DHFC v Chippenham Town, Sat 29th April 2023

[pbsmooth]

It is Zone 2 South London after all, which is like Gotham without Batman, so it is quite an achievement considering how much booze is drunk.

It is Dulwich though...

 

[chips and ham]

Hello i write as a Chippenham supporter who came on Saturday. We won because your team didnt try and frankly wasnt good enough.
If you watch the highlights of Dover v Weymouth it was constant singing and support. Now im sorry but your supporters arent the most vocal and failed to lift the team.
I must admit though you would have needed a JCB to lift that lot, You need a clear out to many people in there for the money and dont care. This has been going on with you lot for a while now.
Its time you on pitch matters were put first and politics be put on the backburner and perhaps you need a few people on you trust who know about the playing side?
Something we noticed is home a fair percentage of your support on the day and reading this thread weren't / arent too bothered you were relegated? The conversation is more were can the children kick a ball during the game?
I can tell you we would have been and maybe thats the difference between us , Weymouth,Dover and Concord and some of you? We want to win ?
This was in your hands you only needed a point regardless!
You are the strangest team we've encountered a strong but not that vociferous crowd. A political club in many regards unlike many some of your fans at home are not the friendliest.
I do not mean aggressive i mean arrogant middle class, I played high grade rugby down home in Cornwall in the front row and met a few just the same. I find being polite to them does the trick they dont know how to react.
We cheered loudly at the end because we won as one of your contributors asked why? We are a far more blue collar fan base than you and perhaps thats why it matters so much to us.
Than to some of your fanbase? Whatever direction your fanbase wants to go i wish you good luck.
A club like yours with a 2000 plus fan base should be doing much better in all honesty?
On travelling to your place it wasnt easy and driving is impossible with the ridiculous tax to come in and out of the metropolis. We've got Yeovil now instead on our tiny budget its a miracle we stay up we are a well managed club on and off the pitch.
Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

 

[scousedom]

Hello i write as a Chippenham supporter who came on Saturday. We won because your team didnt try and frankly wasnt good enough.
If you watch the highlights of Dover v Weymouth it was constant singing and support. Now im sorry but your supporters arent the most vocal and failed to lift the team.
I must admit though you would have needed a JCB to lift that lot, You need a clear out to many people in there for the money and dont care. This has been going on with you lot for a while now.
Its time you on pitch matters were put first and politics be put on the backburner and perhaps you need a few people on you trust who know about the playing side?
Something we noticed is home a fair percentage of your support on the day and reading this thread weren't / arent too bothered you were relegated? The conversation is more were can the children kick a ball during the game?
I can tell you we would have been and maybe thats the difference between us , Weymouth,Dover and Concord and some of you? We want to win ?
This was in your hands you only needed a point regardless!
You are the strangest team we've encountered a strong but not that vociferous crowd. A political club in many regards unlike many some of your fans at home are not the friendliest.
I do not mean aggressive i mean arrogant middle class, I played high grade rugby down home in Cornwall in the front row and met a few just the same. I find being polite to them does the trick they dont know how to react.
We cheered loudly at the end because we won as one of your contributors asked why? We are a far more blue collar fan base than you and perhaps thats why it matters so much to us.
Than to some of your fanbase? Whatever direction your fanbase wants to go i wish you good luck.
A club like yours with a 2000 plus fan base should be doing much better in all honesty?
On travelling to your place it wasnt easy and driving is impossible with the ridiculous tax to come in and out of the metropolis. We've got Yeovil now instead on our tiny budget its a miracle we stay up we are a well managed club on and off the pitch.
Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

I for one welcome our new ChatGPT overlords.

 

[Hamlet Pete]

