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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Ethan Ross
« on: April 07, 2024, 06:57:52 PM »
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Ethan Ross
« on: April 01, 2024, 08:33:08 PM »
Not long ago the players had a beer or soft drink with family members in the bar post match after the game....win or lose.
As the club moves forward professionally that no longer happens, the awards night is no longer free for fans to attend post match and is now a paid for night out.
It is not expensive to be fair and probably great value in terms of night out.....but just a little bit alien to me. Paying to applaud the clubs players...its the fans who have followed the club home and away (not me) who should be there.
Fantastic progress over the last years, I suppose,comes with some minor drawbackss...a
As the club moves forward professionally that no longer happens, the awards night is no longer free for fans to attend post match and is now a paid for night out.
It is not expensive to be fair and probably great value in terms of night out.....but just a little bit alien to me. Paying to applaud the clubs players...its the fans who have followed the club home and away (not me) who should be there.
Fantastic progress over the last years, I suppose,comes with some minor drawbackss...a
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Ethan Ross
« on: April 01, 2024, 08:24:13 PM »Just give it the lot of them. Make it a collective POTY. There are so many who we would struggle to play without.
Baines, Ross, CCC, Osborne etc
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Great shout......sort of agree....but like the Oscars....someone has to win
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: The pitch (a question for the gardeners)...
« on: April 01, 2024, 07:29:41 PM »
Gardeners.....?......disrespectful
Pitch much far away from good...but we just won last few games at home on same surface ??
Pitch much far away from good...but we just won last few games at home on same surface ??
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Altrincham FC First Team / Ethan Ross
« on: April 01, 2024, 07:19:30 PM »
CCC an obvious choice due to his shear brilliance......but Ethan Ross, surely our pl
ayer of the year
Discuss
ayer of the year
Discuss
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Oldham Match Thread
« on: April 01, 2024, 07:16:09 PM »great work from ground staff to prepare the pitch. i feared for it when driving to ground.
the segregation worked a treat so big well done to the club
the match made me sick esp 2nd half. balls of steel our defence. don't know why newby was withdrawn and not donawa.
how lunstram doesnt start for them is bizarre.
This
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Gateshead Match thread
« on: March 25, 2024, 10:38:24 PM »The booing was embarrassing......do not recall him slagging us off after he left the club (unless someone can remind me)...... do not remember him being lazy or half arsed either.....think his crime might be that he is much improved at another club and may well be playing in a Trophy Final soon
Aside from the opening 30 minutes or so, I thought that Gateshead were the better team and ultimately deserved their victory.
We really struggled to get going in that second half and our defending was well below its customary standard this season. Two uncharacteristically poor headers by Jake Cooper which teed up their second and third goals.
Superb strike from Dan Mooney, but their debutant in goal largely had very little to do. The introduction of Linney for Kosylo came far too late, to my mind.
What troubles me is that Gateshead exhibited far more facets to their game overall. Yes, we are fully aware that they can play it out from the back and always have good technical players in midfield who can pass the ball around nicely, but they were also not afraid to be more direct (as demonstrated by their first goal).
We rarely take the opportunity to put a speculative cross into the opposition penalty area, after which we might profit from a defensive error. I can't help but feel that on too many occasions we overelaborate and appear to be on a mystical quest to score the 'perfect' goal.
Ironically, Alex Newby's goal did result from an enforced 'route one' punt from Ethan Ross, which their defender duly made a complete hash of.
I thought that the booing of Dinanga when he was being substituted was rather uncalled for. If he scores the winning goal for Gateshead in their forthcoming FA Trophy Semi-Final against Macc, I will consider crowdfunding for a statue of him to be erected on George Street.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Last chance slaoon
« on: March 24, 2024, 01:25:00 PM »I liked the fact that when we got promoted after the Eastbourne debacle....Dootson was quick to add his congratulations on social media and relieved the noose around his neck had been releasedOxford City in a vital final game has Eastbourne stamped all over it.
I wasn't going to say it!
Ethan Ross is a slight upgrade on Craig Dootson, so there's that I suppose.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Gateshead Match thread
« on: March 24, 2024, 01:01:17 AM »
Is it me....or do we need to stop these 'showcase' games...being cynical now but every time we get the town down to watch us....we screw it up.
Apart from the wonder goal from Mooney, their keeper could have sat in a deckchair second half
Apart from the wonder goal from Mooney, their keeper could have sat in a deckchair second half
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Gateshead Match thread
« on: March 21, 2024, 10:13:40 AM »
Wonder if Halifax would struggle with their issues with Calderdale on the ground ownership
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Ex Alty player now oldest living England footballer
« on: March 21, 2024, 09:54:26 AM »
Great story Ray....just seen him on Wikopedia. Seems he played all the World Cup Games in 1958 and says he only got in the team as a result of the Munich aircrash and the tragic death of Roger Bryne.
Me and a friend were chatting about who we thought the oldest living England footballer was after Sir Bobby died and I looked it up at the time. The player in question died this week and somehow the name of Tommy Banks popped up in my junk feed
Me and a friend were chatting about who we thought the oldest living England footballer was after Sir Bobby died and I looked it up at the time. The player in question died this week and somehow the name of Tommy Banks popped up in my junk feed
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Altrincham FC First Team / Ex Alty player now oldest living England footballer
« on: March 21, 2024, 12:37:50 AM »
Tommy Banks (94) now oldest living England International.....believed to have played for Alty in early 60s
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: York City Match Thread.
« on: March 18, 2024, 06:31:50 PM »
Does anyone know if the pitch invader was dealt with appropiatelı following the York game ?
By appropriately, I mean detained and handed over to the police and not just chucked out with 5 mins of the game remaining.
The consequences of not dealing with matters (now we are attracting a small number of idiots) is more idiots and eventually sanctions for the club.
By appropriately, I mean detained and handed over to the police and not just chucked out with 5 mins of the game remaining.
The consequences of not dealing with matters (now we are attracting a small number of idiots) is more idiots and eventually sanctions for the club.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Woking Match Thread
« on: March 09, 2024, 05:21:38 PM »
Dour game.....think we mustered two shots on goal. They scored from our corner.
Offered nothing upfront with that long ball....could play til midnight and not score. Missing Linney !
Hope Isaac OK and injury doesn't ruin his England debut
Offered nothing upfront with that long ball....could play til midnight and not score. Missing Linney !
Hope Isaac OK and injury doesn't ruin his England debut
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: D&R Match Thread
« on: March 03, 2024, 07:46:26 PM »And Dorking just stuck 4 past Chesterfield…..yikes!Chesterfield have a poor record on plastic pitches......which should not be allowed at any level above school football in the Uk