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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: jiminlondon on May 13, 2009, 01:41:14 PM
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this morning Fisher Athletic were wound up by the high court
for a while they were my local non league club. one day someone will write the story of fisher (complete with diagrams) to guide the uninitiated through the maze of moves and reformations and alleged corruption
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Didn't we draw 0-0 with Fisher on a Tuesday in the 1991 in "that" season and have something like 25 corners?
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I think so. Wasnt it an FA Trophey match that went to 3 replays.
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No..definitely in the league
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Correct. That silly FA Trophey run was in 1988. My apologies.
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I well recall that 0-0 Ecky, my dad took me and said 'don't worry about tonight son, it'll be 5-0 Alty at least', oh dear. We took 2 points off Fisher that year, they were utter crap as well, that (amongst other things) cost us dear. IIRC Barnet beat them 4-2 on the final day in May '91 to secure the title in that epic season.
As for the current (well now defunct) club, they played at Dulwich Hamlet FC, about 10 mins walk from my house in south London, I went when they played Hampton and Richmond in last years Conf South Play off Semi and there were at most 150 Fisher fans in the ground for a Play off Semi. They had no support at all to speak of, damm shame they never made it up though, would have been ridiculously convenient for me :D As for the 'alleged' corruption I heard all sorts, it goes back years though, they've always been run by 'geezers'.
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Didn't we draw 0-0 with Fisher on a Tuesday in the 1991 in "that" season and have something like 25 corners?
It was the Tuesday between the two legs against Wycombe in the FA Trophy Semi Finals............it was a nightmare week.....apart from the fact that I became a Dad on the Friday. ;D
I believe that it was 22 corners & Paul Bastock played a blinder in goal for Fisher......the course of the club's history may have been different if he had been in the sort of form that he showed for St. Albans against us two years ago.
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Cheers Brian, thought so.
I'm not some sort of corner anorak by the way, it was mentioned in the mesenger report that sticks in my mind.
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Gate of well over 2,000,for a midweek game, and no one from fisher, trophy semi final tickets went on sale that evening, which of course help with the crowd, they were being sold from the snack bar thats now flattened underneath the new part of the bar.
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Gate of well over 2,000,for a midweek game, and no one from fisher, trophy semi final tickets went on sale that evening, which of course help with the crowd, they were being sold from the snack bar thats now flattened underneath the new part of the bar.
Hughesy,
I've just looked it up...
There were 2,250 at Moss Lane that evening.
Fisher's away support in those days used to consist solely of some barrow boy with a Ray Winstone accent who used to sit in the main stand at Moss Lane and yell "Caaaaaamm on the Fish!" at regular intervals.
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Gate of well over 2,000,for a midweek game, and no one from fisher, trophy semi final tickets went on sale that evening, which of course help with the crowd, they were being sold from the snack bar thats now flattened underneath the new part of the bar.
Hughesy,
I've just looked it up...
There were 2,250 at Moss Lane that evening.
Fisher's away support in those days used to consist solely of some barrow boy with a Ray Winstone accent who used to sit in the main stand at Moss Lane and yell "Caaaaaamm on the Fish!" at regular intervals.
It might have actually been Ray Winstone............back then he was no superstar Hollywood actor
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It might have actually been Ray Winstone............back then he was no superstar Hollywood actor
are you mad???? its south of the river!!!!!
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there are going to be no one left soon in non league football .lets start merthyr, chester, darlington, boston, nuneaton, scarbrough, fisher, newcastle, it puts a shame on non league football when are the fa going to wake up and realise that teams play 46 games like the big clubs in div 1 ,2 championship preimier league . it is always the little clubs what get pick on not the big ones with there millions of pounds splashing everywhere WHY NON LEAGUE BECAUSE WE ARE SMALLER CLUBS TRYING TO MAKE A GO OF IT AND GET TO THE CONFERENCE AND THEN BANG IT HITS YOU LIKE A BRICK WALL I FEEL SORRY FOR NEWCASTLE BLUE STAR DEMOTED TWO DIVISION TO NORTHERN PREMIER I AM SORRY SOMEONE SHOULD TALK TO THE FA ABOUT THIS THIS IS NOT BLOODLY RIGHT A VERY UPSET ALTY FAN THANK YOU
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Thank you too Gunners, I'll go to sleep tonight with a smile on my face.
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I recall those three Fisher replays well, pre penalty days. Also I think Tommy Doc's first away as mgr was there and some Millwall boys gave him some jip at half time which he rebuffed very well.
For those who don't know Fisher started as a boxing club, and was run by a notorious South London Turkish gang, the Arifs. There were many rumours involving stuff that may not best be published on here.
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I recall those three Fisher replays well, pre penalty days. Also I think Tommy Doc's first away as mgr was there and some Millwall boys gave him some jip at half time which he rebuffed very well.
SW,
Spot on re. Tommy Docherty's first away fixture as Alty manager.
A 3-2 defeat at Fisher Athletic on 3rd October 1987.
Memory recall of Brian Flynnesque quality from you there!
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Fisher don't really have any supporters. The attendance is made up of Millwall/Charlton/Palace fans who can't afford to watch their club. They lost their stadium under very strange circumstances and shared Dulwich Hamlets Dog Kennel Hill ground for a few years. They have always been dodgy. A Turkish drug dealing family called the Arif's have been involved with them for over thirty years. I hear they plan to become another restarted club and join whatever league will have them.
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Correct me if I'm wrong Baldrick, but didn't Dogan Arrif used to run the Dun Cow on the Old Kent Road? - one of those strange boozers with no windows and painted black that you only see in SE or E London. They've always been a bit Del-Boy- I know their old ground was mysteriously improved to meet Conf criteria during a 2 week period when no work was carried out on any London Borough of Southwark housing stock.
I also worked with a 'geezer' who was a cashier at East Dulwich Housing Office (Goose Green for your info Russ - just along from the EDT) who was sacked and jailed for nicking rent money - during which time he remained Treasurer of the Fish. Their social club always had a wide range of interesting goods for sale at knock down prices and that was even after the Docks had closed down. Happy Days...
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Yes Dogan Arif owned the now deceased Dun Cow but i think the licence was in someone elses name due to him not being able to get one. It was only a few months ago they were talking about building a new stadium at Burgess Park and there were rumours about a three year plan to get into the league.