Posted by Nik Myles on Sunday, November 1, 2009,
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Hucknall Town 1 Retford United 4
Unibond Premier Division
Saturday October 31st
Retford United
travelled to the other end of Nottinghamshire to face a Hucknall Town side
who were coming to the end of a rocky
week. It is pretty much a lcoal derby, but such is the apathy
amongst both sets of fans, coupled with the lack of any meaningful
meetings prior to this, that it was really just a run of the mill game.
Retford picked the same team who had surrendered so meekly the previous
Tuesda... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nik Myles on Thursday, October 29, 2009,
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Unibond
retford guiseley
Retford United 0 Guiseley 2
Unibond Premier Division
Tuesday 27th October
Yet again, an inability to trouble the onion bag proved to be Retford United's
undoing. As with the match on Saturday, enough chances were created in
the first half alone to put the game to bed, yet the misfiring Godber
and Harvey, normally so reliable, repeatedly failed to bring saves out
of the visiting keeper, let alone put the PA guy to use. Add to their
woes the fact that the back up artistes i... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nik Myles on Saturday, October 24, 2009,
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Unibond
Retford United 2 Ossett Town 2
Unibond Premier Division
Sat 24th Oct
Honestly, I don't know what to write about this game. Retford United
played some of their best football for a fair while, but yet again
reluctant strikers and fortuatous defending served to keep the game
within grasp of the visitors, before Ossett Town rode their luck into
the sunset with a goal gift-wrapped by a series of inept defending. And
the the end, it was only a suspect offside decision that left Retford
gr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nik Myles on Saturday, October 10, 2009,
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Unibond
Ossett Town v Retford United
Unibond Premier Division
Saturday 10th October
I don't really know what to say about today. The drive up was nice
enough, although I wasn't able to try the King's
Arms as intended. If anyone can explain the horses wandering
around Heath Common though, I would be hugely appreciative.
The ground deserved more in
the way of attendance (160-odd), and whilst the natives were friendly
enough, it would seem Ossett is fairly uninspiring place. That said,
it'...
Posted by Nik Myles on Thursday, October 8, 2009,
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Unibond
Marine
boss Kevin Lynch says he is now starting to see the fighting spirit in
his side he has longed for.
The Mariners battled to an impressive 1-0 win at Retford United on
Saturday to give Lynch’s men a third consecutive win.
Three
points in Nottinghamshire catapulted the Whites to eighth in the
UniBond Premier Division
table though midweek results elsewhere
means they now lie in 11th.
Lynch said: “It was really
pleasing to keep a clean sheet in the win at Retford. Of late we have
be...
Posted by Nik Myles on Thursday, October 8, 2009,
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Unibond
Whitby Town aim to
end
their seven game winless run tomorrow at the Turnbull Ground when
Merseysiders Marine
visit in a rearranged Unibond
Premier Division clash.
Kevin Lynch's side are moored in mid-table, with five wins, seven
defeats and just one draw.
In contrast, Town have shared the spoils on five occasions.
Most
of Marine's wins can be attributed to runaway leading goalscorer Jamie
Rainford, who has already netted 11 times in 13 league matches.
Posted by Nik Myles on Thursday, October 8, 2009,
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Unibond
Matlock
Town boss Mark
Atkins was still seething three days after watching his side succumb to
their highest defeat of the season at Bradford Park Avenue last
Saturday.
He
gave a blunt assessment about the 5-2 loss in the Unibond Premier Division, agreeing that it was
probably the worst Matlock performance since his arrival at Causeway
Lane just over ten months ago and hinted that some of the squad might
have tested his patience a little too much.
For the first time this season, I was actually nervous before this game. Glapwell is an unassuming place, uninspiring in pretty much every way. I don't much like it, and I don't much like the people either. I didn't like it when we went there in the old NCEL days, and I haven't changed my opinion in the intervening years when soap operas and fixture lists have forced me to frequent one of my more local clubs.
Apologies. It has been a while, and I have little doubt that your lives have been empty without me. Still, worse things happen at sea.
I don't like Goole as a place. I don't like Goole fans. And I don't tend to like Goole players. Matt Redmile, Brad Hill and the odd keeper excepted. I do however like the pies at Goole, and this may have clouded my judgement as to quite how unpleasant playing Goole can be. Well, dear viewer, I am here to tell you it can be very unpleasant.
The sooner football becomes an indoor sport, the sooner Cannon Park will become a fortress, and the sooner World Domination will be a certainty. Yesterday's game was the classic game of two halves, and all because of the wind. As seasoned visitors to CP know all too well, the climate at the top end of Leverton Road is drastically different from that anywhere else in the country. A leisurely stroll around town at 12.30 was conducted in t-shirts amidst talk of sunglasses and shorts. Come kick o... Continue reading ...
Gresley Rovers are a club in trouble. There but for the grace of God, it could well have been us. Years of financial mismanagement, self delusion coupled with fan deception, and a degree of fan apathy. It all sounds painfully familiar. At times like this, a club needs good people at the helm, with thick skins and a vague masochistic streak. Both clubs are lucky to have already had managers in lace with these characteristics, and it sounds like Gresley now have a Chairman to match now. Good lu...
