored all the others.

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Likewise, i can't see the logic in letting not fully warmed up players take penalties. Very disappointing, it's cost us at least a point.:(

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Fair play to the 98 who travelled.

Must be a horrific journey home after that.

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In a lovely boozer with a nice pint, but still haven't calmed down. We just about deserved a point, were a little fortunate to get the first pen, only for a pathetic effort from Eagles more or less straight at the keeper. Second pen was stonewall, handball on the line. Gornell hit it hard but too close to the keeper at a saveable height. We didn't crack on after the equaliser but looked the more likely winners, Rommy rattling the post with a sweetly hit shot, they produced nothing of note before their winner, which was a swift counter volleyed in by Pierro. One of the most frustrating games I've seen, not just that we have missed two pens but been beaten by a clearly inferior side. We just didn't utilise our strengths. Clark is wasted on the wing, we need him to pull the oppo defence around a bit through the middle. Apologies for the rant. Just really hacked off right now.

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What an aptly named thread.

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Well Coley's interview at least sheds light on why Billy didn't take the penalties, he sounded a lot calmer about it than I expected him to - probably seething underneath though

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Billy must be in a bad way to be too injured to boot the ball 12 yards. Hope he gets better for next week.

I see Norris has now saved 4 pens this season so far.

I'm mostly ****ed off that Brad effectively cheated us. Although, I suppose that's football.

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According to Coley, Billy was carrying a knock and couldn't take the penalties. Eagles and Gornell stepped up to take, one can only assume they were confident of scoring. Shame Matty didn't pick up the ball first, as it was his header for the second penalty that cheating Brad Halliday stopped on the line with his hand!

Well done Stanley, the lads were unlucky today, sometimes cheating works and there's nothing you can do about it. :mad:

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Billy was carrying a knock and couldn't kick the ball, WHY was he still on the pitch? those that traveled, deserve an answer to that.

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I haven't had a pint, yet, so I'm less sanguine than Phil about today's performance. It was crap.
Cambridge just hassled Stanley at every turn and Stanley did not have the skill to beat them with all their pitty patty short passing, nor the nous to find the space away from their players. A draw would have almost been undeserved. Both penalties were at mid height right into the path of the diving keeper. He wasn't that good, but will no doubt be regarded a hero in Cambridge.
Only highlight of the game was Mingoia's brilliantly volleyed goal; as if his inch-perfect cross for their first wasn't enough pain to take.
Best attacking player on the pitch for first half was Boco. Most ineffective was McMarmite, who was completely nullified by Halliday. So, second half, McMarmite gets moved to the right wing (on account of him not having a left foot, maybe?) and Boco gets sidelined out on the left. It was only when Rommy decided to go looking for the ball later in the second half that he got back into the game. So for first twenty minutes of the second half, we sacrificed our most attacking player in order to accommodate our worst. Introducing two subs with a few minutes to go was the least of the problems today.
I think it'll take more than one pint to forget that display.

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Agree, Cashy. :mad:

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I get the feeling that you would criticise if 2 players who were on the pitch full 90 minutes would have missed pens because they were too tired. To say 2 players who had played 5 mins before the pen weren't properly warmed up is farcical. Its a shot from 12 yards with around a 4 yard run. Of course they were warmed up enough for that. Anyone can miss penalties, thats football.

Overall thought we were unlucky to go in one behind at half time and then played well to equalise but from then on were dreadful, giving away cheap possession but then we seemed to kick in final 15 mins before a breakaway Cambridge goal. The last minutes were unbelievable, never seen the like in football

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Get any feeling yeh want i couldn't care less.:rolleyes:

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The more I think about the match the less believable it becomes. Last year's hero scores late winning volleyed goal against us. Last year's defensive hero, who we would let him sh** our wives, turns arch villain.
Two subs both taking penalties and missing both in bloody injury time. Our hot shot striker being too injured to take them. In a grand period of 15 mins.

Think I've just got an outline plot for a short film. Can't decide whether it will be action or comedy.

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Think more a tragedy!!!!

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On for the whole game, on for five minutes doesn't mean a thing, confidence and wanting it are the things that matter BUT not wanting it just to be a hero, wanting it because you know you're going to score unless the keeper gets lucky. I,m still shaking my head, also we all know what Mingoia can do if you give him room, there are no mates on the pitch he should have been over the line before halftime!!!

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Not at todays match, but followed it when possible on the BBC sports app. Couldn't believe the 60% plus possession Stanley seemed to have in the first 15 minutes and the amount of fouls committed by Cambridge, which almost appeared to be one every few minutes. Thought we were going to walk it until they scored in the 14th minute. Then the BBC app failed after half time, so shocked when I heard what happened in the second half!!!
Any team that can't convert the gift of two penalties so late in the game don't deserve to claim to be contenders for promotion. After Tuesday's game against Mansfield, when 'sky high' Lacy wasted two valuable free kicks in front of goal before punting another one over the Clayton end in the dying minutes, I think the first order of the day for squad training should be shooting practise. :mad:

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Can't comment on today's game as wasn't there but if I remember rightly it was Steven Hewitt who on Tuesday took the two free kicks which went into orbit & not Paddy Lacey - if you're going to slag a player off at least get the right one??

