Sunday, May 24, 2009

Live text - Sunday's football

GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)

606: DEBATE

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By Jonathan Stevenson

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Wembley starting to fill up, well, sort of. It could be an afternoon for earplugs when Millwall's near wordless anthem (if such a thing is possible) starts bouncing around the ground. Mmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeee.............. Scunthorpe supporters are vastly, vastly outnumbered. A couple of players to keep an eye on - Nadjim Abdou in the centre of midfield for Millwall. A very lively player who connects up a lot of his team's play, and Scunthorpe's Grant McCann. He has a peach of a left foot, worthy of a higher level."

1241: Millwall and Scunthorpe have, of course, met twice before this season, with the Iron winning both games. But boss Nigel Adkins still makes the Lions favourites: "We're the underdogs, clearly." No such thing in a play-off final, Nigel. No way.

1237: Fancy yourself as a Nostradamus for the modern day? Then why not have a go at forecasting the final day's results in the Premier League and seeing how the table might stand, with our Predictor?
Play BBC Sport's Predictor

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From Matt_Utd_FC on 606: "I'm excited already about today and I'm not even a fan of the 'Big Four' (today that means Boro, Newcastle, Hull and Sunderland). I'm sure there will be twists and turns, but I still think the table will be the same come 6pm. Can't see Newcastle getting anything from Villa."
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1230: Stevo's League One Predo, with the Prem ones to come a little bit later so don't you worry:
Millwall 2-3 Scunthorpe

1226: Just to clarify, from 1300 BST the main focus of this live text will be Millwall v Scunthorpe, but keep the nerve-ridden Premier League chat coming too. If you're struggling to find a score at any stage today, look top right. That's where they live in this brave new world.

Text in your views on 81111
From Jack, in a Hull pub, via text on 81111: "As a Man United fan who now lives and works in Hull, this is a no-win weekend for me. I will either be the most hated man(c) in east Yorkshire if our under-18s relegate the Tigers, or I will be the target of much merciless gloating! Ah how I love football! Come on United!"

1219: Final day of the season checklist:
Nerves of steel: tick
Champagne on ice: tick
Extra underwear: tick
Something to cry into: tick
Auto refresh: tick

The sun is out
BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Let's start with the weather - it is hot, hot, hot at Wembley and, having taken a walk around the stadium, I haven't see too much evidence of suntan cream, although there were plenty of tinnies. There could be some very sore, red heads on Monday. I was struck by the bizarre sight as I walked to the ground a few hours ago of plenty of people having BBQs in various car parks. I know they are talking about playing the Superbowl here one day but I don't think Americans use disposable ones from the supermarket."
Read Fletch's blog on Gillingham's play-off win on Saturday

1210: Of course, we mustn't forget an enormous match at Wembley before the Premier League even gets under way - it's Millwall v Scunthorpe in the League One play-off final, to decide who gets to face two from Boro/Newcastle/Hull/Sunderland next season. Team news and chat shortly, with the flawless Fletch in situ in north London already.

1207: And so it is incumbent on you to get yourselves in The Great End Of Season Mixer, as I've just dubbed it. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, what on earth you're thinking - get stuck in on 81111 on the texts, and enjoy the random musings of people like you on 606.
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1205: Welcome, then, to what REM might have called 'The End Of The World As We Know It', at least for two sets of football fans out there. It's the last day of the Premier League and it's now or never, boom or bust, live or die. Oh come on, it's a day made for clichés.

1200: In my life, I've been relegated from the Premier League three times. It's just about the most gut-wrenching, soul-destroying feeling you can suffer as a football fan, so today, my thoughts and sympathies are with Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Hull and Sunderland. They are about to endure a kind of torture only this great game of ours can subject us to. It's unadulterated, undiluted agony.

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