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Altrincham FC First Team / Tonight's capacity is now 1,390...!
« on: November 16, 2021, 04:45:53 PM »
Altrincham FC Co-Chairman Bill Waterson writes:

A further review of our procedures and safety standards sees the capacity for tonight's Emirates FA Cup first round replay with Gateshead set at 1,390.  The game is now sold out as we have reached this capacity.  There will be no tickets available on the night at the ground.

The ground will be configured as follows for this game; Main Stand capacity 480, Chequers End 640 and Community Sports Hall terrace 170, while the Family Stand will accommodate Gateshead supporters up to overall capacity. The Golf Road and the Popular Side will be closed to spectators tonight.

Access to the Chequers End terrace will be through the turnstiles at that end of the ground.  Access to the Main Stand and the CSH terrace will be through the Golf Road turnstiles.  Access to the Family Stand will be though the turnstiles to the right of the Main Stand.  Disabled access will be through Gate 4 as per usual.

Given the escalation in security levels following the terrorist attack in Liverpool over the weekend, your bags will be searched on entry to the stadium this evening.

You may also be subject to a personal search on arrival.  Please bear this in mind when arriving at the ground and turn up early.  Please leave bags at home if you can.  There will be frequent messages over the public address system, so please pay attention to those.

Turnstiles will be open from 6.30pm.

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I've just managed to unearth the programme from the aforementioned fixture against the predecessors of this evening's visitors.

Goals from John Hughes, Roy Hughes and Ian Morris saw Alty secure a 3-0 victory in front of an attendance of 3,200 (don't mention that figure to Trafford Council).

All of which, of course, paved the way for us to draw Everton away in the Third Round.

Let's hope for the same scoreline this evening.












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Altrincham FC First Team / Joe Piggott
« on: August 24, 2021, 07:25:26 PM »


Has signed for AFC Fylde whilst Jordan Hulme serves his six-match suspension:

https://www.afcfylde.co.uk/piggott-and-holland-wilkinson-join-the-coasters/

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For those who may be interested in attending John's funeral, here are the official arrangements:

His funeral will take place on Thursday, 15th July at St. Vincent's Church, Altrincham at 12:15pm followed by interment at Dunham Lawn Cemetery at 2:00pm.

Then at the Best Western Cresta Court Hotel, for tea and fellowship.

All welcome who knew John.

No flowers please. Family would be grateful for donations to Cancer Research.



Meanwhile, here's a splendid image of the great man taking the irresistible opportunity to throw wet sponges at his old sparring partner Graham Heathcote during a fundraising event at the J Davidson Stadium a decade ago:





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Altrincham FC First Team / John Canning (alias VofD) RIP
« on: June 26, 2021, 03:37:38 PM »

Last evening I received the sad news concerning the death of my long-standing friend and loyal Alty supporter John Canning, who had avidly following the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Robins for the last 35 years.

Born on the outskirts of Glasgow, John was educated in the school of hard knocks as a Hamilton Academical FC ball boy and had followed his beloved Accies all over Scotland during his formative years.

Following a Home Office immigration & border control job transfer from Heathrow to Manchester Airport, he first started watching the Robins during the 1985/86 season and his allegiance was soon cemented by that famous FA Cup night at Birmingham City on 14th January 1986.

It was the following season that I first got to know John, as he migrated upwards to sit with a band of Alty diehards at the back of the main stand that included myself, my chum Richard Webb, Barry Heaton, the club’s current financial guru Mike Adams and that much-missed Moss Lane stalwart Rene Stuart.

Never afraid to express a forthright observation, John’s booming Caledonian tones became a familiar part of the Moss Lane matchday soundtrack, whether admonishing yet another misplaced pass (“We’re in red!”), plaintively bemoaning a torturous defeat (his trademark Private Frazeresque “Rrrrrrubbish!”) or mischievously rejoicing in the Robins outperforming some full-time ex-Football League opponents (“Come on you part-timers!”).

