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Reply | The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong
at 16:39 23 Sep 2024
I know that they've only played 4 home games in the NLS, but Chesham United are averaging over 1,000 so far this season. Two years ago in the Southern League over 500 was regarded as big!
Torquay, Maidstone & Dorking appear to be the top atendances , along with Truro who are currently reaping the benefits of having moved back home. For those of you in the Surrey area, when did Dorking start attracting the numbers they are getting?
Sitting at home on Saturday recovering from surgery, I felt more involved following the Chesham score at Maidstone than I did watching Rangers on Sky. Really pissed off when Maidsone went in front on 88 minutes, but I had to stop myself celebrating equallising with the last kick of the game!
On the other hand, Hemel are top but struggling to reach 900. |
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Reply | Their goal today
at 20:47 21 Sep 2024
They had three players in acres of space. The player who received the ball in our penalty area, the player who dummied the ball & Whatmore.
Dunne, Cook & Clarke-Salter all moved too far to our left trying to pick up who the ball was played to, leaving their own man free. |
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Reply | Yes, this is the Sheffield Wednesday match thread
at 20:00 14 Sep 2024
That was great hearing how excited Alfie Lloyd is. He won't be getting much sleep tonight as he replays his goal over & over in his mind!
Did we deserve a point? Possibly not, but Wednesday definitely didn;'t deserve to win!
I thought Heverton was quite ok at right back. Nothing special, but no disasters either. The three players that disappointed me were Andersen, Madsen & Dembele. Keito made a difference when he came on & gave us options to go forward. |
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Reply | Transfer Window wrap up - Patreon
at 16:20 13 Sep 2024
Cheers Clive, I enjoyed listening.
To answer Jim Frayling's question (which you basically did), the loan market is still available for National League clubs & below, but not for EFL clubs. I doubt that we would be entertaining Kolli or Lloyd playing at that level though. |
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Reply | Man City
at 10:26 13 Sep 2024
If I'm interpreting this correctly & director/owner loans loans were stopped, that would be the end of Queens Park Rangers & many other football clubs. Probably many clubs in other sports could go under as well.
The difference between now & in the past is that you can only "loan" into the club whereas you used to present the club with those amounts. |
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Reply | Devasated
at 09:43 13 Sep 2024
RIP Jim.
Many condolences Pugwash. |
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Reply | Another trip to nostalgia land.
at 16:21 12 Sep 2024
IMO Woods was a major reason that we fell well short of promotion that season & I was delighted when he left for Norwich.
Norwich did make a big profit on him though, selling him to Glasgow for £600k & it might be that the main problem with his time at Rangers was inexperience. I still think that Hucker was a better 'keeper. |
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Reply | Interesting Club Names
at 10:14 12 Sep 2024
I see that they are playing in the big match on Saturday, away to Paradise. Top against second. |
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Reply | Interesting Club Names
at 10:02 12 Sep 2024
Inverness etc was an amalgamation of Inverness Thistle FC & Caledonian FC, two of the three Inverness clubs that played in the Highland League.
The third club, Clachnacuddin FC still play in that league. |
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Reply | Harry Kane
at 10:13 11 Sep 2024
Thanks Camberley. I always seem to forget about Just Fontaine! |
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Reply | Harry Kane
at 10:01 11 Sep 2024
The best English goalscorer in my lifetime IMO. I do find it funny that I claimed that he wasn't as good as Charlie Austin & that Austin should have played for England instead of Kane!
An excellent international goalscoring record, but not quite in the same league as Gerd Muller who scored 68 goals in 62 games (14 goals in 13 matches in World Cup finals). That is comparing his record with the greatest goalscorer I've seen though. [Post edited 11 Sep 10:09]
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Reply | Trip to nostalgia land.
at 18:00 10 Sep 2024
An interesting answer? Probably not.
The 74/75 season started with a regular event, Jim Gregory falling out with the manager! I think Gordon Jago resigned & was re-instated before the start of the season, but it wasn't long before he was on his way.
We started with two away games, drawing at Sheffield United & winning at Leeds (reigning champions), but like recent years, we struggled to win at home. Our first LR win waited until October & we defeated Ipswich in a bottom against top match.
We improved greatly after this & especially after Don Masson arrived. Ipswich possibly should have won the league that season & certainly the FA Cup, with Mills stating in March that we were the best team in the country at that time. This was when the seeds for the 75/76 season were sown.
We also might have won the FA Cup if West Ham hadn't kicked us off the pitch in the 5th round. They did the same against Arsenal in the next round & Ipswich in the semi final. The refereeing in all three matches was a "little" baised towards the thugs of Gould, Robson, Jennings etc. Rangers & Ipswich both had two players injured in the first ten minutes from "strong" challenges. |
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Reply | Trip to nostalgia land.
at 10:02 10 Sep 2024
I remember the day well. I was visiting my girlfriend near Ipswich & broke up with her that day. Mainly so that I could start going to Rangers away games! I still remember every minute of the wins at Wolves, Derby & Leeds. Well, Leeds would have been a victory if not for the cheating ref!
The girlfriend? We celebrate our golden wedding next February on the day that Rangers play at Portsmouth. There's no chance I will get to that match, but I expect the same result as on our wedding day when we won at Carlisle. |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 15:35 6 Sep 2024
If yoy're released/paid off from your contract outside the transfer window, you would have had your contract paid in full or an agreed amount.
Are you not technically still employed during that period? You certainly could not claim unemployment benefit. |
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Reply | Palace cup tickets
at 17:45 4 Sep 2024
It was Bill Power that greatly increased the prices for the 04/05 season & again for 05/06. I remember Tracy Stent writing to the club to inform them that her family would not be able to afford the season tickets & posted the contents online. Perhaps that was on a different message board?
Then along came Briatore with his platinum, gold, silver & bronze areas! |
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Reply | First film you ever see at the cinema/pictures.
at 09:55 4 Sep 2024
Davy Crockett, in the late 50's.
It was being shown at the Astoria in Chesham (closed in 1959) & my father took the three of us. I assume my mother wanted us all out of the way!
I think this was the only time I went to that cinema & we then had The Embassy available for another thirty years. I think Summer Holiday was the first I saw there & that A Hard Day's Night was the first I went to by myself. |
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Reply | Palace cup tickets
at 21:17 3 Sep 2024
I think the pricing is good, but unfortunately I won't make this or the Millwall match as I'm having my gallbladder removed on the 16th, but I should be home to watch our two victories on Sky! |
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Reply | International break
at 16:02 3 Sep 2024
I certainly thought Morrison was, but I quoted what was stated on the offie.
Perhaps they are mentioned in a different statement? |
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Reply | International break
at 09:24 3 Sep 2024
Four players are in international squads - Celar, Smyth, Kolli & Tuck. |
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Reply | International break
at 09:58 2 Sep 2024
Yes, that would seem probable. Paal playing for Suriname should be another. |
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