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One of the most 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐲 clashes you'll see all season
The spoils are shared at Coopers Stadium after Adelaide United and Auckland FC shared an action-packed i all draw.
Adelaide United and Auckland FC have played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at Coopers Stadium as the battle at the summit approaches its climax.
Ethan Alagich slammed home the opener after 25 minutes but Felipe Gallegos responded with a cracking volley to equalise in the second half. The drama built and built but even after 100 minutes of football the teams couldn’t be separated.
Adelaide’s fourth 1-1 draw in their last five games leaves them in third and means that the gap to second-placed Auckland stays at four points. For the Black Knights, they’ve made up a little ground on Newcastle at the top – separated from the leaders by just three points.
The spoils are shared at Coopers Stadium after Adelaide United and Auckland FC shared an action-packed i all draw.
Adelaide United and Auckland FC have played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at Coopers Stadium as the battle at the summit approaches its climax.
Ethan Alagich slammed home the opener after 25 minutes but Felipe Gallegos responded with a cracking volley to equalise in the second half. The drama built and built but even after 100 minutes of football the teams couldn’t be separated.
Adelaide’s fourth 1-1 draw in their last five games leaves them in third and means that the gap to second-placed Auckland stays at four points. For the Black Knights, they’ve made up a little ground on Newcastle at the top – separated from the leaders by just three points.
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Millwall come from behind in the 2nd half to defeat Middlesbrough 2-1
Josh Coburn returned to haunt old club Middlesbrough with a second-half double as Millwall came from behind to win their crucial Championship promotion encounter and go second in the table.
Boro dominated the first half and deservedly led through a header from captain Dael Fry.
But having been relieved to only go in one down, Alex Neil's side regrouped at half-time and responded when Coburn's powerful close-range volley squirmed through the grasp of goalkeeper Sol Brynn and crept over the line.
A £5m signing from Boro last summer, 23-year-old Coburn then delivered the decisive blow in the 86th minute when he steered a shot into the bottom corner.
The three points allowed Millwall to jump from fourth to second, leapfrogging Boro, who sink to third, with Ipswich Town, not in action on Friday, three points behind the Lions with two games in hand.
But defeat compounded Middlesbrough's jitters as it is now four games without a win for them after this painful loss.
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Millwall come from behind in the 2nd half to defeat Middlesbrough 2-1
Josh Coburn returned to haunt old club Middlesbrough with a second-half double as Millwall came from behind to win their crucial Championship promotion encounter and go second in the table.
Boro dominated the first half and deservedly led through a header from captain Dael Fry.
But having been relieved to only go in one down, Alex Neil's side regrouped at half-time and responded when Coburn's powerful close-range volley squirmed through the grasp of goalkeeper Sol Brynn and crept over the line.
A £5m signing from Boro last summer, 23-year-old Coburn then delivered the decisive blow in the 86th minute when he steered a shot into the bottom corner.
The three points allowed Millwall to jump from fourth to second, leapfrogging Boro, who sink to third, with Ipswich Town, not in action on Friday, three points behind the Lions with two games in hand.
But defeat compounded Middlesbrough's jitters as it is now four games without a win for them after this painful loss.
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Queens Park Rangers finish on top of Watford 2-1
Paul Smyth scored one goal and made another as QPR claimed a third successive win to all but end lacklustre Watford's already slim hopes of sneaking into the Championship play-off places.
Smyth's clever cushioned header left Rayan Kolli with an open goal to earn a deserved interval lead and set Rangers on their way to a victory that takes them level on points with the ninth-placed Hornets.
Harvey Vale, who earlier hit the post with a curling strike, and Kolli both went close to adding to the lead either side of the interval, before the outstanding Smyth blasted in a second from close range.
Queens Park Rangers finish on top of Watford 2-1
Paul Smyth scored one goal and made another as QPR claimed a third successive win to all but end lacklustre Watford's already slim hopes of sneaking into the Championship play-off places.
