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[Saughall Robin]

I believe Phil Wilson, he of the pancho villa moustache, was the first footballer to get tango'd wasn't he?

[swindellsworth]

He certainly was , i was going to mention as much myself, touche Sanghall 🤣👊

[PaulClementsLaments]

Phil Wilson is a member of the Moss Lane Memories Facebook group and regularly contributes

[swindellsworth]

Fair play and well done Phil , absolutely nothing untoward intended in my previous message , on the contrary he looked a better version of the great Charles Bronson ! Pretty envious tbh.  On reflection i slipped up so apologies to all especially Phil of course.

[Hugh]

Your'e on the right track . We hastily arranged  a CSC tie v Macc to clear Jeff Johnson for the Orient replay as he was on a one match ban from his sending off in the first game and our 'reserves' won i believe ( we still got fined ) 🙂

We played at Macclesfield on the Monday after the Orient replay, which I believe was the originally scheduled date of the game i.e. we decided not to rearrange the game to enable Jeff Johnson to serve his 1 match suspension. I have a recollection of Graham Heathcote returning from injury & playing about 30 minutes before being withdrawn, having proved his fitness, to enable him to play at Brisbane Road in the replay 48 hours later.
From memory, Phil Wilson was the only other first team player that was involved & he scored a magnificent goal with a curling right foot shot from about 25 yards to make it 1-1, which was the final score.I can't remember the replay but have a feeling that we won.

Those were the days, when our reserves could get a result against Macc Town!

Speaking of which, is there any word of who we might get in the next round/when the draw is?

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Your'e on the right track . We hastily arranged  a CSC tie v Macc to clear Jeff Johnson for the Orient replay as he was on a one match ban from his sending off in the first game and our 'reserves' won i believe ( we still got fined ) 🙂

We played at Macclesfield on the Monday after the Orient replay, which I believe was the originally scheduled date of the game i.e. we decided not to rearrange the game to enable Jeff Johnson to serve his 1 match suspension. I have a recollection of Graham Heathcote returning from injury & playing about 30 minutes before being withdrawn, having proved his fitness, to enable him to play at Brisbane Road in the replay 48 hours later.
From memory, Phil Wilson was the only other first team player that was involved & he scored a magnificent goal with a curling right foot shot from about 25 yards to make it 1-1, which was the final score.I can't remember the replay but have a feeling that we won.

If you want to read the full story behind that Cheshire Senior Cup tie against Macc back in January 1980, may I refer you to Part 28 in my When We Were Kings series of articles for the Robins Review which covered that momentous 1979/80 season:


http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/pikesley27&28.htm


For the record, the Robins’ ‘experimental’ line-up was as follows: (1) Billy Phillips (2) Ivan Crossley (3) Mickey Brooke (4) Steve Birtles (5) Graham Tobin (6) Dave Kelly (7) Graham Heathcote ( Phil Wilson (9) Brian LeBoutillier (10) Stan Pearson (11) Craig Johnson and (12) Steve Thompson.

Graham Heathcote had been recovering from a hamstring strain and, so, this encounter with Macc proved to be an ideal opportunity to give him a run out and test his match fitness ahead of the Orient replay. It also marked Graham Tobin’s welcome return to first team action since incurring a broken hand injury in the 3-1 APL victory at Barrow back on 10th November 1979.

Incidentally, we won the replay at Moss Lane 1-0 by means of a Barry Whitbread goal.

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Speaking of which, is there any word of who we might get in the next round/when the draw is?

https://fulltime.thefa.com/competition.html?selectedSeason=59322608&selectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=0&selectedDivision=0&selectedCompetition=72275471&ftsCompetitionPageContent.selectedFeatureCode=1_831164793

N.B. I wouldn't trust that Cheshire FA website, as I believe that they have problems updating or amending it!

I have been advised that we will actually play Alsager Town or Vauxhall Motors (not sure of the venue).

[One Foot in the Grave]

Speaking of which, is there any word of who we might get in the next round/when the draw is?

https://fulltime.thefa.com/competition.html?selectedSeason=59322608&selectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=0&selectedDivision=0&selectedCompetition=72275471&ftsCompetitionPageContent.selectedFeatureCode=1_831164793

N.B. I wouldn't trust that Cheshire FA website, as I believe that they have problems updating or amending it!

I have been advised that we will actually play Alsager Town or Vauxhall Motors (not sure of the venue).

If we DO trust the site 🤣 it looks to me like Stalybridge Celtic or Cammell Laird.

[Sale Holmfield]

Maybe we are going to be told that we are going to play Alsager Town in every round and find out we play someone completely different.
Also, I notice all the other ties are being played much later so there would have been plenty of time to rearrange it if Stockport really wanted to find a convenient date.

[Hugh]

Speaking of which, is there any word of who we might get in the next round/when the draw is?

https://fulltime.thefa.com/competition.html?selectedSeason=59322608&selectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=0&selectedDivision=0&selectedCompetition=72275471&ftsCompetitionPageContent.selectedFeatureCode=1_831164793

N.B. I wouldn't trust that Cheshire FA website, as I believe that they have problems updating or amending it!

I have been advised that we will actually play Alsager Town or Vauxhall Motors (not sure of the venue).

I think they have problems organising a senior football tournament, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they have problems organising a drinking session in a brewery ("now did anyone bring a bottle opener?"). "She wore a scarlet ribbon in the merry merry month, and when I asked her why she wore that ribbon, she said it's for the Alty and we're going somewhere or other". Can we please sing this if we ever make the final? 

[andrewflynn]

It’s a fresh draw each round, so we’ll be waiting a while to find out who we play next.

[cheshire cat]

In the past I've seen posts on here to the effect that Alty have to play in the CSC otherwise they aren't allowed to play in the FA Cup.

What's different about Stockport?

[Saughall Robin]

I think exceptions are made for FL clubs aren't they?

[Sale Holmfield]

If the Cheshire FA website is to be believed, and there is always a certain element of doubt about this, we are at home to Vauxhall Motors  in the quarter finals on Jan 31st. I expect the date is just the default date for the round rather than anything  confirmed.

https://fulltime.thefa.com/competition.html?selectedSeason=59322608&selectedFixtureGroupAgeGroup=0&selectedDivision=0&selectedCompetition=72275471&ftsCompetitionPageContent.selectedFeatureCode=1_831164793#tab-2

[Saughall Robin]

Plenty of time to have another draw (again) before then.