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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on March 23, 2009, 12:05:47 AM
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Last Saturday's debacle prompted a trawl through the archives to identify our heaviest defeats at Moss Lane since 1979.
So, how many of these nightmares still haunt you?
3-7
v Slough Town: 19th October 1991
(one of many low points during that abysmal season with Stan Allan as manager; local lad Steve Roberts was the hapless goalkeeper).
0-5
v Dagenham & Redbridge: 10th September 2005
v Dagenham & Redbridge: 3rd September 2006
(thank the Lord they haven't visited Moss Lane since...).
1-5
v Mossley (FA Trophy): 23rd February 1980
(yes, even the great Alty teams can get trounced! The only home defeat we experienced during the first year of the Alliance Premier League, as Leo Skeete & Co. take us to the cleaners during Alex Stepney's final appearance for Alty that particular season).
v Stafford Rangers: 30th January 1993
(the erratic Ray Dennis was our goalkeeper. Enough said).
v Stevenage Borough: 29th December 2007.
2-5
v Forest Green Rovers: 21st March 2009.
0-4
v Wycombe Wanderers: 11th April 1992
(a goalkeeping crisis meant that midfielder Nigel Shaw was forced to play as Alty's No.1).
v Macclesfield Town: 18th November 1995
(that one was especially painful; Phil Power causing havoc for McIlroy's team).
v Harrogate Town: 17th August 2002
(a disastrous start to the 2002/2003 season for Bernard Taylor's side, swiftly followed by two successive drubbings away from home).
v Woking: 10th December 2005.
v York City: 10th February 2007.
1-4
v Enfield: 15th March 1986
(revenge was sweet just a few weeks later though when we defeated them at the semi-final stage of the FA Trophy).
v Runcorn (Cheshire Senior Cup): 24th March 1988
(didn't Mark 'Spike' Carter run riot that night?).
v Witton Albion (Cheshire Senior Cup): 3rd March 1992
(that woeful Stan Allan season yet again....).
v Port Vale (FA Cup): 5th December 1992.
v Exeter City: 11th August 2007
(1-0 up, courtesy of Karl Munroe, but then we wilted in the second half).
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v Exeter City: 11th August 2007
(1-0 up, courtesy of Karl Munroe, but then we wilted in the second half).
i think the fact that they brought basham and elam off the bench as we tiered in the second half helped there cause too (not just us "wilting")
the rest makes some bad memories come back (and i've only seen a handfull of those games)
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v Macclesfield Town: 18th November 1995
(that one was especially painful; Phil Power causing havoc for McIlroy's team).
Particularly painful as i had two friends come over from Macclesfield for that game and I stood with them in the away end.
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v Macclesfield Town: 18th November 1995
(that one was especially painful; Phil Power causing havoc for McIlroy's team).
Particularly painful as i had two friends come over from Macclesfield for that game and I stood with them in the away end.
There's no such thing as a friend from Macclesfield.....
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Mr Cult,
Was that Slough game the one so heinously blighted by the "performance" of Mr Gary Shaw of Oldham?
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Mr Cult,
Was that Slough game the one so heinously blighted by the "performance" of Mr Gary Shaw of Oldham?
ATS,
No, that was another fixture against Slough Town:
Saturday, 13th January 1996
GM Vauxhall Conference
Altrincham...0
Slough Town...1
The, ahem, erratic Mister Shaw sent off three Alty players that afternoon: Barry Butler, Mark Hughes and Greg Challender.
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I've just shuddered reading that list.
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Mr Cult,
Was that Slough game the one so heinously blighted by the "performance" of Mr Gary Shaw of Oldham?
Never to be seen again ?
On the subject of Referees from our level, I see Mr Matadar was yet again involved in a dubious decision over the weekend.
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Sadly it is no more than should be expected.
How the bloody hell he's made the FIFA Assistants list is beyond me
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Sadly it is no more than should be expected.
How the bloody hell he's made the FIFA Assistants list is beyond me
By no means is to sound racist, but dare I say it is because he is of ethnic background, and as such the FA want to be seen promoting such people ?
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Also 0-4 vs Man Ciddy (1969?)
PS: 'friendly' so perhaps why you didn't include it!
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seem to recall shipping six against a bunch of pesky kids from Old trafford with one being the boy naarrrdrdiello getting a hatrick or it could have been a dream
i have great difficulty seperating fact from fiction these days
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Also 0-4 vs Man Ciddy (1969?)
mike summerbee kept losing balls over the golf road?
