FA Trophy

So Macclesfield, Bristol Rovers & Eastleigh bow out of the competition.
Grimsby, Torquay, Gateshead and Woking go through to the next round
Halifax & Kidderminster games postponed so will have to rearranged
Barnet and Wrexham have replays to arranged
Forest Green and Macclesfield both had a player sent off today.

When do the arranged and replays have to be played by?

This Tuesday am sure.

I believe Forest Green drew so they have a replay on Tuesday to arrange before they play us. Extra time and another sending off will do.

Anyone know why if Town v Nuneaton was to be decided today if drawing at 90 mins, but other clubs are having to replay?

Quoted from Perkins

Anyone know why if Town v Nuneaton was to be decided today if drawing at 90 mins, but other clubs are having to replay?

Teams can agree before match to decide it on the day or go to a replay.

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

Teams can agree before match to decide it on the day or go to a replay.

Ok thanks. I should have thought about it a bit more.

I think it shows a bit of ambition from both clubs who have greater targets at opposing ends of the table. Will be tough to persuade lower league teams to do it though.

Seeing as the gate was so tiny, has the club actually lost money on this game or does the home team have to guarantee expenses?

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Seeing as the gate was so tiny, has the club actually lost money on this game or does the home team have to guarantee expenses?

They can pay the GTFC expenses out of the pile of money they made from the food....

Fu*k it, let's go for it, 4? more matches, chance to play at Wembley, plays will be buzzing to try get in the team, players might want to join us in January with the chance to play at Wembley in March, and will give them massive confidence coming into last few months of the season.

Luton. York Cambridge all done it. So let's do it aswell

The top 10 teams in the conference with the highest attendances are Bristol Rovers, Wrexham, Grimsby, Lincoln, Stockport, Chester, Torquay, Aldershot, FCUM and Kiddy.

Bristol Rovers, Lincoln, Aldershot are already out. With the potential to see Chester, Kiddy and Wrexham all going out on Tuesday in there replays.

Can anyone honestly see a attendance of over 20,000 at Wembley? Anything less than a 20,000 gate would see us struggle to make over 100k.

Quoted from 1739

The top 10 teams in the conference with the highest attendances are Bristol Rovers, Wrexham, Grimsby, Lincoln, Stockport, Chester, Torquay, Aldershot, FCUM and Kiddy.

Bristol Rovers, Lincoln, Aldershot are already out. With the potential to see Chester, Kiddy and Wrexham all going out on Tuesday in there replays.

Can anyone honestly see a attendance of over 20,000 at Wembley? Anything less than a 20,000 gate would see us struggle to make over 100k.

It's football don't worry about the money that's fentys  job
we should try to win every game anything less is a insult to the fans who pay to watch , if we are good enough we will go up winning or losing in the trophy will make little difference

[quote=1739]The top 10 teams in the conference with the highest attendances are Bristol Rovers, Wrexham, Grimsby, Lincoln, Stockport, Chester, Torquay, Aldershot, FCUM and Kiddy.

Bristol Rovers, Lincoln, Aldershot are already out. With the potential to see Chester, Kiddy and Wrexham all going out on Tuesday in there replays.

Can anyone honestly see a attendance of over 20,000 at Wembley? Anything less than a 20,000 gate would see us struggle to make over 100k.[/quote]


Providing it doesn't affect our promotion ambitions it is still a useful amount of cash to us. Anything that helps to stop out dependence on JF's money must be a good thing.

I would be surprised if Grimsby Town Football Club are not aware of the financial advantage of winning this trophy.

They need to sell this to the fans. Well done to those fans that attended the game at Nuneaton yesterday and helped to achieve the victory.

UTM

Teams left in for tomorrows 2nd Round Draw.

Who are we going to draw. It's not regionalised anymore so we could get any of the teams below.

AFC Fylde
AFC Telford or Chester FC
Burgess Hill Town
Altrincham
Basingstoke Town or Gosport Borough
Torquay United
Bradford Park Avenue or Kidderminster Harriers
Braintree Town
Bath City
Bromley
Concord Rangers or Barnet
Dartford
Ebbsfleet or Welling
FC United Of Manchester
Forest Green Rovers or Didcot Town
Gateshead
Chorley
Hemel Hempstead Town
Hyde
Alfreton Town
Dover Athletic
Maidenhead United
North Ferriby United or Boston United
Stockport County
Southport or Wrexham
Wealdstone
Farnborough Town
Weymouth or Havant & Waterlooville
Oxford City
Woking
Worcester City or AFC Halifax Town

FC United or Bradford PA please.

