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Alty Dave

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Maidenhead Match Thread
« on: January 12, 2025, 10:08:57 AM »

Hoping the game goes ahead, much will depend on the thaw and drainage of the pitch as this happens. Not started yet, 1c by the ground and need 3c+ to start a meaningful thaw. See what this afternoon brings and into tomorrow.

Now down to 11th and 4 points of the play offs, need to start a good run from Tuesday and propel ourselves back into the top 7.
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2025, 06:01:39 PM »

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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2025, 09:31:01 PM »

Surely this one will be on?

Due to get as high as 10 degrees by Tuesday afternoon.
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2025, 08:42:24 AM »

Yes. The thaw started yesterday and a lot of the snow has now melted. Think it will be all gone by end of today. As long as the drainage performs like it has done all season we should be on I think.

Maidenhead at home last season was spectacularly bad I recall. Need to erase the memory of that and get back on the horse with 3 points. Confident we will do it. Interesting the attendance with the football for a fiver. Hopefully push 2k so early messaging reassuring people about the likelihood of the game being on and encouraging late ticket sales would be an idea.
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2025, 12:03:47 PM »

Yes. The thaw started yesterday and a lot of the snow has now melted. Think it will be all gone by end of today. As long as the drainage performs like it has done all season we should be on I think.

Maidenhead at home last season was spectacularly bad I recall. Need to erase the memory of that and get back on the horse with 3 points. Confident we will do it. Interesting the attendance with the football for a fiver. Hopefully push 2k so early messaging reassuring people about the likelihood of the game being on and encouraging late ticket sales would be an idea.

Nice comfortable one two seasons ago, and then it was probably the worst result of last season.

It's a horrible one for them as a part-time team coming up midweek, no excuses to get the job done.
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2025, 02:57:08 PM »

Forecast has now changed to fog!!!

If it's anything like that Swindon v Crewe game on Saturday... it was hard enough trying to watch the stream against Halifax on Boxing Day.
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2025, 05:34:13 PM »

Precautionary pitch inspection 11am.
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2025, 11:20:15 AM »

Game is ON
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2025, 11:54:52 AM »

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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2025, 11:56:41 AM »

Didn't really sound like it was ever in doubt with the warmer weather and the pitch draining well, but I'm liking this new communicative side of the club.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2025, 02:46:22 AM »



Well, that has to go down as one of the more curious 4-0 Alty victories that I have had the pleasure of witnessing.

Maidenhead are certainly entitled to feel that the scoreline (though not the eventual outcome) was somewhat unjust, as they fashioned a few good chances during that first half.

Whilst the Robins did strangely contrive to concede possession far more than is customary during that opening 45 minutes, they exhibited a delightful utterly ruthless streak when any presentable goalscoring opportunities were created.

Three clinical strikes from Alex Newby, who became the second Alty player to record a first-half hat-trick this season. Lovely work from Osborne and then Golden to set up the opening goal, and some splendid play from Linney to engineer both the third and fourth goals.

It highlights just how far the club has progressed in recent years that a 4-0 win at this level no longer counts as a surprise. Several seasons ago, such a resounding triumph would have prompted an outbreak of dancing on the tables and unbridled cartwheeling in the Noel White Suite (and that was just from the late and much-missed George Heslop).

We've endured plenty of bitter experience of watching us being patted on the head by (southern) teams in this division in distant times, so how heartwarming it was to see us in the ascendant.   
   
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2025, 08:06:47 AM »

Putting away the league?s fodder at home has been our bread and butter for couple seasons now, proof is in the pudding on Saturday away at a team with play off hopes like us
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2025, 09:11:26 AM »



Well, that has to go down as one of the more curious 4-0 Alty victories that I have had the pleasure of witnessing.

Maidenhead are certainly entitled to feel that the scoreline (though not the eventual outcome) was somewhat unjust, as they fashioned a few good chances during that first half.

Whilst the Robins did strangely contrive to concede possession far more than is customary during that opening 45 minutes, they exhibited a delightful utterly ruthless streak when any presentable goalscoring opportunities were created.

Three clinical strikes from Alex Newby, who became the second Alty player to record a first-half hat-trick this season. Lovely work from Osborne and then Golden to set up the opening goal, and some splendid play from Linney to engineer both the third and fourth goals.

It highlights just how far the club has progressed in recent years that a 4-0 win at this level no longer counts as a surprise. Several seasons ago, such a resounding triumph would have prompted an outbreak of dancing on the tables and unbridled cartwheeling in the Noel White Suite (and that was just from the late and much-missed George Heslop).

We've endured plenty of bitter experience of watching us being patted on the head by (southern) teams in this division in distant times, so how heartwarming it was to see us in the ascendant.   
   

Brilliant summary. Ended up very much a routine patting of the head. Newby was magnificent & his partnership with Linney will hopefully take us to Wembley this season. I thought Crankshaw looked very tidy in the time he had too. The young lad from Preston looked nervy, gave the ball away a bit. Sure he will grow with more matches. Maidenhead awful in both boxes. If there are four worse teams than them they will be doing well to overtake them. Footy for a fiver a success as it put about 300 on the gate and the Fanzone was doing a brisk trade throughout.

All this meaningless though if we do not follow up at Eastleigh & sort out that away record?
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Re: Maidenhead Match Thread
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2025, 03:29:23 PM »

Nail firmly hit on head re. our awful away form. That really is the difference between us being a solid player off team and one scrabbling around the edges. Fingers crossed, we will find a way of replicating our home form away.
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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2025, 08:22:56 PM »

Agree with Cult, easy to be blase / take for granted the result last night but our attacking and finishing in the first half was superb. Rest of the team wasn't too bad either. Great to see. Some tougher games coming up next but we're playing decent stuff, especially at home, keep it going lads!
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