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Noticed Telford's FAT match v Leamington has been postponed today and rearranged for this Tuesday as per their Twitter account, meaning our match with them on Tuesday will have to be rearranged again.

Great hard working performance by Alty with in the end a deserved win. Thought Chester looked quite dangerous in the 1st half but in the 2nd they had the disallowed goal and really not much else, whilst we could quite easily had got 3 or 4 with all the chances we had.

As for what happened at half time, the stewards did what they could, but ultimately if a set of away fans decide they are going to jump the barriers, I really wouldn't expect the stewards to be putting themselves at risk. The behaviour of some Alty fans didn't help in goading them and of course 99% of them ran away at the first sign of trouble. However it was of course totally that group of Chester fans who were to blame. First time I've ever seen away fans do that.

It would be interesting to know why police weren't asked to be present for the 2nd half, though limited resources may have played  a part there, but certainly I find it strange why police weren't requested to be outside the ground at the end of the game. It was so obvious it was going to kick off and police didn't take long to arrive after there had been fighting, but a few police outside the ground would almost certainly had prevented any trouble. The stewards did come outside the ground after it had calmed down but again I don't think anyone would expect them to put themselves at risk. It was just a very poor decision to not get the police there at the end of the match, if it was the case a decision had been made not to call them.

There seems to be very little event management knowledge around the club, or at least a lack of willingness. It's always great to see a big crowd but I'd bet 90% of those that ran on the pitch at the end hadn't been to an Altrincham game all season, possibly never. Very few stewards outside the ground beforehand. None outside the ground after. The Blyth fans bus should have been drawn up the the Chequers end gate before the end of  the game so they didn't have to hang around waiting and risk the possibility of being verbally or physically abused by the clowns I saw approaching them on the corner of Golf Road.

Have to agree, after the game, with  the stewards knowing where the Blyth supporters coach was, one of them should have gone to it and then got the driver to come to the ground rather than leave the Blyth fans to wander around until they eventually found it. Going by what I heard this led to it kicking off near the Royal Mail depot. I also believe the coach eventually had to have a police escort out of Altrincham which is somewhat embarrassing if that was the case.

What a game, couldn't see that equaliser coming with the way Blyth were defending. Great save from TT at 2 2 as well that would have been devastating to lose it that way. Brilliant spirit in the team and hope there's still something left in the tank for Chorley. On a sour note though I think the club have to think about asking for a police presence at these sort of games. There were a couple of groups of lads I had never seen before who were clearly trying to spark something off after the game and going by what i heard it did kick off near the Royal Mail depot where the Blyth supporters coach was parked with at least 3 police cars heading down Moss Lane to sort out the trouble. You can't expect volunteer stewards to intervene, though they did their best, it looks like these two groups just waited until the stewards had gone before confronting the Blyth fans. A police presence even just after a game would probably have prevented any trouble.

That's the same night Utd play City, so unfortunately there may be only a limited number of locals going along to boost the crowd.

Some people may remember the last time we played Chester at home , which was on  a Tuesday night during the season we got relegated from the NL, and coincided with a group of lads attaching themselves to the club trying to kick off with away fans at various home games during that season. There are still a few of them around at home games though I've not seen them trying to start trouble, since then, this match may bring a few of their mates out of the woodwork. On that night it  kicked off outside the ground at the Moss Lane/Golf Road corner with a couple of bottles thrown by each group of Alty and Chester lads at each other, before fights breaking out further down Moss Lane near Stamford Park, before police arrived. I hope the club have made arrangements for adequate policing of the game on Saturday.

Yes Stockport played the ref well, but what is frustrating is that it is so obvious what they were doing , yet the ref fall for it too many times. We have Jordan Hulme who at times is also happy to hit the deck and feign being hurt, and today actually pretended he had a head injury when we were attacking , leading to the ref stopping the game as we put a ball into their box. He then gets up as soon as the trainer gets to him, unbelievable. Just wish he would cut out the theatricals and just get on with the game,