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Cult puts things in perspective. Take the Mossley defeat in particular - Alty were flying high at the top of the APL, were unbeaten at home all season, had knocked two league sides out of the FA Cup and were unlucky not to beat Orient at Moss Lane and Mossley turn up and trounce us. I felt like we were the worst team in the world (just as I did after a spineless defeat at Barnet, being outmuscled at Nuneaton and relying on Colin D'arcy to gift Worcester and Telford the points in the same season).
A couple of days later we slaughtered Barnet 7-0 with Graham Barrow putting in one of the unmistakeably great midfield performances EVER by an Alty player.
Here are some things I consider to be likely:
1) we will not go down - we are still capable of picking up wins (Weymouth, Nantwich - albeit not the strongest opponents), we are close to the finishing line (not many more points needed), there are a lot of clubs below us ALL of whom would need to start winning and the AGM cup is going to be a knock out event this year there are so many entrants.
2) We have played good football this season and our position reflects that - we have looked like a conference side for most of the season: don't underestimate the fact that we belong here now
3) Even on a much reduced budget, I believe we can survive in the Alliance next season. There are many clubs suffering far worse than us budgetarily and to give Graham his due we have been good at maximising our return on investment (compare our performance and league position with that of Northwich Victorai and compare the difference in resources between the two teams).
We have had a good season, we are still in good shape financially, we are responding proactively to the threat of the credit crunch and in stead of being releived we are doing the typical (5-1 to Mossley bloody hell) Alty fans beating ourselves up.
Let's finish the season with a smile and look forward to tacking next season on a much reduced budget - we will have one hand tied behind our backs but there will be other teams in strait jackets submerged upside down in a barrel of pirahnas.
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hurrah for ManagementGuru the voice of reason
all the things that i think but cant put in a coherent post
only to add that next season there will be a significantly greater number of part time teams in the conference. either that or more going bust- one or the other
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Cult puts things in perspective. Take the Mossley defeat in particular - Alty were flying high at the top of the APL, were unbeaten at home all season, had knocked two league sides out of the FA Cup and were unlucky not to beat Orient at Moss Lane and Mossley turn up and trounce us. I felt like we were the worst team in the world (just as I did after a spineless defeat at Barnet, being outmuscled at Nuneaton and relying on Colin D'arcy to gift Worcester and Telford the points in the same season).
A couple of days later we slaughtered Barnet 7-0 with Graham Barrow putting in one of the unmistakeably great midfield performances EVER by an Alty player.
Here are some things I consider to be likely:
1) we will not go down - we are still capable of picking up wins (Weymouth, Nantwich - albeit not the strongest opponents), we are close to the finishing line (not many more points needed), there are a lot of clubs below us ALL of whom would need to start winning and the AGM cup is going to be a knock out event this year there are so many entrants.
2) We have played good football this season and our position reflects that - we have looked like a conference side for most of the season: don't underestimate the fact that we belong here now
3) Even on a much reduced budget, I believe we can survive in the Alliance next season. There are many clubs suffering far worse than us budgetarily and to give Graham his due we have been good at maximising our return on investment (compare our performance and league position with that of Northwich Victorai and compare the difference in resources between the two teams).
We have had a good season, we are still in good shape financially, we are responding proactively to the threat of the credit crunch and in stead of being releived we are doing the typical (5-1 to Mossley bloody hell) Alty fans beating ourselves up.
Let's finish the season with a smile and look forward to tacking next season on a much reduced budget - we will have one hand tied behind our backs but there will be other teams in strait jackets submerged upside down in a barrel of pirahnas.
All the things I was attempting to say in another thread, but far less eloquently. I really must learn to read through my messages before posting...a bit of proof reading wouldn't go amiss (but that seems far too serious for such a forum).
Very well said Sir...have an upbeat Goodwin.
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Cult puts things in perspective. Take the Mossley defeat in particular - Alty were flying high at the top of the APL, were unbeaten at home all season, had knocked two league sides out of the FA Cup and were unlucky not to beat Orient at Moss Lane and Mossley turn up and trounce us. I felt like we were the worst team in the world (just as I did after a spineless defeat at Barnet, being outmuscled at Nuneaton and relying on Colin D'arcy to gift Worcester and Telford the points in the same season).
