Unofficial Halesowen Town FC Forum

Like us, several others in our League have been knocked out of FA Cup today and so perhaps we'll bring forward and rearrange a fixture for Sept 17th.

Looking at the results involving southern league teams in the FA Cup yesterday, it would seem we are playing at a poor level now. With only 2 or 3 exceptions our teams struggled to beat, were held by or lost to teams from further down the pyramid. Aside from our poor result, other notable scores included St Neots losing at Thurnby Nirvana, Moneyfields beating Gosport, Rugby failing to beat Gornal Athletic at home, and Biggleswade blowing a 5-1 lead at home to Haringey and Waltham Development.

Thurnby Nirvana?

Really?

Have you been on the paint thinner again?

Poor level indeed. Sholing only managed 9 against Newbury and Yate let one in against Melksham. They did however score 10.

At the end of the day, the cups a great leveller and all that. No one seems to have mentioned the fact we should have been 5 up before Rocester got the ball let alone had a chance, just about proves anything really does happen in t'Cup. I think we just need to build more of a team comaradrie, as when something goes wrong they all end up shouting and swearing at each other. I'm certain Shaun will get rid of players if HE doesn't think they'm up to the task.

Anyway, we could travel to Bishops Cleeve (they were murdered 1-0 by Wells City) which would avoid a dark night in October on a Wednesday.

YeltzDoc wrote:Thurnby Nirvana?

Really?

Have you been on the paint thinner again?

I might have been listening to some of mr Cobains finest at the time, but i guess only paint thinners could explain the Thurnby bit. I did get the results off a site that called Gornal, Cornell though.

HalesowenHarry wrote:Poor level indeed. Sholing only managed 9 against Newbury and Yate let one in against Melksham. They did however score 10.

At the end of the day, the cups a great leveller and all that. No one seems to have mentioned the fact we should have been 5 up before Rocester got the ball let alone had a chance, just about proves anything really does happen in t'Cup. I think we just need to build more of a team comaradrie, as when something goes wrong they all end up shouting and swearing at each other. I'm certain Shaun will get rid of players if HE doesn't think they'm up to the task.

Anyway, we could travel to Bishops Cleeve (they were murdered 1-0 by Wells City) which would avoid a dark night in October on a Wednesday.

Sorry HH. I'm very happy that we are competing at all. I wasn't complaining, just making an observation that from what i have seen so far, the standard seems to be considerably lower.

Shame no news looks like it won't be happening unless the league work as slow as the FA!

It is usually down to clubs to talk to each other to bring fixtures forward to cover free Saturdays due to cup exits. Clubs in agreement, can then propose the suggestion to the league, who will usually happily agree.

Strange - Bishops Cleeve prefer a mid week fixture in the winter with a lower gate than a Saturday in September with the potential of a greater away fan presence.

We did ask the question but not possible and we could not have a home game as Blackheath are at home on the 17th.