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  • Start date Oct 7, 2025
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Evo1883

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  • Oct 8, 2025
  • #36
Dougin said:
Was just having a look at some of the national league crowds.

Last week York had 7,316 at home and Southend had 7,754 that unreal. English football is the best.
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Really they need to rebrand it as league 3 at this point ..far too many big clubs in it to be thought of as non league
 
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matesx

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  • Oct 8, 2025
  • #37
ptr said:
Yes they do. But doesn’t make their level of football any less shite.
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Watch alot of it yourself yeah?
 

Evo1883

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  • Oct 8, 2025
  • #38
matesx said:
Watch alot of it yourself yeah?
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My mate is a season ticket holder at partick thistle as he works up there .. he says the standard is pretty shite
 

Calista

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  • Oct 8, 2025
  • #39
Brylowes said:
I‘m sure the cages stayed up after the West End was seated.
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Yeah that was what I said in my first post, but I later thought I must surely have been wrong. In hindsight, what a horrible way to spend an afternoon, but I kept going through thick and thin!
 
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ptr

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  • Oct 8, 2025
  • #40
matesx said:
Watch alot of it yourself yeah?
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Enough. Do you?
 

Gynnsthetonic

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  • Oct 11, 2025
  • #41
Torquay Sky Blue said:
I enjoy watching Torquay because it's old school I guess. Standing terraces ,easy to get a pint at half time and I can walk to the ground. However an expensive weekend watching Cov is better ... especially at present.
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Always liked Torquay for some reason, probably because it's in Devon, what's not to like. Hope they can get back up the football pyramid
 
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CovInEssex

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #42
802 at Nuneaton (exiled to Bedworth) last night
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #43
Gynnsthetonic said:
Always liked Torquay for some reason, probably because it's in Devon, what's not to like. Hope they can get back up the football pyramid
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Watched us scrape through against them in the FA Cup the year we had Chelsea in the 1/4 final

We were turgid and won 1-0 late on
 
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torchomatic

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #44
I'm 60 in a couple of weeks. I'm going to get a ST for Racing Club Warwick. It's only £30. I won't go very often, but will on international breaks, etc and I'll be putting a little into the Club. Those further down the pyramid should be supported.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #45
torchomatic said:
I'm 60 in a couple of weeks. I'm going to get a ST for Racing Club Warwick. It's only £30. I won't go very often, but will on international breaks, etc and I'll be putting a little into the Club. Those further down the pyramid should be supported.
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Good man
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #46
Lad reffed there it’s a great little set up
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #47
I spent Saturday at Hemel Hempstead v Yeovil in the FA Cup Quals, met a pal who I went uni with who supports Yeovil (He reminds me every year of the date they drummed us 6-2) Hemel won 2-1 and claimed a bit of a scalp

Loved the day - neat little ground, beers by the pitch and a great clubhouse after! Hemel chairman was mingling after and come and shook our hands and thanked us for popping by! They got a good draw away at Wigan in the next round, so chuffed for them
 
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Williescar

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #48
CovInEssex said:
802 at Nuneaton (exiled to Bedworth) last night
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My mate and i were there,enjoyed it.Much better than watching Ingerlund on the telly
 
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CV22SBA

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #49
alexccfc99 said:
Watched us scrape through against them in the FA Cup the year we had Chelsea in the 1/4 final

We were turgid and won 1-0 late on
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Great weekend away though apart from the game.
 

Otis

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #50
torchomatic said:
I'm 60 in a couple of weeks. I'm going to get a ST for Racing Club Warwick. It's only £30. I won't go very often, but will on international breaks, etc and I'll be putting a little into the Club. Those further down the pyramid should be supported.
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£30? Wow!! The early bird price for Folkestone Invicta would have cost me £170. And that's the concession price!
 
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torchomatic

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #51
Otis said:
£30? Wow!! The early bird price for Folkestone Invicta would have cost me £170. And that's the concession price!
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Blimey. Just looked and that was the early bird. Full price is still only £60. Not sure what level either team is at though, Folkestone might be higher.

 
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baldy

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #52
Gynnsthetonic said:
Always liked Torquay for some reason, probably because it's in Devon, what's not to like. Hope they can get back up the football pyramid
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Went to Torquay last year for a week & even that was too long - absolutely nothing to do for the kids,nothing like it was how I remember it as a kid - most places boarded up too - depressing
 

Otis

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #53
torchomatic said:
Blimey. Just looked and that was the early bird. Full price is still only £60. Not sure what level either team is at though, Folkestone might be higher.

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Isthmian Premier League.

Not sure how that compares.

I do remember when I lived in Maidstone for a little while, their ST price was on par with the City's
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #54
Have enjoyed going to Stratford to watch the ‘Bardy Army’ a few times. Great mascot
 
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Otis

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #55
torchomatic said:
Blimey. Just looked and that was the early bird. Full price is still only £60. Not sure what level either team is at though, Folkestone might be higher.

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Not much difference.

Racing Club are 8th tier and Folkestone are 7th
 
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baldy

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #56
Otis said:
Not much difference.

Racing Club are 8th tier and Folkestone are 7th
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Just checked Newent Town ticket prices seeing as I'm their manager in my FM save haha - adults 13 quid per match & that's in the 10th tier
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #57
baldy said:
Just checked Newent Town ticket prices seeing as I'm their manager in my FM save haha - adults 13 quid per match & that's in the 10th tier
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Newent getting many people paying that…
 
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TomRad85

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #58
Otis said:
Isthmian Premier League.

