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I got quite wet in the fan zone at half time. Not a criticism but when is the roof going on it (I think that was part of the plans)?

As for the pop side, again it's a nice problem to have, where to put over a thousand away fans on a Tuesday night!

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Grimsby have sold 1000 tickets

Wow thats got to be the most away fans ever for a league game if they sell more i would think the pop side will have to be segregated aswell could we actually get well over 2000 tomorrow?

Didn't Stockport bring well over a thousand first time we played them in the NLN?
Also, could be wrong but, what about the first Wrexham game?

Not sure but were they not Saturday games?

Wrexham I think was a bank holiday weekend when they brought about 1,600.

Certainly it could be the most ever for a league game on a wet Tuesday night, with a fuel crisis (apparently easing now), that's a long way to travel.

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I see that Grimsby have won all 5 of their home games so far this season ... however, they have a relatively poor away record having won only one of their games on the road.

Same result as us at Torquay, two draws (Maidenhead and Stockport), and a 3-1 defeat at Bromley. They also don't have a great record against us historically. We can and should win this.

Crikey, there's far too much confidence flowing round here at the moment!

We're bound to have our 'down to Earth' moment soon, so I'm going for a 0-3 reverse just to restore some equilibrium.

I remember after Sheik Mansour took over at City, he said he wanted to get away from the "typical City" mentality. Of course we could get well beat against a strong Grimsby side, but at the moment, it genuinely wouldn't be a surprise if we won. This is the best situation we have been both on and off the pitch since 1995, indeed we are better off in some ways, and it is a great credit to the management and board for getting us to this position. No two ways about it, we're getting better crowds than Dagenham and Redbridge (who were in the FL for several years). No reason why we can't do something special this season with the squad we now have and Parky being full time, especially if we have a bit better luck with injuries this time.

It's alright, we're at home to Nantwich in the Cheshire cup! When is that anyway, or have they not decided yet?

Quote from: Hugh on October 03, 2021, 01:04:55 AM

"Ceefax " has the first goal down as an o.g. Looked a pretty clear Dinanga goal from the video.

I thought the same, but the BT Sport highlights show it was a clear og.

Yes, I see it now, but only after watching the Full Time Robins clip about a hundred times and rereading the description of the goal carefully! I'm convinced Dinanga would have scored though if the defender hadn't got a touch. I was a bit worried about some of his passing against Halifax, but he's starting to look the business now.

P.S. I've just watched the Parkinson interview and interestingly he credits Dinanga. And then there's the report on the official site, which has Dinanga getting a touch which was deflected in. My own impression was that  the first defender got a touch on it to take it straight in. the way Dinanga was shaping it looked like he would play it towards goal if he got something on it. i suppose you could make a case for Senior if it was his cross that was deflected in...

Still, I must admit it's a great problem to have, wondering how exactly we scored the first goal in a 3-2 win at the NL leaders.

I don't know, but I think it is possible to park on Golf Road if you get there before the spaces are gone, and certainly possible to park on the "gas works" where you don't need to cross any roads (I dare say they will bring in restrictions sooner or later...).

I have one leg longer anyway, which may have caused the hip problems I suffered from. I have been able to manage this so far with lifestyle changes (for example I try and walk on pavements (which usually slope slightly to help with drainage) where the camber is in my favour, equaling up the difference rather than exaggerating it.

Thanks for that Steve. It was my impression that Hancock got something of the ball as well. Anyway, I'm  glad he's off the mark, hopefully he can go on a scoring run now. And I hope the op  goes well and that we're top when you return!

Quote from: Hugh on September 30, 2021, 07:58:36 PM

I've always taken the view that we were lucky to get three good seasons (and some transfer money) out of a quality of player we could never reasonably have expected to  get after relegation to the NPL, so I widh him all the best at Ashton United. (Incidentally, I thought Colclough's goal had a touch of Hulme about it v KL. We seem to have done ok in the long run).

People will always make mistakes. I suppose one could say that Chris senior made a mistake going to Darlington, or Keith Curle going to Chester City. Still, Hulme had his shot at full time football, and that's what he wanted, wasn't it?

And I see Watmore scored a corker the other night. Definitely one that got away from us in terms of sell on fee, the way he had been playing against the likes of Arsenal.

I'm not quite sure how going on to score the 119th-minute winning goal for Darlington in the 2011 FA Trophy Final at Wembley constitutes a bad career move.

Yes, that certainly has to be set against Darlington going bust! What actually did happen to him after Darlington by the way? And what's he up to these days? And is there still a possibility of Darlington moving back to that white elephant stadium or are they at the rugby ground for the long term?

 On the subject of Chester City, I used to work with someone called Peter Sutcliffe (not that Peter Sutcliffe!) who played for them in (I think) the early 80's, and there was a story that Kevin Ellison was about to start a factory shift before Newport came in for him. I suppose a lot of these players must drop out of the game.