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Post by harrybuckle on Jul 18, 2018 15:15:34 GMT
Seems that 22 year old defender Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, formerly at Charlton Athletic is on his way to the Mem to sign today? Only made nine appearances for Huddersfield Town.
He was set to spend last season on loan at Portsmouth but suffered a freak injury 39 minutes into his Pompey debut, slipping on the artificial turf that outlines the Fratton Park pitch and injuring the cartilage lining at the end of his thigh bone.The injury required surgery and effectively ended his season, but he is now back fit.
England under-18-capped Holmes-Dennis has also spent time at Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle and Oldham Athletic on loan.
Born in Farnborough, Holmes-Dennis started his football career at Charlton Athletic and progressed through the club's academy ranks. In October 2013, he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal.
Holmes-Dennis joined Oxford United on loan in October 2014 from Charlton Athletic. Oxford manager Michael Appleton commented: "He'll certainly give us a lot of energy down that left hand side and give us a healthy competition for places. Holmes-Dennis made his Football League debut against Tranmere Rovers at the Kassam Stadium in a 2–0 League Two win on 18 October 2014. His parent club allowed Oxford to select him in the FA Cup. Holmes-Dennis's loan spell with Oxford was extended until 10 January and then extended again until the end of the 2014–15 season. However, Holmes-Dennis was recalled by the club on 2 February 2015.
On 5 February 2015, Plymouth Argyle announced that Holmes-Dennis would join them when the loan window opened the following week, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[12] Holmes-Dennis made his Argyle debut, playing as a left-back, in a 2–0 win over Wycombe Wanderers on 10 February 2015, and scored his first Plymouth Argyle goal (also his first professional goal) in a 3–2 win over Tranmere Rovers on 25 April 2015. Following this, Holmes-Dennis remained at Plymouth for the club's play-off campaign and featured in both matches, as Argyle lost to Wycombe Wanderers. Holmes-Dennis returned to his parent club having made seventeen appearances.
On 18 March 2016, Holmes-Dennis joined League One club Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.
On 24 August 2016, Holmes-Dennis joined Football League Championship side Huddersfield Town on a three-year deal.
After a season of sporadic appearances for Huddersfield, which ended in the Terriers achieving promotion to the Premier League, Holmes-Dennis joined Portsmouth on a season-long loan deal, Portsmouth having just returned to League One after a four-year absence. Holmes-Dennis started the first game of the season, at home to Rochdale, at left-back; unfortunately he suffered an injury after just 39 minutes of his competitive debut and had to be substituted
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 15:21:49 GMT
Our last left-back from Farnborough in London did OK.
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harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Jul 18, 2018 15:29:21 GMT
Our last left-back from Farnborough in London did OK. indeed Lee Brown proved to be a tremendous signing. Hope Tareig is as so successful as Browner. |
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Post by a more piratey game on Jul 18, 2018 15:52:34 GMT
well, a bit riskier than most signings, but a lot more potential too by the sounds of it
more good news IMO
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Post by trunky on Jul 18, 2018 19:41:29 GMT
source="/post/170293/thread" timestamp="1531929154"]well, a bit riskier than most signings, but a lot more potential too by the sounds of it
more good news IMO[/quote]
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Post by trunky on Jul 18, 2018 19:44:53 GMT
Some of our fans would clap if a cats arse was on fire.
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Post by The Concept on Jul 18, 2018 20:00:40 GMT
Seems that 22 year old defender Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, formerly at Charlton Athletic is on his way to the Mem to sign today? Only made nine appearances for Huddersfield Town.
He was set to spend last season on loan at Portsmouth but suffered a freak injury 39 minutes into his Pompey debut, slipping on the artificial turf that outlines the Fratton Park pitch and injuring the cartilage lining at the end of his thigh bone....
