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#329334 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Quite enjoyable day today. Entertaining game, great weather, also topped off by Ryan Lowe scoring an brace and an injury time peno, on his last appearance for the club. Was a decent season but quite frankly I need a bit of a break now lol
#327724 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Can't wait till the season is over.
#327404 The Lower League Thread
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We are desperately poor (feel like I say that every time I post in this thread!) but we need Lambert to be backed in summer, we have no other option. If he left because he wasn't backed then no proper manager would come near us (it's a miracle Lambert did really as everyone knows what Venky's are like - clueless and ignorant).


Lambert gone at the end of the season it seems. *cough* Celtic *cough*
#325681 The Lower League Thread
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Oh hullo, chekky 1-0 away win at Swindon!

Story of the game is quickly told. They were shit, we were shit, but less shit than them. None of Swindon's players actually looked arsed though. Literally didn't move and about 99% of our crosses came through. You could feel how uncomfortable their players must have felt, as they were running around like headless chicken. After we scored through Mayor, they started to do something, hit the woodwork twice and our goalie saved one in the dying minutes but that was about it.

Got the three points, so mathematically safe now aswell
#324567 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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If it wasn't for Leon Clarke we would have been relegated twice by now. Unreal how much shit you can get away with if you just have prolific goalscorer.

Doncaster,probably the better of two very sheet sides. Got around 300 corners and had more possession aswell. Good thing for us they had that donkey Ashley Williams upfront and he was dogshite am telling ye. Their defence was quite dodgy too, so so's that and Leon took advantage of that. Great piece of business getting him last summer.

Good to see Notlob going down. Derby day at the Gigg so probably a full house and those cheats deserve it a bit you feel.

#324299 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Swindon have legit suspended three of their players for smoking a shisha on Periscope. Massive LOLZ and whooooosh coming along their way
#322756 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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One last note, well done to AFC Fylde for their 4-0 thumping of Stockport away - a team that continue to bemuse me in their inability to get promoted. Fylde look destined for the play offs and I hope they get promotion to the Conference Premier for the opening of their new stadium - which is being built only a 10 minute car journey from my mam's house!


Hope so too. Dave Challinor managing there. Was a great player for us 10 years ago and was very well known for his long throws down here, so pleased if it does finally work out for him. Also got Richie Baker, who's been with us for a while and played L2 football at our place
#322180 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Home to Bury today. Actually quite hopeful of a win, again. Bury haven't been good away from home and they're missing a few key players. Redshaw is probably our biggest miss after his stupid sending off but we've brought in another striker on loan and I think Cullen still has more to offer. Still, I'd be more hopeful if we were playing the Bury down here!


Shame on you for not winning the El Irrelevantico here. We're fekkin shite and our manager hates the fans, fans hate the manager, players hate the manager, fans hate the players and all that.

Fekkin tragic game, between two tragic sides and nobody honestly gave a single fekk.

This takes us to 50 points though and we should be safe for next season in League One with Flickers and all his mates for some scraps x

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. AIDS
#320887 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Apparently Kelvin Etuhu was sat in the stands for our 3-0 humiliation at Dale and openly stated that he thinks 7 of our starting XI aren't good enough, our players don't like defending and he thinks Flicker's decision re: players positions are fekkin shite

Haahahahwhwhwhwhwhw
#318669 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Giving rare credit to uncle Flitcroft. After car crashes of performances like at Coventry or Wigan, and with half our squad being injured, he still goes on and gets some decent results like against Posh from somewhere as if he doesn't care.

I get the feeling he genuinely hates us more than we hate him
#316106 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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we r so fekkin shit right now and still managed to beat sheff united twice this season. WTF is this shithousery?
#315229 The Lower League Thread
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Bye Bye Flickers xxx
#300343 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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We are on the fookin big screen on sunday! Watch getting destroyed at Rochdale's very own dump you will love it!
#288408 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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5 times this year we've gave teams a lead, waited until the last 15 mins to go to a 4-4-2 and bring on some attacking players and mullered them. Wish we did this from the off. Dominated possession again but never seem to shoot. Surprised you finished with 10 men tbh, could've easily been 11v8 in last 10 mins couldnt control the 4-4-2 but we fucked up about 10 free kicks anyway. Not sure how the ref gave you a yellow card for contact in the box but no penalty haha caldwell was fuming in his interview how is that possible? 4 draws in a row now not really good enough for us but still amazingly only 3 points off top 6. I think that was Hiwulas last game in a blue and white shirt. Terrible player.

