'I'm struggling to get over it because...' :

[Kiwi John]

...Today I went to watch a local club rugby game instead of my towns footy team. Unheard of.

[Margaret Pilkington]

That is Ok as long as you didn't ENJOY it.

[AccyMad]

Usually I go into decline when the season ends, no promise of either World Cup or Euro games can make up for having to endure the summer break & I count down the days till the first pre-season friendly but after all the excitement of this season & particularly the emotional rollercoaster of the last few weeks I'm exhausted & actually ready for the break - I must be getting old

[Kiwi John]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

That is Ok as long as you didn't ENJOY it.

Sadly,I did.
..I need help..especially coz my golf partner turned up and asked me how Accy was going. He genuinely didn't know.

[Bolton in Ossy]

Originally Posted by Kiwi John

...Today I went to watch a local club rugby game instead of my towns footy team. Unheard of.

Cool. I hope it was League not Union ! Personally I follow my NWCML team Bolton Mets RLFC over the Wanderers but that's as Rugby League shades it for me ( odd as Bolton's a soccer mad town ) personally. I watch the Mets as often as is practical home or away . Sorry Stanley didn't make it but to the contributor on here who calls em quote " Wanky Wanderers" unquote I have a tiny smile ( does he call Burnley " small town in Yorkshire " too , me thinks ) haha. Yes Stanley continue to make this district known on the map just as much as Accrington brick. Good on the famous Accy Stanley.

[Kiwi John]

Rugby Union I'm afraid...Rugby League not strong here in the Hawkes Bay.

[cashman]

Well i'm watching the test Match n Englands started well, not the same but it helps.

[Greeny]

I went to Stanley yesterday and despite all the noise from the " tractors " on the pitch and workmen dismantling the scaffolding , all I could hear was the chanting from Wed night , it was electric and all came flooding back putting lump in my throat.

[Wynonie Harris]

Football? Don't talk to me about football. After what's happened over the last couple of weeks, I don't want to know about it. Turn over when it comes on telly (not watching the Cup Final at the moment) and refuse to look at the sports pages in the paper. People keep giving me pep talks - "We would've struggled in Div 1.", "We've had a great season anyway.", "Things could be worse - you could be a York fan." but nothing works.

Just hope I've snapped out of it by the time the Preston friendly rolls around!

[Exile on Spencer St]

Don't roll those bloodshot eyes, Wynonie.
Life goes on.

[monkey hanger]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Football? Don't talk to me about football. After what's happened over the last couple of weeks, I don't want to know about it. Turn over when it comes on telly (not watching the Cup Final at the moment) and refuse to look at the sports pages in the paper. People keep giving me pep talks - "We would've struggled in Div 1.", "We've had a great season anyway.", "Things could be worse - you could be a York fan." but nothing works.

Just hope I've snapped out of it by the time the Preston friendly rolls around!

thank goodness someone feels the same as me. not interested in who.s been released by who and wondering if they could do a job for us . its like someone has stolen your car and then someone saying well it was old anyway. hope I can get my interest back come august but at the moment I doubt it. may need counciling.

[cashman]

Hey i aint oer the moon either, but life goes on, sick as a parrot, but still been a magnificent season, roll on next i say, lets see if we can go one better.

[Margaret Pilkington]

This is not a part of the forum I venture into very often...but I can tell you that with everything that has been going on for our towns team.....excitement followed by bitter disappointment. It is only natural for there to be some feeling of anti clmax....but once you have got bored of the cricket and the other summer time sports I am sure you will all get back into the swing and follow the team with a renewed hope for next season.
They did well(they showed vigour and courage)....and that cannot be argued about.
I will burger off now back to where I belong in the forum.

[AccyMad]

Thanks Margaret, sure we'll all be fine eventually - Stanley fans have good, natural bouncebackability - we've had to have over the years, think this time it's just gonna take a little longer for some.

P.s.When are next season's fixtures out

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes....and it is part of what makes ASFC such a fine club(in the true sense of the word)....it is what gives the place its unique character.
Good luck for next season!