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« on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:58:58 » |
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Relegated to the Conference North yesterday. They took 1500 away to Kidderminster and the game was suspended for half an hour as their fans ran on the pitch to punch players of both teams. Pretty sad state of affairs and shows what can happen with mismanagement at the top. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22133379 |
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:05:56 » |
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Ha, cunts. Relegation's too good for 'em! (shakes cane)
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horlock07
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:14:20 » |
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Went to Stockport away during Malpas era on my stag night, day Aljofree offered out the entire away end at half time.... strange memories.
A very strange fall from grace, almost without a whimper until yesterday.
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Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:32:25 » |
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A lesson we should be well aware of, Stockport are comfortably a football league club but with the wrong people in charge this can happen
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Bumpkin
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:47:49 » |
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Things started going wrong for them after the ITV Digital debacle.
The took an offer to ground share with Sale Sharks, who then managed to buy Edgely Park off them in a fire sale. This left County with little or no assets.
Very sad for their supporters. My first proper Town game was at home to Stockport in 1985.
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:49:21 » |
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A lesson we should be well aware of, Stockport are comfortably a football league club but with the wrong people in charge this can happen
Their decline seemed to start with the appointment of Didi Hammann who several people on here wanted to be appointed Swindon manager at the time. Bullet dodged. Very sad for their supporters. My first proper Town game was at home to Stockport in 1985.
Wasn't that the game when about 10 of their fans tried to take the Town End? and failed miserably. |
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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Benzel
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:49:47 » |
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Good memories of Stockport as a 10 year old seeing Town parading the Div 2 title in 96.
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sonicyouth
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:50:13 » |
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Their decline seemed to start with the appointment of Didi Hammann who several people on here wanted to be appointed Swindon manager at the time. Bullet dodged.
Guilty as charged. |
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Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:50:21 » |
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Their decline seemed to start with the appointment of Didi Hammann who several people on here wanted to be appointed Swindon manager at the time. Bullet dodged.
I'll happily admit at the time I thought he'd be a better appointment than Di Canio, bullet dodged indeed. |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #9 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:51:43 » |
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Guilty as charged.
Actually I was not against the idea at the time and probably did rate him higher than PdC......wierd how things have moved on. |
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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sonicyouth
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:54:29 » |
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Although the circumstances for both couldn't be more different - Di Canio was in a position where he could throw money around and Hamman was constrained by a failed takeover that persuaded him to take the job originally
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Abrahammer
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 11:03:11 » |
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He certainly seemed the more sensible choice at the time, I wanted him over PDC.
Glad I was wrong
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Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG
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« Reply #12 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 11:13:30 » |
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I guess we have no idea how Didi would have done under the same circumstances, what he had to deal with at Stockport would have been entirely different.
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Costanza
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« Reply #13 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 13:29:58 » |
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Stockport were already in Non-League by the time Didi Hamann arrived. Plenty of shit had already hit the fan and I dare say that Di Canio or any other manager wouldn't have lasted much longer in the same situation.
A dramatic decline.
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« Reply #14 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 22:07:41 » |
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Stockport County, for so long a Championship side, now find themselves in The Blue Square North and playing the likes of Colwyn Bay, North Ferriby and Worcester City. On the Stockport County message board someone has linked a web site showing some of the grounds that they will be playing at next season and it is frightening, rude awakening http://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/msg/1366574008.htmlSome good day's out on the ales though, every cloud and all that  |
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