Not sure how that compares.

I do remember when I lived in Maidstone for a little while, their ST price was on par with the City's
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Isthmian Premier is half decent. National League South is the next one up. My local team is Isthmian Prem, i should go more, i was always more tempted when they were in the National League South for a season as i'm a snob like that.
 
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blunted

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #59
Dougin said:
I can remember going the old Nuneaton Borough ground I think they were playing forest green rovers and some people swapped ends at half time.
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Used to do that at every ground even Highfield Rd. Lots of fans changed ends at half time.
First time I experienced hooliganism was at Blackburn when we were changing ends.
 
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CovInEssex

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #60
blunted said:
Used to do that at every ground even Highfield Rd. Lots of fans changed ends at half time.
First time I experienced hooliganism was at Blackburn when we were changing ends.
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what year was that?
 

torchomatic

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #61
Used to love going to the Central League games at HR.
 
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blunted

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  • Oct 15, 2025
  • #62
CovInEssex said:
what year was that?
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Remember the Blackburn game was in 1967, although I saw but did not experience trouble at non-league friendlies earlier in pre-seasons. Small town mentality.
Don't know when it was changing around at half time at Highfield Rd, or other grounds but there was no segregation in the early years at all grounds and no barriers between the two ends, I would imagine. Remember mixing with Northampton fans at their ground in the early 60s.
Hooliganism meant segregation was necessary. It nearly destroyed football when gates plummeted around the country and fences went up.
Even our all-seater stadium didn't stop it, especially Leeds who tore out the seats.
 

Kneeza

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  • Oct 16, 2025
  • #63
torchomatic said:
Used to love going to the Central League games at HR.
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Heh. I was at HR (in the Sky Blue - chap down the road used to take me as his wife wouldn't go to reserve games, so I always had her seat) the night the Main Stand burned down. Of course, we didn't find out until the next morning.
Loved going to reserve games - and have fond memories of Greeny and Mortimer (I think) doing the donkey kick one night. IIRC it hit the bar.
 
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Kneeza

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  • Oct 16, 2025
  • #64
blunted said:
Remember the Blackburn game was in 1967, although I saw but did not experience trouble at non-league friendlies earlier in pre-seasons. Small town mentality.
Don't know when it was changing around at half time at Highfield Rd, or other grounds but there was no segregation in the early years at all grounds and no barriers between the two ends, I would imagine. Remember mixing with Northampton fans at their ground in the early 60s.
Hooliganism meant segregation was necessary. It nearly destroyed football when gates plummeted around the country and fences went up.
Even our all-seater stadium didn't stop it, especially Leeds who tore out the seats.
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I don't remember there ever not being segregation between the Sky Blue terrace and the Kop. Me and my dad always stood right by it on the SBT. (60s, certainly, and obviously after the Sky Blue was built.
 

blunted

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  • Oct 16, 2025
  • #65
Kneeza said:
I don't remember there ever not being segregation between the Sky Blue terrace and the Kop. Me and my dad always stood right by it on the SBT. (60s, certainly, and obviously after the Sky Blue was built.
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Not in my lifetime either, but loads of grounds were open all around at first.
Think my grandad said something about Highfield Rd, but I may be misremembering, which is not unusual at my age.
Just realised my family has supported the City for five generations and the youngest is 19. Maybe six, but can't ask anyone if my great grandfather was a supporter.
 

blunted

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  • Oct 16, 2025
  • #66
Kneeza said:
Heh. I was at HR (in the Sky Blue - chap down the road used to take me as his wife wouldn't go to reserve games, so I always had her seat) the night the Main Stand burned down. Of course, we didn't find out until the next morning.
Loved going to reserve games - and have fond memories of Greeny and Mortimer (I think) doing the donkey kick one night. IIRC it hit the bar.
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There were very strong rumours that the stand burning down was not accidental. Especially as Derrick Robbin's company built the new stand.
 

Kneeza

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  • Oct 17, 2025
  • #67
blunted said:
There were very strong rumours that the stand burning down was not accidental. Especially as Derrick Robbin's company built the new stand.
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Yes, I know, but I can't see it myself.
 
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TewkesburySkyBlue

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  • Oct 17, 2025
  • #68
blunted said:
Used to do that at every ground even Highfield Rd. Lots of fans changed ends at half time.
First time I experienced hooliganism was at Blackburn when we were changing ends.
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My first experience of football hooliganism was at Huddersfield in 1967/8 when we won promotion to the First Division.
We got pelted from stands above so moved to the other end at half time.
We won by the way -2-1 I think it was and it was on Match of the Day with Kenneth Wolstenholme commentating.
Happy days- now returning !!
 
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TewkesburySkyBlue

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  • Oct 17, 2025
  • #69
As I live in Gloucestershire I've been to Forest Green Rovers a few times.
A decent experience even though I'm not much of a fan of the mouth Savage.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Oct 17, 2025
  • #70
TewkesburySkyBlue said:
As I live in Gloucestershire I've been to Forest Green Rovers a few times.
A decent experience even though I'm not much of a fan of the mouth Savage.
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I'm so used to seeing FGR mentioned and someone mentioning the vegan thing I read it as mouth sausage.

As for being a fan of a mouth sausage, I guess it often depends on if you're giving or receiving.
 
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