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Your agenda is baffling. Yes, finished 10th, the squad (not me) massively overachieved. Lost 6 from the starting 11 to what you could call bigger clubs. Rebuilt a new team and have avoided being in the relegation places for over 16 months. If we had finished 15th last season and 15th again this year, then people would have seen that as okay. If anything, we are a victim of last years success but fortunately the club know what the remit is and what we face on a weekly basis in a league tougher than ever before. Also sold Leon for a phenomenal amount of money for a player at this level. No two seasons are ever the same. Look at Aveley.. playoffs last season and now look destined to go down. Be careful what you wish for. Oh wait, I know what you want. I’ll save that line for someone else 👍🏼

I read on the club's twitter/x page, that our very recent loan signing Jaiden Bartolo won't be available for tomorrow's match because he has been called up to be in the Gibraltar squad for their two forthcoming World Cup qualifiers. I guess it isn't an option to postpone the game? 😄 See, that's what happens when you deal with Satan's very own football club, who play in light and dark blue and come from Bucks. It doesn't take long for them to let you down. 😄

Continued.............. Half time was very frustrating ,thinking how we should have been level but somehow had managed to end up being behind again. As always, at half time I moved to the other end of the pitch, to be near the goal that Slough would be attacking in the second half. I went across to the other side of the pitch, where most of the Slough fans has gathered under another small covered stand. Hornchurch has a running track around the pitch, but I felt it was a better ground than Chelmsford, who also have the same handicap. Unlike at Chelmsford though, where you can get close behind both goals despite the running track, you can't do this at Hornchurch, but I felt that the covered stands along both sides of the pitch at Hornchurch made it a much more appealing and less dismal place than Chelmsford. Waiting for the second half to begin, I felt surprisingly warm in the March sunshine, which was unexpected and welcome. The second half began, and it wasn't long before Hornchurch had an opportunity to extend their lead, but thankfully didn't take it. While it was still 2-1 we were still right in this game, and our attacks gave me hope that we could get ourselves back on level terms. Then, with about 30 minutes to go, we equalised. Johnny Goddard scored. Except he didn't. From the touchlines it looked an easier opportunity to put the ball in the net than when Gordon Smith had that chance to score for Brighton against Man Utd in the last minute of extra-time in the 1983 FA Cup Final and win the game, and the BBC radio commentator Peter Jones famously said "And Smith must score....!"' Gordon Smith didn't score then and neither yesterday did Johnny. Johnny put it over the bar. We were never going to get a better chance than that to score. Warren again was his usual self, once again finding a big plastic bin to bang, and once again a jobsworth steward stopped his fun. Why did we have three stewards hanging around us ? I'm not sure what they thought we might do. The ball was quite regularly in Hornchurch's half, and after one of our effort's had gone into the large expanse of nothingness that there was behind the Hornchurch goal, the ball boy who was stationed there decided to waste time by taking forever to get the ball back to the Hornchurch goalie for the resultant goal kick. Comments were shouted towards the ref and the ball boy about obvious timewasting tactics, and we just hoped time would be added on for this annoying and frustrating ploy. Then, with about 15 minutes left, we won a corner, which was taken by John Gilbert right in front of us Slough fans. What a corner. Aimed at Jeanmal who twisted his neck muscles and headed the ball past the Hornchurch goalie and into the net ! Great header. Deservedly level at 2-2. Things got even better not long after. Hornchurch headed clear a Guy Hollis long throw into the box and all their players started to run out of their penalty area. The ball was softly mis-kicked back towards the Hornchurch goal by I think John Gilbert, and a Hornchurch player, running out, possibly hindered by an odd bounce of the ball on the dodgy pitch, sliced his clearance backwards towards his own goal where Slavi was waiting to pounce. Not offside because a Hornchurch player had played the ball last, Slavi calmly placed the ball into the corner of the net. 3-2 ahead ! Oh my God ! Cue ecstatic scenes among the Slough fans ! It wasn't long after this that the ball boy who had tried to waste time earlier by taking so long to get the ball back to the Hornchurch goalie when it had gone out of play, walked past right in front of us Slough fans. He was greeted with comments suggesting that he could now take as long as he wanted to get the ball back in play. He looked across at us, with a sheepish look on his face. Time passed, and we entered six minutes of added time. Not sure where those six minutes came from. Slavi had the ball near the Hornchurch by line, but rather than turn into the Hornchurch penalty area, he sensibly turned the opposite way to head towards the corner flag in front of us. Chants of "Sla-vi to the cor-ner, Sla-vi to the cor-ner " broke out among the Slough fans. Hornchurch launched a couple of long free kicks into our area with the time running out, but we defended them very efficiently, and the ref lifted his whistle to his lips and blew the final whistle. Blimey. We'd won. Away from home. 3-2. I'd forgotten what this feeling felt like. As always the players and management came over to where us Slough fans were, and this time it was tremendous to be able to celebrate an away league victory with them. Winning any game is always nice. To win a game like that is even nicer. To win a game like that away from home when you haven't won an away league game since November is even better ! It was a very enjoyable and quick coach journey back to Slough. When I got home my Saturday night pie and chips tasted the best they had done after an away game for a hell of a long time. A very enjoyable Saturday evening ensued. I bet/hope Scott had a good night's sleep after that victory, new little one permitting ! A deserved win, and a very very welcome three points.