A few of those left would take a lot to wembley.

Wealdstone away

Quoted from codcheeky

It's football don't worry about the money that's fentys  job
we should try to win every game anything less is a insult to the fans who pay to watch , if we are good enough we will go up winning or losing in the trophy will make little difference

Says it all, without Fenty we would be in the sh/ite.

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Quoted from promotion plaice

Says it all, without Fenty we would be in the sh/ite.

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Then again could still be in the championship  

Wealdstone, get the chance to meet their famous Wealdstone Raider lol

Re the wealdstone raider and his soon to be inclusion in "celebrity" big brother I just don't get it. The video is a year old, why the sudden media interest?

Quoted from psgmariner

Re the wealdstone raider and his soon to be inclusion in "celebrity" big brother I just don't get it. The video is a year old, why the sudden media interest?

Coz he got some fans

someone shite at home please

Quoted from Hagrid

someone shite at home please

Looking for a quick exit from the Trophy eh?

Barnet away

Anyone that doesnt involve heading south on the M1.

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

Fu*k it, let's go for it, 4? more matches, chance to play at Wembley, plays will be buzzing to try get in the team, players might want to join us in January with the chance to play at Wembley in March, and will give them massive confidence coming into last few months of the season.

Luton. York Cambridge all done it. So let's do it aswell

This is beautifully refreshing.

UTM

North Ferriby or Boston,home or away would be nice.Don't fancy a long trip.  Stuck in the fast lane on the M1 not moving for an hour and a half yesterday, wanting a pee badly wasn't much fun.    Enjoyed the game though. UTM.

I'm guessing Worcester away

Quoted from Teestogreen

I would be surprised if Grimsby Town Football Club are not aware of the financial advantage of winning this trophy.

They need to sell this to the fans. Well done to those fans that attended the game at Nuneaton yesterday and helped to achieve the victory.

UTM

Of course they are aware we got the final 2 years ago so they know exactly what we got. Its a trophy only really going all out for if you get to the final though compare that with last years escapade which with other postponements i think ultimately assisted with our problems,  all those games crammed in at the end. Not saying dont give it a shot but is worthless if we keep doing well in it but stay non league. Its a distraction from the real aim and i dont want us to forget what that was from the day we went down.

The most salient point is that you can get a fixture backlog based on other team's runs in cup competitions. We have already had two games postponed because of other teams participation in the FA cup. Once the bad weather kicks in the chances of backlog builds even more. Last season postponed games due to weather contributed significantly to our backlog

anyone know when the draw is ?

Just checked the Radio Times, can't seem to find the programme, "FA Trophy Second Round Draw".  ....join us live from FA HQ for the exciting drawn out, tedium, where grown men get to rummage inside a couple of velvet bags to fish out some little balls.

Quoted from barralad

The most salient point is that you can get a fixture backlog based on other team's runs in cup competitions. We have already had two games postponed because of other teams participation in the FA cup. Once the bad weather kicks in the chances of backlog builds even more. Last season postponed games due to weather contributed significantly to our backlog

Also why can't a profesional football team play 2 games a Week and Win in a  Mostly part Time League / Cup ?? . I also see 34% on the Poll want us to win the Trophy .

Quoted from maxfox44

Just checked the Radio Times, can't seem to find the programme, "FA Trophy Second Round Draw".  ....join us live from FA HQ for the exciting drawn out, tedium, where grown men get to rummage inside a couple of velvet bags to fish out some little balls.

Champions League draw is coming up on Sky Sports News, I assume it'll be part of that?

Quoted from barralad

The most salient point is that you can get a fixture backlog based on other team's runs in cup competitions. We have already had two games postponed because of other teams participation in the FA cup. Once the bad weather kicks in the chances of backlog builds even more. Last season postponed games due to weather contributed significantly to our backlog

True but at least you've got a chance of having a free slot if you're not in it. If you are in it then it will wipe out league fixtures. The big clubs getting knocked out means more chance of drawing a tinpot output for which the few quid at stake actually means something and will won't agree to dropping a replay.

