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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Donnywolf on March 06, 2024, 12:02:04 pm
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Long time leader's of National League North ( or Division 6 as I call it ) they have now been losing ground to Tamworth
12 points behind with a game in hand Scunny got hammered 4-0 at Darlo so are 12 points behind with just 9 games left . Same number of games now and a GD of 10 behind Tamworth
Further they could lose 2nd spot to Chorley and there are good Teams in the Lottery that is the Playoffs incl Chester and Hereford
Not a pretty place to be in
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Also York are in real danger of getting relegated back to the national league north. Only 3 home wins all season.
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Long time leader's of National League North ( or Division 6 as I call it ) they have now been losing ground to Tamworth
12 points behind with a game in hand Scunny got hammered 4-0 at Darlo so are 12 points behind with just 9 games left . Same number of games now and a GD of 10 behind Tamworth
Further they could lose 2nd spot to Chorley and there are good Teams in the Lottery that is the Playoffs incl Chester and Hereford
Not a pretty place to be in
Have you been watching them? It seems rather pleasing that they are still in a good position to get promoted - though perhaps you have reason to believe that they will now tail off completely.
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I thought York looked a tidy outfit when we played them pre season ! Just shows that they mean nothing !
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Sad demise for York I seem to recall they were always tier 2/3 in the past!
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Long time leader's of National League North ( or Division 6 as I call it ) they have now been losing ground to Tamworth
12 points behind with a game in hand Scunny got hammered 4-0 at Darlo so are 12 points behind with just 9 games left . Same number of games now and a GD of 10 behind Tamworth
Further they could lose 2nd spot to Chorley and there are good Teams in the Lottery that is the Playoffs incl Chester and Hereford
Not a pretty place to be in
Have you been watching them? It seems rather pleasing that they are still in a good position to get promoted - though perhaps you have reason to believe that they will now tail off completely.
No , it was the closest EFL Ground to me being 200 yards nearer than Rovers Ground but I wouldn't watch them. I've fancied a couple of games supporting the opposition but that would put money in their coffers
They are now the closest League 6 Club to my house and look like they have blown Auto Promo and then anything can happen in Play offs
If they do go up their hard long haul back will start then
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Sad demise for York I seem to recall they were always tier 2/3 in the past!
York had 2 yrs in 2nd tier in 73/74 & 74/75 but not been at that level since and was a long time before those 2 yrs when they last played at 2nd tier level.
So 3/4th tier level has been their domain for almost all of their history up to the last almost 20 yrs in the National league / North
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Bunnies have a chance this weekend away at bottom Club Bishops Stortford which COYTamworth are away at Scarborough
My final contribution lol
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Long time leader's of National League North ( or Division 6 as I call it ) they have now been losing ground to Tamworth
12 points behind with a game in hand Scunny got hammered 4-0 at Darlo so are 12 points behind with just 9 games left . Same number of games now and a GD of 10 behind Tamworth
Further they could lose 2nd spot to Chorley and there are good Teams in the Lottery that is the Playoffs incl Chester and Hereford
Not a pretty place to be in
Have you been watching them? It seems rather pleasing that they are still in a good position to get promoted - though perhaps you have reason to believe that they will now tail off completely.
No , it was the closest EFL Ground to me being 200 yards nearer than Rovers Ground but I wouldn't watch them. I've fancied a couple of games supporting the opposition but that would put money in their coffers
They are now the closest League 6 Club to my house and look like they have blown Auto Promo and then anything can happen in Play offs
If they do go up their hard long haul back will start then
I believe they’ve shaken off their erstwhile owner and are now in good hands and I wish them well - I did live that way myself in the 70s and did watch them a few times. For a small town with a sparsely populated hinterland they have done well to survive. Scunthorpe has had a bad deal as the steel industry has declined and I liked the people there.
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York under threat of dropping back in to the National League North too.
They invested loads in the summer. For example they beat Gillingham to signing a striker. New ownership - same bloke to oversee Yeovil dropping down that far too.
They sacked their manager for getting too many low scoring draws after he said a pragmatic style was necessary. They’ve lost their last 3 since appointing the new manager - conceding 8.
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Wow. Scunthorpe, Darlington, York, Chester, Hereford. Not to mention Southport, Torquay, Yeovil, Oldham, Rochdale, Halifax, Aldershot, Southend, Hartlepool and even Bury. We've had many a battle with all of them over the years and it's sad to see where they find themselves now. For all those with no grasp of history and the "Sack the Board" brigade get a grip. We're solvent, the tide is slowly turning and all of the teams above would gladly be in our position. Onwards and upwards. RTID.
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And then you remember as well all the other clubs that have been royally shafted by evil owners who put their existance at serious risk: Mansfield, Chesterfield, Charlton, Brighton. Scunthorpe, Hull, Portsmouth, Oxford, Blackpool, Swindon, Reading. There's plenty more too. Enfield Town for example. A once well run and very successful none league club who lost their ground.