Is it not too much to ask, Michael, that when you copy and paste information you've found out there on the world wide web, that you quote your source rather than pass it off as your own work? I've noticed you do it a lot - this week you also failed to credit information about the Civil Service Sports Club, which very much looked like a newspaper article. I mean, would you be happy if people stole your work from one of the many excellent books you've produced on Bristol Rovers FC, including the sensational newly published Bristol Rovers Players Who's Who 1946-2018, which are available from the club shop (and other reputable bookstores), and would make an ideal accompaniment as a holiday read for all Rovers fans out there? |
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Post by axegas on Jul 18, 2018 20:49:00 GMT
Seems that 22 year old defender Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, formerly at Charlton Athletic is on his way to the Mem to sign today? Only made nine appearances for Huddersfield Town.
He was set to spend last season on loan at Portsmouth but suffered a freak injury 39 minutes into his Pompey debut, slipping on the artificial turf that outlines the Fratton Park pitch and injuring the cartilage lining at the end of his thigh bone....
Is it not too much to ask, Michael, that when you copy and paste information you've found out there on the world wide web, that you quote your source rather than pass it off as your own work? I've noticed you do it a lot - this week you also failed to credit information about the Civil Service Sports Club, which very much looked like a newspaper article. I mean, would you be happy if people stole your work from one of the many excellent books you've produced on Bristol Rovers FC, including the sensational newly published Bristol Rovers Players Who's Who 1946-2018, which are available from the club shop (and other reputable bookstores), and would make an ideal accompaniment as a holiday read for all Rovers fans out there? A really nice concept and a good read in parts but filled with mistakes and I still find it annoying that the conference season isn't even given a mention, it's players have been erased from our history and players such as Leadbitter, Sinclair, Taylor ect have their debut listed as Northampton on the first day of the season in league two 15/16 when that quite clearly wasn't the case. |
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Post by LPGas on Jul 18, 2018 23:37:12 GMT
Is it not too much to ask, Michael, that when you copy and paste information you've found out there on the world wide web, that you quote your source rather than pass it off as your own work? I've noticed you do it a lot - this week you also failed to credit information about the Civil Service Sports Club, which very much looked like a newspaper article. I mean, would you be happy if people stole your work from one of the many excellent books you've produced on Bristol Rovers FC, including the sensational newly published Bristol Rovers Players Who's Who 1946-2018, which are available from the club shop (and other reputable bookstores), and would make an ideal accompaniment as a holiday read for all Rovers fans out there? A really nice concept and a good read in parts but filled with mistakes and I still find it annoying that the conference season isn't even given a mention, it's players have been erased from our history and players such as Leadbitter, Sinclair, Taylor ect have their debut listed as Northampton on the first day of the season in league two 15/16 when that quite clearly wasn't the case. Doesn't that refer to the football league? |
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Post by LPGas on Jul 18, 2018 23:42:47 GMT
He hasn't signed for us. We are just "after" him
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Post by Rex on Jul 19, 2018 6:25:37 GMT
Some of our fans would clap if a cats arse was on fire. Others would moan that it should have been a dog's arse. |
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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 19, 2018 7:17:41 GMT
A really nice concept and a good read in parts but filled with mistakes and I still find it annoying that the conference season isn't even given a mention, it's players have been erased from our history and players such as Leadbitter, Sinclair, Taylor ect have their debut listed as Northampton on the first day of the season in league two 15/16 when that quite clearly wasn't the case. Doesn't that refer to the football league? Not read the book or know the details, but Mike has talked a lot about not counting the conference in many stats (I assume cup games aren't counted either)
That said, a cursory mention of our one season in the conference and a thanks/acknowledgment to those that played wouldn't go a miss in the book (If it isn't there)
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jul 19, 2018 13:21:34 GMT
Some of our fans would clap if a cats arse was on fire. I definitely would if it was C*ty Away Travel Service... |
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Post by Gregory Stevens on Jul 19, 2018 13:46:35 GMT
Some of our fans would clap if a cats arse was on fire. Well, that isn’t something you see every day so I’d probably clap 👏 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 18:50:09 GMT
Is he coming or what leadbitter bombing down one wing and Mr Holmes-dennis bombing down the other wing. It sounds too good to be true, and with a new defensive coach onboard to try and sort out the gaps in defence they leave behind. Just need a proper striker now to get on the other end. Can't see Nichols cutting the mustard again hope I'm wrong. The gaffer persevered with him last season and it cost us a 15 point gap which we couldn't close.
