H&W H 27th Nov FA Trophy

[Irishadrian]

Another great and entertaining post Holyport Rebel!

[Bernie Gogan]

4 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

On Billy Clifford, he did what 99.99% of player would do and went where the money is, so can't blame him for that.

I suppose him saying he had a genuine affection for the club/loved playing for Slough etc might have led some naive supporters to think that he would join us permanently.

I only heard a bit of light hearted banter which I'm sure didn't upset him too much.

 

Yeah, heard some banter too. Never expected to see him at Slough after his loan, but would have been nice! IMO he had a very good game for H&W yesterday and was behind most things good from them. He was subbed by Bailey after his booking to ensure they still had 10 on the pitch. I thought their 10 players did a good job for the last hour of the game without really threatening. However, our game management won the day and we should have won by 2 or 3 if we'd stuck our chances away.

[Footyfan007]

1 hour ago, Holyport Rebel said:

Afternoon all.

Cold yesterday wasn't it ?

I can remember being at school and having double games on a Wednesday afternoon, and running out wearing my football kit  onto the school pitch in the middle of winter, with snow being driven

horizontally  across the frozen ground by a gale force wind, and  not even noticing the freezing temperature. In fact being very disappointed when we had to finish after an hour and a half and go in and get changed.

Yesterday, nearly half a century later, I' m wearing thermals, two jumpers, two pairs of socks, a thick jacket, a scarf, gloves and a hat and looking forward to getting somewhere warm at the final whistle

as soon as I get through the turnstile ! 

Youth is wasted on the young !

Another awful FA Trophy draw for us, home to Havant, but we are through to the next round.

Quite deservedly in my view.

I  felt all game that Havant were never going to score, which is a strange feeling for me as most weeks I worry the opposition are going to score every time they cross the half-way line.  

We had some great chances to make the scoreline more emphatic, Ben ,Max and Alphonso all could have scored, but one was enough in the end.

My second rated highlight of the game was George Hunt's turn to once again bamboozle two opposition defenders, and lay a great chance off to Max.

If Max had put that chance away it would have been a great goal.

I'm pleased the highlights show this move. (George's skill was worth the entrance fee on its own. )

Sorry George, but my highlight of the day has to be the linesman at the far side of the ground, who, while running past me in the direction of the half-way line quite clearly called a Havant fan

a  "knob"  for querying a decision the lino had just made.

Well said Sir!

You don't get  entertainment like that in the "Greed is Good"  Premiership !

 Ever since we've been in the National League South I've felt we have had a great opportunity to have a decent run in the Trophy.

In my view  there are only the teams in the National League that you would think on paper should be a grade above us, and are they that bothered about the Trophy ?

( Yes I know there are a few clubs in our division with greater budgets etc than us, but should we be scared of them?      No.)

Remembering reading the Torquay fans forum that season we were "privileged" to be in the same division as their mighty club, many of their fans thought being non-league was beneath them.

The ex Football League teams might get interested when they get to the semi-finals but before this ?

I'm thinking they are fully focused on getting out of the National League, and most of the "proper" non-league teams in this division are more concerned with staying in it ?

And already this year it seems we have lost over half the National League South teams and a third of the National League North teams.

I would love Slough Town to get to Wembley.  Probably more so than to get to the FA Cup 3rd round.

I was there in 1973 when we played in the Amateur Cup Final, but I wasn't an avid Rebel fan then, and wasn't there at the semi-final when we reached Wembley.

That must have been an incredible feeling.

I was there at the losing Trophy semi-finals in '77 and '98, and I'm sure I will get over the disappointment soon.

Why can't we get to the final this season ?

Blimey, Concord Rangers and Hornchurch have made it in the last few years so why not us ? 

Here's hoping for some decent draws for us in the rounds to come, starting tomorrow.

Dartford, here we come !

( Please God no. )

 

 

  

    

 

 

Game wasn't great as everyone says however Slough managed the weather and Havant both well.

