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Post by FridoBiggins on Apr 15, 2024 14:45:29 GMT
Us suggesting they should merge is no different to Premier League fans suggesting league 1 or 2 clubs should merge, down with that sort of thing Exactly. There's room and a place for every team. Not everyone can be in the PL or in the 92 and many wouldn't want to be.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Apr 15, 2024 14:55:22 GMT
Rather than a merger, they should be visiting EP to get a sense of how we've managed to attract new fans over the years Agree with that. I think crowds are up at Hyde and Stalybridge, as they are at many lower league teams, but they could do more. Curzon suffer because of location, I feel - and possibly a lack of real history. Hopefully they're on the verge of making some history. They seem like a very well-run club who deserve success and subsequent growth
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Post by herbiedumplings on Apr 15, 2024 15:54:20 GMT
Mossley as well. Two ex-FL sides there. Incredibly we've played 4 of those sides in recent years. A merger would be hugely unpopular, as it should be. I put a Tameside United idea to my Mossley born Son in Law a few years back. He said there's more chance of City & Utd merging!!! There's real hatred in them there hills. ”United” is already taken, so “Manchester Consolidated Football Club”? “Manchester Amalgamated”?
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Post by Imposter on Apr 15, 2024 15:58:20 GMT
And to respond to timberwolf's point using your examples - mergers would make practical sense, but there's a lot of history among the clubs you mention: Ashton United - est 1878 Glossop North End - 1886 Droylsden - 1892 Stalybridge Celtic - 1909 Hyde United - 1919 Curzon Ashton - 1963 Plus they're not exactly on each other's doorsteps (two Ashtons aside). The problem isn't so much the amount of clubs as it is the United/City factor Mossley as well. Two ex-FL sides there. Incredibly we've played 4 of those sides in recent years. A merger would be hugely unpopular, as it should be. One ex-Top Flight club in there.
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Post by FridoBiggins on Apr 15, 2024 16:28:44 GMT
Mossley as well. Two ex-FL sides there. Incredibly we've played 4 of those sides in recent years. A merger would be hugely unpopular, as it should be. One ex-Top Flight club in there. Smallest town to have ever had a top flight football team.
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Post by ddhats on Apr 15, 2024 18:11:56 GMT
Anyone know what went wrong at Bishop’s Stortford in the NLS this year? Don’t think I’ve ever seen a team with goal difference this bad. And the season’s not over yet!
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Post by mat1scfc on Apr 15, 2024 18:20:52 GMT
Anyone know what went wrong at Bishop’s Stortford in the NLS this year? Don’t think I’ve ever seen a team with goal difference this bad. And the season’s not over yet! View Attachment they were f*cked from the start. They are playing in the national league North
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Post by ddhats on Apr 15, 2024 18:27:47 GMT
Oh yes you’re right. Like Kings Lynn - I went there once it’s absolutely miles away in Norfolk!
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Post by malc on Apr 15, 2024 18:39:50 GMT
Oh yes you’re right. Like Kings Lynn - I went there once it’s absolutely miles away in Norfolk! And Lowestoft is in Suffolk and we played there too. They'd be better off playing in the Dutch leagues!
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Post by Lincoln Hatter on Apr 15, 2024 18:47:17 GMT
It must be hard for those non-London southern clubs. Brackley, Banbury, Peterborough Sports, kings Lynn, Gloucester and Hereford all playing in the Northern league. The time and cost implications must be significant for the smaller clubs
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Post by ddhats on Apr 15, 2024 19:15:31 GMT
Plus what the time and expense for the likes of Blyth and South Shields to get down there!
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Post by fenedgeexile on Apr 15, 2024 20:30:07 GMT
Oh yes you’re right. Like Kings Lynn - I went there once it’s absolutely miles away in Norfolk! And Lowestoft is in Suffolk and we played there too. They'd be better off playing in the Dutch leagues! I remember hearing at the time that when they were promoted Lowestoft were expecting to be in the NL South and had signed a number of London area based players. When they were placed in NL North, being a part-time club they struggled to get players for some of the long distance midweek games.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Apr 16, 2024 6:43:29 GMT
With so few teams going up out of NLN/NLS and so many going down, is it all that disadvantageous to have slightly different numbers in NLN and NLS?
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Post by timberwolf on Apr 16, 2024 7:40:32 GMT
Us suggesting they should merge is no different to Premier League fans suggesting league 1 or 2 clubs should merge, down with that sort of thing Some on here are banging on about history, but if you go back to the earlier days of the game a number of present clubs are around because they merged with others. A lot depends on how happy fans of smaller clubs are and how much they want to travel up the pyramid. When i moved to yorkshire there was regular talk about bradford city and PA merging but what stopped it mainly was one of those sides was always better than the other. Only problem with any merger is it aint really that but a takeover.
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Post by HTC on Apr 16, 2024 8:18:05 GMT
With so few teams going up out of NLN/NLS and so many going down, is it all that disadvantageous to have slightly different numbers in NLN and NLS?
Think the problem would be that a 23/25 split means that one team isn't playing each week, which has greater financial implications at that level than higher up the leagues, whereas a 26/22 split means the 26 team league is really difficult to fit into a 'normal' season, particularly if it's a bad weather year given the overall quality of pitches being that bit lower.
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