Latics4Ever

He'd bottle it, ask Adrian Durham

Wouldn't ask that pillock the time of day.

THIS is Mr S Lee's entire history as Coach/Manager/Assistant Manager/Caretaker Manager:

http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/history-1608.html

His longest spell being between April 2007 & October 2007 - Half of which was during the close season!!! Very strange suggestion that he could turn things around.

According to reports a multi millionaire is waiting in the wings to rescue them.

Isn't there always! Amazing how these multi millionaires hang about in the shadows waiting until virtually the last breath before stepping in as a saviour!

Yeh, we could have a retractable roof, big :censored:-off plasmas, heated seats, 5* restuarant. Sod it, let's get the guys who designed the Emirates in...

Thanks for this response to some plausible suggestions. You're comments have finally convinced me to stop visiting this forum and finally close my account here where your opinion is constantly ridiculed and demeaned if your not part of a select few!

Once a new stand goes up on the Lookers side the ground is fixed again and the potential on the mainstand side becomes restricted. This is a once only chance to move back perhaps even 25 yards would give huge scope for extras in the future on the mainstand side. I suggested turning the pitch but perhaps daft.

I agree with you HallamBlue on your suggestion of turning the pitch. Not sure of the logistics of this but the Main Stand could remain and become the new home end. Rochdale Road end could be extended and the corners filled in to attach to the new home end. The demolished Lookers could become a mixed home/away end with a leisure complex (Gym/Sports Hall/Social Club a la Clayton Arms) incorporated and other money generating units (offices/shops etc). The Chaddy is demolished. A brand new side stand is built facing the Rochdale Road which attaches to the main stand (Possible corporate boxes). This could be built with potential for expansion if/when additional funds become available.

Would also be interesting to know if the investors who bailed in February/March are now keen to get back involved with the club ONCE the Council 'Rubber-Stamp' the decision on Monday night!?!?

Just happened to be curious as to when next seasons fixtures would be released (17 June) and googled it, which in turn led me to the following Coventry City website: http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/8677-Football-league-2011-12-dates-fixtures

Clearly a CCFC forum and clearly some of the Sky Blues were not impressed at the prospect of having a fixture on New Years Eve....but then you come to ccfcway's comments that they will get Scunthorpe (Away) - Seeing as Scunny were relegated along with PNE & Sheff U, whilst his idiosy was mildly amusing, I'd love to know how the hell Coventry City will play Scunthorpe either home or away in the league next season!?!?! Also amazed that his comments were posted 3 weeks ago and none of the empty heads there have spotted it and slaughtered the idiot!

Darn. Still, I think I win for getting the smallest footballer ever.

Sorry to tell you this Jonesy, but Brian Flynn was shorter. Wright was 1m 63 (5' 4) and Flynn was 1m 61 (5' 3) - Soz mate!

Can we count Alan Wright? The smallest footballer i've ever seen

Only rules are that they have to have played at least 1 match for the first team Jonesy.

On Keepers, Hallworth, Rhodes & Grobbelaar were all 6 foot 1.

We also had a (crap) keeper by the name of Ian Ironside (1 game played, league cup 2nd leg away at Grimsby which we lost 5-0) who was 6 foot 2.

Pogs stood at 6 foot 5

As for John (or Jack) savage, he was a keeper but doesn't appear that he ever played for us. Clubs on Wikipedia are: Hull City, Halifax Town, Manchester City, Walsall and Wigan Athletic. No idea how tall he was though!

now this is not the clubs official message board..what happens to the money generated by the clicks?? will that just cover the running costs or could there be some left over for playershare???

When did this come about Ed? Just clicked on the OS and it still links to OWTB!?!?!

Following on from the thread regarding the tallest Latics players we've ever had, heres a similar thread for the shortest. Lets see which one is able to form a team quicker!

To start with I'm going for Gary Kelly in goal. And Dickov as Player/Manager.

PMSL! He also failed to mention Ipswich.

However, rather than get annoyed at the fact he omitted to mention Latics, I'm quite pleased....hate to be associated with the "S" word and Marshy says it twice in that piece. Let the maple syrup brigade swallow whatever crap he is trying to flog! HA HA HA!

One Ian Marshall! There's Only One Ian Marshall!

If blackpool had played the 1st team against Villa they most likely would have won and them 3 pts would have been enough to stay up.

 

But this is all if's and but's...

Others include IF they had been given the penalty v Man U at home (And scored) when 2-0 up. Probably would have come away with at least a point? Or...2-1 up at Blackburn when a soft free kick is given in the 95th minute. Long punt up field from Robinson and Blackburn equalised. 3 points become 1.

Surprise signing but one that I felt excited about on reading the article on the OS.

We might start to put away the numerous corners we earn and convert some to goals with a lad of Smith's size up front.

