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Post by coops on Jul 20, 2007 23:32:39 GMT
To be fair I'd blank Nicky Campbell as well, the boring git.
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Post by samd on Jul 21, 2007 9:29:30 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. Not as good as it used to be but still alright apparantley. Anyway we drew 1-1 last night, that's pretty much everything covered. |
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 22, 2007 22:19:37 GMT
To be fair I'd blank Nicky Campbell as well, the boring git. Yowch! Harsh opinion. Happens to be someone I admire...  |
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 22, 2007 22:20:30 GMT
We had 2 friendlies yesterday, half the squad going to Paulton Rovers and half playing Alton Town at a ground on the edge of the New Forest that we've been using for some training. Not being able to be in 2 places at once we decided on Paulton which involved taking the train to Bath followed by a 45 minute bus ride out into the sticks. Just the 3 of us on this trip. Made Bath for opening time and went to a couple of nice pubs the second of which is obviously named in honour of one of the Tinpot forum owners, the pub in question being the Salamander.  Had some nice Bath Ales before our bus. Amusing bit of the journey was about 35 minutes in with all of us desperate for a leak. Stopping at an unknown village (llater deduced to be Midsomer Norton) the 3 of us dived off the bus, ran to the nearest public lav and dived back on just as the last passenger boarded. Nice pint of Butcombe in one of Paulton's village pubs before a rather less pleasant Greene King IPA in Paulton's clubhouse. Game was probably the least exciting part of the day, a 2-2 draw, fairly standard pre season fare, with the usual array of trialists and chancers mingled with our more familar faces. Couple of drinks in the clubhouse (ditching the IPA in favour of becks and bud) before we avoided a legs crossed return bus ride by accepting a lift from 2 Oswestry based Whites' fans as far as Warminster (don't ask). More beer and chat with some Warminster old boy who turned out to know a lot about the Whites before the train back to Salisbury and, you've guessed it, more beer. Next stop - Team Baff at the uni on tuesday. |
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 22, 2007 22:45:30 GMT
;D
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 23, 2007 11:19:03 GMT
Would any of you Midlanders (or other knowledgable people  ) care to explain what happened there?! [From Non-League Daily.com] |
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Jul 25, 2007 0:11:33 GMT
we lost 0-1 today
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 25, 2007 8:57:11 GMT
Our friendly with Team Bath was beyond Tinpot.
As Team Bath share Twerton Park for their home games, and Bath City were using it, we got switched to the university.
Sounds simple enough......ariving a few minutes after the 7 o clock start we were trying to locate another Whites' fan's instructions ("come up the road, you'll see a row of cars, nip through the gap in the hedge opposite"). Completely missed the road at the first attempt, headed into the university car park and saw loads of astroturf pitches, hockey etc, but no Salisbury players. 2nd attempt we found the road and helpful Salisbury fan halfway down the lane waving at us.
Nipped through the hedge, slid down the bank to the pitch, which was just that, a marked out pitch with training goals placed at each end and joined the other supporters, Salisbury subs and management, and (we think) our Portuguese trialist's translator/agent stood on the touch line.
A nothing niggly game and a 1-1 draw.
Lovely village pub beforehand, a Malx guided tour of Bath's Georgian streets and crescents and a return to the Salamander made for a good 'break up the working week' trip, but the game itself was a bit of a waste of time.
Not sure why we play the students to be honest. Last time we had a "friendly" with them about 3 years ago, they walked off the pitch and refused to play because we were too physical. Events also included their manager allegedly punching our then assistant manager. Last night was a bit of improvement but was still on the edge of kicking off the whole time.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 25, 2007 9:57:16 GMT
We had one like that last Saturday at the Kingston Uni ground. Got there to see one of the more tinpot sights of my life. Chessington & Hook, who wear all maroon with sky blue trim, were playing Corinthian-Casuals, who wear pink and brown shirts with sky blue shorts and socks. It was certainly an arresting sight!
Last night we won 3-0 at Whyteleafe. I was pretty happy with our performance on the whole, although there are a lot of levers to pull and knobs to twiddle a little!
