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Title: Andy Butler
Post by: philsky on May 18, 2025, 09:26:51 am

Fingers crossed for Andy Butler and his team; hoping they secure promotion today and hopefully give Chester a serious hammering.

I've never liked Chester at all and that goes back to our clashes against them before the D&R final. Whitman, McIntyre, Warrington etc.

Mark Wright was a proper @%4ker - only the older contributors will know the back stories !

Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: goalkick on May 18, 2025, 09:57:16 am
Horrible ground concrete and breeze blocks. Only one way so took long time to exit ground.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Nudga on May 18, 2025, 10:07:05 am
I had the catering staff fuming there once.
The menu board read,

Various pies.

Steak pie
Mince pie
meat n potato pie
Chicken balti pie.


So I asked for a various pie, lady behind counter says no its these pies (pointing to the list of pies)
I says, no I just want a various pie please and so it went on a few times and she got proper shirty.

Anyway, the Rovers lads behind me in the queue cottoned on and they started asking for various pies too.

She then belts out "we don't sell f**kin various pies, it's just f**kin pies!"


You obviously had to be there to appreciate this funny scene.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: acacia94 on May 18, 2025, 11:17:43 am
Remember the bricks coming over at us on that long lane out of the Chester ground after Andy Warrington saved their last pen. They were blood and guts games those eh!!
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: rover-n-out on May 18, 2025, 11:35:25 am
Nudger, I'm sat here having a good 'old laugh to myself reading your post.
That humour's right up my street, I love 'owt like that and I'd certainly have been joining in the sarcasm if I'd been there.
I'd love to have seen that lady getting more and more exasperated with you lot asking for a "various pie". Priceless!
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Nudga on May 18, 2025, 11:41:42 am
It's the silly things rover-n-out int it.

This was before the match so everyone in high spirits, apart from the mardy lady behind the counter.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: colincramb on May 18, 2025, 12:22:11 pm
Horrible ground concrete and breeze blocks. Only one way so took long time to exit ground.

Sounds like the Eco Power to be fair
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: rover-n-out on May 18, 2025, 01:33:18 pm
Sorry about mis-spelling your name Nudga, bloody predictive text, If I don't check it every time there's always summat it pulls me up on!
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: RoversInSpain on May 18, 2025, 01:59:01 pm
I had the catering staff fuming there once.
The menu board read,

Various pies.

Steak pie
Mince pie
meat n potato pie
Chicken balti pie.


So I asked for a various pie, lady behind counter says no its these pies (pointing to the list of pies)
I says, no I just want a various pie please and so it went on a few times and she got proper shirty.

Anyway, the Rovers lads behind me in the queue cottoned on and they started asking for various pies too.

She then belts out "we don't sell f**kin various pies, it's just f**kin pies!"


You obviously had to be there to appreciate this funny scene.
So I guess then everyone asked for a f**kin pie
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Nudga on May 18, 2025, 02:32:35 pm
Sorry about mis-spelling your name Nudga, bloody predictive text, If I don't check it every time there's always summat it pulls me up on!

Either/or mate, it's only my nickname no bother.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Spud on May 18, 2025, 04:30:46 pm
Scunny 1-0 up, commentary all about Chester.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Drover on May 18, 2025, 05:18:54 pm
I had the catering staff fuming there once.
The menu board read,

Various pies.

Steak pie
Mince pie
meat n potato pie
Chicken balti pie.


So I asked for a various pie, lady behind counter says no its these pies (pointing to the list of pies)
I says, no I just want a various pie please and so it went on a few times and she got proper shirty.

Anyway, the Rovers lads behind me in the queue cottoned on and they started asking for various pies too.

She then belts out "we don't sell f**kin various pies, it's just f**kin pies!"


You obviously had to be there to appreciate this funny scene.

