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Noticed the nice photo of Liam Canavan above, presume all are aware his trial at Notts County did not lead to much, however he now plies his trade at the highest level, for those very nice people up the A6.
On the actual topic, are things at Stamford that bad at the present time

Brownie wrote: On the actual topic, are things at Stamford that bad at the present time

Things havn't been great on the 'green stuff' since their move to the new ground at Borderville last December. Narrowly avoided relegation last season and are now struggling at the bottom of the NPL Premier having failed to win any of their 9 home league games. Perhaps Drury has joined them so that he can try to win the FA Vase in a couple of seasons time.

Trek wrote:

Brownie wrote: On the actual topic, are things at Stamford that bad at the present time

Things havn't been great on the 'green stuff' since their move to the new ground at Borderville last December. Narrowly avoided relegation last season and are now struggling at the bottom of the NPL Premier having failed to win any of their 9 home league games. Perhaps Drury has joined them so that he can try to win the FA Vase in a couple of seasons time.

I think i'm right in saying they've won one league game at home since they moved to their new ground 11 months ago. That was a win against Witton Albion on the final day of last season - a win that secured their safety and relegated Witton.

I only started properly supporting AFCRD at the start of last season, can someone tell me about notable relationships we have with other clubs (I've noticed a massive dislike towards Spalding) and where we sit with Stamford (I know a couple of our lads have played there)

Never been any problem with Stamford to my knowledge , the only problem with Spalding really was Mt Drury himself who has a habit of winding up the other clubs fans. Also great to have you on here mate and supporting us, long may it carry on

STAGMAN wrote:Never been any problem with Stamford to my knowledge , the only problem with Spalding really was Mt Drury himself who has a habit of winding up the other clubs fans. Also great to have you on here mate and supporting us, long may it carry on

Have been an RDFC fan since I was born, had a season ticket for a few years before musical commitments took over! Just took a couple of years to get on board with AFC but I'm so glad I have, great to be part of it and be able to feel a lot of pride in a club that's so close to home after some dark times.

Brownie wrote:Noticed the nice photo of Liam Canavan above, presume all are aware his trial at Notts County did not lead to much, however he now plies his trade at the highest level, for those very nice people up the A6.
On the actual topic, are things at Stamford that bad at the present time

Caravan is/was a pretty good player, he certainly impressed in the match at Thurnby, but the Ploppy faithful are continually slagging him off on Poppynet.
Probably another case of a good player being dragged down to Ploppies level.