On Saturday Terry Buckman a fan who lives in Sussex and therefore doesn't get to as many games as he would like to was at the game to take pictures for Bognor. His pictures are always worth looking at if you haven't seen them yet you can view them by clicking here an example of Terry's photos are shown below: -
Yesterday was a day of drama right to the end, I'm not talking about did Michael Phelps beat Serbia's Milorad Cavic in a photo finish or would the Men's 4 rowing squad chase down the Australians but going into the final 10 minutes could we get a second goal to break the 1-1 deadlock.
The first half wasn't as good as the football on Tuesday night but did have one moment of utter magic. On 24 minutes we won a corner on the main stand side at the Kingston Road end of the ground, Elliott Godfrey stepped up to take it and played it into the middle of the box after a couple of attempts to score the keeper punched it out of the box, luckily for us it came straight out to Tony Finn who was 25 yards out and he volleyed it straight back towards goal and into the back of the net.
Just as we looked like the scores would be level at half time Bognor scored a goal out of nothing a ball was crossed from the touchline about 30 yards out to the back post and a Bognor player was unmarked to score. So a bit of frustration at half time that we had let the lead slip but I was confident that we could turn the game round.
We clearly had the better of the second half but the Bognor Keeper pulled off a couple of excellent saves, one he was right at the edge of the goal and Sam Hatton had a shot into an empty net but somehow the keeper got across to get something onto it and was able to collect it.
We made a couple of changes with Chris Hussey and Dean Mason coming on and Dean Mason looks like a real live wire especially good for coming on late in games. With just 3 minutes left on the clock Tony Finn did some good work in the corner and the ball reached Jon Main who fired home but that wasn't the end of it and in the final minute Dean Mason ran at the defence managed to play the ball past the defender and fired into the back of the net to complete a 3-1 victory.
So after 3 games of the season we are 1 of only 3 teams who have won every game with the other two being Team Bath and Eastleigh. Their are no midweek games this week but with games next Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday lets hope we can keep the run going.
This afternoon the matchday service will be in operation for the league match against Bognor Regis Town. The team news should be posted by 14:30 and then all the action as it happens from kick off at 15:00. To follow the action either click the Matchday button above or visit the new Matchday console by clicking here.
Last night we beat Thurrock 2-1 in a game that finished at around 22:00. Thurrock were stuck north of the Thames with the QE2 Bridge closed and ended up arriving at Kingsmeadow at 19:40 by the time they were ready it was 20:10 when Kick off was made. We were attacking the Tempest End in the first half.
As on Saturday the play was so much different to last season with the ball being played around of the ground and was really pleasant to watch, but then on 15 minutes Thurrock had a corner it was played to the back post headed back across goal and headed in from close range so we were 1-0 down. This was also the score at half time.
When the team came out for the second half the majority of the supporters from the Tempest End had moved round to the Kingston Road end and a good atmosphere was in evidence. We continued to have chances but a big, strong Thurrock side were throwing them self in front of the ball.
With 5 minutes to go Chris Hussey took a throw about 18 yards out and the ball came to Elliott Godfrey and he fired home to send the ground wild. Rather than sitting back we pushed forward and with just a minute left on the clock Chris Hussey crossed the ball and Luke Garrard who had come forward into the box and got on the end of it to fire it past the keeper.
The crowd of 2,786 obviously went crazy almost as crazy as we did at the end of last season. This was a really good performance and showed that by playing our game we can get results.
Tonight we have our first home game of the season when we take on Thurrock, After the update problems at the weekend we expect the service to be up and running tonight, don't forget that Radio Wdon will be in operation tonight so if you cant make he match and are near a computer you can listen to full match commentary from the game.
A full league programme is in operation this midweek and a number of club's have midweek games on Monday evening so three games are being played tonight. The Games are as follows: -
The Newport County website has put up some video highlights of yesterday's game and I think it's a fair reflection of the game. They seemed to have a few chances in the first half but almost everything in the second half is us. you can view the video or download it (it's 20mb in size) by clicking here.
I'm not talking about the Olympics although they have apparently been looking forward to this day for a while as well. So a long trip down the M4 to Wales and we start the Season at Newport County. A chance to see Dean Holdsworth and Kevin Cooper (Mark 1). I will be doing updates and a reflection tomorrow as I think I will be back late from the game.