Looking forward to the other gems Dickov is due to unnearth!

Blackpool were 150-1 to get promoted and favourites to get relegated to league 1 when we sold Eardley. I know the club gets stick for letting players go on the cheap but they can be forgiven for not asking for Premier League-related clauses to be included in the deal.

 

Would have preferred Wigan to go down but maybe Blackpool deserve all they get for hiring that plane to take the piss out of Preston. Pride comes before a fall and all that.

To be fair Rosa, PNE have taken the piss out of Blackpool before and both sets of fans will continue to do so in the future. Its part & parcel of the game....least until the fun police (Or Europe) decide to ban it and the lemmings in this country duly obey and follow the order to the letter of the law!

Sadly Blackpool will NEVER grace the Prem again. The current side will be sold and broken, a season struggling in the Championship will follow with a possible 2nd relegation next season (And the irony will be PNE replacing them!).

See we've got 3 keepers released - Brill, Ollerenshaw and Shaun Routledge.

An experienced 'keeper is available in Matt Duke (Hull) who stands at 6' 6". Be good to bring him in with possibly a young understudy.

Think it might creep over 4000 with 450 from MK

Almost spot on with your prediction mate!

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I've got it on video lads. (DVD's weren't around at that time!!!! )

Same here, i didn't fancy taking a day off work for the paintpot trophy.

 

While we're congratulating each other, well done to anyone who stayed till the final whistle of the games v Southampton and Peterborough.

Yep, that was me again! Stayed till the end of each, for my sins! Usually one of the last people to leave the ground in all honesty!

Surprisingly their was still quite a few of us left at end of those games.. Last league home game when we lost by 5/6 goals was Cardiff 01/02 and dont think their was any home fans left by final whistle?

Rob, I stayed to the bitter end of this one as well! And of the 3 hammerings, this was probably our worst performance, closely followed by the capitulation at home to Peterborough in the 2nd half and then the Southampton match!

I look forward to the days when we can go and return the favour to some poor sods on our travels! Biggest wins I've seen on our travels has been 4-1 @ Maine Road (Palmer Hat-trick); 4-0 at Portsmouth and 4-1 at Ipswich. I'd love to see us win by 6, 7 or even 8 somewhere. Ideally with a big following behind us!

Couldn't Visually (that poster who was designing t-shirts) look at cost of generating replicas of that Spall kit? He can then gauge interest on here and get advanced orders plus discuss with club?

 

I'd buy one for me and my two kids so that's 3 already.

What about TOFFS? Would they be able to reproduce it?

Joint worst Latics kit ever, along with that red and blue hoops monstrosity.

I got one of those hanging in my wardrobe! Seeing some of the comments on here and the price they could go for, half tempted to see what I get on E-Bay!!!

Only missed one game at home this season: Shrewsbury JPT

There has been times when it was like the marie celeste with the number of empty seats nearby!

I managed to go from September 2001 till October 2007 without missing a single home match. Only missed a handful since 07 due to personal reasons & apathy during the ill-fated Penney reign!

Why is it that we cant offer massively reduced season tickets? I know at least 10 people who aren't season ticket holders and don't go to games anymore that would buy one for say £100/150 or whatever. Im sure plenty of others do too. I wonder how many we would have to sell in order to make it work? Have the club seriously looked into doing this? Obviously more supporters has a knock on effect and brings in cash from other areas.

The current discount price is about £340 therefore under your proposals, the club would effectively need to sell about 6 season tickets (@ your suggested price of £150 each) for each season ticket that would be renewed at the current price. This would cover the cost of each current ticket that existing holders would have renewed at £340 (as the club would only receive £150 instead of £340) and the additional money would cover the other associated costs (printing costs, food/drink, staff/stewards etc) - This would also generate £900 in income (6 x £150). However the current pricing means that for a little extra money (£1020) 3 fans renew.

Is there anyway your mates could take the club up on their current offer of paying £110 a month (interest free) for 3 months to buy a ticket and return to their club that way?

Pretty tough one to call for me.

Have been to Accrington this season (I was there when Feeney Scored! ) So going to plump for Shrewsbury as not to far away. However I have mates who live in Stevenage & Torquay away would be good for a weekend away providing the fixture falls kindly!

So I am going for the following order:

Shrewsbury

Accrington Stanley

Torquay

Stevenage

Did anyone else notice our little Chav brigade in the Rochdale Road end yesterday pretending to by Citeh fans (who in turn are copying Lech Poznan) by doing that crap "celebration" where they turn the backs on the game and jump up & down?

It looks sad when you see the Sheikhs play things doing it (mainly because its not their own idea, they just ripped it off Poznan). It looks even sadder when you see a bunch of Oldham fans doing it, moreso when it was being done midway through the second half when we were 2-1 down!

Simple message lads, please stop it. We're NOT Manchester Pity!