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Where's the slam tent, mate?
What a headline!Steve King is the the manager at Gloucester City
Another New King Crowned As The Tigers Snare Steve - The Vanarama National League
What a headline!Steve King is the the manager at Gloucester City
Another New King Crowned As The Tigers Snare Steve - The Vanarama National League
Anyone want to hear from Bromley…?I like it too. Very well done. I hope they go up through the play offs. With the mighty Maggies champions.
My only complaint would be the other teams are treated as anonymous foils. The Grimsby episode sort of gave that team a bit of focus. But otherwise the teams they're playing are anonymous. So eg Bromley in the Trophy final.
I think the idea is that we see life through Wrexham's eyes. It would be a bit much if we had to labour through a long back story of the hopes and dreams of every team they play against.Other teams in the league are treated as road bumps, not as teams with their own hopes, dreams etc. And a lot of those teams, including my own, have a or indeed more glorious histories than Wrexham. And yet that doesn't really come across.
That is my minor gripe.
It’s all become clear. You went to the County vs Wrexham game and they never used any of the 20minute monologue to camera you gave them.Other teams in the league are treated as road bumps, not as teams with their own hopes, dreams etc. And a lot of those teams, including my own, have a or indeed more glorious histories than Wrexham. And yet that doesn't really come across.
That is my minor gripe.
What a five a side that is. Although you’d never get Shipman off free kicks.Notts County have famous fans.too. Shane Meadows. Jake Bugg. Vicky McClure. Alan Sillitoe. Harold Shipman. They could Hollywood that up.
My kind of boot:Not a massive fan of Wrexham, but I am now of Paul Mullin:
Wrexham ban political message on striker's boots
Wrexham, the club owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, ban Paul Mullin from wearing boots featuring an offensive slogan about the Conservative Party.www.bbc.co.uk
Actually, the last episode had quite a long section about Grimsby's history along with a slightly sour-grapey interview with their manager.Other teams in the league are treated as road bumps, not as teams with their own hopes, dreams etc. And a lot of those teams, including my own, have a or indeed more glorious histories than Wrexham. And yet that doesn't really come across.
That is my minor gripe.
I don't think you get the premise of the series. It's really about selling the excitement and uniqueness of non league football to an audience that wasn't previously interested.Indeed. And although pretty nugatory, that episode threw into relief the lack of any similar focus on other clubs in earlier episodes. May Notts County make the second season more interesting.
I totally disagree. I'd say that its literally all about the realities of non league football - the fans, the heartache, the struggle, the volunteers etc. Promotion is the end game but its target audience would have learnt loads about football at this level.I love the documentary Love it. But non-league football is the very last thing it is about. It's about getting a grand old club out of the purgatory of non league football. And as a Notts fan I get that.
I totally disagree. I'd say that its literally all about the realities of non league football - the fans, the heartache, the struggle, the volunteers etc. Promotion is the end game but its target audience would have learnt loads about football at this level.
I'm really not getting into a discussion about what constitutes a 'proper' non league team. Because that would be daft.At this level? Wrexham, Nottm Co, Stockport etc bear next to no relation to proper non league teams.
I'm really not getting into a discussion about what constitutes a 'proper' non league team. Because that would be daft.
Well, not really.
The National League is all but Division 5 these days. There's room for a documentary like the one in discussion but Wrexham kinda renders much of the drama moot. We already know they'll do relatively well. I rather suspect the show makers knew this and chose them as a fairly risk free option. Their future wasnt going to be one of them going bust and there was the off chance of success.
I'm not sure whom this show is aimed at. It's not going to be seasoned football fans for sure. Me, if i was gonna choose a club in that league to film then I would have looked at Maidstone. Phoenix club, the story of them returning to their hometown etc
I think the quintessential non league documentary would pick a club that’s:Well, not really.
The National League is all but Division 5 these days. There's room for a documentary like the one in discussion but Wrexham kinda renders much of the drama moot. We already know they'll do relatively well. I rather suspect the show makers knew this and chose them as a fairly risk free option. Their future wasnt going to be one of them going bust and there was the off chance of success.
I'm not sure whom this show is aimed at. It's not going to be seasoned football fans for sure. Me, if i was gonna choose a club in that league to film then I would have looked at Maidstone. Phoenix club, the story of them returning to their hometown etc
That'll pack in the viewers!I think the quintessential non league documentary would pick a club that’s:
- beneath the National,
- that’s constantly lower mid table - so no hint of glory but also no real drama, basically nothing going on on the pitch meaning the volunteers etc really do it for love not glory,
- in a small but not affluent town where it’s the biggest thing in town, ie no nearby Prem/Championship club to take away focus, so the players tend to stick around,
- where the town ideally has a bit of a backstory (not a new town),
- nice enough ground but nothing too wonderful (so the viewer doesn’t think it’s all Crockenhill).
Which scrolling through NLS leads me to… Hungerford?