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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: music for old people (dont read if young and only into alty)
« on: November 28, 2007, 03:26:33 PM »
taste not improved in 30 years then gazelle?
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Bless.
To be honest. I'm old enough to keep a lookout for your results and titter if you lose.
But in the last decade we've played Stockport and Rochdale far more often (Let's face it, we've played Man City more than you in the last 10 years!) so you don't even register with most of our younger supporters.
Be nice to play you in a friendly or something again though.
Always good to help out the smaller local clubs...
i often wonder if the macc/vics thing is age related
to me macc dont rate very highly, maybe because when i started they were a nothing club
whereas northwich was a big game
anyone?
I suspect that the pivotal point regarding whether Macc or Vics are our main rivals was the creation of the Alliance Premier League for the 1979/80 season.
During the 1960s and for most of the 1970s, Alty v Macc was always 'the big one'.
As Macc declined during the mid to late 1970s, so the rivalry faded a little.
Macc were not good enough to qualify for the APL in 1979 and it wasn't until 1987 that they gained promotion to the GM Vauxhall Conference and played us in a league fixture again.
During those early years of the Alliance Premier League, Vics effectively emerged as our main local rivals in the absence of the Milkmen.
With joy?
I was close to tears at the 0-5 defeat to Rotherham in 76-7 and actually did cry at the 0-0 Scarborough game at Millmoor later that season as I knew our chance to go to Wembley had slipped away.
The week before the Rotherham game in 1979, the team practiced corners being knocked to the edge of the box for Mal Bailey to volley into the net (or more often over the Chequers end and into the car park). I remember thinking at the time why the hell are we doing that - until Mal Baileys screamer in a game fo two great goals (th eother being a Barry Howard shot from outside the box - and ALex Stepneys penalty save.
they are worried about the return of the ARS or something