If you haven't seen the Matchday service this summer it has had a huge makeover as well as the version on my site we have a new console over at the following link http://www.luddweb.com/updates/
Wup and Kent Wombles have got together to launch a fundraising scheme for the club this season where people sponsor either the whole team or an individual player and each time that player scores a goal you will pay that amount it could be any amount in pence and if you pledge more than 50 pence a goal you will be entered into an end of season draw to win a signed shirt.
For more information and details on the scheme please click the link below: -
If you cant make games thus season and wont be near a computer you can have line-up's and goal flashes either sent direct to your mobile or request them at anytime during the afternoon.
Each message costs 25 pence with proceeds going direct to the club so if you aren't the bill payer please make sure you get the permission of the person before you start using th service.
Both th individual and the subscription service need you to send a message to the number 60300
To sign up for the subscription service where you will be sent every message, these are Line Up, goals, Half Time and Full Time Scores. you need to send the message
AFCW Goals Start
you can stop this service at any time by sending AFCW Goals stop to the same number.
If you only want to find out the current score text the following to the same number.
AFCW Goals
The line up will be posted by 14:45 and then any goal flashes from 15:00
The full fixture list for today's first day of the season is as follows: -
Weston-super-Mare v Bishops Stortford
Thurrock v Eastleigh
St Albans City v Havant & Waterlooville
Newport County AFC v AFC Wimbledon
Hayes & Yeading United v Chelmsford City
Fisher Athletic v Team Bath
Bromley v Maidenhead United
Braintree Town v Dorchester Town
Bognor Regis Town v Worcester City
Bath City v Welling United
Basingstoke Town v Hampton & Richmond Borough
Tuesday night sees Lesson Two in the learning process of let's work out who's on the ball now, and this lesson takes place at Met Police's ground. I hope to do more updates than I did on Saturday and maybe even a few goals. To follow the updates either click the matchday link above or use the new Matchday console by clicking this link.
Yesterday afternoon it was definatley a case of the Learning process as we tried to recognise new players and also old players who had changed their hair styles over the summer, why can't we have more players like Jason Goodliffe?
I thought I was aware of all the new players names so when I was given the team news, split between a first half team, and a second half team it was confusing to find out we still had a couple of trialists on display. We still have a couple of players missing and therefore so might not see them until nearer the start of the season.
One of the problems with the first pre-season game of the season is that the Management team want to see as many people as possible on the pitch so by the time you begin to recognise them it's time for a new batch of players to come into the game, this obviously made updates very difficult but with 2 games this week the players will be split into 2 groups so we should see more match time for them and a chance to get to know playing styles a bit more.
On the playing side we played a 4-3-3 formation and although the grass on the pitch was very long we played it about on the ground as the majority of the time. In the first 30 minutes John Main looked in good shape and managed to beat the defence on a couple of occasions. A number of youngsters were involved and they all seemed to do very well.
Pre-season games are always difficult to judge as the players have spent most of the training sessions on ensuring that their fitness levels are at the right levels and it's in the games where they get to practice playing styles in a semi-proper situation in the build up to the start of the season in 4 weeks time.
Let's cast our minds back, in the run-up to the play-off final (remember that) a few of us were worried that the server wouldn't cope with people trying to ind out what was going on. Well Geek Wizard "Mike A" put some code together that would automatically update on people's screen and on the whole it worked well.
Once the post Playoff Final Hangover's had cleared work started immediately on plans for this season on improving the Internet experience for people who cant get to games and after hours of hard work we have reached that point. Their are still a few bits that need to be done and if you haven't seen any of the summer test, I hope you will be very impressed.
First of all I will continue to provide updates to every game I'm at so you will still get all my strange messages but they have added a couple of auto correction facilities.
Secondly if you wish to view on the site here click the Matchday button above and sit back and enjoy the messages. In tests within 5 seconds of me sending a message it appeared on the screen. So no more pressing the F5 button and wondering why the system is crashing?
The major change is that we are now offering an all singing (literally) all dancing console where you during the season will be able to see updates, scores from other games as they happen, chat with fellow supporters, listen to Radio Wdon at home games and join in the singing. Confused well lets have a look at it.
So like the look of it? Let's explain how you get their. The URL a present is http://www.luddweb.com/updates/index.php and if you have a tag for the guest book for the moment click Season Ticket Holders and then enter your tag code and select the character and shirt style you want to wear on the terrace. If you don't have a tag code click Wimbledon fans and enter your name and design the character that you want to be. Now click enter Stadium and you will take your place on the terrace.
Each Terrace can hold 200 people. The matchday updates will appear on the left hand side if you click the update tab, if an event happens on the another tab the tab name will turn red so you can click on it to see what has happened. At the top of the page you have the current score and also the number of people who are currently watching with you.
