Roystonjez Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Ho Ho Ho…..Santa Comes Early For Slough Town. Crows at Slough Town FC Saturday 1st December 2012 Result: Slough Town 3-1 Crows (Fehmi) Attendance: 234 (Approx 30 Travelling Crows) The Journey The Posse and I left Garden Walk at 12.10pm and the journey was pretty straightforward. Part of the travelling report team had a brand new sat nav! Well most Sat Navs have a choice of voices like normal, camp man and butch woman! Well this one had a life like Caroline Scott. Regularly through the trip this voice sounded “You are going too fast!” Ian in our party was looking for the ejector seat button at one point! After negotiating several “special” BMW drivers and an absolute idiot at the M25/M40 junction we arrived safely and with our Sat Nav “Muted” at the home of Slough Town FC in Beaconsfield!!! The Ground To get to the ground you had to negotiate the temptation of Beaconsfield services, McDonalds and KFC were teasing you to come in before you had to jump over a dual carriageway and a hasty left onto a track that led you to the ground. Once parked up we entered the main club house, immediately I thought that my glasses needed to be cleaned. Turned out that the room was full of smoke from the “cookhouse” that was also situated in these premises. We negotiated a field that resembled Glastonbury at its very worst to reach the turnstiles that granted you access into this little bit of football heaven. At this point I am joking Crows! Not the mud by the way, the football heaven! How would I describe the set up? Well now Crows, opposite me was uncovered terrace, to the right of me uncovered terrace, to the left was a seat stand that holds 250. Where we standing at this precise moment was, you guessed it, uncovered terrace with a little bit of shelter further on. Food and Drink After being unfairly denied the opportunity to partake in a KFC, I did take up the offer of a Slough burger. I was quite lucky, the lass on the counter stated “You have a lovely smile and you said please, I’ve not charged you for the cheese”…. Lucky me Crows, I’ve pulled over a slice of edamer! Not bad for £2.50, even better that I saved 30p on the cheese and also have Belinda’s number! Tried it earlier, got some strange person saying “Ho ya ya, yo got wang muber!” However I was told by Nick that his large sausage was good! Let’s not go there shall we! Caroline stated that the water was good for her needs. Crows, you do need to come away to experience this! Programme £2.00 for an excellent read. Criticism though….. They need to get their facts right! Apparently we are double League Champions! We won the UCL and the SSML last year! I know Paul is a miracle worker, but bordering on the impossible… never! State of Toilets Clean and warm but in need of modernisation. I was a little concerned about the gurgling noises coming from the urinals that went on for ages, I was half expecting an alien to pop out and surprise me! Tannoy System We heard no music, but the chap got a little over excited whenever Slough scored. I thought he was going to bust a blood vessel. He must be a little familiar with the players as he mentioned “the 3rd goal today has been scored by Little Eddie Smith and he is!” Home Fans Very quiet in the first half, in fact I did mention that they had a very low turnout. In the second half they all congregated in the covered terrace at the home end of the ground. Loud and itching for a response, after the second goal went in they started chanting “We’ve scored more goals than you have fans” in response we stated politely….. “At least we own our ground, at least we own our ground” This did bring a chuckle from the older supporters. Crows Good turnout from the faithful. A lot of chants of “C’mon you Crows” and “C’mon you Whites”! Players looked a little bemused when “Oh Ryan Ingrey” and “Oh Tommy Malins” were shouted out though! We did feel confident of a result in the first half, but quietened by the second half performance. The Game Definitely a game of two halves this. Kept with the Rebels in the first half and were unfortunate to go in 1-0 down after the 45. Lil Luke Robins worked his socks off and frightened the opposition. Will Norris was a tower in goal with two fantastic saves, but the Crows fought on. Lewis Endacott played extremely well in his unnatural position on the left and although a goal down things looked positive. Then the second half came………………………………………………… The Rebels came out meaning business, we came out and were poor. Slough scored 4 minutes after the restart and then there was only one team in this contest. Long ball after long ball was knocked, the team looked disjointed and frustrated and you just knew what the final result was to be. So a defeat, but after seven wins on the trot, the players should be really proud of themselves and if you are going to lose, it might as well be against the millionaire investment team of Slough Town. However on another note, young Richard pointed up at the sky and mentioned “Look at the Kites”, well Crow’s, I strained me eyes and saw no kites, only birds! Like me, Richard Scott is a bird watcher. Unlike me, he is interested in the feathered variety! Did you know that the Kite (ie bird, steers with it’s long tail!) Another fascinating fact brought by yours truly! Yes Richard… this made the article! Physio Watch Only saw “our” Kim and that’s always pleasant. Especially after a performance like that. A cheery smile and a wave goes a long way. Man Of The Match Pretty unanimous decision this. Step forward for the fourth time Jack Bradshaw. This lad must love his Cava (Or needs it for Christmas gifts as we now owe him two!) Jack was absolutely immense in a pretty disjointed performance. He put tackles in when required and showed the passion of a winner. By far the best player on the pitch for both teams, that was acknowledged by the Slough support too. Honourable mentions go to Will Norris for some fantastic saves, Taylor Parr for an excellent shift and Luke Robins for being the best attacking option over 90 minutes, Mileage for me so far (Round Trips) 1,096.4 Plus that round trip to stupid Burnham Ramblers. Jez Izod (With additional reporting from Caroline Scott, Richard Scott and Ian Collicott) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Juan DeMarcus Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Good read well done Jez keep up the good work Interestingly sure you'd like to know my phone changes you to Jezebel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I said it at the time to one of the faithful and I say it again, we've had more grounds than you've got fans. He responded with two fingers which was doing you a slight injustice and is way off the mark in respect of grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Personally I thought the jibe about not having a ground was hilarious and should be commended for its wit and originality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Juan DeMarcus Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've actually never heard it before. As I shouted to him at the time I thought he was merely using his fingers to count the score... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Gogan Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I like the reference to our millionaire investment team. Thank goodness that oligarch fella is still with us, I've heard he'll be signing another player soon, How much will Joe Chandiram cost, 20, 30 million? For 10 years we've had the joke about not having our own ground.......... it's still funny LOL.I giggle every time I hear it. A good read though Jez, fair play for all the work you and your colleagues put in supporting your team, it's a pity there aren't more of you prepared to travel. Most of the other clubs in our league don't have anyone who'd bother even to do that. In one case they only play 3 miles down the road and are currently top of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I might be wrong here Martin but If the guy sticking up the two fingers was the one standing by us I think he actually did have another finger sticking up saying there were three of them, not clearly I know, but I do think it was done tongue in cheek to be fair. The bit about the ground should be taken as a compliment, it means they cant think of anything else to say. As Bernie says 10 years we have listened to that. If we had a pound for every time we heard it we could of bought a ground. Again though if it was said by the bloke near us, he was ok to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rebel Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 really looking forward to that bloke at AFC Hayes telling us we haven't got a ground next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Had forgotten about our trip to Hayes next week - always one of my favourites of the season!!! Think Dom Rhone might be in for some 'special' treatment from their always friendly team as well as from chatting to him about when he left I'm not sure there's much love lost there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelsAndBlues Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I remember our home game v AFC Hayes in Jan last season. They had this mouthy defender who spent more time trying to wind up our fans than defending. I remember we had some old fellas in wheelchairs who gave a lot of stick to the players that day, noticed theyve not been at games this season and read something kicked off at that game. Is their absence related to that game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readingrebel Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The AFC Hayes game should be interesting with Tony Mendy and Stanley Mugisha banging the goals in for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yeah well we've got Dominic Rhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roystonjez Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 We have them on saturday!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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