Not to mention a few memorable verbal duels with Graham Heathcote at various grounds over the years! Once he was no longer a presence in the dugout, I think that Graham secretly missed these mid-match public ‘debates’, as he invariably had a laugh with John when he encountered him at games in later years.

Under his pseudonym VofD (‘Voice of Dissent’), John was a regular trenchant, acerbic and idiosyncratic contributor to the Alty fans forum over many years. Whilst you may not always have agreed with his forceful opinions (and, indeed, many didn’t!), there was no denying his fervent passion for Altrincham FC. 

John was abrasive, kind, amusing, endearingly curmudgeonly and very generous. Whether in the sheer elation of an FA Cup triumph over Barnsley or the utter despair of a 5-0 FA Trophy drubbing at Colne Dynamoes, he always remained a humorous and entertaining companion. It will undoubtedly be extremely odd not to have him sitting alongside me in the main stand next season.

A genuine character. RIP, my old friend. 




John Canning won the Altrincham FC online bid for the Remembrance Day captain's armband for the benefit of the Royal British Legion, with a bid of £100.
John is seen, right, making his donation to a Poppy Appeal representative (21st November 2015).


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Altrincham FC First Team / Ian Craney
« on: May 15, 2021, 02:06:08 AM »

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According to the 2020/21 season statistics page (although it incorrectly says 2019/20) in the Robins Review for last Saturday's fixture against Barnet, Thompson has scored 10 league goals for us this season and a total of 57 during his Alty career to date.

Oh, and Matt Gould apparently scored a goal for us in a cup game this season:


https://ibb.co/NZ1RF3w

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https://www.altrinchamfc.com/news/phil-parkinson-we-need-too-many-opportunities-to-score-a-goal


Alas, this problem is blatantly demonstrated by the respective minutes played and goals scored statistics relating to the forwards who have been recruited this season:


Fisayo Adarabioyo

Minutes: 456.
Goals: 1.

(Unfortunately for him, the 1-0 victory at Dover Athletic has been expunged from the records, thereby halving his goals tally).


Nyal Bell

Minutes: 69.
Goals: 0.


Jacob Blyth

Minutes: 79.
Goals: 0.


Max Clayton

Minutes: 7.
Goals: 0.


Montel Gibson

Minutes: 88.
Goals: 0.


Byron Harrison

Minutes: 476.
Goals: 0.


Jamie McDonald

Minutes: 71.
Goals: 1.


Joe Piggott

Minutes: 442.
Goals: 0.


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Altrincham FC First Team / Scoring directly from a corner
« on: March 28, 2021, 02:59:14 PM »


Not exactly a phenomenon that I can recollect witnessing that often during my five decades of supporting Alty.

After some dredging of the memory banks to try to recall the last Alty player to have performed the feat prior to Ryan Colclough's mesmerising pea roller yesterday, I had it in my head that James Lawrie may well have been that man, having benefitted from some extremely dodgy goalkeeping at the Golf Road End.

This may well have been the incident (description courtesy of John Laidlar's match report):

ALTRINCHAM (1) 2 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS (1) 2
Vanarama National League
Tuesday, 13th October 2015

Altrincham had taken a 21st minute lead when Lawrie's corner from the right curled directly into the bottom near corner of the net.

For Alty, a Lawrie cross won a corner on the right. This was cleared back to Lawrie who fed O'Keefe and his shot prompted a good save at the cost of another corner on Alty's right. From this, Lawrie scored directly with a left footed inswinger which crept in near the base of the near post (21 mins). 


Going further back, an alternative candidate had been Chris Sharratt on a windy afternoon at Telford United.

A consultation of Mark Harris' splendid publication Kingdom Come duly revealed the following:

"New boy Sharratt made an immediate impact, scoring in his two opening games for Alty - both direct from corners!"

These comprised a 2-1 defeat against Southport on Easter Saturday, 2nd April 1994 and a 2-0 victory at Telford United on Easter Monday, 4th April 1994.

So, do any other examples of a Robins player scoring directly from a corner spring to mind?

Is it something that, say, Graham Heathcote may have accomplished?
   

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