Pre Season friendly thread

[The Jovial Forester]

all that stick I gave out to Swindon fans at work last season is going to come back and bite me on the arse.

Great while it lasted though

 

[Indian Dan]

Great while it lasted though

I couldn’t sleep at all last season worrying about FGM finishing above us. Not sure I could go through that turmoil again.

 

[ShrimpsMeltdown]

Beat Everton Under 23's yesterday at their training ground 3-1. Oates and Cranston (x2) getting the goals

 

[Bottega Don]

Any Scunny fans coming to Alfreton on Tuesday night?

I am the only scunny fan on here and I'm not, personally would never travel for a friendly. We will probs have a few there though.

 

[Si Robin]

Here we go then - the updated table following all games since Thursday. If I've missed any please shout.

The Games:
Thursday 18/07
Rushden 0-1 Orient

Friday 19/07
Swindon 1-6 Birmingham
Bath 1-1 Newport
Colchester 0-5 Ipswich
Salford 1-3 Woking
Crawley 0-1 Brighton

Saturday 20/07
Exeter 1-3 Swansea
Crewe 1-0 Burnley
Scunthorpe 0-4 West Brom
Cheltenham 1-2 Leicester
Bradford 1-1 Wigan
Port Vale 1-3 Burnley
Mansfield 2-2 Hull
Stevenage 0-1 Portsmouth
Dartford 0-2 Orient
Grimsby 1-0 Doncaster
Carlisle 1-3 Fleetwood
Notts County 2-1 Walsall
Hearts 2-3 Cambridge
Wimbledon 0-2 Plymouth
Oldham 2-3 Rochdale
Horsham 3-1 Crawley
Everton U23 1-3 Morecambe
Northampton 0-2 Sheffield Utd

The Table:

 

[Crewelad87]

Looking strong for promotion, another double header Vs Bala and Whitchurch on Tuesday, then two trips to Wales Vs Wrexham and Colwyn Bay to finish off.

 

[Indian Dan]

We’ve got Man Utd U23s tomorrow and Coventry Saturday. Both at home.

 

[valefan16]

We are in Scotland at a training camp for the week before finishing off against Bury Saturday... not sure what kind of test Bury will offer up though? Have they even got any players currently?

 

[Casey]

Si Robin; Crawley have played three friendlies but we've lost them all.

Swansea and Brighton at home and Horsham away.

Were getting used to the results for the upcoming season.

Casey

 

[Si Robin]

Si Robin; Crawley have played three friendlies but we've lost them all.

Swansea and Brighton at home and Horsham away.

Were getting used to the results for the upcoming season.

Casey

For some reason I read it as a 3-1 victory against Horsham. My apologies - I have now updated.

That moves us out of the relegation zone as well!!!

 

[Son of Cod]

18 year old Mattie Pollock started and played well v Donny, in what I suspect is close to the lineup that will start vs Morecambe...

McKeown
Hendrie--Ohman--Pollock--Ring
Clifton--Whitehouse--Hessenthaler
Ogbu
Green--Hanson

Any Scunny fans coming to Alfreton on Tuesday night?

LOL.

 

[Agombar stool]

Taunton 7 - Cheltenham 0 (last night)
St Neots 6 - Cambridge 0 (today)

Our squad is in Scotland* so I can only assume we played our u/12's or something. And the Robins had Leicester today so I can only assume their side was also made up entirely of 12 and 13 year olds.

*and smashed Hearts 3-2 so there Agombar stool

Good result, was it a proper hearts side or the kids?

 

[jbet]

Good result, was it a proper hearts side or the kids?

Was a mixture of youth, fringe players and a couple of first teamers according to their local press.

 

[Si Robin]

These are the fixtures I have from Sunday to Wednesday - if I have missed anyone out, please shout up:

Monday 22/07
Weston 1-8 Newport

Tuesday 23/07
Swindon v Man Utd U23
Cheltenham v Shrewsbury
Bishops Stortford v Orient
Whitchurch Alport v Crewe
Bala Town v Crewe
Bradford (PA) v Bradford C
Mansfield v Notts Forest U23
Scarborough Ath v Grimsby
Colchester v Charlton
Aflreton v Scunthorpe
Maidenhead v Stevenage
Cambridge v Leicester
Brackley v Northampton
Carlisle v Tranmere
Leek Town v Macclesfield
Ashton United v Oldham
Newport v Chelsea U21

Wednesday 24/07
FGR v Bristol City
Buckland Athletic v Plymouth
Walsall v Aston Villa

 

[Son of Cod]

We're playing Barton Town tonight too, but I reckon it'll be the kids in that one and the first team at Scarborough.

