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    UK Forces - For Queen and Country

    in The Andy Gorton Taproom

    Posted

    ps...are you the fella that was looking for a 'sentry' avatar??? may have one for you if so!

     

    It was me, as I'm ex 8 and 23 Sqns. As said I was also RAF, but can't 100% agree with the sentiments (about 90% though). I spent time in the Falklands living in an ISO container. I also did time flying over Kosovo/Bosnia when that was going on, and I was no officer! However, the rest of the time Red Flag, Maple Flag (Canada), Flying Fish (Malaysia) was pretty much hotels, swimming pools and cheap beer. Not a bad life.

     

    KtF

    Lookers to go

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted

    Good and sad to see the old fella go. Was originally the Ford stand when I was a lad. Didn't we win it in a competiition??

    We got it with the £70,000 we earned for winning the Ford Sporting League in 1971. It was a competition where you gained points for bookings and sending offs, and the team with the least points won (I think). I'm sure one of the gurus on here will be able to come up with the details.

    Famous Fans

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted

    Indeed not only is Eric an Oldhamer but also an ex Director of the Club.

     

    I vaguely remember an old black and white comedy film where Eric Sykes appears in one scene wearing a track suit top, with Oldham Athletic written accross the back. Don't suppose anyone has any idea what the film was.

    Lazer Beams

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted

    Just heard about that little **** Ronaldo having a lazer shone at him last night and the subsequent EUFA enquiry. Reminded me of the incident at Doncaster earlier this season when some knob in the Donny end was shining a similar beam at Beresford (or was it Crossley? memory is getting worse. Cant remember whether it was the JPT or FA cup game). Did we put in a complaint about that? I seem to remember Beresford/Crossley spoke to the ref about it. And if we did complain what happened? Strange how we don't get a EUFA enquiry!

     

    KtF

    Ex Latics Players...

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted

    Who have come back to score against us. With Warney playing against us on Saturday we got to talking about former Latics players who have come back to score against us. We came up with:

     

    Luke Beckett on more than one occasion

    Michael Ricketts this season for Walsall

    Ian Marshall for Ipswich in 199?

    I'm pretty sure that Wayne Andrews has put one past us at some time.

     

    That was all we could come up with. Anyone else?

     

    KtF

    If we lose on Saturday is.....

    in Old Polls

    Posted

    You've got to accentuate the positive

    Eliminate the negative

    Latch on to the affirmative

    Don't mess with Mister In-Between

     

    You've got to spread joy up to the maximum

    Bring gloom down to the minimum

    Have faith or pandemonium

    Liable to walk upon the scene.

     

     

    KtF

    Not just a font of all football knowledge, but a song for every occassion as well!

    Tonight's Planning Committee Meeting - Are you attending?

    in Old Polls

    Posted

    Can't make it unfortunately as I don't finish work until 5, and cant do 100 miles in an hour. As well as all the other mails I've sent to various people, I've sent a mail to Alan Hardy and the TTA this morning expressing my support, and will be there with you in spirit. I take it that someone will let us all know the outcome on here as soon as possible after the decision.

    Cllr S Bashforth - latest e mail

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted

    Having pointed out to Mr Bashforth that his standard reply had not answered my questions, and also pointing out that my name is not Melvin (see previous post), I have now received the following from him:

     

    Dear Mr Castle,

    I am at work in my day job at the moment and am finding it difficult to reply to emails and do my job, but I would be willing to call you and discuss this with you if you wish. Because of a number of very nasty and abusive phone calls I have received I am not using my home phone at the moment, but would be happy to call you at your convenience if you would leave me your number.Failing this I will try to answer fully your questions as soon as I can over the weekend.

     

    This brings up a couple of points. Anyone phoning his house with abusive remarks is not doing the club, fans, or Oldham any favours. They will not deal with anyone who refuses to carry out a constructive argument.

     

    Secondly I'm not sure how to progress the offer of a phone call. I'm not sure I could keep my cool, but also don't know where I would want to take the conversation. Has anyone else received this offer? If so how have you replied? Should I take him up on his offer, and if I do what should I expect to get out of it?

     

    Any ideas/comment would be appreciated.

     

    KtF

    Emails

    in Old Polls

    Posted · Edited by lincoln_latic

    I sent a message of support to Alan Hardy last night. Thought you may like to see his reply:

     

    Tony, Thanks for your email.[/color] Yesterday was probably the busiest day I have ever experienced in my 26 years at Latics, my email inbox nearly gave up on me. I assure you I will do my best to achieve a satisfactory outcome to all this for the benefit of the club and its fans. Meetings will be ongoing today and over the weekend so we may not be able to issue a statement now until early next week. I don't know if you are able to join in the protest march tomorrow but if you can that would be great, if not please encourage as many people as possible to support the event. I will be there. Regards Alan

    The main point seems to be that we will have to wait until next week for an update. So let's keep our fingers crossed and keep up the pressure. See you at the march Saturday.

     

    KtF

    Emails

    in Old Polls

    Posted

    I have mailed AH with support, Bashforth to say how I feel, and also contacted the League Leader magazine. I think that it is important to try to make fans of all the smaller clubs aware of our problem. Not only may they be in a similar situation one day, but we may well generate support from outside our community from other like minded people.

     

    KtF

    Crewe game observations

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted

    Saw the guy throw the ball away...sheer quality, I'll buy him a beer if I meet him. It was ironic that the time wasting actually worked against Crewe in the end, as it was them that needed the game to go on.

     

    I wondered why we needed to go 2 down before we started to play. IMO we played the best football of this season towards the end of the first half, and for long periods in the second half. But why can't we start off playing like that? Anyway, looking forward to Tuesday, bring on Leeds.

     

    KtF

    Players you hated

    in The opinions4u Terraces - Latics Forum

    Posted · Edited by lincoln_latic

    Our beautiful game really is all about opinions isn't it. I thought George McVitie was a very decent player for us. (Right winger if I remember correctly). He scored a very good goal away at Bristol Rovers on BBC Match of the Day over the Easter period when we stuffed Southport home and away over the same weekend. Those results sorted the season out for us and unless my memory is playing me up (again) we won the title by one point?????

     

     

    I'm not saying he didn't score a few goals, he just seemed to have more comedy moments than most. If you're refering to the 73-74 season he did score against Bristol Rovers, and got 9 in total that season. As you say we then went on to win the ttitle by one point from Bristol Rovers as well.

     

    KtF

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