Anybody who wants our owners out can only be described as short sighted, emotionally driven, unthinking and shallow.
BobG
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What about Kingstonian? They ended up being royally shafted when their owner sold the ground and they ended up being lodgers there to Wimbledon.
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What about Kingstonian? They ended up being royally shafted when their owner sold the ground and they ended up being lodgers there to Wimbledon.
That's right, Idler. Then Wimbledon sold the Kingsmeadow stadium to Chelsea, who use it for the development team, and the Women's team.
In the meantime, Kingstonian ground share at Tooting and Mitcham's stadium.
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And don't forget Rushden & Diamonds .... enough ammo for a small book there
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Forgot about Kingstonian. A nice club. There'll be others. The ones I mentioned were just the ones that came straight to my mind.
The management of professional football in this country is a testament to the incompetence, over decades, of the FA, the FL, and latterly, the PL. The evidence has been there at least since the Charlton Athletic debacle something like 35 years ago. All these folk have ever done is seek to minimise the fallout. Sticking plasters like that ridiculous 'fit and proper person' test, like employing ex policeman Mr Bean as their compliance officer and then getting rid of him, without any replacement, once the fuss died down. Gutless and perpetually dishonest.
We need our ownership to stay as it is. There's no protection from the fools at the FA charged, in their Charter, with looking after the welfare of the game at all levels.....
BobG
PS. Don't agree about Rushden and Diamonds being shafted by bad ownership. They were created and raised by one man. They were his attempt to create something for the locality, maybe whilst bolstering his own ego. When he withdrew, having made reasonable succession plans, the locality couldn't or wouldn't provide sufficient support. There was never any exploitation of the Diamonds for personal gain. Indeed, the situation was entirely the opposite.
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And don't forget Rushden & Diamonds .... enough ammo for a small book there
I remember going there when Rovers drew them in a cup (FA?) competition when they were in they had gained league status & we were still trying to come to terms with Conference football.
Max Griggs of course was the ‘mastermind’ behind their formation back in the early nineties. I remember they had a huge Doc Martin’s outlet (Griggs was the owner of Doc Martins of course) at the ground.
We lost that day but had brought a good following. Ian Snodin came over to the fans at the end of the game to applaud us, one fist pumping the air & the other on his heart.
Brian Talbot was their manager & I believe that was his first managerial post with Max Griggs able to throw ‘silly wages’ to recruit players & staff alike.
History shows their flame flickered & died all too quickly.
As you say wolf, a tale to be told there.
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They were still in the conference when we played them in the FA Cup. The winners got to play Leeds in the next round. Lost 4-1 I think after having Hume sent off early on.
We did get revenge by beating them there though later on was it 3-1 in the league.
The Rushden story was never gonna end well. Just not a big enough catchment area.
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Remember going to the 3-1 losing at halftime then Rovers took them apart. Duerden hat trick I think, and first signs Rovers seemed to be on the way back despite a lowly league position
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Remember going to the 3-1 losing at halftime then Rovers took them apart. Duerden hat trick I think, and first signs Rovers seemed to be on the way back despite a lowly league position
Duerden hatty is right. Secured it with a header from a corner in front of the away fans after holding 3 fingers up beforehand - he knew it was coming. Amazing away trip, was one of my earliest ones as well.
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Aye we were 1 down at half time to a Steve Nicol own goal.
We gave their goalie, a huge American bloke, some stick in the second half and he went to pieces.
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Aye we were 1 down at half time to a Steve Nicol own goal.
We gave their goalie, a huge American bloke, some stick in the second half and he went to pieces.
That’s spot on. A genuine case of the crowd being a twelfth man. After non-stop chants of ‘dodgy keeper’ he got involved with the Rovers crowd and absolutely went to bits.
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Aye we were 1 down at half time to a Steve Nicol own goal.
We gave their goalie, a huge American bloke, some stick in the second half and he went to pieces.
Ian Feuer. He was 6'7. Giant.
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They were still in the conference when we played them in the FA Cup. The winners got to play Leeds in the next round. Lost 4-1 I think after having Hume sent off early on.
We did get revenge by beating them there though later on was it 3-1 in the league.
The Rushden story was never gonna end well. Just not a big enough catchment area.
It was 4-1 till late on, Prez; then Dino Maamria got a late goal to make it 4-2.
I think we would have won with 11 on the field.
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Ian Feuer’s sister is a retired actress and more strangely she’s the ex wife of Mickey Rourke, that’s as nearly as strange as the daughter of ex Darlington and Bristol City striker Alan Walsh’s daughter being married to Kelsey Grammer of Cheers and Frasier fame
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i remember us being surprisingly 2-0 down to them after 15 minutes at home and winning 3-2 Alick Jeffrey scored at least one
don't know the year but we were high up in the table.