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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Mrs Warbouys on December 30, 2016, 01:21:07 AM
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Manchester 2/5
Draw 7/2
Alty 6/1
Nine players missingfrom tonight's P-P game with Macclesfield, Hopefullt we will see a decent number back for New Year's Day. Plus the new lad on loan and hopefully a striker coming in. New ground for most, and despite people's reservations and despite the numerous false dawns and let downs this last year let's hope we can see good numbers in attendance. We'd think nothing of taking 4 & 500 to Chester and Northwich and despite what the 400+ got served up at Stockport a couple of weeks ago. Dust ourselves down and go again.
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Densmore----Cyrus---Hannigan---McWilliams
Newby-----Moult-------Jones-------------Clee
-------------------Reeves----TBA
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Good line up Tommy. Lets hope our luck changes and we can get the striker in today for Sunday.
I'll be there plus 2.
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Unable to attend any games just now due to poorly Wife, but I will be there in thought
Lets hope 2017 gives everybody a new dawn and the club starts to move forward again
Happy New Year to you All
Ray & Jill
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2-1 to the Alty and the start of something special!
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Unable to attend any games just now due to poorly Wife, but I will be there in thought
Lets hope 2017 gives everybody a new dawn and the club starts to move forward again
Happy New Year to you All
Ray & Jill
Happy New year to you both and hope Jill is well again soon.
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Unless Reeves' hamstring has has had a remarkable recovery I wouldn't be playing him.
If we get this striker in then I'd play him with Wilkinson behind him.
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2-1 to the Alty and the start of something special!
A pint of whatever you've been on please.
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I really want to be positive and certainly with the new winger and hopefully centre forward, we'll be able to convert possession into chances and hopefully goals. However, when I see our line ups this season I can always see us conceding 2 or 3 goals. More than anything, we need a tall, commanding, experienced centre half. I know they don't grow on trees, but I'm convinced that is what we need to pull ourselves upwards.
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I really want to be positive and certainly with the new winger and hopefully centre forward, we'll be able to convert possession into chances and hopefully goals. However, when I see our line ups this season I can always see us conceding 2 or 3 goals. More than anything, we need a tall, commanding, experienced centre half. I know they don't grow on trees, but I'm convinced that is what we need to pull ourselves upwards.
Agreed not convinced by cyrus yet
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2-1 to the Alty and the start of something special!
A pint of whatever you've been on please.
Come on we're unbeaten since Boxing day!
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2-1 to the Alty and the start of something special!
A pint of whatever you've been on please.
Come on we're unbeaten since Boxing day!
Keep this form up and we'll be...relegated!
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I really want to be positive and certainly with the new winger and hopefully centre forward, we'll be able to convert possession into chances and hopefully goals. However, when I see our line ups this season I can always see us conceding 2 or 3 goals. More than anything, we need a tall, commanding, experienced centre half. I know they don't grow on trees, but I'm convinced that is what we need to pull ourselves upwards.
Agreed not convinced by cyrus yet
And playing for Buxton, one of the teams which might swap places with us at the end of the season........Greg Young.
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A win for the Mighty Robins.
C O Y R.
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Densmore----Cyrus---Hannigan---McWilliams
Newby-----Moult-------Jones-------------Clee
-------------------Reeves----Owens
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Why are you playing a hamstring hampered Reeves?
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----------------------Dawber
Densmore----Cyrus---Hannigan---McWilliams
Newby-----Moult-------Jones-------------Clee
-------------------Reeves----Owens
Dawber?! Are you on drugs?!
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----------------------Dawber
Densmore----Cyrus---Hannigan---McWilliams
Newby-----Moult-------Jones-------------Clee
-------------------Reeves----Owens
Dawber?! Are you on drugs?!
deasy is no better
You're definately on drugs!!
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----------------------Dawber
Densmore----Cyrus---Hannigan---McWilliams
Newby-----Moult-------Jones-------------Clee
-------------------Reeves----Owens
Dawber?! Are you on drugs?!
deasy is no better
You're definately on drugs!!
Wish I was. It'd make the time at the ex-in laws pass SO much quicker.
