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Post by gibbo on Jun 3, 2024 14:54:10 GMT
Didn't we draw there 2-2 on a Thursday night? I also go the train from London having stayed there the night before, we also stayed a night in Cambridge, I'm glad we didn't make it two. Yep, October 2011 under Hamann. I think Jim might have been a pundit for Premier Sports for that one.
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Post by gibbo on Jun 3, 2024 14:55:04 GMT
A late summer afternoon at Adams Park. Nothing significant riding on it, there's still that early season glow on highlights, everyone in short sleeves, lush grass. Perfect. Wycombe away, 1st game 2022/03, is still the hottest game I've ever attended.
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Post by bristolhatter on Jun 3, 2024 15:07:22 GMT
A late summer afternoon at Adams Park. Nothing significant riding on it, there's still that early season glow on highlights, everyone in short sleeves, lush grass. Perfect. Wycombe away, 1st game 2022/03, is still the hottest game I've ever attended. Remember it well, think our GK coach Colgan made his debut that game too? Equally one of the coldest/miserable away games was a 2-0 loss there a few years later in December. Been there quite a few times over the years, only the Gleeson goal and the 4-1 victory (20 minute flurry of goals at the end) are decent memories.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 3, 2024 15:16:06 GMT
Wycombe away, 1st game 2022/03, is still the hottest game I've ever attended. Remember it well, think our GK coach Colgan made his debut that game too? Equally one of the coldest/miserable away games was a 2-0 loss there a few years later in December. Been there quite a few times over the years, only the Gleeson goal and the 4-1 victory (20 minute flurry of goals at the end) are decent memories. Yep, that's right. The weather was farcical, it was so hot.
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Post by HTC on Jun 3, 2024 15:20:19 GMT
just thinking.
List of most stereotypical third tier possible...
Blackpool, Shrewsbury, Wycombe, Bristol Rovers, Gillingham, Northampton, Plymouth, Swindon, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Rotherham, Peterborough, MK Dons, Oxford, Port Vale, Doncaster, Walsall, Tranmere, Notts, Wrexham, Us, Oldham, Southend.
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Post by Mozzer on Jun 3, 2024 15:38:15 GMT
A late summer afternoon at Adams Park. Nothing significant riding on it, there's still that early season glow on highlights, everyone in short sleeves, lush grass. Perfect. Wycombe away, 1st game 2022/03, is still the hottest game I've ever attended. M5 round Brum was completely blocked by an accident on the way back. Stopped for AGES. Our minibus got out in the outside lane and gave everyone in the vicinity the benefit of a full rendition of Arthur Brownlow.
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Post by gibbo on Jun 3, 2024 15:46:44 GMT
Wycombe away, 1st game 2022/03, is still the hottest game I've ever attended. M5 round Brum was completely blocked by an accident on the way back. Stopped for AGES. Our minibus got out in the outside lane and gave everyone in the vicinity the benefit of a full rendition of Arthur Brownlow. Not sure if the same accident but it was the day Jimmy Davis (the young United player) died. Think he was on loan at Watford that season.
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Post by stevie57 on Jun 3, 2024 16:57:47 GMT
Peterborough is another that gets an unfair amount of criticism and it always looks okay to me. Agree about peterborough, another place i have been to not just related to football. stevie57 might easily now get a job with the luton tourist board after that but like burnley the bad far outweighs and good points of the town. travelled throught england apart from cornwall and somewhere has to be englands worst town and luton gets my vote. I’m not having that; you made a comment about Luton, I replied, you then attempted to re-state your point as a matter of correction. As an opinion, you’re entitled to your view, but as an objective assessment it’s absurd; Luton has a huge number of natural advantages in terms of location (proximity to London and the lovely towns and countryside of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire), the airport, house prices vis a vis London, it’s cultural richness (usually considered as a de-merit by detractors such as yourself), and much more; I found the people there to be some of the kindest, most considerate, trustworthy and friendly of all the places I have lived in England. There are clearly many far worse places to live in England than Luton, and I’m mystified as to why anyone could assess it as ‘…gets my vote’ [as ‘Englands (sic) worst town’), though as I mentioned in my previous contribution, it tends to come from people who never lived there. I lived in Norwich for a few years, a fine city, and in a hundred ways better than Luton in so many obvious ways, but not in all respects. My job at the tourist board (unnecessary mockery) would not last five minutes as I know the town’s faults better than most, but - in spite of a number of ‘Crappiest Town in Britain’ awards - I repeat, that I would advise any young Stopfordian with the opportunity to move there to take it. Hope County get to Kenilworth Road one more time before the southern Hatters re-locate to Power Court - near the magnificent parish church of St Mary - and a bit different from Bury Park, which for those who don’t know it, is to Luton what Edgeley is to Stockport.
