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Post by pmhnot on Dec 16, 2017 17:02:11 GMT
They should be guest of honour and paraded at half-time for the game against Leyton Orient !!
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Post by porkystone on Dec 16, 2017 17:11:30 GMT
ETU 4 - 0 Aldershot is an odd result from the FAT this afternoon
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Post by pmhnot on Dec 16, 2017 17:30:11 GMT
Who cares !! It's about us winning 4-0 away that matters !. Give Jay the freedom of the town and let him walk a flock of sheep 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 over St. Peter's bridge !. Merry Christmas to all !!.🎄🎉⚽️
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Post by nws on Dec 16, 2017 17:58:07 GMT
Well done to the 23 Stones fans who made it down to Torquay..... ..... A lot of people said they wouldn't go after Dave U and JDL said we would probably get beat anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 19:48:01 GMT
ETU 4 - 0 Aldershot is an odd result from the FAT this afternoon Of possible bookies' favourites, Hartlepool Wrexham Woking York and Aldershot were knocked out today. I'm a convert, I'm suddenly starting to think we can go on a run here. Chris and James were absolutely purring at our display in the second half commentary. Let's hope we have turned a corner and can start racking up some good results starting with the patronising twats from Lundun next Saturday.
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Post by spurstone on Dec 16, 2017 20:31:32 GMT
Why did Chester v Fylde tie go to extra time and penalties?
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Post by farawaystone on Dec 16, 2017 20:44:04 GMT
Why did Chester v Fylde tie go to extra time and penalties? Both teams will have agreed to do this beforehand, to avoid a replay.
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Post by pedant on Dec 16, 2017 20:55:02 GMT
I'm going but I will be the same size - within a margin of error - as I was a few weeks back when last I visited Plainmoor.
I do however accept - before someone points it out - that technically, as an individual, I can't be a crowd.
Your second sentence highlights why your first sentence of sarcasm is entirely misplaced. Sarcasm? An 'entirely reasonable' statement of fact.
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Post by pedant on Dec 16, 2017 20:57:41 GMT
Can I just clarify when did a question suddenly become an opinion? I don't know. Perhaps about the same time a 'clarification' became a question?
Your "Isn't it three" question I only saw referred to as a 'response', is that an opinion?
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Post by pedant on Dec 16, 2017 21:02:24 GMT
Announcers seem to be amused by one Torquay supporter yelling incoherently. There certainly seemed a lot of yelling from the main stand, almost exclusively at the officials. Don't think its just because we won but I didn't think the officials got anything particularly wrong today.
2 or 3 really good saves from Worgan but generally we seemed to be in control even when it was 11 vs 11.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 21:10:51 GMT
Kudos to the 23 though. The last time we had an away following that small must have been back when nws used to watch us.
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Post by goingup on Dec 16, 2017 21:23:13 GMT
One for JDL to check - our capacity as a percentage of the Maidstone population is greater than the other MUFC and Manchester's pop. You don't seem to have had a response from JDL, so I hope no-one minds if I do my best impersonation Maidstone had a population of 113,137 in 2011. The current Gallagher capacity is 4,200. So the stadium capacity represents 3.7% of the population of Maidstone. The Greater Manchester Urban Area had a population of 2,685,400 in 2011. The current capacity of Old Trafford is 75,643. Therefore the stadium represents 2.8% of the population of Greater Manchester. Verdict: It is true that the capacity of the Gallagher as a percentage of population is greater than the capacity of Old Trafford as a percentage of population. We have some way to go to catch Burnley though! Turfmoor has a capacity of 22,546 whilst the town has a population of 73,021, therefore the stadium capacity representing 30.9% of the population. So towns with lower populations than Maidstone are capable of supporting Premier League football! I look forward in hope and anticipation to receiving the JDL seal of approval for this post, afterall, there is no better way to spend a Saturday evening is there?
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Post by jdl on Dec 16, 2017 21:25:00 GMT
Ho hum, another 4 goal game...
Not a good day to be a South-Western town starting with T either.
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Post by jdl on Dec 16, 2017 21:44:13 GMT
One for JDL to check - our capacity as a percentage of the Maidstone population is greater than the other MUFC and Manchester's pop. You don't seem to have had a response from JDL, so I hope no-one minds if I do my best impersonation Maidstone had a population of 113,137 in 2011. The current Gallagher capacity is 4,200. So the stadium capacity represents 3.7% of the population of Maidstone. The Greater Manchester Urban Area had a population of 2,685,400 in 2011. The current capacity of Old Trafford is 75,643. Therefore the stadium represents 2.8% of the population of Greater Manchester. Verdict: It is true that the capacity of the Gallagher as a percentage of population is greater than the capacity of Old Trafford as a percentage of population. We have some way to go to catch Burnley though! Turfmoor has a capacity of 22,546 whilst the town has a population of 73,021, therefore the stadium capacity representing 30.9% of the population. So towns with lower populations than Maidstone are capable of supporting Premier League football! I look forward in hope and anticipation to receiving the JDL seal of approval for this post, afterall, there is no better way to spend a Saturday evening is there? Indeed not! A fair start, put patchy - and rather simplistic. Ground capacity is not really a true indicator, as it depends entirely on the whims of those who build the stadiums. Much better to compare average attendance to population (although in Man U's case it probably doesn't make that much difference). So I expect a reworking of your figures on this basis by tomorrow afternoon. Also, you need to consider the validity of the comparisons of the size of the 'towns'. For instance, Maidstone has at least three population figures: the town, the borough, and the town and immediate urban area - which is 'Maidstone'? The town itself may not include much of the catchment area of the Stones, the borough includes places like Lenham, but not Aylesford/Ditton, and the town+urban area (i.e. what we might consider 'Maidstone') doesn't seem to be recognised by geographers at all as a population. The situation with 'Manchester' is even more complicated - ask the supporters of Salford (or, indeed, my cousins in Irlam) if they live in Manchester. Then there's the minor matter that Manchester is actually home to two major teams (and numerous medium and smaller ones), whose support bases overlap extensively. London is even worse - how, for instance would you divide up north-east London between Spurs and Arsenal, West London between Chelsea and Fulham, or east London between West Ham and Orient? (And that's without even beginning to consider the East London/Essex or South-East London/Kent question!) And finally (for now), one or two examples aren't enough - we need to know if there are geographical or historical trends, for instance, so a full database is required. Over the next week or so, I expect a full breakdown of all English senior football clubs capacity v population. I'll let you off by restricting it to just NL and above.
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Post by goingup on Dec 16, 2017 21:54:36 GMT
Oh stuff that - I'm off down the pub!
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