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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: markecky on January 24, 2008, 10:16:06 PM
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My first ever Alty Hero?
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Features rather prominently on the Birmingham DVD by the way.
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Yes it is.The site has made interesting reading
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Top man.
Most people will have many memories of you, great goals etc...I started quite late into your career so my main memories are
1) You getting the winner in a 1-0 win on a Tuesday night at home, pouring down against Sutton United. I think there may have been a record low crowd there
2) The outrage when you and Mick Farrelly were sold to Macc!
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many fond memories Lincoln and obviously birmingham. in this world of easy use of the word officially a legend to me
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Top man.
Most people will have many memories of you, great goals etc...I started quite late into your career so my main memories are
1) You getting the winner in a 1-0 win on a Tuesday night at home, pouring down against Sutton United. I think there may have been a record low crowd there
2) The outrage when you and Mick Farrelly were sold to Macc!
Ecky,
Had to consult my records about this one!
Wednesday, 5th April 1989
Altrincham 1 Sutton United 0
Indeed, the goalscorer was a certain Ronnie Ellis.
The attendance was a woeful figure of 332.
Another strange season, which included the sacking of Jeff Johnson as manager; the euphoria of that 4-0 FA Cup replay trouncing of Macc; the 3-2 FA Cup victory over Lincoln City at Moss Lane; Gary Stewart's missed penalty against Halifax Town at the Chequers End in an FA Cup tie that was featured on Match Of The Day; an FA Trophy Quarter-Final defeat at Dartford, which precipitated an end-of-season slump and, as I recall, numerous off the pitch problems in the shape of Boardroom conflicts relating to a battle for control of the club.
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Good to see some of the old boys coming on here, go on Ronnie lad !!
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Thanks for all your comments and still always look for Alty's results.
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At last I have actually remembered something correctly (apart from the day)..I feel like Management Guru
That could well have been our lowest ever Conference crowd!
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332! I can't recall us ever getting crowds that low. Was that a one off, bad weather etc or was there a trend then?
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It was hammering it down and I don't think Sutton had a fan.
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Great Ronnie moments apart from Birmingham:-
1) Two goals against Lincoln in the FA Cup.
2)The equaliser at Aylesbury as we came from behind to win on the opening day of the season in 1988/9.I think that this was the day Ricky Harris made his debut for Alty.
3) A last minute equaliser at Wycombe's old ground
4) A brilliant left foot strike from at least 25 yards to give us a thrilling 3-2 win against Enfield at Moss Lane.
5) The lob to break the deadlock in the FA Trophy Semi-Final 2nd Leg against Enfield.
RONNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
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332! I can't recall us ever getting crowds that low. Was that a one off, bad weather etc or was there a trend then?
The closing stages of the 1988/89 season included a couple of other alarmingly low attendances.
Six days after that Sutton United game, only 343 were present at Moss Lane for the visit of Boston United.
The match against Fisher Athletic (did they ever bring even one supporter with them?) on 19th April 1989 only attracted 337 spectators.
Not really sure what the underlying reason for these low crowds was.....although the warring Boardroom factions of the time might have disillusioned some of the diehards?
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I remember (sort of) two identical headed goals in five mins to turn around a 1-0 into a 2-1 win FA cup vs Halifax or Huddersfield I think
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I remember (sort of) two identical headed goals in five mins to turn around a 1-0 into a 2-1 win FA cup vs Halifax or Huddersfield I think
I think you may be referring to the 3-2 win against Lincoln City in 1988.We were 2-1 down with about 15 minutes to go & Ronnie scored a header after Gary Stewart headed on a corner & a volley after a cross from the right was half cleared by a Lincoln defender.
Mark Sertori scored one of the Lincoln goals.
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I'm so so pleased it actually is Ronneeeeeeeeeee. Top man, and totally blew away the saying that meeting your heroes can be a disappointment as I found him to be top class at the Birmingham reunion.
I can't believe the thread has got this far without mentiong his 4 goals against Enfield in April 1988?89?. I was ballboying at the chequers end when Ronnie when goal crazy in the first half so got a great view. :)
The transfer was a bizarre one, iirc Ronnie and Wembley hero Mick Farrelly in return for £2,500 and Keith Mountfield! Great, if we'd known we'd have got Showler anyway maybe they could've stayed!
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I'm so so pleased it actually is Ronneeeeeeeeeee. Top man, and totally blew away the saying that meeting your heroes can be a disappointment as I found him to be top class at the Birmingham reunion.
I can't believe the thread has got this far without mentiong his 4 goals against Enfield in April 1988?89?. I was ballboying at the chequers end when Ronnie when goal crazy in the first half so got a great view. :)
The transfer was a bizarre one, iirc Ronnie and Wembley hero Mick Farrelly in return for £2,500 and Keith Mountfield! Great, if we'd known we'd have got Showler anyway maybe they could've stayed!
I think we got Nigel Shaw as well as Keith Mountford.
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Fisher Athletic (did they ever bring even one supporter with them?)
they didnt even have any supporters at their place
the first case of a totally transplanted club?
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Ronnie Ellis....surely a fave amongst even the most hardened Alty dissenters.....often called Ronald because of his resemblance (in personalityonly of course) to a certain advertising clown character for a well known burger chain.
My fave Ronnie moment was his winner Vs Lincoln which resulted in the Golf Rd Roof nearly coming off...oh and the equaliser V Birmingham was sheer class...possibly the best toe poke in the history of football.
Watch the York FA Cup game on the greatest moments DVD and watch Ronnie in his far too tight fitting grey kit (yes the kit was too tight he wasn't putting on weight) first to the Alty fans battling the York constabulary to stay behind and salute our heroes at the end of the match summoning the rest of the troops over.
I feel for the younger Alty fans who never witnesed this chirpy cheeky faced battler in action.....imagine Mark Maddox on happy pills laughing at a Gary Scott joke and you are half way to the magnitude of this man's character.
As Gazelle said..legend.....great player, great spirit...he made watching Alty more fun.
Oh and my sister has fond memories so thanks Ronnie for making her feel so welcome and part of the club.
Ronie..have you got your best moments on DVD so you can show your great grandchildren and say"that was me in the tightest greyest kit in the history of non league giantkilling?"