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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on August 24, 2011, 03:51:56 PM

Title: Midweek pressing
Post by: dave.woodhall on August 24, 2011, 03:51:56 PM: A bonus edition:

www.thebirminghampress.com/2011/08/24/no-bull/
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: usav on August 24, 2011, 04:55:23 PM: Nice read as always, Dave. I have to say I'm not suprised at the attendance, when was the last time we even played in the 2nd round? Three home games in a week, this was always going to suffer, even at 10 quid a pop.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: Damo70 on August 24, 2011, 06:42:57 PM: Would losing to a team 87 places lower in the league have been a record? I'm guessing it would in this competition. I wonder if Blues-Altrincham is the FA cup record?
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: dave.woodhall on August 24, 2011, 09:42:25 PM: Quote from: Damo70 on August 24, 2011, 06:42:57 PM
Would losing to a team 87 places lower in the league have been a record? I'm guessing it would in this competition. I wonder if Blues-Altrincham is the FA cup record?

Doubt it. Coventry were higher in the league when they lost to Sutton and there's plenty of division three and four teams who have lost to clubs from way down the Pyramid.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: Hookeysmith on August 25, 2011, 07:43:42 AM: Although the crowd was poor by our standards - it was the highest of the competition by some distance for this round
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: Lew Chatterleys Lover on August 25, 2011, 07:52:03 AM: Agree with comments above. How is 21,000 a poor crowd for a 2nd round game v Hereford, sandwiched between two home league games? Most clubs were getting single figures.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on August 25, 2011, 07:57:13 AM: Quote from: Damo70 on August 24, 2011, 06:42:57 PM
Would losing to a team 87 places lower in the league have been a record? I'm guessing it would in this competition. I wonder if Blues-Altrincham is the FA cup record?
From memory I think we have only lost to a 4th tier team once. 71/72 in the 1st round of the FA Cup at Southend. Having said that, at the time they were probably only a couple of dozen places below us.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: Simba on August 25, 2011, 08:58:10 AM: Andy - didn't we get beat by Aldershot the one year? FA Cup third round I think.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: UK Redsox on August 25, 2011, 09:03:05 AM: With regard to the Hereford coaches, did they arrive just before kick-off ?

I was expecting to see loads of buses on the M5 on my way up but only saw one. Also, walking to the ground I saw hardly any Hereford fans and yet, come kick off, there were 2000+ of them in the North Stand.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: dave.woodhall on August 25, 2011, 09:07:03 AM: Quote from: UK Redsox on August 25, 2011, 09:03:05 AM
With regard to the Hereford coaches, did they arrive just before kick-off ?

I was expecting to see loads of buses on the M5 on my way up but only saw one. Also, walking to the ground I saw hardly any Hereford fans and yet, come kick off, there were 2000+ of them in the North Stand.

They got there later than usual but virtually all of them went straight in the ground.
Title: Re: Midweek pressing
Post by: UK Redsox on August 25, 2011, 09:13:05 AM: OK, I must of been ahead of the coach convoy