Reading that gave me a fond flashback to the terraces at Belle vue,young lad about 11 or 12 in front of me at the Kiosk,asked the woman "what pies do you have?" , we've only got meat and potatoes ones left , "Can I have a meat one then please?"  :lol: :lol: Like you say Nugda , it's the small things in life  :)
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: philsky on May 18, 2025, 05:28:02 pm
Blood and thunder

66 mins 1-1
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Fal on May 18, 2025, 05:28:30 pm
Can neither of them win haha
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: MachoMadness on May 18, 2025, 06:09:27 pm
Extra time, still 1-1.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: EasyforDennis on May 18, 2025, 06:10:52 pm
Possibly the worst 90 minutes of football I have watched for many years. Chester worse than Wimbledon for rolling about. Lost count of all the yellow cards and will be amazed if either team finish with 11 men.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: rich1471 on May 18, 2025, 06:11:58 pm
It's been a horrible game to watch,cannot see it ending 11 v 11
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: rich1471 on May 18, 2025, 06:12:48 pm
Possibly the worst 90 minutes of football I have watched for many years. Chester worse than Wimbledon for rolling about. Lost count of all the yellow cards and will be amazed if either team finish with 11 men.
totally agree the standard has been shocking
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: anton123 on May 18, 2025, 06:20:38 pm
What channel is it on ?
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: selby on May 18, 2025, 06:21:17 pm
  You obviously have never seen the giants from Alfreton then.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Fal on May 18, 2025, 06:24:35 pm
2-1 Scunny
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: MachoMadness on May 18, 2025, 06:31:30 pm
Alfie Beestin subbed off, didn't even realise he was playing!
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Drover on May 18, 2025, 06:36:36 pm
Alfie Beestin subbed off, didn't even realise he was playing!

Not the first time anyone said that,even when he played for us!
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Spud on May 18, 2025, 06:40:43 pm
What channel is it on ?

Dazn
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Monkcaster_Rover on May 18, 2025, 06:56:49 pm
Full time! Get in. Well in Butts.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: rich1471 on May 18, 2025, 06:59:16 pm
132 minutes played the referee loved himself
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Spud on May 18, 2025, 07:00:38 pm
Poor quality game but still a good watch I thought,
Chester players throwing themselves to the floor & ref playing how long? Scunny deserved it.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Colemans Left Hook on May 18, 2025, 07:01:32 pm
Well done Scunny "Longname" scored the winner I have this funny feeling one day we will loan Ironside to them ????
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: GazLaz on May 18, 2025, 07:03:03 pm
Horrific standard wasn’t it. Just shows the difference in quality even between National League North and L2.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Jimmydee on May 18, 2025, 07:03:36 pm
The ref was absolutely awful, and he added another 11 minutes on for no particular reason. I don’t know the total of yellow cards that was issued, over a dozen for sure.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Fal on May 18, 2025, 07:30:42 pm
Horrific standard wasn’t it. Just shows the difference in quality even between National League North and L2.

Says a lot when League 2 was god awful this season to watch!
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: CheeseToastie on May 18, 2025, 07:37:01 pm
Over 8000 there supposedly not bad for that level 3rd game in a row with Chester they've smashed their attendance record
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: RoversInSpain on May 18, 2025, 07:42:26 pm
Some of the crowds in National Leagues are amazing. Oldham v Halifax nearly 11,000.
Mind you considering the absolute borefest of the premiership I’m not surprised people want something different.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: MachoMadness on May 18, 2025, 07:43:47 pm
Be livid conceding goals like that if i was the Chester manager. Still, well deserved for Scunny, they have a job on recruiting for the next step up because the conference is a tough looking league next year. On today's evidence they'll struggle without some big signings.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: Colemans Left Hook on May 18, 2025, 07:45:18 pm
I think it's 3/1 on we loan someone to Scunny

favours work both ways
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: selby on May 18, 2025, 08:10:53 pm
   Yep Gaz, Kings Lynn showed us just how bad we were back then, their number 10 got home that night and found Close in his pocket.
Title: Re: Andy Butler
Post by: selby on May 19, 2025, 08:09:20 pm
  Well done Scunny, nice to see you on the way back and in good hands now.
  A special well done to Andy Butler great to see players that put on our shirt do well in football after retirement and Alfie Beestin who has made the best of what he had to do well in non league football at one of the top levels which is no mean feat.