I know I shouldn't, but I can't help but feel a lot of responsibility for our defeat away at Bath yesterday. It's stupid, but I should have known I shouldn't have gone ahead and done it. Too late now. I can't take it back. I'll explain more a bit later. There had been no supporters coach to Bath last season, no supporters coach to Chippenham this season ( which is closer than Bath), so when I was aware that a supporters coach to Bath this season was "subject to numbers", I guessed that there wouldn't be enough numbers to make a coach worthwhile so I decided to go there by train. Unlike Truro, when I booked my train tickets near to the departure date, I booked my train tickets a few weeks in advance, and got a better price for doing so. (It was still more expensive though than the supporters coach would have been.) Parking my car in the same lay by I had for Truro, I made my way to Maidenhead train station on foot and caught the train to Reading, where I was booked on the 15.55 train to Bath. The journey to Reading was quiet and uneventful, and after a short while waiting on the Reading platform, my train to Bath pulled in. Booking advance train tickets means you get to choose your seat, and I had deliberately chosen a forward facing seat by a window, with a table. Getting on my carriage , I made my way to "my" seat, and found a lady sitting there, with a blanket covering her up to her neck. I looked around, and although the carriage wasn't busy, there were no other seats which were forward facing, by a window with a table. If there had been I wouldn't have said anything, but there wasn't, so I said to her "I'm sorry, but you're in my seat." She looked up at me , she must have been about 30, and said, with an air that suggested she wasn't used to people questioning her, " Are you serious?" " Err....yes" I said back to her. She replied in a disparaging way " I don't believe it." She looked around the carriage and said "Can't you sit somewhere else ? I can't believe you want this one." None of the other available seats were as good as the one she was sitting in ( which was why she had chosen it in the first place), and I told her I had made this booking weeks ago. Very reluctantly she got up, saying that she was going to have words about me to the on train manager. " You can say whatever you like to him, I don't give a monkey's." I replied. I was eventually able to enjoy the journey to Bath. Getting to Bath just before 5pm, I had time for a stroll around the city centre. Very nice it was too. It's a 35 minute walk to the ground, which is almost in a straight line from the train station. When you get close to the ground you can see the glow of the stadium floodlights. I like going to Bath. It's a proper old fashioned non-league ground, with lots of decent concrete terracing. It's looking like we may be losing this season two other old fashioned proper non-league grounds that I like visiting, St. Albans and Weymouth, so for that reason alone I hope Bath stay up. Hearing the team line up for the first time about 20 minutes from kick off, I realised immediately that Lewis wasn't playing, and that we had three youngsters on the bench. It will be great to see how these youngsters get on with plenty of playing time, ONCE we are perfectly safe from the threat of relegation. We still need just a few more points to achieve that. Hopefully we'd get a point or three tonight. The game started and after a few minutes Henry had the ball smashed against his arms inside the area which I feared might bring the punishment of a penalty kick, but thankfully the ref let it go. We had a couple of half chances early on, which gave me encouragement. But now was the time I cost Slough the game. Stupidly, I turned to my fellow Rebel fan