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Very True Mr Gazelle,

I believe however that Mr Travis demonstrated that he had once been a boy scout and therefore was prepared by taking his own 'bit on the side' down to Weymouth whereas Mr Taylor was relying on his legendary  (at least on his own planet) pulling ability once he got down there.

Mr Travis I would therefore suggest had what he might have described as 'alternative' priorities perhaps?

Mr Gazelle,

If I recall correctly our cat like custodian that day either was or should have been 'Fat Pat' whom I seem to recall drank an entire crate of Newcastle Brown Ale on the coach on the way down and subsequently retired hurt from the Saturday Night's revelry.

Substitutes were, I recall, Cookie and I due to some quite scandalous revenge from our Manager Brian Taylor Esq. due to us kyboshing his attempt to pull in the Night Club on the Saturday.

Oh what epic memories come flooding back

Please don't twist my words to fit your agenda and perspective.

I never either said or intimated that.

My point was that Karl Munroe has given away some quite ridiculously stupid penalties this season which have cost us points.

Mark Maddox was a bit of a loose cannon at times and as I say he did pick up more cards than was good for either him or the team, probably some of the Red cards also cost the team. Mark was however totally commited to Alty and i think it is disingenuous to criticise a player who is no longer at the Club

Quote from: AltyTunnelSteward on April 10, 2007, 04:07:58 PM

Whilst we are on this subject and without wishing in any way to detract from the well deserved accolades Ray is receiving, one of the Stewarding Staff, Steve Jamieson will, I believe complete 25 seasons as a Steward at the Aldershot match.

25 years stewarding in the cold, wet and wind, exposed to the elements and lots of abuse, I think demonstrates the outstanding support and loyalty Alty depends on and I am honoured that Steve is a member of my stewarding team

Phil,

Are you the man responsible for the wind and abuse?

Sadly Mr Cult I must plead guilty on both counts. A combination of Kaliber and increased sprout consumption have rendered me very abusive indeed.

The half mile wide yellow streak and my status as a confirmed coward are the contributing factors to my windiness   

Bit of a vicious circle really.

Setanta showing a game relies on there being adequate lighting for the cameras.

According to the Programme yesterday we cannot get the grant we wanted to upgrade the Floodlights to an adequate level for televising football so the upgrade may have to be put on hold if an alternative funding source cannot be found.

This may mean that Setanta can't show any games from Moss Lane

Sorry if this is on the wrong bit of the forum but I note that the date of the latest info on the forum is April 19th 2007.

So the questions are: Does John have access to a Tardis

and : How did we get on at Dagenham?

I am aware that this is going to get me the mother of all Peakeings and I have to admit that as a registered Referee I do have a slightly vested interest in the whole issue..

So here goes...

It really is the easiest thing in the world to blame match officials for any result which hasn't gone your way. Strangely it's very very rare that you've been beaten because either you didn't play well or because the opposition were better than you.

I had a fixture on Sunday Morning which the away team won comfortably - they got a 3 goal lead and then retained possession. In all honesty they were far, far superior and it showed. HOWEVER the only reason they won (according too the home team) was because I didn't give a free kick for the home team, in the centre circle, after ten minutes!!

On to yesterday - Jimmy is correct the law makes no mention of 'last man' merely 'denying OBVIOUS goalscoring opportunity'  Firstly Talbot wasn't the last man (Bandy covering behind could quite easily have got a challenge in) and secondly it was not an OBVIOUS opportunity. Credit should go to Mr Pawson actually for consulting with his Assistant which colour the card should be.

Re Robbie Lawton - again Jimmy (and others too) is correct - if you push someone you will get at least a Yellow Card - it's mandatory with no latitude allowed if you want to retain your status never mind progress. I can understand the frustration at what was obviously a dive but as it was exaggeration following a push rather than simulation where there had been no contact there was no action Mr Pawson could take other than to warn the Gravesend Player which I believe he did  'on the run' rather than 'ceremonially'

Referees are trained from the moment they start the basic course with the training becoming more intense and demanding the higher up the ladder you go.

If I may I'll turn this on its head.  A frequent comment is that Ref's have never played the game so don't know what they're dealing with. Maybe Managers should take the referees course and even Ref a game or two so that they know the other side of the equation?

Right Peake away!!

Thanks PB,

seems less serious than anticipated - perhaps my adversary from Saturday is one of those who doesn't read the forum - or perhaps he's out buying a new silencer??