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If no-one (ie Richman and Patterson) has recovered in time to play then I think it will be 4-4-2
Deasey
Densmore Cyrus Hannigan McWilliams
Newby Jones Molut Clee
Owens Wilkinson
Cryrus and to a lesser extent Deasey much be very close to being benched.
FCUM 1-1 Alty
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I'm going positive.....fcum 0 altyc5
the start of the great escape.....Wilkinson and jones forge a formidable driving creative midfield partnership, owens holds ball up and gets reeves into the game....newby and clee run rings round the fcum defence.....deasy unbeatable.....
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I'm going positive.....fcum 0 altyc5
the start of the great escape.....Wilkinson and jones forge a formidable driving creative midfield partnership, owens holds ball up and gets reeves into the game....newby and clee run rings round the fcum defence.....deasy unbeatable.....
Yes please.
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I'm going positive.....fcum 0 altyc5
the start of the great escape.....Wilkinson and jones forge a formidable driving creative midfield partnership, owens holds ball up and gets reeves into the game....newby and clee run rings round the fcum defence.....deasy unbeatable.....
That's what I've been hoping over the last few games I have been to........but today, I'm of the opinion if the team can't be ar$ed, then I too cannot be ar$ed in dragging myself over to Moston. 'Nuff said!!!!
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0-1 already......my optimism has faded......f*** off 2017!!!
;D
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Do we now start games one nil down?
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We kept a clean sheet for 60 seconds in 2017
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If we are relying on the Gregorian calendar to save us then we are truest fooked
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Just leaving Moston Park. We showed some spirit and battled well but we need to start beating average teams like FC Utd. Played with no striker for the last 15 mins which was odd to say the least! Graham Heathcote is clearly running the team if you watch the bench.
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Fully deserved and fair point.
Positives-good away numbers again, I reckon about 350 Alty maybe. Owens looked a real handful up top and now gives us a genuine target man. The other new lad from Barrow on the wing looked decent too and nearly scored a worldie at the death. Credit to the defence too, I thought Cyrus in particular had a very solid game.
Negatives-whilst there are some very fleeting green shoots of recovery it's all too little too late. FCUM with honourable mentions to Wright (who had Densmore on toast) and the young number 7 looked bang average to me and only had the upper hand when we tired and understandably dropped deeper. If they are comfortably mid table then it shows you just how bad we have been this season.
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On the match updates apart from the first minute we seemed a good side Jones gets the ball a lot
The new lads are a big threat much improved unless fcum arent very good we could claw some points back
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Totally agree. Well played today boys, not sure why wilkinson wasn't pushed up for the last ten minutes as we created more overlaps than I can remember but had nowt in the box, for a second though I thought McDonald was coming on, thankfully he didn't
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Shocking way to a game. Fans club my arse. Housing away like that is a liberty.
Draw was probably a fair result. Thought they nick 1 at the just because of how our season has gone, but we had the better clear cut chances. Cyrus could have scored a hat trick.
Don't why Clee and Newby were deployed on their 'wrong' wings but it must have the plan.
Thought Brownhill was decent at lb and Owens and Newby were class.
Unfortunately a point at a mid table team won't get us out of sh*t. So the question is have they been brought with next season in mind?
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Aside from starting like a bunch of strangers we played ok today. Owens gave them nightmares and Jones was immense in the 2nd half. Newby was decent too, he ran his socks off.
They looked bang average so if we start to play with confidence we might at least make it interesting.
Our fans are amazing. Loads there today and the fact we basically celebrated the equalizer with laughter shows you what the diehards have had to put up with. What a credit to this football club the fans are.
I think they swapped wingers round cos Newby can use both feet and Clee could cut in. It didn't work that well. Get them on the right sides Buzz and balls in to Owens. Give us hope
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Utter madness to take both Reeves and Owens off. We could have won that. I am convinced we could have scored the winner in that last 15.
We played so much. Better. Both new guys were an improvement, Owens in particular. We must win now! Clee was a rock, Deady had some "moments" which made us all shiver more than we already were!
