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Post by GasMacc1 on May 11, 2019 15:58:27 GMT
The Guardian: "Attendance watch: the given gate is 8049, described as “generous” by someone on the scene".
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 11, 2019 15:55:03 GMT
Soon, we won't be analysing Accrington's business model, it'll be Salford City. They are currently 3-0 up at Wembley in the National League Play-off Final. I wonder what their sustainable business model is? To judge the level of support enjoyed by Salford and FC Fylde, here's the view of the crowd at Wembley during the National anthem.
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 11, 2019 10:58:28 GMT
Accrington must be able to operate at much lower cost.
As an example, compare the selling of tickets and catering.
At Accrington, I paid on the day. It was cash only. A single person, an elderly lady, in a portacabin had a metal cash box and a wad of cardboard tickets for sale. Nothing electronic, no credit-card payments were possible.
In 2016 the only catering for away fans was a trailer (by the way purveying the worst food and drink it's been my misfortune to sample in any ground, ever). The prices were similar to those at Rovers, but the offer was of much lower quality. I noticed that a different supplier was in place in 2019, but it wasn't the kind of branded offering we have at Rovers (for good or ill).
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 11, 2019 10:35:45 GMT
During Sky's coverage of Accrington's recent game with Luton, the commentator mentioned that Accrington are about to spend £300,000 on re-laying the pitch at their ground.
I seem to remember that our re-vamp in the last pre-season was reported to have cost "only" £100,000.
I know the weather just west of the Pennines is atrocious (and we suffered the worst of it in our last two fixtures at Accrington!), but - aside from the reason for planning to spend three times as much as us - how will they be able to spend this AND put out a team that is competitive in League One?
I'm sure they will, though!
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 11, 2019 10:23:35 GMT
Created summary from Chris Lines thread, 'cos I'm interested in any answers to this...
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 11, 2019 7:27:00 GMT
Due to loss of form Sercombe has mainly been poor and Ollie Clarke has totally out scored him in goals ... Liam hasn't been scoring; A. Because he hasn't played. B. Because he's been played wide. When he's been used in his natural position he's looked useful, but with this manager there's been a big gap between midfield and our front 1, you could argue front 2,... I wouldn't write Liam off, play him in his proper position and allow him to get forward and let's see what happens then. Whilst I can appreciate that Liam's form has suffered through being asked to play out wide, I don't see how that has stopped him scoring. Despite his starting position, in most matches he's normally had a least one very presentable opportunity to put the ball in the back of the net, usually from around 15-20 yards out and from a fairly central area. Having watched all home and fifteen away League games this season, I'm sure Liam's conversion rate has been a lot lower in 2018-19 than in previous seasons. He has had a huge number of scoring chances, but he's been missing them, managing only four goals. As to the reason...no idea!
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 4, 2019 14:39:57 GMT
What’s Barnsley’s unofficial nick name, do we have to call them Barnsley? "Tykes" is their nickname. Don't know about unofficial.
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 3, 2019 17:46:15 GMT
Barnsley are doing a beam-back if you fancy a trip to Yorkshire... Also, on Barnsley's site: "As of today (Friday 3rd May) we are unable to confirm whether the match will be available for UK viewers to watch - we will update supporters on that..."
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Post by GasMacc1 on May 1, 2019 15:35:31 GMT
Credit where it's due...
"The EFL has announced the winners of the Grounds Team of the Season award for 2018/19 in each of the three divisions. The awards recognise the importance of the quality of pitches for professional football and acknowledge the clubs and their ground staff who consistently produce the best playing surfaces in the EFL. In Sky Bet League One, Bristol Rovers' ground staff take top honours for the excellent surface at the Memorial Stadium. Doncaster Rovers, Sunderland and Wycombe Wanderers are highly commended. The EFL's Grounds Team of the Season Awards are determined initially using marks from referees and away managers for each Sky Bet EFL game and are then followed by detailed pitch inspections and a review of management operations. These visits were carried out by Dr Stephen Baker, Head of Sports Surface Technology at the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI)".
