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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Feb 28, 2006 19:51:37 GMT
Glad you enjoyed it, not Seriously we are generally welcoming to other fans. We'll give the keeper and backline severe grief, along with the ref and linos, of course, we like a bit of banter but mostly we just want to see us win a good game of football and if your keeper plays well we'll tell him so at the end. I know we're getting a bit off topic here, but: I remember a cracking afternoon at your place (Pre fire AND that break-in) on the last day of the OLD Southern Premier. We had just managed to qualify for the new Connie Sarff, having beaten Newport County during the week before, so were looking to have a good day out. Those of us who went had to work darn hard to get there - thanks to engineering works, but we got there, spent an age blowing up balloons in your clubhouse before the game, just to chuck them into the wind as the teams came out. I remember thinking what good nick the pitch was in, and loved the old stand, by the way Anyway, we scored first; James (Supes) Taylor - who was celebrating having signed a new 2-year contract, scored after 17 minutes, You equalised on 35. (No - the memory is NOT that good, I've just checked on our website ) At that point, as far as we all knew, you were unlikely to make the new division. Your second goal after 50 minutes won the game, and then came the agonising wait for results from elsewhere. Merthyr losing meant you were moving up - though going North rather than South! Some of us joined you below the stand to celebrate for a while before starting the long journey home. Good day out.
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Post by frankiegth on Feb 28, 2006 20:15:55 GMT
Nowt wrong with going a bit off topic, that's what good forums are all about. When was the last time you stayed "on topic" rattling in the pub my owd.
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Feb 28, 2006 21:06:25 GMT
Nowt wrong with going a bit off topic, that's what good forums are all about. When was the last time you stayed "on topic" rattling in the pub my owd. Jiggered if I can remember - I have trouble remembering the ON topic at the best of times after a couple of ales! "Nods sage-like"!
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Post by medibot on Feb 28, 2006 21:20:15 GMT
I'd like to say this place is like an online pub without the beer but i have four cans of Adnams SSB sitting in the cupboard and they probably won't stay there for long... I know nothing about Moor Green btw so if anybody could tell me or send me somewhere to broaden my mind on them that would be great
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Post by coops on Feb 28, 2006 22:55:59 GMT
No news of any return to The Moorlands, my prediction is that the chairman will take over Solihull Borough, sell The Moorlands for 10 mill for development, recoup his eight hundred grand investment, bring Damson Park up to conference standard in the hope of Conference football and alienate all the Moor Green fans. That sounds bad. Are you saying that Moor Green might cease to exist?
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Post by ojiveojive on Mar 1, 2006 11:50:03 GMT
ISIHAC I remember it well, four days earlier we'd beaten the Wolves at Molyneux to win the Birmingham Senior cup and we were still on a high from that, although waiting for the Merthyr result was nailbiting. You were a good bunch as I remember and I hope we made you all welcome. By the way that pitch won plaudits from everyone including the FA best outside the Conference, I think, best of some thing anyway! Anyone wanting to check us aout can find us at www.moorgreenfc.co.uk and our forum is open to guests, so you don't have to register. Coops, this is me being a miserable old git! No-one knowswhat will happen to The Moorlands but it would seem that no steps have yet been taken to try to get Moor Green back home. It would take over a year to get the planning drawings and planning permission to redevelop the ground and at least another six months to get the work done. As far as anyone is aware this hasn't even been started yet. So, if we started today we would be lucky to be ready for the2007/8 season. In the meantime we are playing at Solihull Borough which could easily be brought up to conference standard, has a contract with Birmingham City reserves who play there and has a ready made social club and small conference/event facilities. Allegedly Solihull are losing money, they have even smaller gates than we do. The problem with Damson Park is that it's virtually in the middle of bloody nowhere at the edge of Solihull, close to Birmingham airport, served by a bus route that doesn't run on weekday evenings or Sundays and for Moors' supporters is not a natural place to spend a Sunday afternoon watching footie in the club as the only way to get there is to drive, whereas The Moorlands was within reasonable walking distance for most supporters who wouldn't have to make a special journey to get there. The Moor Green club was also a safe enclosure for children as it was inside the ground with lots of green space for them to play on and Solihull's is adjacent to the ground and the car park with no green space and on the edge of a main road.
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