standing beside me and said to him " The match programme says that Bath haven't scored at home in their last three home league matches". Why did I say it ? Talk about tempting fate. Yes, you guessed it, no more than two minutes later Bath scored. Charlie in goal tried so hard to stop me having to curse myself, but the onslaught was too much for him and at the third attempt Bath got the ball into our net. Me and my stupid mouth. We had a few chances to get back into the game before half time. Jeanmal had a great opportunity to get a shot on target from close range, but so frustratingly, rather than get a quick shot off with his right foot, tried to turn inside onto his weaker foot, and in doing so allowed the Bath defenders to close the space down and snuff out the chance. Half time came and most of the Slough fans congregated in a covered stand along the touchline, near the corner flag, for the second half. Once the second half commenced it seemed like an over officious steward tried to stop the Slough fans from standing up in this covered part of the ground. Not sure why, as it only contained Slough fans, but things seemed to cool down soon after. Second half we started very brightly. Lots of possession, but once again not being able to get the ball between the goalposts. Bath made quite a few substitutions, one was taking off their number 9 and replacing him with their number 5, so I guessed they were replacing a forward with a defender, and doing all they could to make sure they hung on to the win. A second goal from Bath about ten minutes from the end really spelt the end of the game for us. The highlight of this last ten minutes for me was watching a cat running full pelt down the touchline in front of us to the corner flag, jumping high up the perimeter boards and over onto the terracing beyond. I had arranged for my wife to send me a text at 9.30pm, to tell me if the train I was booked on which left Bath at 22.55 was still down to run ok. This was the last train leaving Bath for Reading that evening, and if it had been cancelled I'd have really had to have rushed to the station before the game finished to get on board the second last one of the day. Her message told me that all was ok, the train was listed as being on time, so I could relax and watch out the remaining few minutes of the match. Final whistle went, and we had lost 2-0. I had a leisurely 35 minute stroll from the ground to the train station, and when I got there the departure boards thankfully showed the 22.55 as running on time. Great. Soon after things started to change. The departure board started to show a 6 minute delay. Then 12 minutes. Then 18 minutes. There was then a platform announcement saying " The train hasn't yet left Bristol Temple Meads due to it having to wait for a member of train crew who has been delayed by a late running previous service. I will tell you when this train has left Bristol ". Thankfully soon after this we were informed that the train had indeed left Bristol, but was going to arrive at Bath 28 minutes late. This meant it was due to arrive at Reading one minute after my connecting train, the 00.19 to Maidenhead had left. . Oh great. . If we gained a couple of minutes en route to Reading I'd be ok. Typically, we pulled into Reading now 33 minutes late, and my Maidenhead train had long since departed. That meant I had to wait another 50 minutes for the 01.15 train to Maidenhead. At least I had a nice warm waiting room all to myself until my train arrived. The 01.15 train arrived on time, and I got out at Maidenhead station and walked the 10 minutes to my car. It was so quiet at that time of the morning. Eerily so. I drove home, and walked through my front door just before 2am. The joy's of being a football fan ! .

