OSG Prem: Leicester City's Pearson Charged By FA For Fan Outburst

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LCFC's boss, Nigel Pearson, has never been one to back down from anything short of a charging rhino. And, then, if that happens the rhino would be in for a battle.

Let's face it, LCFC has been in a rough spot in their first year in the Premier League. And a fan allegedly told Pearson that he was a "twat" from the stands in the loss to Liverpool.

Not one to let those kinds of things go, Pearson responded by telling the fan to "f*** off and die."
Pearson wouldn't apologize, either, for it.
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As a result, the FA has charged Pearson:

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has been charged by The FA in relation to his side’s game against Liverpool on 2 December 2014.

It is alleged that during the fixture Mr Pearson used abusive and/or insulting words towards a spectator.

He has until 6pm on 16 December 2014 to respond to the charge.

LCFC Supporter's Club chair Cliff Ginnetta told BBC Sport:

"He should put his hands up, admit he was out of order, apologise to the people and move on, that's all everyone wants," said Ginnetta.
"We don't want to make it a big thing or play it out like a pantomime, we just want to get on with winning games.

"I'm sure the majority do (still support him). People are worried and moaning, but that's football fans, you're never really happy. It's the nature of the beast.

"He is popular but this arrogance spills over sometimes."

All this as the Foxes have only taken 2 points out of a possible 27 in their last 9 matches.

OSG Prem: Newcastle's Odd Season Gets More Odd With Scoreboard Fail

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Newcastle United seem to be the Schleprock of the Premier League this season.

Frankly, the HQ doesn't know how manager Alan Pardew is still employed with all the talk of locker room squabbling and poor results on the pitch.

Today, they were set to unveil a new scoreboard in a corner of St. James Park, but there was an issue...

It was flapping in the breeze and created a safety hazard.


A delay of, at least, an hour resulted before their match with Leicester City

Oooofff...

OSG Prem: Okay, Manchester United Isn't All The Way Back...

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After the dismantling of QPR last weekend by Manchester United, the HQ had raised an eyebrow thinking that maybe Louis van Gaal had the team going in the right direction.

The HQ may have sold the return a little soon...

After leads of 2-0 and 3-1, Leicester City came storming back at King Power to score FOUR UNANSWERED to beat the Reds 5-3. A lot of people thought the final score was a misprint, but it's not.

In a weekend that was strange to say the very least (like West Brom's win over Spurs also on Sunday), this seemed to be the exclamation point in the whole table.

Here's goal five off a PK reinforcing Ulloa's importance for the Foxes


Louis van Gaal, as you saw at the end of the last highlight, was befuddled and beside himself...
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OSG Prem: Action At The Bottom, The Top Keeps Winning (And Leicester City Is In)

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First, the HQ would like to commend Leicester City for their automatic promotion to the Premier League for next season as their 23-game unbeaten streak, combined with two losses last night, gives the Foxes their first peek at the Premier in ten years.

Here's their win over Sheffield Wednesday that helped seal it...
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Now, to the big boys... there was life all over the place...

Manchester United found the right time to find out-of-form Newscastle- winning 4-0 with Juan Mata stirring the drink...


Chelsea found a disinterested Stoke squad and won 3-0

Hull City got one goal at home against Swansea and that's all most folks need for the full three points these days. The Tigers are now 12th and the Swans 16th...

Man City took care of Southampton 4-1, but the visitors are more worried at the seriousness of the injury to Jay Rodriguez- which looked like a knee cap or ligament damage that led to a stretchering off and a shell-shocked bunch after that.

The life at the bottom came in a few different forms- Fulham found some offense and beat Benteke-less Aston Villa 2-1 to get closer to leaving the relegation zone. Villa manager Paul Lambert was pretty disappointed...


Cardiff, the HQ thinks, cemented their spot in the Championship with a 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace in a big 6-pointer...
Palace manager Tony Pulis was pleased with his huge win...
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And the team that REALLY needs to pay attention to the rest of their schedule is Norwich. They only have a 6-pointer with Fulham left in the bottom part of their schedule. The rest of their schedule has the top four teams in it. So, they could be the third team to fall if they aren't on their best...

The Canaries were booed off the pitch after the 1-0 West Brom win and they are in serious trouble...

Now, This Is How To Keep Your Season Alive...

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Take you to the nPower Championships playoffs... Watford and Leicester City...

Anthony Knockaert has a penalty to ensure that his team makes it to the final at Wembley...
But... and this is the biggest of buts...


Troy Deeney's header sends them to the finals and the HQ wonders if Watford manager Gianfranco Zola has, in fact, recovered...


"I can't imagine a worse way to lose," Leicester manager Nigel Pearson said afterwards. "When you get a penalty you just hope he scores it - then what happened after that compounds the misery.

"Anthony is distraught as you would expect. I'm the first to admit it was a generous penalty decision. But to concede off the resulting penalty save is very hard to take.

"Unfortunately that's the nature of the beast."

Sky Sports gets all the credit in the world for the headline: "Knockaert Blow"

And Sky Sports News has this awesome program called "Soccer Saturday" which has a whip-around of all the action from all the games in all of the classifications as soon as they kick off...

Here was the reaction of their on-site guy, Johnny Phillips, as he had to recap the whole thing...


Watford now plays the winner of Brighton and Crystal Palace for the third promotion spot