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Post by The Concept on Jul 19, 2018 19:03:15 GMT
Is it not too much to ask, Michael, that when you copy and paste information you've found out there on the world wide web, that you quote your source rather than pass it off as your own work? I've noticed you do it a lot - this week you also failed to credit information about the Civil Service Sports Club, which very much looked like a newspaper article. I mean, would you be happy if people stole your work from one of the many excellent books you've produced on Bristol Rovers FC, including the sensational newly published Bristol Rovers Players Who's Who 1946-2018, which are available from the club shop (and other reputable bookstores), and would make an ideal accompaniment as a holiday read for all Rovers fans out there? A really nice concept and a good read in parts but filled with mistakes and I still find it annoying that the conference season isn't even given a mention, it's players have been erased from our history and players such as Leadbitter, Sinclair, Taylor ect have their debut listed as Northampton on the first day of the season in league two 15/16 when that quite clearly wasn't the case. Filled with mistakes? What, like an erroneous apostrophe appearing in a possessive form of its?  …  I've bought the book but not had a chance to read it yet, as I left it at a relations house. Seriously though, I'm with you 100% on the appearances issue. I know it has been discussed before, and there are some that agree "non-league" shouldn't been used in player's statistics, but I don't think it should be taken that literally in only quoting the 'Football League' games. For me "league" appearances are appearances in league football, rather than cup football. I don't really care what league, or division it was that Rovers played in, I just want to know how many appearances they made. Over the last couple of seasons the matchday programme has printed contradictions in style - for instance not printing Rovers Conference stats, while in the same issue printing Conference stats of other teams that also took a sabbatical from the top 4 tiers. Another one was not printing that Conference year, while at the same time printing pre-1920 "non-league" stats. And that stance seemed to chop and change, sometimes printing pre-1920, and others ignoring them as if they never happened. I was pleased last year to see Conference appearances had been added to player appearance and scoring stats, in the programme - I hope this isn't a sign they've gone back on that. One ridiculous scenario you get with this stance is leaving out Conference appearances, while at the same time publishing FA Cup appearances, when they were actually against teams even lower down the pyramid. |
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Post by dido on Jul 19, 2018 19:52:11 GMT
Quite so, Mr Concept.
Andy Monkhouse was one of Rovers' most consistent and creative performers in the past thirty years....yet he 'never played for us'!
Maxi-bonkers.
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Post by harrybuckle on Jul 19, 2018 20:30:06 GMT
Is it not too much to ask, Michael, that when you copy and paste information you've found out there on the world wide web, that you quote your source rather than pass it off as your own work? I've noticed you do it a lot - this week you also failed to credit information about the Civil Service Sports Club, which very much looked like a newspaper article. I mean, would you be happy if people stole your work from one of the many excellent books you've produced on Bristol Rovers FC, including the sensational newly published Bristol Rovers Players Who's Who 1946-2018, which are available from the club shop (and other reputable bookstores), and would make an ideal accompaniment as a holiday read for all Rovers fans out there? A really nice concept and a good read in parts but filled with mistakes and I still find it annoying that the conference season isn't even given a mention, it's players have been erased from our history and players such as Leadbitter, Sinclair, Taylor ect have their debut listed as Northampton on the first day of the season in league two 15/16 when that quite clearly wasn't the case. For your information the new book includes all those who have played for Rovers in the Football League but does not include those who just played just cup ties.
