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« on: March 12, 2025, 02:07:58 PM »
That’s a decent point. Now we need to follow it up with 3 more of them at home to Spennymoor on Saturday.
788 against top of the table with 3 quid money off deal must be concerning for the overseas investor.
As I said in my thread, it wasn't as well advertised compared to the Oxford City match. Disappointing really but considering Champions League was on last night it probably meant a few not turning up like they usually do
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« on: March 11, 2025, 09:42:16 AM »
Another tough one tonight with the current league leaders coming to town. Play like we did at their place back in December and we should get something out of this. Be nice to see a gate of over a 1,000 tonight taking up the offer of a £3 discount on adult and concessions tickets if bought by midnight last night. I don't think that has been as well advertised as the £5 admission offer against Oxford City in my view but we shall see. Going for a 2-1 win but I'll happily take a point. COYL 
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« on: February 26, 2025, 02:19:58 PM »
Dreadful first half, second half was better albeit with AL making some rather odd subs at the break. I've resigned myself to the fact that we're not making the play-offs now. Shame really after such a promising start. Still, I'll happily take this than being at the wrong end of the table. Let's just enjoy what we can of the rest of the season and where we end up is where we end up - not going down, almost definitely not going up
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« on: February 20, 2025, 10:26:27 AM »
Just a bit of a recent observation but has anyone else noticed recently that when Ross Crane is on the pitch we look a bit more likely to score a goal? Scored a goal against Marine about a month ago, was unlucky to hit the post against Radcliffe and I think he had another chance which wasn't far off, and seconds after he came on against Hereford he nearly set up the equaliser before someone managed to put it over the bar from 5 yards out!! He's then managed to get a brace against Oxford on Tuesday by being in the right place at the right time. I know some have been critical of Crane but I really like the lad and given he's a young lad as well I think there is still more to come from him. For me, he has to be one of the first names on the teamsheet. Be interested to know everyone else's thoughts on him
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« on: February 19, 2025, 12:42:11 PM »
Glad we got that over the line last night. First half we looked OK but second half we made life difficult for ourselves at times. Great turnout last night as well, though I thought there was more than 1,600 in attendance last night. It does make one wonder if there will be discussions between Cleeve and the commercial guy about admission prices. Not saying that we should put it down to a fiver or even a tenner, but maybe if we really want to get 'bums on seats' we probably need to be charging £15-17 for adults, it's certainly a lot more attractive than £19 at this level (or £22 to sit in the stands!!) Anyway, another win and back in the play-off places for now. Onto Darlington on Saturday 
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« on: February 18, 2025, 01:33:34 PM »
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« on: February 11, 2025, 10:53:48 AM »
After a superb win away to our nemesis curson Ashton, did anyone notice the post match interview reaction......
Negative doesn't come close🤔
I think he's still baffled by the reaction after the Radcliffe match but to me it seems like he has spoken to supporters who have given him a rather negative opinion of the state of the club off the pitch, something of course he can't control, but nevertheless hasn't been around long enough to maybe understand people's thoughts. I don't know, I'm just guessing  Saturday was a fantastic result and the boys played well. Not too many chances as both sides were pretty resolute and tough to break down so it was always going to be a case of who takes that golden opportunity and fortunately we took ours when it came. Much needed 3 points after recent results and hopefully Saturday we can pick up another 3 points
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« on: February 11, 2025, 10:46:24 AM »
Another great initiative by the club to get people in. Club need to get this all over the town through the available channels and really hammer it home if they want as many people to turn up. Don't know what the target figure will be for this but surely it must be 1,500-2,000? As someone else has pointed out, there would need to be 4,000 coming in to get the same revenue as we would normally on a matchday but I highly doubt that is achievable considering the opposition (no disrespect to Oxford City) and the fact its a Tuesday night.
And if that target is met will we then see the club seriously look at making some adjustments to the entry? I've argued for a while that the entry should be the same if you sit or stand (£17 seems to be the average for this league) and concessions being £5 off the adult price (again, seems to be the standard for pretty much every other club in this league).