I was interviewed by FC UM Radio. It will be on their website tomorrow if you are at all interested
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Fully deserved and fair point.
Positives-good away numbers again, I reckon about 350 Alty maybe. Owens looked a real handful up top and now gives us a genuine target man. The other new lad from Barrow on the wing looked decent too and nearly scored a worldie at the death. Credit to the defence too, I thought Cyrus in particular had a very solid game.
Negatives-whilst there are some very fleeting green shoots of recovery it's all too little too late. FCUM with honourable mentions to Wright (who had Densmore on toast) and the young number 7 looked bang average to me and only had the upper hand when we tired and understandably dropped deeper. If they are comfortably mid table then it shows you just how bad we have been this season.
That's a pretty accurate synopsis of the game in my book.
After an extremely shaky opening 15 minutes (Deasy and Densmore seemingly on different wavelengths), we finally realised that FCUM were fielding a very dodgy goalkeeper and are actually a very ordinary side and we managed to have a go at them.
The second half saw FCUM dominate possession but without really testing Deasy.
Meanwhile, we ran out of steam and ended up with a formation of 7-2-0.
I'll take any small crumbs of comfort the way that this wretched season has unfolded.
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To be fair i thought Owens looked knackered in the minutes before he was taken off and Reevsey has been carrying an injury as well. Obviously frustrating as the game was there to be won, thought fcum were very average for much of the game. At least though for one of the few times this season we looked like a team, just hope it carries on.
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To be fair i thought Owens looked knackered in the minutes before he was taken off and Reevsey has been carrying an injury as well. Obviously frustrating as the game was there to be won, thought fcum were very average for much of the game. At least though for one of the few times this season we looked like a team, just hope it carries on.
True. As bizarre as it was to have no strikers on the pitch for 15 minutes having the extra body in midfield got us on the ball countering a bit more and it nearly worked. Ten v ten made it a bit of mess, they adapted better than us but we started to counter well in the end. Last 20 minutes of first half was our strongest spell
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Far from perfect today, the opening 15 minutes was very poor and how nervous were we at the back. Typical though, a poor clearance, cannons to one of there players who lashes it in. But a couple of runs up the left gave us a little confidence and we grew into the game.
I was impressed by the effort of the team and to get the equaliser.
Both new players added quality today, well done to both.
Hopefully we can build on this and get some more points on the board and see where we end up.
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Well done to the lads. It was good to see them stuck in, especially the new lads, Owens, jones and newby. Whilst it is probably too late to stay up, at least we can start putting together some decent performances and hopefully start to pick up points, then hit next season on a bounce with decent crowds.
I think we could have nicked it at the end, just a shame we couldn't bring any forwards on after Owens went off, and Newby had run his legs into the ground.
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Awful start but then the best performance we've seen for a long time.
Gloucester haven't won for a while. It's got to be the turning point.
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Today was the first time we have scored an equalising goal in the league since Miller's goal against Chorley to make it 2-2 .
That was on September 5th. :o
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Lots of things I agree with here. Much improved yesterday but still not good enough to beat a very average side, which just highlights how bad we've been prior to yesterday.
I think it's as simple as if we had Sean Miller fit we'd have won the game. Once he's recovered I'd like to see him form a big & little partnership with Andy Owens. I know Sean's been impressive on the wing but he's quick and can finish, and for all he's done for the club it's clear as crystal that Damian Reeves is 1) playing through an injury 2) simply hasn't been the same player all season.
I don't think we should play Shaun Densmore at right back again. Jerome Wright tore him apart in the first half and I'm not sure it was tactics or an injury that saw him make way for Sam Heathcote (who did well.) Give me Patterson at right back, Dens has consistently made mistakes since his return unfortunately and I don't think he's the calming influence most expected. I'd much rather see him utilised in the
middle of the park now we're without both Richman and Moult, Dens was good there against Macclesfield. Just my two pence on that.
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Lots of things I agree with here. Much improved yesterday but still not good enough to beat a very average side, which just highlights how bad we've been prior to yesterday.
