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[ManagementGuru]

... does anyone understand / remember / can anyone explain:

1974/75

Northern Premier League Cup 2nd Round: Gainsborough Trinity 0 Altrincham 1
Match ordered to be replayed as Gainsborough played ineligible player.

Replay: Gainsborough Trinity 2 Altrincham 0

What??

They played an ineligible player, so we got thrown out?
Why didn't the NPL just leave things as they were?

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Mister Guru,

I'll have to delve into my archives in order to unearth the full story, so please bear with me.

However, there is a factual inaccuracy in your posting, as the original fixture ended in a 2-1 win for Gainsborough Trinity.

[Saughall Robin]

As far as I can remember, they didn't do 'kickings out' in those days but we were given another chance with a second game (and fluffed it)!

[ManagementGuru]

Makes more sense.

The Alty v Gainsbro FA Trophy (75-76) programme was my source.

In the same programme:

Les Rigby tries to justify why he let Graham Heathcote go to Vics

Len Pollitt refers to our last 2 performances as UNACCEPTABLE (loss at 3rd Division Halifax and at home to Vics in NWFL) and states SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE

That will be the manager, then

[gazwarrington]

Ummm... Staybridge springs to mind when I read this  .

[SW]

I doubt anyone will understand Les Rigby's stance as a so called manager.....rumour had it he drove a JCB.

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

Ummm... Staybridge springs to mind when I read this  .

What pisses me off the most is that other clubs have since been thrown out of cup competitions for doing the same thing as Stalybridge.

We'd have met Chester and potentially also Man City in the cup that year if we'd got through.

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Ummm... Staybridge springs to mind when I read this  .

Why did you have to say that?

Now I'll be haunted all night by terrifying visions of Martin Filson....

[Jezza]

....and that bloody music that blared out every time he scored....

I remember Rigby for bringing striker furnival and keeper john wood to the club.....and I remember that defeat at Halifax...horrible cold wet day..

[taxi Phil]

....and that bloody music that blared out every time he scored....

I remember Rigby for bringing striker furnival and keeper john wood to the club.....and I remember that defeat at Halifax...horrible cold wet day..

Furnival AND Wood ! Ye Gods, I'd forgotten just how much Rigby had to answer for ! Wood was undoubtedly the worst keeper we've ever had (and I'm not forgetting Frankish, Schofield, or Teflon). As for Furnival -  worse than McAliskey !

[Alfa Romeo]

Les Rigby. Forced to resign by a pitchside protest by John Murray, The Flying Scotsman, Derek Wilshaw, Alan Gorrill and Mrs Gorrill at Boston. "Resign Rigby Resign" shouted the holligans whilst waving umbrellas. Class javascript:void(0);

[Brian Flynn]

....and that bloody music that blared out every time he scored....

I remember Rigby for bringing striker furnival and keeper john wood to the club.....and I remember that defeat at Halifax...horrible cold wet day..

I was stood on the terrace very close to you that day......your dad was going spare at Mickey Moore for the full 90!

[Brian Flynn]

Les Rigby. Forced to resign by a pitchside protest by John Murray, The Flying Scotsman, Derek Wilshaw, Alan Gorrill and Mrs Gorrill at Boston. "Resign Rigby Resign" shouted the holligans whilst waving umbrellas. Class javascript:void(0);

That Wilshaw character was always a troublemaker