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Altrincham FC First Team / James Walshaw
« on: June 12, 2022, 03:14:01 PM »Still going strong at 38:
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Still going strong at 38:
https://liversedgefc.co.uk/james-walshaw-joins-liversedge-fc-for-2022-23-season/
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Altrincham FC First Team / Shaun Densmore interview in today's Non League Paper
« on: June 12, 2022, 03:11:55 PM »There's a double-page interview with Shaun Densmore in today's issue of the NLP, in which he reminisces about his playing career.
Well worth investigating.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Gateshead/Notts County
« on: June 02, 2022, 07:31:21 PM »Interesting developments, as highlighted on John Laidlar's website:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gateshead-mike-williamson-notts-county-24121896
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Altrincham FC First Team / One to make us 'senior' supporters feel even older...
« on: May 21, 2022, 03:59:15 PM »In the Sunderland squad (on loan from Everton) for this afternoon's League One Play-Off Final at Wembley is one Nathan Broadhead, who happens to be the grandson of the former Alty, Oswestry Town and Bangor City striker Tony Broadhead, whom some of us will have watched play for the Robins during the seasons 1971/72 to 1974/75. He was Alty's leading goalscorer during the 1971/72 NPL season.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/60572959
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61478455
https://www.thebangoraye.com/what-next-for-nathan-broadhead-the-bangor-lad-with-magic-feet/
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Altrincham FC First Team / Floodlights on BBC Two tonight at 9:00pm
« on: May 17, 2022, 03:05:22 PM »Includes some scenes filmed at the J Davidson Stadium:
https://twitter.com/jamie_milligan8/status/1526522872923054081
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017h6t
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Altrincham FC First Team / 44 years ago today...
« on: April 29, 2022, 06:21:07 PM »
Alas, four members of that 1978 FA Trophy-winning team are no longer with us.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Beryl Fox RIP (former club employee)
« on: March 06, 2022, 03:53:45 PM »During my weekly cheerful ritual of reading the death notices in The Messenger in order to check whether I receive a mention, I espied the name of one Beryl Fox of Hale who had died at the age of 92.
I recalled a lady by that name working alongside the late Derek Kennerley in the old Altrincham FC Pools Office, which was located under the main stand.
You used to be able to gain access to it via an entrance on Moss Lane and during the 1970s and 1980s I recollect booking on the coach for various away games there by pressing a bell which duly summoned either of those long-standing employees from behind a sliding window.
I have since been advised that the club's erstwhile secretary Dave Baldwin has confirmed that this is, indeed, the Beryl Fox who worked at the club (apparently, she took the club cat with her when she left her job!).
A blast from the past there. Anyone else remember her?
https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/19964997.BERYL_FOX/
Condolences to her family and friends.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Has the whistleblower now sent an email to Wealdstone's local council?
« on: February 24, 2022, 05:41:30 PM »40
Altrincham FC First Team / Quickest goal that Alty have ever conceded?
« on: February 06, 2022, 07:23:55 PM »Have Alty ever conceded a quicker goal than the one which transpired in truly gruesome detail inside 20 seconds against Woking yesterday afternoon?
I've been racking my brains through the increasingly blurred images of over five decades of watching Alty and the following goal at FCUM on New Year's Day in 2017 came to mind as possibly constituting the previous fastest goal against the Robins that I have witnessed:
(From John Laidlar's match report)
"FC United had barely kicked off on a bright but cold afternoon at Broadhurst Park when they found themselves a goal to the good. After an advance on their right flank, the ball found its way to Gilchrist, who scored with a shot from 15 yards past the exposed Deasy, with just 38 seconds on the clock."
Can anyone else dredge up any other candidates?
We need Brian Flynn's eidetic memory for all things Alty to shine here!
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Altrincham FC First Team / Joel Senior
« on: February 02, 2022, 10:32:18 AM »Unfortunate news from Salford City v Carlisle United last night:
"There was concern for Joel Senior when he stayed on the floor after he'd stuck out a leg to stop Thomas-Asante, and a stretcher was needed to take him from the pitch."
https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2022/february/match-report-salford-away/
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Altrincham FC First Team / 60 years on...
« on: December 25, 2021, 12:37:14 PM »The last occasion on which Alty played a match on Christmas Day:
25th December 1961
Cheshire County League
Winsford United 1 Altrincham 1
Alty goalscorer: Paddy Fagan.
I wonder if there are still any Alty supporters out there who attended this fixture....or have ever experienced watching the Robins play a match on Christmas Day during another season?
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Altrincham FC First Team / Wrexham have sold out their allocation of 1,000 for 28th December
« on: December 14, 2021, 07:36:52 PM »https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2021/december/sold-out--altrincham-v-wrexham/
Presumably, this signifies that Trafford Council may have been persuaded to increase the capacity for this fixture?
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Altrincham FC First Team / In the top five of the 'coldest you have ever been at an Alty game' category...
« on: December 12, 2021, 04:01:59 PM »On this day 40 years ago.
Does anyone recollect anything about this nondescript 0-0 draw other than the freezing conditions?
I'm still astounded that this match ever took place:
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Altrincham FC First Team / Altrincham FC Pre-Match Playlist: Trafford Council special edition
« on: December 05, 2021, 09:52:32 PM »Extended mix....
(Just a bit of gallows humour. Please don’t send an anonymous email to Trafford Council complaining about it…).
1. The Style Council: Walls Come Tumbling Down!
2. Men Without Hats: The Safety Dance
3. David Bowie: The Informer
4. Pink Floyd: Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
5. David Byrne: Don’t Fence Me In
6. Morrissey: November Spawned A Monster
7. Northside: Shall We Take A Trip
8. Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Accidents Will Happen
9. Bruce Springsteen: My City Of Ruins
10. The Housemartins: Build
11. Ultravox: Western Promise
12. The Decemberists: The Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
13. Elton John: Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
14. The Police: Don’t Stand So Close To Me
15. Tom Waits: What’s He Building?
16. Miley Cyrus: Wrecking Ball
17. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Shattered Ground
18. Big Thief: Capacity
19. Kenny Loggins: Danger Zone
20. Kevin Rowland: Concrete And Clay
21. Radiohead: Climbing Up The Walls
22. Bob Dylan: Everything Is Broken
23. Windsor Davies & Don Estelle: Whispering Grass
24. Leonard Cohen: Closing Time
25. Einstürzende Neubauten: Kollaps
And just remember to take comfort in the words of the great Leonard Cohen:
"There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in."
So, any other suggestions..?