General non league chat, match reports, photos etc

[rutabowa]

I just saw Walthamstow FC beat Kempston 3-2 and it was the most exciting match I ever saw... 2-1 to Kempston in the first 10 minutes, an equaliser for Walthamstow early in the 2nd half, a penalty to Kempton that got saved, then a penalty at the other end that resulted in a 10 minute brawl cos the Kempston players got overexcited and their manager got involved and then sent off... then Walthamstow knocked in the penalty and this happened:

we were right behind the goal, it was such a good buzz

 

[Hamlet Pete]

Was walking the dog a few weekends ago when the other half was shopping. We happened upon Sevenoaks Town's ground. Looked like a decent facility, 3g pitch with a clubhouse. Only thing was there's a bank that surrounds the ground, not sure if they have stewards patrolling on match days asking for gate money!

 

[pompeydunc]

Was walking the dog a few weekends ago when the other half was shopping. We happened upon Sevenoaks Town's ground. Looked like a decent facility, 3g pitch with a clubhouse. Only thing was there's a bank that surrounds the ground, not sure if they have stewards patrolling on match days asking for gate money!

They've got plan for a new main stand, clubhouse and changing rooms to along main side. Will be a great ground if they can pull that off.

 

[Roger D]

They seem to be spending a fair few quid on players too looking at recent signings. Hopefully this is all sustainable.

 

[Bugpowder Dust]

It was all going off in the Midlands earlier in the week with a big non-league derby abandoned amid chaotic and violent scenes around the ground.

In hindsight pretty predicable but can't have been fun being a steward at that one...

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-02-22/football-match-abandoned-after-violence-between-fans-breaks-out

 

[tonysingh]

It was all going off in the Midlands earlier in the week with a big non-league derby abandoned amid chaotic and violent scenes around the ground.

In hindsight pretty predicable but can't have been fun being a steward at that one...

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-02-22/football-match-abandoned-after-violence-between-fans-breaks-out

I read they had all of 3 or 4 stewards and zero police at that game. Very poor planning if true.

 

[Cat Daisy]

The Nuneaton fans were practicing their charm on the Hitchin Town stewards and stand-in goalie last Saturday. Shouldn’t need stewards and police if their fans weren’t such w*nk*rs. Largely an awful league.

 

[scousedom]

I read they had all of 3 or 4 stewards and zero police at that game. Very poor planning if true.

How does it work though if police are at a fixture from the off for crowd control reasons? Do the sides have to pay some cost?

 

[Stuart Fordyce]

How does it work though if police are at a fixture from the off for crowd control reasons? Do the sides have to pay some cost?

Yes basically, home club pays if it's a league game

 

[scousedom]

Yes basically, home club pays if it's a league game

Ah. Hence no old bill from the outset.

 

[Roger D]

The police can insist on being present, suggesting they were caught a bit unawares by events.

Mind you, if it's anywhere like where I live there are so few officers available on an evening shift it may be they decided to prioritise elsewhere.

 

[Paula_G]

There were police present at the Trans Day of Visibility match between the women’s team and TRUK last April though whether that was requested by the club or on the insistence of the police I’m aware. All I do know were that a lot of threats were apparently made against the club by the usual Gender Critical bunch and their right wing friends. As in so many cases that threat failed to materialise just as when a bunch of “football lads” threatened to turn up at some of my Goal Diggers games. Of course as we’ve seen in Warrington what these transphobes may be capable of is still something to be genuinely concerned about.

 

[Nivag]

 

[Nivag]

 

[Nivag]

 

[Stuart Fordyce]

12 games? Must have been seriously out of order!

 

[Pink Panther]

12 games? Must have been seriously out of order!

Repeatedly called the Ebbsfleet manager a "German c**t", apparently. He's also a repeat offender, so probably gets additional matches due to previous incidents. I guess our officials and guests will have to suffer him in the directors' box next weekend.

Foul-mouthed insult at Ebbsfleet boss Kutrieb's nationality got rival boss banned

The Football Association have released details about the showdown between Ebbsfleet manager Dennis Kutrieb and Havant boss Paul Doswell.

www.kentonline.co.uk

 

[B.I.G]

Repeatedly called the Ebbsfleet manager a "German c**t", apparently. He's also a repeat offender, so probably gets additional matches due to previous incidents. I guess our officials and guests will have to suffer him in the directors' box next weekend.

Or they should refuse him entry.

Do we have principles or not?

 

[Taper]

Good to see ex Hamlet man Shawn McCoulsky dicking over the Hollywood money men of Wrexham by equalising for Maidenhead in the last minute.

 

[Nivag]

Interesting numbers

Wrexham FC: Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney lose £3m

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney pledge to keep backing the club, despite the financial hit.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Hamlet Pete]

Interesting numbers

Wrexham FC: Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney lose £3m

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney pledge to keep backing the club, despite the financial hit.

www.bbc.co.uk

Quite mind boggling to think that this is all happening just one division above us. Their hearts definitely seem in the right place, they're in it for the long haul.

 

[Nivag]

 

[tonysingh]

The pies are that bad?

 

[Nivag]

The pies are that bad?

No one has survived to confirm that.

 

[Paula_G]

The owners of the catering company, a Mr S Todd and a Mrs Lovett, were unavailable for comment.

 

[Cyclodunc]

was this an april fools?

 

[Don't Slow Down]

was this an april fools?

Sadly not, Boreham Wood FC is real and as well as having to suffer their Neanderthal supporters over the years we have also more recently had to endure their unfit players infiltrating our ranks!

 

[Hamlet Pete]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!

 

[tonysingh]

Sadly not, Boreham Wood FC is real and as well as having to suffer their Neanderthal supporters over the years we have also more recently had to endure their unfit players infiltrating our ranks!

Did we not have a police escort for a game there?

 

[Roger D]

Not quite. We had a police car shadow us on the walk back with the passenger watching us like a hawk. They then parked up in the railway station car park watching us and drove off as soon as the train doors closed.

Two sets of away fans had been attacked in the immediate run up to our visit, one Carshalton fan badly sadly. It was prevention work by the police. It should be added it was believed the people responsible for the assaults did not go to the matches.