What from ground sharing at Beaconsfield 2 division below what we are now 50 year lease at Arbour park Give your head a wobble

Whatever people's feelings are regarding the result and performance yesterday, the most important game now is next Saturday's game at home to Aveley. Win that one and we should be 99% safe. We do not want to rely on other teams losing, let's put in 5 big efforts into the final 5 matches of the season and finish with a good run of results.

Every Slough fan that came out of the ground at the end of the match yesterday was obviously understandably very unhappy. Did I think it was a worse performance than that Tonbridge disaster last season ? I thought not, as I felt on that day the team "gave up" for the final period of the match. Was it worse than away to Kidderminster in the Trophy this season ? Again, I thought not, although obviously Kidderminster were a much, much better team than Weymouth. "SloughFlyer" has asked on here "why did anyone standing behind the goal clap after the final whistle". I cannot of course speak for anyone else, but I was one of those who did and will explain my reason for doing so. I think that I will never hurl abuse or criticism towards the team or management at the ground after a game. I couldn't do it. I don't think for one moment that being this way makes me a "better" fan than someone who does. I would hope that someone , or those that did yesterday, wouldn't think that by doing so makes them a "better" fan than me. If letting off steam at the team that way gives you some comfort, at least there is some reason for doing it, but I just think that it is not going to help matters. If I was a player getting abuse, would that abuse make me want to come into training on Tuesday and Thursday and give my all? Would it make me want to give everything come matchday Saturday ? It wouldn't me. Don't get me wrong, as soon as I walked through the door when I got home my other half got it in crystal clear detail as to what I thought had gone wrong during the match. I just don't think shouting uncomplimentary things towards the management and team after a game does anything positive. After the final whistle and the team headed in the general direction towards us fans behind the goal I wasn't clapping, but when Scott had the balls to break ranks and head straight up to the barrier to listen directly to the fans "complaints", I was clapping to show my support and backing for the manager of my football team. That's my view on things. Others on here may have vastly different ones. On another matter, Scott said in his interview that some money had been put behind the bar for us fans to have a drink yesterday. Did any Slough fan know about this ? I didn't hear any talk about this on the supporters coach. A free lemonade would have been one positive on what was a pretty negative day.

Glad you had a re-think! Some points to add now that the highlights are on You Tube:- 1} The penalty looks to be very contentious as Scott alluded to. From the highlights it looks like Edon pulled out of the attempted clearance and their player has conned the ref. From where I was standing it looked a clear (but unintended) foul, but then when you're miles away.......well! 2) Their second came about when Guy Hollis slipped and inadvertently tripped Scott leaving an easy chance for their player. 3) The ball boy feigned injury, putting on a limp! Jose Mourinho would have been proud! 4) The "security" that were "guarding" us were actually quite friendly, but quite why it's necessary amongst a crowd of less than 600 I'm not sure. Echoes of Woking, Ebbsfleet, Bromley, Kidderminster, oh and Aveley last season! 5) You don't see the miss kick in the highlights (wrong angle) that allowed Slavi to get the winner, but it was plain to us all from where we were standing. 6) Not a fan of their ground, but then not a fan of athletics tracks generally as a football venue! At least it's not a wind tunnel like Chelmsford.

I’m not sure how complaints, criticism & negativity is of any help. All we can do as fans or supporters is get along to as many of the remaining matches this season & get behind the team.

To address some of the thoughts of people on here around the owners and the "right" way to do things. Just seen on twitter, Hampton and Richmond LOST £1.1million in season 23/24!!!!!! I'd much rather see our club built the right way, rather than someone throwing money in and trying to short cut things. Sustainability is the key IMO.

The Non-League Paper report mentioned how loud the Slough fans were at Weymouth which is sums up how much noise the away supporters make. It would be a sad turn of events if the connection between the fans and the players disappeared. I have watched Slough for four decades and have always considered our fans a cut above most others. When you compare Scott to a lot of managers he is a good communicator and honest about results. He hasn't got a big squad to work with and a summer of restructuring will hopefully see him go into 25/26 with better options to work with. It's a reality that talented individuals like Chambers will get offers to move on and the budget is limited compared to other clubs. The away support love the club and I would rather stand with them than a lot of other supporters.

