National League 2022-2023

white_dragon

Remember when it was re election and rarely anyone got relegated from division 4. There was no clear pathway into the league.

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

Went to watch Ossett United today. Chinned 0-3 by Long Eaton.

Not convinced the standard was much higher than the West Yorkshire league in the early 90s. Some of them wouldn’t have lasted 10 minutes at Beeston or Horsforth.

Talking to a lad I know in the bar at half time. Shocked fuckless when he told me how much some of them get paid.

Cooley

white_dragon

Shocking mistake by Wrexham keeper , in the last minute. Gave away 2 points.

Cooley

white_dragon Our goalkeeping problems persist. Dibble’s good - when he’s fit. The defence is also shakey. We defo need to strengthen both areas if/when we get to Div 2. Putting injuries to one side, our midfield and forward line could probably hold their own in Division One.

Travis_Bickle

One game away from Wembley. FA Trophy semi-finals draw on Monday. Hoping they get Gateshead at home. Which means they'll get Barnet away.

Bod

Travis_Bickle Altrincham away, not bad ?

Renatino

Wrexham's main problem is that they are way, way, way, way over reliant on 3 players for their goals; Mullin, Palmer & Hayden have scored 60% of them. And it's also worth noting that over a third of Mullin's goals come from penalties. Soft penalties at that.

Travis_Bickle

Renatino something like a third of their set-piece goals come from long throws. They're top. But it ain't pretty.

Tolley

At the Marine v Guiseley game on Saturday, Machado started the game for Guiseley, but was replaced by Rowe, who was then replaced by Whitham, who in turn was replaced by Cassidy.

So 10 of the starting 11 finished the match, but the maximum three permitted substitutions were made.

Is this some sort of record?

Mega_Armageddon_Chickens

Tolley
Good bar at Marine though it was good un before they modernised it.
Were The Huddle in attendance?

CBIT

Tolley

Look down towards the bottom of the page
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/15/which-local-derbies-have-taken-place-on-the-fewest-occasions

Tolley

I wasn't there - I listened to the Radio Guiseley commentary. What's The Huddle?

I watched the highlights. It appeared that only one side and one end of the ground were generally in use. There's been favourable reports back about the friendliness of the club and supporters.

I'm pleased to report that a similar atmosphere appears to be also returning to Nethermoor after the recent difficulties.

Mega_Armageddon_Chickens

Tolley
The Huddle were/are a group of young Marine fans trying to bring a bit of atmosphere to Crosby.
They let off a flare at a recent game to the fury of the Marine establishment.
Their statement of apology which I assume was written by an anxious parent was met by the club telling them they weren't welcome.
Marine are now getting huge crowds by 7th tier standards.
In many cases they appear to be fans of the big two enjoying a more stress free match day experience.
There are three sides with one decent stand, one open end and one tight claustrophobic stand along the side.
The other long side is clear and backs onto some cracking houses whose residents are not happy about the increased floodlight use since the pitch turned plastic.
Well worth a visit but not as good as Stalybridge or Bamber Bridge.
Good luck for the rest of the season it's going to be a hell of a battle for those play off places.

Tolley

CBIT Did you post that?

CBIT

yeah

Tolley

CBIT Thank you. Did you get any responses?

Travis_Bickle

Bod could have been worse. Easy enough trip. Should take a few hundred. They've lost some of the players that beat Town on Boxing Day (Conn-Clark has gone to Waterford for the rest of the season and Colcough went to Chesterfield), but they've picked up some loanees, including some from Man Utd.

CBIT

Tolley only went up today, ill keep checking this week

Travis_Bickle

Chesterfield away today. The eldest is playing at the National Youth Brass Band Championships but the glory hunter, sorry my son, said he fancied it.
They lost. 2-0.
It wasn't so much anger at full time, more resignation. Resignation to another season in the National League playing average football to dwindling crowds. For all the doom-mongering Town fans excel at, they shouldn't go down. As amazing as it is to contemplate after what we endured today, there are worse teams in this division.
I think next week's FA Trophy semi saved Millington a tirade of abuse. That won't be the case if they lose. Should be a decent trip. Got our tickets. There were 325 Town fans there today. Altrincham have offered just under a thousand for the semi.
Town had their moments but they can't score goals. They leak quite a few too. Everything about Chesterfield suggests league football. The crowd, ground, whole set up and, most importantly, their team.
We had a laugh.

That's all that matters in the end. But the actual product is becoming Fullarton-esque. God help us....

Loose_Lips

Travis_Bickle glory hunter, sorry my son

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