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[bumble]

After making their debut in the IFA supporters league in February, the Altrincham Supporters team will be facing the Staff team this friday at Moss Lane

The bar will be open and selling the remaining Beer festival Ale and ciders at reduced prices.

[wayno]

After making their debut in the IFA supporters league in February, the Altrincham Supporters team will be facing the Staff team this friday at Moss Lane

The bar will be open and selling the remaining Beer festival Ale and ciders at reduced prices.

this is strange this is the first I have seen of this it's not on the official site either

Normally there is a selection process open to all has this stopped ?

If this is a closed selection pool it would have been nice to tell people

[ASMO]

Not in the true tradition, if that is the case .

[markecky]

Think they have open training for the supporters team every Monday night, it's become an all year round thing now rather than a one off game.

[bighairedmike]

Apparently the ales have been reduced to £2 per pint which for the majority of thhem is a great price.

The game kicks off at 7pm and the bar will be open throughout.

Think they have open training for the supporters team every Monday night, it's become an all year round thing now rather than a one off game.

This is indeed the case and open training sessions have been advertised on here, on the official club website, on facebook and it was also mentioned at the open meet the management forum. If anybody wants to play for the supporters team we train every monday evening from 8-9 at Timperley Sports Club, and this continues all year round. We are always happy for people to come and train with us and almost every week we have new faces which is great to see.

Ecky, I hope you dont mind this shameless plugging, but I just thought I'd give some background and let everyone know that it isn't actually a closed pool and as you say, it has gone now to an all year round thing as opposed to a one-off.

[dawno]

See you all there 

[Jezza]

I'm assuming Dawn is the masseuse.......

[beaker141]

If anybody wants to play for the supporters team we train every monday evening from 8-9 at Timperley Sports Club, and this continues all year round. We are always happy for people to come and train with us and almost every week we have new faces which is great to see.

Whats the level of fitness/skill required for Monday evenings, and when you say training, is it training to play against other teams or a friendly kick around, and how much is it?

[joe]

Bit naughty IMO. Many people can't commit to training weekly but are quite happy to pay their fee and take to the hallowed turf once a year and play against the staff like in previous years. Seems like it's all been done in secret this year in a jobs for the boys sort of way.

[markecky]

Makes sense to me that a supporters team would represent the supporters.   How do you decide who from the supporters team plays and who doesn't?

If there was enough interest from other people then I am sure a second game could be arranged at some stage.

[bighairedmike]

Beaker, very little. We play for an hour but if you have seen my physique then you will understand why I say very little. Obviously we play a 90 minute match most saturdays and a lot of people have the fitness to get around the pitch relatively competently for that amount of time. Others play bit parts to suit. It is mainly a group of lads who support the club, want to play football and have a laugh at the same time. We don't like losing but winning is not the be all and end all. Monday nights are mainly kickabouts, normally about 9-a-side to get used to the way people play, but we do do some drills as well. £3 for pitch hire.

Joe, the same person who organised the supporters team last year has organised it this year too. I agree with what Ecky says in that if the interest is there I'm sure another game could be sorted. Also, having people that go to games home and away and also come to training every week who want to play in this missing out is also incredibly harsh. Not everybody is going to be happy all the time, and paying £25 for a couple of minutes on the pitch isn't really fair on anyone.

[dawno]

See you all there 

That would be telling  lol x

[harv]

if this has been done on the sly, i hope you pummelled by the staff

[ScoreDaws]

Makes sense to me that a supporters team would represent the supporters.   How do you decide who from the supporters team plays and who doesn't?

If there was enough interest from other people then I am sure a second game could be arranged at some stage.

So who would the second game be against, another staff/ different team? I'm a bit peeved that you can't trial for the squad and get selected on merit as in the past. I think it's great that we have a supporter's team, yet it seems a bit of a done deal to me. I work shifts and Mons off are pretty rare for me. Is there anyone who is part of Fri squad, not a Mon night regular?

[thegazelle]

oh feck we are falling out about this now ?

we are becoming very divided