Hello i write as a Chippenham supporter who came on Saturday. We won because your team didnt try and frankly wasnt good enough.
If you watch the highlights of Dover v Weymouth it was constant singing and support. Now im sorry but your supporters arent the most vocal and failed to lift the team.
I must admit though you would have needed a JCB to lift that lot, You need a clear out to many people in there for the money and dont care. This has been going on with you lot for a while now.
Its time you on pitch matters were put first and politics be put on the backburner and perhaps you need a few people on you trust who know about the playing side?
Something we noticed is home a fair percentage of your support on the day and reading this thread weren't / arent too bothered you were relegated? The conversation is more were can the children kick a ball during the game?
I can tell you we would have been and maybe thats the difference between us , Weymouth,Dover and Concord and some of you? We want to win ?
This was in your hands you only needed a point regardless!
You are the strangest team we've encountered a strong but not that vociferous crowd. A political club in many regards unlike many some of your fans at home are not the friendliest.
I do not mean aggressive i mean arrogant middle class, I played high grade rugby down home in Cornwall in the front row and met a few just the same. I find being polite to them does the trick they dont know how to react.
We cheered loudly at the end because we won as one of your contributors asked why? We are a far more blue collar fan base than you and perhaps thats why it matters so much to us.
Than to some of your fanbase? Whatever direction your fanbase wants to go i wish you good luck.
A club like yours with a 2000 plus fan base should be doing much better in all honesty?
On travelling to your place it wasnt easy and driving is impossible with the ridiculous tax to come in and out of the metropolis. We've got Yeovil now instead on our tiny budget its a miracle we stay up we are a well managed club on and off the pitch.
Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

So that's where its all been going wrong. Thanks for the input Chips. Enjoy you well organised club trip to Yeovil next season

 

[Moroccan Sunset]

Hello i write as a Chippenham supporter who came on Saturday. We won because your team didnt try and frankly wasnt good enough.
If you watch the highlights of Dover v Weymouth it was constant singing and support. Now im sorry but your supporters arent the most vocal and failed to lift the team.
I must admit though you would have needed a JCB to lift that lot, You need a clear out to many people in there for the money and dont care. This has been going on with you lot for a while now.
Its time you on pitch matters were put first and politics be put on the backburner and perhaps you need a few people on you trust who know about the playing side?
Something we noticed is home a fair percentage of your support on the day and reading this thread weren't / arent too bothered you were relegated? The conversation is more were can the children kick a ball during the game?
I can tell you we would have been and maybe thats the difference between us , Weymouth,Dover and Concord and some of you? We want to win ?
This was in your hands you only needed a point regardless!
You are the strangest team we've encountered a strong but not that vociferous crowd. A political club in many regards unlike many some of your fans at home are not the friendliest.
I do not mean aggressive i mean arrogant middle class, I played high grade rugby down home in Cornwall in the front row and met a few just the same. I find being polite to them does the trick they dont know how to react.
We cheered loudly at the end because we won as one of your contributors asked why? We are a far more blue collar fan base than you and perhaps thats why it matters so much to us.
Than to some of your fanbase? Whatever direction your fanbase wants to go i wish you good luck.
A club like yours with a 2000 plus fan base should be doing much better in all honesty?
On travelling to your place it wasnt easy and driving is impossible with the ridiculous tax to come in and out of the metropolis. We've got Yeovil now instead on our tiny budget its a miracle we stay up we are a well managed club on and off the pitch.
Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

If ever there was proof that it's not such a bad thing to be departing the NLS...

 

[Taper]

I was brought up in a terraced house and played high grade rugby (Notts Schools u16 reserve second row) and I must say I've always found conversation with the Dulwich Hamlet middle-classes most agreeable.

 

[tonysingh]

I was brought up in a terraced house and played high grade rugby (Notts Schools u16 reserve second row) and I must say I've always found conversation with the Dulwich Hamlet middle-classes most agreeable.

But not with us lower orders at se22?

Class War now!

 

[Taper]

I find I am able to engage in a civil manner.

 

[Hamlet Pete]

I was brought up in a terraced house and played high grade rugby (Notts Schools u16 reserve second row) and I must say I've always found conversation with the Dulwich Hamlet middle-classes most agreeable.

I grew up on Tyrrell Road in East Dulwich (my mum still lives there). We played rugby during games at school. Me and my mate Steven used to get rid of the ball as soon as we could before the bigger boys tackled us. I'll talk to anyone given the chance, as long as they want to talk to me, obvs

 

[Pink Panther]

Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

I think we already have, thanks, and 3,000+ supporters seem fairly happy with it.

I've read some drivel on here (and probably written some myself) but the rest of this post takes the biscuit. I'm still not certain whether it's tongue in cheek or actually serious.

I've been to Chippenham a couple of times, but missed all the factories and heavy industry that keeps their loyal blue collar supporters out of mischief all week before they let off steam in support of their team on a Saturday afternoon. (Seeing as you wanted to bring politics into it, I notice the local MP is a Tory minister with a large majority. I can never understand blue collar workers voting for those bastards.)