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From my memory it was Hewitt with the first and Lacey with the second on Tuesday

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My night vision ain't what it used to be, especially when the free kicks at the far end of the field, so if I was mistaken I apologise to Mr Lacey.
I shall be making an appointment at Specsavers first thing Monday to have my monocle checked. However, whether it was Lacey or Hewitt, it doesn't alter the fact that we cannot afford to squander valuable scoring opportunities when they present themselves. :o

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Hewitt definitely took the two towards the Coppice End on Tuesday, he did ok during the game but please JC don't put the lad on free kicks again anytime soon - Sean was also in the vicinity before the kicks were taken & can't help thinking if he'd taken them with the same outcome there'd have been pages on here about it ��

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Could be worse could be the Yeovil fan that got kicked out by Plymouth stewards for signing a chant at the Plymouth 'murderer' keeper

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Well 11 games played and 15 points on the board. Not good enough for the playoffs but maybe good enough for mid-table mediocrity at the end of the season. The clubs going forward off the pitch, so at least we can expect to be playing matches in 2017.....😀.....a time for optimism...🤔

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Having slept in it I remain baffled. Bring two subs on but leave a crocked player on. Got totally bullied by their lump of a sub. Leave Mingoia totally unmarked. Move players around to accommodate McConville. As for the pens I could not believe what I was seeing.
It's only a few weeks ago Conneely was getting stuck in here - but Jesus he's a big miss in centre mid. Brown not the same player without him alongside. Quicker that's firgit about the better. On to the next one.
Bacon sandwich and coffee was good ..........

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with all the law changes in football isn,t it about time a penalty goal is given for handball on the line if in the refs. opinion the ball was going in. penalty tries seem to work in both codes of rugby. not looking for excuses for the lads that missed but its something i,ve thought about before.

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Do you guys know for £5 a month you get live local radio commentary for most away games?

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We narrowly lost away to club from a city with a population of a quarter of a million that's hit a decent run of form. We had more shots on goal, equal possession despite our captain and ace winger being injured. It was a fluke ending that will never happen again.

We still have 10 points from the last 5 league games.

There, I've made myself feel better already.

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Still can't believe what I witnessed in Studentsville. Poor as we were had Rommy's shot snuck in we'd have won comfortably. What Eagles was doing I've no idea. If that goes in there isn't one for Tel to miss. Smash it down the middle if in doubt I say. Desperately missing Jonno's spark.

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Got to say I was a little disappointed with Piero, it was a cracking goal but did he really need to celebrate quite so much? It's not like he left on bad terms or anything & I think he could've followed Podge's example, he scored twice against his old team yesterday but didn't celebrate at all, just walked quietly away from the goalmouth on both occasions which in my book showed a bit of respect for Grimsby - just my opinion of course, the goal hurt enough without having the knife twisted:(

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I don't have a problem with ex players celebrating. In fact it's become quite the boring cliche not to now. They pay his wages now and he's just bagged a screamer in front of a sizable contingent of family and friends who were at the game.

As long as they don't go over the top or rub ex supporters' noses in it a la Rory at the Shay in 06 (who didn't even get the goal himself by the way :mad::mad:)

To be fair to the Italian Accringtonian he made a special effort to come over an clap the travelling 98 at the end of the game.

It did however make the day worse as we all knew inevitably he'd pop up. Sod's law it's a wonder goal which proved to be the winner.

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Well said Alvin the Chipmunk. being forced to wear poppies, making it illegal to tell plump children to lose weight, having to cancel football matches when the clubhouse cat dies for fear of offending pet lovers..... Why can't people behave how they want? If you want to be Denis Law, be Denis Law but we all know they are doing cartwheels of joy in their heads.

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What determines whether a LIKE symbol appears on a post?

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Writing the post determines it simple as.;)

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The clicking of the like button (on the right of the comment display box) possibly? :)

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So where are the like symbols on the above posts #70 and 86?

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Think its just acting the goat a bit mate, post 80 on mines got an unlike not a like.:confused:

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Now I,m really confused, where is your post 80?

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yer not as confused as me, its Lord Ds post now that says unlike and is 80.:confused:n i aint been drinking.

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Don't want to distract the thread from the subject of like buttons but, to get back to the match, having just watched the goals and non-goals, what is most amazing, and very disappointing, is that with the last penalty there was not a single Stanley player, other than Gornell, anywhere near the penalty area. There were four Cambridge lads rushing in to clear it, but not a single Stanley player with the nous to follow up the spot kick for the rebound. Basic stuff in footie, but it summed up what was a lacklustre performance yesterday.

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Must be my computer Lord Ds post says like on mine but I just checked several other posts of mine and none of them have a like symbol on. Must be a Canadian thing or summat eh.

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Sounds like a a bad day all round Exile. Lets hope they learn from their mistakes.

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Forget the post numbers Fella, normally to the right of the screen on the (apparent) line below the text comment is the word like. If you right click on this on someones comment it registers in their comment box, click on it again & the "like" disappears.

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And I thought I was confused before! There is no LIKE on my posts. I just wondered why.
I know how the like button works. Thanks anyway Dave.

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No problem with ex players celebrating yet still haven't forgiven Rory from 2006, hmmmmm?? :rolleyes: :)
Fair play to Piero that he came over to acknowledge the Stanley fans, not being there I obviously didn't know that - he's back in the good books :D

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and there was the biggest love in ever after the game with his ex team mates, coaches and directors.

Whatever floats your boat.

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Ah, bless him - we should've kidnapped him & brought him home :)

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He wouldn't have gone but for his bird, see how women mess football up.:D