Results 18/11/06

[Giggy of Telford]

Nationwide Conference North

Aldershot Town 2 v 2 Southport
Altrincham 1 v 1 Crawley Town
Cambridge United 1 v 3 Morecambe
Dagenham & Redbridge 3 v 0 Burton Albion
Exeter City 1 v 1 Kidderminster Harriers
Forest Green Rovers 2 v 1 Northwich Victoria
Gravesend & Northfleet 1 v 0 Oxford United
Halifax Town 3 v 1 Stafford Rangers
St Albans City 3 v 2 Rushden & Diamonds
Stevenage Borough 1 v 0 Grays Athletic
Tamworth 3 v 1 Woking
Weymouth 1 v 2 York City


Nationwide Conference North

Alfreton Town 1 v 0 Barrow AFC
Blyth Spartans 2 v 0 Gainsborough Trinity
Droylsden 5 v 3 Hucknall Town
Farsley Celtic 2 v 1 Kettering Town
Harrogate Town 2 v 1 Leigh RMI
Hinckley United 2 v 3 Stalybridge Celtic
Hyde United 3 v 2 Nuneaton Borough
Moor Green 3 v 1 Lancaster City
Redditch United 3 v 3 Vauxhall Motors
Worcester City 3 v 2 Scarborough
Worksop Town 1 v 3 Workington


Nationwide Conference South

Bishop`s Stortford 1 v 3 Welling United
Bognor Regis Town 1 v 1 Salisbury City
Cambridge City 2 v 0 Eastleigh
Dorchester Town 5 v 4 Sutton United
Farnborough Town 3 v 2 Bedford Town
Fisher Athletic (London) 3 v 5 Thurrock FC
Havant & Waterlooville 2 v 1 Eastbourne Borough
Hayes 1 v 1 Basingstoke Town
Histon 3 v 2 Weston-super-Mare
Lewes 3 v 2 Yeading
Newport County 0 v 1 Braintree Town


Unibond League Premier Division

Burscough 3 v 2 Ashton United
Gateshead 3 v 3 Fleetwood Town
Grantham Town 2 v 1 Marine
Guiseley 0 v 1 AFC Telford United
Hednesford Town 0 v 0 Mossley
Kendal Town 1 v 5 Matlock Town
Leek Town 0 v 3 Ossett Town
Lincoln United 2 v 2 Prescot Cables
North Ferriby United 3 v 2 Frickley Athletic
Whitby Town 4 v 1 Ilkeston Town
Witton Albion 1 v 0 Radcliffe Borough


Arngorve Northern League Division 1

Northalleton Town 0 v 5 Morpeth Town
Billingham Town 2 v 1 Bishop Auckland
Chester-le Street 3 v 1 Horden Colliery Welfare
Darlington Railway Athletic 0 v 3 Tow Law Town
Ashington 1 v 3 Jarrow Roofing & Boldon Ca
West Allotment Celtic 2 v 2 Sunderland Nissan


Arngrove Northern League Division 2

Guisborough Town 5 v 1 Whickham
Hebburn Town 1 v 0 Esh Winning
Marske United 2 v 1 Norton & Stockton Ancients
North Shields 2 v 4 Thornaby
Ryton 1 v 1 Seaham Red Star
Spennymoor Town 2 v 0 Penrith
Sunderland Ryhope CA 1 v 3 Washington
Team Northumbria 2 v 2 Stokesley SC

[ambersalamander]

Well bugger me backwards with a peculiarly shaped parsnip.

FIVE-FOUR

Last night in the pub with a certain Eastbourne Borough fan we were talking about the highest score we'd never seen in a match, and mine was 4-4 (i.e. I've seen 0-0, 1-0, 1-1, 2-0, everything up to 4-3, but never a 4-4) and I thought "wouldn't it be funny if we drew 4-4 tomorrow?" I think the conversation MIGHT have evolved from my saying that although I'm normally quick to predict scores I just couldn't think how this game might finish. I mentioned this to one of their fans before the game and he said "that's because we're unpredictable..."

Possibly the greatest game of football I've ever seen -not just for its 9 goals, but the action just never stopped. It could've been a rugby score. Great away trip as well. Just a shame we lost. I don't think we deserved to lose, but both sides couldn't have won although we both deserved to.

I've had a great day despite being pissed off at Dorchester's last minute winner. On the back of an absolutely fantastic week, my mate picked me up at 11:30 (there were 4 of us in the car including me and medibot) and for some reason, instead of playing proper music, we had lots and lots of kids' TV theme tunes playing one after the other! (I didn't ask why, but it was very very entertaining and surprisingly good fun, made a change and the journey went so quick!) As a result, as we entered Dorchester's car park, we were blaring out the theme from the A-Team with the windows open. We got funny looks. We later discovered that had we been held up and arrived a little later, it would have been the Wurzels, which might not have gone down too well in Dorset!

Anyway... there are too many stories from today to tell on here. But it's not pleasant to be 4-2 up away from home and then lose 5-4 I tell you

[martello]

A pedant writes.... ("Hi Millsy!")