I think it's as simple as if we had Sean Miller fit we'd have won the game. Once he's recovered I'd like to see him form a big & little partnership with Andy Owens. I know Sean's been impressive on the wing but he's quick and can finish, and for all he's done for the club it's clear as crystal that Damian Reeves is 1) playing through an injury 2) simply hasn't been the same player all season.
I don't think we should play Shaun Densmore at right back again. Jerome Wright tore him apart in the first half and I'm not sure it was tactics or an injury that saw him make way for Sam Heathcote (who did well.) Give me Patterson at right back, Dens has consistently made mistakes since his return unfortunately and I don't think he's the calming influence most expected. I'd much rather see him utilised in the
middle of the park now we're without both Richman and Moult, Dens was good there against Macclesfield. Just my two pence on that.
Reading his programme notes on Boxing Day he doesn't seem to be anywhere near as fit as he needs to be. If he's not match fit then he simply shouldn't be playing. same with Reeves, if he's not fit then he shouldn't be playing. I know times are desperate but playing injured/unfit players certainly isn't the answer.
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Thought we should have showed more intent to win the game yesterday in the final 20 minutes. Both new lads looked decent and thought Gary Jones was superb yesterday. They were there for the taking really. A draw stops the rot but there needs to be the belief that we can beat a large proportion of the sides in this league. Had we been at full strength yesterday we would have won the game.
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What was the low don on the "fans club"
Used to reading people from other clubs going on about how wonderful FCuM are and what an amazing set up it is.
It seems we had a different experience?
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What was the low don on the "fans club"
Used to reading people from other clubs going on about how wonderful FCuM are and what an amazing set up it is.
It seems we had a different experience?
It was ok, certainly no problems encountered , the ground is in a decent enough part of Moston
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The stadium is impressive from the outside, but incomplete and no character.
I found Stewards to be friendly, however the gent selling the New Year raffle tickets was having a right moan because we did not buy and tickets as he went back to the home side.
One of the FCUM scouts/development officers sat by me in the stand, he was compiling a minute by minute performance notes of FCUM and also explained how they are reaching out across Manchester to spread the word and get Junior clubs linking into them. Sale United were there yesterday apparently invited for hospitality.
They are concerned over the drop in attendances I got the feeling.
I parked on nearby local streets no problem at all and was home within 30 minutes of the game finishing.
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What was the low don on the "fans club"
Used to reading people from other clubs going on about how wonderful FCuM are and what an amazing set up it is.
It seems we had a different experience?
It will be a really nice ground when it's finished but at the moment it's only got two sides and they've just put a roof up on the unfinished sides to make it look the part. Away 'terrace' is just a tarmac bit of ground behind the goal so if you're under 6 foot and can't get near the front then you can't see properly. Food reasonably priced for a football ground and can't grumble at £9 entrance fee. FC Utd supporters have a good sing so it's not a bad atmosphere but I'm not quite sure why they sing about hating Leeds considering they've never played them and also claim to be 'Busby boys' when they were formed after his death but all in all I've had a lot worse away experiences.
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It's obviously a work in progress, but I quite liked it. The paddock terraces give a very good standing view of the game. Certainly a better experience than Stockport away.
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The stadium is impressive from the outside, but incomplete and no character.
I found Stewards to be friendly, however the gent selling the New Year raffle tickets was having a right moan because we did not buy and tickets as he went back to the home side.
One of the FCUM scouts/development officers sat by me in the stand, he was compiling a minute by minute performance notes of FCUM and also explained how they are reaching out across Manchester to spread the word and get Junior clubs linking into them. Sale United were there yesterday apparently invited for hospitality.
They are concerned over the drop in attendances I got the feeling.
I parked on nearby local streets no problem at all and was home within 30 minutes of the game finishing.
Concerned if sale United are going there
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I was stood behind the goal on the flat terrace. Very poor experience for me. Would have preferred if wed have been given a bigger are in the corner.
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From the seats or the paddock below the view was decent. If we had only been given the actual away end though I would have been seriously unimpressed. It's basically a 2 sided ground as others have said. Whilst the away end at our place doesn't have a roof I'd argue the back of that terrace has the best view in the ground. FCUM is an average set up but very good value for money at £9 to sit or stand but not worth the endless tedious hype they get.
