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[Student Scum]

Well, we've all been here before haven't we? The close season with all its thrills, spills and hayfever pills! Thank FIFA for the World Cup as it might prevent some of you moaning about the lack of action on the Northfleet front. In support of what

 

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jc said (albeit on another thread):

Are you looking for a prize for being the 1,000th contributor to this forum to make a 'humorous' reference to our current lack of players, a common occurrence for many non-league sides at the end of May?

...here, for all the solcredulists amongst you and your sensationalist responses about how the club is heading down the Swannee, is my idiots' guide (note the use of the plural and apostrophe!) to our previous Conference close season dealings:

 

31st jul 2005 glozier, danny IN rlsd by leyton orient

31st jul 2005 holloway, craig IN rlsd by farnborough

31st jul 2005 kerr, aaron IN free agent

15th jul 2005 bowry, bobby IN rlsd by colchester

3rd jul 2005 smith, james IN from welling utd

1st jun 2005 slatter, danny IN from welling united

28th may 2005 gooding, scott IN from crawley town

26th may 2005 gledhill, lee OUT to welling utd

26th may 2005 pinnock, jamie OUT to welling utd

18th may 2005 sigere, jean michel OUT left club

12th may 2005 bunce, nathan OUT released

12th may 2005 essendoh, roy OUT released

12th may 2005 macdonald, charlie IN rlsd by crawley

12th may 2005 wilkerson, paul OUT released

1st may 2005 sidibe, moussa OUT left club

 

7 OUT (ALL before the end of May), 8 IN

 

13th aug 2004 boujadi, romauld IN non-contract, from carshalton

5th aug 2004 duku, francis OUT released

25th jul 2004 surey, ben IN rlsd by crystal palace

1st jul 2004 lee, matt OUT to welling united

30th jun 2004 overland, simon OUT was non-contract

30th jun 2004 pennock, adrian OUT retired as player

4th jun 2004 gradley, pat OUT released

3rd jun 2004 mcclements, eddie OUT to dartford

25th may 2004 omoyinmi, manny IN released by oxford utd

17th may 2004 jackson, jimmy IN out-of-contract

12th may 2004 porter, graham IN rlsd by margate

6th may 2004 abbey, ben OUT released

6th may 2004 haworth, rob OUT released

5th may 2004 saunders, jay IN from margate

29th apr 2004 owen, robert OUT released

29th apr 2004 perkins, steve OUT released

27th apr 2004 walshe, ben OUT to qpr, loan ended

 

11 OUT (5 by the end of May), 6 IN

 

5th aug 2003 huggins, leroy IN from fisher athletic

5th aug 2003 meah, jeran IN from boreham wood

5th aug 2003 perkins, steve IN rlsd by aldershot

5th aug 2003 turner, lee OUT left club

25th jul 2003 abbey, ben IN rlsd by macclesfield

25th jul 2003 budge, kevin OUT to heybridge

21st jul 2003 mcclements, eddie IN rlsd by fulham

21st jul 2003 o'reilly, alex IN from thurrock

16th jul 2003 hatch, liam OUT to barnet

15th jul 2003 drury, andy IN from sittingbourne

15th jul 2003 gradley, pat IN rlsd by qpr

15th jul 2003 shearer, lee IN rlsd by margate

11th jun 2003 pinnock, jamie IN from kingstonian

3rd jun 2003 bentley, mark OUT to dagenham and redbridge

3rd jun 2003 turner, jamie OUT released

2nd jun 2003 turner, lee IN from margate

27th may 2003 jackson, jimmy OUT to dagenham

21st may 2003 burton, nick OUT to farnborough town

18th may 2003 trott, robin IN prev. at grays athletic

15th may 2003 hogg, anthony IN from welling

9th may 2003 barnett, aaron OUT released

9th may 2003 stadhart, che OUT released

9th may 2003 wilkins, craig OUT released

27th apr 2003 lovett, jay OUT to brentford, loan ended

 

11 OUT (6 by the end of May), 13 IN

 

Personally speaking, this close season was by far the bitterest pill to swallow - firm favourites: Craig, Che, Aaron, Jacko, Nick Burton, both Jamie AND Lee Turner, Benno and Liam left the club...

 

Now, I'm not Daish's biggest fan, but given that last year he brought in (and kept) Craig Holloway, James Smith, Danny Slatter and Charlie Macdonald, let's see what he can get hold of this summer and then we can moan at him next season <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

 

Thanks to confguide for their inexplicable ability to not use capitalisation and hazard guesses as to the date of these dealings <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Stu M]

Ah, now you've spoiled it. Showing everyone evidence that we've kinda been in this situation before is hardly fair. What will all those people who think Daish is responsible for everything from releasing 10 players to global warming to the situation in Iraq do now?

[Student Scum]

Who knows what they'll do? Probably come onto this and moan at me for being responsible for James Blunt's recording career I s'pose!

 

It was interesting (and wholly diverting from my year 10 coursework marking!) to compile a list of transfers like that - even more so when you look at who Daish managed to recruit AND retain for another season... compared with Andy Ford's merciless culling of the squad that kept us afloat following one season in the conference!

[Slartibartfast]

Good post S.S. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/applaus.gif" alt="" /> but it will cut no ice with the tea hut brigade, the funny thing is you could probably come up with very similar stats for every other club in the conference.