2015/16 FA Cup

[Aberstone]

Brockenhurst 1-5 Wealdstone.
Scoreline flattered Wealdstone but a great game. Brockenhurst played some good football, as good as anything I've seen from a step 9 side. However I think Wealdstone gave them far too much respect, or thought they could turn up and win. From the first 30 seconds it was clear Wealdstone could pass it around with ease and create chances. For some reason after this they took it quite easy and needless lumped it forward on many occasions. If they had played with more intensity they really could have had 10+ goals.
First looked a fluke - I was down the other end - Jefferson Louis sort of flicked it on and it looped over a static keeper. Only thing the keeper did wrong all match btw - he was superb, made some wonder saves.
Brockenhurst looked good going forward though, especially the number 9, who I think scored - great hit which took a nick off a defenders back and ended up in the top corner.
2nd half was much more even than the scoreline suggests, Wealdstone got a scrappy 2nd from a corner that wasn't properly cleared and a comical own goal for the 3rd. Brockenhurst had chances at 2-1 and 3-1 down though, threw everything at it and got caught twice in the final minute. Wealdstone missed a penalty - which I was right behind and was a good decision - that's 4 pens I've seen given in games this season, they have all been missed!!
4th, don't know how far out it actually was but looked close to the halfway line, keeper off his line, straight in, always nice to see goals like that. 5th, was, for me, the only thing the ref got wrong - blatant handball by the Wealdstone player as it came into him, he looked embarrassed to score, even after it went in he was looking about for someone to rule it out!
A word for the ref - very good, far too good for step 6 and 9 teams - let the game flow when he could, don't think he got a decision wrong apart from the handball.

Atmosphere was good, Wealdstone brought great numbers, my son and myself met some great people including the goalkeeper of the 1985 Wealdstone double winning side and the wife of Wealdstone's president who I spent most of the 2nd half chatting to. I'll certainly be coming to a Wealdstone home game in the near future, and join the quest to get them playing back someone near to where they used to, or at least in the borough of Harrow.
Also when all the local youth of a village in the New Forest are queuing up for a selfie with a certain Wealdstone fan you know just how famous he is!

Their keeper was superb, I was embarrassed when a few of our younger, inebriated supporters were chanting "You're from a gay bar in Bournemouth" just because he was wearing a purple jumper. Homophobic morons whom I asked to stop.

You must have been merely metres away from me in the 2nd half - El Presidente/Reggie Kray's wife was just to the right of me so I got a good look at the penalty too. Probably right but I said at the time it was rather soft.

The boat has sailed regarding going back to Harrow. I'm more than happy with us in Ruislip so all efforts are concentrated on getting the lease extended beyond the current 2018 deadline.

 

[Luke Imp]

The 'keeper isn't just off his goal line there, he's over to one side as well. What the hell is he doing?!

Even when he first comes into the shot, he's over to his right hand side.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Highlights of our 4-2 win at Hednesford -

Enfield defeated Hitchin tonight in a replay and will travel to Chesham in the next round.

 

[Solihull Mooron]

That's us out. Good luck to all Conf North teams, except FCUM.,

 

[DarkSithLord]

Third Round Ties picked for TV Coverage
7.55pm Friday 8 January
Exeter City v Liverpool – live on BBC 1

12.45pm Saturday 9 JanuaryWycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa – live on BT Sport 2

5.30pm Saturday 9 JanuaryManchester United v Sheffield United – live on BT Sport 2

2pm Sunday 10 January
Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United – live on BT Sport 2

4pm Sunday 10 JanuaryTottenham Hotspur v Leicester City – live on BBC 1

 

[appletablepenny]

No Salford? Travesty.

 

[DarkSithLord]

No Salford? Travesty.

Well their replay is being televised!

 

[pontoonlew]

We've just totally and utterly pummelled Shrewsbury for 91 minutes without somehow scoring a goal.

92nd minute, you guessed it, 1-0 Shrewsbury. We should be proud of the performance but we cannot keep missing so many chances.

 

[dannylad01]

We've just totally and utterly pummelled Shrewsbury for 91 minutes without somehow scoring a goal.

92nd minute, you guessed it, 1-0 Shrewsbury. We should be proud of the performance but we cannot keep missing so many chances.

Don't exaggerate that you pummelled us for 91 minutes before we scored, must have been watching a different game. I reckon it was 89 minutes you dominated as we had the ball in your half for a couple of minutes early in the 2nd half!

Absolute daylight robbery. Don't think your keeper had to make a proper save over the 2 games. And we didn't have a single corner tonight.

All the best for the rest of the season, and hope you're back in the league soon. Hopefully we don't have to mug anyone else like that again for a while.

 

[GTFCfish]

We've just totally and utterly pummelled Shrewsbury for 91 minutes without somehow scoring a goal.

92nd minute, you guessed it, 1-0 Shrewsbury. We should be proud of the performance but we cannot keep missing so many chances.

Yup, tough to take but the more chances we missed the more i was expecting the sucker punch.
Should still give the players confidence that they have dominated a League 1 side for 180 mins but then the flip side of the coin, how many chances did we miss over the 2 games, from being goal crazy now we are struggling to score.

 

[les.gtfc]

Gutted. Listening to the commentary it sounded like we were the better team again but at the end of the day we haven't managed to score in 180 minutes and we all know that goals win games but I think our players can be proud of themselves. Even the commentators on Radio Shropshire said we could really have won 4 or 5 nil.

Bodes well for the league though as if we can reproduce that form until the end of the season we should give ourselves a great chance of finally getting out of this league.

Great turnout by our fans last night too for a night game over 3 hours away (286) and sounded very loud on the commentary too.

