Happy New Year - match reports & update

Happy New Year to all but some made a better start to the year than others.

Keith maintained his lead at the top and having the free curry as his Cardiff team won away 0-1 against Chris's Birmingham but the home team were described as being a team with six inexperienced teenagers and two midfielders up front due to a lack of fit strikers.  Amy's Hull only managed a 0-0 draw away at Lyn's Blackpool but remains two points ahead of her closes rivals.

Colin's Midlesborough scored a 90th minute consolation goal but lost 3-1 away at Jim's Derby - manager Nigel Clough celebrating four years in charge in style.  Paula's Palace conceded a late goal but beat Sue's Wolves 3-1 to catch Colin and be level on points with him.  Now three points behind them, Pete's Leicester had the most impressive score of the day with a 6-1 home win against Andy's Huddersfield and had five different names on the scoresheet.

At the bottom of the table, Kelly's Bristol City lost 2-1 away at Millwall and Ted's Sheffield Wednesday lost 0-2 against Anna's Burnley.  Jan's Ipswich lost 0-3 at home to Dan's Brighton and Mick's Notts Forest lost 3-0 away to Shirley's managerless Blackburn, all three goals scored in the second half.

It was an exciting match when Jane's Charlton visited Scott's Watford. The home team took the lead early on but an own goal and strike by the visitors gave Charlton a 1-2 lead at half time. A penalty and another goal mid second half gave Scott the lead before Jane equalised two minutes later and then clinched all three points with a goal eight minutes later.

In the Match of the Day, Dave's Leeds triumphed 1-0 over Margs' Bolton with a Becchio penalty- enough said.
  

	Team	Pts	Who	Pence in the pound
1	Cardiff	56	Keith	0p
2	Hull	49	Amy	0.4p
3	Middlesbrough	47	Colin	0.6p
4	Crystal Palace	47	Paula	0.6p
5	Leicester	44	Pete	1.2p
6	Watford	40	Scott	2.2p
7	Leeds United	38	Dave	2.8p
8	Nottm Forest	37	Mick	3.2p
9	Brighton	37	Dan	3.2p
10	Derby	37	Jim	3.2p
11	Burnley	36	Anna	3.7p
12	Blackburn	35	Shirley	4.2p
13	Blackpool	34	Lyn	4.8p
14	Charlton	33	Jane	5.5p
15	Huddersfield	32	Andy	6.2p
16	Bolton	32	Margs	6.2p
17	Wolves	31	Sue	7p
18	Ipswich	30	Jan	7.9p
19	Birmingham	29	Chris	8.8p
20	Sheff Wed	25	Ted	12.7p
21	Bristol City	22	Kelly	15.6p