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I agree £2.00 would have been a better price for it considering there's the same amount of pages and content of our programme, though I still thought it was a good programme bar our cut off pages, some interesting history including the page on the history between the old club and Dover. Although note to their manager, we're in the United Counties league, not the Northern Counties League ;)Trek wrote:Now I don't usually buy a programme, although Stagman wanted a couple so I kindly obliged. ;)
Had a peek and I thought it was poor for £2.50 and can anyone explain why only 7 of our players had a brief write up? It's as if they only give a couple of pages to the away side and the rest should have been on a third page which wasn't printed. It wasn't a patch on our £2.00 excellent programme.
Only gripe about the day from me was the poor coach arrangements, leaving the Dog and Duck at 10.15am should have given us plenty of time to spend at least an hour pre-match getting a drink. For some reason both coaches met up and stopped at South Mimms services for almost an hour after only 90 minutes of driving for what I believe was an unwanted pit stop and then proceeded to crawl for 4-5 miles to get over the QE2 Dartford crossing arriving at the ground at 2.45pm. The fare was a very reasonable £15, a considerable saving over petrol costs unless there were at least four in a car but at least you are in control of your own destiny when you make your own way there.
That explains his confusion, must run in the family. ;)SouthRushdenJFC wrote:.....they are brothers.
ConfusionTrek wrote:That explains his confusion, must run in the family. ;)SouthRushdenJFC wrote:.....they are brothers.
it`s the Dumb & Dumber show :roll: Can understand him having no knowledge of us, after all he has for many years managed at a high level.My mate said he heard from somebody who saw his siter talking to his cousin say you were naughty. FFS it's like being at school. I thought it was only women that gossiped. Just for the record how did one ejected fan ( for whatever reason) spoil your day????TwinkleToesTomlin wrote:corby diamond wrote:Not long back and what a day, very eventful from the start should I say. First of all a word on the atmosphere in the first half, that is one of the best I have experienced in a while, the volume was immense.
As for the score, predictable in a way. Thought apart from the set piece in the first half we matched Dover and the sheer pandemonium when Alfie scored will be remembered for a while. I thought at half time this could be winnable, and definitely a replay could be on the cards. And then the swap in ends and the atmosphere just went flat, everyone just spread out. That second half terrace was awfully shallow, and even at the back you could just see over the crossbar. But well done to all the lads. Even Tom cross, mistakes happen, heads up you all done fantastic to get this far
Now for the not so good. It was just unfortunate that a few had to spoil today. Now to travel 3 hours and get thrown out on 5 mins was it really worth it? You can all the stewards over zealous, maybe they were, but calling one of them a fat c**t probably wasn't wise. And the scenes in the last 5 minutes was just mad, from Mr jaff on the roof, to running onto the pitch, to one lad I would say confronting starms as he walked off. It's a real shame that alcohol takes over. From what I understand a couple of them were not actual supporters, but either way it don't look good on the people who work every hour god sends to make the club a success...
Now for me to be shot down :lol:
Cor, don't let rumour get in the way of a good story will ya!
I didn't get thrown out for calling anybody a fat so and so, I was obviously a mark man cos I was moaning about the flag incident, I wasn't being offensive I was just getting on my soap box to him about money ruining football (I was probably boring him more than anything! Ha). When I went up and stood on the terrace some oldish fella (who I hadn't seen before so guessing was a dover fan) shoved me in the back and told me to get out his effing way! All I said was if you tapped me on the shoulder and asked me nicely I will, not shove me! The steward to his side and kicked me out, then he might of got a view choice words! Gutted I missed most of the biggest games in out history!
Trek wrote: Only gripe about the day from me was the poor coach arrangements, leaving the Dog and Duck at 10.15am should have given us plenty of time to spend at least an hour pre-match getting a drink. For some reason both coaches met up and stopped at South Mimms services for almost an hour after only 90 minutes of driving for what I believe was an unwanted pit stop and then proceeded to crawl for 4-5 miles to get over the QE2 Dartford crossing arriving at the ground at 2.45pm. The fare was a very reasonable £15, a considerable saving over petrol costs unless there were at least four in a car but at least you are in control of your own destiny when you make your own way there.
People will always find a reason to moan but the stewards were arseholes. Lets be honest when all is said and done it was hilarious, if I ever have grandkids it will be something to tell them.rudolph_hucker wrote:My mate said he heard from somebody who saw his siter talking to his cousin say you were naughty. FFS it's like being at school. I thought it was only women that gossiped. Just for the record how did one ejected fan ( for whatever reason) spoil your day????TwinkleToesTomlin wrote:corby diamond wrote:Not long back and what a day, very eventful from the start should I say. First of all a word on the atmosphere in the first half, that is one of the best I have experienced in a while, the volume was immense.
As for the score, predictable in a way. Thought apart from the set piece in the first half we matched Dover and the sheer pandemonium when Alfie scored will be remembered for a while. I thought at half time this could be winnable, and definitely a replay could be on the cards. And then the swap in ends and the atmosphere just went flat, everyone just spread out. That second half terrace was awfully shallow, and even at the back you could just see over the crossbar. But well done to all the lads. Even Tom cross, mistakes happen, heads up you all done fantastic to get this far
Now for the not so good. It was just unfortunate that a few had to spoil today. Now to travel 3 hours and get thrown out on 5 mins was it really worth it? You can all the stewards over zealous, maybe they were, but calling one of them a fat c**t probably wasn't wise. And the scenes in the last 5 minutes was just mad, from Mr jaff on the roof, to running onto the pitch, to one lad I would say confronting starms as he walked off. It's a real shame that alcohol takes over. From what I understand a couple of them were not actual supporters, but either way it don't look good on the people who work every hour god sends to make the club a success...
Now for me to be shot down :lol:
Cor, don't let rumour get in the way of a good story will ya!
I didn't get thrown out for calling anybody a fat so and so, I was obviously a mark man cos I was moaning about the flag incident, I wasn't being offensive I was just getting on my soap box to him about money ruining football (I was probably boring him more than anything! Ha). When I went up and stood on the terrace some oldish fella (who I hadn't seen before so guessing was a dover fan) shoved me in the back and told me to get out his effing way! All I said was if you tapped me on the shoulder and asked me nicely I will, not shove me! The steward to his side and kicked me out, then he might of got a view choice words! Gutted I missed most of the biggest games in out history!