City Welcome Former Triple League Champions...

...Huddersfield Town.

Herbert Chapman - the Knute Rockne of English Association Football.*

Here's the top of Division Three:

1. Scunthorpe P31 Pts 58
2. Oldham P30 Pts 55
3. Forest P30 Pts 53
4. City P30 Pts 52
5. Yeovil P30 Pts 51
6. Swansea P30 Pts 47
...and todays opponents:

11. Huddersfield P31 Pts 41 (six off the playoffs)

We've actually dropped six points in the last two games, both single goal defeats at home to Cheltenham Town and away to Scunthorpe United (on live TV) but nobody seems to have made the decisive move yet.

Here's the top six mini league:

Oldham P8 W4 D2 L2 F10 A5 Pts 14
Forest P8 W4 D1 L3 F6 A12 Pts 13
Scunthorpe P7 W3 D2 L2 F10 A5 Pts 11
City P7 W2 D2 L3 F5 A5 Pts 8
Yeovil P6 W2 D1 L3 F4 A6 Pts 7
Swansea P6 W0 D4 L2 F3 A7 Pts 4

Remaining Games:

Today:
Swansea v Oldham

20th February
Swansea v Scunthorpe

24th February
Yeovil v Swansea

10th March
Scunthorpe v Nottingham Forest

31st March
City v Nottingham Forest
Oldham v Yeovil
6th April
Scunthorpe v Yeovil

7th April
City v Swansea

14th April
City v Yeovil

So basically City's entire season will probably come down to three consecutive home games against opponents currently in the top six. The good news is that we've completed our away programme against them (a win, a draw and three defeats) and we have the most home games left against the other five teams.

And I'll be missing the Forest game because one of my sisters in law is getting married on March 31st - in CARDIFF - but I will be making the trip down to Brighton on 24th February courtesy of my brother in law Phil.

Here are the previews:

City v Huddersfield

City haven't won at home in the league since coming from behind to beat Tranmere 3-2 on January 13th, but to put that into some kind of context we've only had one home league game since then (last Wednesday v Cheltenham) and two cup games (Middlesbrough in the FA Cup and Brighton in the JPT). Our form in the last six homes is four wins, a draw and a defeat, nine for and six against.

The Town Terriers have won once, drawn twice and lost three times in their last six league aways, scoring three times and letting in eight. Not particularly good; Madame Zaza thinks it's a City home win - possibly by two goals - and City will take the lead!

Swansea v Oldham

A draw at 11/5 with William Hill.

I'm off down the Gate, good shooting!

* Wow...that never occured to me before, but it's a good comparison. I must investigate!