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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: One Foot in the Grave on March 27, 2018, 11:52:31 PM
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A repeat of tonight and we'll destroy them. I'm driving down via the National Brewery Museum at Burton, and looking forward immensely to winding up Richard Brodie again.
Rushall 1
Alty 3 (Hulme, Johnston, Richman)
Attendance 377
It's only an hour and a half down the M6. Let's get there in force and back the boys to the hilt !
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Another local game for me and the Shropshire gang
See you there fella.
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I note they had a fine result vs Ashton last night, but their tally of 68 goals against is one of the worst in the division so we’ll certainly get opportunities. The Harrison injury news a real concern, Hannigan will have to be managed very carefully through the remainder of the season now.
Their ground looks somewhat more typical for this level than Halesowen’s-as anyone who bought this months When Saturday Comes would see in the special photo feature done at Rushall vs Workington.
Also to note that Walsall are at home to the very well supported Pompey on Saturday afternoon too so pubs/taxis from Walsall town centre will be v busy if coming from that way.
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I believe that Rushall ground share with3 other teams. God knows what the surface is like.
Rushall 0-2 Alty Hulme Peers
Hope we can get a good following.
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Rushall 3/1
Draw 14/5
Alty 4/6
Below is the current form table, both our and Warrington’s opponents are on decent runs
https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/northern-premier-league-premier-division/form-guide
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I note they had a fine result vs Ashton last night, but their tally of 68 goals against is one of the worst in the division so we’ll certainly get opportunities. The Harrison injury news a real concern, Hannigan will have to be managed very carefully through the remainder of the season now.
Their ground looks somewhat more typical for this level than Halesowen’s-as anyone who bought this months When Saturday Comes would see in the special photo feature done at Rushall vs Workington.
Also to note that Walsall are at home to the very well supported Pompey on Saturday afternoon too so pubs/taxis from Walsall town centre will be v busy if coming from that way.
There is a pub right by their ground (the other side of the canal)
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I note they had a fine result vs Ashton last night, but their tally of 68 goals against is one of the worst in the division so we’ll certainly get opportunities. The Harrison injury news a real concern, Hannigan will have to be managed very carefully through the remainder of the season now.
Their ground looks somewhat more typical for this level than Halesowen’s-as anyone who bought this months When Saturday Comes would see in the special photo feature done at Rushall vs Workington.
Also to note that Walsall are at home to the very well supported Pompey on Saturday afternoon too so pubs/taxis from Walsall town centre will be v busy if coming from that way.
There is a pub right by their ground (the other side of the canal)
Noted that one. It gets a very good write up in the Good Beer Guide-The Manor Arms.
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I note they had a fine result vs Ashton last night, but their tally of 68 goals against is one of the worst in the division so we’ll certainly get opportunities. The Harrison injury news a real concern, Hannigan will have to be managed very carefully through the remainder of the season now.
Their ground looks somewhat more typical for this level than Halesowen’s-as anyone who bought this months When Saturday Comes would see in the special photo feature done at Rushall vs Workington.
Also to note that Walsall are at home to the very well supported Pompey on Saturday afternoon too so pubs/taxis from Walsall town centre will be v busy if coming from that way.
There is a pub right by their ground (the other side of the canal)
Noted that one. It gets a very good write up in the Good Beer Guide-The Manor Arms.
One of the oldest pubs in England, continuously licenced since the 13th. Century. The pub has no bar, the beer being served from the wall ! Note that they don't accept card payments.
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Two Aussie clubs, but if we're talking UK, not AFAIK. Historically there was a Blackburn Olympic (but that's back in the 1800s).
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You have to wonder about a pitch inspection tomorrow. Forecast is very grim in the Walsall area currently.
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Two Aussie clubs, but if we're talking UK, not AFAIK. Historically there was a Blackburn Olympic (but that's back in the 1800s).
Blackburn Olympic were only in existence from 1878-89, but won the FA Cup in 1882-3. The growth of professional clubs in Lancashire in the 1880s & the formation of the Football League in 1888 did for them.
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You have to wonder about a pitch inspection tomorrow. Forecast is very grim in the Walsall area currently.
Please God let this game be played - with a dodgy forecast for Monday as well we could really do without any more postponements!
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Two Aussie clubs, but if we're talking UK, not AFAIK. Historically there was a Blackburn Olympic (but that's back in the 1800s).
Blackburn Olympic were only in existence from 1878-89, but won the FA Cup in 1882-3. The growth of professional clubs in Lancashire in the 1880s & the formation of the Football League in 1888 did for them.
For a current club, try Radcliffe Olympic of the East Midlands Counties League. They are from Radcliffe-on-Trent, not the one near Bury, by the way.
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Two Aussie clubs, but if we're talking UK, not AFAIK. Historically there was a Blackburn Olympic (but that's back in the 1800s).
Blackburn Olympic were only in existence from 1878-89, but won the FA Cup in 1882-3. The growth of professional clubs in Lancashire in the 1880s & the formation of the Football League in 1888 did for them.
For a current club, try Radcliffe Olympic of the East Midlands Counties League. They are from Radcliffe-on-Trent, not the one near Bury, by the way.
Good one! If you look over the Channel there's Olympique Lyonnais (in the French Ligue 1) among others ...
