I really enjoyed it at Welling yesterday, standing on the terraces watching players who gave it 100 per cent. An excellent performance from the wings. The manager is doing a great job there on a shoestring.
1 Spennymoor Town v AFC Telford United 2 Kings Lynn Town v AFC Fylde 3 Grimsby Town v Guiseley 4 Norton United v Shildon or Stourbridge 5 Colwyn Bay or Warrington Town v North Ferriby United 6 Alfreton Town v Lincoln City 7 Macclesfield Town v Wrexham 8 Chorley v FC Halifax Town 9 Barwell v Altrincham 10 Leek Town v Blyth Spartans 11 Stockport County v Chester FC 12 Gateshead v Gainsborough Trinity 13 Tamworth v Southport 14 Dorchester Town v Bristol Rovers 15 East Thurrock United v Bath City or Shortwood United 16 Staines Town or Gloucester City v Forest Green Rovers 17 Dartford v Burgess Hill Town 18 Maidstone United v Welling United 19 Willand Rovers v Maidenhead United or Gosport Borough 20 Witham Town v Weston-Super-Mare 21 Eastbourne Borough v Dover Athletic 22 Weymouth v Braintree Town 23 Leamington or Worcester City v Greenwich Borough 24 Canvey Island v Havant and Waterlooville 25 St Albans City v Concord Rangers 26 Basingstoke Town v Harrow Borough 27 Aldershot Town v Torquay United 28 Kidderminster Harriers v Eastleigh 29 Evesham United v Grays Athletic or Bromley 30 Whitehawk or Chelmsford City v Barnet 31 Nuneaton Town v Hemel Hempstead Town 32 Woking v Frome Town or Boreham Wood
Recently, I got into conversations with a few of the Dover Athletic players. We were all on Doncaster Station, me heading home East and they waiting for the London train. What a really nice group of young men, looking immaculate in their 'walking about' training gear, lugging big bags of kit up the steep station steps. They were very happy and full of it but not too over boisterous after getting a point at Grimsby. I was very impressed by their obvious love of the game, their knowledge of all aspects of the game, their joy at making part of their living through playing football, the game they obviously love, their understated, realistic ambitions and hopes. I have no affiliation with Dover Athletic (other than the 'athletic' part of the name) but now, I wish them all the very best for the seasons ahead.
Dover are semi pro and I believe they train for 3 evenings a week or twice if they have a game. Welling train 3 mornings a week from 10am. Thats a massive commitment for people that have other jobs. Good luck to them.
There's a nice article about Dover by Ian Wright in today's SUN
And were very average. Good away performance from Hayes I thought-nick a goal and sit back and contain and then another goal on the break. Why is Brown under so much pressure? They're having a good season aren't they? Or are expectations higher?
Maidstone thoroughly deserved their win today but I was very underwhelmed by their ground. Terrible view of the pitch for a lot of the ground and a lot of wasted space either side of the grandstand.
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1 Spennymoor Town v AFC Telford United
2 Kings Lynn Town v AFC Fylde
3 Grimsby Town v Guiseley
4 Norton United v Shildon or Stourbridge
5 Colwyn Bay or Warrington Town v North Ferriby United
6 Alfreton Town v Lincoln City
7 Macclesfield Town v Wrexham
8 Chorley v FC Halifax Town
9 Barwell v Altrincham
10 Leek Town v Blyth Spartans
11 Stockport County v Chester FC
12 Gateshead v Gainsborough Trinity
13 Tamworth v Southport
14 Dorchester Town v Bristol Rovers
15 East Thurrock United v Bath City or Shortwood United
16 Staines Town or Gloucester City v Forest Green Rovers
17 Dartford v Burgess Hill Town
18 Maidstone United v Welling United
19 Willand Rovers v Maidenhead United or Gosport Borough
20 Witham Town v Weston-Super-Mare
21 Eastbourne Borough v Dover Athletic
22 Weymouth v Braintree Town
23 Leamington or Worcester City v Greenwich Borough
24 Canvey Island v Havant and Waterlooville
25 St Albans City v Concord Rangers
26 Basingstoke Town v Harrow Borough
27 Aldershot Town v Torquay United
28 Kidderminster Harriers v Eastleigh
29 Evesham United v Grays Athletic or Bromley
30 Whitehawk or Chelmsford City v Barnet
31 Nuneaton Town v Hemel Hempstead Town
32 Woking v Frome Town or Boreham Wood
Bromley beat Grays Athletic 5-0 tonight.
Gloucester City 3 - 2 Staines Town
Gosport Borough 3 - 0 Maidenhead United
Shortwood United 1 - 3 Bath City
Stourbridge 0 - 2 Shildon
Warrington Town 1 - 0 Colwyn Bay
Worcester City 2 - 0 Leamington
Does anyone know when the FA Cup replays will be? Next week?
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Why is Brown under so much pressure? They're having a good season aren't they? Or are expectations higher?