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Though given Clapton fans odd and unrequited hatred of us, is it wise to put the two sets of fans in the same room?
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Judas.
Though given Clapton fans odd and unrequited hatred of us, is it wise to put the two sets of fans in the same room?
Nivag
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Clapton fans will be too busy fighting themselves to notice anyone elseJudas.
Though given Clapton fans odd and unrequited hatred of us, is it wise to put the two sets of fans in the same room?
Cat Daisy
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There are no Clapton FC fans to fight anymore!Clapton fans will be too busy fighting themselves to notice anyone else
Pink Panther
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Some very odd individuals at that club. They've never played our men's or women's first team, only our women's reserves, so I've no idea what their problem is. It's like us deciding to hate Leyton Orient and desperately wanting them to notice us.Judas.
Though given Clapton fans odd and unrequited hatred of us, is it wise to put the two sets of fans in the same room?
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Well that was a surprise but fully deserved. Brilliant to see a local council keen to protect its local football club with more than just words but with concrete action.
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Another club in trouble https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/...or-future-amid-impossible-financial-situation
muel18
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Well they’ve now deleted the post and said they are approaching the club directly what a load of old rubbish that account must be
Cat Daisy
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So some scout mouthing off. Mentioned no names or anything.
muel18
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muel18
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Apologies they keep deleting the post then putting it back, the account is essentially saying a player has contacted them and saying players are being mistreated by the manager but absolutely zero information and then have deleted the post and put it back, seems like a lot of nonsense for likes so my fault for posting it in here really it doesn’t deserve the time of day!
Nivag
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Some changes at Ebbsfleet after owner declared bankrupt.
www.kentonline.co.uk
Ebbsfleet chairman quits role
Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi has resigned as Ebbsfleet United chairman - but the club insist it’s business as usual.
Pink Panther
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Everything about this sounds wrong. Either the club is doomed, or someone's creditors are unwittingly losing their shirt to fund the club.Some changes at Ebbsfleet after owner declared bankrupt.
Ebbsfleet chairman quits role
Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi has resigned as Ebbsfleet United chairman - but the club insist it’s business as usual.
scousedom
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Both can also be true.
Pink Panther
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An interesting goal (the only goal of the match) at the Eastbourne Borough v Yeovil match last Saturday. A good illustration of how easily someone can be caught out by lack of awareness of recent law revisions, specifically Law 8.2 in this case. Needless to say some Eastbourne fans claimed it was unfair or cheating etc., although it's clearly a perfectly legitimate goal. I didn't know you had to be the rather random distance of 4.5 yards from a ball dropped for an opponent, as opposed to 10 for a free kick or corner and 2 for a throw. (I would have assumed 2 yards, although referees often seem to contrive a situation whereby opponents are much more than 4.5 yards away, especially when dropping it for a goalkeeper.)
The goal is at 03:10 on this highlights video:
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The goal is at 03:10 on this highlights video:
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IFAB rulings are the amendments to the laws of football. They issue a new booklet every season which referees basically have to buy. The minutes are irrelevant if it's in the new booklet. That's what referees have to referee to and they will be penalised if they fail to. Not read what PP linked but if it supports the referee then he or she has done their job .
Pink Panther
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I don't think anyone's criticising referees here. It's the constant tinkering with the laws causing confusion. Some of the revisions seem geared towards top level matches with VAR, but the vast majority of matches are played at lower levels.
The referee in the Eastbourne v Yeovil match made the correct decisio, but I felt we were better off when all dropped balls were properly contested. At least the new law has eliminated the bogus sportsmanship of one team being expected to pass an uncontested ball back to the other team's keeper, which was sometimes countered by kicking for touch near the corner flag.
scousedom
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Yes I wasn’t being entirely one hundred percent serious about the minutes…
Generally agree with the new uncontested approach, although it’s a bugbear when the restart doesn’t reflect the pitch state when the infraction occurred. Very often it’s given when a player has gone down faking an injury (sadly often a head injury) and does so when his team is on the defensive, and often not set. Then of course he’s fine, and the drop occurs and the defensive is set and usually the only safe option the (formerly) attacking side have is to send it back to their keeper. So the cheat has prospered. I know it can’t be a case of “let’s remember where we all were shall we and go back there”, or of re-setting players positions like it was a miss in the snooker…. But it’d be nice to come up with a counter to that.