My favourite bit is the complaint about travelling to Champion Hill. Our ground is right next to a station. My family has lived in the area since 1910, neither my parents nor I have ever had a car, and I'd rather not have people driving oversized gas guzzling vehicles through congested Inner London streets. Try using the train next time, assuming you haven't been relegated before we return to National South.

 

[Alex W]

Hello i write as a Chippenham supporter who came on Saturday. We won because your team didnt try and frankly wasnt good enough.
If you watch the highlights of Dover v Weymouth it was constant singing and support. Now im sorry but your supporters arent the most vocal and failed to lift the team.
I must admit though you would have needed a JCB to lift that lot, You need a clear out to many people in there for the money and dont care. This has been going on with you lot for a while now.
Its time you on pitch matters were put first and politics be put on the backburner and perhaps you need a few people on you trust who know about the playing side?
Something we noticed is home a fair percentage of your support on the day and reading this thread weren't / arent too bothered you were relegated? The conversation is more were can the children kick a ball during the game?
I can tell you we would have been and maybe thats the difference between us , Weymouth,Dover and Concord and some of you? We want to win ?
This was in your hands you only needed a point regardless!
You are the strangest team we've encountered a strong but not that vociferous crowd. A political club in many regards unlike many some of your fans at home are not the friendliest.
I do not mean aggressive i mean arrogant middle class, I played high grade rugby down home in Cornwall in the front row and met a few just the same. I find being polite to them does the trick they dont know how to react.
We cheered loudly at the end because we won as one of your contributors asked why? We are a far more blue collar fan base than you and perhaps thats why it matters so much to us.
Than to some of your fanbase? Whatever direction your fanbase wants to go i wish you good luck.
A club like yours with a 2000 plus fan base should be doing much better in all honesty?
On travelling to your place it wasnt easy and driving is impossible with the ridiculous tax to come in and out of the metropolis. We've got Yeovil now instead on our tiny budget its a miracle we stay up we are a well managed club on and off the pitch.
Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

I see someone else is confusing "acoustics" with "support".

Still, well done on almost completing the Dulwich Clichés bingo card. You now only need "beards" and "craft beer" for a full set.

 

[Moroccan Sunset]

I was brought up in a terraced house and played high grade rugby (Notts Schools u16 reserve second row) and I must say I've always found conversation with the Dulwich Hamlet middle-classes most agreeable.

And for what it's worth, Taper - myself, Rupert, and Saskia all think you make an absolutely smashing chimney sweep, too. Bloody shame there's not more peasants like your good self.

 

[Pink Panther]

I see someone else is confusing "acoustics" with "support".

Still, well done on almost completing the Dulwich Clichés bingo card. You now only need "beards" and "craft beer" for a full set.

You forgot "woke". (As did our new friend, surprisingly.)

 

[Alex W]

Actually, on the note about noise - now we have a timeline for how long we're going to be at the current ground, it would be really helpful if the club could look at getting some kind of small roof behind each of the goals.

It doesn't need to be something big, even a small covering that's the width of the goal and covered half the steps would make a massive difference. I'm talking about something as simple as the kind of thing you might see at a provincial bus stop.

One of the first things Hakan did when he joined the club was bring in some members of The Rabble and ask them to make "a wall of noise", and people are really trying, but we've just got our hands tied behind our backs with the current set up.

There has to be some solution that's affordable and doesn't require planning permission. It doesn't need to be perfect - any improvement will do.

(Would be grateful for any thoughts, Ben Clasper)

 

[cambelt]

Hello i write as a Chippenham supporter who came on Saturday. We won because your team didnt try and frankly wasnt good enough.
If you watch the highlights of Dover v Weymouth it was constant singing and support. Now im sorry but your supporters arent the most vocal and failed to lift the team.
I must admit though you would have needed a JCB to lift that lot, You need a clear out to many people in there for the money and dont care. This has been going on with you lot for a while now.
Its time you on pitch matters were put first and politics be put on the backburner and perhaps you need a few people on you trust who know about the playing side?
Something we noticed is home a fair percentage of your support on the day and reading this thread weren't / arent too bothered you were relegated? The conversation is more were can the children kick a ball during the game?
I can tell you we would have been and maybe thats the difference between us , Weymouth,Dover and Concord and some of you? We want to win ?
This was in your hands you only needed a point regardless!
You are the strangest team we've encountered a strong but not that vociferous crowd. A political club in many regards unlike many some of your fans at home are not the friendliest.
I do not mean aggressive i mean arrogant middle class, I played high grade rugby down home in Cornwall in the front row and met a few just the same. I find being polite to them does the trick they dont know how to react.
We cheered loudly at the end because we won as one of your contributors asked why? We are a far more blue collar fan base than you and perhaps thats why it matters so much to us.
Than to some of your fanbase? Whatever direction your fanbase wants to go i wish you good luck.
A club like yours with a 2000 plus fan base should be doing much better in all honesty?
On travelling to your place it wasnt easy and driving is impossible with the ridiculous tax to come in and out of the metropolis. We've got Yeovil now instead on our tiny budget its a miracle we stay up we are a well managed club on and off the pitch.
Your club needs to decide what it actually wants to be?