Want to interact with people be on the chat tab in the middle of the screen and type a message in the box press the white chat button next to the box and it will appear for everyone to view. This is going to move very fast and I imagine after a goal we will have a lot of "Yes" or "Goal" messages but it should help you be part of the experience.
On the right hand side of the screen we have the tools section click the Wdon button at home games and you get the Radio Wdon commentary. Click the sounds link and a built in player with loads of chants appears click them and it will sing that message on your screen give it a try and turn it on or off.
At away games I wont be able to view this so wont be able to answer any questions asked to me with regards to my updates but I think this will take us to the next level of matchday service. Hope you enjoy it and give it a try this afternoon.
Late update - Since I took that screen shot last night the Tea Bar has opened and prices are nothing to do with me.
This afternoon our we have our first pre-season game of the season for the First Team Squad when we visit Croydon Athletic. So after the last few weeks of training and the squads weekend away to bath but now we get the chance to see the work on the pitch.
One of the joys about pre-season games from a supporter point of view is trying to spot the various new players and even players that have changed their look over the summer, on this thought keep a look out for Sam Hatton this afternoon.
The updates will be in operation this afternoon and see the above story for some important news about a makeover that has taken place and will also make the updates appear on your screen faster. I will do my best to get player names right but it may take a few weeks before I manage this.
The Fixtures were announced at 11:00 today and on the whole they aren't bad.
We start with a trip to Newport, the wales version before home games against Thurrock and Bognor. As always seems the way any possible seaside trip's, Western Super Mare & Bognor are in deepest winter but at the moment we have only two week Midweek games. Christmas and New Years Day see Back to Back games against Fisher with New Years Day being the Home Game.
The run in will be fun with games Away at Bromley, Followed By a trip to Hampton and ending up Home to St Albans. Our matches against Chelmsford are away on 1st November and then Home on 31 January.
I have added all the fixtures to my Blue Square South Guide where you can see the date of the Home and Away Game next to each teams name. don't forget games can change due to clashes with Cup Dates. To see the guide click below.
A Couple of days earlier than expected but the 2008/09 Blue Square South Fixtures are announced tomorrow, (Wednesday 2nd July) so we will all be keeping an eye to see where we start the new campaign.
One Fixture that has been announced today is the early draw of the Surrey Senior Cup, and in the second round scheduled to be played on 10th December (although subject to change), we are home to Tooting & Mitcham United. I will have more information on fixtures tomorrow.
This week the proposed line up for next season changed again when Cambridge City had their appeal for failing ground grading turned down by The FA and therefore have been relegated from The Blue Square South and Western Super Mare have been reprived from relegation.
I have put together some information on all the clubs we are playing next season and will add to it over the next few weeks but for now if you want to have a look at what i looks like please click here.
So Football Hurts has now finished and this week they rounded up the complete series in an hour long special, and I'm sure that like myself you have enjoyed the series as it showed the complete "roller coaster" of the 2007/08 season.
If you missed any of the 15 episodes they have all been put Online now thanks to technical guru Mike A, so if you do want to watch any of them you can by downloading them from the following link Watch Football Hurts
With the close season in full swing now it's easy to forget about how important fundraising is for the club. An easy way to partake is by purchasing items via Amazon. If you click any of the Amazon Links on this this site and then buy any item the club benefits via way of a commission, it doesn't cost you any more and you are even able to take advantage of the free postage service that Amazon also offer if you can wait a few extra days for your item.
If you are planning to go on holiday and are thinking of buying a camera why no buy it through Amazon and help the club at the same time. below are some of the cameras that Amazon sell.i have managed to create a high quality low file size of Jason speech from Saturday night this comes in st 3.8mb so anyone who is on any sort of Internet connection should be able to download this really quickly. To download the file please click here.
On Saturday evening it was the end of season / 20th Anniversary dinner of the FA Cup Final victory and for any body their the most memorable thing was the season review by Jason Goodliffe. Fortunately one of our supporters was quick off the mark and got her camera and filmed it in video format.
It was very dark so it mainly Jason's voice you can hear but this is very important as it the delivery that makes this speech even better. The whole speech goes on for just under 9 minutes and is 13mb in size. So thanks to Zoe for the Video and then Jane L has put it into a word transcript so if you don't have video / sound you can read the speech as well.
The only part that was missed was the very start when Jason says he was called by Terry and joined the club and then they were introduced to pre-season running on Richmond common.