Generally agree with the new uncontested approach, although it’s a bugbear when the restart doesn’t reflect the pitch state when the infraction occurred. Very often it’s given when a player has gone down faking an injury (sadly often a head injury) and does so when his team is on the defensive, and often not set. Then of course he’s fine, and the drop occurs and the defensive is set and usually the only safe option the (formerly) attacking side have is to send it back to their keeper. So the cheat has prospered. I know it can’t be a case of “let’s remember where we all were shall we and go back there”, or of re-setting players positions like it was a miss in the snooker…. But it’d be nice to come up with a counter to that.
I agree but as as ex referee I can understand why it was brought in and don't have a better idea. As such, I support it.
Going back to the original point, it continually amazes me clubs at the level employ players who don't know the laws. I'd make it a contractual condition they sat a referees exam.
Going back to the original point, it continually amazes me clubs at the level employ players who don't know the laws. I'd make it a contractual condition they sat a referees exam.
scousedom
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A manager - and a referee and two linesmen - didn’t know it wasn’t a goal if the ball deflected in off a beach ball ffs, so I hardly think it’s all on the players!
Pink Panther
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This is my favourite silly goal from a dropped ball. (Stoppage time winner!)
Correct, it's brain blowing managers don't have to pass the referees exam. Fat too often I've seen them gob off about a correct decision through ignorance. Then a few weeks later they gob off about rubbish referees totally oblivious to the fact 50% of qualified referees give up within two years (last I checked and including me) due to abuse/threats/assaults.
I refereed around Stafford, statistically a safe place to referee. Stafford Referees. Association (40 members), had three members hospitalised in two seasons. Two on the pitch, one in a pub by someone he sent of two weeks earlier.)
In my last match I was hit in the leg by a corner flag thrown at the referee (I was a linesman as was.) The player should have walked for a horrendous tackle with seconds left but aware of the financial ramifications on a pay to pay player he went yellow. A few weeks later I moved to a statistically dangerous place to referee and retired.
Personally I was compotent, no more. I may have made hamlets level but no more. Sadly I knew a lad tipped for the top.who retired after an assault. His boss wasn't impressed he had time off.
I refereed around Stafford, statistically a safe place to referee. Stafford Referees. Association (40 members), had three members hospitalised in two seasons. Two on the pitch, one in a pub by someone he sent of two weeks earlier.)
In my last match I was hit in the leg by a corner flag thrown at the referee (I was a linesman as was.) The player should have walked for a horrendous tackle with seconds left but aware of the financial ramifications on a pay to pay player he went yellow. A few weeks later I moved to a statistically dangerous place to referee and retired.
Personally I was compotent, no more. I may have made hamlets level but no more. Sadly I knew a lad tipped for the top.who retired after an assault. His boss wasn't impressed he had time off.
Pink Panther
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They've been dreadful this season and are currently at risk of a second consecutive relegation. I hope he can turn it around for them, and he should be able to find the non-contract players he needs at that level. It would be an additional bonus if a Casuals revival consigns Not Police to the county leagues instead.
Stuart Fordyce
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19 year old Fletcher Holman has signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers. 17 games, 5 goals in the National League South for Eastbourne Borough this season. Be interesting to see if he makes a first team start at any point. Also a very different sort of signing for Wolves - not the usual Jorge Mendes Lusophone option!
It's actually less unusual lor Wolves than for most Premier League outfits. Club captain Max Kilman was signed from Maidenhead.
They also reasonably often pick up lower league, League of Ireland etc. players for the Under X set up in the hope one will make it. These signings tend to fly under the media's radar, to date most have moved on. For example Luke Matheson cost £1m from Rochdale but never made the first team.
I know about these signings as I stood on the South Bank from 1985 until left the midlands in 1988. I still keep an eye on what Wolves are doing.
They also reasonably often pick up lower league, League of Ireland etc. players for the Under X set up in the hope one will make it. These signings tend to fly under the media's radar, to date most have moved on. For example Luke Matheson cost £1m from Rochdale but never made the first team.
I know about these signings as I stood on the South Bank from 1985 until left the midlands in 1988. I still keep an eye on what Wolves are doing.
