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Well that was a very encouraging performance against a really excellent side. Chesterfield are by far the best team in this league but we battled well even with Ross having to drop out so late on. I think it’s one of those where yes we have lost the match but the performance levels were still there and against any other side in the league we’d have probably picked something up tonight.

Not as important to the playoff push as Saturday might be, I think everyone will probably lose to them but we ran them close and were perhaps unlucky not to pick up a point.

I thought Gould actually did fine overall although I agree with others that Ross might have saved the first one. It’s always tricky for a keeper when they’re not playing every week anyway but to suddenly get thrown in so close to kick off adds an extra dimension to it all.  It does highlight how integral Ross has been to where we are this season, however.

In terms of subs, Linney had a brilliant game…just so dangerous on the ball and creative. His part for our equaliser was superb but I do think he was exhausted so no harm in bringing Angus on at that point who does have it in him. I thought Amaluzor looked a bit off it when he came on and probably didn’t quite have enough time to get into the game. I’m not sure if him not starting is tactical or that he’s carrying a knock?

Anyway, decent performance but Chesterfield are 12 points clear for a reason and found a way again like title winners tend to do.

On point and in full agreement Golf Roader .  The Spireites are a League 1 side in all but name and we went toe to toe with them for the full 90 .  It actually reminded me of the cup games against Pompey and Colchester from that division where we deserved better but conceded to late winners.   As a point of interest i looked up the final League 1 table the season of the latter defeat , 2016 . The line up included SC**thorpe 7th , Rochdale 10th , Southend 14th , Bury 16th , Oldham 17th and Chesterfield 18th and all clear of the bottom four of course . How times change , football ....bloody hell.!
 

On second thoughts i'll double that valuation 😀

Both first game and progy v Oldham friendly in early 1968 . Lost 1-0 to a Laurie Sheffield goal . Remember some fisticuffs after .
 Took my then 3 year old lad to the above mentioned Scarboro game in 81and he dropped his full M and P pie  exactly as mentioned above 😂.  Not his first game btw that was v South Liverpool when 9 months old !  These threads are great man , keep em rollin 👏

Scarboro game in 79 of course 🙄

Both first game and progy v Oldham friendly in early 1968 . Lost 1-0 to a Laurie Sheffield goal . Remember some fisticuffs after .
 Took my then 3 year old lad to the above mentioned Scarboro game in 81and he dropped his full M and P pie  exactly as mentioned above 😂.  Not his first game btw that was v South Liverpool when 9 months old !  These threads are great man , keep em rollin 👏

Quote from: swindellsworth on January 10, 2024, 04:34:23 PM

Quote from: Amsterdam Alty on January 10, 2024, 01:01:45 PM

I'll take a chance at football league over everything at this point.

Happy to have 10 less games in the boys legs for the minuscule chance of drawing a premier league team we get patted on the head by.

Exactly this ,  Mind you cup runs do bring in the big  bucks of course , we missed out of another chance with the  last minute goal by Pompey with the winners facing our old foes Spurs.  And the glory of course , remember Hereford getting into the FL in 1972 without EVER winning the Southern League title !!!

Portsmouth were away to Fleetwood in the round after they beat us.

Yeah, your'e spot on mate . I meant Colchester in 2016 , but they faced Spurs in R4 anyway . Need to research before trusting my fading memory 😀

Brilliant recollections fellas and thanks so much ,  i could read these all day , great memories all of them and some newbies to boot !  Us vets ( we're known as 'masters' in my running fraternity ) could do with a stand alone thread to recall our tales 'back in the day' .🙂

And that was our last 3rd round tie at ML. Curiously they were called just Orient back then , anyway the gate was 7,833 and i was in the Golf Road and we were packed in like sardines one end t'other.  The winners were drawn to face West Ham at home who went on to beat Arsenal in the final.