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It’s rare I see consecutive games but the last week has been a pleasure for me, after years of looking forward to the day out I now look forward to the game. I thought we were better than them all over the pitch and they couldn’t have complained if we had made it 3 near the end, and if that is really the best team in the league as many people say then I can’t see why we can’t win it.
Last week I felt people were unfairly critical because if we had scored when on top I believe we would have murdered Hereford, today we got that goal and Chester had to push on which suits us, there were a couple of periods of pressure but in general I was never worried.
Mostly it’s just nice going to games knowing we will give it a go. It’s nice to see management and players appreciate the support they got and vice versa, something is building here.....

entertaining ongoing twitter argument between the Accrington chairman and Gary Neville

Quote from: MadFrankie on April 29, 2018, 05:37:22 PM

Quote from: Jimmy Hill on April 29, 2018, 03:51:28 PM

Quote from: Hale Alty on April 29, 2018, 03:42:20 PM

I'm thinking that will be the first and only time the beer festival could be combined with the match time as next year we'll be back to no drinking on the terraces.

I thought it was established that drinking on the terraces wasn't necessarily a league rule, but a local council one?

I believe that's true but only up to conference north/south level. Beyond that it's a league/law matter.

Ah, fair enough.

Yes that’s right, it could continue next year but having actual away fans might weaken the argument for it
Personally I usualy find it useful to stop drinking for an hour or two

It’s one thing chasing but it’s another thing when it becomes real as Warrington have found out, pressure does funny things

But there is no E in Altrincham F.C.?

but it might explain some of the last couple of years?

The one that always reminds me, we had a sort of short lived tradition of playing Bowie’s Heroes before big cup games. It came crashing to a halt when we went to the Sylvan specifically to play it on their jukebox before we played Burnley. Still when I hear it I think of cup upsets.
Perhaps I should start again?

I'm sure he's not forgotten that his head was being called for, albeit by a significant minority, after five minutes in the job. There has recently been suggestions on here that he threw a cup game and the club had a game called off on purpose. If he does read this forum, which he shouldn't but it's probably difficult to ignore, how do you think this 'toxic atmosphere' makes him feel in his job?

Were a significant minority calling for his head, that’s not my recollection? One person claimed the game was called off on purpose, and one or two suggested we didn’t try to hard in the trophy. If anyone feels this is discontent I think they need to get out more.

mossley away will bring back some scary memories for people who went there in the late 70s . i can recall hanging onto to the emergency exit door on the coach afterour 5-1 defeat in the second leg as 50 yobs in white skinners and harringtons s tried to get on to our coach to attack us despite them winning. my dad lived up there in the 90's and they still dressed the same . wouldnt be surprised if the home fans are all wearing crombies and oxford bags when we go there .

As soon as I saw the name Mossley I started having flashbacks Pete, the things we did for fun in those days
That 5-1 was the second leg of the O'Keefe/Allen semi wasn't it. Not very welcoming, as was often the case it was lads outside who weren't at the game - those were the times though, I'm glad to have lived through them but I wouldn't want anyone else to have to.