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« on: February 03, 2025, 01:01:04 PM »
I don't think the boos on Saturday were necessarily aimed at the players but more towards the management. 2 points out of 9 against two teams in the relegation zone and another against an average mid table side in this league is simply not good enough and the way that AL sets us up to play is not a style of football that neither suits the players we've got nor will it see us even come close to winning the play-offs. AL is starting to make a number of comments about the supporters at the minute and about people supporting the club and I'm afraid this will only put more people off from coming. Further, I think supporters have a right to voice their grievances, especially since we're paying £19 or more to watch what we're being served up at the minute. Having said all that, Saturday just felt really flat all around the ground which was reflected in the dismal crowd that turned up. And I don't think it's to do with the way we're playing. I, like many who support this club (or the ones I talk to anyway) feel so detached from the football club. The gap between supporters and the football club is probably the widest it has been. No one knows what direction the club is heading, no one knows what's going on with Joe from Singapore and what ultimately his and Bal's vision is for the club. The atmosphere around the ground before a match just feels like 800 odd people turning up out of habit as loyal paying customers to something they've been turning up and paying for for however long they've been doing it. I don't want to make this into a long essay about the state of the club as many on here know what the problems are, but unless something fundamental changes soon (Cleeve handing the keys over to Joe, Bal or someone else would be my preferred option) then I really do fear for the future of this football club. I look at other clubs in our league, above and one below and sometimes I say to myself "I wish we could be like that", but I'm afraid it won't happen so long as Cleeve stays at this club. Anyway, onto Curzon and safe trip for anyone else who is making the journey. Can't say I'm looking forward to it
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« on: January 27, 2025, 10:13:55 AM »
The big problem this season has been our goal threat. Margetts and Gold have hardly played together or been fit so far this season and this has certainly impacted our goal of winning the league. Having said that, I think AL's cautious style of football against certain teams this season also hasn't helped us. We've got a squad that is certainly capable of playing any team in this league off the park, yet all we seem to do is try and lump it to someone who is about 5 foot nothing against a 6 foot 4 centre half. We have been rather frustrating to watch this season, but it's certainly better to what it was last season. Having said that, still a long way to go and plenty of football to be played from now until the end of the season
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« on: January 23, 2025, 01:18:46 PM »
Big 3 points needed on Saturday if we are to keep up with everyone else in the top 6. It'll be a tough game, Peterborough Sports seem to be a very difficult side to break down who don't give away too much. Still confident we'll get it right though as we seem to play with a bit more freedom away from home. I'm going for a 2-0 win and the sizeable following from West Norfolk getting behind the boys
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« on: December 30, 2024, 09:44:40 PM »
I was trying at the weekend to buy tickets and followed the link on the home page but their online sysytem won't let you buy tickets
Pity
If you're trying to buy tickets in the away end and finding that nothing happens when you click on the away end, somewhere at the top it will say something like 'Change to away' and it should bring up the ground with all the home areas greyed out and then the section in the away end which we have coloured in purple (I think?) Hope this helps
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« on: December 17, 2024, 09:43:11 AM »
Tough midweek trip tonight but one where I'm confident we can get something from. I'd be happy with another point so I'm going for a 1-1 draw. I'm going along tonight as I'm sure a few will be. I went to Oxford earlier in the season on a Tuesday and I would easily say we made up half of the 300 odd crowd that was there. Safe travels to anyone else going tonight
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« on: December 12, 2024, 12:05:55 PM »
I was at the match and I don't believe that the gate was anywhere near that figure, and neither did the crowd. The chap I sit near to and I regularly try to guess the attendance. We're usually not far off. This time I said 300 and he said 450. A long way off and we just looked at each other and laughed. So did most of the people sitting around us.
But, a genuine question, what would be the purpose of inflating the attendance ?
I was there Saturday and I know what 300 and 450 looks like at the Walks (I was there during the Setch days in the Southern League when crowds got bad) and there was definitely more than 300 and 450. I was guessing around the 650-700 figure. 811 is still an absolutely shocking number for this club. I overheard someone say "This town doesn't deserve a football club". I can certainly sympathise with that statement Anyway, let's all back the boys on Saturday
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« on: November 29, 2024, 08:47:35 AM »
B & G that’s the sensible approach but when people with lots of reddies come along they turn it upside down and fans expect more especially when the the new money promises or has a vision.
Logically with the current attendance Step4 is probably our level.
Step 4?! We're a much bigger club than the vast majority down at step 4. Step 2 is our level for me at the present moment and we should try to maintain that. Even at step 3 we are one of the more larger clubs.
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