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Diss Diamond wrote:An away game at Diss would be a dream come true , only live a mile from Brewers green lane (Diss homeground) .Terry Westley was manager of Diss many years ago he was the one who spotted Matthew Upson and took him to Luton ,Upsons dad still lives opposite Diss' ground.

Did'nt they go far in the FA Vase a few years back?

Diss Diamond wrote:An away game at Diss would be a dream come true, only live a mile from Brewers green lane (Diss homeground) .

Have you got a light boy? I think I know who you are. Related to Mr. Albon perchance? ;)

Trek wrote:

Diss Diamond wrote:An away game at Diss would be a dream come true, only live a mile from Brewers green lane (Diss homeground) .

Have you got a light boy? I think I know who you are. Related to Mr. Albon perchance? ;)

Ha ha, rumbled! ;)

Newport Pagnell V Ashington in the FA Vase at the weekend drew a crowd of 664.

BartonRaz wrote:Newport Pagnell V Ashington in the FA Vase at the weekend drew a crowd of 664.

Do you know which round it was?

davealbon wrote:

BartonRaz wrote:Newport Pagnell V Ashington in the FA Vase at the weekend drew a crowd of 664.

Do you know which round it was?

Round 4 (last 32) i believe.

Yes Round 4.

Assuming that was the last 32, then Peterborough Northern Star and St Ives have made the last 16.

The draw for Round 5

Tividale v Peterborough Northern Star
Shortwood United v Ashington
Staveley MW v Oadby Town
Billingham Synthonia or Runcorn Town v Bournemouth
Wisbech Town or Dunston UTS v Bethnal Green United
Whitley Bay v West Auckland Town
St Ives Town v Gresley or Three Bridges
Herne Bay v Larkhall Athletic

Tividale are based near Dudley and interestingly, or not, were formed as the Senior arm to Tividale Youth FC.

Gresley are based near Swadlincote and, as I'm sure most know, reformed in 2009. like Kings Lynn they seemed to have got away without selling the ground to pay the debts.

Three Bridges are based in Crawley and like Tividale this is the furthest they have got in the FA Vase

When we first had Aaron O'Connor here on trial, he was on trial from Gresley were he scored a lot of goals.

If I remember correctly the Oadby Town manager came on this forum last summer offering to play us in a friendly - of course unaware that we didn't have a senior team at that point. Perhaps that is worth following up this summer?

BartonRaz wrote: If I remember correctly the Oadby Town manager came on this forum last summer offering to play us in a friendly - of course unaware that we didn't have a senior team at that point. Perhaps that is worth following up this summer?

On that note (and I hope I'm not being naive here), I don't think we'll find it too hard to find friendly opponents this summer. As a fan-run club, who recently went out of business in a pretty public manner, I'd like to think that there would be a fair few decent sized teams willing to play us and help us out - AFC Wimbledon, for one, maybe.