www.altyfans.co.uk

And another thing

How can they claim on the site, that Rod Thornley went down too easily. For gods sake his neck whiplashed back when he was pushed, I saw it clearly. Even if Rod had not gone down, the infringement was still there for all to see, plus it was committed by an ex Northwich player.

A push is a push at the end of the day, there was no clearer example of a penalty to me. We fully deserved a share of the spoils.

All note that Wrexham have a keeper and striker problem after Saturdays game, read it in my inlaws Welsh Daily post copy this am.

See you all at the game later..

Steve from Sale

CPD wrexham

Cheers for the info, is it easy to get to Wrexham from Broughton near Chester, and where are we best to park for the ground, as I will have two kids with me.

Cheers for all the current info, very useful and lloking forward to the visit very much

Best regards

Steve from Sale

Cheers little cam, that was quite funny actually!

Steve from Sale

So am I!!

Steve from Sale

Highwayman

From what I can gather on reading the NVFC fans lines yesterday, we were paid out of the gate money and they took the rest.

Makes common sense I suppose and gives us handy revenue at a time when we have no revenue from home games currently, whilst giving our local rivals a helping hand. Despite the rivalry between us and Northwich, the two clubs are fairly close to one another and therefore get on well also. I am proud of the fact that my club helped their club at their time of need, and gained many brownie points from them and their fans; and not least from the football world in general. It may not have been obvious from the Granada reports, but it was there for the Northwest public to see. That's real football to me. Fair enough, Vics are very close rivals but we all kind of have a love/hate relationship with them. Hands up those who miss the NVFC games when we are in different leagues, because I know I did and Vics fans did also. Most fans did not want to see anything happen to Vics and for them to go belly up as we would have lost all this.

I remember when we helped Vics with the away stewarding two years ago with the crazy segregation, desperately trying to keep the fans apart after the goal. After the game, barr one or two incidents, hands met through the fence and shook together. Thats also real football, and why I love the non-league game.
I also remember the Alty fans breaking through some red-tape, near the segregation area when Rod scored a couple of seasons ago.  After the furore had died down from the goal, the fans went back and stood exactly where the red tape had been in an orderly line and just glared at the Vics fans. I was at the back of the 20/20 end watching over everything, and it looked really funny.

We go back a long way, Vics and us, and I would have hated to see them go down and out; and I am more than glad that my club has chipped in and helped them in their time of need.

Long live the Alty/Vics derby, and bring them both on at Moss Lane, sooner rather than later.


Sorry to waffle on


Steve from Sale

For the Everton game at Man U there were just over 35000 fans at Old Trafford, I was at the game and remembered the attendance being announced.

Steve From Sale

Ecky

May I start by saying that I think you, Gary and Hughesy and the others do a great job with the singing. I am also sure when you get home you have to gargle TCP until midnight at least. I know the lads on the pitch appreciate it, especially when they play away.

I know where James is coming from, as when I was younger in my earlier years during the 70s teams, I tried to start chants off at the Golf Road end. They were met with a stony silence, presumably I felt because I was not one of the normal song starters. This happened on a couple of occasions, getting me laughed at by my mates, but leaving me self conscious about singing at football matches. I rarely join in now for longer than a few lines. I am unable to do so as a club steward anyway.

The thing is when you are a steward, you can listen as well as watch the crowd; and the craic at Altrincham is fabulous. The banter in particular is very very funny between the home fans and away fans and very intelligently thought up. I always felt that the Altrincham fans have a good knack of being able 'to get under away fans skin' This is even without Hughsie, who is/was particularly funny. This has been hampered somewhat by the Setanta camera stand near the sterile area. As I normally work between both sets of fans I am between it all the time.

All I can say is, if you all hear a song starting by anybody other than our main group, join in and keep the momentum going, rather than letting it die a death.

2 Questions:-

Where is Hughsie?
What is the meaning behind, 'Have you had your chicken dinner John McGrath' or is this one so obvious I should not be asking.

Cheers and be up for it all of you on NYD

Steve from Sale