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Reply | Hopwood Hall
at 19:25 20 Nov 2024
Split into two. There’s the site in Rochdale town centre itself plus the one where the teacher training college was at Slattocks.
The latter is where all the sports facilities are.
The old training college building is currently derelict. |
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Reply | FA Trophy draw
at 09:39 19 Nov 2024
Are there replays in this competition? |
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Reply | FA Trophy draw
at 20:07 18 Nov 2024
That’s more than ample as you say.
It’s a neat stadium and the people there were always more than welcoming but beware of the parking. There is a car park there but there’s no real alternative - the ground is literally surrounded by fields and there is nowhere to park on the main road which doesn’t even have a footpath.
There used to be a park and ride service from the railway station at Leamington Spa on matchdays but I don’t know if this facility is still available. It’s around three to four miles from the station. |
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Reply | FA Trophy draw
at 16:25 18 Nov 2024
I actually know this ground as the firm I used to work for had it’s UK HQ just down the road and did a fair bit of sponsorship there.
It is in the countryside though miles from the nearest large town and Lord knows where the nearest pub is.
It’s terraced all the way round to a depth of 10/15 steps with a stand holding a couple of hundred seats down one side.
The dressing rooms and a social area about the size of the Dale Bar are behind the posts at the end of the ground nearest to the main road.
Having said all that they’ve entertained the likes of Stockport and York in league matches in the last ten seasons or so and could cope with reasonable away followings then.
It’s a well run club which has held its own in NLN.
Not sure what their average attendance is these days but I can see it being all ticket. |
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Reply | The Bigger Picture
at 15:05 17 Nov 2024
Boston weren’t in the bottom four when we went on the first game of the season so perhaps motivation wasn’t as issue that day. |
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Reply | The Bigger Picture
at 14:52 17 Nov 2024
Perhaps I should have qualified it by saying trips to teams in the lower reaches of the league table. |
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Reply | What’s our worst squad ever?
at 14:47 17 Nov 2024
Statistically yes. When I look at the players in that squad they don’t seem to bad though!
The 1973/74 team was in a higher division as well. |
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Reply | The Bigger Picture
at 13:39 17 Nov 2024
The squad is far too too heavy in terms of wide players.
The problem isn’t perhaps tactical flexibility but motivation at long distance away fixtures. |
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Reply | What’s our worst squad ever?
at 13:35 17 Nov 2024
I think Bob Scott arrived in the summer of 1978.
I had the likes of Brian Hart, Billy Boslem and Ted Oliver in mind. |
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Reply | What’s our worst squad ever?
at 12:45 17 Nov 2024
I always think of the one in 1977/78 in this context.
The club was on it’s uppers and we only had 14 players plus a couple of apprentices. |
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Reply | Wealdstone match thread
at 14:04 16 Nov 2024
Another new goalkeeper in the form of Sam Waller. No sub keeper on the bench either.
Kairo still absent as well. |
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Reply | Mcnulty
at 22:33 13 Nov 2024
The full name of the firm was Montague Burton. In its heyday their biggest factory in Leeds was producing 30000 suits a week.
Apparently the phrase “the full Monty” originated here. Most men just bought a jacket and trousers but if you had a waistcoat as well you ordered the full Monty. |
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Reply | Mcnulty
at 20:06 11 Nov 2024
If you listen to conjecture on X the short list to replace BJ includes Andy Crosby, Graham Coughlin and Pete Wild. |
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Reply | Mcnulty
at 21:30 10 Nov 2024
I was derided on another thread earlier this year when there was a managerial vacancy elsewhere for suggesting that McNulty may be in the frame for that job.
Managers come and go though and professional footballers just get on with the job in the vast majority of cases.
My only worry is that the longer serving members of the current board don’t have a great track record in managerial appointments BJ excepting.
Hendo as caretaker? |
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Reply | Mcnulty
at 18:14 10 Nov 2024
Yep. |
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Reply | Mcnulty
at 16:26 10 Nov 2024
For what it’s worth Pete O’Rourke is now running with the story. |
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Reply | Sutton match thread
at 22:06 9 Nov 2024
First of all well done to the club for the Remembrance Day tribute before the game.
Silence also impeccably observed and Littleborough Band playing “Tipperary” was quite moving.
Ryan East was deserved MOM and he seemed to have more freedom today, especially in the first half, with Henry playing deeper in a tweaked formation.
And East managed to be perhaps the smallest person to score a header at the Sandy Lane end since Billy Rudd performed the feat against Mansfield virtually 44 years to the date.
If Dale had conceded that goal there would have been harsh words on here though.
The team was immeasurably better with TAR on the right and there was some lovely link play from Gordon and McBride to give him crossing opportunities.
However….for the third successive home league game there was a feeling that BJ isn’t getting an optimum performance from the team. We just don’t seem to throw bodies into the box early enough.
The introduction of Hendo improved things; Dennis looked off the pace.
Like the Halifax game today was down to effort and perseverance. You can’t fault the players for commitment or spirit. |
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