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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Hugh on April 18, 2023, 10:56:24 PM
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I urge you all not to go to the Edgeley Park game on Saturday (assuming it's not sold out already). There will be plenty of time to let it sink in during two National League games next season, should Dale fail to win there, and to get several other results in their favour. Should the worst happen, I hope their stay in the National League "Premier" is a short one. And I would add that step two is far better today than when we got relegated in 1997 and thought we were garden gnomes at Bamber Bridge, or got the highest crowds in that league in 1999 with average gates of around 800. I look forward to welcoming Dale to the JD next season. Should the worst happen...
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I enjoyed my trips to Bamber Bridge. The pies were, I remember, especially nice (as was the beer in their club).
Also, at the time, I lived not far down the A6 in Westhoughton so it was quite local for me.
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I enjoyed the Lancashire hotpot at Flixton, the only place I remember seeing it (and Jimmy being mistaken for a player there one time!). A sad loss to football.
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We always enjoyed a ground with an adjacent railway track. Bamber Bridge, Lancaster and Burscough come to mind. There may well have been others.
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(the late) Holly Park? 👍
PS. Saw a Manchester League game at Newton Heath Loco in the 60s! I'd forgotten about that!
Was still living at home in Harpurhey at the time so only a short walk over to Oldham Road. 😊
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Know Harpurhey very well, my foster children are from there.
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Born and bred there. It used to be a nice area with lots of friendly people. Not so much nowadays, sadly.
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(the late) Holly Park? 👍
Wagged school(Moston Brook)a few times to have a kick about there . Did'nt our reserves play them in the Manchester League ?
PS. Saw a Manchester League game at Newton Heath Loco in the 60s! I'd forgotten about that!
Was still living at home in Harpurhey at the time so only a short walk over to Oldham Road. 😊
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(the late) Holly Park? 👍
Wagged school(Moston Brook)a few times to have a kick about there . Did'nt our reserves play them in the Manchester League ?
PS. Saw a Manchester League game at Newton Heath Loco in the 60s! I'd forgotten about that!
Was still living at home in Harpurhey at the time so only a short walk over to Oldham Road. 😊
Yes our reserves played them in the Manchester League then... That's why I was there! 🤯
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Oops ! My message is 3 paragraphs up on the last post . 🙄
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Oops ! My message is 3 paragraphs up on the last post . 🙄
I guessed! 😊😊
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Aye , well you did go to North Manc grammer of course 😀
Anyway there's nowt wrong with Arrprey lad , Conran Street market etc etc 😉
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Aye , well you did go to North Manc grammer of course 😀
Anyway there's nowt wrong with Arrprey lad , Conran Street market etc etc 😉
You're not wrong! 😂😂
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Born and bred there. It used to be a nice area with lots of friendly people. Not so much nowadays, sadly.
Did you have links to Alty? im just being nosey as to why you chose Alty being from North Manc.
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Born and bred there. It used to be a nice area with lots of friendly people. Not so much nowadays, sadly.
Did you have links to Alty? im just being nosey as to why you chose Alty being from North Manc.
In my early teens, I went to City when they were at home and chose a local match when they were away. One fine day towards the end of 1965, I chose an FA Cup cup match, Alty vs Scarborough and the rest, as they say, is history.
Went to the Rochdale game and the Wolves games in subsequent rounds and started coming to Moss Lane on a regular basis . Was still 15 (birthday is late August) the following season and was able to get a Junior Season Ticket for the princely sum of 2 guineas (£2.10) I've never looked back.
Crazy eh? Well you did ask! 🙄😂😂
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Born and bred there. It used to be a nice area with lots of friendly people. Not so much nowadays, sadly.
Did you have links to Alty? im just being nosey as to why you chose Alty being from North Manc.
In my early teens, I went to City when they were at home and chose a local match when they were away. One fine day towards the end of 1965, I chose an FA Cup cup match, Alty vs Scarborough and the rest, as they say, is history.
Went to the Rochdale game and the Wolves games in subsequent rounds and started coming to Moss Lane on a regular basis . Was still 15 (birthday is late August) the following season and was able to get a Junior Season Ticket for the princely sum of 2 guineas (£2.10) I've never looked back.
Crazy eh? Well you did ask! 🙄😂😂
Fair play fairly rare to get fans from north manc but I have heard of one or two others . Most dont mind Alty fc but a few dont like us due to the posh town image.
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Went all over watching Alty with Swindellsworth for a good few years. He's another North Manc! 😉
PS. I've never thought of Alty as 'posh'. That was always Bramhall or Alderley Edge!
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Glad you missed out Cheadle Hulme where i am now 😊
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We always enjoyed a ground with an adjacent railway track. Bamber Bridge, Lancaster and Burscough come to mind. There may well have been others.
Kidderminster, and their famous soup - the perfect ground for the railway enthusiast foodie! For the first Cup match against West Ham, the Severn Valley Railway ran a football special. One away day there when I treated myself to a trip on the railway, a Harriers fan on the train asked me if I was ready to get beat - I pointed out we were on a decent run, and we duly got something there. I think Kidderminster were top then though I can't recall the season off hand. About the 10th of March anyway.
I used to work with someone from Collyhurst, a keen City fan, who tended to show a bit of antipathy towards Altrincham. Poynton is probably posher than us as well. To be fair to City, I seem to remember them encouraging people to watch local non-league teams when City weren't playing (though back around 1999, there maybe wasn't that much difference!).
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Glad you missed out Cheadle Hulme where i am now 😊
Quite a bit posher than Moston though mate! 😂😂
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Aye , scally free zone 😊
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Aye , scally free zone 😊
Apart from you, obviously! 😂😂😂
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Touche 👏