2019-20 National League South

[simonfromsurrey]

Maidstone are still full time ?

LOLZ

 

[#Beebot]

Maidstone have signed 35 year old crock Andre Boucaud, seems like Still is spending his tight budget sensibly again.

 

[Pink Panther]

Maidstone are still full time ?

LOLZ

Why wouldn't they be if they have a sound budget plan and believe they can get back to the National Division?

Whether or not they should have gone full-time in the first place is another matter, but you can't just dabble with it for one or two seasons it has to be a long-term commitment to make it work properly.

Dulwich turned full-time for this season and the chairman has openly admitted mistakes were made because everyone at the club is on a steep learning curve and some elements weren't put in place soon enough. However there was never any timeframe for achieving further promotion, it's all about growing the club and improving the team.

 

[Raymondo316]

Well any chance of even making the playoffs seems to be going down the crapper. Full time team and we can't even beat the likes of St Albans, Chippenham, Tonbridge etc

Considering in the summer they said we would be challenging for the title, 9 wins in 25 league games really is not good enough.

 

[#Beebot]

Well any chance of even making the playoffs seems to be going down the crapper. Full time team and we can't even beat the likes of St Albans, Chippenham, Tonbridge etc

Considering in the summer they said we would be challenging for the title, 9 wins in 25 league games really is not good enough.

Can you afford to sack Still? He's tactically useless.

 

[rudebwoyben]

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Can you afford to sack Still? He's tactically useless.

I am so totally unsurprised by how Maidstone’s season has panned out..
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[Raymondo316]

Can you afford to sack Still? He's tactically useless.

Him and his mate are out of contract at the end of the season, so if anything I reckon we will just let em see out the season and then let em go.

 

[Aberstone]

That was one of the great Wealdstone away days. Havant were well on top for the first 20 minutes and deservedly one up but we started to get to grips with their press and were able to distribute the ball through the midfield. The first goal sums up our style of football under Dean Brennan, some intricate and clever passing in the buildup for our left back to put a ball on the plate for our right back to hammer home from 6 yards.

Second half we again concede from a set piece and again from a deep cross, Kedwell with the header. However we responded really well and once Moses Emmanuel finished from a tight angle, there was only going to be one winner. That last half hour we absolutely battered (and I mean took them to the cleaners battered) Havant, Moses missing two sitters before a hilarious gaff by their gobby centre half Simon Walton allowed Clifford to send Emmanuel through and finish in the top corner - cue pandemonium on the terraces.

After that we still had chances but a cross from Billy Clifford was headed back by Dennon Lewis and there was Danny Green to slide in from a yard out. This game doesn't define our season but that was a big win ahead of an equally important fixture at home to Bath next Saturday.

 

[Pinner Stones]

Ok, maybe we haven't blown it, the title hasn't gone and more than happy to eat humble pie. But what a day. What a day, both on and off the pitch.

For the first twenty five minutes we looked second best as Havant just seemed sharper than us attacking down the slope. They scored early from a corner which I suspect we know we should have done better with. Then, having got to grips with them, we came back into the game and scored an absolutely brilliant goal and probably enjoyed the better of the rest of the half. Half time 1-1. I think we'd have taken that as the full time result, but Havant, or rather Kedwell's head rather than his oversized belly, gave them the lead but they never really capitalised and then for the final 30 minutes it was just wave after wave after wave of Stones attacks. Moses equalised and then should have had two more before he scored his second. Green's touch from an inch sealed it. 6-2 would not have been unjust. We murdered them in the second half roared on by 400 or so Stones. Impossible to single out a player.

As brilliant as we were on the pitch for the last 30 minutes, we were magnificent off it. The youth were there in droves (I saw two big different groups in Chichester pre match) and they certainly helped the atmosphere hugely and kept it going when it might have flagged.

Yesterday will count for nothing, though, if we don't win on Saturday against a flying Bath City. Win that and we can really start to believe.

 

[Pink Panther]

a hilarious gaff by their gobby centre half Simon Walton allowed Clifford to send Emmanuel through and finish in the top corner - cue pandemonium on the terraces.

Walton has to be a contender for most loathsome individual playing in this division. He caught my eye when we went there and knocked them out of the FA Cup in October. He was trying to referee the game, trying to bully younger opponents, reacting aggressively to fairly mild taunts from the opposition supporters. Thirtysomething ex-League player, started out at Leeds just after they first dropped out of the Premier League, played quite a few games there before a journeyman career in the lower divisions. He'll be the type who completely disregards supporters, thinks they know nothing about the game and that he's doing us all a favour playing in front of us at this level.

We'll have the dubious pleasure once again on Tuesday when Havant's unbeaten away league record is put to the test at Dulwich, with Hamlet still unbeaten since the turn of the year following yesterday's stoppage time equalizer against A Chippenham side that's now slipped into the bottom two. It'll probably be our smallest league attendance of the season for a fixture that's already been postponed four times due to cup commitments and a wet spell the week before Christmas.

