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Any London Alty going to Bognor on Tuesday?
Anyone going by train?

I dont remember this being posted on the forum before and I dont get the MEN, but Paddy Fagan passed away a couple of months ago, aged 84 years.
If my memory is correct Fionan (Paddy was his nickname when he arrived in England - what a surprise and how original !) was the first Alty manager (player-manager) in the White and Swales era.
His father Jack, played in the first ever Irish international match - then known as the Irish Free State, forerunner of the Republic of Ireland. Fionan also played for Ireland during his Manchester City days. What has been posted on this forum before, is that he was the last player to score for Alty in a game played on Christmas Day. He was seen watchintg matches at Moss lane even later in his life. Another lovely character in Alty history.

During the Man U v Liverpool match yesterday, the Sky cameras honed in on Fergie joking with 2 fans sat directly behind him. The commentator identified one as Angus Loughran. I see Wikipedia now describe him as a Man U fan and not an Altrincham supporter. Has he changed sides as I havent heard him mentioned on the Alty scene for some time?

In the season of hypocrocy, the Chairman of Grimsby takes the buscuit.
In the NLP he is pushing for the number of promotion places from the Conference to the FL to be increased - to be fair to the 10 ex-League clubs that are now stuck in the Conference and cant bet back in the league due to the current restrictions causing a bottleneck.
We never got to be a League club because his predecessor didnt collect his ballot paper. I am delighted that Grimsby and Luton are now well established non-league clubs.
I believe there should be a 4 up 4 down situation - to be fair to ALL non league clubs including ex-league clubs that turn things around by operating properly.

Steve Evans was interviewed by Football Focus today.
"two years ago today we won 1-0 against Altrincham in a Conference fixture. I enjoyed that just as much as if we beat Stoke"
What planet is this clown on

I dont have Premier Sports.
Does anyone have a link for an internet connection to watch the game tonight?

I was at the match today thankfully on my own and not with my kids. A game ruined right from the very first minute by the pint-sized Jester in the middle whose obvious intentention was to be the centre of attraction instead of the players. This clown managed to give 3 penalties and not one was a penalty.
Goal 1 - A penalty when the ball was belted at Lawton's hand - never a penalty.
Goal 2 - poor marking in the Alty defence.
Goal 3 - looked offside
Goal 4 - Another penalty for handball when Alty defender belted from point blank range - never a penalty.
Second half we get a pen obviously to balance the books - Robbie Lawton shouting at the Ref that even that wasnt a pen.
We competed better in the second half until we capitulated in the last 5 minutes with poor defending. A fair score would have been probably 3-0.
An absolutely dreadful Refereeing performance - the worse I have seen for a very long time - Yep, even worse than superwoman.Take nothing away from Crawley being a good team but this clown made it so easy for them that they didnt really need to score on their own.
As usual nothing will be done about this Referee. He will be paid, referee again next week and ruin other peoples livelihood and entertainment, then tell everyone what a wonderful servant he is to the game. A Total **** I know not all Refs are like this but its a pity something wont be done those that are.