CCC MATCH REPORTS (updates to follow)

Dan missed out on a chance to stay ahead of every one as Chris got his first away win beating Brighton 1-0. After fixing the floodlights during a 15 minute delay to the second half  Brighton's players failed to light up the Withdean Stadium, despite creating many chances and so ending their 5 match winning run. Marg's plea to Bolton failed to have any effect on their players as Paula managed another win with Palace! winning 1-0 after a soft penalty decision for a foul on winger Zaha. Bolton themselves denied an obvious penalty? for handball.Can Paula keep this up for 7 months?  Love him or hate him El Hadji Diouf struck twice to help Dave beat Kelly's Bristol 3-2. After a goalless first half Leeds scored only for Kelly to equalize  Dave then went 3-1 with an injury time consolation for Kelly. Anna nearly had the result she desired after going  2-1  up against Millwall ( and yes Amy we do!) but after a strange linesman decision and a 90+3 equalizer she had to settle for a draw and just 1 point.  With Keith and Lyn starting on the same points both were looking for a win, the Bluebirds playing in their new red shirts (hows that going to work?) opened the scoring on 17 minutes when Connolly scored his first goal in 2 1/2 years and they never looked back scoring 2 more to comfortably win 3-0. On this performance Cardiff look more likely to win promotion than lyn's favourites Blackpool.  Jane was hosting Shirley's second from top Blackburn and no doubt expecting a defeat after a run of mediocre performances. But Blackburn clearly suffering a hangover after the exit of manager Steve Kean were outclassed by the home side. Shirley managed to take the lead against the run of play and Jane should have equalized after Cort was brought down but Jackson blasted his penalty straight down the middle and was saved by Robinson, however shirley's relief was short lived as Charlton scored just 60 seconds later finishing all square at 1-1.  Scott won his first match in 6 games against an in form Huddersfield winning 3-2. Andy went ahead when Norwood  fired in a 25 yard free kick, scott levelled on 68 mins, then took the lead on 83 only for Andy to level 1 minute later. Watford took all the points when Troy Deeney ( recently released from a 10 week stint in prison for affray!) scored from the penalty spot, much to the relief of under pressure manager Zola.    Oh dear oh dear onto Hull v Peterborough! too many stats to mention them all but the Tigers perfect home record, Posh not picking up any points  up to this game, Sinclair scoring his first hat trick of his career all spring to mind.Posh took the lead on 24 mins followed by another 6 mins later. Amy pulled one back only for Sinclair to get his third on 74 mins, the Tiger hunt completed .  Pete's Leicester defeated colin's Middlesbrough 2-1, foxes manager Pearson admitted they got lucky after a hint of offside for their first and a deflected second, i suspect colin would agree as Middlesbrough would have moved up into the top six instead of Pete.   Perhaps Ted had a premonition when he posted his picture as another defeat leaves him one place off the drop zone.The 1-0 win for Sue means she rises to third place. Owls boss Dave Jones was fuming at the officials for a missed penalty and the confusion with the free kick which resulted in the goal. Sako took the free kick while the wall was being arranged and shot wide but was made to take it again and scored.  Jan didn't take the opportunity to lose to a team not in the CCC and went for a draw instead. The tractor boys went ahead when Cresswell scored on 6 minutes. Barnsley stormed back in the second half and would have won,  had it not been for some fine saves from Scott Loach , however they equalized on73 mins after a great strike from Dawson, his first goal since December 2011. Jan firmly rooted in the bottom three, is it too early to thank you for the curry?                                                                                       Match of the day? well as i was asked to write match reports this weekend (no you can't get out of it Jan) i thought it my journalistic duty to go to the pub to watch the game and drink copious amount's of lager, the down side of this is my memory is somewhat blurred! and may  be somewhat biased  . The game started off as you would expect any local derby to, crunching tackles flying in from both sides and Derby fan Robert Madley letting them  go to keep the game flowing . He then decided to start picking out Forest players to wave his yellow card at. Forest dominated until just after half time when Mr Madley decided to award a controversial red card for an intentional elbow to Dexter Blackstock, having had a few socials with Dex  i know that would be the last thing on his mind. Yellow at best. Having said that there have been 4 red cards in the last 4 derby's.Jon/Jim's Derby then managed 10 mins later to score a spawny goal at their first attempt!! Forest kept battling and kept the upper hand  and Simon Gillett's strong low drive was only just kept out by Frank Fielding so it finished  Jon/Jim 1 Mick 0. Well played all and it's a good job i can be professional and not let personal feelings interfere. Mick Sheppard, on the sofa, vowing never to do this again!  p.s The distance from Mr Madley's house in Wakefield to Derby 58 miles , to Nottingham 62 miles.  Case rested.