 

[les.gtfc]

Third Round Ties picked for TV Coverage

5.30pm Saturday 9 JanuaryManchester United v Sheffield United – live on BT Sport 2

Is there some unwritten rule somewhere than Man Utd MUST be shown live in The FA Cup!!

I think I read somewhere that this is their 49th consecutive FA Cup game to be screened live. Come on, a run-of-the-mill Premiership team at home to a run-of-the-mill League One team. Surely there are far more exciting games to be shown live than that.

 

[gtfcfan]

Is there some unwritten rule somewhere than Man Utd MUST be shown live in The FA Cup!!

I think I read somewhere that this is their 49th consecutive FA Cup game to be screened live. Come on, a run-of-the-mill Premiership team at home to a run-of-the-mill League One team. Surely there are far more exciting games to be shown live than that.

If it was at Sheffield it would make sense, and they would see an upset on the cards, but at old trafford, its highly unlikely, pointless being on the TV

 

[DarkSithLord]

All to do with viewing figures I am afraid.

 

[townsendaround]

As we approach the Whitehawk v Dagenham and Redbridge replay tonight, a few words written after the first match...might help you understand the singing you'll hear later!

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/football/happiness-is-hawk-shaped/

 

[Imp in Branston]

Good luck D&R.

I also agree with Les, it's like some unwritten law that Man U are on every feckin time in the cup. Still it makes it sweeter if they mess up like they did against the might of Bournemouth at the weekend. Just please don't sack the prolific note writer and replace him with Pep, they may start to play better then!

 

[pontoonlew]

Good luck D&R.

I also agree with Les, it's like some unwritten law that Man U are on every feckin time in the cup. Still it makes it sweeter if they mess up like they did against the might of Bournemouth at the weekend. Just please don't sack the prolific note writer and replace him with Pep, they may start to play better then!

To be fair, Pep has had the two easiest gigs in European football.

 

[Raymondo316]

Christ this is embarrassing listening to BT Sport make out like Shitehawk are some kind of little non league team with no money

I'd make a guess that Shitehawk have a bigger budget than Dagenham

 

[Vanni]

I can understand the thing with Man Ure and viewing figures, although I certainly don't agree with it. Thing is they aren't the only big side in this country, so if they are always on, then I would expect the other big sides like Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea to be on too.

As for last night, it looks like Grimsby deserved to go through, but I can't help but feel that perhaps this was a blessing in disguise. Promotion shopuld be the main target, and I think they're on the right track now, and cups are always a distraction. Whilst my club got lucky and got Man Ure in the cup last year, our season basically ended after that match.

Btw, come on Daggers and dump this joke club out of the cup.

 

[B2TF]

Christ this is embarrassing listening to BT Sport make out like Shitehawk are some kind of little non league team with no money

I'd make a guess that Shitehawk have a bigger budget than Dagenham

The telly always talks shite about the non league clubs. Brackley (who?) were supposed to be "growing all the time" a while back. They went out of the cup in the next round and have been watched by 200 ever since.

 

[B2TF]

Is he dressed like that for a bet? Seriously, what is that get up he's wearing? Southern nonce is what he is.

 

[Super_horns]

Good game at Whitehawk - home side take the tie into extra time late on.

 

[dannylad01]

Does that Whitehawk manager always dress like that or was it for the cameras? Since the whinging about the disallowed goal in the 1st game I've wanted a Dagenham to win. He just seems a bit of a tool. Looked like some friction between the coaches at the end too.

 

[appletablepenny]

Thank fook for that.

 

[Raymondo316]

Does that Whitehawk manager always dress like that or was it for the cameras?

Nope it aint just for the cameras

Against Maidstone last week he was dressed like a dodgy car salesman

 

[townsendaround]

Does that Whitehawk manager always dress like that or was it for the cameras? Since the whinging about the disallowed goal in the 1st game I've wanted a Dagenham to win. He just seems a bit of a tool. Looked like some friction between the coaches at the end too.

Every single week. It wasn't quite so bad when he was at Lewes, but this season...oh my. Still, he thinks he looks nice. Some of the fans last night asked why he'd come dressed as Colonel Sanders.

 

[Joe.]

Good to see football prevailing and that shitty little club getting knocked out by underdogs Dagenham. Well in Daggers.

Cringed everytime I heard the words Whitehawk and Underdog in the same sentence.

Also, had to laugh pre-match with Steve King going on about their 'fans' singing for 95 minutes every game. What planet is he on?

 

[Eastleigh Fan]

Horrible little man. End of.
Once forced a weak referee to call off a game at 2.59pm. He told the referee he would be refusing to allow his players to kick off due to an area near the corner flag about 2 ft square, being a bit muddy & in his view "dangerous". He told the ref that if he allowed the game to start, he would sue him if any player were to get injured whilst operating on the "muddy wet patch". I think it was a Xmas fixture too, so even sent all his own fans home with a wasted journey! The real reason of course, was that he had a couple of key players out injured. Prick!

 

[rudebwoyben]

Horrible little man. End of.
Once forced a weak referee to call off a game at 2.59pm. He told the referee he would be refusing to allow his players to kick off due to an area near the corner flag about 2 ft square, being a bit muddy & in his view "dangerous". He told the ref that if he allowed the game to start, he would sue him if any player were to get injured whilst operating on the "muddy wet patch". I think it was a Xmas fixture too, so even sent all his own fans home with a wasted journey! The real reason of course, was that he had a couple of key players out injured. Prick!

He was probably also pissed off at not choosing the right "natty" outfit to wear for that fixture too.
That guy needs to employ a stylist or look at Paul Tisdale to see what being a well-dressed football manager looks like.

 

[les.gtfc]

So, only Eastleigh left to fly the non-league flag. Apparently it's the first time there has been only 1 non-league team in the 3rd Round since 1969.