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I thought it was pretty good considering they had to generate their own finance while playing at other peoples ground. The home end looks great. The main stand doesn't seem to hold that many (seated) but integrates well with the home end.
Our end is undeveloped really. It's got a roof on it but it's not very deep and it wouldn't have hurt to make the paddock into a bank but I don't know what the Health and Safety issues are. When the need arises they will be able to put seating in the side opposite the main stand and that would probably do them unless they get to Division One. The food wagon was very reasonable and its got to be said is better than what we provide away supporters.
The toilets are actually worse than ours. Three portaloos is all i could see at our end of the ground.
I spoke to a couple of volunteers who were very friendly. They said there's never any trouble except when Stockport turned up. The game was heavily policed and its an expense they can do without. Fair enough, we're in the same boat.
All in all, I enjoyed it. If miracles happen I'll go again next season.
I walked back to The Broadway with a group of lads from Germany, about a dozen of them. No idea how or why they turned up.
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I thought it was a good achievement of a stadium - clearly work in progress but in the main done well. There was plenty of legroom and good visibility in the seats I was in, and I liked the standing area beneath the seated area. There were no viewing obstructions anywhere. The speakers/tannoy was well equipped and very clear to hear.
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Agree with many of the points raised here. If you were not the tallest and the away end had been fuller your view could have been impeded but i guess fcum must segregate every game so improvements in the away end wouldn't be a priority. The toilet arrangements weren't great but similar to what an away fan gets at Moss Lane. I was expecting a better atmosphere from the fcum fans though, especially after they scored so early. It did improve as the game went on but for alot of the time apart from a group behind the goal at the back of their stand, there didn't seem to be loads of them singing. Good amount of parking and there is space around the ground to increase the capacity if the need arises.
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Having played on the pitches on broadhurst years ago, it was my first visit. Been past loads but never been in. Living locally, I watched and heard the arguments for and against the stadium. I think they've done quite a good job, lots for the community in mind too(sounds familiar eh) and at £9 in not too bad. They did ship the homeless in too for xmas dinner, as well as getting kids teams involved (sale Utd). Parking was supposed to be a massive issue but lightbowne road can accommodate plenty of cars. Think they'll need quite an overdraft to finish the ground though! Didn't mind the atmosphere either, they made more noise than Stockport did with a similar crowd, just hope we get a chance to go next season, though I don't hold out much hope
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There is a ground update on the FCUM podcast around 30 mins in; https://s103.podbean.com/pb/711bd7a29a42fbaaffbc7fe23dae0ec9/586b8a7e/data2/fs183/394004/uploads/This_Club_is_My_Club_-_2nd_January_2017.mp3?download=1
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The stadium is impressive from the outside, but incomplete and no character.
I found Stewards to be friendly, however the gent selling the New Year raffle tickets was having a right moan because we did not buy and tickets as he went back to the home side.
One of the FCUM scouts/development officers sat by me in the stand, he was compiling a minute by minute performance notes of FCUM and also explained how they are reaching out across Manchester to spread the word and get Junior clubs linking into them. Sale United were there yesterday apparently invited for hospitality.
They are concerned over the drop in attendances I got the feeling.
I parked on nearby local streets no problem at all and was home within 30 minutes of the game finishing.
Concerned if sale United are going there
Strikes at the heart of the FCUM issue. Their 'community' is one of interest (United fans or part-time crypto anarchists once they've done the big weekend shop and claimed their Nectar points) as opposed to geographic. Much of what the club has done and continue to do is fantastic, but they trade on being the 'real MUFC' and as such any area in Gtr M/c is fair game to them. That's why, on balance, I don't like 'em.
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It would be interesting to know how many alty based fcum fans there are.timp fcum flag at moss lane when we played them
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Goals
http://www.fcum.tv
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Not got the red card incident on.
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It's almost like he forgot to say 'goals'
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Owens effort was faultless for his time on the pitch and he deserved that goal. Following it up into the goal opitimises his attitude