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Post by medibot on Jul 25, 2008 16:34:21 GMT
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Post by Meadow on Jul 25, 2008 16:40:15 GMT
Telford went down to a 4-1 defeat against Championship newcomers Nottingham Forest. Andy Cole was expected to be in the Forest squad for the game but had to pull out due to taking a knock and so didn't come. Forest fielded a mix of first teamers and promising youngsters. The visitors took a 3-0 lead by half time and the difference in league was much more obvious than against Cheltenham (who we had more than matched) with the Nottingham squad showing a lot of pace and good finishing. Telford also had some chances including hitting the bar twice in the first half, one of which bounced down and landed on the goal line. Forest made it 4-0 in the second half before Telford scored a late consolation goal, though probably the best goal of the game. New signing Martyn Naylor scoring on the half volley from outside the box. Sat 12th July - Stratford Town (a) MFA ~ W 5-1 Tue 15th July - Wellington Amateurs (a) ^WM1 ~ W 5-1Fri 18th July - Cheltenham Town (h) L1 ~ D 0-0Wed 23rd July - Nottingham Forest (h) ^CH ~ L 1-4Sat 26th July - Havant & Waterlooville (a) BSS Mon 28th July - [SSC SF] Bridgnorth Town (h)^MFA Thu 31st July - Shropshire Senior Cup Final (@ New Meadow, Shrewsbury) Sat 2nd August - Chester City (h) L2 CH - Coca Cola Championship L1 - Coca Cola League 1 L2 - Coca Cola League 2 BSS - Blue Square South (step 2) MFA - Midland Football Alliance (step 5) WM1 - (step 7) ^ - promoted to this season
Tommorrow Telford make the long journey down to Havant and Waterlooville. The Shropshire Senior Cup Quater final was won by newcomers Bridgnorth Town 1-0 at home to Shifnal Town. Telford will play Bridgnorth on Monday at the New Bucks Head. At the same time Shrewsbury will play Market drayton at the recently named Prostar Stadium. The final will take place on Thursday and is provisionally set for the Prostar Stadium. Some decent oppo there. Hope it sets you up well for the season.
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Post by MiB TFC on Jul 25, 2008 19:32:12 GMT
Medi, assuming I make it out of bed on time, arrival at Clapham is at 10:24.
I posted it on here rather than texting you cos, well basically, I'm tight and it saves me 12p!
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davetscfc
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 25, 2008 21:49:22 GMT
Could be a bit of a Tinpot tour tomorrow then. Medibot, don't have your number i dont think (not sure if Malx is with us, he prefers to drive rather than train). If you message me on here or facebook, I'll check it before I set off in the morning to make contact.
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Post by medibot on Jul 26, 2008 3:24:30 GMT
Right, messages sent. Numbers acquired. Best plan seems to be. I get to Clapham Junction at 10:05 I then go to the Salisbury trains arrival platform to greet the Mighty Whites at 10:12, we then sort our lives out and grab some food or whatever whilst waiting for MiB on the 10:24 arrival. We then pootle along to the Kingston Platform and catch the 10:36 train. Straight into Kingston Wetherspoons to get going and then the military precision goes out the window as we get to Kingsmeadow for something near 2pm via the two Good Beer Guide pubs i know between Kingston Station and the footy ground and then attempt to find the wombles. Somewhere along the line a dull pre-season friendly may breakout. There may possibly be more interest from gameless Sutton fans depending on the wills of wallets and boyfriends and whatnot but they all have my number so PLEAAAAAAASE ring me and find us whenever you can make it Anyway. It's a plan. Let's see when it crumbles!
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davetscfc
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 26, 2008 6:34:46 GMT
Sounds good. Unusually for me I've not organised anything beyond arrival at Clapham, so hopefully Medibot's lack of sleep doesn't scupper plans!
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Post by medibot on Jul 26, 2008 7:23:22 GMT
Aha! Awake. We're away and i feel honoured to have such power over a Salisbury away day
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Post by MiB TFC on Jul 26, 2008 7:29:21 GMT
Best plan seems to be. I get to Clapham Junction at 10:05 I then go to the Salisbury trains arrival platform to greet the Mighty Whites at 10:12, we then sort our lives out and grab some food or whatever whilst waiting for MiB on the 10:24 arrival. It's a plan. Let's see when it crumbles! It's sort've crumbling already since I was hoping to be on the same train as the whites from Basingstoke on!