Josh has moved to Stevenage so the commute isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. He’s also getting married next year so would be unavailable for a few weekends with stag do’s, wedding and honeymoon. It’s entirely up to Josh with what he chooses. But that should give some clarity.

We battered St Albans first half they battered us in the second. Sorry guys we couldn’t hang on

Like most fans opinions the performance was very disappointing and somewhat baffling, recent performances haven’t been great but Canveys run of form is far worse. After a very poor first half the late goal I had hoped would improve our second half, but unbelievably the second half was even worse. Saunders late substitution looked good but why so late? Perhaps competitions such as the ESC mean more to the fan’s than the players. Whilst I’m on my soapbox can l ask the younger supporters to be a bit more respectful, as at the end of the match as the teams were lining up for the presentation the abuse they were shouting at the Canvey players was out order, do they have to f&c and call players pedophiles , seeing the reaction of a family with young children close by said it all,we as a club are better than that.

When I went to the game yesterday I had absolutely no expectation of doing a match report from a venue so relatively close. Felt the same at the final whistle. Had a few thoughts since then though, so considering the way the match went, give me a few hours to see what twaddle I come up with and I may get back to you.

If Sam Evans could wait 16 months we might be at step 4.

Can’t see anything other than positives, a club giving young talent a platform to learn and develop is exactly what we strive to be. It’s what this club is proud of being, giving these players the pathway through the academy into the first team is something we should be proud of too. As a coach for the u11 Academy side my dream is for one of my boys to make it through the system and into the first team. The ultimate goal being one of our youngsters getting a big move and the club receiving a big fee which would mean sustainability for a place we all love. With a small budget this is the best way for the club to operate and something we should be encouraging. it also attracts the best local young talent (which is known for producing very good players) to the club because it offers such a genuine pathway into non-league football. Proud of Balu and looking forward to seeing him develop.

Hi Nathan. Thanks for your reply to my post. Am I correct that you think I am saying not clapping after a game is "abuse". ? No Nathan, I'm not saying that at all. The "abuse"/criticism that I am referring to was the incident at the end of the game, which is what I think Scott refers to in his after match interview. In his interview Scott talks about ............... "some of the comments we got after the game which I've never heard of before in my 250 games here." I may be wrong of course but I think Scott is talking about some Slough fans who came down to the front of the stand we were in behind the goal at the final whistle and loudly made their displeasure regarding that day's performance clear to him. Scott calmly listened to them and then moved away. Scott went on to say in his interview that........ "we deserved it. I don't mind it". (The criticism) I'm not saying those fans were wrong to behave that way. I have said that everyone will have a different viewpoint on things. Just for me it is something that I do not think will help matters, that's all. And Steve D, thanks for the news about the comment from Scott appearing on x/twitter regarding the free drinks. Not for the first time I say NOT EVERYONE HAS A FLIPPIN' SMARTPHONE. And yes, I agree with you Steve, that I would have thought someone on the coach would have announced this to everyone on board. Great day yesterday. Not. Didn't get a programme ,Weymouth only do one of those worthless online versions. Didn't get a free lemonade either.

HR I agree with everything you have said the team needs more encouragement from the supporters when they are losing not abuse that gets you know where… In sixty years of supporting the Rebels I have always got behind the team and players what ever way the game is going and have never walked out during a game… On the drinks Colin who was sitting in front of me saw the message from Scott on X ì suppose one of the leaders should of announced it to all before we were getting off the coach. Weymouth has never been a great hunting gound for us it was only a few years back when they put six past us. Away from the game its a great ground to visit the sun was out but very windy and cold had a great chat with there supporters and must say never seen the main stand so sparse a gate of only 830 and a good 100 of those were Rebel supporters. To Scott Management and Players keep your heads up and take no notice of the constant moaners and whingers they will never be satisfied. COYREBELS

The worst performance of the season. Best player was Scott Davies as he didn't get on the pitch. Wasn't a player that was above a 2 put of 10 and everyone of those that played today should pay back what ever wages they got for the game. An absolute disgrace. I also have a question for anyone on here that stands behind the goal and clapped at the end - could you tell me what on earth you are applauding? There was no effort, no heart, no quality, no shots and no performance at all, so what are you clapping?