 

[Raymondo316]

Now looking at sacking 3 players because they keep showing up late https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/stones-boss-axes-late-trio-220583/

 

[#Beebot]

Now looking at sacking 3 players because they keep showing up late https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/stones-boss-axes-late-trio-220583/

I did hear that there were some big question marks over Amaluzor's attitude while he was here.

 

[rudebwoyben]

I bet the Wealdstone fans on here are enjoying today!
That derby at the Hive next season is one big step closer.

 

[Aberstone]

I bet the Wealdstone fans on here are enjoying today!
That derby at the Hive next season is one big step closer.

Ahem, Prince Edward Playing Fields.* Still 15 games to go and it wouldn't be us without making it tricky but that was one hell of a statement win today.

Wealdstone 7 (Seven) - 0 Bath City

I wouldn't normally post that but needed to as it would look like on a vidiprinter. 1st vs. 2nd before the match but we completely blew them away, from minute one through to ninety, we played with an intensity that I've never seen from a Wealdstone side before, added to that a lot of creative flair and a clinical side for the first 80 minutes and the end result is a hammering that will other sides taking notice.

The team from 1-11 were phenomenal (even Oxborough who didn't have a shot to save) but the midfield three in the middle - Ashley Charles, Connor Smith and Billy Clifford were something else. The latter in particular just ran the show.

Play like that for the remaining 15 games and we will win this league. Just need to put in the same level of application next Saturday at Tonbridge now.

 

[Pinner Stones]

Stunning performance from Wealdstone today. Destroyed a normally parsimonious Bath side with a scintillating performance. We have scored 11 in the last two games against our two nearest challengers.

 

[Farleigh]

I did hear that there were some big question marks over Amaluzor's attitude while he was here.

All is forgiven. He scored Maidstone's winner against Oxford City.

 

[Raymondo316]

Well looks like our game against Tonbridge wont be going ahead.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1222125572421246976

 

[Aberstone]

Well looks like our game against Tonbridge wont be going ahead.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1222125572421246976

At least you weren't in Tonbridge when the game was called off...

Saturday despite that inconvenience actually turned out really well for us with everybody else near the top dropping points. Dartford are on a tear under Steve King, do you think you'll catch them or anybody else within the top 7?

 

[Chief Rocka]

Well looks like our game against Tonbridge wont be going ahead.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1222125572421246976

Good news is the triple jump went off without a hitch!

 

[Raymondo316]

Good news is the triple jump went off without a hitch!

The pitch we were meant to play on Saturday was even worse

https://twitter.com/x/status/1223609170655621120

 

[Pink Panther]

The pitch we were meant to play on Saturday was even worse

https://twitter.com/x/status/1223609170655621120

Hopefully it'll dry out but aesthetically I doubt it's going to look any better than that for the rest of the season.

 

[Raymondo316]

Dartford are on a tear under Steve King, do you think you'll catch them or anybody else within the top 7?

We look destined for mid table, we're far to inconsistent to make the playoffs. Which is terrible considering we're a full time team that in the summer talked about challenging for promotion.

Im just hoping we finally put an end to this full time idea that has honestly been a complete disaster since we started it 3 years ago. The club has gone backwards since going full time, yet the owners originally claimed this was a move so we could compete at National League level and aim towards challenging for promotion to the football league

 

[Aberstone]

Just had a quick glance over the thread tonight and I didn't half post some reactionary BS, especially before the season kicked off.

That's us in a nutshell, perennial underachievers.

I don't think we'll be in the relegation battle (famous last words) but I believe we'll be back to our usual mid-table mediocrity this season.

Falkirk supporters are really glowing in their appraisal of Dennon Lewis - fraud is a term that comes up more than once.

Fickle football fan in a nutshell. Pretty much all of the above has ended up being false, we've been top since August, are still in a title race and Dennon has been nothing short of outstanding. Regardless of what happens at the end of the season I'm adamant he'll get a move back into the pro game. Chances are another 4-5 will get their opportunity too.

 

[Aberstone]

We ripped 'Ricay an absolute new one over those past 90 minutes, that first half we were so good it was subliminal, ironically the second half when we scored two more we slacked quite a bit and then some. As said, our first half performance was so dominant and then some, we should have been 4, 5-0 up at HT.

Great crowd by our standards with over 1,300 involved. 62 points from 28 games is an unbelievable return. All I'll say is thanks again Havant for dropping points.

On another note, a few of us got speaking to a couple of Billericay fans on the Met Line into central London and their hatred for Dulwich was quite passionate, any explanation for the current angst Pink Panther?

 

[Pinner Stones]

Gate of 1,356 is a record at the Vale for a league match. Our average has topped four figures for the first time since1974/75.

 

[Pinner Stones]

Question for Maidstone fans: what’s the away allocation at Gallagher? Looking at the fixtures, our match down there might be quite important.

 

[Pink Panther]

On another note, a few of us got speaking to a couple of Billericay fans on the Met Line into central London and their hatred for Dulwich was quite passionate, any explanation for the current angst Pink Panther?

