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Not too many seasons later, Ipswich went on to win the football league, arguably the most remarkable football league win.

Yes, Ipswich have a remarkable history, Up to 1935, they were in the Southern Amateur League, as distinct from the Southern League, playing league matches against teams including Civil Service, Barclays Bank and Lloyds Bank!

I wasn't there, but from what I have heard, the water bottle was taken in the first half,  TT got a replacement, and then the original one was returned  in the second with its new contents. The culprit readily admitted what he had done, but there's still a question mark about the stewarding if a player's belongings can be taken.
Josh Amis got sent off too today.

I didn't really notice Isaac Marriott today, although it was expecting a lot for a player, good though he is, to be plunged straight into the starting line-up, rather than to get a run off the bench and work up. I am with Alty not Faulty that he will  get up to speed with time.

I am assured that the players had all trained together, but it did feel as if the two loanees didn't know how their team mates played. That will come with time. I hope.

Quote from: Bath Alty on November 03, 2022, 05:57:49 PM

Any loan that isn’t season long stops once the transfer window opens. Presumably in case the parent club gets a better offer or needs them back to cover them losing someone. You never know could be pending permanent deal in jan if it works well!

If it works out he's the sort of player we should be signing if we are to  to  progress .Some County fans seem to think he's unlucky not to get more game time with them .

Yes, my County supporting friend really rates him, and was hoping  this transfer would just be temporary. Given his age, and lack of appearances this season, I can easily see this becoming a permanent signing.

Great well-balanced sensible post, Leeds Leeds Alty.

Believe it or not, there is a minority group here in England, inevitably including football followers, who endeavour to pay by cash only as far as possible as a point of principle, and in fact possible reasons for this are not hard to find. Whilst there may be people who consider it acceptable to be prejudiced against this particular minority group (though I would hope and expect that such bigotry would not be aired on here), the point is that the decision for whatever reasons not to accept cash payments from some or all spectators by certain football clubs (and notably, of course, Wrexham) tends towards the exclusion of such football supporters, and I would tentatively suggest that reasonable efforts should be made by clubs (as has happened at Alty) to accommodate people from this group, the same as with other minority groups. I repeat, Alty for all. Alienate groups of people and they (and for that matter other people who care about the treatment of minorities) may leave for good.

Can you expand on those reasons, Hugh? I can appreciate that this may discriminate against people who don't have credit or access to modern technology, but it also offers a protection against football clubs, and other retailers, from being robbed of a pile of cash., with their employees potentially being subject to violence, and enables clubs to plan for the level of attendance.

I am not sure why it's "notably" Wrexham, incidentally. as I am sure Altrincham urged everyone to get advance tickets where possible a few days ago.   "Where possible" is  an important proviso, there, admittedly.

I don't entirely disagree on libertarian grounds, but it is a balance where people who want to enjoy their freedom to pay by cash are adding an element of risk  of theft (or catching covid?)to a worker who has no choice, just as smokers do when they smoke in a worker's presence. As I say, it's a balance. If you want to make football available for all, I suggest cheaper tickets would be more helpful, but that's a different story.

I remember it. Also bizarrely playing Caernarfon in the Cheshire cup. Unfortunately missed both matches. At least I saw the Greenock friendly!

I presume TNS are still playing in Shropshire.

They are - based at Park Hall, just north of Oswestry, accurately described as the most Welsh town in England.

Yes, you could see how it was two teams near the bottom, but in the second half we completely dominated, and the final score was only kept close by the efforts of Luca Ashby-Hammond in goal, who was easily the man of the match Having a one man advantage doesn't necessarily work to  a team's advantage either - see the Maidstone game at the start of this season.

I had hoped we would sign more experienced players than the young loanees from Stoke; Byron Harrison wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but he did nothing wrong when he came on, as I recall, and didn't panic or lose the ball. Also, as others have said, Jake Cooper had a very good game, while Dinanga was desperately unlucky not to score.

There's a long way to go yet, of course, but, without getting carried away, this does give me some grounds for optimism, which has been short recently.