Match Day Good Friday fixtures

[Etty Abrics]

What's this Icelandic clapping all about?

 

[Pablosammy]

What's this Icelandic clapping all about?

The name 'Tranmere' is the only football club name with Norse Viking origin in the top 5 divisions. I guess some are latching onto our more Northern roots. If the whole Kop was full and everyone did it, it'd be quite impressive. As it is, it's just a bit tinpot

 

[Silver Stone]

The name 'Tranmere' is the only football club name with Norse Viking origin in the top 5 divisions. I guess some are latching onto our more Northern roots. If the whole Kop was full and everyone did it, it'd be quite impressive. As it is, it's just a bit tinpot

I'm pretty sure Grimsby is nordic in origin, and York comes from Jorvik.

 

[Etty Abrics]

The name 'Tranmere' is the only football club name with Norse Viking origin in the top 5 divisions. I guess some are latching onto our more Northern roots. If the whole Kop was full and everyone did it, it'd be quite impressive. As it is, it's just a bit tinpot

I'm pretty sure Grimsby is nordic in origin, and York comes from Jorvik.

...and Scunthorpe. Didn't know Tranmere had Nordic roots mind. How do you do an Icelandic clap?

 

[The Jovial Forester]

...How do you do an Icelandic clap?

Put it about a bit without proper precautions on a weekend break in Reykjavik.

 

[Pablosammy]

I'm pretty sure Grimsby is nordic in origin, and York comes from Jorvik.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/Tranmere.htm

I'm no expert, just going off what I've been told.

 

[Sparrow]

There's always a boost in attendance to see a winning side. It happens at all clubs and has happened with Tranmere and Lincoln this season. An easy example of this is our own Crazy Imp. He barely attended a game for the past five seasons when Lincoln were terrible and even cried off THIS VERY FORUM at one stage. Suddenly Lincoln are top the the league, he's going to games again and is back posting on here. It happens.

 

[Pablosammy]

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/vikings/vikings_live/old_norse_origins.aspx

Another link, this is to the British Museum. Oddly enough, York isn't listed as being of Old Norse origin, but Tranmere and Great Grimsby are. Grimsby is named after a bloke called Grimr, rather than being made up of Nordic words - maybe that's why it doesn't count? Anyway, I'm probably boring those who don't care.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

York was the Danes IIRC though it wasn't such a hard and fast distinction between your various Scandie raiders back then. Ivar the Boneless!

 

[Silver Stone]

The suffix -by: borrowed from the Old Norse býr meaning ‘town’ or ‘dwelling’ (also the modern Danish word for a town or city, and the Swedish and Norwegian word for a hamlet). So basically Grimr's town. Also means lots of towns in the country have a similar origin!

So, about the football then... a visit to a not-very-nordic sounding Wrexham for us, the last of our three long distance away trips. Point please.

 

[wilsontown]

Indeed, you can map out the approximate extent of the Danelaw by mapping out place names that end in -by.

As always, we need a win really. Win and we drag Solihull properly into the shite and give our own chances of survival a big boost. If we also win away at Woking that would likely be enough to keep us in this tinpot league rather than an even more tinpot one.

 

[Reginald Fodstain]

On the subject of home atmospheres, thought Aldershot had the best of all the the places I've been to this year. They'll probably take at least a point on Friday, especially if Wallace starts. Harris is a big loss.

 

[simsini]

A third straight win, with Tobi Sho-Silva on the scoresheet again, to be the first team to confirm National League status next season. Then only one more game before the turf gets ripped up for next season's 3G.

 

[CrazyImp]

There's always a boost in attendance to see a winning side. It happens at all clubs and has happened with Tranmere and Lincoln this season. An easy example of this is our own Crazy Imp. He barely attended a game for the past five seasons when Lincoln were terrible and even cried off THIS VERY FORUM at one stage. Suddenly Lincoln are top the the league, he's going to games again and is back posting on here. It happens.

