H all ,

Here are my thoughts for what they are worth on the weekends DIV 2 fixtures:

CHESTERFIELD 2/2 at 1.75 look a strong home win bet v Brisiol Rovers 0/2 who have made a shocking start to the season.

CREWE 2/2 look great value at 1.98 to beat a struggling Crawley.

Not sure why WALSALL are 3.65 away at promoted Barnet who have lost their first two games- might be worth a dip at a decent price.

GRIMSBY shd beat Newport but are a very short price.

Comments appreciated and of course Foin knows more about this League than i do

Just one word of caution for those backing Unders for Tranmere v Gills, only twice in the last 10 meetings between the two at Tranmere has under 2.5 come in.
One of those was actually last season's encounter though.

However, in the reverse fixture at Priestfield in the same period under 2.5 has come in EIGHT times. We have to wait until February 7th for this seasons potential thriller.

Chesterfield and Oldham fixtures are 12.30 starts

thanks foin gl with your selction also

great start for chesterfield 3 wins in 3 games. two late goals gives them a 3-1 front

happy with my ante post bet so far

A positive blockbuster of a second half but under 2.5 still landed as the game ends 1-1.

A very familiar scoreline for Gills fans - since Gareth Ainsworth took over as manager, no less than 8 of their 13 games have finished 1-1, remarkable.

yes should be a very interesting season ahead.

watching brief on the dons battered a woeful chetenham team wo have zero pointsand a -8 goal diff.

fishing towns also made a decent start, fleetwood and grimsby.

my four selections all won so very pleased with my bets so far - made a good start to the season - pity they were only small bets

full set of fixtures on tuesday evening. gills v chesterfield shd be interesting and mkd away at crawley looks nailed on.

will post full thoughts next week

The selections all look sound to me The Dragon provided there are no important injuries or suspensions.
I might be tempted into backing them singly, I never do multiples.

Thanks The Dragon, GL with your bets too.

The results tonight show how unpredictable this league still is. I actually backed Salford and settled down to watch the game. It was so scrappy that I chickened out and recovered my stake less 7% after half an hour before a goal had been scored. I then watched a bit of Colchester and watched them concede a couple of goals in as many minutes and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and then watched the rest of the Swindon V Barnet game. For the half hour or so that I saw, Barnet were the better side, the first goal was deserved but the very late second was farcical non-existent defending when Swindon were pressing for an equaliser.
Crewe are sitting pretty and by what miracle did Gillingham score 4 goals in one night? That's their ration for a whole month used up.

Foin - in many ways it was a typical Gills performance. only 29% possession but this time they had a cutting edge, 6 shots on target to Chesterfields 3.
Although two goals were penalties however. First one dubious, second one pretty clear cut.
Chesterfield had most of the ball but it was all sideways and backwards stuff. Possession stats are often meaningless as i'm sure you know.

Young Lenni Cerino scored on his debut, signed on a short term deal from Blackburn. A Montserrat international of all things !


I have a hunch Notts Co v Shrewsbury may be a bit better than you are expecting. As you say, unpredictability is this league's mantra.

yup mkd and swindon cost me as most of league 1 selections won as did bromley - hey ho

soooooooooooo frustrating WD Similiar story here. They were my two bankers

4-1 to County Foin.

Expect the unexpected in Div 2

County playing Bromley and Gills v Crewe on Saturday.

Should be loads of goals based on midweek results, so best go for Unders

I would not touch( either game!

Joe Jaques!

I remember him well, decent player.

Never knew he died age 36. Quite shocked by that.

I don’t remember playing Crewe tbh. I imagine them 4th Division and us in the 3rd.

I do remember Terry Venables team of the 80’s

I think my first game was Boxing Day 1974, Brian Yeo scored a hat trick

Alan Wilkes and Joe Jaques  had beards

They did and I think even Damien Richardson did at times.

Johnny Simpson I think had the newsagents by the level crossing and Yeo up Barnsole Road?

Gills actually had nearly as many chances today as the other night, Crewe really should have scored, they hit the woodwork a couple of times and missed a sitter. So the game deserved more goals.

WD - Brian Yeo actually bought his newsagents a year before he retired, he says that later he regretted not hanging on for a couple more years before giving up the game. He scored 31 goals that promotion season , Gills were really good to watch that year, top scorers with 90 goals. Damien got 18 and Wilksey 15.

Yes John Simpson also had a newsagents near the ground, he was in goal when i went to my first game in 1969. 571 league appearances is some achievement, in fact at the time it was a football league record for any club. He sadly died at the age of just 60. Ron Hillyard was only 8 games away from John's record when an injury ended his playing days. We were lucky to have had two such good keepers playing at Priestfield.