Poole Town v Winchester City 09-04-24

[WelshDolphin]

We go again........to Dorchester, for the re-arranged game against Winchester City, let's hope they have put 50p in the meter and the floodlights at The Avenue stay on for the entire match this time!

The Dolphins (17th) are starting to hit must win territory now as a defeat to The Citizens (10th) could see Poole drop into the bottom 3 with only 4 games remaining, should results elsewhere not go our way. Winchester travel to Dorch off the back of a 1-0 win over Hungerford although their play-off hopes have stuttered recently as that was their first win in 5, since their (checks notes - gulp) 4-0 win over Poole in mid-March.


PTFC 2 - 2 WCFC

[John Anderson]

Both Tiverton and Hanwell play Dorchester I. The last few matches. Dorchester are unbeaten in their last 6 games, drawing only one. On form they should both be wins for Dorch. How ironic if those two games helped keep us up. Of course then the conspiracy theories kick in if they lose both games.

[Southdorsetblue]

Poole 2-1 Winchester

KEEP THE FAITH

[bramley]

Poole Town 1 Winchester City 3

[Choirboy Dave]

Poole Town 3 Winchester City 0

[parky64]

Sorry...again! 0-2

[laserdad]

Poole 1 Winchester 2

[Mick the Bick]

The Dolphins 1 - The Citizens - 1    

[Astro]

Poole 1 - Winchester 3

[bearwoodbob]

Poole 1 Winchester 1

[scotydolphin]

Poole 3---2 Winchester C.O.Y.D

[jamesm]

Poole Town 2 v 1 Winchester City
COYD!!

[peptalk]

Uptonogood Poole Town 2-1 Winchester City
Peptalk Poole Town 1-0 Winchester City

[peterlep]

Poole 1 Winchester 0

[rob bayston]

2-1 poole

[Overs65]

Poole Town 0 - 2 Winchester City

[dolphin82]

Poole 2 Winchester 1

[ursula]

Poole 1 Winchester 2

[canforddolphin]

Poole 0 Winchester 0

[ashleyleppington96]

Poole 4 Winchester 1

COYD !!!!

[expat]

Poole 2 Winchester 0

[davidharfield44]

Poole0 Winchester2

[ballboy]

Poole 0 Winchester 1

[ellisgs]

Poole Town 2 - 0 Winchester City

[bilko]

Poole 2 - 1 Winchester

[DorsetDolphin]

Poole 1-2 Winchester

[peptalk]

At around 6pm my confidence levels shot through the roof when I saw the champion-elect, ellisgs, seeking three correct scores in a row, go for a 2-0 win, as a result from the Dolphins is desperately needed and well overdue (as in 2024 there have only been three victories to celebrate, and one of those was in the DSC, a competition from which we subsequently withdrew).

In total half of our predictors opted for a win with six different scores in that category (1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-2, 4-1) but within seven minutes our predictor extraordinaire, was, along with five others, out of the running for a nine-pointer as Poole conceded.
Eight minutes later and another five predictors were left in the knowledge that it wouldn't be a maximum night, as Toby scored from the spot.

Sitting all square at half time left Mick the Bick and Bearwoodbob on tenterhooks as they had gone for one-a-piece, but neither of those could surely be that upset when Toby struck again as the game's most popular prediction, 2-1 became the score-line with about one quarter of the game remaining. A quarter in which the Dolphins held on for and gain that much needed victory and for the 4th time this season 2-1 was a game verdict making our five winners - Southdorsetblue, jamesm, uptonogood, rob bayston, dolphin82, bilko - part of the total of 14 nine point yields for such a score.


6 x All Correct entry [Poole W2-1] - 9 points:- Southdorsetblue, jamesm, uptonogood, rob bayston, dolphin82, bilko (2-1)
2 x Correct Outcome [W] and Correct Poole [2] and Incorrect Opponents [1] - 5 points:- expat, ellisgs (2-0)
1 x Correct Outcome [W] and Correct Poole [2] and Incorrect Opponents [1] - 5 points:- ashleyleppington96 (4-1)
4 x Correct Outcome [W] only - 3 points:- peptalk, peterlep (1-0), Choirboy Dave (3-0), scotydolphin (3-2)
1 x Correct Poole [2] only - 3 points:- WelshDolphin (2-2)
3 x Correct Opponents Score [1] only - 3 points ballboy (0-1), Mick the Bick, bearwoodbob (1-1)
9 x Entry Point - 1 point canforddolphin (0-0), parky64, overs65, davidharfield44 (0-2), laserdad, ursula, DorsetDolphin (1-2), bramley, Astro (1-3)

