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Incidentally, I wouldn't fancy living in one of those houses that backed onto the away end!

You’re not alone. Very odd layout whereby the away fans have to walk through Brookside to reach the turnstiles.

Surely not as odd as walking through the library, and past the indoor pool at York?

Maybe we could introduce something more interesting for our away fans. Maybe a winding pathway trough the allotments from the King George to the turnstiles.

Fans used to walk through a cow field to get in at Cambridge.

On that note,we have sometimes had to walk up down and  a hill in the park (was that some sort of Army exercise?) to get to the away end at Aldershot, and I think there was something similar on my one visit to Boreham Wood.

Quote from: Sale Holmfield on March 17, 2023, 11:19:14 PM

As a friend,  who is a lapsed Southend supporter , has pointed out to me, once they started ensuring they paid their players, their form has dropped off!

Don't know what I'm missing there but I would have thought it would have made for an improvement? Could be a coincidence I suppose but it suggests that there's even more going on there that the outside world doesn't know about which is unsettling and/or demotivating them?

I think it's probably just an amusing coincidence, but as Ron Martin has borrowed money to pay off HMRC, I think the problem has just been kicked down the road to resurface in the future.
He has put the club up for sale but it remains to be seen what his conditions are for any bidders.

Quote from: cheshire cat on March 16, 2023, 10:10:00 PM

No problem with any of that.

As an aside I didn't get scanned by the metal detectors at York. Did anyone else?

I had my bag searched and tagged. I didn't get scanned though.

Nor did I. I had even managed to attract the attention of a steward as the person in front  in the queue was having problems scanning their ticket, but my request for help was answered with a mouthed response which seemed to end in "off",

I am sure the stewards for the semi-final will be more helpful and professional and, yes, we do need arrangements like those described for a big crowd.

Came across a few gripes on the York press site about queues to get in. York need to have a review of how the ticket sales were managed / assistance to get a circa 50% capacity crowd in.

Yes I have also heard from people who were trying to get in on the home side that tickets weren't working, and that it was getting quite frantic just before 3PM. The football club were blaming the Stadium Management Company and vice versa.

The York Knights rugby league team share the stadium, but previously didn't publish their attendances, as they didn't believe what the Stadium Management Company said. Apparently, they do now, but it takes 24 hours to get a figure. Therefore,when the SMC say the away attendance was 663, but everybody who was there thinks it was higher, I would go with the latter.

FT. Hindley Juniors 1 Alty 1

I went there today, for the first time I have seen the womens' team this season. Although they are rock-bottom of the league, Hindley were full value for their draw, and at least they were present at tbe scheduled start time, unlike our team who did not leave the dressing room until gone five past two!
I am guessing we miss Charlotte Higginson, who was captain and leading goalscorer, but has just joined Bury AFC?

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Quote from: MarpleAlty on January 04, 2023, 09:28:50 PM

I see Mike Clegg has joined as Chief Scout from Ashton after the two recent hidings they were given.

Well connected fella in non league circles, should hopefully open up some new avenues for us.

Is he the ex man u player who retired from playing in his mid to late twenties?
If so, isn't he still on the staff there?

I think he is somebody different who just happens to have the same name.

Ah, okay. Thanks for that SH.

Talking of Michael Clegg (as we were, last month), our chief scout is expected to become the new Warrington Rylands manager according to the Warrington Guardian.

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/latest_sport/23319471.michael-clegg-set-become-warrington-rylands-manager/

Sad news......one of the many people who welcomed non Alty born and bred newbies like me into the club 20 odd years ago.
Her calming down of Dennis post match was something I always smile about

Very sad news, and your tribute to Jenny made me smile too. RIP.

They're only playing where they are whilst arranging for a new ground to be sought back in Bracknell as I understand it.

I am not so sure that's true, actually. They have taken over Bottom Meadow in Sandhurst, repainted it, and I thought they saw it as a long term plan to develop Bottom Meadow, rather than return to Bracknell, even though they had spent a lot of money on Larges Lane there. As has been said,they are very well funded and have probably got a National South level team for their first ever season at step 3.

When I saw them in August (have I mentioned that?), I don't recall any automatic gates, but showed my ticket to a human being (I can't recall if it was scanned or just a visual check). They are a wealthy club, though, and may  perhaps have been erected some automatic gates since then.