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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Season Ticket Sales
« on: August 18, 2023, 01:22:26 PM »
I bought 498 yesterday
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Boreham Wood Match Thread
« on: August 17, 2023, 12:13:52 PM »
We had a really effective cross ball field long ball going on yesterday at times. I doubt we see that Saturday.
I noticed this as well and I feel sure that it is something that they are working on as it was looking far too easy for them to get the range and distance correct and for the receiving Robin to bring the ball under control and move it on. A good way to open up free space and time to move forward.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: York Match Thread
« on: August 16, 2023, 12:08:47 PM »
I know that it is early days yet, but lots of positives from Alty again last night and I continue to retain a good vibe.
I agree that we were vulnerable to and soon fell victim of their pre-industrial tactics. There was nothing inventive about their play which consisted basically of:-
1. Counter attack quickly along the flanks missing out the midfield.
2. Cut inside and cross, or
3. Cross it at the byline
4. Put lots of spin on the ball causing it to hang in the air or make an unpredictable descent.
5. Cram the area in front of goal with as many players as can be spared.
6. When the ball cuts loose play pinball and hope that it goes in.
7. Use the same method for corners and set pieces.
In contrast we were more inventive with our movement towards goal and outfield play showing some nice touches leading to clear-cut chances that on another day would have found the back of the net. I thought that we might have stolen it at the end, however, I am satisfied that on balance that a draw was a fair result.
Fantastic support on view and my thanks go to the fellow Alty supporter who gave me a lift to the game.
I agree that we were vulnerable to and soon fell victim of their pre-industrial tactics. There was nothing inventive about their play which consisted basically of:-
1. Counter attack quickly along the flanks missing out the midfield.
2. Cut inside and cross, or
3. Cross it at the byline
4. Put lots of spin on the ball causing it to hang in the air or make an unpredictable descent.
5. Cram the area in front of goal with as many players as can be spared.
6. When the ball cuts loose play pinball and hope that it goes in.
7. Use the same method for corners and set pieces.
In contrast we were more inventive with our movement towards goal and outfield play showing some nice touches leading to clear-cut chances that on another day would have found the back of the net. I thought that we might have stolen it at the end, however, I am satisfied that on balance that a draw was a fair result.
Fantastic support on view and my thanks go to the fellow Alty supporter who gave me a lift to the game.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: York Match Thread
« on: August 14, 2023, 08:06:34 PM »I am driving to York
Tomorrow if anyone needs a lift let me Know.
I would be grateful for a lift.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Ethan interview
« on: August 11, 2023, 10:16:26 PM »
What a likeable chap he is and he comes across as a settled and dedicated member of the team.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: James Berry
« on: August 11, 2023, 05:50:20 PM »Watch the first few minutes of this and you can see why he was sent out to Macc on loan. He obviously saw with Kosylo, Mooney, Ceesay and then Colclough he would have no chance of playing in our first team. Re-building his confidence at the low level Macc play at was a good move and they offered us a serious fee for an NWCL player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaC9eoGtSiw
Yes and if we are going to get any amount of cash as a kick-back as a result it will be a remarkable bit of business from our end given that he never kicked a ball in a competitive game for us. £25k would be astonishing and whilst it may seem fortuitous it has not just been 'a stroke of luck'.
Moreover, it is a demonstration of planned resource husbandry. Well Done again.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: James Berry
« on: August 11, 2023, 04:44:34 PM »https://chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/spireites-land-young-forward
Club record undisclosed transfer fee received from Chesterfield this morning.
Immediately signed Luke Duffy from Warrington for a Club record undisclosed transfer fee paid this morning.
What they really spent the money on.
Baa-gain
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/worlds-most-expensive-sheep-smashes-22597885
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: James Berry
« on: August 11, 2023, 12:17:44 PM »
https://chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/spireites-land-young-forward
Club record undisclosed transfer fee received from Chesterfield this morning.
Immediately signed Luke Duffy from Warrington for a Club record undisclosed transfer fee paid this morning.
Club record undisclosed transfer fee received from Chesterfield this morning.
Immediately signed Luke Duffy from Warrington for a Club record undisclosed transfer fee paid this morning.