However the Conference players are all featured albeit not in the alphabetical sequence of the main section of the book. But they are included see Pages 300-305 so players such as Monkhouse, Balanta and Trotman etc are in the book. In fact 11 Conference only players are in there. Those players who went onto play after that one Conference season are of course in the A-Z.
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Post by harrybuckle on Jul 19, 2018 20:31:23 GMT
Quite so, Mr Concept. Andy Monkhouse was one of Rovers' most consistent and creative performers in the past thirty years....yet he 'never played for us'! Maxi-bonkers. Get your facts right he is on page 303 ! His biography entry reads
ANDREW WILLIAM MONKHOUSE
b 23.10.1980 Leeds
6’ 2”; 13 st 10 lbs W
Début: Début: 9.8.14 v Grimsby Town
Career: Rotherham United (trainee; professional, 1.8.98) [68+60,9]; 22.6.06 Swindon Town (free) [9+1,2]; 10.1.07 Hartlepool United (loan); 21.7.07 Hartlepool United (free) [267+31,47]; 21.7.14 Bristol Rovers (free); 24.6.15 Grimsby Town (free); 8.7.16 Alfreton Town (free); 6.7.17 Whitby Town (free).
Experience and expertise were seen as critical if Rovers were to extricate themselves at the first attempt from Conference football, so the signing of the veteran Hartlepool winger Andy Monkhouse was a shrewd move from manager Darrell Clarke. Having scored a last-minute goal as an eighteen-year-old débutant, when Rotherham defeated his future club Hartlepool 3-0 in September 1998, he had suffered two long-term injuries before becoming Dennis Wise’s first signing as Swindon manager. Goals were sporadic, but included one in the Millers’ dramatic 4-4 draw with Wolves in a League Cup encounter in October 2002 and another as Reading were thumped 5-1 sixteen months later. He experienced both promotion and relegation at both Rotherham and Hartlepool, most notably helping Pools go up alongside Rovers in 2006-07. That campaign, in which Monkhouse was named in the PFA League Two team of the season, saw his side only miss out on the League Two title when they lost their final game at home to Rovers, a match he missed through suspension; incredibly, Monkhouse was first on the losing side that campaign when United lost to Barnet on 7th April 2007. Sent off at Rochdale in April 2007 and at Chesterfield on Boxing Day 2013, he had played in Swindon’s goalless draw at The Mem in April 2008 and in eight League fixtures for Hartlepool against Rovers. Immediately endearing himself at Rovers with goals against Forest Green Rovers and Wrexham, Monkhouse became a popular figure at the club during the 2014-15 campaign. He scored two goals as Rovers demolished Dorchester Town 7-1 in the FA Cup in October 2014, but was sent off at Telford in the following fixture. That campaign, Rovers pushed hard for an immediate return to the Football League, Monkhouse appearing in 36(+3) Conference matches and scoring seven goals as the Gas finished one point behind champions Barnet; he played in the Wembley play-off final in May 2015 as Rovers dramatically secured promotion back to League football after a penalty shoot-out. A brace of goals in home Conference fixture against Barrow and Altrincham were highlights of his 38 matches and six goals for a Grimsby side which again reached the Conference play-offs in the spring of 2016. With Monkhouse missing through injury, the Mariners defeated Forest Green Rovers 3-1 at Wembley to score their long-awaited return to the Football league fold. A week later Monkhouse was back on the Wembley pitch, Grimsby losing 1-0 to Halifax in the FA Trophy Final. In November 2016 he hit a twelve-minute hat-trick as Alfreton twice came from behind to defeat Altrincham 3-2 in the Nationwide North but he was sent off during Whitby’s 2-2 draw at Stafford Rangers in February 2018.
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Post by dido on Jul 19, 2018 20:48:30 GMT
Quite so, Mr Concept. Andy Monkhouse was one of Rovers' most consistent and creative performers in the past thirty years....yet he 'never played for us'! Maxi-bonkers. Get your facts right he is on page 303 ! Good, Harold. You've seen the light (partly). |
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