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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 21:43:43 GMT
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Post by stainese on Dec 3, 2013 5:23:07 GMT
Only to be bettered by Big Mick's telling the story in dance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 9:02:28 GMT
That would be lovely. I was picturing NWS & JT re-enacting the Vase defeat to Sidlesham by kicking lumps out of each other and calling it modern dance. Mind you the thought of those two (or indeed Big Mick) in tights is a bit troublesome.
Enjoy your lunch...
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Post by nws on Dec 3, 2013 9:44:12 GMT
Oxford, you periodically seem to post about me being in tights or something. I'm getting worried...
This project would give us a great chance to tell some stories from down the years
The Sevenoaks flag day game with the mad woman
The woman who crashed into a lampost in the car park behind us when a game was on despite her being the only person in the car park
The santas grotto front crashing to the floor, again the morman church behind us
Four of us sat in the sun at Sutton Fire Brigade as we lost a pre-season friendly 2-1
The infamous 'peak cap' incident at Thames Poly with Mr Darcy (the ref)
Jason Lillis kickstarting the club again
The celebratory air as we got senior status back (Sevenoaks at home I think)
The late great Elvis sheltering in the dugouts from the rain and then getting booked by the referee who thought he was a club official
The last minute equaliser at Snodland and all charging on the pitch when they thought they had the game won
The last game at London Road when PBB bought in some crates of lager and gave them out free to supporters
Playing our first game at Sittingbourne against Stansfeld with their absolute thuggery. Starting to celebrate on the way out because other results had gone our way and we were in with a chance of winning the league and escaping the Kent league only to find out that a last minute winner by Bearsted had scuppered it.
The league awarding second place to Snodland with a nil-nil loss but us getting promoted from third spot anyway.
Pulling back a fifteen point deficit and pipping a rather arrogant VCD to the title only to find we couldn't get promoted to the Ryman because of our groundshare arrangement.
The fantastic flowing football when Steve Butler returned, including that cup run with wins at Newport and Tonbridge
The dour grinding years of being stuck in the Kent League at Sittingbourne
Alan Walker and Lloyd Hume (there could probably be a play about him on its own - although it would have to be after the watershed)
Promotion to the Ryman and winning the South division at the first attempt with super Ryan Royston the hero at Walton
Sittinbourne to Oxford cyc;e ride
Avoiding relegation straight back down with a Takaloo goal, a Bert Rose last gasp clearance and 900 non-stop singers at Folkestone
More dark times in the Ryman prem
Suffering our first ever proper relegation at Hornchurch
The arrival of Mr Ash
Starting to fundraise
The ground becoming reality
The people organising this would do well to come on here because the likes of Tim, Trolley, Alan S, Bryan, Rollingstone, Aylesford, Steve H etc etc will have a plethora of stories and behind the scenes knowledge to tell that could be used.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 10:02:38 GMT
Nobody cares about the county league apart from the losers who had nothing better to do with their lives than watch a load of glorified Sunday league players in a glorified park.
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Post by nws on Dec 3, 2013 10:56:36 GMT
Glorified? Not a description I would use.
Anyway can you get back to your work on Stoneslive
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Post by grindstone on Dec 3, 2013 12:10:02 GMT
I reckon that anyone who can reminisce about the reborn Stones without recalling Ash United's one-man Barmy Army wasn't really there.
Anyway, what's this in the blurb about a "lost generation of dads and sons attending a Maidstone United match together"? I recall a whole bunch of us inflicting Saturday afternoon at Bourne Park and elsewhere on our lads (and ladettes) - at least until they went off to become long-haired layabouts.
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Post by tim on Dec 3, 2013 13:03:57 GMT
I reckon that anyone who can reminisce about the reborn Stones without recalling Ash United's one-man Barmy Army wasn't really there. He was a postman, that should tell you all you need to know about him!  Having sang non stop A-S-H Ash United through the whole game at Ash, he walked into our ground at Sittingbourne at the replay and announced 'what a sh!t hole' To be fair he did have a point!  |
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Post by tim on Dec 3, 2013 13:21:28 GMT
....or the time down at Deal in the Kent League when an irate resident stormed into the ground grabbed the mike off a shocked announcer and in a strong Yorkshire voice said ‘the person who has left his white BMW across my drive has 5 minutes to move it before I immooooobilissssse it! Then stormed back out again! Never did find out what happened to that car! |
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Post by grindstone on Dec 3, 2013 13:36:21 GMT
I reckon that anyone who can reminisce about the reborn Stones without recalling Ash United's one-man Barmy Army wasn't really there. He was a postman, that should tell you all you need to know about him! Having sang non stop A-S-H Ash United through the whole game at Ash, he walked into our ground at Sittingbourne at the replay and announced 'what a sh!t hole' To be fair he did have a point! You had to admire his pluck when, after having a few ribald comments directed at him from the other side of the pitch, he invited the whole grandstand to come and take him on. |
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Post by stainese on Dec 3, 2013 16:55:21 GMT
Richard Monks At the corner flag doing his bit for race relations Never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it.
Yes the County League days were dire but those who went through it enjoyed the experience and can claim we have seen football from the bottom to the top
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Post by trolley59 on Dec 3, 2013 17:52:32 GMT
mildenhall away, FA Vase, got stuffed, coach fell apart, but what a day
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Post by trolley59 on Dec 3, 2013 17:54:20 GMT
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Post by soulstone on Dec 3, 2013 18:01:53 GMT
How about the game against Ashford Town Middlesex when most people in the ground rushed behind the dugout when we scored to have a go at their manager.Cant think who was the person who led it.
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Post by mo on Dec 3, 2013 20:02:52 GMT
Anyway, what's this in the blurb about a "lost generation of dads and sons attending a Maidstone United match together"? I recall a whole bunch of us inflicting Saturday afternoon at Bourne Park and elsewhere on our lads (and ladettes) - at least until they went off to become long-haired layabouts. [/quote]
Case in point ..... Would have loved to be at Bognor tonight but it's "little Mo's" 18th birthday today and I'm waiting for him to get home from work so he can take me for a pint.From 11-14 don't think we missed a game home or away ,now the only time we are at Gallagher together is at Ryman u18/academy games
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