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Post by coops on Sept 5, 2007 11:40:13 GMT
I reckon this accolade goes to Welsh League Division One side Garw AFC. So far they have lost 0-10; 0-6; 1-11; 0-9; 0-9 & 0-11. Link to a rather depressing (for Garw fans) league table: www.welshleague.org.uk/newsletter.htm |
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Post by ambersalamander on Sept 5, 2007 11:54:59 GMT
Scored one, conceded fifty-six. Oh dear. Over nine per game on average!
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Post by samd on Sept 6, 2007 11:29:44 GMT
It could be worse.
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Post by samd on Sept 6, 2007 11:30:09 GMT
Actually no it couldn't.
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Post by ambersalamander on Sept 6, 2007 11:36:02 GMT
I can't remember who it was last season- some Essex team I think- whose record I happened to see after 10 games. They had conceded, I think, exactly one hundred goals without scoring and had no points whatsoever.
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Post by votp on Sept 6, 2007 11:44:06 GMT
But the scorer of the only goal thus far is probably dining out on it and probably secretly hopes they don't get any more all season.
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Sept 6, 2007 11:56:53 GMT
It is rather sad though! Things can only get better...... Ok. Sorry! But there can be a sort of perverse pleasure in this kind of failure. When I was 23-24, I played for a team in the West Sussex league, which was started by my then boss. After a season of friendlies, we went into the league at the bottom; Div 5 South - and got mullered week in, week out but playing teams who completely dismiss you in the changing room ebefore the start can have its high points. In fact, I distinctly remember more than one occasion when we were somehow on level terms at some point in the second half, the opposition players would start arguing with each other - quite seriously - because they assumed a divine right to a double-figure scoreline within 45 minutes. One could have quite a laugh winding them up - I did tell one team captain that if his feet were as good at playing as his mouth was at moaning, they would have been out of sight by now! And the day we actually got to half time against the then league leaders one up (modesty prevents me from telling you who scored for us   ) was great fun! OK, we went on to lose 5 - 1 but for those 15 minutes, we were on top of the world.  |
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Post by coops on Sept 6, 2007 13:18:21 GMT
Okay, I've read a bit more about the Garw situation and it seems that the manager that got them promoted left the club to take a job in Grenada (can't really blame him) and all the senior players left just afterwards, they have started the season basically with their youth team in order not to have to resign from the league and possibly go under.
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Post by ambersalamander on Sept 6, 2007 13:25:46 GMT
Now that is a tinpot start to the season!
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Post by malxscfc on Sept 7, 2007 0:14:51 GMT
Okay, I've read a bit more about the Garw situation and it seems that the manager that got them promoted left the club to take a job in Grenada (can't really blame him) and all the senior players left just afterwards, they have started the season basically with their youth team in order not to have to resign from the league and possibly go under. I played for a 5-a-side team which started with a similar sort of position to Garw. Over time, though, we met up in the Pub after every game, and talked frankly a lot, and totally turned around our season. We metamorphosed radically as time went on too - we changed 5 of our players, for example  , and I went from being goalie at the start, to the League's top scorer by the end. By the end, we were too far down the League to ever get back, but ONLY lost out to the League winners in the Cup Final on penalties..... Bear in mind they'd had an unchanged, nearly unbeaten team in 10 years as well.... Changes can be effected!!  OK, we went on to lose 5 - 1 but for those 15 minutes, we were on top of the world. QUITE SO, Sir! ;D  |
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Post by medibot on Sept 7, 2007 12:23:34 GMT
This would be a good time to mention the Sutton Untied five-a-side heroes had we actually managed to win a game I was top scorer though |
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Post by ambersalamander on Sept 7, 2007 13:02:35 GMT
...which just goes to show how tinpot the side were! |
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Post by coops on Sept 10, 2007 21:34:52 GMT
Ha! I've found an even MORE Tinpot start to the season. Step forward RI Spartans FC of The Staffordshire County Senior League Division Three. Results so far: Stone Old Alleynians 16 -1 RI Spartans RI Spartans 0-28 Ball Haye Green Reserves Table here (scroll down) |
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Post by peekay on Sept 11, 2007 5:58:43 GMT
I would assume that Old Alleynians refers to Alleynes High School in Stone. I remember playing against them a couple of times back in the (increasingly) dim and distant past.
As for Ball Haye Green- It's in Leek! ;D
I can't say I know where RI Spartans are based.
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Post by medibot on Sept 11, 2007 12:16:41 GMT
I had to google it but maybe this anecdote about the Ancient Spartans could come in useful? Apparently, Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying "If I enter Laconia I will level Sparta to the ground". All very hard and macho. The Spartans responded simply: "If". ;D ;D A bit more Spartan resolve could be in order  |
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, and I went from being goalie at the start, to the League's top scorer by the end.