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 28, 2019 19:08:21 GMT
Thankfully that's over. Does anyone have any positive thoughts for next season please? I remember seeing Ollie's impressive Rovers side at Wigan in the September of the 1999/2000 season, our first appearance at the new Wigan ground. We played with Lee Jones in goal and a solid, defensive back eight (*). Jason Roberts and Jamie Cureton provided all the attacking potency we needed, on the counter-attack. We just need to find the 2019/2020 version of Roberts and Cureton. (*) Pritchard/Tillson/Foster/Challis; Thompson/Mauge/Hillier. P.S. We lost 3-1! But that's not the point; it was a very effective set-up, based on a robust defensive unit (not unlike the one GC has fashioned) and until March of that season we were certs for the Title...
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 28, 2019 18:54:26 GMT
Thanks for your report, again, Steve. Ogogo 8.5 MOM best I have seen him play. Covered every bit of the ground and put in some great crunching tackles. Yes, he was very impressive. Jarred Gillet was refereeing only his second match in the Football League, so he is a new referee to us. However, he has a lot of experience in Australia! Wiki: "He has refereed five Hyundai A-League Grand Finals (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) and has been named the Hyundai A-League Referee of the Year on five occasions (2011/12, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18)... this made him the most successful referee in A-League history...As part of an exchange programme, Gillett has also officiated in the [leagues in] Japan, India, China and Saudi Arabia. He is currently studying at Liverpool John Moores University".
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 16, 2019 19:45:17 GMT
... GC clearly favours EU ... Especially as he's taken a position in front of the defence, as a sort of back-stop.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 16, 2019 15:11:42 GMT
If only you'd written that. I did in a subsequent post when Craig signed for rovers explaining where I got the information from Yes, you did, I remember. On the subject of Tony Craig: he's been great! Serious demeanour. He's developed a fantastic partnership with Lockyer. Not the tallest, he uses old-school nous and reading of the game. I love the way he quickly makes a decision on whether (a) he can play the ball or (b) needs to clear it. If it's the latter, it goes in Row Z, with feeling. Did you see how he was organising the back line last Saturday when Bradford brought on Billy Clarke for Eoin Doyle. Craig waved his arms about and inadvertently almost knocked the Bradford sub out!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 15, 2019 18:34:23 GMT
Played today in the victory over MK Dons. Rovers XI: Adam Smith (GK), Daniel Leadbitter, Joe Partington (Ben Morgan, 70'), Alfie Kilgour (c), Luca Hoole, Luke Russe, Chris Lines, Alex Rodman (Harry Warwick, 74') , Lucas Tomlinson, Deon Moore (Connor Jones, 80'), Alex Jakubiak (Rhys Kavanagh, 70'). Subs: Liam Armstrong (GK). Good to see Leadbitter also featured.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 4, 2019 20:05:01 GMT
Two in the League: MK Dons last season and Peterborough (pen) this season.
Two in the Associate Members (plus Interlopers) Cup: West Ham U21 last season, Port Vale (pen) this season.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 23, 2019 17:22:54 GMT
We are second bottom of the 'home' league table. ... Hope springs eternal and Up The Gas. Don't forget that GC has told us that he only looks at the table of results starting in mid-December. :-)
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 23, 2019 16:52:05 GMT
Tony Craig - under no pressure whatsoever - direct from a corner allows the ball to bounce and then heads it into keepers top right. What the f*ck did he think he was doing? Two defensive howlers. The bloke is a joke,no composure We'll have to agree to disagree.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 18, 2019 16:55:51 GMT
Thanks, Steve192 - good summary as usual - a very good entertaining match considering the conditions - and partly due to a very good referee - oh if only we had that standard of ref every game Dean Whitestone was a name I recognised from matches on TV, but couldn't remember him refereeing Rovers before. Four or five years ago he was regularly appearing in Championship games, but more recently has only taken League One and League Two matches. In fact, he was the referee for our win at Fulham in the League Cup and our 1-0 defeat at home to Doncaster last season. Prior to that, he took our 1-1 draw at Port Vale and (um) the Cup exit at home against Barrow. He also reffed the 1-0 home win over Mansfield in 2015-16. Source: Soccerbase.com
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 18, 2019 15:01:11 GMT
Hold your fire, Bamber! I'm sure this is a teaser for a video which will out-do last year's tear-jerking winner.
I fully expect it to reveal that the punter in the picture has been to the other place, hates it, and is rushing (back?) to the only club in the area with integrity.
The poorly written instructions are intended to be ironic. Surely?
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Post by GasMacc1 on Mar 11, 2019 8:54:31 GMT
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