Match day fixtures February 21 feb

[gijsbert_bos]

well yeh, but you know what i mean! it's still a bit of a comedown after a triumphant day at turf moor in the 5th round of the fa cup

Yeah, apparently there were Lincoln fans sat on the walls behind the goals because there was so little space. Ferriby's ground ain't exactly Turf Moor.

 

[Bendubz]

Wins for Macc, Lincoln and Gateshead please!

Good job lads

 

[Leewilson]

Crikey. Daylight robbery but I'll take it. Another week of keeping the pace until we can hopefully field our best team. Very glad the Lincoln game is postponed as I don't think we'd have been in shape to beat them Saturday.

 

[John Still]

Daggers nicked all the points late I see.

Literally the Met have been called to investigate. Worst match I have seen for a while.

 

[Luke Imp]

Who remembers Sid, from TFF?

He was this evenings pitch invader.

 

[CrazyImp]

Who remembers Sid, from TFF?

He was this evenings pitch invader.

State of that...

 

[DontBringBertie]

Good results for the bottom teams who didn't play tonight.

Perfect game for Lincoln to play Ferriby - they probably could have won with a complete reserve team.

We'll beat FGR on Saturday to put them out the title race. Garry Hill is staying up 72 hours straight to watch footage of their matches this season. He mentioned FGR straight after the game against Southport - amazing!

 

[Sparrow]

We SMASHED Combined Counties Premier Division GIANTS Knaphill 3-1 tonight in the quarter final of the Surrey Senior Cup.

 

[Back in the DHSS]

That was the fastest goal i've never seen, was still walking up the steps into the Kop stand when Cookie scored after 33 secounds.
I thought Borehamwood were half decent so its a good 3 points for us. On the downside Tollitts injury looks quite bad.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

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We'll beat FGR on Saturday to put them out the title race. Garry Hill is staying up 72 hours straight to watch footage of their matches this season. He mentioned FGR straight after the game against Southport - amazing!

We've cunningly rarely played the same team twice to throw Gary off the scent.

 

[Chris FGR]

We'll beat FGR on Saturday to put them out the title race. Garry Hill is staying up 72 hours straight to watch footage of their matches this season. He mentioned FGR straight after the game against Southport - amazing!

He doesn't need to. We always lose to you at least once a season. Seeing as we won at Kingfield, Saturday is a fomality.

And you wont put us out of the title race. We're already out of it.

 

[TheMinsterman]

York down surely

We're not down, we're dead.

Anybody who wants to visit Bootham Crescent and still have a game against us, I'd advise you do so, the club will cease to exist, it isn't going to survive in the Conference North.

Sadly my boycott will continue, I doubt I'll ever see a YCFC game ever again.

 

[Manningtreeheed]

Played well last night, and coped with the blustery conditions much better than York did, just got to keep on the coat tails of the top 4 , however at the moment we look solid across the team, with even a good bench, that's a kiss of death mind 8 0 defeat next game, !!!! I think York will go down, talking to a few of their lads last night , and seems to be an air of doom and gloom around the ground, just my take and could be well wrong

 

[Luke Imp]

Not sure how that was only 1-0.

 

[Master D]

Who remembers Sid, from TFF?

He was this evenings pitch invader.

He was 8/1 to do that.

 

[Dean]

Not sure how that was only 1-0.

Jesus, and i thought our finishing was bad. That should of been six or seven. North Ferriby are abit shite aren't they?

 

[Imp in Branston]

Not sure how that was only 1-0.

Could have almost been double figures, thank god we got one! Hope GD isn't going to keep us down, however unlikely as things stand.

 

[Chris FGR]

We're not down, we're dead.

Anybody who wants to visit Bootham Crescent and still have a game against us, I'd advise you do so, the club will cease to exist, it isn't going to survive in the Conference North.

Sadly my boycott will continue, I doubt I'll ever see a YCFC game ever again.

Dead? Couldn't you just cut your budget and try and engage the local community to rally around or something, you've got a decent size fanbase and would be favourites to come straight back up. Kiddy and Halifax are making a decent fist of it, and Fylde will be out of the way.

 

[TheMinsterman]

Dead? Couldn't you just cut your budget and try and engage the local community to rally around or something, you've got a decent size fanbase and would be favourites to come straight back up. Kiddy and Halifax are making a decent fist of it, and Fylde will be out of the way.

We can't financially survive being in the Conference long term, if we're in Conference North we will be dead, or a joke of a shell of a club on a pitiful budget, too much debt, too much reliance on a new stadium that would only be downgraded and made much smaller by the penny pinching council who've dragged their heels on it for years.

