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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 09:00:18 AM

Title: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 09:00:18 AM
What's the furthest north, south, east and west that Alty have played a competitive fixture?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Timperley The Best on July 18, 2007, 09:03:27 AM
blyth, exeter,  and two  other i reckon without looking or thinking too much
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: SW on July 18, 2007, 09:28:33 AM
Blyth, Exeter, Bangor and Boston?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 09:48:06 AM
I reckon two of those are right but I think i can improve on both south and east.

Blyth, Exeter, Bangor and Boston?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Alty365 on July 18, 2007, 10:07:47 AM
Surely Dover must be a candidate?
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Post by: bighairedmike on July 18, 2007, 10:27:27 AM
What about wyemouth?
Is blyth more northern than whitby?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Alty365 on July 18, 2007, 10:29:21 AM

Is blyth more northern than whitby?


Considerably so.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: bighairedmike on July 18, 2007, 10:30:52 AM
I didnt have a clue. Thanks. :)


Have a goodwin!
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: SW on July 18, 2007, 11:07:12 AM
North  Blyth

South  Weymouth

East    Dover....surprised me!

West   Bangor, or have we played at Caenarvon?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Alty365 on July 18, 2007, 11:11:01 AM
West might actually be Cliftonville in Ireland who we played away in a friendly a few years back.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 11:53:01 AM
North  Blyth

South  Weymouth

East    Dover....surprised me!

West   Bangor, or have we played at Caenarvon?

I think these are the right answers but I too wonder if there might have been a Welsh one somewhere West of Bangor.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Toff Apple on July 18, 2007, 12:13:31 PM
Dont know about cliftonville but appart from that I remember us playing a pre season friendly near RAF Valley on Anglesea ages ago.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: hsmith1 on July 18, 2007, 12:18:11 PM
Did we not play Gretna before they joined the Scottish league?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: SW on July 18, 2007, 02:05:13 PM
Not sure about Gretna but now I think about it I believe we may have played Ashington in the first season of the NPL? That's North of Blyth.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 02:09:37 PM
Not sure about Gretna but now I think about it I believe we may have played Ashington in the first season of the NPL? That's North of Blyth.

Gretna isn't actually as far North as Blyth. Did we ever play Bedlington Terriers at their place? That's up that way too.

I think Torquay will become the southernmost place we've played once we go there next season.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: tiggeralty on July 18, 2007, 05:27:21 PM
My husband reckons that North: Blyth  South: weymouth  West: Caernarfon  East: Maidstone, he has looked all these up in the road map.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 05:39:48 PM
My husband reckons that North: Blyth  South: weymouth  West: Caernarfon  East: Maidstone, he has looked all these up in the road map.

Dover's definitely further east than Maidstone.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: RockyRobin on July 18, 2007, 07:43:01 PM
Competitive fixture eh? I thought it was league play we were discussing last night?

Is Exeter not further south than Weymouth?

Dover is way east of Maidstone.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Sarf London Alty on July 18, 2007, 07:46:50 PM
Btw mate, you have mail. The rattler is out for Exeter. 50 quid upwards for a day return-highway robbery :o
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 18, 2007, 07:53:23 PM
Is Exeter not further south than Weymouth?

Nope. We had Exeter down as furthest south and west but it's neither - how could we have forgotten the North Wales contingent?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: RockyRobin on July 18, 2007, 09:26:19 PM
Fair enough, the booze must have skewed my mental map!

Sarf - mail replied earlier.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: SW on July 18, 2007, 10:06:58 PM
The Ashington question remains........any older fans can confirm? Certain we played there about 1969?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 19, 2007, 12:18:52 AM
The Ashington question remains........any older fans can confirm? Certain we played there about 1969?

And have we actually ever played at Caernafon? Or is it Bangor?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on July 19, 2007, 12:33:35 AM
The Ashington question remains........any older fans can confirm? Certain we played there about 1969?

And have we actually ever played at Caernafon? Or is it Bangor?

We have played AGAINST Caernarfon.....but (bizarrely) the match was a Cheshire Senior Cup tie when they spent a season playing at Ellesmere Port's ground whilst dodging the League Of Wales.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Brian Flynn on July 19, 2007, 12:34:46 AM
I saw us beat Ashington 6-0 in the Northern Premier League on Good Friday around 1969 so we have definitely played there.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on July 19, 2007, 12:39:32 AM
The Ashington question remains........any older fans can confirm? Certain we played there about 1969?

During the inaugural season of the Northern Premier League (1968/69), Alty played at Ashington on Easter Monday, 7th April 1969 (having faced them at Moss Lane only three days earlier on Good Friday).
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 19, 2007, 01:09:42 AM
So can anyone improve on (excluding friendlies):

Ashington
Weymouth
Dover
Bangor

?
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: thegazelle on July 19, 2007, 08:06:34 AM
have actually done the longditude thingy on weymouth and exeter as the country is on a tilt and is not as appears ona map ????

havent got time to do the research me sen but will leave someone with a real job to sort out
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Brian Flynn on July 19, 2007, 12:32:15 PM
Having studied this on a latitudinal/longitudinal map I am fairly sure that the definitive answer for competive fixtures is:-

North-Ashington
South-Weymouth
East-Dover
West-Bangor

I have discounted Caernarvon on account of the game taking place at Ellesmere Port.

If you include friendlies then the game at Cliftonville in Belfast is the one.I think that Niell Hardy scored in a 1-0 win.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: GolfRoader on July 19, 2007, 04:15:14 PM
east canvey island? ???
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Hemel Dave on July 19, 2007, 05:46:34 PM
How about:

Northwich Victoria
South Shields or South Liverpool
Eastwood Town (have we played them? - if not then 'Orient'!!)
Struggling for West!!
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: Leon on July 19, 2007, 06:13:47 PM
How about:

Northwich Victoria
South Shields or South Liverpool
Eastwood Town (have we played them? - if not then 'Orient'!!)
Struggling for West!!

Eastbourne Borough, surely.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: bighairedmike on July 19, 2007, 08:31:38 PM
Have we not played 'Weston-super-mare'
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: thegazelle on July 20, 2007, 12:18:53 AM
furthest east has to be the orient then
and we had of beat them we would have played west ham.
the most central team would be middlewich then
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: ManagementGuru on July 20, 2007, 10:07:45 AM
We did play Eastwood (Hanley) in the early seventies in the FA Cup.
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: worcester robin on July 20, 2007, 04:02:04 PM
 :D alty nse&w furthest north i would go for Ashington south got to be Dover west bangor  east Boston
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: worcester robin on July 20, 2007, 04:06:48 PM
The Ashington question remains........any older fans can confirm? Certain we played there about 1969?

And have we actually ever played at Caernafon? Or is it Bangor?

We have played AGAINST Caernarfon.....but (bizarrely) the match was a Cheshire Senior Cup tie when they spent a season playing at Ellesmere Port's ground whilst dodging the League Of Wales.
:D
did play Ashington away easter monday 1969 won 2-1
Title: Re: Geography trivia question
Post by: altyf on July 20, 2007, 05:03:08 PM
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alty nse&w furthest north i would go for Ashington south got to be Dover west bangor  east Boston
We've already established that Dover is East of Boston and also that Weymouth is further south than Dover
Therefore we've already worked out:
NORTH-Ashington
EAST-Dover
WEST -Bangor
SOUTH-Weymouth