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« Reply #15 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 22:10:34 » |
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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
Bear with me while I find the link
Two things I noticed on that link... 1. Gloucester City have a terrible pitch. 2. Oxford City's ground has four sides. |
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« Reply #16 on: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 22:22:10 » |
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 I have a sneeky feeling these Stockport fans are actually going to have a great laugh visiting many of these ramshackle grounds that time forgot in back of beyond locations.
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« Reply #17 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 06:36:14 » |
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Two things I noticed on that link...
1. Gloucester City have a terrible pitch.
2. Oxford City's ground has four sides.
Gloucester City play at Whaddon Road (Cheltenhams Ground); so the ground isn't that bad. As for the pitch, we've played on some pretty awful pitches this season (Colchester, Tranmere and Doncaster to name a few) so no real difference. There are suggestions Gloucester could move into the Conference South anyway. |
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« Reply #18 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 06:53:37 » |
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Looks like the travelling folk have taken camp at one end of oxfords place.
Some cracking little grounds to visit.
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« Reply #19 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 07:10:20 » |
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Firstly......I went to the rearranged fixture when Payntor bagged a pen...
Secondly....I love the word ramshackle...
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« Reply #20 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 07:15:07 » |
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Gloucester City got flooded out and haven't been able to return since
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« Reply #21 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 08:02:46 » |
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They won't be playing in Worcester as next week is the last game ever at St gorges lane before it gets turned into a housing estate. Worcester are playing their home games at Kiddy next season.
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« Reply #22 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 17:09:37 » |
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I have a sneeky feeling these Stockport fans are actually going to have a great laugh visiting many of these ramshackle grounds that time forgot in back of beyond locations. I agree, would be great to visit a few of those grounds, especially if they could muster a few hundred away fans to outnumber the home fans! Also, as you rightly point out, a few decent pints to be had in those destinations e.g. Harrogate. |
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« Reply #23 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:42:50 » |
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Stockport County, for so long a Championship side
This is in the alternative reality that you inhabit right? Beacuse in the one I live in Stockport have never been near the Championship. They had a brilliant spell in the 90's under Danny Bergara and then Dave Jones, which they managed to spend in the old second division and had some cracking cup runs. But the overwhelming majority of their history has been lower league which is where they've been pretty much all of this century. A bit like us. |
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« Reply #24 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:47:22 » |
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They were in the 2nd tier for a few seasons, always struggling though.
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« Reply #25 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:56:19 » |
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They were in the 2nd tier for a few seasons, always struggling though.
Didn't Carlton Palmer take them down in 2000? Might have been a year or two later. Anyway they've been fucked ever since. |
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« Reply #26 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:57:49 » |
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They were in the 2nd tier for a few seasons, always struggling though.
They left the 2nd Tier two seasons after Swindon were relegated. Meanwhile, fellow non-leaguers Grimsby only dropped out of the 2nd tier in 2003... and then there's poor old Luton. Some fans seem to have it worse than us. Shock horror!  |
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« Reply #27 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 19:48:36 » |
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And Cambridge United were a play off defeat away from becoming founder members of the Premier League in '92  Just imagine The Abbey Stadium and long-ball expert John Beck gracing the top flight! Is it really as long ago as 2005 since they fell through the football league trap-door??!! |
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« Reply #28 on: Monday, April 22, 2013, 22:17:53 » |
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And Cambridge United were a play off defeat away from becoming founder members of the Premier League in '92 Just imagine The Abbey Stadium and long-ball expert John Beck gracing the top flight! Is it really as long ago as 2005 since they fell through the football league trap-door??!! I think they had a major setback after coming out of administration post relegation, they appointed some ex Norwich journeyman striker onto their Board...oh. There's plenty of long ball teams in the Prem, even 20 years later. |
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« Reply #29 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 08:04:02 » |
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I think they had a major setback after coming out of administration post relegation, they appointed some ex Norwich journeyman striker onto their Board...oh.
There's plenty of long ball teams in the Prem, even 20 years later.
Dare I suggest that Man U play a little bit of 'long ball'? The first 2 of United's goals last night came from raking 40/50 yard balls from Rooney. |
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