Net worth of £50 million if the Internet is to be believed. Then again money doesn't always equal success, Ebbsfleets guy has done £10 million in the last 5 years to end up right back where he started in the NLS

Aveley can't catch us now and unless Weymouth win on Saturday they won't be able to either. Welling could get 54 at present so if we win on Saturday and they lose we'll be 2 points from safety against them. St Albans could get 57 so, as you say, that's the team we need to watch. Even more than that we need to focus on continuing to win games so all these calculations quickly become irrelevant. I'm confident we'll climb the table if anything - but won't reach last year's heights.

I would be confident that the bottom two teams, Aveley and Weymouth, are doomed to be relegated. Next club up, Welling, lost last night as is said above to an injury time penalty, and reading their supporters comments on their forum after the game, are playing as if they expect to go down. With their managerial disruptions as well, I would expect Welling to go down too. The last club in the relegation zone is St. Albans, who won at home last night. This was the first of FIVE successive home league games for them. Admittedly, the last two in this sequence are against Dorking and Eastbourne, but the next two matches they play afterwards are what could be a crunch game away v Enfield, and then another home game against middish- table, nothing to play for Hemel. Their last game is away to Truro. Also, it's not as though that they have to play any fixtures in an abnormally short period of time, say 5 games in 14 days or less as can happen some seasons. I would say survival is totally in their own hands, and though I don't seriously expect them to get near to our points total, remembering the way Weymouth got out of relegation trouble at the end of last season from a seemingly impossible position, makes me think 3 points v Enfield on Saturday would be very welcome.

When you call the opposing centre forward a ‘fat bastard’ then of course he’ll score a last minute equaliser and of course he’ll score the penalty that seals it….

So our blue away shirts are obviously cursed. Wear amber and blue and we win! 🤣

Amazing - gutted to have not been there, but congratulations to the players and the management! 💪

Just. Hold on. Stuff that.... Get INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Yesssssssssss!!! 3 2 up......2 late goals. Incredible. Bates to Knight. Superb.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS 2-2. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS 3-2.

Different season, different budget and different squad. Because of the position we're in I think most will grab not being relegated with both hands.

Unfortunately the blame should not only be on the manager, who has made many mistakes this season, by not being reactive enough to bring in the right personnel when we were lacking in defence and opted for more attackers. I have heard on good authority that the budget was kept the same as last season which in effect with inflation is a budget cut. So what can we really expect a rookie manager to achieve? He has to wheel and deal and look for bargains. Although not everyone knows each clubs budget, people talk in football and it's widely known we have one of the five smallest budgets in the league. Keep the faith and let's hope we stay up and build again next season. Up the rebels!

You're 1 - possibly 2 - wins from safety. Given your run-in of: Hornchurch, Enfield Town, Weymouth, Aveley, Torquay United, Boreham Wood, Chesham United, Hampton & Richmond Borough I think you'll be ok. So please can we have the points?

RR I mean that the location is not ideal as there is no room for expansion. Surely we won't be able to put up large stands behind the goals or expand the car park? Even adding catering and toilet facilities to the East side of the ground (which we will need to do if we ever want to go up to the NLP) will severely impact the standing space and therefore the capacity. ATM we're barely NLS compliant and the capacity issue is a bit iffy IMO. As I understand it, to go up to NLP we'll need a capacity of 4000 as well as the potential to go up to League Two minimum (which is 5000). Our official safe capacity at the moment I believe is 2500, which as I read it (https://www.thefa.com/get-involved/player/ground-grading) is lower than 3000 needed for Grade 2 grading (NLS minimum). As we're limiting this to 2000, it's obvious that major reconstruction work will be needed if we ever hope to progress in this regard. They must think this is possible or else we wouldn't have been allowed to compete in the play-offs in 2020, but is it really financially viable? Slough's demographics mean that it is not a town that is ripe to attract thousands of football supporters (especially non-league football). But you're right there are a few places with similar demographics that have teams in the Football League. However these were all established Football League clubs with much larger fanbases to start with and were therefore much better placed to survive bad times (such as 13 years homeless for example), as well as usually being large towns not quite so near London and within spiting distance of 5 big Premier League teams, or else cities in their own right. All of these things unfortunately have worked and will work against us.

