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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Bangor on Dee Robin on June 05, 2022, 10:20:42 AM

Title: Dibble ????
Post by: Bangor on Dee Robin on June 05, 2022, 10:20:42 AM
Wrexham fans saying we're after Dibble ??? please no  :-\
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Saughall Robin on June 05, 2022, 10:37:13 AM
Wrexham fans saying we're after Dibble ??? please no  :-\

His dad didn't exactly cover himself with glory here iirc but he, himself, has been accused by many Wrexham fans of being the main reason behind their end of season slump (I know!)
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: andrewflynn on June 05, 2022, 10:44:13 AM
Local lad, would make sense if he's a free agent.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Toff Apple on June 05, 2022, 10:54:45 AM
Still under contract with wrexham, decent keeper, can make odd mistake but thommo, coburn etc all do the same
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: One Foot in the Grave on June 05, 2022, 11:04:16 AM
We could do worse - but I also think we could do better. At 28 he's the right age for an experienced keeper.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Bangor on Dee Robin on June 05, 2022, 01:38:49 PM
We could do worse - but I also think we could do better. At 28 he's the right age for an experienced keeper.

In the same breath as Coburn ?
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Saughall Robin on June 05, 2022, 02:00:43 PM
We could do worse - but I also think we could do better. At 28 he's the right age for an experienced keeper.

In the same breath as Coburn ?

No. Not in my opinion. We'd be extremely fortunate to find a keeper who was anywhere near as good as England's Number One!
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Toff Apple on June 06, 2022, 01:48:49 PM
Appears to be common knowledge with my wrexham based friends
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Saughall Robin on June 06, 2022, 04:01:27 PM
It's on the Wrexham forum.

PS. They've even got a Bangor on Dee Dragon! (although I'm sure he's not as good a guy as our own Bangor on Dee Robin!) 😉
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: PaulClementsLaments on June 06, 2022, 06:11:21 PM
I would venture that his Dad, Andy Dibble, was one of the most erratic and unreliable keepers I have seen in an Altrincham shirt. If memory serves after he left us he got some form of acid burns from diving on dodgy pitch markings while playing for a Welsh League club. He actually returned to league football with Wrexham for a while after that I think. He came to us with a solid reputation but I don't think his spell at Moss Lane was the finest of his career.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on June 06, 2022, 06:55:36 PM

I would venture that his Dad, Andy Dibble, was one of the most erratic and unreliable keepers I have seen in an Altrincham shirt. If memory serves after he left us he got some form of acid burns from diving on dodgy pitch markings while playing for a Welsh League club. He actually returned to league football with Wrexham for a while after that I think. He came to us with a solid reputation but I don't think his spell at Moss Lane was the finest of his career.



In the anticlimactic opening to Alty’s 1998/99 Unibond League season, Andy Dibble made 12 somewhat erratic appearances (including that personal nightmare in a 2-1 home defeat against Lancaster City, not to mention that mortifying FA Cup exit at Ashton United) and was only on the winning side on two occasions.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Toff Apple on June 06, 2022, 08:03:22 PM
I would venture that his Dad, Andy Dibble, was one of the most erratic and unreliable keepers I have seen in an Altrincham shirt. If memory serves after he left us he got some form of acid burns from diving on dodgy pitch markings while playing for a Welsh League club. He actually returned to league football with Wrexham for a while after that I think. He came to us with a solid reputation but I don't think his spell at Moss Lane was the finest of his career.
"He plays not like his dad, that is why we're glad"
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Saughall Robin on June 06, 2022, 08:13:10 PM
He plays just like his dad. To sign him we must be raving mad.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Bangor on Dee Robin on June 06, 2022, 08:48:26 PM
It's on the Wrexham forum.

PS. They've even got a Bangor on Dee Dragon! (although I'm sure he's not as good a guy as our own Bangor on Dee Robin!) 😉

My drinking buddy, hence all the Alty stuff.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Saughall Robin on June 06, 2022, 09:46:12 PM
It's on the Wrexham forum.

PS. They've even got a Bangor on Dee Dragon! (although I'm sure he's not as good a guy as our own Bangor on Dee Robin!) 😉

My drinking buddy, hence all the Alty stuff.

👍
See if you can manage to convince him to start a rumour about us swapping Dinanga for Mullin. 😉

😂😂
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Sale Holmfield on June 06, 2022, 10:08:12 PM
It's on the Wrexham forum.

PS. They've even got a Bangor on Dee Dragon! (although I'm sure he's not as good a guy as our own Bangor on Dee Robin!) 😉

My drinking buddy, hence all the Alty stuff.

Also my grandmother's home village, keeping this all in the family.

As for Dibble, I go with One Foot in the Grave. We could do better, but could also do worse.  He is well acquainted with the National League, at least.
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Hugh on June 06, 2022, 10:23:00 PM

I would venture that his Dad, Andy Dibble, was one of the most erratic and unreliable keepers I have seen in an Altrincham shirt. If memory serves after he left us he got some form of acid burns from diving on dodgy pitch markings while playing for a Welsh League club. He actually returned to league football with Wrexham for a while after that I think. He came to us with a solid reputation but I don't think his spell at Moss Lane was the finest of his career.



In the anticlimactic opening to Alty’s 1998/99 Unibond League season, Andy Dibble made 12 somewhat erratic appearances (including that personal nightmare in a 2-1 home defeat against Lancaster City, not to mention that mortifying FA Cup exit at Ashton United) and was only on the winning side on two occasions.

Ah, that Lancaster defeat! That was our worst ever result at the time wasn't it? It certainly felt like it.
And then at Ashton, someone sang "we're going out to a small and friendly club", which we duly did. We were rather good at it at one time. :) (Incidentally our worst ever cup defeat (6-1) was also at Ashton in our only ever Carthium cup match when we had to play Ian "really" Senior in goals).

Strange to think we went on to get promotion after the Lancaster shocker with great wins like at Emley where Graham Heathcote "scored" (there was a suspicion, possibly not unfounded, that the winger - Sam Harris? - would not have put in the cross for one of the goals without having been told to "whip it in" by him!).

Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Silent but Ledley on June 07, 2022, 04:46:46 PM
Dibble. Isn't he a policeman? SBL
Title: Re: Dibble ????
Post by: Saughall Robin on June 07, 2022, 04:56:48 PM
That was his dad's nickname actually. 'Officer' Dibble.