Don't talk yourself into the idea that the FAT is worth bothering with. It's not.

where is Burgess Hill Town?

Quoted from bobbyturtle

where is Burgess Hill Town?

Sussex, or East Sussex to be precise.  off the A23 London to Brighton

Quoted from bobbyturtle

where is Burgess Hill Town?

We dont want them, i believe they have yet to lose a game this season...

Quoted from moosey_club

We dont want them, i believe they have yet to lose a game this season...

According to Sunday's NLP, they are the only team in the top 8 levels of English football, still unbeaten in the league.

They are not actually top of their league at the minute but do have 6 games in hand on the leaders Mertsham and are only 1 point behind them.

Anyone know when the draw is?

Quoted from Abdul19

Champions League draw is coming up on Sky Sports News, I assume it'll be part of that?

Man City always get the good draws. We end up with clubs like Oxford ffs!

Quoted from LH

Man City always get the good draws. We end up with clubs like Oxford ffs!

Abu Dhabi conspiracy, I tell ye!

Quoted from Nelly GTFC

Wealdstone, get the chance to meet their famous Wealdstone Raider lol

Unlikely, he is set to be in the Celebrity Big Brother house in Jan.

Quoted from GrimRob

True but at least you've got a chance of having a free slot if you're not in it. If you are in it then it will wipe out league fixtures. The big clubs getting knocked out means more chance of drawing a tinpot output for which the few quid at stake actually means something and will won't agree to dropping a replay.

Don't talk yourself into the idea that the FAT is worth bothering with. It's not.

Fat lot of good the past two weeks rest have done us, I know we won but we were well short of match practice the more games the merrier,  and don`t let the Trophy be an excuse for not performing in the league'
Also its the chance for our players to fulfill their dreams of playing at Wembley, any thoughts other than this are selfish and backward thinking on our part IMO

Quoted from brigg_mariner

Anyone know when the draw is?

"The draw for the Second Round Proper will take place at Wembley Stadium on Monday morning"

Apparently

Chorley     VS     FC United Of Manchester          
Grimsby Town     VS     Gateshead          
Stockport County     VS     Southport / Wrexham          
Worcester / Halifax     VS     Alfreton Town          
N Ferriby / Boston Utd     VS     Hyde_          
AFC Fylde     VS     AFC Telford / Chester          
Bradford PA / Kidderminster     VS     Altrincham          
Wealdstone     VS     Bath City          
Ebbsfleet U / Welling     VS     Forest Grn / Didcot Town          
Weymouth / Hav & Wat     VS     Dover Athletic
Maidenhead United     VS     Farnborough          
Basingstoke / Gosport B     VS     Braintree Town          
Oxford City     VS     Woking          
Hemel Hempstead Town     VS     Concord / Barnet          
Torquay United     VS     Bromley          
Burgess Hill Town     VS     Dartford

Presume it was regionalised? Thought someone said it wasn't at this stage.

Quoted from Garth

Fat lot of good the past two weeks rest have done us, I know we won but we were well short of match practice the more games the merrier,  and don`t let the Trophy be an excuse for not performing in the league'
Also its the chance for our players to fulfill their dreams of playing at Wembley, any thoughts other than this are selfish and backward thinking on our part IMO

I agree in this particular game it made sense to give the first team a run out, but in general the FAT comes in the busiest part of the season. The problem is the further on you go in it it gains an importance of its own. We'd be better off resting lots of players in subsequent rounds before it starts to become a distraction.

Quoted from barralad

The most salient point is that you can get a fixture backlog based on other team's runs in cup competitions. We have already had two games postponed because of other teams participation in the FA cup. Once the bad weather kicks in the chances of backlog builds even more. Last season postponed games due to weather contributed significantly to our backlog

On the plus side we have already played 4 more games than we had done at this time last season so you would hope any fixture backlog will not be as bad as last season even with a prolonged run in the FAT

Quoted from psgmariner

Presume it was regionalised? Thought someone said it wasn't at this stage.

It hasn't been in the past as we've played Maidenhead and Havant & Waterlooville in the 2nd Round before but it looks like this time they made the 2nd Round regionalised.

Quoted from Les Brechin

It hasn't been in the past as we've played Maidenhead and Havant & Waterlooville in the 2nd Round before but it looks like this time they made the 2nd Round regionalised.