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Having a look around the web I managed to com across a discussion about when the fixtures for next season may be released.
It appears the Football league will announce theirs during the week of 9th June, apparently the Conference usually announce their fixtures on the Thursday of the following week, so if this is the case they should be announced on the 19th June.
Tonight the line up for next season has been confirmed and a number of surprises have come about.
First up Cambridge City who were due to be relegated due to ground problems have remained in the Blue Square South. This means that Western Super Mare have now been relegated.And to keep the alignment between North and south Boston & Kings Lynn have gone North and Worcestor City and Redditch have come south so the full list of teams for nest season are as follows: -
AFC Wimbledon, Basingstoke Town, Bath City, Bishop's Stortford, Bognor Regis Town, Braintree TownToday is the 20th anniversary of our amazing day at Wembley and although it's late evening I'm sure if you were there that day or just watching on TV it's a day you will never forget. The day when the worst team in the top flight beat the Best team in the world, well isint that hoe the TV crews described it?
So Happy anniversary everyone.
If your purchasing anything from the various departments of the Amazon Store don't forget that simply just by clicking one of the links on this site first of all will raise funds for the club.
So if you are looking for items to take on holiday with your or need things for the garden click an amazon link on the site and then do your purchases as normal and the club will benefit. If you spend more than £15 they will also deliver it free of charge if you can wait a few extra days for delivery.
As you may be aware the make up of Blue Square North and South isn't fully known yet as their is the possibility that a couple of changes may happen to clubs either in the Blue Square Premier or Blue Square South division Namely i looks like Halifax Town may fold and Cambridge City May be relegated due to ground grading problems.
When the regional split was made it was assumed that teams relegated from the premier division would fit nicely into either the North or South Division, a few years down the line now and we are in the situation where the original line that was made across the country no longer fits and a few clubs sit right on that line.
At the moment 4 teams could fall into either league these are Boston United, Kings Lynn, Worcester City and Redditch United and almost every day their are rumors of who will end up in which division, one day it will be both teams to the west in the north, the following it will be the teams in the East. Today we have Kings Lynn and Worcester in the South but this could still change.
A provisional set-up will be submitted by the FA this week and then clubs will have a time limit to submit any objections prior to the League AGM's where the line up are confirmed. One man who has his finger of the pulse and usually is very accurate is Tony Kempster and if you want to see what he currently thinks the line up you can by clicking here.
Well obviously not just yet as the Reserves are at Kingsmeadow on Saturday afternoon but if you are thinking ahead to the new season 4 pre-season games have been announced and they are as follows: -
| Date | Against | Venue | Kick Off Time |
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| 19 July | Brentford | Home | 15:00 |
| 22 July | Walton Casuals | Away | 19:45 |
| 23 July | Colliers Wood United | Away | 19:45 |
| 26 July | Salisbury City | Home | 15:00 |
More fixtures are due to be announced and I will add them once they are known.
The details of season Tickets for next season have been posted on the official site so if you are looking at finding out about the prices and applying for one please lick the graphic below: -
Tonight Hampton & Richmond lost 2-0 To Eastbourne Borough in the Blue Square South Play-off final so good luck to Eastbourne next season and it also looks like Hampton could be our closest team and therefore the team we play on Boxing Day and New Years Day.
I have been looking at the details of the Setanta Shield for this season 2007/08 as I think most people knew it was a regional competition starting with The Blue Square North Clubs and the Blue Square South clubs and then the Blue Square Premier clubs enter at the later stages. Well from What I can make out the first couple of rounds are even more regional so you are guaranteed a local derby and therefore reduces expenses for clubs and potentially better attendances.
My early guess that could be totally wrong would be if Hampton don't get promoted in the play off we will face them otherwise we could face Fisher but we will have to wait and see. The first round starts at the beginning of October.
Last week I posted a link for the South London Press Player of The Year and the fact that Jason Goodliffe was 2nd 5% behind the Leader the Crystal Palace Goalkeeper, what I didn't realised was that the link I had contained an error and was the page you go to after you have voted. Jason is now joint top and it's close between the two players so please vote again, from different machines if you can do the correct link is http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/Sport.cfm?id=6169
No in-depth Analysis, Not lot of text just two graphics, make up your own mind.
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After the elation of the weekend disappointment is going to occur for a number of players over the next few day as they find out if they are part of Terry Brown's plans for 2008/09 Blue Square South campaign. One of the first details of a player not being retained came from th man who scored our winning goal on Saturday when "Mark Debolla posted a thank you message on his Face book page and said he hadn't been offered Terms for the new season" expect a number of other situations like this in the next few days although if terry releases a player he has obviously got someone lined up to take his place.