Pos Pos Player M PS OS Out Ex Tl
1 ellisgs 42 32 30 46 10 170
2 canforddolphin 44 26 22 42 5 144
3 bilko 44 24 24 36 4 136
4= bearwoodbob 43 18 34 36 2 135
4= Southdorsetblue 43 20 28 38 3 135
6 Uptonogood 44 24 22 36 4 134
7= peterlep 44 32 16 34 2 130
7= ursula 44 22 22 34 4 130
9= Mick the Bick 44 22 28 26 3 126
9= Davidharfield44 44 22 16 42 1 126
11 Rob Bayston 40 20 28 28 3 122
12= Welshdolphin 41 20 22 34 2 121
12= Laserdad 43 18 14 42 2 121
14= Choirboy Dave 44 14 20 36 3 120
14= ballboy 44 24 16 36 0 120
16 paultapner 41 24 18 26 3 115
17= parky64 44 14 16 40 0 114
17= scotydolphin 44 12 20 38 0 114
19 dorsetdolphin 42 20 14 32 2 112
20= ashleyleppington96 40 10 22 34 2 110
20= juvenal 34 18 22 28 4 110
22 expat 42 18 12 34 1 108
23 bramley 38 12 10 44 1 106
24 Peptalk 44 14 16 26 1 102
25 dolphin82 24 14 20 18 1 78
26 scorpio 19 8 6 16 1 51
27 heyshamdolphin 20 6 10 12 1 50
28 mandy47 17 8 8 16 0 49
29 baileypete 20 4 4 20 0 48
30 steve47 17 2 6 18 1 45
31 overs65 21 6 6 8 0 41
32 bd 10 4 6 10 0 30
33 jamesm 13 6 4 4 1 29
34 stato 9 2 4 6 0 21
35 oakley 6 2 4 8 0 20
36 astro 5 2 2 4 1 15
37 melvyn 5 0 2 2 0 9
38 wallyred 2 2 0 2 0 6
39 John Anderson 3 0 2 0 0 5
40= dw1510 1 0 0 2 0 3
40= Echothedolphin 1 0 0 2 0 3

1 ellisgs 5 9 9 3 26
2 Southdorsetblue 9 3 3 3 18
3= bilko 9 5 1 1 16
3= jamesm 9 3 1 3 16
5= Uptonogood 9 1 3 1 14
5= Laserdad 1 9 3 1 14
7 Rob Bayston 9 1 3 0 13
8= ballboy 3 5 3 1 12
8= bearwoodbob 3 3 5 1 12
10= peterlep 3 5 1 1 10
10= Welshdolphin 3 3 3 1 10
10= Peptalk 3 3 1 3 10
10= Davidharfield44 1 5 1 3 10
14 dolphin82 9 0 0 0 9
15= Mick the Bick 3 1 1 3 8
15= Choirboy Dave 3 1 3 1 8
15= ursula 1 3 3 1 8
15= parky64 1 3 1 3 8
19= ashleyleppington96 5 1 0 1 7
19= expat 5 1 0 1 7
19= paultapner 0 3 3 1 7
22= scotydolphin 3 1 1 1 6
22= canforddolphin 1 3 1 1 6
22= astro 1 3 1 1 6
25= dorsetdolphin 1 3 0 1 5
25= juvenal 0 1 3 1 5
25= John Anderson 0 1 3 1 5
28 overs65 1 1 1 1 4
29 bramley 1 0 0 1 2
30= scorpio 0 0 0 0 0
30= heyshamdolphin 0 0 0 0 0
30= mandy47 0 0 0 0 0
30= baileypete 0 0 0 0 0
30= steve47 0 0 0 0 0
30= bd 0 0 0 0 0
30= stato 0 0 0 0 0
30= oakley 0 0 0 0 0
30= melvyn 0 0 0 0 0
30= wallyred 0 0 0 0 0
30= dw1510 0 0 0 0 0
30= Echothedolphin 0 0 0 0 0

[jamesm]

Great performance & a fantastic result! Keep those levels up until the end of the season & we'll be fine, no problems at all. Got to thank Dorchester for letting us use their facilities..... although I imagine we paid for the privilege. The last 2 games we've looked so much better on a decent playing surface, really suits our passing style. Must mention the fantastic support too 'The Dolph are staying up, Don't you know, Pump it up!'. COYD!

[BD]

What a result! Massive Massive 3pts. A huge boost to our survival hopes.

[st69]

Good fighting performance. Though it could still have gone either way - Max had to make a few good saves.
Those who think relegation might be good or even worse want it because of what happened earlier in the season, I think it would be disastrous. Even after a very good season Wimborne aren't guaranteed to come top, and it's their second season in Division One.
Poole need to survive and then re-build.