I must have missed these!


EDIT:- Just seen 2012/13 Havant and Waterlooville 2nd. round 4-0 win....

We also played Hornchurch at that stage....

Dont care if its conference or trophy lets stuff the cheatshead again

Magnay on Humberside just now sounded very much up for playing them. Also made clear how proud it'd make him to play at Wembley in front of the Town fans. He said we'd create a far batter atmosphere than Gateshead last season. Another flawless performance on the radio from him.

Quoted from barralad

I must have missed these!


EDIT:- Just seen 2012/13 Havant and Waterlooville 2nd. round 4-0 win....

We also played Hornchurch at that stage....

Maidenhead was actually the 3rd Round last season, we played Barnet (another southern team though) in the 2nd Round.

Kiddy won 4-1 away at Bradford Park Avenue tonight.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Maidenhead was actually the 3rd Round last season, we played Barnet (another southern team though) in the 2nd Round.

I have no recollection of the Maidenhead game at all Les

Quoted from barralad

I have no recollection of the Maidenhead game at all Les

It will happen at your age I'm afraid Barra.  

Quoted from barralad

I have no recollection of the Maidenhead game at all Les

Nope me either  [url=http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php][img]http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-confused005.gif[/img][/url]

Bloody Hell  I thought I had a bad memory,

I can remember the game,

Not the score though.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Bloody Hell  I thought I had a bad memory,

I can remember the game,

Not the score though.

If I hadn't found the programme I'd have been a Maidenhead denier! Seriously worrying that I cannot remember a thing about how I spent that afternoon yet I can recall dates/scores and scorers of games in the 70s

An unforgettable afternoon: http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/town-v-maidenhead-1287382.aspx

Quoted from barralad

If I hadn't found the programme I'd have been a Maidenhead denier! Seriously worrying that I cannot remember a thing about how I spent that afternoon yet I can recall dates/scores and scorers of games in the 70s

It's catching up with you Ian,

The older you get the more you forget about recent events,

BUT

You can remember what happened 50 years ago like it was yesterday.

Latest scores:

Barnet 0-1 Concord
Wrexham 0-0 Southport
Didcot 0-1 Forest Green
Gosport 1-0 Baisingstoke
Havant and Waterloovile 3-0 Weymouth
Boston 0-0 North Ferriby

Quoted from 1739

Latest scores:

Barnet 0-1 Concord
Wrexham 0-0 Southport
Didcot 0-1 Forest Green
Gosport 1-0 Baisingstoke
Havant and Waterloovile 3-0 Weymouth
Boston 0-0 North Ferriby

Barnet are as good as playing their Under-18's tonight!

Latest

Boston 0 North Ferriby 2 FT
Didcot 0 FGR 3 FT
Gosport 1 Basingstoke 1 ET
Havant & W 5 Weymouth 0 FT
Wrexham 2 Southport 0 FT
Barnet 2 Concord 5 88mins

6-2 barnet now

Losing that is!

Quoted from Hagrid

6-2 barnet now

WOW. Winning 6-2 after being 5-2 down, That's some achievement.  

Barnet knocked out.

Wrexham, Forest Green, North Ferriby, Havant and Waterloovile, Concord all through.

Just look at all of those glamour ties...

That's not good we need as many of our rivals in the Trophy so they get a fixture backlog rather than just us. Even though it is the trophy I still want to hammer Gateshead because of that smug little git of a manager, that cheating "I'll throw myself 5 feet in the air and scream so I get Scott Neilson sent off" Baxter and that gay, ponsy, selfish betrayer, male masturbator Rodman

Quoted from SamTheMariner

That's not good we need as many of our rivals in the Trophy so they get a fixture backlog rather than just us. Even though it is the trophy I still want to hammer Gateshead because of that smug little git of a manager, that cheating "I'll throw myself 5 feet in the air and scream so I get Scott Neilson sent off" Baxter and that gay, ponsy, selfish betrayer, male masturbator Rodman

agree with all of that except the Rodman part..

What Moosey said

With a bit of luck, Barnet will get a fixture backlog because they can't play us

See Barnet have done the sensible thing tonight....
Come on Town!!

Quoted from sydney

See Barnet have done the sensible thing tonight....
Come on Town!!

Only 354 fans at their game last night too.