I'm sure we MIGHT limp along for a bit, but with McGill as chairman, we're going one way and one way only. Not because he is malicious or wants it to happen, but because he's stubborn and unwilling to accept help outside his trusted circles.

 

[EnglishRed]

We can't financially survive being in the Conference long term, if we're in Conference North we will be dead, or a joke of a shell of a club on a pitiful budget, too much debt, too much reliance on a new stadium that would only be downgraded and made much smaller by the penny pinching council who've dragged their heels on it for years.

I'm sure we MIGHT limp along for a bit, but with McGill as chairman, we're going one way and one way only. Not because he is malicious or wants it to happen, but because he's stubborn and unwilling to accept help outside his trusted circles.

How much have you spent this season? The turnover in players seems very high. I see some talk on your forum about having one of the biggest budgets in the league. What the hell has happened?!

It's all very sad. I like York. Proper team and a nice away destination.

 

[Imp in Branston]

We can't financially survive being in the Conference long term, if we're in Conference North we will be dead, or a joke of a shell of a club on a pitiful budget, too much debt, too much reliance on a new stadium that would only be downgraded and made much smaller by the penny pinching council who've dragged their heels on it for years.

I'm sure we MIGHT limp along for a bit, but with McGill as chairman, we're going one way and one way only. Not because he is malicious or wants it to happen, but because he's stubborn and unwilling to accept help outside his trusted circles.

We understand what it's like having been down here for some time, never having finished above half way and often flirting with getting dragged into a relegation battle. Only thing I can say is don't give up, you still get decent crowds and you can come back from this, I think you will, if we can do it, so can you.

 

[TheMinsterman]

How much have you spent this season? The turnover in players seems very high. I see some talk on your forum about having one of the biggest budgets in the league. What the hell has happened?!

It's all very sad. I like York. Proper team and a nice away destination.

Allegedly we were looking at "performance based" contracts with an emphasis on rewarding good form and performances, whether that ever really transpired I don't know but it'd explain the abysmal quality of player we managed to attract, we've probably spent quite a lot, I'm pretty sure the board still think we'll make it out, I severely doubt it.

 

[EnglishRed]

Allegedly we were looking at "performance based" contracts with an emphasis on rewarding good form and performances, whether that ever really transpired I don't know but it'd explain the abysmal quality of player we managed to attract, we've probably spent quite a lot, I'm pretty sure the board still think we'll make it out, I severely doubt it.

Oh Mills did something similar with us this season. The infamous 30 game clause. Which is why Rooney has just gone to Guiseley.

Unfortubately it does look a bit bleak. It's strange because there are decent players in your team. Or at least players who have performed decently in other teams in the past.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Feel massively for York, we'll be where they are this time next year if we don't fold by then.

Hope you stay up, the York games are always one we look forward to.

 

[Luke Imp]

York haven't got too bad a run-in on paper. Could certainly have been worse.

Us, FGR and Dagenham, but Woking, Southport, Sutton Braintree, Solihull as well.

 

[1884 Belmont]

Don't really know where to post this, so since it happened on Tuesday may as well put it here. Strong rumours Tollitt has done his ACL and is out for 6 months+. REALLY hope it isn't true but it would just compound our awful luck this season. The fact we're 4 points off top is actually a miracle given the long term injuries to major players from September onwards.

As for York, scarily similar to us in our L2 season, even down to the mid-season mini-revival. I think what works against them is the fact that you have to find 4 teams worse than you to stay up in this league and you only need to find 2 in L2 (neither of us managed it, we finished bottom!). OK, so NFU are gone but you still need to find 3 sides worse. 5 wins all season is just not going to cut it.

 

[wilsontown]

5 wins all season is just not going to cut it.

And therein lies the problem. We probably need another 6 wins and we're rapidly running out of games. We are also getting draws in home games that ought to be winnable, and while we're capable of playing very well we only seem to be able to do it for 45 minutes at best.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

Don't really know where to post this, so since it happened on Tuesday may as well put it here. Strong rumours Tollitt has done his ACL and is out for 6 months+. REALLY hope it isn't true but it would just compound our awful luck this season...

Terrible news, hope it turns out to be just a scare.

 

[White Army]

Yep out for the season, horrible news for the lad, and for us. Big shoes for fill for either Dawson or Mekki who wont be match fit.

 

[FGRJC]

Yep out for the season, horrible news for the lad, and for us. Big shoes for fill for either Dawson or Mekki who wont be match fit.

Haven't you got like 20 attacking players to bring in for him anyway?