Oxhey Jets 1 Ruislip Manor 0

[Lato]

I suppose you can say Oxhey did to us what we did to Enfield Town. They got a lead and defended it well. We played more football and their keeper had a great match but we didn't play at all well.

 

Have to say the pitch was shocking but same for both sides so can't use it as an excuse.

[Rhodes]

Lato - This thread proved popular didn't it, only another 1600 views to go to catch up with Brimsdown v Kentish Town. The reason I have resurected it is that there was a Groundhopper feature in yesterday's Non League paper and as I'm such a nice guy I will type it out although the beers are on you (again) next time we meet:

'It's 1st Qualifying Round of the FA Cup day, I would almost certainly plump for the local derby between Ossett Town v Ossett Albion but my travelling companions have all visited that ground. Oxhey Jets of the SSML is my second choice so off we go, on the journey south I can't help smiling at the irony of driving to an FA Cup game, passing faded signs to Wembley Stadium. Oxhey, pronounced Oxy, play on Altham Way in a village just outside Watford, the Club have come a long way in a short space of time so I am interested to see how things are developing. I park in the swimming pool car park adjacent to the ground, my next task is to find some food and follow signs to 'Food Village' expecting a wide range of mouth watering dishes, I find a small caravan selling the flattest rolls I have seen and a few chocolate bars. I pay £5 at the gate and I'm charged 50p for a thin programme, there is a small seating area next to the entrance but I am sure the dividing curtain that forms a tunnel for the players to come out of is completely unnecessary. There is a beautiful pine-mulch behind one goal and a sort of meadow behind the other, all very rural but hardly the hard standing the FA Cup ground graders require. The pitch is the worst I have seen and looks like it has hosted a ploughing match, the announcer sounds like he is standing in the deep end of the swimming pool. It comes as no surprise that the football is terrible, I think the players are more concerned about keeping their ankles in one piece than passing the ball to a team mate. Ruislip's number 4 does the crowd a favour by heading into his own net when a free kick is swung over, the vociferous locals standing on 'Moaners Mount' do their best to instil a bit of Cup atmosphere by shouting their team to victory with some occasional noise coming from Manor's loyal followers. The standard of football is such that no amount of hootin and hollerin can liven things up. At half time I scan through the programme, it has an attractive cardboard cover with the photocopied pages unstapled inside, it contains histories of both Club's, nine pages of adverts and a couple of match reports and is about right for the price. The second half is non-descript, on the way home as part of Five Live's lip-service to smaller Club's they are asking people to phone in to nominate their player of the round, a better idea would be to read out the scores instead of another mind numbingly boring live commentary from a Premiership match. I try and phone to give Ruislip's defender the nod for sparing us extra time with his own goal'.

Well a few quick observations there, firstly the guy sounds a complete anorak and secondly I'm surprised Non League gave it so much space as the article is not as good or as well written as it perhaps could have been. Also he seems to have been at a different game to Lato and lastly would it have gone into extra time as he suggests had it have been 0-0 after 90 minutes.

[Lato]

Interesting report but why do you say he was at a different game from me when we were obviously both there?

 

And no I don't think there would have been extra time

[coupwotcoup]

What are the OJs like this season...got them again in the Vase in a few weeks?

[Lato]

You at home or at their place?

 

If you play at their place you might want to take some seeds to plant in what resembles a ploughed field.

[blues06]

Oxhey aint the best of sides!!

They are very physical and will try and bully u out of the game!

[Football Man]

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Rhodes said:
and lastly would it have gone into extra time as he suggests had it have been 0-0 after 90 minutes.

If the two teams and the referee had agreed beforehand then yes, it would have gone to extra time but most away clubs prefer the opportunity of a home replay and don't tend to agree.

But then, as it's the FA Cup, you wouldn't have known that as you've had no reason to scrupulously read through the rule book for that competition yet.

[Rhodes]

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Potters Bar Town FC said:
But then, as it's the FA Cup, you wouldn't have known that as you've had no reason to scrupulously read through the rule book for that competition yet.

Well who's fault is that (think about it). Incidentally someone you know well was at our game at Cranfield this evening, were your ears burning about 8.35 and 9.40.

[Rhodes]

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Lato said: We played more football and their keeper had a great match but we didn't play at all well.