You missed a good atmosphere we sold out your stand but they kept letting people in so glad theres alot of space between the stand and the goal. Seems our drummers were sat literally a fence apart haha colchester for us on saturday i think we can win that one.


Not the first time we let a 2-0 lead slip, we did against Swindon aswell so back to the old days you might say lol. Nah but at least we got a draw and we're still up there so no complaints from me.

By the way, how is this still allowed to happen in modern day football. I know Tisdale is a bit "weird" you know but this....
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRCd73NWwAAz2B_.jpg
#288257 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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First game I had to miss due to illness and we threw away a 2-0 lead vs Wigan. Bugger. Chris Hussey also banned for our derby game vs. Fail
#287895 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Where can I park? Websites say there's no club car park (for fans) and street parking is for permit holders only?


Well there is a small car park but it only holds 40 cars and the main club car park is for players and hospitality guests, so what I'd suggest is trying to sneak in there early and try to get near Heywood Street, Radcliffe Road, Devon Street or Wellington Road as these are close to Gigg Lane and only some parking spaces are residents only. But parking spaces are very limited near Gigg Lane I agree
#287809 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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gfnx25 what are the chances of a second straight promotion this year? Its a big ask but its not impossible.


Very, very difficult to be fair. Yes, we have made a good start and that but I can't see this honeymoon period lasting forever so I'm just enjoying it while it lasts. We've got a very slim squad so I'm quite surprised we're not crumbling already. We've also been a bit lucky that Leon Clarke and Tom Pope have been working together so well straight away and that Rob Lainton has finally come good in the goal after we had to send Christian Walton back to Brighton back because of his injury.

Being sensible, I'd snap your hand off for a solid mid-table finish without any worries to be honest
#287624 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Tickets came through yesterday for you men next saturday. Never been before but I hope it isnt as big a shithole as some of the places we've been this season.


That is to be debated But it's a ground with much tradition and is a decent day out for a away supporter if you ask me in my biased view. Anyway, you should be seating down the stand because of some pillars the view might be a bit crap further up the away end. Also: Use your toilets at home, because the ones in the away end are a bit shit from what I've heard.

Should be a good game this no matter how this one ends. We are enjoying a great run and your lot is dangerous, of that I'm sure about. I expect a much improved side from the one we played in the League Cup eralier this season
#287246 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Another win today for us as we beat Colchester away 1-0. Leon Clarke on the scoresheet again, against a very tough and difficult side to play against. Rob Lainton made couple of great saves so he really kept us in it but overall the whole defence has done well. This was just a case of being patient and we did just that.

This makes it six legaue wins on the bounce and seventeen consecutive away games unbeaten. Up to third aswell, feels like fucking dreamland mate
#287035 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Terry Butcher sacked at Newport County. Do you remember when a manager got time until christmas to sort things out? Chairmen seem to be very happy to pull the trigger as soon as possible now
#286929 The Lower League Thread
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Adams out. Sheridan In.

Graham Alexander got the boot at Fleetwood today. Not surprising given their recent dip in form. My money is on Monsieur Evans taking the job
#286896 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Our good run continued yesterday as we beat Peterboro 3-2 away. And that was more than deserved. We completely outplayed them apart from a few minutes where we needed a bit of a break and take the foot off the gas which seemed to tire them as Posh looked pretty flat towards the end of the game. Very dominant with our passing, possession was really good for an away game and to be fair it's not like Peterborough were just hoofing it (as you'd expect from a Westley side), they were playing some pretty nice stuff aswell but just were too negative with their back passes. Both their goals came from corner where Cameron just fell asleep and allowed Zakuani to head home twice, but that was also down to Maddison's fantastic deliveries. Leon Clarke and Tom Pope both scoring again, what a find these two were. Social basket cases yes, but they work terrifically. Clincal finish from Nathan Cameron too!

This puts us into 4th, last 5 league games all won and SIXTEEN consecutive away league games unbeaten. Not too shabby at all.
#286686 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Steve Evans and Paul Raynor have both left Rotherham.

Two of the biggest twats in football.


