samd
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Post by samd on Mar 6, 2006 17:19:45 GMT
Know what you mean, roofless, Moor Green reached the 1st round proper of the FA cup for the first time in 20 odd years a couple of seasons ago and were the only non league team in the midlands that had reached the first round NOT mentioned on the local midlands TV news programmes. When we beat Birmingham City 4-2 in the Senior cup semi we got one paragraph in the local Birmingham Post whereas Sutton Coldfield, who beat Kidderminster the same night, got a third of a page. IT AIN'T BLLEEDIN' FAIR, IS IT? I remember that, you got beat off Barrow in the first round proper and then a few weeks later we beat you 3-2 at Moor Green ;D .
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Post by peekay on Mar 6, 2006 21:18:00 GMT
I was (for once) optimistic about our chances at the beginning of the season. We'd looked really good in the pre-season matches and I was looking forward to us putting our bad run at the end of the previous season behind us. Cut to late January. We have a caretaker manager with no experience after the first manager left by "mutual consent" (although he is still the club's commercial manager) and the second one was sacked. We had taken 13 points from 22 matches and were bottom of the league, 14 points from safety. Since then we have taken 17 points from the last 8 matches and are now third from bottom and 2 points from safety. We can climb out of the relegation zone if we win tomorrow night. ;D We still have much to do but after thinking we were doomed it's back in our own hands again. P.S I forgot to mention the fact that a couple of weeks ago we won our first league match at home in over a year. P.P.S congratulations to Rocester on winning their second game of the season at the weekend. It was their first home win in nearly 2 years.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Mar 6, 2006 23:01:22 GMT
I was (for once) optimistic about our chances at the beginning of the season. We'd looked really good in the pre-season matches and I was looking forward to us putting our bad run at the end of the previous season behind us. Cut to late January. We have a caretaker manager with no experience after the first manager left by "mutual consent" (although he is still the club's commercial manager) and the second one was sacked. We had taken 13 points from 22 matches and were bottom of the league, 14 points from safety. Since then we have taken 17 points from the last 8 matches and are now third from bottom and 2 points from safety. We can climb out of the relegation zone if we win tomorrow night. ;D We still have much to do but after thinking we were doomed it's back in our own hands again. P.S I forgot to mention the fact that a couple of weeks ago we won our first league match at home in over a year. P.P.S congratulations to Rocester on winning their second game of the season at the weekend. It was their first home win in nearly 2 years. Its been a pretty impressive comeback by Leek as we all thought you were dead and buried so far this season to be honest. I enjoyed my trip to Leek, especially as you're our closest neighbours in the league. Here's hoping Telford and Leek will be playing each other in the Unibond Premier next season aswell.
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Post by peekay on Mar 8, 2006 15:46:55 GMT
I thought we were dead and buried too! Another win last night at Burscough leaves us only in the bottom 3 on goals scored behind Gateshead and Bradford Park Avenue (we all have the same goal difference) there are now 6 clubs within 3 points above us so we could move out of the bottom 3 for the first time since August on Saturday *crosses fingers*. Telford's form seems to have been pretty good since your new manager took over so hopefully we'll still play each other next season. I think the bean counters at all Unibond clubs probably look forward to Telford's visit. ;D
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Mar 8, 2006 16:21:10 GMT
According to recent form. www.tonykempster.btinternet.co.uk/nppform.htm?comp=14&count=4 Leek are doing best in the whole league and deserve to stay up purely for that comeback. Our recent form has been pretty good (undefeated since we sacked McNally {touch wood} ) but our away form is nothing short of abyssmal, have 3 away matches in a row now but since McNally was sacked we've only actually played away once where we managed a 1-1 draw with Blyth Spartans despite having 10 men for almost half the game.
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Post by peekay on Mar 8, 2006 19:32:06 GMT
We've only one once at home all season (admittedly our last home game) and we now play our next 4 at home. *clenches buttocks*
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Post by uptheterras on Mar 9, 2006 14:05:36 GMT
This season has been great & we've got a hell of a lot to smile about & it's mainly due to Mr Harrison's hard earned cash!!
We look odds on to win the league but we've been here before not so long ago & royally f***ed it up so no Champions talk from me just yet!!
PS: Thankyou Yeading this week!!!!
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 9, 2006 15:39:29 GMT
All right then- no need to gloat when you thrrrrrrrrrrash us this Saturday!
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Post by roofless on Mar 19, 2006 15:45:56 GMT
Not even Merson's Tamworth anymore... this season is now getting pooey! Not from losing him, just from propping up most of the teams in the league
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 20, 2006 20:58:09 GMT
Yep, I know what you mean! We haven't won away from home since August. Our manager got Manager of the Month just after that game and we all joked about the "Manager of the Month curse" little knowing that it would turn out to be true! Well, now we've got a new manager, but still haven't won anything except for TWO games in the last FIVE MONTHS
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Post by emochris on Mar 21, 2006 0:05:39 GMT
Spenny's season has kind of been the the Pound in the markets - goes up and down
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Post by Salisbury Fan on Mar 24, 2006 10:07:01 GMT
It had been great until a month ago. Unbeaten at home all season until January, and conceded only 1 League goal at home until then. Top of the League nearly the whole time, by up to 9 points, or with 3-4 games in hand. Quarter Finals of the Trophy. But then suddenly the bottom of the cardboard box must have got soggy, and the whole lot came tumbling out. We now have a very very tough task to stay top until the end of the season - maybe even an impossible one, on recent results. I can't say that on our Forum though - it's become far too politically correct a place for that! Most of the Whites Fans are in denial anyway and would blank me or damn me for my lack of blind faith.... Let them do their snake-handling if they wish. [P.S. speaking of PC places... isn't it a bit prissy to censor the word "d-a-m-n"? ]
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 24, 2006 10:37:59 GMT
Hello Salisbury (wow, another one- cool! ) Sounds a bit like our season actually! Except that the issues are at the other end of the table . I hope you do get some kind of kick up the posterior and win the bloody thing (see? you can say "bloody" but not "d*mn" ) because I'd like to see you next season As for the swear filter- we didn't do it! It's built into the silly board.
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Mar 24, 2006 13:16:46 GMT
Hello Salisbury (wow, another one- cool! ) As for the swear filter- we didn't do it! It's built into the silly board. Mr Salisbury, PLEASE get promoted. The world needs more Crop Circle drinking footy fans I have been playing with the list of words! At work, I might add... Damn and Damnation have been removed. See? Now I know how the sweary-filter works, there's scope for a competition. It's a bit like auto-correct on Word, so if, for example I decided that the word..."Arsenal" for example, was offensive to the world in general, I could instruct the filter to replace it with something else. The question is what... ;D
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Post by bluepole on Mar 24, 2006 17:03:56 GMT
Yep, i'd love to see Salisbury back in the same div as Dorchester! I used to enjoy going to their old ground before they moved to Old Sarum. Nice supporters as well.
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