CubReporter
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Post by CubReporter on Oct 12, 2024 22:28:58 GMT
I’m looking forward to these games. So am i from the comfort of my armchair at home in the warm! And I am looking forward to ignoring them. A 72-team National League knockout competition would have been worthy of consideration, but not this circus. |
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Post by Andy K on Oct 13, 2024 20:11:27 GMT
So am i from the comfort of my armchair at home in the warm! And I am looking forward to ignoring them. A 72-team National League knockout competition would have been worthy of consideration, but not this circus. They tried that twice before, and both times it was dropped due to poor turnouts. |
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Post by Andy K on Oct 14, 2024 10:41:33 GMT
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Post by garethl on Oct 14, 2024 11:58:32 GMT
So am i from the comfort of my armchair at home in the warm! And I am looking forward to ignoring them. A 72-team National League knockout competition would have been worthy of consideration, but not this circus. Only a little better. Would just be another competition that wasn’t required. |
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Post by davethegrave on Oct 14, 2024 18:11:02 GMT
And I am looking forward to ignoring them. A 72-team National League knockout competition would have been worthy of consideration, but not this circus. Only a little better. Would just be another competition that wasn’t required. Exactly. There's already a complaint about too many games. Legal complaint filed against Fifa's 'abuse of dominance' www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c981203e61qo |
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Post by brian54 on Oct 15, 2024 12:18:22 GMT
Have purchased my bundle, four live matches for £20 is good value. Now I just hope the club will have drinks at "happy hour" prices before and after the match to complete the evenings.. Mind you if the cup game gets moved to say Sunday/ Monday 3/4 Nov might put the first game date in jeopardy, still I won't worry until that happens.
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Post by Stewart on Nov 20, 2024 16:36:52 GMT
Altrincham had a crowd of 3663 last night!
Sadly for Altrincham it was free to enter. I think they missed a good opportunity to make money on the night.
They also lost 4-0 at least most of the fans who attended enjoyed the result!
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Post by opus2024 on Nov 20, 2024 17:24:31 GMT
403 at Tamworth v Sunderland paid more in keeping I expect
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Post by surreyu on Nov 20, 2024 18:52:38 GMT
Early days but 5 of the 8 qualifying spots are occupied by academy sides. This competition could get even more embarrassing
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Post by brian54 on Nov 20, 2024 18:53:59 GMT
Altrincham were playing the areas biggest team with a large local following. Of interest to me is that they started with just 5 of the Saturdays line up whilst Tamworth only started with 2 from their team that lost to Oldham.This to me begs the question is there a rule as per the EFL trophy on whom has to play. I know Tim does not like questions to be asked on the open forum so will ask him on Saturday for my interest, but as this is just a technical point it might arise tomorrow evening.
With our first match now in same week as the fa trophy match line ups might be dictated by priorities.
Something else if I understand the rules the academy wins last evening mean£16000 is added to the kitty to be divided between the N.L participants so in effect we won £1000 last night.
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Post by timall on Nov 21, 2024 13:43:46 GMT
Long, complicated, and possibly boring too, so will try to be brief (but speak to me tonight, at Halifax and next Tuesday anyone if easier).
It is a first team competition. This means, like the EFL Trophy, there are rules that determine team selections. In essence this refers to the 10 starting outfield players in the match. These must contain sufficient players that either started the previous NL game, or will start the next NL game. (This leaves open the "loophole" of how long those starters remain on the pitch of course).
Also, yes, the prize money available for each match played in the group stages can't be "won" by any of the non-NL teams. This money is added back into the "pot". At the end of the competition prize money that remains in the pot - ie. that which isn't won by the individual NL teams as they progress through the competition - and is distributed to all the "qualifying" NL teams. Qualifying here means teams that applied to be in the competition, not those that are in the competition, so not necessarily just the 16 playing. So broadly speaking, without playing yesterday, £16,000 was reinvested in the pot, of which we get our share, at the end of the competition.
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Post by Andy K on Nov 21, 2024 14:46:57 GMT
Early days but 5 of the 8 qualifying spots are occupied by academy sides. This competition could get even more embarrassing Hardly. In group A, Maidenhead are top, with Brighton 2nd where the latter won a game with a 93min goal and another with a penalty shootout. Group B has Stoke second, having played a game more than Rochdale right behind them. Group C has 2 U21 sides currently top, but even in that situation they have one won games by one goal or penalties. And in our group Spurs are in the top 2 based on two penalty wins. I'd say at this stage of the competition (and remember we're the last team along with Forest yet to play and no side has played more than 2 games), it's probably a lot closer than the tables currenly suggest. If the U21 sides were all in the current top two with 2 wins out of 2, maybe it would be. |
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