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Altrincham FC First Team / ALTY TV - ACCESS ALL AREAS
« on: August 11, 2023, 12:07:39 PM »
ALTY TV - ACCESS ALL AREAS
I have enjoyed this format very much and hope that it becomes a permanent feature.
I have enjoyed this format very much and hope that it becomes a permanent feature.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: James Berry
« on: August 11, 2023, 10:59:45 AM »Rumours Chesterfield have signed him from Macc....resisted by Savage.....sell-on fee due to Altrincham FCRumours are £25k coming Alty way..
Seems like the total transfer fee could be £100k, if we're due 25%, or, £250k, if we're getting 10% of it.
At first glance it seems reasonable to suggest that the Milkmen will do well out of this (if it is indeed true) and that we will have missed a trick.
However, James Berry has got himself an Agent (World in Motion) who will undoubtedly take a sizeable chunk and hefty legal fees may also impact on the final balance.
Additionally, I would also expect Chesterfield to insist on phased payment dependent upon James completing a specified number of appearances and/or number of goals.
I would be interested to know if our sell-on clause continues in perpetuity, just in case, he might end up at the Etihad.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: 1.5m investment
« on: August 10, 2023, 01:13:54 PM »
The conditions are now being set for a wonderful future at our club, Altrincham FC, and it appears to be the real deal.
The nearby environs of Hale, Hale Barns, Bowdon, Wilmslow, Ashley, Mobberley and Knutsford are Alty's catchment area have always been stuck with the label 'Posh' or the 'Cheshire Stockbroker Belt'. However, over the past few decades a significant demographic shift has occurred around and about these leafy towns and villages that provides Alty FC with an unprecedented opportunity.
The Super-Rich have arrived in our back yard and relatively speaking there are a lot of them. Some of them are not just multi-millionaires but billionaires. They bring with them not only investment cash but some savvy business acumen.
Altrincham Association Football Club will soon rise up as a beacon of success emulating the success of the Town and its residents.
We now have the ear of some influential individuals and success on the field should attract further inward investment and this coupled with increased revenue from the inevitable larger attendances means that ground development becomes a reality rather than the pipe dream that it was yesterday.
I look forward to our average attendances rising to 5,000+
When I heard about this I had butterflies. Well done to all involved. Macclesfield fans read this and weep.
The nearby environs of Hale, Hale Barns, Bowdon, Wilmslow, Ashley, Mobberley and Knutsford are Alty's catchment area have always been stuck with the label 'Posh' or the 'Cheshire Stockbroker Belt'. However, over the past few decades a significant demographic shift has occurred around and about these leafy towns and villages that provides Alty FC with an unprecedented opportunity.
The Super-Rich have arrived in our back yard and relatively speaking there are a lot of them. Some of them are not just multi-millionaires but billionaires. They bring with them not only investment cash but some savvy business acumen.
Altrincham Association Football Club will soon rise up as a beacon of success emulating the success of the Town and its residents.
We now have the ear of some influential individuals and success on the field should attract further inward investment and this coupled with increased revenue from the inevitable larger attendances means that ground development becomes a reality rather than the pipe dream that it was yesterday.
I look forward to our average attendances rising to 5,000+
When I heard about this I had butterflies. Well done to all involved. Macclesfield fans read this and weep.
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Non Altrincham FC Talk / Streets Ahead Record Shop
« on: August 02, 2023, 11:08:08 AM »
Does anyone remember the 'Streets Ahead' Record Shop on Lloyd Street around 1978/79. They were the only ones left in an otherwise derelict row of shops that stood about where Sainsbury are now. They specialised in punk and new wave music and even released a few singles on their own label. There were three I think: 1. The Kids just wanna dance by the Fast Cars 2. Downpour by Foreign Press. 3. Don't remember anything about the other one.
I remember the Fast Cars and Foreign Press appeared and performed together at South Trafford College. I think the shop was owned and managed by 'Jane'.
I remember the Fast Cars and Foreign Press appeared and performed together at South Trafford College. I think the shop was owned and managed by 'Jane'.
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Non Altrincham FC Talk / Joy Division
« on: August 01, 2023, 06:03:46 PM »
Does anyone else remember Joy Division playing at Bowdon Vale Youth Club?
