davetscfc
Steaming Bovril
......and it's Salisbury City......
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 18, 2007 21:56:52 GMT
Show off! ;D We've got Paulton Rovers on Saturday.... But at least that forces us to spend time beering ourselves unreservedly in Bath, which is always a moody boon. Bellringer there last week, as DaveT said. Must try to find some of these "Bath Ales" with the abstracty sort of rabbit logo.... www.bathales.com/website/[Amberaleman any thoughts!? ] Aah I recognise the logo now. Definitely had some of that somewhere, the Gem at least. Can't remember where or when... On one of our Bath trips no doubt. Last team we want in a friendly is Portsmouth with their reputation round these parts. Paulton will do nicely.
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 18, 2007 22:58:24 GMT
"Oh who could ever tire of Bath?" A quest for Saturday, maybe? Cadge a coney?
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Post by medibot on Jul 18, 2007 23:38:16 GMT
I've had three Bath Ales in the Evening Star this year and i'd say they were in the top 5 pints i've had in the last year.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 18, 2007 23:39:46 GMT
I had a bath this morning.
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samd
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Post by samd on Jul 19, 2007 9:54:50 GMT
We've got Tonbridge Angels at home tomorrow night.
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Jul 19, 2007 11:49:12 GMT
A fair old hike! They on a little tour or something?
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jul 19, 2007 14:02:09 GMT
We travel to Market Drayton tonight, hopefully we'll get our preseason back on track here and earn our place in the SSC Final, even if that is technically the Second Round.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 19, 2007 16:54:03 GMT
A fair old hike! They on a little tour or something? Aren't Gateshead playing Hampton & Richmond as well?
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 19, 2007 21:13:51 GMT
Richmond, Yorkshire, is not far off the A1, so that would make sense...
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 19, 2007 22:31:13 GMT
Have they got a Hampton?
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 20, 2007 12:57:55 GMT
Have they got a Hampton? Nope. That's just the way they walk!
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samd
Steaming Bovril
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Post by samd on Jul 20, 2007 14:47:39 GMT
A fair old hike! They on a little tour or something? Yes, they play us - get pissed in Whitley Bay and then attempt to play ANL side North Shields tomorrow afternoon.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jul 20, 2007 16:13:30 GMT
Well that's ruined my week:
Market Drayton Town 1-1 AFC Telford United Market Drayton win 5-3 on penalties.
A poor performance all around, we sent out a strong side but at the end of the day just didn't seem to want it as much as them. Former Telford youth player Dale Williams opened the scoring for Market Drayton on 24 minutes. MDT had several good chances but wasted them. As usual when we play a team in a lower league we seemed to lower our game while they upped there meaning both teams near enough cancelled each other out. Goalkeeper Ryan Young did however seem to have put his debut behind him last night, we made several defensive errors though, leading to several chances. We equalised on 33 minutes with and excellent lob by Lee Moore. Second half was much the same really.
Full time went and though we'd seen penalties coming for a while we knew this was bad, neither the old or new club has been involved in a penalty shootout and won. The old club was only invovled in 2 ever and lost them both. Before this the new club had lost 4-1 on penalties to Shrewsbury (Stuart Brock in goal) and 11-10 on penalties to Leek (Damien Stevens in goal). In neither game had we actually saved a penalty. In goal for MDT is Andy Pryce, he played for us at one point in the Unibond 1 and let in 7 goals in 2 games, against us last season we scored another 5, we were hoping there would be a few more this time. But he had given so far a very impessive performance with a close range save in the first half particularly standing out.
MDT go first, and score. Lee Moore then follows up with a goal of his own. MDT's second player also scores. New signing Jamie Vermiglio takes his penalty and Pryce dives to the side for an impressive save. New signing Steve Jagielka and wingback Dean Craven both put their penalties away but so do the remaining 3 MDT players so they win 5-3 on penalties with our 5th taker not even having to step forward.
We're out of the SSC and so miss the final at the New Bucks Head against Llanshrewsbury, a shame but in one way there's some relief in the way our matches with Sewersbury always lead to injuries or suspensions. Considering MDT are three divisions below us though this is a very bad result and a poor performance. Credit to the hosts who clearly wanted it more and ran themselves into the ground to get it, good luck to them in the final.
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 20, 2007 18:32:30 GMT
Yes, they play us - get pissed in Whitley Bay and then attempt to play ANL side North Shields tomorrow afternoon. There are worse places to get pissed in than Whitley Bay! Or so I believe.
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 20, 2007 18:37:38 GMT
Unlucky, Giggy. Bit of a shock I suppose - but maybe you've correctly identified the crucial difference between the teams; in terms of who wanted the victory most.... Same with Tiger Woods. Nicky Campbell was gracious enough to afford him an interview first thing yesterday, and the ungrateful American totally blanked him. And he was only on the way to the Putting Green! The bloke is the closest thing to an automaton of golf. Focus must be a nice thing!
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