This is fun! I grew up in a shitty tin mining town in Cornwall that had the 2nd highest unemployment level and highest teenage pregnancy rates in the UK, and appalling levels of absolute poverty (if you are from Cornwall you should be able to figure where from my username). I played "high grade" rugby in Cornwall, Wales, Australia, and in London, just to swing my dick back at you. That post is absolute nonsense, people have accused our fans of lots of things but never being arrogant and that is because we aren't. You just seem intimidated by people who, by and large, are more educated and worldly than you. The club's politics reflect the part of London it is based in which is Southwark and is actually, coming from the aforementioned shitty mining town, something I take pride in. If we were based in Wiltshire I am sure the club's ethos would be different and more acceptable to your thick, west country narrow-mindedness. Supporters like you are a big part of the reason why a lot of us aren't too bothered by relegation.

 

[Al Cunningham]

Actually, on the note about noise - now we have a timeline for how long we're going to be at the current ground, it would be really helpful if the club could look at getting some kind of small roof behind each of the goals.

It doesn't need to be something big, even a small covering that's the width of the goal and covered half the steps would make a massive difference. I'm talking about something as simple as the kind of thing you might see at a provincial bus stop.

One of the first things Hakan did when he joined the club was bring in some members of The Rabble and ask them to make "a wall of noise", and people are really trying, but we've just got our hands tied behind our backs with the current set up.

There has to be some solution that's affordable and doesn't require planning permission. It doesn't need to be perfect - any improvement will do.

(Would be grateful for any thoughts, Ben Clasper)

Do we have a timeline?

 

[Pink Panther]

That post is absolute nonsense, people have accused our fans of lots of things but never being arrogant and that is because we aren't. You just seem intimidated by people who, by and large, are more educated and worldly than you. The club's politics reflect the part of London it is based in which is Southwark and is actually, coming from the aforementioned shitty mining town, something I take pride in. If we were based in Wiltshire I am sure the club's ethos would be different and more acceptable to your thick, west country narrow-mindedness. Supporters like you are a big part of the reason why a lot of us aren't too bothered by relegation.

On reflection it's quite ironic to be accused of arrogance by someone who comes on here as some kind of self appointed sage, in the immediate aftermath of our relegation, to enlighten us on where we've got it all wrong, having presumably only seen our team twice all season.

I've generally respected clubs like Chippenham and the way they go about their business, and still do. I occasionally post on other clubs' forums if I have something relevant to add to the discussion but I don't go picking arguments about how their own club should be. The variety of different clubs is part of the attraction of football at this level.

 

[mi.chappers]

In all seriousness, you know what's an underappreciated and great idea? A fold up stool.

Get one for a few quid from a hardware store and you've improved your sightlines immeasurably (they're not just for shortarses).

Also - beat the bar queue by stocking with cans in a coolbag. Dunno why more people don't do that either.

As a small person, who currently uses a stool (og stool crew) - and when I do can still hardly see any of the game - I would really really politely plead with people not to start an arms race of stools.

 

[Alex W]

As a small person, who currently uses a stool (og stool crew) - and when I do can still hardly see any of the game - I would really really politely plead with people not to start an arms race of stools.

The answer is clearly just to get a bigger stool, there's absolutely no way that could possibly go wrong

 

[pbsmooth]

Hmm... Chippenham vs South London when it comes to hotbeds of 'proper' football fans...

 

[editor]

I was brought up in a terraced house

House? You were lucky to have a HOUSE! We used to live in one room, all hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture. Half the floor was missing; we were all huddled together in one corner for fear of FALLING!

You were lucky to have a ROOM! We used to have to live in a corridor!

