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at this rate we could have the 2nd best non league attendances in the area next season!!!!

went to thrapston vs Northampton Spencer, Spencer won 4-0, a couple of decent players, thrapston were all over the place really though.

[quote="bozzer"]at this rate we could have the 2nd best non league attendances in the area next season!!!!

I would think we might get better crowds than Northampton :lol:

Oh, and Formic, you were right, it was Aylesbury FC (previously Aylesbury Vale) who played at St Neots today, not Aylesbury United FC !

PigmanRDFC wrote:Oh, and Formic, you were right, it was Aylesbury FC (previously Aylesbury Vale) who played at St Neots today, not Aylesbury United FC !

It's quite ironic that Aylesbury United were once the 'senior' club in the town and now ply there trade in the Spartan South Midland league. Thats football for you, as AFC R&D, more than many, sadly know.

3 of us ended up at The Hawthorns in the Norwich end, it was a decent game capped off with Jacko scoring the winner and celebrating right in front of us!!! Norwich looked much livelier when he was brought on and although it came from a defensive error it was Simeon's closing down that led too the error and he finished like we all know he can, all that for the bargain of £15!!

Abbotsleysaint wrote:

PigmanRDFC wrote:Oh, and Formic, you were right, it was Aylesbury FC (previously Aylesbury Vale) who played at St Neots today, not Aylesbury United FC !

It's quite ironic that Aylesbury United were once the 'senior' club in the town and now ply there trade in the Spartan South Midland league. Thats football for you, as AFC R&D, more than many, sadly know.

Very true Abbotsleysaint - I used to live a spit from Aylesbury United's Buckingham Road ground and watched them for many years, forgive me for going off-topic here, but they were once (for one season - 88/89) a Conference side - as I mentioned to Formic at the game on Thursday, I even watched them in June 1988 vs a full England squad, it was a warm up game for England's ill fated European Championship campaign - just to prove I'm not mad or making this up look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8JIhr9OmWA - I still have the matchday programme and all the National newspaper clippings - OMG I was only 25 years old !! (sigh). I think I'm right in saying its the only time a full England squad has played a non-league side like this.

England went on to abject failure in the Championship, as did Aylesbury in the Conference - you could say the game jinxed both sides eh?

I'd seen Cliff Hercules (who nearly scored the header in this clip) use this free-kick routine many a time, he was a prolific goal scorer in his day and nearly beat Shilton that day - over 6,000 crammed into Buckingham Rd to see that game - their demise over the years has been sad to see, all their problems started when a property developer "saved" them, we've all seen what can happen when that kind of scenario happens eh?