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The B-Ark / Re: Burscough & Crawley

« on: February 18, 2010, 08:59:33 PM »

I would rather a club survive and beat them on the field.

To late for beating them on the feild. they are well and truly our boggy team

To be fair, having looked at a number of Unibond pitches this season, I think Matlock Town are more our boggy team.

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The B-Ark / Re: Drewe Broughton

« on: February 18, 2010, 12:01:00 PM »

That sending off at Torquay is something I'll always remember him for. To get sent off for time-wasting in the process of being substituted has got to be pretty unique. That was a good battling performance, earning a draw with nine men after David Galbraith also saw red.

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The B-Ark / Re: Worksop Town Forum

« on: February 18, 2010, 11:57:54 AM »

As I understand it Jamie Jackson is the half-brother of Bolton's Kevin Davies, probably the best current English player not to have been capped by England. Now there's a debate .....

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The B-Ark / Re: Burscough & Crawley

« on: February 17, 2010, 04:42:47 PM »

I ventured onto the Crawley website a few moments ago and happened to notice that it only lists fifteen players in their first team squad. That's not enough to fill a sub's bench.....

http://www.crawleytownfc.com/players.php?pageid=57

I'm sure they had a much bigger squad earlier in the season. Are events from our own Football League relegation season starting to repeat themselves?

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The B-Ark / Drewe Broughton

« on: February 16, 2010, 05:16:12 PM »

Drewe Broughton has made a habit of joining teams that ultimately get relegated from the Football League. He's played for Kidderminster, Rushden, Chester, ourselves and Wrexham.

Now he's joined Lincoln City 

http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~1967950,00.html

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The B-Ark / Re: Gainsborough

« on: February 16, 2010, 03:22:31 PM »

I know we're very spoilt at Boston, but has anyone else noticed how poor Gainsborough Trinity's official website is?

http://www.gainsboroughtrinity.com/

The links at the top of the page don't work, they appear to have had no news at the Northolme since October and their results and fixtures link at the bottom of the page hasn't been updated since early January.

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The B-Ark / Re: Jim Rodwell in Notts County takeover?

« on: February 16, 2010, 02:19:15 PM »

It was interesting to hear the interview which the new Notts County supremo Ray Trew on last night's BBC "Late Kick Off" programme (Midlands area). For anyone whose interested in watching it, it's available for the time being via BBC i-Player:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qcpcv

The interviewer asks Mr Trew about his choice of Chief Executive, and his reply states categorically that Jim Rodwell was not to blame for the demise of Boston United.

If this is the case, then I can only deduce that Mr Trew blames Boston's problems entirely on Steve Evans. And if he is (ahem) true to his word, then surely he can't look to appoint Evans as Notts County manager at any stage in the future?

Watch this space.....

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The B-Ark / Re: Jim Rodwell in Notts County takeover?

« on: February 14, 2010, 08:10:37 PM »

I, like most other supporters, was very disillusioned with the way that Jim Rodwell ran our club to the ground during its final season in the Football League - almost to the point of driving us out of business.

As we feared the worst during that summer of 2007, I started to contemplate what I would do with my Saturday afternoons if Boston United ceased to exist. Being a football supporter I decided that I'd have to find another club. At that point the thought of following Notts County did actually cross my mind. For me, Meadow Lane is a relatively easy run, parking is straight forward and I was used to League Two prices. But with players like Alan White, Austin McCann, Lawrie Dudfield, Gary Silk, Lee Canoville and Jason Lee in the Notts squad at that time, the biggest selling factor would have been the fact that it wouldn't have felt like I was supporting a totally new team.

If Boston had ceased to exist during that summer, my opinion of Jim Rodwell would have been even lower than it is now. And if I had become an adopted Notts supporter, how exactly would I be feeling right now? I could not personally line Rodwell's pockets again, so would now be looking in protest for a third different club to support in the space of four years!

At this point I think we should all say (again) a massive and sincere thank you to Mssrs Blackwell, Pierpoint, Newton, Kempster and Cook for everything that they have done for the club during that summer and since. We will always be grateful.

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The B-Ark / Gazza arrested

« on: February 08, 2010, 07:51:18 PM »

Story here ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8503968.stm

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The B-Ark / England Captaincy

« on: February 06, 2010, 02:58:47 PM »

What do people make of the whole John Terry situation, and Capello's decision to appoint Rio Ferdinand as England captain?

Personally I think Capello has done the right thing in axing Terry as captain, though I have my doubts about his choice of replacement skipper. Ferdinand has made mistakes in crucial games over the past couple of seasons, and has not been without injury problems. I'm no longer convinced he should even be an England regular, and wonder if we'd be better off with either  West Ham's Upson or Tottenham's Dawson alongside Terry in the defence.

As far as captaincy is concerned, wouldn't Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard or Ashley Cole have made a better choice than Ferdinand?

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The B-Ark / Re: Ex-Pilgrims on the move

« on: February 05, 2010, 03:58:04 PM »

Talking of ex-Pilgrims on the move, I understand that Alan White has rejoined his former club Darlington on loan from Luton Town. Good signing for Darlo, but it'll be a big ask to keep them in the Football League.

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The B-Ark / Re: Groundsman

« on: February 03, 2010, 10:07:46 AM »

I wonder why nobody nominated Matlock?

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The B-Ark / Re: Refs

« on: February 01, 2010, 06:12:08 PM »

I didn't go to Saturday's match at Kendal due to a virus, so can't comment on this year's officials.

I can however remember last year's fixture at Kendal. A lot of supporters remember it as the game in which Matt Bloomer managed to keep his kit immaculately clean despite a mud bath of a pitch. It will also remembered for the return of Paul Ellender. If I'm not mistaken though there was also an incident where the linesman was receiving a little bit of stick from Boston supporters, and responded with a one-fingered gesture behind his back as he ran down the line.

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The B-Ark / Tony 'The Crane' Crane

« on: January 30, 2010, 01:15:56 PM »

Have been unable to make the trip to Kendal today due to a virus, so have been having a look round one or two sites. I notice that Wakefield FC have two familiar-sounding players on their squad list - Jon Froggatt and Tony 'The Crane' Crane...

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/wakefieldfc/?primary=senior&secondary=players_coaches&team_id=

I know it is "our" Jon Froggatt, but is this the same Tony 'The Crane' Crane? There's no profile (nor photograph) on the Wakefield site for him and he's listed as a striker, but you have to wonder.

Does anyone know?

EDIT: At no stage when entering the above post did I type "The Crane." What's going on?

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The B-Ark / Re: Crystal Palace

« on: January 27, 2010, 11:01:38 AM »

I know some years back Palace were playing their reserve team fixtures at Crawley's Broadfield Stadium. Is that still the case?

I wonder if the problems at Palace could have knock-on financial ramifications for you know who?