Don't forget that our shambolically run club neglected to publicise the fact that it was all-ticket until Sunday (less than 24 hours before the deadline) despite being informed by Chester the previous Wednesday. It was certainly a ridiculous decision by Chester to make it all-ticket for away...
I think some people just don't understand how unbelievably difficult it is to become a professional athlete in the first place. Not only do you have to be extremely naturally talented but your fitness and diet has to be completely on-point as well. It takes a lot of hard work, drive and...
Decent effort by us that. I think it would have been higher if the season had played out with big away followings at Farsley, Gateshead and Leamington likely. Still, to average nearly 500 away fans in 6th tier regional football is quite respectable.
In fact, our average would have put us 3rd in...
But it isn't only one club that goes up. It's two. There are two promotion spaces each from NLN and NLS. Those are the rules that everyone understood and agreed to at the start of the season. I understand that it was also agreed that the second promotion place would be through the play-offs...
So basically, despite being top of the league when the season ended, we're not only going to be denied promotion, we're going to be denied even the opportunity of promotion (since there are no play-offs). Trust the incompetent pencil-pushing twats of the National League board to propose such an...
I think you're right. I think this this Talksport guy is just relaying what the Kings Lynn chairman said in his podcast, and I'm pretty sure he did get the wrong end of the stick. It would just be a farcical situation if true.
Obviously hoping we get promoted, but a small part of me would find...
Anything other than playing out the season in its entirety is unfair.
However, null and void is by far and away the most unfair option of all. From a sporting integrity perspective, PPG and honouring the existing promotion/relegation places is the best out of a bad set of options. Preferably...
I'm working on the proviso that if the season is getting scrapped so too are the play-offs, in which case the best solution would seem to me that the top 2 on PPG would be promoted automatically. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind scrapping the season but still having the play-offs...
My preference is still to finish the season however and whenever we can, but if that proves impossible I think PPG is the second fairest solution.
It would be a travesty to simply null and void a season 80% of the way through when so many teams have invested so much effort (not to mention...
I do remember Altrincham getting a huge points deduction for fielding an ineligible player in 2006ish. As they were in the National League at the time it had nothing to do with the EFL but I do remember there being some controversy over the fact that a board member from one of their relegation...
Their second top scorer last season though wasn't he? Seems to be described as an attacking midfielder by Watson too.
In any event I'm happy that both of our new midfield recruits (Bond and Green) have been described as tough tackling, combative and hard-working. Those are qualities that we've...
I very much hope you're right of course, but for the moment my attitude is one of cautious optimism rather than "we're going to smash this tinpot league".
Although I'm very happy with the quality of signings Watson has made, there are still a couple of weaknesses I see with the squad:
1) Lack...