If it's true that Mark is leaving it no better way for him to sign off than how he did on Saturday so Thanks very much Mark you have a very special place in our history.
Since 5pm on Saturday a number of questions have been asked so I thought I would add some quick frequently asked questions as mentioned below I will expanded on these over the next few days and if any more come up I will add them.
A) When does the
new Season Start -
The Blue Square South division starts one week earlier than the Rymans
League and usually the second week of August for the 2007/08 season
the Blue Square South started 11th August when Ryman Started 18th
August so it could start on the 9th August but this has yet to be
confirmed.
B) Do we wear squad
numbers and names - Teams don't have squad numbers or
names on Shirts in Blue Square South and North.
C) Is their a league cup -
The Setanta Shield is the League Cup and in the early stage is
regionalised before it gets to a stage where you could face a fellow
team from the South, North or National division. I will post more on
this soon.
D) Will we be on TV -
The obvious way is via the Setanta Shield as 1 game in each round is on
Setanta TV but plans for next season haven't been announced yet but we
will keep an eye on this.
E) What round of the FA
Cup Do we enter?
- If this year is anything to go by we enter 1 round later in the 2nd
qualifying round last year 5 Blue Square South sides made it to the 1st
Round proper.
F) What round of the FA
Trophy Do we enter? - If this year is anything to go by we
enter 2 rounds later in the 3rd qualifying round.
G) When are local derby's
played
- Rather than playing derby games on Boxing Day and Easter Monday the
Blue Square leagues play them on Boxing Day and then New Years Day so
it's two almost back to Back games.
Traditionally once the season reaches an end the site goes into a relaxing period between now and pre-season but I will try and do an update at least everyday as we start to look and plan for next season in the Blue Square South, Once the line up of teams is done I will do a preview of each team so please come back regularly to see what is going on.
We are now about 46 hours since the full time whistle at Staines and I'm sure most of us have been in a dreamworld since then. I think I'm capable of doing a round up now so here goes.
I was amaziningly not nervous about the game in the past two years I had been really nervous but this year I took the stance of what will be will be. I arrived at the ground at 13:00 and their was a good number of people already their and so when the team coach arrived at 13:20 the players were greeted by a terefic reception. Terry Brown was one of the first people off the coach and he just had a stunned look on his face to be greeted by such a large number of supporters.
The Turnstiles opened at 13:30 and we all went into the ground looking for the best place to view the game from. I took up a position just by our dugout but where I could see both goals and the ground was filling up nicely. The team were greeted to a great reception during warm up and then as they came out at the start of the game.
The first half itself was very end to end and the big decision of the half was when John main was taken down just outside the box and the Staines Captain was only booked. Just to make it worse on 36 minutes the same player headed in from a corner to put us 1-0 down.
At half time most of us were thinking please not again, not a 3rd year running of losing in the playoffs at Half time everyone said we needed more mussel up front and it was great to see that Terry Brown sent Nic McDonnell n to create problems. The second half continued to be end to end but the more time went on the more we began to think that it clearly wasn't our day.
Terry Brown always said that he would pick a team to do a job and his wild card this game was Mark Debolla on the bench and he introduced him on 66 minutes into the game. With 12 minutes left the fear level for us supporters really began to set in and then a long thrown by Sam Hatton was dropped by the keeper to Nic McDonnell he crossed it low across the box and Luis Cumbers headed it home. At first major confusion occurred we went sure who had scored and then it looked like their keeper may be sent off as he had already been booked and he charged at the ref but the ref just told him to calm down.
With just 10 minutes left the crowd were really behind the team and then it appeared that the linesman had awarded us a penalty he was waving his flag like crazy but yet again the ref decided that he was in charge and would make all the calls so nothing was given.
Then 86 minutes were on the clock and we were awarded a free kick around 25 yards out and Mark De Bolla decided it was his to take he lined it up hit it over the wall and then hit the back of the net down really low. The players went crazy the fans went even more crazy and do you know what my first thought was? Please don't conceded, it's a strange things that go through your mind.
When the 4th official held up the board to say 4 minutes injury time I wasn't overly worried they won a corner and the goal keeper came up to create a problem but his clearance went backwards and out of play. It was then a case to watch the ref when he would signal PROMOTION. The whistle blew and the pitch was invaded it was total relief that we had done what we had set out to do. It was a chance to find friends and celebrate or just hug total strangers.
