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Mansfield's Glory

#1 moondog

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 09:38 PM

Village football comes to town tomorrow as the Stags entertain the mighty Histon, combined population with neighbouring Impington where they play 8,540.

Proud to boast of 6 pubs and a Nursery, Infants, Junior and Secondary school.

http://en.wikipedia....n_and_Impington

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 10:46 PM

moondog, on Aug 11 2008, 10:38 PM, said:

And the Red Lion is superb - Everards Tiger is spot on there - it's one of the ones by the pond.

BTW Graham Eales from Holmewood is Commercial Manager at Histon

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 11:36 PM

moondog, on Aug 11 2008, 10:38 PM, said:

Thats about as big as ducky and arkwright then?

I guess our little yellow friends have found there level.

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 08:48 AM

well done to Histon though - must be some achievement for them to reach Conference level

(*edit*) and I hope they score a hatful against the stags too

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 09:17 AM

Happy coincidence: both us and Mansfailed are playing teams tonight whose names end in "ston." There, however, the similarity ends.

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 09:36 AM

Saltergate Stu, on Aug 12 2008, 10:17 AM, said:

Happy coincidence: both us and Mansfailed are playing teams tonight whose names end in "ston." There, however, the similarity ends.

and the missing letters are both words themselves

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 09:45 AM

Colin Heath's Butler, on Aug 11 2008, 11:46 PM, said:

And the Red Lion is superb - Everards Tiger is spot on there - it's one of the ones by the pond.

BTW Graham Eales from Holmewood is Commercial Manager at Histon

Graham Eales once known as 'Brush' and lately at Cambridge United?

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 10:19 AM

Sin, on Aug 12 2008, 09:48 AM, said:

well done to Histon though - must be some achievement for them to reach Conference level

(*edit*) and I hope they score a hatful against the stags too

Reached? They finished just one place (though 9 points) off the play-offs last season (their first) with a squad comprising mainly journeymen from local Cambridgeshire football (Cambridge City and the like). An astounding rise give the number of ex-league clubs they have to compete with these days. They didn't perform well on Saturday apparently but fought back to draw against Torquay - they have a very good record against former league teams.

They have the second smallest ground in the conference with a capacity of 3250. Only Lewes is smaller with the charmingly named "The Dripping Pan" ground holding only 3000. Ah the romance of non-league football!

PS The Stags are being cautious ahead of tonights game. Their site announces Happy Hour will be held in the club bar from 6 to 7. Not after the game then...? :-)

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 10:42 AM

Saltergate Stu, on Aug 12 2008, 09:17 AM, said:

Happy coincidence: both us and Mansfailed are playing teams tonight whose names end in "ston." There, however, the similarity ends.

Manfield Vs Histon
Chesterfield Vs Preston North End

sorry to pick a fault there Stu.

The thing that Histon, Preston and Chesterfield have in common is that they all have a football club. Mansfield have never had a football club.

Couldn't resist that dig either.

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 10:58 AM

Alex Green, on Aug 12 2008, 11:42 AM, said:

What I find hilarious is that the Mansfield site refers to the Histon match as "historic" . Historic in the sense that this is first time they have played a former pub team in a competitive match as a non-league side or historic in the sense that they have never had to put such a brave face on the start of a season before isn't made clear.

No match preview but there is a helpful preview of the match programme! The new owners haven't been involved in football for long have they? lol

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 11:04 AM

Aspire_webby, on Aug 12 2008, 11:58 AM, said:

What I find hilarious is that the Mansfield site refers to the Histon match as "historic" . Historic in the sense that this is first time they have played a former pub team in a competitive match as a non-league side or historic in the sense that they have never had to put such a brave face on the start of a season before isn't made clear.

No match preview but there is a helpful preview of the match programme! The new owners haven't been involved in football for long have they? lol

Another club putting 'spin' on stuff, what is the world coming to?!

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 11:38 AM

Sin, on Aug 12 2008, 09:48 AM, said:

well done to Histon though - must be some achievement for them to reach Conference level

(*edit*) and I hope they score a hatful against the stags too

A lot of the credit must go to John Beck (remember him ?) assistant manager

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 07:02 PM

Mansfield 1 up against Histon. Jason Lee.

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 10:01 PM

Old pineapple head's off to a flyer :lol:

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 11:44 PM

Just logged on to see if you all still love us that much to have threads dedicated to us still and I wasn't disappointed. :wub:

I love you too Spireites, the gap between our leagues will never ever shred the bond we share.

BTW we're doing fine now and like I said a month ago things are looking up... Didn't believe me then? You'd better believe it now! This club is on the up.

Who's that tw*t in cowboy hat? Haslam! Haslam!

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 11:48 PM

stoneystag4eva, on Aug 13 2008, 12:44 AM, said:

Just logged on to see if you all still love us that much to have threads dedicated to us still and I wasn't disappointed. :wub:

When you hit rock bottom, theres only one way...isnt there?

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 11:55 PM

You've obviously tried to be funny there but we were at rock bottom when nearing the end of the Haslam era. So yes, the only way is up I suppose. How much we can go up is yet to be seen, hope to be able to compete with you again one day which we haven't been able to do in a while.

Who's that tw*t in cowboy hat? Haslam! Haslam!