If we didn't say it at the time (which I think we did) we meant LOWEST score you have never seen. Cos after all the highest score I've never seen at a game would be infinity-infinity ;D



(Btw I know its a minor point and people get the idea - please don't smack me one!)

[ambersalamander]

Oops sorry eastbourne, that's what I meant. And a pedant returns your correspondence: no football team could score an infinite number of goals in 90 minutes of play, so the highest score you've never seen is the highest number of goals possible to score in 90 minutes of football. We don't know what that number is, but that number exists

[coops]

ambersalamander said:

Oops sorry eastbourne, that's what I meant. And a pedant returns your correspondence: no football team could score an infinite number of goals in 90 minutes of play, so the highest score you've never seen is the highest number of goals possible to score in 90 minutes of football. We don't know what that number is, but that number exists

I once played for a team that lost a game 44-0!

[ambersalamander]

I meant the highest score possible in a game where coops isn't playing

[medibot]

bollocks.

I wish Luke Naughton would f**k off and be sh*t in goal somewhere else too.

[davetscfc]

Good day out at Bognor marred by the fact that at least 2, probably 3 of our players, will miss our game with Nottingham Forest due to injury and suspension. Our captain Aaron Cook was on 4 bookings before yesterday and there was munch debate amongst us as to whether he should play yesterday. He did, and picked up the inevitable booking which will prevent him leading the side out in front of the cameras. Before that, Jon Beswetherick was stretchered off and taken to hospital with a nasty looking knee injury, whle in the second half Scott Bartlett limped off. So, we're going to be facing Forest with a makeshirt defence.

Result was pretty fair I thought. Bognor took the lead against the run of play but then dominated for a spell. We deserved our equaliser, and with better finishing could have won it.

Good trip down on the train, Bognor pubs none too special but we made the most of it, as we always do! Cracking atmosphere at the game, good turn out of Whites fans and a very vocal home support. Probably the best bunch of supporters after Sutton that we've met this season.

[ambersalamander]

I'm glad to see we're still winning on that score ;D

davetscfc said:

there was munch debate amongst us

Yeah, their famous Premier Burgers ain't what they used to be

Still nice though ;D

[davetscfc]

ambersalamander said:

I'm glad to see we're still winning on that score ;D

davetscfc said:

there was munch debate amongst us

Yeah, their famous Premier Burgers ain't what they used to be

Still nice though ;D

They were out of cheese by the time I got around there but still decent! A pleasant change from the dry piece of carboard being passed off as a burger at Swindon in the week when went up for our Wiltshire Shield match. Think there would have been more nutritional value and taste in the polystyrene box it came in.

[ambersalamander]

BOGNOR?! OUT OF CHEESE?

Shocking.

[coops]

davetscfc said:

So, we're going to be facing Forest with a makeshirt defence.

What's a makeshirt defence?

Tailor made for a defeat then!

[Col ISIHAC.]

Ooh! The wit on here.

Out of respect for young Martello; who may or may not have been elsewhere on the day???
We had a nice stroll in the winter sunshine, scored twice then waited while the ref added on enough time to help Boro score a very, very, very late consolation penalty.

Side unchanged from the outing against Millwall, and at times, played well enough to have my 12 year old son purring with pleasure. And he's NOT someone who is easily impressed, let me tell you!

[martello]

admin said:

Out of respect for young Martello; who may or may not have been elsewhere on the day???

I was not at Dorchester if that's what you are insinuating!

Despite it being a relatively short jaunt down the coast, I had far too much uni work to do for a tutorial scheduled for today that has since been cancelled And when you arrive back in Eastbourne at 1pm on a Saturday having spent a week away and expect to leave again at 5pm the next day for a near three hour journey, I didn't fancy the idea of spending another four hours travelling - and the expense it would incur having lost my YP railcard - plus the two hours of the game at a ground we always do miserably at.

Missed six of our 19 first team games so far this season, for various reasons, but although I never like missing Boro matches I've had to get used to it, with journalism and refereeing committments on Saturdays in the last few seasons.

For what it's worth, our squad is paper thin and our lofty position a bit of a false one with several teams below us having games in hand. We have, as far as I can tell, a squad of 17 - one of whom has been sent out on-loan, and a further two were missing on Saturday due to injury and suspension. So we travelled to Havant with 14 fit first-teamers - hence a barely used this season midfielder (Atkin) at centre-back and only three usable subs (one of whom, Dominic Douglas, signed on an emergency basis from a Sussex County League side) and goalkeeping coach Dean Lightwood on the bench. Can't wait for the FA Trophy trip to Gloucester City when left-back Neil Jenkins is suspended too. If Ben Austin is still out injured, that's 13 first-teamers to take down there.

Must be down to our finances and a knock-on from the cup exit because in the last week we've allowed defender Kevin Hemsley to move on permanently to Horsham, and Joe Keehan to go on loan to Worthing. Leaving us with barely a team.

So much for the unbeaten run since that ignominous Cup exit.

[DazaB_WCFC]

WE'VE WON THREE GAMES IN A ROW!!!!!!! ;D
And our women beat Kiddy 2-1, with only 11 fit players plus an injured striker in goal ;D
And Craig Wilding scored a 12 minutes hat trick ;D
And I woke up wearing a Scarborough shirt Sunday morning