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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Web Page colour on fans forum only
« on: March 16, 2024, 11:53:36 AM »
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Alty, Alty... Top of the League...
« on: January 09, 2024, 07:34:50 PM »
I have a facsimile of a programme from 1950. I remember my late Grandfather having a few team sheets from Alty games that were pre-war but they didn't surface when we cleared his house after he passed in 1990. I do have some pre-war autographs somewhere
The Facebook group "Moss Lane Memories" that I set up a few years ago has a lot of old Alty programmes and photos to view
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AltrinchamFCMemories
The Facebook group "Moss Lane Memories" that I set up a few years ago has a lot of old Alty programmes and photos to view
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AltrinchamFCMemories
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: We Don't seem to Score Headers Anymore
« on: January 09, 2024, 12:55:02 PM »
John's looking well. He returned to our walking football session this morning after a while out with a long standing hamstring/back problem. He can still play, head and shoulders above the rest of us duffers 
Lovely bloke too, I try not to hold it against him that he went on to play for Macc (he joined Alty from Hyde). Made his living as a professional gambler.
Lovely bloke too, I try not to hold it against him that he went on to play for Macc (he joined Alty from Hyde). Made his living as a professional gambler.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: We Don't seem to Score Headers Anymore
« on: January 08, 2024, 01:54:27 PM »
I went to the game on Saturday with John Timmons who was a striker for Alty 86-88 ish. He hadn't been to an Alty game for some 30 years and he kept saying how much the game had changed since his day and how impressed he was with the standard of skill and fitness plus how much both teams actually passed the ball rather than lump it from one end of the field to another.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Radio Alty
« on: December 13, 2023, 01:17:03 PM »
I was involved in the inception of Radio Robins and setup the very first broadcasts. I've seen it grow into a fantastic service that supporters have come to rely on. Sadly, since the feed has been solely available via Radio Alty, the reliability seems to have fallen off a cliff. I haven't needed to listen to RR for a while but I was very disappointed by what I heard last night (not with, I MUST add, the commentary team). I gave up after a while and followed the game on Twitter/X.
I'm not party to how things work at Radio Alty but before the RR/RA tie-up the broadcasts were made using the MixLR software and this service was so much better. Yes, there were the occasional drop outs and glitches but these were usually down to internet/connection issues beyond the RR matchday team's control. I suspect the current service is only as strong as its weakest link, that being the connection between the broadcast team at the ground and the Radio Alty servers which seems to be consistently drop and music kicks in.
Personally, I would have RR offer two methods of broadcast - via a link to a MixLR stream as worked well previously and then if Radio Alty want to carry it too, they could pick up the MixLR broadcast and relay it on their own station.
I'm not party to how things work at Radio Alty but before the RR/RA tie-up the broadcasts were made using the MixLR software and this service was so much better. Yes, there were the occasional drop outs and glitches but these were usually down to internet/connection issues beyond the RR matchday team's control. I suspect the current service is only as strong as its weakest link, that being the connection between the broadcast team at the ground and the Radio Alty servers which seems to be consistently drop and music kicks in.
Personally, I would have RR offer two methods of broadcast - via a link to a MixLR stream as worked well previously and then if Radio Alty want to carry it too, they could pick up the MixLR broadcast and relay it on their own station.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Solihull Match Thread
« on: November 25, 2023, 05:50:39 PM »
Great performance today and Solihull are no mugs. It looked like we'd been told to shoot at every opportunity. Dackers made a good debut, Justin looked a different player to the one we saw on Tuesday. Lots of standout performances around the team but I particularly thought Eddy Jones was immense. Their number 2 Clarke had a game to forget, made to look silly by Justin, Regan and CCC more than once.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Third Kit
« on: October 21, 2023, 02:35:11 PM »Horrid kit,make it sky blue whats the point of a third kit that has red in it,yo may as well use the red and white stripes
Must admit my first thought was "Why?". Hopefully it'll make the club some money especially in the run up to Xmas but a traditionalist like me prefers to see the team play in the usual red & white shirts where possible and the usual away kit is an adequate alternative.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: M*cc(A)
« on: July 23, 2023, 10:22:16 AM »
Make sure you've had the required jabs if you're going 
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Club captain
« on: June 23, 2023, 04:52:30 PM »
Many many years ago we signed John King. He was immediately installed as captain and we never looked back. If a new player comes in and he is obvious captain material I see no problem with it.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Retained
« on: May 09, 2023, 07:38:18 PM »
Does being retained mean they are actually staying though? As others have said, some are under contract but we might be offering them around with maybe the hope of a fee. At this stage it might be too expensive to terminate contracts so a transfer out would resolve that. Not that I know much about how these things work
I'm sure we'll see another 'keeper arrive in the summer, its a too glaring deficiency not to be addressed.
I'm sure we'll see another 'keeper arrive in the summer, its a too glaring deficiency not to be addressed.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Warrington Town
« on: April 25, 2023, 10:43:52 PM »
Went to Warrington vs Matlock tonight in the NPL play-off semi. Good to see ex Alty players Tony Thompson, Andy White, Tom Hannigan, Sean Williams and Josh Amis and it was a very comfortable 4-1 win. John Johnston was totally anonymous for Matlock and got subbed at half time.
Over 1800 there, no segregation but the stewarding was very low key. Actual police presence outside the ground at full time but all very friendly.
Over 1800 there, no segregation but the stewarding was very low key. Actual police presence outside the ground at full time but all very friendly.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Oldham Match Thread
« on: April 06, 2023, 09:24:03 AM »
It'd be good to try and make our goal difference column a positive one. A big ask but its a target.
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Altrincham FC First Team / Re: Eastleigh match thread
« on: March 19, 2023, 12:47:58 PM »Really frustrating……the constant interruptions. I suspect that they are running an automation programme of some sort and still have not sorted out how to program it during games.It's the signal. The music is programmed to kick in when the signal drops. Professional broadcasters use ISDN lines or 4G/5G boxes that have multiple SIMs and hunt the best signal from every available network. Most non league grounds don't have ISDN lines and the equipment to ride multiple mobile networks is far from cheap. That means we have to rely on a single 4G/5G network or the club's own WiFi - and that, inevitably, means some dropouts at some grounds.
That may well be the case, but we have always been at the mercy of the home club’s Wi-Fi. Since Radio Robins has changed to the Radio Alty platform the quality of service/ reception has declined. Yesterday was particularly frustrating and probably the worst so far.
The original platform used may not have been perfect but in my view was more reliable than the current Radio Alty platform.
I'm loath to criticize as I know a lot of work goes into RR and the quality of the signal at the ground, both Wi-Fi or mobile, will always dictate the service uptime. However, using the previous MixLr service did seem more reliable - I'm not sure why that wasn't continued and Radio Alty just picked up and broadcast that. There was a cost to MixLR though. The branding of RR through Radio Alty has probably increased the audience a lot but it seems to be to the detriment of the service reliability. I hasten to add, the quality of the actual commentary and content has always been superb.