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Post by desmond on Jun 3, 2024 17:15:05 GMT
Agree about peterborough, another place i have been to not just related to football. stevie57 might easily now get a job with the luton tourist board after that but like burnley the bad far outweighs and good points of the town. travelled throught england apart from cornwall and somewhere has to be englands worst town and luton gets my vote. I’m not having that; you made a comment about Luton, I replied, you then attempted to re-state your point as a matter of correction. As an opinion, you’re entitled to your view, but as an objective assessment it’s absurd; Luton has a huge number of natural advantages in terms of location (proximity to London and the lovely towns and countryside of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire), the airport, house prices vis a vis London, it’s cultural richness (usually considered as a de-merit by detractors such as yourself), and much more; I found the people there to be some of the kindest, most considerate, trustworthy and friendly of all the places I have lived in England. There are clearly many far worse places to live in England than Luton, and I’m mystified as to why anyone could assess it as ‘…gets my vote’ [as ‘Englands (sic) worst town’), though as I mentioned in my previous contribution, it tends to come from people who never lived there. I lived in Norwich for a few years, a fine city, and in a hundred ways better than Luton in so many obvious ways, but not in all respects. My job at the tourist board (unnecessary mockery) would not last five minutes as I know the town’s faults better than most, but - in spite of a number of ‘Crappiest Town in Britain’ awards - I repeat, that I would advise any young Stopfordian with the opportunity to move there to take it. Hope County get to Kenilworth Road one more time before the southern Hatters re-locate to Power Court - near the magnificent parish church of St Mary - and a bit different from Bury Park, which for those who don’t know it, is to Luton what Edgeley is to Stockport. So based on your suggestion that any young Stopfordian should relocate there is it your objective assessment that its overall a better location than Stockport. Not lived in Luton myself but visited it many times (Not just Kenilworth Road) and I’d certainly not rate it better.
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Post by Imposter on Jun 3, 2024 17:15:37 GMT
Wycombe away, 1st game 2022/03, is still the hottest game I've ever attended. Remember it well, think our GK coach Colgan made his debut that game too? Equally one of the coldest/miserable away games was a 2-0 loss there a few years later in December. Been there quite a few times over the years, only the Gleeson goal and the 4-1 victory (20 minute flurry of goals at the end) are decent memories. That 4-1 win was very strange. Never mind the last 20 minutes, didn't the last 3 goals go in in about the last 5 minutes? Also for hot games, Gillingham on opening day in 2000, pre-temporary stand, on the old open terrace was another sweltering scorcher.
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Post by stevie57 on Jun 3, 2024 17:46:03 GMT
I’m not having that; you made a comment about Luton, I replied, you then attempted to re-state your point as a matter of correction. As an opinion, you’re entitled to your view, but as an objective assessment it’s absurd; Luton has a huge number of natural advantages in terms of location (proximity to London and the lovely towns and countryside of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire), the airport, house prices vis a vis London, it’s cultural richness (usually considered as a de-merit by detractors such as yourself), and much more; I found the people there to be some of the kindest, most considerate, trustworthy and friendly of all the places I have lived in England. There are clearly many far worse places to live in England than Luton, and I’m mystified as to why anyone could assess it as ‘…gets my vote’ [as ‘Englands (sic) worst town’), though as I mentioned in my previous contribution, it tends to come from people who never lived there. I lived in Norwich for a few years, a fine city, and in a hundred ways better than Luton in so many obvious ways, but not in all respects. My job at the tourist board (unnecessary mockery) would not last five minutes as I know the town’s faults better than most, but - in spite of a number of ‘Crappiest Town in Britain’ awards - I repeat, that I would advise any young Stopfordian with the opportunity to move there to take it. Hope County get to Kenilworth Road one more time before the southern Hatters re-locate to Power Court - near the magnificent parish church of St Mary - and a bit different from Bury Park, which for those who don’t know it, is to Luton what Edgeley is to Stockport. So based on your suggestion that any young Stopfordian should relocate there is it your objective assessment that its overall a better location than Stockport. Not lived in Luton myself but visited it many times (Not just Kenilworth Road) and I’d certainly not rate it better. Luton to central London and the economic powerhouse of the capital is just over 30 miles away with fantastic easily commutable rail links; do I really need to spell out the advantages in terms of just job opportunities to take just one example, of living in a town so close like Luton with house prices that whilst being relatively high by northern standards, are very competitive by southern standards. Stockport is doing ok, as is Manchester, but the opportunities are not comparable.