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Back on topic, though, Rushall are asking if fans can help on the pitch tomorrow morning, so we may have a problem.
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I was hoping we had seen the back of pitch inspections for this season. The weather has been a fkn pain in the arse
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Games called off and abandoned in National League today. Fear for this weekends fixtures
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Pitch inspection 10.15 a.m.
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Olympique Lyonnais?
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Olympique Lyonnaise?
Olympique de Marseille to give them their seldom used full title.
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Are there any other clubs with the suffix ‘Olympic’?
Olympique Lyonnaise?
Olympique de Marseille to give them their seldom used full title.
Yep - that's another one! ;)
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The following link is exactly the sort of time wasting the internet was invented for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football_club_names
It might come in handy between 3.00 and 4.50 this afternoon.
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Lots of rain fell overnight here in Shropshire, there are even puddles on my lawn... Rushall is only about 40 miles from here.
I don't feel very hopeful of the game being on today
Fingers crossed though...
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Match on!
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Match on!
Nice one
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Big chance of distance rather than daylight with all
These other sides being OFF today. Let’s get it done
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Didnt sound great on the radio
Need 3 points monday
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Sounded dreadful on the radio. Have to say, I feared the worst when I saw the team sheet.
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It’s was poor, in poor conditions, nothing really happened, first away defeat since September, we go again Monday.
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Very scrappy game really, Number 6 was just fouling Hulme out of the game and we only looked threatening at corners really. Disappointing but we bounce back on Monday if its on(fingers crossed!)
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These things happen roll on Monday and a safe journey home lads
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What a waste of a day.
Terrible performance. Only Jones played OK.
Hopefully last time we see Heathcote in an Alty kit. Was always a backwards step re-signing him. Such a lack of awareness and effort in his play.
We struggle with teams who get in our faces.
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Disappointing. Poor pitch, weak referee too fond of the sound of his own voice. They capitalised on it to the maximum and were in our faces all afternoon.
We gave the ball away like we were a food bank and we really didn't deserve anything.
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Worse performance of the season. Aside from Jones and to a degree Hannigan utter wank from the starting 11. Thought TBJ did ok.
Yes the pitch was turd, but we have the ball away time and time again. No excuses they did a job on us.
Desperately need Hampson or White to be fit for Monday.
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Agree with the above generally that everyone says. White was limping, so don't think he will be fit on Monday.
Desperately need a plan B when on these pitches and up against these types of teams. Years ago we had Kyle Perry for these situations. Something to have in the armory for next season.
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What a waste of a day.
Terrible performance. Only Jones played OK.
Hopefully last time we see Heathcote in an Alty kit. Was always a backwards step re-signing him. Such a lack of awareness and effort in his play.
We struggle with teams who get in our faces.
Have to agree re Heathcote. What a strange and terrible signing!!
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Bad pitch. Bad ref. Bad day at the office.
No panic here, Sh1t happens
It's now history we go again next game.
If our fans hadn't gone the crowd would have been very poor.
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A poor game on a poor pitch (understandable given the rain). Having seen a fair bit of us away in the Midlands this season that was one of our worst away displays of the season in my view. Rushall for our level were a very effective outfit and fair play to them, just hope they play like that against the rest of the league until the end of April.
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We should be used to soft pitches by now, but Rushall clearly adapted better and deserved the win, if that can ever be possible for a team containing Richard Brodie.
James Jones played well, as has been mentioned, and it's good to see him get some praise.
We won't win every game, as today's game shows, but nor will Warrington and the rest, so I won't panic just yet.
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Just couldnt get going and without fullbacks able to go past our wingers we were stiffled. Lacked creative ideas, fair play Rushall, a good get in your face team. As someone at the game said i honestly expected this all season to go to teams like this and struggle. Not a suprise
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Dont know why when faced with a sloping quagmire and a team in our faces we dont just go direct..bypass the midfield and get the ball to jj tom and jordan quickly then press their defence...
Instead of that we try and play pretty football on a swamp...
Lets go again monday still 6 pts clear
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Utter garbage yesterday. But it shouldn’t affect the outcome of this season and, with the club already looking towards next season, yesterday might actually do the manager and players (those already contracted) some good in the long term as a wake up call to what will need to be added over the summer to be more competitive next year.
The way Rushall organised themselves and (impressively at times given the conditions) stretched the play across midfield, was much more indicative of what we will have to deal with away from home in the Conf North next season. As opposed to turning up at places like Halesowen where they are already bent over with their pants around their ankles as we step off the team coach. The way Rushall defended their lead high up the pitch (rather than the usual Evostik tactic of packing your own box for the last 15 mins and hope for the best), and managed the end of the game well near our corner flags, is something else that the players and management team will have to learn to adapt to next season.
I was saying on the way down that I was concerned for the Rushall game after Thursday night. There are only a few clubs in the world who could pull the ‘popular young manager signs new contract publicly in front of a handful of fans two days before league game’ stunt, and still expect to win. We definitely aren’t one of them.
Hopefully back on the saddle on Monday. It was a bad day at the office yesterday, but we don’t have many, and Marine and Shaw Lane should be exactly the right level of sh1te that we need to get it out of the system at the first opportunity.
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Every pitch between now and the end of the season will like Rushalls we need to get over it and get on with it