Worcester Owl Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Pity it's not Shez the player who would be coming back...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 It would be awful to drop out of the football league after 125 years but looking at that National League table it is littered with some quality former league clubs, providing we could be competitive I don’t think it would be quite the disaster we predict. The attendances are actually quite phenomenal and put our average over recent seasons to shame. Here are the last couple of home crowds of recent former league teams…. Chesterfield 8000 6500 Grimsby 5000 6000 Southend 5000 6000 Stockport 9000 5000 Notts Co 6000 9000 Chesterfield, Stockport & Notts Co are challenging at the top whereas new recruits Grimsby (mid table) & Southend (bottom 6) aren’t doing too well but attendances are holding up well. It has been a difficult period in the history of our club, with a fresh start and a new forward thinking board perhaps it would help repair the damage of the last few seasons and give the fan base a bit of a lift! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careca9 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: It would be awful to drop out of the football league after 125 years but looking at that National League table it is littered with some quality former league clubs, providing we could be competitive I don’t think it would be quite the disaster we predict. The attendances are actually quite phenomenal and put our average over recent seasons to shame. Here are the last couple of home crowds of recent former league teams…. Chesterfield 8000 6500 Grimsby 5000 6000 Southend 5000 6000 Stockport 9000 5000 Notts Co 6000 9000 Chesterfield, Stockport & Notts Co are challenging at the top whereas new recruits Grimsby (mid table) & Southend (bottom 6) aren’t doing too well but attendances are holding up well. It has been a difficult period in the history of our club, with a fresh start and a new forward thinking board perhaps it would help repair the damage of the last few seasons and give the fan base a bit of a lift! I would be devastated if we went down but bigger and more illustrious clubs have been there. Doncaster and Luton show that u can recover and thrive, and stockport chesterfield seem to be getting good attendances whilst winning games so if they can we could also. Anyway long way to go get….. it’s a big week. Let’s be honest if u want to stay up in this league u can do easily. The standard is shite. 4-5 decent signings including a goal scorer and you’d stay up. Will come down to how much ALMO spend and if they clear the debt. Not hopeful but hopefully we see some inbound signings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 34 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: It would be awful to drop out of the football league after 125 years but looking at that National League table it is littered with some quality former league clubs, providing we could be competitive I don’t think it would be quite the disaster we predict. The attendances are actually quite phenomenal and put our average over recent seasons to shame. Here are the last couple of home crowds of recent former league teams…. Chesterfield 8000 6500 Grimsby 5000 6000 Southend 5000 6000 Stockport 9000 5000 Notts Co 6000 9000 Chesterfield, Stockport & Notts Co are challenging at the top whereas new recruits Grimsby (mid table) & Southend (bottom 6) aren’t doing too well but attendances are holding up well. It has been a difficult period in the history of our club, with a fresh start and a new forward thinking board perhaps it would help repair the damage of the last few seasons and give the fan base a bit of a lift! This is really Divison 3, but better run than the EFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperKeeper Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 The National League make the EFL look competent. The way they've dealt with clubs folding and Covid in recent seasons have been a clown show compared to the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 24 minutes ago, SweeperKeeper said: The National League make the EFL look competent. The way they've dealt with clubs folding and Covid in recent seasons have been a clown show compared to the league. Dover fans would certainly agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, BP1960 said: This is really Divison 3, but better run than the EFL. National league better run than the conference? Give us some examples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said: National league better run than the conference? Give us some examples Errr, they're the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: Errr, they're the same thing Need to rename it Division 3 then instead of masquerading under another name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said: National league better run than the conference? Give us some examples Better gates and live TV coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 42 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: Errr, they're the same thing Meant league 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Better gates and live TV coverage Better gates? Double the people watch league 2 live than the conference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 48 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said: Better gates? Double the people watch league 2 live than the conference! I think we'd like gates over 6,000, some of those clubs had less than that when in the EFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 It doesn't matter how much we tart-up the National League to soften the blow of the inevitable, we all know that until those two fucking imbeciles get their backsides out of our club, then the same old tat and feeble excuses will be served up to us. Unless miracles do actually happen, I'm really not expecting Sheridan in as manager or any striker capable of making a difference to a team full of can't-be-arsed players. It's probably just a case now of trying not to go down with the lowest number of points ever recorded. It's so annoying that years, even decades of the fans' emotional and financial investment in the club has been tossed aside by two incompetent loons of the highest degree. Tragic. EDIT!!! **Obviously, I hadn't read the Sheridan Back thread before posting this.** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 54 minutes ago, Wardie said: It doesn't matter how much we tart-up the National League to soften the blow of the inevitable, we all know that until those two fucking imbeciles get their backsides out of our club, then the same old tat and feeble excuses will be served up to us. Unless miracles do actually happen, I'm really not expecting Sheridan in as manager or any striker capable of making a difference to a team full of can't-be-arsed players. It's probably just a case now of trying not to go down with the lowest number of points ever recorded. It's so annoying that years, even decades of the fans' emotional and financial investment in the club has been tossed aside by two incompetent loons of the highest degree. Tragic. EDIT!!! **Obviously, I hadn't read the Sheridan Back thread before posting this.** Have u been living under a rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 4 hours ago, BP1960 said: Better gates and live TV coverage Over 12,000 at Swindon yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 49 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: Over 12,000 at Swindon yesterday 811 at Boreham Wood in the National league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said: 811 at Boreham Wood in the National league Exactly. Bigger clubs that do well down there can get decent crowds but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, latics22 said: Have u been living under a rock Haha...no, but I was so angry with the result, I stayed away from the forum and Twatter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1onheartNew Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just woken from a weird nanna nap. I can remember watching TV and the presenter said "meanwhile, at the bottom, Stevenage, who needed to win to relegate Carlisle, could only manage a draw and will join Scunthorpe in the National League next season. The bottom 5 were on display and we were not there. Having said that, we were probably in administration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Whilst there you can look at the National League and make some positive comments about it, be under no illusion - it is a disaster, you are very quickly off the footballing map, and whilst some clubs have a bounce and comeback - many do not and we are not currently anywhere close to the sort of week organised club that you'd be confident would do that. We would be more likely to continue to sink. Looking at the current table there are at least 8 teams that I would have considered to be a 'football league club' and be thinking 'how are they down there?'. With only 2 down and 2 up, its a hard process to get out of there (and looking at the bottom of League 2 / Top of National League at the moment it will be the same next season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 12:34 PM, L1onheartNew said: Just woken from a weird nanna nap. I can remember watching TV and the presenter said "meanwhile, at the bottom, Stevenage, who needed to win to relegate Carlisle, could only manage a draw and will join Scunthorpe in the National League next season. The bottom 5 were on display and we were not there. Having said that, we were probably in administration Alternate reality or should you change your username to Nostradamus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ1952 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Two good results at Barrow and Scunthorpe tonight Keep The Faith !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardie Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, TJ1952 said: Two good results at Barrow and Scunthorpe tonight Keep The Faith !!!! Whilst this is true, the defeat of Salford by Colchester last weekend is probably a bigger deciding factor in the fate of the club, I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKing521 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Saturday will be the biggest League game we've had in a very long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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