QPR v. Scunthorpe United (15 March: Championship Match 39) [R]

[Atouk]

We're underway! UUURRRRs!

Camp; Mancienne, Hall, Connolly, Delaney; Rowlands, Buzsaky, Leigertwood, Vine; Agyemang, Blackstock.

Bench: Pickins, Lee, Stewart, Balanta, Mahon.

It is the second game of Hogan Ephraim's three-game suspension.

Former R Ian Baraclough starts for Scunthorpe.

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Crap. 0-1. Free kick from Grant McCann beats Camp.

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The R's put the ball in the net, but it's ruled offside. Rowlands sent in a deflected shot, the Scunthorpe keeper saved it and Blackstock knocked in the rebound, but was judged to be offside. :(

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The table entering today:

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship Table
Pos Team P GD PTS

1 Bristol City 38 3 67
2 Stoke 38 12 66
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3 Watford 37 14 63
4 West Brom 36 29 62
5 Charlton 38 8 56
6 Hull 37 6 56
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7 Plymouth 38 10 55
8 Burnley 38 2 55
9 Crystal Palace 38 5 54
10 Ipswich 37 6 53
11 Wolverhampton 36 -2 51
12 Cardiff 36 1 48
13 QPR 38 -4 48
14 Blackpool 38 1 47
15 Sheff Utd 37 -2 47
16 Preston 38 -5 46
17 Barnsley 37 -10 46
18 Norwich 38 -11 46
19 Southampton 38 -12 45
20 Coventry 37 -13 43
21 Sheff Wed 36 -5 42
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22 Leicester 38 -1 41
23 Scunthorpe 37 -18 38
24 Colchester 37 -14 32

[Atouk]

It sounds like they have a fan in as the color commentator -- he was described as someone "who follows Rangers home and away" and he seems to be doing a good job thus far.

Random note: I saw Scunthorpe goalscorer Grant McCann play against QPR a few years back when he was at Cheltenham (Oct '02).

[Atouk]

The table above includes a 0-0 result from earlier today between Blackpool and Preston.

[R] in this thread for scores in all English games today.






Elsewhere in the Championship:

Wolves have a 2-0 lead at Burnley.

Hull leads Southampton 1-0 at home.

Ipswich leads Charlton 1-0 at home.

Cardiff leads at Colchester, 1-0.

[Atouk]

First corner of the day for the R's. Nothing comes of it, but the R's retained possession and we ended up with a long shot by Delaney.

West Brom leads Leicester 1-0 at home.

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Agyemang nearly scored after a good ball from Buzsaky, but Joe Murphy made a nice diving save.

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Watford has gone a man down (red card for John Eustace) in the 23rd minute at home against Stoke.

[MetroAnt]

PK for the Rs!!!!!! Lets put this away!

[Atouk]

Penalty given. Vine has been tripped in the box. The play-by-play man said it was "soft" and 50/50 while the color commentator said his first instinct was "no penalty." They say Vine was unlikely to be able to get off a shot, but there may have been some contact.

Joe Murphy is booked for dissent (the foul was on another player).

Rowlands steps up. Takes. Makes!

1-1!

[MetroAnt]

Rowlands scores from the spot! 1-1

[Atouk]

West Brom went a man down in about the 35th, then Leicester drew level with them in the 38th.

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Plymouth leads at Bristol City, 1-0.

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QPR 1-1 Scunthorpe United
HALF TIME

Desperate Scunthorpe has been the better side, but the R's are level. Come on, Rangers -- let's reverse our recent form and have a better second half than first!

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We're a few minutes into the second. No changes.

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Watford, a man down, has missed a penalty. Still 0-0 at home with Stoke.

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The commentator has more than once mentioned that there's a large Scunthorpe crowd. In fact, the entire lower School End was sold to Rangers fan in a special offer with cheap tickets for kids.

14,499 overall at HQ today.

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Leicester leads at West Brom, 2-1.

Bristol City 1-2 Plymouth.

Connolly was booked in the 55th. Hall was booked in the 64th. The commentators thought there might have been a punch thrown in the box when Hall was booked, so we may be lucky with just a yellow.

No changes yet for the R's.

[Atouk]

Agyemang!!!!

2-1!