A couple of days later we slaughtered Barnet 7-0 with Graham Barrow putting in one of the unmistakeably great midfield performances EVER by an Alty player.
Here are some things I consider to be likely:
1) we will not go down - we are still capable of picking up wins (Weymouth, Nantwich - albeit not the strongest opponents), we are close to the finishing line (not many more points needed), there are a lot of clubs below us ALL of whom would need to start winning and the AGM cup is going to be a knock out event this year there are so many entrants.
2) We have played good football this season and our position reflects that - we have looked like a conference side for most of the season: don't underestimate the fact that we belong here now
3) Even on a much reduced budget, I believe we can survive in the Alliance next season. There are many clubs suffering far worse than us budgetarily and to give Graham his due we have been good at maximising our return on investment (compare our performance and league position with that of Northwich Victorai and compare the difference in resources between the two teams).
We have had a good season, we are still in good shape financially, we are responding proactively to the threat of the credit crunch and in stead of being releived we are doing the typical (5-1 to Mossley bloody hell) Alty fans beating ourselves up.
Let's finish the season with a smile and look forward to tacking next season on a much reduced budget - we will have one hand tied behind our backs but there will be other teams in strait jackets submerged upside down in a barrel of pirahnas.
Best post on here for many months....takes the sting out of the hysteria of Saturday
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Cult puts things in perspective. Take the Mossley defeat in particular - Alty were flying high at the top of the APL, were unbeaten at home all season, had knocked two league sides out of the FA Cup and were unlucky not to beat Orient at Moss Lane and Mossley turn up and trounce us. I felt like we were the worst team in the world (just as I did after a spineless defeat at Barnet, being outmuscled at Nuneaton and relying on Colin D'arcy to gift Worcester and Telford the points in the same season).
A couple of days later we slaughtered Barnet 7-0 with Graham Barrow putting in one of the unmistakeably great midfield performances EVER by an Alty player.
Here are some things I consider to be likely:
1) we will not go down - we are still capable of picking up wins (Weymouth, Nantwich - albeit not the strongest opponents), we are close to the finishing line (not many more points needed), there are a lot of clubs below us ALL of whom would need to start winning and the AGM cup is going to be a knock out event this year there are so many entrants.
2) We have played good football this season and our position reflects that - we have looked like a conference side for most of the season: don't underestimate the fact that we belong here now
3) Even on a much reduced budget, I believe we can survive in the Alliance next season. There are many clubs suffering far worse than us budgetarily and to give Graham his due we have been good at maximising our return on investment (compare our performance and league position with that of Northwich Victorai and compare the difference in resources between the two teams).
We have had a good season, we are still in good shape financially, we are responding proactively to the threat of the credit crunch and in stead of being releived we are doing the typical (5-1 to Mossley bloody hell) Alty fans beating ourselves up.
Let's finish the season with a smile and look forward to tacking next season on a much reduced budget - we will have one hand tied behind our backs but there will be other teams in strait jackets submerged upside down in a barrel of pirahnas.
Great post!
We're in a better position all round than we were at probably any point last season and will be a lot better off next season than a lot of clubs in this league.
The chairman's concerns over the clubs financial position are understandable in the current climate and nothing more or less than we should expect from someone who has worked so hard with the rest of the board to get the club on a sound financial footing.
We should be glad he cares enough to be concerned unlike so many others in his position.
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Also 0-4 vs Man Ciddy (1969?)
PS: 'friendly' so perhaps why you didn't include it!
Saughall Robin,
That particular friendly against Man City was played on 12th December 1966.
You are older than you look (the red wine is obviously preserving your vitality!).
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Also 0-4 vs Man Ciddy (1969?)
PS: 'friendly' so perhaps why you didn't include it!
Saughall Robin,
That particular friendly against Man City was played on 12th December 1966.
You are older than you look (the red wine is obviously preserving your vitality!).
Yes, you're right Cult. It was during the year when we retained the CCL title.
And thanks for the compliment, I'll keep taking the medicine ::) In my defence,
1. I was only 16 then,
2. My brain is full of other stuff at the moment and ,
3. With not many cells to spare for memory, I bow to your records! ;)
Heaven knows what my memory will be like when I reach my 'half century' as a fan in another 6 years or so!
PS: I can't look as young as all that as I got in the prensioners entrance at Witton and they never batter an eyelid (unless I looked under 16?) ;D