Surprised he (Evans) wasn't in lined up for the Peterboro job. Lives in that area and is good mates with DMac and Fry, so very odd that. Good mates with Flitcroft aswell so no further Rotherham rejects for us then
#286442 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Fantastic 2-1 win over Coventry today! Not the quickest, free-flowing football match ever to be seen but high standard nevertheless. Could have been 2-2 if it wasn't for Coventry's lack of end product but also could have been three for us if Leon Clarke had squared it in stoppage time but really pleased with how the team played today. Couldn't even pick a MOTM if I wanted to. Leon Clarke, Peter Clarke, Cameron, Soares, Hussey all brilliant today, but Leon Clarke scoring both our goals justifies his sponsor's MOTM though.

We're up to fifth now, so really really pleased with how the team has fought themselves back into it after the first few games but of course, we've got Peterboro away coming up now on tuesday with Graham fucking Westley in charge, so expect some drama there everyone.
#285485 The Lower League Thread
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An online forum has already raised £500 to help out.


Isn't that just going to their supporters trust? I know a donation site for the suuporters trust is up and I know their supporters trust have a large interest in buying Plainmoor and they don't want to work with the board at Torquay if I'm not mistaken.
#285382 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Beat Port Vale 1-0 today. Now if you read this you may think "hmm, two sides not really known for football and goals galore so probably a scruffy game where a set-pieces seperated the two sides".... and you would be right. Atrocious stuff at times, especially Vale looked like they were parking the bus trying to get a 0-0 out of this, barely came forward Lainton had nothing to do at all. This made it pretty hard for us to get forward at all but we actually tried. Our goal came pretty late due to a Nathan Cameron header, assisted by Chris Hussey whose set pieces today were excellent by the way (or Port Vale's marking was shite I heard this too). BUT this win makes it five unbeaten league games on the run, three league wins on the run and puts us into 6th place, so lots to cheer about Bury FC at the moment.
#284489 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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It's shite, they could do a much better job with a lesser budget, I'm sure. Fuck off the crowds, fuck off one or both of the presenters, just a stylish highlights show is all we need; not even some punditry or whatever.


Pretty much this.
#284448 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Bury are the dirtiest side to come to the Lane in the last few seasons, how there wasn't a red i'll never know. Then again, i think the ref travelled with the Bury team, he was appalling.

FWIW it was never a penalty for us, was outside the box, so its not even like its sour grapes, the ref genuinely did have a shocker. never let the game flow..


The pen looked on point from my point of view but looking at it again I'd have to say you're right
http://666kb.com/i/d234s1kblowgb0vtm.jpg

Having said that, the ref was horrible indeed but I wouldn't call us dirty based on the yellow cards being shown. The ref clearly loved himself and wanted to be the centre of the universe and was happy enough to book half the players on the pitch. Clearly just lost all control and he was horrible for both of us I think but that's what you get when you're in this division
#284199 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Won 3-1 away at Sheff Utd. Absolutely buzzing right now!

To be honest, this game was far from a classic. Many, many challenges, lots of hoofball (especially from United), just not a game really pleasant to the eye but I think they were the better side in general so was pretty happy when it was 0-0 at half-time. Second half we brought on Tom Pope and went two up top and that really changed the game. Pope himself slotted home the first goal for us after some sloppy defending from the United defence. After Sharp made it 1-1 with a pen I thought this was either going to stay 1-1 or we're gonna lose but thankfully Joe Riley pulled one out of 30 yards to make it 2-1 to us again and the ever-lasting running gag of Leon Clarke scoring at Sheffield away made it 3-1 to us for a brilliant 15th unbeaten game away from home.

Brilliant. Just brilliant.
#282891 The Lower League Thread
gfnx25
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Won 1-0 at Walsall today and what a win that could be to get things going. We always do well at the Bescot, I think it's 12 unbeaten there now, so we know we were capable but Walsall being unbeaten and their manager just having a Manager of the Month award under his belt we knew it was going to be a tall order.

Peter Clarke outstanding. Nothing got past him and put 110% in, Nathan Cameron has been great alongside him. Rob Lainton Man of the Match for me. His very best performance in a Bury kit, denied Mantom a couple of times, pulled off some class saves and looked really composed. Very important to get a win and a clean sheet to get things going,