You Know You're a Non-League Team When...

[B2TF]

When you realise people are actually being serious when they talk about Forest Green as though they're a real football club.

 

[GTFCfish]

When you're on tv more times in one season than you have been for the last 10 years in the Football League.

 

[Fishpimps <{{{><]

When you're on tv more times in one season than you have been for the last 10 years in the Football League.

True...Bandwagoners know theres a footy team in Lincoln now!

 

[Bluandwite]

1.When the food in the away end snack vans has run out before the players have jogged out for their pre match warm up. We played Harrogate Railway away three times in league cup and not once was there a pie left within 10mins of KO.
2.When you realise Harrogate Railway is actually a club and not one of your station transfers.

When you walk through the turnstiles at Harrogate Railway and see THAT pitch.

 

[Pablosammy]

When you're on tv more times in one season than you have been for the last 10 years in the Football League.

Never a truer word said, it's been a real novelty.

 

[GTFCfish]

When your game away at Braintree gets postponed for the 6th time due to a waterlogged pitch and ends up getting played at the end of June.

 

[Swedes]

When your outgoing board accept an offer for a majority shareholding from a local accountant and a local financial advisor, and refuse to consider an offer from a multi-millionnaire locally-based businessman with already established contacts in football circles. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Southport Football Club.

 

[genesimmons]

When your outgoing board accept an offer for a majority shareholding from a local accountant and a local financial advisor, and refuse to consider an offer from a multi-millionnaire locally-based businessman with already established contacts in football circles. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Southport Football Club.

Are they scared that millionaire might have wrong intentions like so many others

 

[Chris FGR]

Never a truer word said, it's been a real novelty.

Media coverage is actually better then league 2, you get on tv a lot more, bbc commentaries are broadcast free online and the NLP covers the league like it's the prem.

 

[Luke Imp]

Yeah, the coverage in that respect is something I'll miss. It's improved a lot since we've been down here IMO.

That said, there's a new platform out in the FL this season where overseas fans can stream all their teams games, and I suspect they'll be a way around that for some!

 

[FGR Stroud]

When you realise people are actually being serious when they talk about Forest Green as though they're a real football club.

You know you're in non-league when fans of a club with less than 10 years history cast envious aspersions at Forest Green Rovers FC, a REAL Football club formed 129 years ago in 1889.

 

[Bendubz]

When you have to ask whether the club you're playing is in Kent or Middlesex

 

[Vanni]

Yeah, the coverage in that respect is something I'll miss. It's improved a lot since we've been down here IMO.

That said, there's a new platform out in the FL this season where overseas fans can stream all their teams games, and I suspect they'll be a way around that for some!

As good as this is for the non-UK based fan, it is also the start of a slippery slope I reckon. What are the odds that this live match business will also be offered to UK residents in less than 5 years time? It hasn't even begun and fans are already saying they'll go for it if they have the chance as they could do without travelling 'insert no. of hours here' to make every home match.

Sorry for derailing the thread. Carry on.

 

[Luke Imp]

Yeah, I agree with that, although you'd hope at our level we have less armchair fans than higher levels!

 

[genesimmons]

Surely someone who has a friend or family abroad could get them to subscribe, send them the fee via pay pal and just log in here in the uk

 

[B2TF]

You know you're in non-league when fans of a club with less than 10 years history cast envious aspersions at Forest Green Rovers FC, a REAL Football club formed 129 years ago in 1889.

Ha ha! Look at all the Tin Potter likes for this (as we've already established, Tin Potters don't count):

 

[JaredSUFC]

Ha ha! Look at all the Tin Potter likes for this (as we've already established, Tin Potters don't count):
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Even if you accept the weak idea that FC Halifax Town are the same club as Halifax Town AFC, they'd still be tinpot, as Halifax Town AFC were relegated into non-league twice, thus losing proper club status. What must be even galling is both relegations came before the introduction of 2up 2down. How incredibly Tinpot

 

[Swedes]

Are they scared that millionaire might have wrong intentions like so many others

If that was the case they could have heard him out and then rejected his proposals. The thing is we're not really set up to be scammed - we pay a peppercorn rent for the ground, it backs on to a school and a college, and there is a covenant on the land for sporting use only. The guy who is interested has already had his company sponsor our shirts. Nothing makes sense here any more.

 

[genesimmons]

Even if you accept the weak idea that FC Halifax Town are the same club as Halifax Town AFC, they'd still be tinpot, as Halifax Town AFC were relegated into non-league twice, thus losing proper club status. What must be even galling is both relegations came before the introduction of 2up 2down. How incredibly Tinpot

+1 and halifax town afc will never get back to the football league seen as thougth they were wound up. Will be little fish in a very big pond if they get promoted.

 

[genesimmons]

If that was the case they could have heard him out and then rejected his proposals. The thing is we're not really set up to be scammed - we pay a peppercorn rent for the ground, it backs on to a school and a college, and there is a covenant on the land for sporting use only. The guy who is interested has already had his company sponsor our shirts. Nothing makes sense here any more.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth as saying goes.

 

[B2TF]

Look at them Tin Potters ganging up on me, I know what Geoffrey Howe meant when he talked about being savaged by a dead sheep, now.

 

[genesimmons]

Look at them Tin Potters ganging up on me, I know what Geoffrey Howe meant when he talked about being savaged by a dead sheep, now.

Who on earths he like?

 

[Minstermen central]

My first game in non league was gravesend & northflett,
Got off train at Gravesend,looked round station and all ran back to train,thought we had got off at wrong station it was that small.

To make matters worse , next season some teams in conference North probably won't even have a station.
The joys of being shit?

 

[Spiral Stairs]

My first game in non league was gravesend & northflett,
Got off train at Gravesend,looked round station and all ran back to train,thought we had got off at wrong station it was that small.

To make matters worse , next season some teams in conference North probably won't even have a station.
The joys of being shit?

And now Gravesend are named after a train station in an even smaller village

 

[Etty Abrics]

Look at them Tin Potters ganging up on me, I know what Geoffrey Howe meant when he talked about being savaged by a dead sheep, now.

You know you're a non-league team when MK Dons are 5 years older than you

 

[Tivvyultras]

when you actually know where Forest green is

 

[Pablosammy]

when you actually know where Forest green is

First thing I did when we got relegated was print out a map of Britain and plot exactly where each team was based. I genuinely had no idea where a decent proportion of the league was from!

 

[RLC]

I still don't know where North Ferriby is, and I have been there.

 

[Jemfy]

As good as this is for the non-UK based fan, it is also the start of a slippery slope I reckon. What are the odds that this live match business will also be offered to UK residents in less than 5 years time? It hasn't even begun and fans are already saying they'll go for it if they have the chance as they could do without travelling 'insert no. of hours here' to make every home match.

Sorry for derailing the thread. Carry on.

It's very slim IMO.

If it's a slippery slope then there is a mountain to traverse in getting rid of the 3pm blackout rule. Sure some fans might go for it, but clubs would at best break even if fans here could stream the games from home. Not to mention people getting around paying it and streaming through dodgy sites.

I seriously doubt clubs would support the rule change to allow televising games while the 3pm Saturday games are underway.

 

[Joe.]

My first game in non league was gravesend & northflett,
Got off train at Gravesend,looked round station and all ran back to train,thought we had got off at wrong station it was that small.

To make matters worse , next season some teams in conference North probably won't even have a station.
The joys of being shit?

Good job you didn't get off at Northfleet, that's even smaller!