Ohhhh we used to DREAM of livin' in a corridor! Woulda' been a palace to us. We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woken up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! House!? Hmph.

Well when I say "house" it was only a hole in the ground covered by a piece of tarpolin, but it was a house to US.

We were evicted from our hole in the ground; we had to go and live in a lake!
etc etc

 

[JimW]

Hmm... Chippenham vs South London when it comes to hotbeds of 'proper' football fans...

West Country non league is full of 'proper' working class football fans, all the poshoes are at the rugby. Doesn't stop the odd one being a bit of a nob, as we can see.

 

[pbsmooth]

I don't doubt it, was just playing his generalisation game

 

[chips and ham]

This is fun! I grew up in a shitty tin mining town in Cornwall that had the 2nd highest unemployment level and highest teenage pregnancy rates in the UK, and appalling levels of absolute poverty (if you are from Cornwall you should be able to figure where from my username). I played "high grade" rugby in Cornwall, Wales, Australia, and in London, just to swing my dick back at you. That post is absolute nonsense, people have accused our fans of lots of things but never being arrogant and that is because we aren't. You just seem intimidated by people who, by and large, are more educated and worldly than you. The club's politics reflect the part of London it is based in which is Southwark and is actually, coming from the aforementioned shitty mining town, something I take pride in. If we were based in Wiltshire I am sure the club's ethos would be different and more acceptable to your thick, west country narrow-mindedness. Supporters like you are a big part of the reason why a lot of us aren't too bothered by relegation.

Im from St Just one of 12 children a herdsmans son and self made farmer widowed at 29 with 3 great daughters now ladies.
Your a very angry man who sees the west country as and i quote " thick and narrow minded"
You are very much up yourself my ansome boy you thinks we all as rough as rats then?
Pink panther got me and alot of what i said as the late Dave Allan is my favourite comedian sarcasm and observing people.
The late David Penhaligon is my idea of a politician former mining engineer proper old Liberal who stood up for working and unemployed people down the dutchy or thick narrow minded west country people to quote you.
He died after speaking to striking miners in Probus in a tragic car accident David went to Holmans college the largest mining college in Europe.
My eldest brother worked down South Crofty in quoting you again "that shitty little mining town" do you mean Camborne? Ive met Dennis Skinner a few times hes a real socialist i wonder what he'd make of you my ansome?
Then say it or are you ashamed of the Dutchy? Oh sorry Narrow minded, thick , West country again quoting you.
Your certainly no socialist a champagne one maybe and you certainly despise blue collar workers it comes out in your anger.
I suggest you read a book by a Labour party member and trades unionist Paul Embury its called despised. Why the modern left despises the working class.
Then look in a mirror and take a long hard look Mr Champagne Socialist?
On the football PP your team really didnt try it was amazingly poor performance a real clear out required they just didnt try?
You need young hungry players your manager is good but needs his players a fair number of your players didnt seem upset or bothered at relegation.
That is disgraceful and unfair on your manager and the supporters.
We were genuinely surprised by a number of your fans who weren't bothered about relegation?
The football side needs putting to the fore and some people with football knowledge on your trust to help the manager.
Your a well supported club and most of your supporters are great but as shown here their are a %age who do not appear to like working class supporters!
We have thick West country mentalities and the comments about Camborne and its people were as nasty and unpleasant as ive seen the town has been stripped of all employment and left to rot.
We met a few on Saturday of a similar vain to this ansome boy.
So to you Camborne boy i suggest practicing what you preach you help and pretend to have a socialists ethos.
Then describe people as you did pot calling kettle black.
Pink Panther to you its good to find someone with a similar humour and i wish you all even my Cornish brother cambelt well for next season.

 

[cambelt]

West Country non league is full of 'proper' working class football fans, all the poshoes are at the rugby. Doesn't stop the odd one being a bit of a nob, as we can see.

Says someone who has obviously not played rugby in the West Country. With maybe the exception of Plymouth and Bristol, rugby is the working class sport in the region, not football. Wiltshire isn't even in the West Country anyway.

 

[sleaterkinney]

You forgot "woke". (As did our new friend, surprisingly.)

He did mention politics holding us back. But yeah, we did get relegated, it looks like Champions League domination is another year away.

