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Altrincham FC First Team / 5 a side

« on: July 02, 2017, 08:43:54 PM »

Slightly off topic but after 25 years of driving up and down the M6 every week to watch Alty, my family are re-locating back to Cheshire next month from Worcestershire.
I have been lucky to have a group down here to play 5 a side with every week, and need my bout of weekly exercise when I relocate.
Not anything wildly competitive, we just have a group ranging from 14 to 60 years in age that play amongst ourselves.
Anyone do something similar already that I can tag on to, or anyone want to start something if we can get enough numbers?

Altrincham FC First Team / Thank You

« on: September 14, 2009, 07:59:59 PM »

A very big thank you to all of those that posted kind comments on here about our dad, John Murray, and to those of you that e'mailed us with your kind wishes.
Thank you also to the supporters and officials that attended the funeral on Friday. Dad would have been delighted and proud.
A special thank you to Graham Heathcote for giving up part of his day, the day before a home game, to attend the funeral. That would have meant a lot to dad.
There were several mentions of Altrincham FC in the service, as it was such a big part of dad's life, and the flowers were red and white for only 1 obvious reason.

Altrincham FC First Team / John Murray Funeral

« on: September 02, 2009, 05:43:50 PM »

Firstly, many sincere thanks for all the very kind postings on the below thread. Our mum, especially, has been very comforted by all the very kind comments.
Altrincham Football Club was massively important to our dad for so many years, and he would have been so proud to read the many comments.
The funeral will be at 12.30pm on Friday 11th September 2009, at Walton Lea Crematorium in Warrington. All Alty fans who knew dad will be very welcome, both at the service and afterwards for drinks/snacks. We would be sincerely delighted to see any of you that would like to come along.

Altrincham FC First Team / John Murray RIP

« on: August 29, 2009, 09:08:46 AM »

For those of you who knew him, John Murray (our dad) passed away at 6.55am today, having suffered for the past 2 years with an aggressive form of dementia.
Dad followed Alty for the last 40 years and, even with his health problems over the last year or so, continued to be a regular at home and away games.
He will be sadly missed by many - let's hope Alty win at Kiddy today for dad!!!!!

Altrincham FC First Team / Ashamed to be an Alty fan

« on: September 20, 2008, 08:40:12 PM »

Having returned to the Midlands after todays game, I feel ashamed after today for the following reasons.
1. The abuse aimed at GH was totally out of order. Whatever side of the fence you stand on whether he shoud resign or not, GH has earned the right not to be abused in that way. I do not condone his reaction at all - he can be his own worst enemy, and his reaction was equally out of order. However, that side of him has been there since he played for Alty, and we cannot suddenly claim surprise at it.
2. Whilst making my way out of the ground, I witnessed 2 Alty fans hurling horrendous abuse at Dennis Birch, presumably because he had voiced his opinion about not abusing GH. We all know Dennis, and the way he is, but he does not deserve to be abused in that way by supposedly fellow Alty fans.
3. When I attempted to point out to the 2 fellow fans above that they should not abuse Dennis in that way, they started to hurl the type of abuse my way which I really could do without my 7 year old son witnessing. One was desperately trying to have a fight with me and, when I pointed out to him that we had the same red & white shirt on, he tried to pick a fight with my 13 year old nephew.
I think a large number of people at the game today need to take a good, long look at themselves, and I do include GH in that for the way he reacted.