Smyth's clever cushioned header left Rayan Kolli with an open goal to earn a deserved interval lead and set Rangers on their way to a victory that takes them level on points with the ninth-placed Hornets.
Harvey Vale, who earlier hit the post with a curling strike, and Kolli both went close to adding to the lead either side of the interval, before the outstanding Smyth blasted in a second from close range.
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Champion @happy_tiger - are we all rooting for League One side Port Vale??
Oh, and don't forget the Hammers ... 😉
And the Gunners ..... 😉
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Champion @happy_tiger - are we all rooting for League One side Port Vale??
Oh, and don't forget the Hammers ... 😉
And the Gunners ..... 😉
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Did someone ask who would be the next NRL coach to be sacked??
Just see this article from BBC Sport (written today) and how cutthroat clubs are across 4 divisions of professional football in England - and it mirrors football clubs across the globe:
With those stats still so high, I am sure people outside the game must be wondering about the process of appointing a manager.
In my day, I never once put on a presentation in front of a chairman or board of directors as part of any interview process.
Usually it was your management record, and your relative success with the respective budgets you'd been given, that would seal the deal.
Today, that has all changed. Many managers and coaches, I'm told, pay to have these presentations professionally prepared for them.
Before you get to that stage, however, club owners and chairmen will rely on their sporting director and chief executive to compile a list of names.
As I've mentioned in previous columns about the lack of opportunities now for British managers, with so many foreign owners in our game, there are lots of foreign sporting directors too, so it is not surprising they appoint managers and coaches they know.
Also, the agents who have assisted the owners when they purchased the club, will often have a big say on who the sporting director is too.
Players will also flow into some clubs in a similar fashion, I'm sure, and I'm afraid all of this impinges on managers and coaches from this country, who are not part of that network.
Academy coaches from the top clubs are finding a way through the system, as I am sure their contacts with clubs' young players is part of their appeal.
It is definitely a route into management that is worth following but I am sure any ex-professionals who have followed it will have quickly been exposed to the key difference between managing at academy level and being in charge of a club's first team.
Unlike academy football, which is about development, first-team football is about winning.
Every week you will be judged on your result and, no matter what philosophy you employ, the fanbase and the people above you will react accordingly.
Just see this article from BBC Sport (written today) and how cutthroat clubs are across 4 divisions of professional football in England - and it mirrors football clubs across the globe:
How do clubs appoint managers anyway?
Around 40% of clubs in England's top four divisions of men's football have changed their manager this season, and one in four of those teams have made more than one change.With those stats still so high, I am sure people outside the game must be wondering about the process of appointing a manager.
In my day, I never once put on a presentation in front of a chairman or board of directors as part of any interview process.
Usually it was your management record, and your relative success with the respective budgets you'd been given, that would seal the deal.
Today, that has all changed. Many managers and coaches, I'm told, pay to have these presentations professionally prepared for them.
Before you get to that stage, however, club owners and chairmen will rely on their sporting director and chief executive to compile a list of names.
As I've mentioned in previous columns about the lack of opportunities now for British managers, with so many foreign owners in our game, there are lots of foreign sporting directors too, so it is not surprising they appoint managers and coaches they know.
Also, the agents who have assisted the owners when they purchased the club, will often have a big say on who the sporting director is too.
Players will also flow into some clubs in a similar fashion, I'm sure, and I'm afraid all of this impinges on managers and coaches from this country, who are not part of that network.
Academy coaches from the top clubs are finding a way through the system, as I am sure their contacts with clubs' young players is part of their appeal.
It is definitely a route into management that is worth following but I am sure any ex-professionals who have followed it will have quickly been exposed to the key difference between managing at academy level and being in charge of a club's first team.
Unlike academy football, which is about development, first-team football is about winning.
Every week you will be judged on your result and, no matter what philosophy you employ, the fanbase and the people above you will react accordingly.