Literally none of that is factually true, I made pretty much every home game the past five years commuting from York, but it's commonly accepted on here that you're a bit damaged in certain ways, so I'll let you off.

Amazing that one little throwaway comment has caused an entire debate, the beauty of it.

 

[Swedes]

I hope Dover finish us off tomorrow, I really don't want the ignominy of being relegated by a glorified village kickabout team on Monday.

 

[Sparrow]

We'll get reffed out tomorrow because the National League doesn't want us here.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

The name 'Tranmere' is the only football club name with Norse Viking origin in the top 5 divisions. I guess some are latching onto our more Northern roots. If the whole Kop was full and everyone did it, it'd be quite impressive. As it is, it's just a bit tinpot

Barrow is from a Norse word, so I call bollocks on that statement.

All or nothing for us this weekend. Defeat will FINALLY finish our play-off hopes. Can see us winning, but then being beaten at home by Ferriby on Monday.

 

[CrazyImp]

We'll get reffed out tomorrow because the National League doesn't want us here.

You missed the "understandably" off the end of that.

 

[Pablosammy]

Barrow is from a Norse word, so I call bollocks on that statement.

All or nothing for us this weekend. Defeat will FINALLY finish our play-off hopes. Can see us winning, but then being beaten at home by Ferriby on Monday.

I asked the guy who writes that page, and you're right, he just hasn't updated it since you were promoted. Scunthorpe and Grimsby are Danish in origin, along with Derby.

 

[John Still]

Boreham Wood away, funny club both on and off the pitch. Get beat us 2-0 at home please not again. We need two wins for play offs and then we can rest players at home to Woking.

Probably be our best away crowd turnout this season bar Braintree.

 

[Reremnart]

There's always a boost in attendance to see a winning side. It happens at all clubs and has happened with Tranmere and Lincoln this season.

That's not correct in our case as our average is down on last season despite having a far better manager, better players and a more attractive style of football. I think a lot of that may be down to the owner's decision to charge a £2 "pay on the day" surcharge.

 

[Boz]

That's not correct in our case as our average is down on last season despite having a far better manager, better players and a more attractive style of football. I think a lot of that may be down to the owner's decision to charge a £2 "pay on the day" surcharge.

I agree that's a factor, the games shunted to midweek due to our progress in the FA Trophy have also dented the numbers through the turnstiles

 

[Bendubz]

A third straight win, with Tobi Sho-Silva on the scoresheet again, to be the first team to confirm National League status next season. Then only one more game before the turf gets ripped up for next season's 3G.

I've done the maths, you already are SAFE (with Boreham Wood), congrats

 

[GuiseleySteve]

I've done the maths, you already are SAFE (with Boreham Wood), congrats

Excellent news, to celebrate Bromley can kindly gift us three points next week

 

[chipmunx]

big weekend for us - we need to win at Bromley and hope Tranny beat Aldershot and then for Aldershot (or anyone else) to beat Dover. Then wins in the last 3 games (including Dover) should put us in the play offs,
Ideally Aldershot beat Dover and Miller gets sent of for violent conduct missing the last 3 games....

 

[Mark kavanagh]

...and Scunthorpe. Didn't know Tranmere had Nordic roots mind. How do you do an Icelandic clap?

Doctor gave me a cream when I mentioned Icelandic clap

 

[Pablosammy]

big weekend for us - we need to win at Bromley and hope Tranny beat Aldershot and then for Aldershot (or anyone else) to beat Dover. Then wins in the last 3 games (including Dover) should put us in the play offs,
Ideally Aldershot beat Dover and Miller gets sent of for violent conduct missing the last 3 games....

As easy as that?

 

[Reginald Fodstain]

As easy as that?

The Miller bit is the most plausible I'd say.

 

[Master D]

Do Lincoln and Tranmere ever play away?

 

[Imp in Branston]

Do Lincoln and Tranmere ever play away?

We did last Saturday, and away again Easter Monday.