 

[Simpo]

Si Robin, we (Oldham) have Ashton Utd away tonight.

We've also pre-empted Bolton cancelling our friendly on Saturday, or turning up with a youth side, by cancelling it ourselves, and replaced it with a home game against Stockport.

 

[ShrimpsMeltdown]

We have Marine (presume it will be a youth team) on Thursday and finish off with Stanley at home (our only home friendly) on Saturday. A glamourous preseason.

 

[Si Robin]

Si Robin, we (Oldham) have Ashton Utd away tonight.

We've also pre-empted Bolton cancelling our friendly on Saturday, or turning up with a youth side, by cancelling it ourselves, and replaced it with a home game against Stockport.

Couldn't see anything about Ashton on Twitter or your website, so I'll add it from your word.

I've already noted the Stockport game though, cheers.

 

[County1]

These are the fixtures I have from Sunday to Wednesday - if I have missed anyone out, please shout up:

Monday 22/07
Weston 1-8 Newport

Tuesday 23/07
Swindon v Man Utd U23
Cheltenham v Shrewsbury
Bishops Stortford v Orient
Whitchurch Alport v Crewe
Bala Town v Crewe
Bradford (PA) v Bradford C
Mansfield v Notts Forest U23
Scarborough Ath v Grimsby
Colchester v Charlton
Aflreton v Scunthorpe
Maidenhead v Stevenage
Cambridge v Leicester
Brackley v Northampton
Carlisle v Tranmere
Leek Town v Macclesfield
Ashton United v Oldham

Wednesday 24/07
FGR v Bristol City
Buckland Athletic v Plymouth
Walsall v Aston Villa

One other Si; Wednesday 24/07 Newport v Chelsea U21,

 

[F!RTHY]

Big derby tonight - Park Ave!

 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Big derby tonight - Park Ave!

Has all of the West Yorkshire Police leave been cancelled?

 

[Indian Dan]

I noticed that Bradford got beat by Bolton today.

Didn’t realise Bolton had 11 players.

 

[F!RTHY]

I noticed that Bradford got beat by Bolton today.

Didn’t realise Bolton had 11 players.

We fielded a team full of trialists and youth - but Donaldson did play by all accounts. Arranged at the last min to help the old gaffer, Phil Parkinson out.

 

[Indian Dan]

Thought Vaughan played as well - another pen?

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Thought Vaughan played as well - another pen?

Someone on our forum put that, but someone from the Bolton end put they wasn't sure he was. So god knows, we'll know tonight as we've got a proper pre season game tonight.

 

[Posh Harry]

We fielded a team full of trialists and youth - but Donaldson did play by all accounts. Arranged at the last min to help the old gaffer, Phil Parkinson out.

I reckon your team is going to be well short on match fitness. Seems like every team you play has 11 trialists

 

[F!RTHY]

I reckon your team is going to be well short on match fitness. Seems like every team you play has 11 trialists

My thoughts too.

Vaughan and Donaldson played against Bolton, but we have Park Ave tonight and Rochdale at the weekend.

Even so, it still seems like we haven’t played enough minutes.

 

[hellogregory]

Tranmere at home for us tonight.

I’d hoped we’d have a new player by now but as predictable as the tide, nope, our penultimate friendly and still hardly any players, no subs to bring on and no strikers. Woefully inept preparation for the season from a so called professional club.

Giving this one a miss. I’m not giving up my evening to watch another game featuring a trialist central defender up front.

Fuck that.

 

[shoddycollins]

Tranmere at home for us tonight.

I’d hoped we’d have a new player by now but as predictable as the tide, nope, our penultimate friendly and still hardly any players, no subs to bring on and no strikers. Woefully inept preparation for the season from a so called professional club.

Giving this one a miss. I’m not giving up my evening to watch another game featuring a trialist central defender up front.

Fuck that.

Worth going for the novelty of it being warm enough to eat a calippo in the paddock

Sounds like Tranmere have put a strong team out. We've named the same starting line up as faced Fleetwood, which means still no Hope

 

[shoddycollins]

Tranny dominating so far, and have hit the bar. They're quite a big physical team and you can really see how small we are. We really don't seem to have put together a performance this preseason anything as good as that first one against Hibs.