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 25, 2007 17:13:15 GMT
all maroon with sky blue trim pink and brown shirts with sky blue shorts and socks Sure you weren't getting similar halocenegenic effects to those Pinky had from his Bath Ale on saturday? |
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 25, 2007 17:17:28 GMT
And as postscript to our Team Bath story, for a change the craziest Whites awayday adventure didn't involve those of us who post on here. One Whites fan arrived at Twerton Park for a 7.45 kick off, paid £9.50 to get in, thought it was strange he didn't recognise anyone from Salisbury, heard the teams read out and found it stranger still, then realised he was at Bath City v Hereford. They kindly refunded his entrance money and he made it to our university field about 10 minutes into the 2nd half of our 7 o clock kick off. We all agreed that if that had been us we'd have kept it quiet and just given a simple 'caught in traffic' excuse. |
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Post by peekay on Jul 25, 2007 17:38:36 GMT
Would any of you Midlanders (or other knowledgable people ) care to explain what happened there?! [From Non-League Daily.com] Missed the game myself as I had to go to a wedding but from what I've heard, Accrington put out pretty much their youth team with a couple of reserves. They were also playing Prescot Cables on Saturday so I'd imagine there was a more realistic scoreline there. However, you have to go out and beat what is put in front of you so in that respect it couldn't have gone much better. ;D We beat Congleton Town (with their-I think-5 ex Leek players) last night 3-1. Couldn't go to that one either as I was at work. |
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jul 25, 2007 22:17:33 GMT
Good result for us last night and I wasn't there.
Pilkington XXX 2-5 AFC Telford United
A win was expected with them being in the Midland Combination Premier League (Step 6) but with 2 defeats so far including a penalty defeat to Market Drayton Town of the Midland Dootball Alliance (Step 5) we weren't taking anything for granted.
Recently signed Matty Lewis opened the scoring for 0-1 on 29min, it was 0-2 on 37min when a Pilkington player diverted the ball into his own net after a Lee Moore shot - Own goal. Defensive errors allowed the hosts to score twice to draw level. On 39min new goalkeeper Ryan Young allegedly brought down a Pilkington player, those at thematch say it was a harsh decision to award the penalty but to be fair we would say that. Pilkinton drew level on 43min after a mixup in the defence. In this half we supposedly attacked well but our defence let us down.
Half time and we made 7 subsitutions, Elliot Durrel and Matty Wood (both from youth team) as right/left wingbacks respectively. Substitute Gary Birch took the lead for the Bucks on 46min, scoring from a Chris Cornes corner. It became 4-2 on 57min after Justin Marsden broke the offside trap and finished well. On 80min a Chris Cornes corner was met by Steve Palmer, new signing Asa Charlton got a touch after this but it was heading for the net already and it was claimed by Palmer.Goalkeeper Ryan Young had to make some saves late on as Pilkington refused to give up without a fight, including one shot turned over the bar for a brilliant save. Elliot Durrel came close to scoring on his debut late on near the end of the game.
A more promising performance from what I've heard, we attacked well but defensive slips could have cos us again. The defence will hopefully build consistency over preseason when the new players gel in.
Final Score: PXXXFC 2-5 AFCTU
Next up are conference side Kidderminster Harriers on Friday evening at the New Bucks Head. This will be a real test and hopefully we can rise to the challenge.
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Jul 25, 2007 22:57:32 GMT
We hate Carpets and we hate Carpets........ |
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Post by malxscfc on Jul 26, 2007 21:12:38 GMT
We had one like that last Saturday at the Kingston Uni ground. Got there to see one of the more tinpot sights of my life. Chessington & Hook, who wear all maroon with sky blue trim, were playing Corinthian-Casuals, who wear pink and brown shirts with sky blue shorts and socks. It was certainly an arresting sight! Yikes!! Brings a migraine on, just thinking about it......  |
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Had some nice Bath Ales before our bus. Amusing bit of the journey was about 35 minutes in with all of us desperate for a leak. Stopping at an unknown village (llater deduced to be Midsomer Norton) the 3 of us dived off the bus, ran to the nearest public lav and dived back on just as the last passenger boarded. 
) care to explain what happened there?!