One of my mates tried to get me to go but I declined telling him that I had never heard of them and if they were from Macc as he said they were bound to be ****
I think we went to see the Angelic Upstarts at the Polytechnic Students Union instead (although it could have been the Cockney Rejects). They let us in but after a couple of hours had passed and I had suffered several pints of Greenall Sh1tley it became evident that the band was never going to turn up.
Anyway, fair play to one of the Student Geeky types, whom I now believe was Ben Elton before he was Ben Elton, who announced that all was not lost because the Rezillos were playing at the University Students Union down the road. So, we all decamped there and arrived just in time to see them perform the 'Motorbike Beat'. Lead singer Eugene Reynolds had a massive quiff and brought a Harley on stage revving it up as and when. The all girl support was the Revettes, all of whom had huge beehives and sang backing vocals. None of the outrageous hair creations outlasted the gig. It was all very much over the top but very enjoyable.
About six months later I went to see the Buzzcocks at the Apollo. Their support? - Joy Division.
One of my mates tried to get me to go but I declined telling him that I had never heard of them and if they were from Macc as he said they were bound to be ****
I think we went to see the Angelic Upstarts at the Polytechnic Students Union instead (although it could have been the Cockney Rejects). They let us in but after a couple of hours had passed and I had suffered several pints of Greenall Sh1tley it became evident that the band was never going to turn up.
Anyway, fair play to one of the Student Geeky types, whom I now believe was Ben Elton before he was Ben Elton, who announced that all was not lost because the Rezillos were playing at the University Students Union down the road. So, we all decamped there and arrived just in time to see them perform the 'Motorbike Beat'. Lead singer Eugene Reynolds had a massive quiff and brought a Harley on stage revving it up as and when. The all girl support was the Revettes, all of whom had huge beehives and sang backing vocals. None of the outrageous hair creations outlasted the gig. It was all very much over the top but very enjoyable.
About six months later I went to see the Buzzcocks at the Apollo. Their support? - Joy Division.
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Non Altrincham FC Talk / Past memories of Altrincham & nearby places
« on: August 01, 2023, 01:00:37 PM »
When I were a young lad the best pies in Altincham were the flat round meat & potato pies baked in foil trays from the bakery on the corner of Shaw's Road and Greenwood Street. The pies seemed massive like a dustbin lid ...but so did Wagon Wheels back in the day!
Does anyone else remember this place? I was talking to my sister about it the other day and she thinks that the proprietor might have been Polish. She was fond of their Vanilla Slices' I was devastated when they closed in the early 1970s and replaced it with a much needed Antique Shop.
Barmby & Ward on the corner of Market Street and Shaw's Road had good pork pies and the best sausage rolls.
Does anyone else remember this place? I was talking to my sister about it the other day and she thinks that the proprietor might have been Polish. She was fond of their Vanilla Slices' I was devastated when they closed in the early 1970s and replaced it with a much needed Antique Shop.
Barmby & Ward on the corner of Market Street and Shaw's Road had good pork pies and the best sausage rolls.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: An appeal to the foodhalls and snack bars
« on: August 01, 2023, 12:59:07 PM »
When I were a young lad the best pies in Altincham were the flat round meat & potato pies baked in foil trays from the bakery on the corner of Shaw's Road and Greenwood Street. The pies seemed massive like a dustbin lid ...but so did Wagon Wheels back in the day!
Does anyone else remember this place? I was talking to my sister about it the other day and she thinks that the proprietor might have been Polish. She was fond of their Vanilla Slices' I was devastated when they closed in the early 1970s and replaced it with a much needed Antique Shop.
Barmby & Ward on the corner of Market Street and Shaw's Road had good pork pies and the best sausage rolls.
I know that I am veering off topic with this and so I have posted a copy in the Non-Football Category under the heading 'Past memories of Altrincham & nearby places'
Does anyone else remember this place? I was talking to my sister about it the other day and she thinks that the proprietor might have been Polish. She was fond of their Vanilla Slices' I was devastated when they closed in the early 1970s and replaced it with a much needed Antique Shop.
Barmby & Ward on the corner of Market Street and Shaw's Road had good pork pies and the best sausage rolls.
I know that I am veering off topic with this and so I have posted a copy in the Non-Football Category under the heading 'Past memories of Altrincham & nearby places'