Fantastic day yesterday - surprised there is not more discussion on here! Nice ground, friendly staff there .. Was expecting Peake to return to the XI - and was hoping we would go for 2 strikers .. Game started with us in containment mode - never nice seeing us defend close up and their direct balls over were causing us some issues, they seemed to be targeting our left hand side. Thought Salisbury didnt look like a team about to get embroiled in a relegation battle ... We appeared to start with Bates further forward than Sam but this looked to change during the half. Aside from an early 1 on 1, we restricted them, making a few chances of our own as well. Hish hit the crossbar, and we had a scramble or 2. Great set piece on the stroke of HT with Hawkins scoring a great header! My concern was we would start to sit back and try to defend the lead, which has been unsuccessful in the past .. on the contrary we were pressing them further up the pitch, and although fortuitous we deserve a bit of luck, just like at Weston with a goalkeeping error! Our fans erupted and it was a great feeling!! Joe made some important saves, and the team battled really hard .. Xavier misjudged the flight of the ball for the equaliser but we held on. Everyone battled hard and was great to see! Yet again we are described by opposition fans on social media as the worst team they've seen - but who cares - and it does mean Gavin's stifling tactics are working .. Thought the Town fans were outstanding in their support and overall a proud day to be a towner! Gav did use 4 of the subs - 2 for injuries, 2 to freshen things up - they took Billy out a number of times and he hobbled off, but didnt give any indication it was serious at the end of the game, whilst Hish also left injured - more doubtful for Tues I would suggest .. With us being the only victors in the bottom half of the table it felt great, especially with Weymouth late equaliser at St Albans St Albans play their game in hand tomorrow night at Chelmsford - hoping they dont manage a win - their forum was very negative after yesterday . We must build on this and get another 3 pts on Tuesday - Hampton are mid table with nothing to play for and have lost at home to Hemel - I think we need 4 wins and this is one of the more likely one .. Joe or Rhys? Well personally I think Joe keeps his place after last couple of performances - was my MOM yesterday. Chuks can replace Hish if injured, and Jon O can take over from Billy .. personally I would go 2 up as we are at home .. but don't expect Gavin to change it .. Up The Town! Cant wait for Tuesday!

Whenever I realise that the ref for the game is going to be Mr Eddie, I am confident that we are in for a consistent, reliable, reffing performance. Every time he has reffed one of our games he is consistently crap, and I know I can rely on him to make plenty of wrong decisions in the forthcoming 90 minutes. In my opinion he didn't disappoint yesterday. I haven't seen any video highlights as I write this, so I might change my opinions after watching them , but how on earth could he have given David a yellow card for that incident in the penalty area in the first half ? I thought not only was David fouled once in the move, I thought he was fouled twice. I thought he was caught first of all just after he got into the area, and I was thinking he should have gone down as most other players would have done in that situation, but he stayed on his feet, carried on another yard or two and then received another trip by a Farnborough defender. Definite penalty in my eyes. At the time I thought Slavi's was a penalty too, but RebelVilla states above that he thought Slavi went to ground too easily, so I'd like to see the video on that one. Scotty sending off ? I hate to say it, but I agree with Spencer. (Oh the shame.) Again I haven't seen any video of the incident, but at the time I couldn't believe a foul wasn't given against us. I'd love to be shown to be wrong, as agreeing with Spencer definitely doesn't sit well with me. I can't agree with Spencer's assessment that they deserved to win the game, I thought a draw was a fair result, but sadly I think he, as well as us, had plenty to be unhappy about with the ref's performance. In the first half, there were two blatant fouls by us on his players that I was delighted we got away with near the touchline where the dug outs are. And in the second half Farnborough had a dangerous attack going when a ball was passed through to one of their players heading towards our penalty box but thankfully offside was given. The ball had though taken a big deflection off of one of our players so in my interpretation of the rules play should have carried on. This happened right in front of the Farnborough bench, and they all saw the ball come off our player, so I'm not surprised they were unhappy. Thankfully a poor ref didn't totally ruin what I thought was an entertaining game. On another day we could have won it. On another day we could have lost it. I'm very happy with a point.

