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..AFC R&D played Rothwell Corinthians..

We won 5-4

Before anyone asks why we didn't know - I understand it was a behind closed doors game on Starms request.

They played 3x30 minutes and fielded a whole host of players.

Was this Rothwell reserves or U18's?

Crackin' start - who says pre-season U18 football is meaningless, conference here we come

Looks like the real fans missed the historic first game as AFC R&D....... Unforgivable in my eyes!

garya2414 wrote:Looks like the real fans missed the historic first game as AFC R&D....... Unforgivable in my eyes!

it technically wasnt an official game, pretty much a trial

garya2414 wrote:Looks like the real fans missed the historic first game as AFC R&D....... Unforgivable in my eyes!

Well blow me down i never knew they changed the rules of Football and that 30 min training games were now official matches, them Blatter and Platini blokes have a lot to answer for

garya2414 wrote:Looks like the real fans missed the historic first game as AFC R&D....... Unforgivable in my eyes!

It was another players trial, but it had been requested to be "closed doors". As others have said was a trial of another 20-30 odd players, a number of whom have been to some of the previous trials, as were highlighted on the site. The next training session is on Thursday at Raunds Manor 5:45-7:45 as I recall. The squad is still taking shape.

Then it's onto the Pre-Season friendlies - as per the poster >> here <<

So posting this on here was just pointless if it was a training session?

I think the Diamonds fans have been informed and then mis-informed too many times and posts like this should be thought about prior to posting!

garya2414 wrote:So posting this on here was just pointless if it was a training session?

I think the Diamonds fans have been informed and then mis-informed too many times and posts like this should be thought about prior to posting!

Chill out Gary, you'll give yourself a seizure if you're not careful ;)

garya2414 wrote:So posting this on here was just pointless if it was a training session?

I think the Diamonds fans have been informed and then mis-informed too many times and posts like this should be thought about prior to posting!

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