Didn't they offer any explanation themselves?

Personally I hate Tamplin with a passion, I hate everything about him and what he stands for and it's difficult to dissociate that from BTFC. Goodness knows where all his money comes from, it's hard to believe it's been earned by honest endeavour and commercial expertise. He crushed my dream of seeing the Hamlet win a first Isthmian League championship since 1949. That's the one division I desperately wanted to see us win, as opposed to merely being promoted. We played continuously in that league for 111 years, won it four times before I was born. My family lived locally since 1899, supported the club for most of that time, and my greatest football dream was to see us do that as my father, uncle and grandfather did. Things like that mean nothing to the Tamplins of this world because you can't just buy it with money. He was associated with Billericay for less than 3 years, he's gone now, he couldn't care less about them anymore.

Question for Maidstone fans: what’s the away allocation at Gallagher? Looking at the fixtures, our match down there might be quite important.

I know Dulwich were allocated 550, which we were never going to sell. (In the end we took 300.)

There will be a minimum number of tickets and a minimum percentage of the ground capacity (whichever is the higher figure) that must be offered to the away club for an all-ticket match in accordance with league rules. (In the Isthmian League I believe it was 600 tickets or 20%.)

 

[Farleigh]

Didn't they offer any explanation themselves?

Personally I hate Tamplin with a passion, I hate everything about him and what he stands for and it's difficult to dissociate that from BTFC. Goodness knows where all his money comes from, it's hard to believe it's been earned by honest endeavour and commercial expertise. He crushed my dream of seeing the Hamlet win a first Isthmian League championship since 1949. That's the one division I desperately wanted to see us win, as opposed to merely being promoted. We played continuously in that league for 111 years, won it four times before I was born. My family lived locally since 1899, supported the club for most of that time, and my greatest football dream was to see us do that as my father, uncle and grandfather did. Things like that mean nothing to the Tamplins of this world because you can't just buy it with money. He was associated with Billericay for less than 3 years, he's gone now, he couldn't care less about them anymore.


I know Dulwich were allocated 550, which we were never going to sell. (In the end we took 300.)

There will be a minimum number of tickets and a minimum percentage of the ground capacity (whichever is the higher figure) that must be offered to the away club for an all-ticket match in accordance with league rules. (In the Isthmian League I believe it was 600 tickets or 20%.)

Recently, Maidstone have got into the habit of declaring the away end all ticket if large numbers are expected (Tonbridge, Dulwich, Torquay). Sometimes that's cancelled near matchday, sometimes not. I would expect serious title contenders with a decent away support to be all ticket, especially if there has been previous history. As mentioned, the away end holds 550, including 30 seats and a couple of disabled spaces. It's covered and better views than most NLS grounds, but you are a couple of metres away from our youth element.

 

[Aberstone]

Didn't they offer any explanation themselves?

Personally I hate Tamplin with a passion, I hate everything about him and what he stands for and it's difficult to dissociate that from BTFC. Goodness knows where all his money comes from, it's hard to believe it's been earned by honest endeavour and commercial expertise. He crushed my dream of seeing the Hamlet win a first Isthmian League championship since 1949. That's the one division I desperately wanted to see us win, as opposed to merely being promoted. We played continuously in that league for 111 years, won it four times before I was born. My family lived locally since 1899, supported the club for most of that time, and my greatest football dream was to see us do that as my father, uncle and grandfather did. Things like that mean nothing to the Tamplins of this world because you can't just buy it with money. He was associated with Billericay for less than 3 years, he's gone now, he couldn't care less about them anymore.


I know Dulwich were allocated 550, which we were never going to sell. (In the end we took 300.)

There will be a minimum number of tickets and a minimum percentage of the ground capacity (whichever is the higher figure) that must be offered to the away club for an all-ticket match in accordance with league rules. (In the Isthmian League I believe it was 600 tickets or 20%.)

Politics was mentioned but that would be quite the sweeping generalisation for an entire support base.

Recently, Maidstone have got into the habit of declaring the away end all ticket if large numbers are expected (Tonbridge, Dulwich, Torquay). Sometimes that's cancelled near matchday, sometimes not. I would expect serious title contenders with a decent away support to be all ticket, especially if there has been previous history. As mentioned, the away end holds 550, including 30 seats and a couple of disabled spaces. It's covered and better views than most NLS grounds, but you are a couple of metres away from our youth element.

It's our last away game of the season so it will definitely be made all-ticket, that will be annoying because it means I'll have to almost certainly head down to Ruislip to get a ticket. I think we'd flog the 550 too.

 

[Farleigh]

Politics was mentioned but that would be quite the sweeping generalisation for an entire support base.



It's our last away game of the season so it will definitely be made all-ticket, that will be annoying because it means I'll have to almost certainly head down to Ruislip to get a ticket. I think we'd flog the 550 too.

Come in the home end then. If you're friendly and not a twat, you'll be fine. Some of us would gladly see the end of segregation. Just don't go in with the youth club.