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The B-Ark / Re: Tyrone Kirk
« on: July 20, 2009, 07:12:59 AM »

For the benefit of those fans who haven't yet seen Tyrone Kirk, here is a recent picture of him courtesy of google ...



 ;D

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The B-Ark / Re: V town
« on: July 19, 2009, 10:19:12 AM »

A couple of people on here have expressed concerns about our striking positions. All I will say is this ...

... when I started my current job I didn't know anyone else and noone else knew me. I didn't know any of the systems, had to ask lots of questions and made one or two mistakes in what I was doing. I was eager to impress and had one or two butterflies which added an extra dimension of pressure. In time things improved and one or two colleagues have even told me that I'm fairly good at what I do. But my own self assessment of my early days was that I was pretty crap...

We only have two contracted strikers and understandably the managers will want to add extra options. They probably need to assess the triallists more than they do they players they have already signed, the downside of which is that neither Clarke nor Newsham have yet played a full 90-minutes for the club. Let them get bedded in and have a run of proper games in a Boston shirt. Then pass judgement. In my view some of the comments based on relatively short passages of play in non-competitive matches are harsh.



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The B-Ark / Re: A trialist
« on: July 17, 2009, 06:25:46 AM »

I might be wrong, but the Danny Sleath that I can remember playing on loan for Boston was built like a stick. Soccerbase.com has him at only 10-stone...

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

... He may have filled out, but I thought that the triallist on Wednesday night was a little bit chunkier. I'm not convinced it was the same player.

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The B-Ark / Re: Getting to Boston games by Public Transport
« on: July 12, 2009, 01:55:15 PM »
What's the ankle injury? Quite a few away grounds in the Unibond League are a fair walk from the train station, so you might have a problem doing the last mile! I managed to tweak my Achilles last December and even though it wasn't too bad - I hadn't actually snapped it - it was still three months before I could do any serious running on it.

Thanks everyone for some really good advice. Appreciate it all. I've even managed to locate someone who's making a very similar journey to matches and has offered to help me out with a few lifts, which is a bonus I didn't expect.

In terms of the injury I actually took part in the Sea Bank Marathon between Boston and Skegness on 7th June. I felt fine on the day and completed it, but by the next morning the whole of my right lower leg was in pain and I couldn't get my foot on the floor. Initially I was told it looked like a stress fracture (which was then ruled out via X-ray), then they were talking about a blood clot before finally deciding it was nerve damage to the outside of my right leg. (There's a more technical name which I can neither remember nor spell). At the moment its left me without a proper "up and down" hinge movement in my right ankle - hence problems in operating brake and accelerator pedals. I've been told it will recover fully and is just a matter of giving it time.

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The B-Ark / Getting to Boston games by Public Transport
« on: July 11, 2009, 10:51:54 AM »

This is a thread aimed predominantly at those Boston fans who are based away from the town, though I'm happy to listen to sensible suggestions from anywhere.

As people who know me will vouch, I've hardly missed a Boston game at home or away for several seasons - generally driving myself from my Leicester base. Unfortunately an ankle injury sustained over the summer has temporarily put me in a position of not being able to drive. That's a horrible thought with the football season around the corner. I will have to miss midweek matches during the opening weeks of the season, but was consoling myself with the fact that I'd still be able to get to Saturday matches via public transport. Or so I thought...

I was contemplating coming over to Boston for the pre-season friendly at Tattershall Road next week, but nearly fell off my seat when I saw the price of the train fare. £32 return is more than three-times what I would spend on petrol if making the same journey by car. How on earth do such fares encourage people to do the right thing environmentally? And I just want a seat for the duration of the journey, I'm not looking to buy the bloody train!

Thought I'd post to see if anyone has any tips around how best to get to Boston games without using a car? I know people like Ken regularly make the journey from far flung backwaters like Leeds, and would be grateful of any suggestions. I know there have been adverts on TV in the past for websites where you can apparently get train tickets cheaper, but I've never really paid any attention to them as I've never needed to.

And if anyone knows a way of accelerating recovery from injury .....

And in the unlikely event of anyone making regular journeys to Boston matches via Leicester .....

Thanks!

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The B-Ark / Re: Farsley Celtic
« on: July 07, 2009, 06:30:16 AM »

I haven't posted on here for a while, but the manner in which Football's governing bodies - particularly in Non-League - are treating some of their clubs really is appalling...

... Ourselves last season

... Halifax Town

... Nuneaton

... Luton Town

... King's Lynn

... Cammell Laird

... Gloucester City

... Northwich Victoria

... and now Farsley Celtic

and I'm sure I must have missed some other teams out. Is there any chance of the chairmen of the majority of non-league clubs coming together and issuing a vote of no confidence in those who administer our sport?

Luton aside, a ten point deduction is generally considered good enough for any Premiership or Championship sides that break the rules. Why can't the same apply in non-league? The leagues' insistence on forcing clubs to play in lower and lower leagues (leaving odd numbers of teams in some competitions) is purely and simply showing a total disregard to the supporters who follow those teams.

Sorry if this has turned into a rant.

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The B-Ark / Re: Ex Town Goalie
« on: June 29, 2009, 09:46:49 PM »

Well, what a disappointment ... both in terms of Loach's individual goalkeeping display and in terms of England as a whole. Germany fully deserved the 4-0 scoreline.

What was Loach doing when he fumbled the second goal over the line? If he'd done that in a Boston Town shirt he'd have been criticised from the terraces. And surely he was also at fault for the German's third goal - which passed straight through his legs.

Based on Loach's performance tonight, Aaron Butcher is unlucky not to be part of the England U-21 setup.

England as a whole were poor. I thought James Milner played well and Micah Richards did ok. But the rest of them were a waste of space. How many times did Theo Walcott touch the ball in the second half? My guess is less than five.

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