Irishadrian Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The semi finals of the FA Trophy take place tomorrow Unlike normal times a result has to be produced tomorrow so penalties will be required if neccesary Hereford v Woking Notts C v Hornchurch Who do you think/guess the finalists will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Gogan Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hereford v Hornchurch final then. I thought beforehand it's worth a punt on these 2! Of course I didn't back my convictions! Now, do I back Hornchurch for the final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hereford 1 Woking 0 Notts C 3 Hornchurch 3 Hornchurch 5-4 after pens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Yes, what an incredible performance from Hornchurch to beat Notts County on penalties. Trying to think of the last time a Step 1 club hasn't reached the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredding Green Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Good evening Reading Rebel. I think it was the 2004-5 season final between Grays Athletic (Conference South) and Hucknall Town (Conference North) which was played at Villa Park with Grays Athletic winning 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The Grays Athletic manager in that final was Mark Stimson who is now manager of this season's finalist Hornchurch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 13 hours ago, Shredding Green said: Good evening Reading Rebel. I think it was the 2004-5 season final between Grays Athletic (Conference South) and Hucknall Town (Conference North) which was played at Villa Park with Grays Athletic winning 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The Grays Athletic manager in that final was Mark Stimson who is now manager of this season's finalist Hornchurch. Your right SG. I think at the time Grays were awash with money which propelled them to dizzy heights and now Hornchurch seem to have a money man backing them. As usual the money dried up at Grays and more than likely the same will happen to Hornchurch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Reading Rebel said: Your right SG. I think at the time Grays were awash with money which propelled them to dizzy heights and now Hornchurch seem to have a money man backing them. As usual the money dried up at Grays and more than likely the same will happen to Hornchurch. If so, it's Deja Vu all over again for Hornchurch for people who remember the heady days of Uncle Urchin. Never really forgiven them for being elected to the Athenian League ahead of us in 1959. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jago Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Hi guys and gals. I think we are "well funded" rather than awash with cash - certainly no stupid signings or Dorking-style largesse. But I agree the Uncle Urchin era is a bit of an embarrassment. I actually stopped going. More importantly I love your Athenian League comment KGB. Now that is what I call a grudge. Dagenham feel the same by the way. Apparently it was largely due to the Old Boy Network in the City of London, but massively helped by Romford going professional into the Southern Lg at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB) Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Call that a grudge? I've met people (now long dead) who "hated" Wycombe because they were admitted to the Isthmian League ahead of us in 1921. But, as you describe, it was all a bit of racket getting up the so-called "senior amateur" ladder until proper organised promotion and relegation was introduced and even then there were "ground grading" challenges to overcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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