Glen, you'd be hard pressed to find a building that didn't contain asbestos - asbestos was only banned for use in construction in 1999! Asbestos is still everywhere - in artex ceilings, pipe lagging, corrugated roofs, insulation, heating systems.... the list is endless. In the UK it is almost impossible to avoid asbestos. However..... asbestos is usually harmless unless it is disturbed (for example, don't drill into an asbestos ceiling as it will release harmful particles into the air). But you almost certainly do, or have worked, in a building containing asbestos!

Not pretty, but 3 points... Salisbury played most of the football in the first half without troubling Wright, and we looked like a side short on ideas. That said, we stayed in the game and a well worked set piece goal saw us in at 0-1 at HT. Our 2nd was an absolute gift from their keeper, reminiscent of the equaliser away at Weston, but I'll take it! Poor goal to concede after an speculative diagonal which seemed to completely miss Benjamin when it looked easier to head it, but after that we fought hard to hold on to the lead, and whilst not remotely easy to watch, we came away with an important 3 points. The season is just about still alive 🤞🤞

I think what Glenn was trying to get across was if there’s even a slightest risk it causes cancer surely they will ban the pitches immediately rather than just say oh it’s fine you can play on them until 2031.

I’m bidding on behalf of Jerry Gill just so he can experience what proper management looks like…. 😂

Don't agree. I was standing behind the goal and it was clear that Sam wasn't confident that the ball would stay still during his run-up (it moved several times when he tried to put it on the non-existent penalty spot). Now quite why that made him think it was the right time for a panenka I don't know, but it definitely affected his thinking. I would have thought on a sticky pitch like that, the harder you leather it the better, but he's a way better footballer than I ever was. Don't forget he rarely misses from the spot so no need to be overly judgemental. If we get a penalty at Salisbury, I'd still pick Youngs to take it.

The vids in this thread show that the ball didn't cross the line (IMO) but it looks like it was swatted away by the defender with his hand: https://x.com/ETFCOfficial/status/1906023549531210094 Not easy to spot by the ref, to be honest, it was a deserved penalty.

Sam Evans makes his first start for Farnham & scores in 5-1 win at Ascot

Good result pleased with that, shame St Albans grabbed a goal back and drew 1-1 and Welling beat Worthing 2-0 😮

I see somebody has bid to be Scott's Assistant tomorrow, fair play. My Mrs asked me if I'd done it, I'd be bloody lynched 😂

I hope the team got a metaphoric kick up the rear end after Tuesday. So a better performance 2-1 Urchins. Attendance St. Albans are well supported so 1490

You've had lots of practice.

Credit to Gavin for changing the forward line up three times in the second half to unsettle their defence. Great strike from Sidwell. Coyt

They lost a couple of key players and have some others injured according to their forum

https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/126398/auctions/176653/auction_items/5924639 In the changing room prior to the game. Sat in the dug out. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? With their player-manager likely on the pitch, perhaps make all 5 subs in the first 10 minutes? Get the sub keeper on up front? ......

Joe is a registered, permanent signing who has played very well while covering for Rhys, rather more than a stand-in. We now have two very good keepers on our books, and Gavin now has a very difficult choice to make. I wouldn't personally like to make the choice, but I'll go with whatever he decides.