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Post by The Real Exile on Jun 3, 2024 18:13:07 GMT
So based on your suggestion that any young Stopfordian should relocate there is it your objective assessment that its overall a better location than Stockport. Not lived in Luton myself but visited it many times (Not just Kenilworth Road) and I’d certainly not rate it better. Luton to central London and the economic powerhouse of the capital is just over 30 miles away with fantastic easily commutable rail links; do I really need to spell out the advantages in terms of just job opportunities to take just one example, of living in a town so close like Luton with house prices that whilst being relatively high by northern standards, are very competitive by southern standards. Stockport is doing ok, as is Manchester, but the opportunities are not comparable. Each to their own, I know some like a day out in the smoke but I work there often enough to have a healthy dislike for the place, I'd hate to live there. As for Luton, worked there too and of course been for the football, around the ground was a bit of a dump and we had a group follow us back to the car last time I was daft enough to drive. The outskirts are of course much better but I'd choose living where I do every time. As for opportunities depends on your industry but I have clients in Inverness and ones in Cornwall, I like many others these days can work from anywhere and 90 percent of my business is conducted online or via Teams etc.
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Post by fenedgeexile on Jun 3, 2024 18:41:42 GMT
Know we've played Cambridge in the conference more recently and had cup games against Bolton, Charlton & Rotherham more recently. Was the Peterborough cup game slightly later too maybe? Yep, remember Cambridge. I got the train from London, went on what seemed like an hour’s trek to the ground, we got humped 4-1 then I did it all in reverse. It’s possible I may have got lost. If you walked into the City centre then out to the ground it probably did take the best part of an hour. The most direct route is still about 40 minutes walk.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jun 3, 2024 18:54:48 GMT
Luton to central London and the economic powerhouse of the capital is just over 30 miles away with fantastic easily commutable rail links; do I really need to spell out the advantages in terms of just job opportunities to take just one example, of living in a town so close like Luton with house prices that whilst being relatively high by northern standards, are very competitive by southern standards. Stockport is doing ok, as is Manchester, but the opportunities are not comparable. Each to their own, I know some like a day out in the smoke but I work there often enough to have a healthy dislike for the place, I'd hate to live there. As for Luton, worked there too and of course been for the football, around the ground was a bit of a dump and we had a group follow us back to the car last time I was daft enough to drive. The outskirts are of course much better but I'd choose living where I do every time. As for opportunities depends on your industry but I have clients in Inverness and ones in Cornwall, I like many others these days can work from anywhere and 90 percent of my business is conducted online or via Teams etc. I've worked in and around London for 15 years. It's only subjective but I am well ready for a change, as are a lot of people I speak to.
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Post by vicar on Jun 3, 2024 19:19:48 GMT
So based on your suggestion that any young Stopfordian should relocate there is it your objective assessment that its overall a better location than Stockport. Not lived in Luton myself but visited it many times (Not just Kenilworth Road) and I’d certainly not rate it better. Luton to central London and the economic powerhouse of the capital is just over 30 miles away with fantastic easily commutable rail links; do I really need to spell out the advantages in terms of just job opportunities to take just one example, of living in a town so close like Luton with house prices that whilst being relatively high by northern standards, are very competitive by southern standards. Stockport is doing ok, as is Manchester, but the opportunities are not comparable. Just checked average house price in Luton and it's £282,000 which is as you say very competitive, it's actually £23,000 less than Stockport's average.
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