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The B-Ark / Re: Multi Sport Professionals.

« on: June 22, 2010, 10:30:57 PM »

Lee Trundle was very good at diving.

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The B-Ark / Re: Multi Sport Professionals.

« on: June 22, 2010, 10:22:20 PM »

There was a goalkeeper played for Emley against Boston a few years ago. I can't remember his name but I can picture his face. I'm sure he was also a wicket keeper for a County Cricket side though.

Marples?

Indeed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Marples

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The B-Ark / Re: Multi Sport Professionals.

« on: June 22, 2010, 07:25:49 PM »

There was a goalkeeper played for Emley against Boston a few years ago. I can't remember his name but I can picture his face. I'm sure he was also a wicket keeper for a County Cricket side though.

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The B-Ark / Re: Chris Wood.....

« on: June 20, 2010, 10:11:04 PM »

I heard two during the coverage of New Zealand's last game, once in the build up and once during the game! For those that don't know one of the "All Whites", Leo Bertos, played for us 4 years ago in the Conference North. This got referred to during BBC's coverage!

And the way we've started the tournament, four years from now some of the current England squad will probably be playing for Worksop Town!

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The B-Ark / Re: How poor was that!!

« on: June 18, 2010, 11:22:17 PM »

It was dire.

But on the plus side, at least we're not French.

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The B-Ark / Re: Goalkeeper

« on: June 12, 2010, 10:00:43 PM »

Theakston! Sign him up 

Might be a better proposition than Robert Green?

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The B-Ark / Vuvuzelas

« on: June 12, 2010, 01:23:48 PM »

Is it just me, or are they irritating?

I doubt they'd be allowed into English League grounds becuase they could be used as an offensive weapon. But are we likely to see them in Blue Square North next season?

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The B-Ark / Re: New song for us to run out to next season?

« on: June 07, 2010, 08:38:56 PM »

"Money's too tight to mention" - Simply Red?

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The B-Ark / Re: World Cup Predictions

« on: June 06, 2010, 02:23:51 PM »

Like others have already said, I think Brazil have to be favourites. England will reach the quarter finals, and semis if we're lucky.

Why is it though that nobody else has yet mentioned the African teams? First World Cup to be staged on that continent and you'd have to favour some of the players to adapt better to the conditions than some of the European sides. Now I don't expect an African side will necessarily win the tournament, but it wouldn't surprise me if (say) the Ivory Coast had a run to the semi-finals.

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The B-Ark / Re: Trinity aiming higher

« on: June 04, 2010, 06:37:25 AM »

Slight change of subject, but are footballers in general getting taller?

We've had Ben Futcher at Boston (6'7"). Peter Crouch is 6'7", as was the centre-half Dennis Lawrence at Wrexham and Swansea. There's a guy at Wolves (whose name I won't even attempt to spell) who is 6'8", and Koller, a main stay in the Czech national team for several years, I believe was also 6'8".

Back in the early 80s through to the mid 90s - when I first started watching football - I can't remember any players being this tall. Were there any? Is football becoming the new basketball?

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The B-Ark / Re: sshhhh....guess what

« on: May 31, 2010, 09:58:49 PM »

Did Dave Cusack once manage a veriation of D&R?  Took a lot of our good players with him.  I could be wrong, old age and all that

Paul Shrtliff, John Mckenna,Paul Cavell & Paul Richardson all took the Redbridge Forest money, not too sure if Cusack was manager there then though.......I think by the time he went the greedy players and agents and hangers on had taken most of the cash from the ground sales etc.

Mickey Nuttell as well, if I'm not mistaken.

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The B-Ark / Re: sshhhh....guess what

« on: May 30, 2010, 08:49:49 PM »

Everyone wants to talk about Dagenham because of what went on in the Steve Evans and Garry Hill eras, but some of us have memories which stretch back even further.

Back in the 1980s, when the Conference was known as the Alliance Premier League, there was no automatic promotion into the Football League. Equally, there were many seasons when teams escaped relegation from the APL due to the fact that teams in the feeder leagues did not want the travelling for a national league or did not meet the ground grading criteria. Season-by-season, the list of clubs barely changed, and there tended to be "leagues within the league" in terms of the "haves" and the "have nots."

In the "haves" were the likes of Yeovil Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Nuneaton Borough and Altrincham. All enjoyed some success on the pitch, seemed to have a good fan base and in the infrastructure in place to go higher. All these teams needed was a change in the rules to allow non-league teams automatic promotion into the Football League.

Dagenham were very much in the "have not" camp - alongside the likes of Fisher Athleric and Trowbridge Town. They escaped relegation very marginally on a number of occasions and struggled to get attendances above 300. With the likes of West Ham and Leyton Orient in close proximity, they were punching above their weight to even stay at Alliance Premier League level.

How on earth do you get from that position to where they are now?

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The B-Ark / Re: Notts County need a manager

« on: May 27, 2010, 06:06:24 PM »

I'm not sure if its the glasses or if its the way he has strategically placed the new signing in front of his stomach, but he looks a little bit slimmer to me!

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The B-Ark / Re: Update the BUFC Legends list.

« on: May 27, 2010, 07:02:14 AM »

I thought we were mainly talking about "legends" over the last 20 or so years. I haven't searched anywhere, but it does feel like more than 20 years since Asa Hartford played for us. At the very least it must be bordering on 20 years ago.

The record books show that Ben Morley played the first 45 half against AFC Bournemouth, but was then replaced at half-time by Jim Rodwell. Now there's a man who nobody else has mentioned on this legends thread!

It is a myth that Morley played one game for the club - as he also appeared as an 89th minute substitute in our second League game at Wrexham!

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The B-Ark / Re: Update the BUFC Legends list.

« on: May 25, 2010, 10:03:25 PM »

Alex Notman, Tyrone Kirk, Brian Horseman, Rory Prendergast, Gary Brabin, oh no, hang on, wait a minute ....

I'd pick out the likes of Paul Bastock, Paul Ellender, David Norris, Mark Greaves, Simon Rusk, Andy Kirk and Peter Costello.