Saturday League Two fixtures

[NickDRFC]

On paper you probably wouldn’t get a kinder weekend all season for our rivals. We’ve got:

Colchester (13th) vs Walsall (1st)
Notts County (3rd) vs Morecambe (23rd)
Accrington (21st) vs Wimbledon (4th)
Crewe (5th) vs Newport (17th)
Swindon (14th) vs Port Vale (6th)
Bradford (7th) vs Harrogate (20th)
Salford (8th) vs Tranmere (22nd)

Looking at that you’d probably say Swindon are the likeliest to do us a favour but is there any other result you fancy to help us out?

[Butchers Red]

Colchester are on a decent run and may very well fancy taking on a faltering Walsall

[GazLaz]

Notts County and Salford look like good things. Swindon beating Port Vale wouldn’t be a surprise. Couldn’t bet Vale with stolen money. Thought Wimbledon at about 6/5 was value as well. Should be closer to evens/ odds on.

Thought Bradford looked a terrible price, worse ideas than betting Harrogate on at +0.75 on the Asian Handicap.

[Chris Black come back]

Much like they had against us, Harrogate have an exceptional record away at Bradford. Played five times in the last four seasons and won three, drawn one and lost just one (1-0). Bradford failed to score in two of those five games. They have never scored more than one goal at home to Harrogate.

[steve@dcfd]

Not just Saturday there are games on Tuesday night aswell. But there’s only Notts County that go past us with a win.
Now after Tuesday fixtures if Bradford win both today and Tuesday will be above us on the same games. If Wimbledon and Crewe win today then they play each other on Tuesday so a draw or win for either team will put either both on goal difference above us. Wimbledon will still have a game in hand but we will have game in hand on Crewe. Port Vale if they win today and draw or win on Thursday can go above us but they play Notts County. All this before we play again in the league

[DrewSouthStand]

Rossington Main are playing a home match today and I saw they offer free food to kids in case anybody needs their football fix

[NickDRFC]

Much like they had against us, Harrogate have an exceptional record away at Bradford. Played five times in the last four seasons and won three, drawn one and lost just one (1-0). Bradford failed to score in two of those five games. They have never scored more than one goal at home to Harrogate.

Taken them 2 minutes to score today so plenty of time to get that monkey off their back.

[steve@dcfd]

Bradford have won their first game in hand a win against Accrington on Tuesday they will go on 53  same games.
Let’s see what the others do now.

[Colemans Left Hook]

I did an autopsy on the Bradford Harrogate matches a whil ago

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Viking Chat / Re: Let's talk about the Harrogate Town game
« on: January 20, 2025, 12:50:09 am »
Can we create history that is the question  -or will we sulfer yet another defeat ?

Amazingly Bradford City have also have a very bad record against them

Even Leeds at home crawled over the line last week in the FA Cup 1-0 against them

https://www.11v11.com/teams/bradford-city/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Harrogate%20Town/

A couple of years ago I backed Bradford to beat them at home in the F A Cup and they lost 1-0 at home.

Since then I have  always watched how they put the indian sign on Bradford as well as us

and steer clear !!

Of the 10 meetings   Harrogate have won 7  Bradford have won 2 with 1 match drawn

12 Oct 2020   Bradford City v Harrogate Town   L   0-1   League Two
17 Apr 2021   Harrogate Town v Bradford City   L   2-1   League Two
05 Feb 2022   Harrogate Town v Bradford City   L   2-0   League Two
22 Feb 2022   Bradford City v Harrogate Town   L   1-3   League Two
01 Oct 2022   Harrogate Town v Bradford City   W   1-2   League Two
05 Nov 2022   Bradford City v Harrogate Town   L   0-1   FA Cup
29 Dec 2022   Bradford City v Harrogate Town   W   1-0   League Two
16 Sep 2023   Bradford City v Harrogate Town   D   1-1   League Two
23 Mar 2024   Harrogate Town v Bradford City   L   3-0   League Two
28 Sep 2024   Harrogate Town v Bradford City   L   2-1   League Two


https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/13291141/harrogate-2-0-cheltenham-league-two-highlights

Harrogate beat Cheltenham 2-0 on Saturday with both goals coming from corners and credited as OWN GOALS

It's funny but when we play them there is always a bad smell around  "


I decided to watch the first half of the match today Bradford scored in the first minute and easily controlled the first half and Harrogate were not in it -- but switched to Swindon v Port Vale in the second hald

So both us and Bradford broke the Harrogate Hoodoo both 1-0 - apparently Harrogate were much better in the second half - my bank manageress wanted Harrogate to lose to help Carlisle survive.  (Carlisle 1-0 up at the minute)

talking of Lazurus recoveries at the bottom of the division now called Division 2

lest we forget Paul Ince ( his first managerial job)  took over as manager at Macclesfield when they were a furlong behind at the bottom

Gillingham  as we all know did it a couple of years ago

and now we have Carlisle a team who ONCE topped what is now known as the Premiership and were on Jimmy Hill's Match of the day as they beat Chelsea 1-0 away -- even remember the scorer Bill Green - center half

donnyhound also remembers

......  so hopefully the hat-trick of Lazarus recoveries happens

update

Bradford only beat Morecame 1-0 at home in January
and Port Vale are unbeaten this year in the league 6 matches -- Swindon (young Cotterell) scored an unbelievable goal 
from outside the area  and pen  one of the PV goals should have been saved

[goalkick]

Half time being full time score would not be bad.

[Metalmicky]

HAKs scored for Salford...

[Alan Southstand]

Haks on for a hat-trick!

[Padge_DRFC]

Stays fit hes a top player in this league and still don't see a better player in our team yet bar Molyneux

[Alan Southstand]

Notts go ahead and Walsall lead.

[donnyguy]

Walsall now 1-1

[Juddy]

Colchester equalise v Walsall

[vaya]

Colchester equalise v Walsall

Second for Colchester

[Alan Southstand]

Now winning

[Juddy]

Colchester 2 1

[Metalmicky]

Notts County 2 up

[Metalmicky]

Walsall have player sent off

[Alan Southstand]

Crewe getting walloped to Newport 0-3!

[Alan Southstand]

Wimbledon draw at Accrington.

[dknward2]

Looks like we got away we the lose on Thursday now

[vaya]

Colchester are on a decent run and may very well fancy taking on a faltering Walsall

Good call.

[Butchers Red]

Good old Danny Cowley eh !!

Knob.

[PDX_Rover]

Well, barring Notts County, happy with those results today.

[mpc123]

Walsall coming down to earth a little. Football hey!

[DonnyBazR0ver]

A decent set of results overall. There are very few gimmes in this league.

Pity Grimsby came from behind to win.

[dknward2]

Now need to move on to Tuesday fixtures hopefully teams around us lose again could do with Bradford losing as they seem to be picking up some wins