Lato - This comment of yours made me think the anorak was at a different match, he made no mention of you playing more football and the Oxhey keeper having a blinder Tomashevski 1973 style, or at least that's the impression you gave.

[Football Man]

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Rhodes said:
Well who's fault is that (think about it).

No need to think about it, Rhodes. As you keep saying, I'm a knowledgeable football man. The fault clearly lies with the FA as it is their decision not to allow SSML Div 1 sides to enter the FA Cup. Did you "assume" the blame may lie elsewhere?

[coupwotcoup]

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Lato said:
You at home or at their place?

If you play at their place you might want to take some seeds to plant in what resembles a ploughed field.

They have the pleasure of gracing our snooker table-like surface..again. Played them last year too, and won 2-0.

[Rhodes]

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Potters Bar Town FC said:
Did you "assume" the blame may lie elsewhere?

Well I was actually suggesting that by you preventing us from playing Cup matches at Parkfield (from what I heard) it had a long term knock on effect on Kentish Town, afterall we would have been in the FA Vase, London Senior Cup and FA Youth Cup this season and, as I've indicated before, may well have done a Hillingdon Borough the way we are playing at the moment.

[Football Man]

Okay Rhodes, as you seemingly won't let sleeping dogs lie, here is what happened.

 

It was made very, very clear at the time the groundshare agreement was drawn up that Kentish Town would only be allowed to play SSML and SSML Cup competition matches at Potters Bar for the duration of the groundshare agreement. It was documented in black and white and Gregg put his signature to it.

 

At the end of last season, Kentish Town's then Secretary, Kevin Young, wrote to me asking for information about our ground to complete their FA Vase application. I immediately advised Gregg, Frank and Kevin by e-mail that this was not part of the groundshare arrangements and that they were not to enter the FA Vase.

 

For whatever reason, they chose to completely ignore this (in much the same way that Gregg continues to ignore the e-mail that I sent him earlier this season, copied to you, and continues to tread on very thin ice as a result) and went ahead and submitted an application anyway. To add further insult, they also decided to enter the FA Youth Cup without even bothering to consult with anyone at Potters Bar! This information first came to my attention when I received the FA's published booklet of applications received for the FA Competitions. I immediately e-mailed the FA and told them that Kentish Town FC were not playing FA Competition matches at Potters Bar.

 

As far as Potters Bar were concerned, this was a clear breach of the groundshare agreement by Kentish Town FC. At the time, Potters Bar were very much in two minds about whether to resurrect the reserve side and were erring against it. However, Kentish Town's actions swung matters completely the other way as the Officers at Potters Bar became less concerned about Kentish Town's future on the basis that they had deliberately attempted to breach the groundshare agreement through taking actions they had specifically been told not to take. If Kentish Town were that desperate to play in the FA Vase, they shouldn't have agreed to groundshare at Potters Bar in the first place!

 

Obviously, our Chairman was quite diplomatic when he informed Gregg of the decision to terminate the groundshare, but as you keep hanging on to this matter (which had absolutely nothing to do with you anyway) like a dog with a bone, I have decided that there is no other option but to tell the story as it was.

 

I think it's fair to say that Kentish Town may well have still been at Potters Bar this season had their Officers not proved so amateurish and ignorant. A lot of posts on this forum over the last couple of months seem to show that they haven't exactly improved in that department this season. If I was given the choice tomorrow of going to work for Gregg or Aki, I'd take Aki without hesitation.

 

There's your full explanation. Happy now, Rhodes?

[Lato]

You mean Tomaszewski though I'll let you off as it isn't the easiest to spell...why do you think I chose Lato as a sign on.

 

The guy who wrote that article is obviously not affiliated to either side and can therefore write a report without bias attempting (albeit unsuccessfully) to be humourous.

 

it was a poor game and I was trying to spice it up...you above all should know the value of that Rhodes

[Rhodes]

Lato - Fair comment and at least you and the anorak agree on the state of the Oxhey Jets pitch where he states that it's the worst he's seen, bearing in mind he has possibly been to hundreds, if not thousands, of games it must have been bad. You mean you were trying to spice up a match report, never, that's very unlike you, if you were suggesting that I do then that is not the case, Kentish Town have not been involved in a poor or dull game all season, indeed the dullest was probably our 8-2 win over Brache Sparta.