[Mr.Spireite]

death, on 17 October 2013 - 03:58 PM, said:

Randall MOM in his first start in a 3-1 win.

Limited stats below

ascoli

I remember them being in Serie A some years ago.

[Trigger]

death, on 17 October 2013 - 04:40 PM, said:

to be fair that was an away game - first home game drew 2023 fans.


Its conference sized attendances though at that level


Nice part of the world to earn a living for 2 years though.

It's a big old country though. I wouldn't fancy traveling some of those distances to away games

[Wooden Spoon]

Mr.Spireite, on 17 October 2013 - 04:54 PM, said:

I remember them being in Serie A some years ago.

indeed they were.

[Zeus]

not_the_freak, on 17 October 2013 - 05:18 PM, said:

It's a big old country though. I wouldn't fancy traveling some of those distances to away games

20% larger than the UK with much better rail links.

[Westbars Spireite]

I bet their train prices are much more attractive than ours.

[First of the gang]

Danny Whittaker having a stormer tonight Bt sports

[Johnnyspireite7]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 October 2013 - 06:07 PM, said:

I bet their train prices are much more attractive than ours.

Well Mussolini made them run on time, wish he'd worked for Virgin! (and yes I know it was only one train he made run on time, I saw the QI episode!)

[Trigger]

First of the gang, on 17 October 2013 - 07:07 PM, said:

Danny Whittaker having a stormer tonight Bt sports

That Jennings knocking a few in for them this season. He look any good?

[First of the gang]

Had a good game but was impressed by Nathan Ellington.A good signing for the Silkmen.A good premiership pedigree.Lead the line well considering he has not been playing recently

[Tha Knows...]

First of the gang, on 17 October 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

Had a good game but was impressed by Nathan Ellington.A good signing for the Silkmen.A good premiership pedigree.Lead the line well considering he has not been playing recently

I expected Mansfield to sign him given their need for a finisher

[Tha Knows...]

First of the gang, on 17 October 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

Had a good game but was impressed by Nathan Ellington.A good signing for the Silkmen.A good premiership pedigree.Lead the line well considering he has not been playing recently

He signed for Southport not Macclesfield

[First of the gang]

Sorry didn't clarify that .Only met his teammates just before kick off.Didnt look out of place

[lindo-spireite]

not_the_freak, on 17 October 2013 - 05:18 PM, said:

It's a big old country though. I wouldn't fancy traveling some of those distances to away games

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I'd fly to Albania for away games if it meant I was a professional footballer.

[fatfrank]

Zeus, on 17 October 2013 - 05:52 PM, said:

20% larger than the UK with much better rail links.

Travelling by road the longest distance likely in English football is Plymouth to Newcastle 410 miles in Italy Palermo to Milan 910 miles. There is a fair sized lump of the UK that is not England.

[JonB]

Hence why after the top two divisions i think Italian Football is regionalised. Same in France where they have three divisions that are national then two levels where they have numerous regional divisions. That said going to away games is not really as much of a big thing in some of the countries....we went to Nice v Toulouse, a trip of about 340 miles for the away team, the other year whilst down there and there were 21 away fans and that was including what appeared to be the wife and two kids of one bloke and they at no point watched the game!!

This post has been edited by JonB: 18 October 2013 - 10:04 AM

[Trigger]

lindo-spireite, on 18 October 2013 - 08:49 AM, said:

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I'd fly to Albania for away games if it meant I was a professional footballer.

I meant the fans bud. Ha ha

[clarevoyant.]

JonB, on 18 October 2013 - 10:02 AM, said:

Hence why after the top two divisions i think Italian Football is regionalised. Same in France where they have three divisions that are national then two levels where they have numerous regional divisions. That said going to away games is not really as much of a big thing in some of the countries....we went to Nice v Toulouse, a trip of about 340 miles for the away team, the other year whilst down there and there were 21 away fans and that was including what appeared to be the wife and two kids of one bloke and they at no point watched the game!!

If you followed Spanish football apart from the main land it is possible to watch games in the middle of the Atlantic (Canneries), Med (Ballleric). Or on another continent, Africa (Ceuta)

Talking of distance an embarrassing episode happened in Brazil I took a 40ish mile trip in land to some god awful place that made Mansfield look like Scunthorpe. On entering the excuse for a ground the teams emerged for the 5pm K O and kicked straight off no preliminaries no coin tossing etc. Oh well it must be the way it's done round here I thought, after 10 min. the home c/forward missed a sitter the crowd virtually pulled down the perimeter fence to get at him and he was subbed immediately, not very forgiving here I thought maybe a destination for Barry Conlon! As H/T approached I purchased a can of ale(debateable) and sat down and was surrounded by a band of scroats wanting my empty can, to weigh in for cash, I guess. At this point the whistle went the players trooped off to howls of derision and the F'in crowd went as well. What the f***.

This stupid American (you have to maintain national pride)had arrived at H/T being an hour late due to not realising I'd crossed a chuffing time zone

This post has been edited by clarevoyant.: 18 October 2013 - 04:57 PM

[trickytrevsfanclub]

My experience of Brazilian football wasn't anywhere near as funny as that, it was underwhelming.
Fluminese v Corinthians at the Maracana. Here's me expecting a crowd of 100'000 fanatics waving banners and lighting flares and instead got an attendance you'd be disappointed to see at the Proact (around 5500).

[Spire-Heights]

Scott Boden is coaching at Sheffield United on weekdays.

[semi130497]

Has anyone else noticed ian morris is at northampton and scored today?

This post has been edited by semi130497: 19 October 2013 - 09:33 PM