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 26, 2008 8:33:37 GMT
Fine... I guess you don't need me any more then...
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Post by Meadow on Jul 26, 2008 8:43:43 GMT
Fine... I guess you don't need me any more then... Awwww.... you not coming today then?
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Post by Meadow on Jul 26, 2008 18:41:34 GMT
A good afternoon was had by all, despite the Dons losing 1-2. I said goodbye to the others as they staggered towards Kingston, with the intention of having a few pints by the Thames. I've arrived home and more or less slept off the 3 pints I had (lightweight eh?) Don't know who the two guys at the back were, but from the left, me, malxscfc, davetscfc, medibot & MiB - TFC. Next stop, Gander Green Lane on Wednesday.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jul 27, 2008 17:48:49 GMT
Travelled down to Havant yesterday for the match for a 1-1 draw. A balanced first half gave both teams a good few chances but no goals, the Hawks had a goal disallowed for offside. Telford took the lead on 50 minutes through Terry Fearns and looked the stronger team i nthe 2nd half. Havant & Waterlooville drew level in the 89th minute with a penalty following a handball by Indy Khela.
Overall felt we had done enough to win it, however Havant & Waterlooville were IMO a very decent side and though I don't really know the conference south I would expect them to do well. Was pleased with our own performance also, especially considering we went into the game with a squad of 14 players due to injuries and players on holiday. Enjoyed my visit to Havant and from my time on football manager I recognised the names Brett Poate, Craig Watkins and Shaun Gale.
Sat 12th July - Stratford Town (a) MFA ~ W 5-1 Tue 15th July - Wellington Amateurs (a) ^WM1 ~ W 5-1 Fri 18th July - Cheltenham Town (h) L1 ~ D 0-0 Wed 23rd July - Nottingham Forest (h) ^CH ~ L 1-4 Sat 26th July - Havant & Waterlooville (a) BSS ~ D 1-1 Mon 28th July - [SSC SF] Bridgnorth Town (h)^MFA Thu 31st July - Shropshire Senior Cup Final (@ New Meadow, Shrewsbury) Sat 2nd August - Chester City (h) L2
CH - Coca Cola Championship L1 - Coca Cola League 1 L2 - Coca Cola League 2 BSS - Blue Square South (step 2) MFA - Midland Football Alliance (step 5) WM1 - (step 7) ^ - promoted to this season
Tommorrow Telford face Midland Football Alliance newcomers Bridgnorth Town at the New Bucks Head in the Shropshire Senior Cup. The match; if tied after 90 minutes will go straight to penalties. The winner will take their place in the final on Thursday.
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Post by ojiveojive on Jul 27, 2008 18:26:12 GMT
Ho hum, lost 3-1 to Leamington.
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Post by Meadow on Jul 27, 2008 21:35:33 GMT
some Wombles Not me, having to start from scratch, I'm grateful that we've got to where we are now. Akshully, don't tell anyone, but I prefer non-league anyway. More friendly.
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Post by davetscfc on Jul 27, 2008 21:41:03 GMT
Great day out yesterday. Everything went surprisingly according to plan as well! Medibot and MiB met the Salisbury train brigade at Clapham as planned from where we headed off to Kingston. Rarely for me I had the day off from organising our lot and left all to our guide Medibot. The walk from the Kinmgston Wetherspoons to our first Good Beer Guide pub the Wych Elm was a longer one than us lazy Salisbury lot are used to doing but it meant we'd worked up quite a thirst for our pints of Fullers Discovery. From there to th Willoughby Arms and more outside drinking before the taxi to Kingsmeadow, and, errr, more outside drinking. Locals wewre friendly, intereted in our thoughts on Conference South, and was here we met up with Meadow asking who the tinpotters were. Luckily it was me she asked so wasn't just given strange looks. Game was a very good one for a friendly, a propler competitive match rather than the glorified 11 subs each we've had up til now. After an after match beer we headed off back to Kingston to meet car driving Malx. After a couple of wrong turn,. (we'll forgive Medibot's brief loss of direction at this point seeing how far through the day we were by now) we met up with Malx at a pub by the river with our first lady of Tinpot, Sal. More beer and chat and a couple more pubs near Kingston station and eventually we worked our separate ways home. Top day out. Good to met up with medibot once again (Top work on the planning front), Tamworth Mark, and Sal of course. And for the first time, Meadow and her daughter, and Sal's other half Leo (Rock!)
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