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  The Football Pubcast 6:45 pm on January 2, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

  The Football Pubcast Man of the Year – Paul Robinson 

  Our Man of the Year award featured ten nominees, each championed by a football blogger, and we ended up with a pretty varied list of candidates, each with strong cases for their inclusion. But as the vote began, it became clear very quickly that there were two men to beat.

  The hilarious spoof Sam Allardyce Twitter account @TheBig_Sam raced into a massive lead, at one point having almost 60% of the vote, but thanks to some excellent online hustings-style promotion by The Real FA Cup, Whitley Bay’s Paul Robinson started to gather a lot of support, with even the BBC’s Non League Show helping push the claims of the third most famous active footballer with that name.

  But neither the Bolton defender nor the Blackburn keeper can match the achievements of Whitley Bay’s own “Robbo”, who takes our inaugural Man of the Year award after a quite brilliant year.

  To find out why Paul Robinson won, check out The Real FA Cup’s nomination blog by clicking here.

  The Football Pubcast Man of the Year Award – The Results
  1st – Paul Robinson (Whitley Bay) – nominated by @therealfacup – 34.36%
  2nd – @TheBig_Sam (Twitter) – nominated by @iainmacintosh – 30.12%
  3rd – Ian Holloway (Blackpool) – nominated by @matchlivejulian – 14.29%
  4th – Martin Palermo (Boca Juniors & Argentina) – nominated by @LaylaCarlsson – 5.02%
  5th – Diego Maradona (Argentina) – nominated by @hartch – 3.86%
  6th – Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan & Holland) – nominated by @MarcusDysch – 3.47%
  = – Andy Carroll (Newcastle United & England) – nominated by @michaelcoxon – 3.47%
  = – Gerard Pique (Barcelona & Spain) – nominated by @chrismayerV1 – 3.47%
  9th – Steve McClaren (FC Twente & Wolfsburg) – nominated by @LesRosbifs – 1.16%
  10th – Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland & Ghana) – nominated by @simonhead – 0.77%

   

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  The Football Pubcast 1:49 pm on November 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

  Dover ready to prove a point at Priestfield 

  The Pubcast’s gaffer Simon Head looks ahead (but isn’t looking forward to) Gillingham’s FA Cup clash with Dover Athletic.

  Few at Gillingham FC could have believed that their biggest game of the season would come against a side two divisions below them, from the Blue Square South division.

  But that’s exactly the case as The FA Cup First Round draw paired the Gills with Dover Athletic in a rare Kent derby.

  Dover have sold out their allocation of tickets, guaranteeing a fantastic atmosphere at Priestfield Stadium – all 2,400 seats in the Brian Moore Stand will be occupied by Whites fans hoping for an FA Cup giant-killing.

  And, as even Gillingham’s fans would admit, the chances of a cup shock are better than average.

  While free-scoring Dover are flying high in their division, Gillingham are in disarray in theirs. Their usually strong home form has evaporated this season as the Gills, tipped by pundits and bookmakers to be promotion contenders in League Two, sit mired at the wrong end of the table.

  The fans are losing patience. Some have already lost it – graffiti was daubed over stadium doors after the club’s 2-0 home defeat to Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night – and sections of the crowd have already turned on manager Andy Hessenthaler, who was hailed as a returning hero after last season’s relegation under Mark Stimson.

  And Hessenthaler’s presence in the Gillingham dugout, long with his assistants Ian Hendon, Nicky Southall and Darren Hare, means this tie has added spice.

  Hessenthaler left Dover for Gillingham this summer after guiding the Whites to three promotions. But the rather public nature of the move angered some Dover fans.

  That Hessenthaler then took his coaching staff of Southall and Hare with him was an added blow.

  Then, to add insult to injury, the man Hessenthaler recommended as his replacement at The Crabble, former Barnet boss Hendon, then performed a shock u-turn and joined Hessenthaler at Gillingham despite having already been announced as Dover’s new manager. It transpired no contract had been signed and the Gills took full advantage.

  Now under the stewardship of former Arsenal striker Martin Hayes Dover are out to prove a point.

  With the Gills in a rut and Dover on a roll, this match promises to be a tough, tense affair.

  Dover have been backed in from 7/1 to 4/1 with some bookies, reflecting the form of both sides. Dover will believe they can cause a shock result, while Gillingham desperately need not only a win but an impressive performance to give their season the kick-start it needs.

  I’ll be tweeting live from the game from 3pm on Saturday afternoon @simonhead