George was targeted very early on when he came with a hefty challenge on him, maybe an attempt to get in his head as a young player as maybe they saw him as a threat from the last game which had some history in their dugout giving him some grief, loved the fact he just got up from this and was not put of by it.

Coldest game I can recall being at!

 

 

 

 

 

[sdelaney]

Some great posts above.

So it was cold but still so disappointed with the attendance were all the supporters sitting at home in front of log fires.

 

[Irishadrian]

What was the declared attendance ?  Thank You

[Shredding Green]

5 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

What was the declared attendance ?  Thank You

373

[Reading Rebel]

8 hours ago, sdelaney said:

Some great posts above.

So it was cold but still so disappointed with the attendance were all the supporters sitting at home in front of log fires.

 

Very cold weather tends to keep some supporters away combined with all pay and some being selective in what games they attend is the only reasons I can think of for the low attendance.

[GarySTFC]

Attendance of 373 

[sdelaney]

9 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

What was the declared attendance ?  Thank You

371 appeared on the electronic screen as standing next to the lads I said wish there was a a 1 in front of that figure another one said or after the 1 at the end

[sdelaney]

2 minutes ago, sdelaney said:

371 appeared on the electronic screen as standing next to the lads I said wish there was a a 1 in front of that figure another one said or after the 1 at the end

I did not read Last couple of posts so it was 373 and not 371 then .

[GarySTFC]

24 minutes ago, sdelaney said:

371 appeared on the electronic screen as standing next to the lads I said wish there was a a 1 in front of that figure another one said or after the 1 at the end

Certainly won't have as I'm sure I typed in 373 for the scoreboard to display Steve!

[Reading Rebel]

22 minutes ago, GarySTFC said:

Certainly won't have as I'm sure I typed in 373 for the scoreboard to display Steve!

On the subject of the scoreboard.

When it comes to playing time added on I'm pretty sure I've seen the scoreboard start to calculate the extra time and then immediately go off and just return to 90 mins +.

It must be possible to programme the scoreboard so that it calculates the minutes that are to be added on. 

Edited November 29, 2021 by Reading Rebel

[Irishadrian]

I thought the attendance was very poor until I looked at a few other clubs websites  136 at Braintree  210 at Hungerford I'm sure there were more teams whose fans wouldn't brave the perishing cold

[Reading Rebel]

1 minute ago, Irishadrian said:

I thought the attendance was very poor until I looked at a few other clubs websites  136 at Braintree  210 at Hungerford I'm sure there were more teams whose fans wouldn't brave the perishing cold

The cold weather must have been a major factor but also with prices/cost of living going up in leaps and bounds must be a factor.

[sdelaney]

1 hour ago, GarySTFC said:

Certainly won't have as I'm sure I typed in 373 for the scoreboard to display Steve!

Yeah Gary vision express for me then? just wished there was 1373 or 3731 at the game 

[rebelade]

With regards to the scoreboard, we used to add the referees added time to the counter but you have to remember this is the minimum time to be played. To avoid conflict we now just put the added time without the counter as it stops fans/ managers saying that the scoreboard says this but you played this much.

As for Billy , he still has lots of family in the Slough area, hence his affiliation with the club. He stayed behind with a few teammates on Saturday enjoying a few beers and chatting to fans.

[GarySTFC]

7 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

On the subject of the scoreboard.

When it comes to playing time added on I'm pretty sure I've seen the scoreboard start to calculate the extra time and then immediately go off and just return to 90 mins +.

It must be possible to programme the scoreboard so that it calculates the minutes that are to be added on. 

As Ade says we have requested the scoreboard display the time as 45:00/90:00 at the end of each half which I believe is common practice. As the minimum added time is announced, it can be displayed above the timer but that does generate different issues within the software itself. You may notice though that as we update the input on the scoreboard, the timer will briefly show the actual timer rather than the 45/90 - although this is being looked at by Quickscore who look after the software which shows on the scoreboard display.