I got on to th pitch and knew a number of people I wanted to celebrate with were in the stand so whilst everyone ran to the tunnel I went straight across and found some people, but then a lovely surprise sitting at the back of the stand with a huge smile on his face was Robbie Earle who had arrived with David Barnard both were so pleased that we had been promoted and once again it was very special that they could share the day.
As we left the ground it started to rain but who cared, and on the journey to Kingsmeadow we even took a wrong turning but it didn't matter we arrived back at Kingsmeadow and it was packed just time to grab a bottle of Champers before the team arrived to a heroes reception. The players went to put their bags in the dressing room and all returned with bottles of champagne. somehow i managed to be right in from of Jason Goodliffe as he opened his bottle of champagne and got completely covered in it but I couldn't of been happier.
Kingsmeadow continued to rock Ivor interviewed a number of players and Terry Brown on the stage before an evening of drinking and dancing started, We are Wimbledon and then the Beatles "Yellow & Blue, Yellow & Blue Wombles" were the first tracks, what do you mean thats the not the name of the song? :)
I eventually staggered away from Kingsmeadow about 11:00 but not before I had celebrated with a number of fans, we have such a special club and everybody should take credit for this.
Then Sunday was spent reading various reports and for us on face book swapping stories and looking at each others pictures some from the link I posted yesterday. Watching Video and keep pinching myself that we did win and therefore get promoted. Then Just as I started to return a bit I read the O/S and saw the comments from Beasant & Sanchez and that pushed be back to the cloud 12 level again.
At this stage their is not a lot more that needs to be said, I will write some more up later but following out 2-11 victory at Staines ensuring promotion I thought I would post some links of pictures video and Video Clips from Yesterday.
The goals were shown on Sky Sports News Last night and you
can view them here.
For a more in-depth highlights package click here
Some Brilliant pictures of the day can be viewed here
And finally have a look at this one, it may make you smile (even more
click here
Thanks to some work by Mike Arrowsmith who lives in Scotland but is flying down for the game we are introducing a different page for the updates this afternoon this hopefully will ensure that the services will remain up and running no matter what the demand is on the page. The important details you need is the page address and this is.
As always I will try and post the team news as early as I can but usually about 14:45 and then all the action from kick off. If anyone does have my mobile number and their is a problem with the updates please send me a text and I will either revert back to the usual page or if that fails the AFCWGB.co.uk guest book.
One place to guarantee th current score is via the text service by texting AFCW Goals to 60300 you will get the current score if you get the line up it means the score is 0-0 each message cost 25p with proceeds going to the club. If you want to be sent every message text 60300 AFCW Goals Start to 60300 as soon as I send a message you will get it once again each message costs 25p
This afternoon's game is just huge the simple situation is the winner gets promoted to the "Blue Square South Division" the match has to be decided this afternoon and therefore we could have extra time and penalties.
If your one of the lucky people who got a ticket make sure we get behind the team from the start to the very end of the game Terry and the team really appreciate our help and it encourages them during games especially if we are under pressure.
If you don't have a ticket I hope you can follow the game via the various update services see below and above as we try and cover all bases.
Sorry to repeat a post that I made just the other day but just a reminder that Radio Wdon will be up and running this afternoon broadcasting the signal from Radio Wye who are from the Staines area. so if you paste either of the following links into your music players you should be able to listen to the match.
If you don't have a ticket for Saturday's game and are wondering how to follow the action you have two main ways the first is the Radio Wdon server should be up and running although it wont be our commentary team we are piggybacking Radio Wye service as they have a limited capacity.
I will be doing the updates and hope that these will manage to cope with the pressure but more about this either Friday Night or Saturday Morning.
If you want to check how long before kick off on Saturday click here
Although I had my ticket sorted I went over tonight to pick up a couple for people that didn't have them, these people are Season Ticket Holders. I arrived at Staines at about 5:40 after getting a cab direct from the station with two other wombles.
On arrival I reckon about 150 people were in front of me and it was a fun hour and a quarter as we waited for the office to open. A Staines Official came out every so offer to inform people the tea bar was open and how long before the ticket office opened.
By the time the ticket office opened I reckon 350 fans were waiting and it was entertaining when Staines Manager and players turned up and the car park was already full. By my estimate 95% of the supporters waiting appeared to be our supporters and with around 850 tickets on sale that will give you an idea of the additional numbers that we will have at the game.
When the ticket office opened thee service was very quick and everybody who wanted a ticket got one by the end of the evening apparently less than 20 tickets were left.
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