 

[editor]

Im from St Just one of 12 children a herdsmans son and self made farmer widowed at 29 with 3 great daughters now ladies.
Your a very angry man who sees the west country as and i quote " thick and narrow minded"
You are very much up yourself my ansome boy you thinks we all as rough as rats then?
Pink panther got me and alot of what i said as the late Dave Allan is my favourite comedian sarcasm and observing people.
The late David Penhaligon is my idea of a politician former mining engineer proper old Liberal who stood up for working and unemployed people down the dutchy or thick narrow minded west country people to quote you.
He died after speaking to striking miners in Probus in a tragic car accident David went to Holmans college the largest mining college in Europe.
My eldest brother worked down South Crofty in quoting you again "that shitty little mining town" do you mean Camborne? Ive met Dennis Skinner a few times hes a real socialist i wonder what he'd make of you my ansome?
Then say it or are you ashamed of the Dutchy? Oh sorry Narrow minded, thick , West country again quoting you.
Your certainly no socialist a champagne one maybe and you certainly despise blue collar workers it comes out in your anger.
I suggest you read a book by a Labour party member and trades unionist Paul Embury its called despised. Why the modern left despises the working class.
Then look in a mirror and take a long hard look Mr Champagne Socialist?
On the football PP your team really didnt try it was amazingly poor performance a real clear out required they just didnt try?
You need young hungry players your manager is good but needs his players a fair number of your players didnt seem upset or bothered at relegation.
That is disgraceful and unfair on your manager and the supporters.
We were genuinely surprised by a number of your fans who weren't bothered about relegation?
The football side needs putting to the fore and some people with football knowledge on your trust to help the manager.
Your a well supported club and most of your supporters are great but as shown here their are a %age who do not appear to like working class supporters!
We have thick West country mentalities and the comments about Camborne and its people were as nasty and unpleasant as ive seen the town has been stripped of all employment and left to rot.
We met a few on Saturday of a similar vain to this ansome boy.
So to you Camborne boy i suggest practicing what you preach you help and pretend to have a socialists ethos.
Then describe people as you did pot calling kettle black.
Pink Panther to you its good to find someone with a similar humour and i wish you all even my Cornish brother cambelt well for next season.

Luxury.

 

[JimW]

Says someone who has obviously not played rugby in the West Country. With maybe the exception of Plymouth and Bristol, rugby is the working class sport in the region, not football. Wiltshire isn't even in the West Country anyway.

It's true rugby has a working class following too but it's also where the poshoes disproportionately are rather than the football.

 

[editor]

It's true rugby has a working class following too but it's also where the poshoes disproportionately are rather than the football.

Not in Wales.

 

[Pink Panther]

On the football PP your team really didnt try it was amazingly poor performance a real clear out required they just didnt try?
You need young hungry players your manager is good but needs his players a fair number of your players didnt seem upset or bothered at relegation.
That is disgraceful and unfair on your manager and the supporters.
We were genuinely surprised by a number of your fans who weren't bothered about relegation?
The football side needs putting to the fore and some people with football knowledge on your trust to help the manager.
Your a well supported club and most of your supporters are great but as shown here their are a %age who do not appear to like working class supporters!

I saw every single home game this season and a majority away. It's the third time I've seen the Hamlet relegated. The first occasion (1989/90) I saw every single game home and away. I don't mind a bit of banter, although the immediate aftermath of a relegation probably isn't the best time from a supporter of another club.

I saw us relegate Hungerford only a week ago with an 88th minute equaliser and I certainly wouldn't have gone on their social media to put their world to rights last week.

We didn't just get relegated on Saturday, it happened over the last 9 months, probably longer in fact . Several of the players who featured on Saturday were carrying injuries and unable to give their best. Our first choice goalkeeper and first choice captain were both missing. Three other players including our top goalscorer were suspended after collecting cards for daft offences last weekend in a chaotic match. Our manager missed the previous two games due to the death of his mother in Cyprus. There was a perfect storm of handicaps for our team on the day, some self-inflicted and some sheer bad luck. I have many opinions on this season but don't come on here and tell me my team "didn't try" on Saturday when I've been watching them all season. I'll judge that for myself, thanks.

Social media ought to be social, and you have a right to participate on this forum, but you appear to have a staggering lack of insight and awareness. I suggest you enjoy supporting your own club and let us resolve our own problems, such as they are.

Well done on Chip turning your season around when you were in trouble 2 or 3 months ago. My friend Martin Eede is a regular at Hardenhuish Park, and I hope to see us play Chippenham again sometime soon.