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69: Edwards gallops out of defence and pulls the trigger from the edge of the box - Veiga spills but Macc clear

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looks like a test of character tonight - not just for us, but also lads on t' pitch !

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71: Hessey misses an interception on half way, Barnett races through but under pressure from Jacobson Cisak blocks his shot

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72: Gornell is played in after Ryan and Craney work an opening, but he shoots straight at Veiga

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C'mon you reds c'mon

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1-1!!!

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Get in Captain Fantastic!!!

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Procter from the edge of the box and Stanley are back in it!

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Gerrin there !!!!! :D back in the game ! Go on you Reds give it big licks ! :D

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Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

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C'mon Stanley, push on for a winner

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GO Go Go Stanley You can still win!!

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Here we go here we go here we gooo..

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Penalty to stanley

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Tremarco push on Gornell.

Edwards steps up... and SCORES 2-1 Stanley

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sunbeds

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get in sunbeds!!!

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Yessssssssssssssssssss get in

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Way to go ! And again lads, and again ! :D

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WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (my family think I'm nuts..)

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Macc down to ten men - Tremarco had been booked for the pen and now got another. Presumably for something he said?

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So do we kiwi, but we love ya mate!!! :D

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:rolleyes:

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Go on get your usual three Stanley

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Poor kitten vamoosed when 2nd goal came...he'll never be the same again now..

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attendance 1674

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**** me I'm starting to think we can make these playoffs !

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GET IN !!!! Big Phil Does the business again !!!:worthy::notworthy

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Shouldn't that be vamoused John ? :rolleyes:

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:d

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It still don't work..but its a big smile..

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Come On !!!!

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well what a good time to leave the computer for ten minutes!!!!!

it's like there is a specific script to follow which usually ends with a Phil Edwards penalty.


chuffin chuffed a bit now rather than the jolly irked that I was yesterday

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me and ange now on third bottle of wine WE BELIEVE

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Four minutes added

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Blow ya whistle man.

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Hooooooooooooooooolllllllllllddddddddddd yer line

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Long on for McConville. All hands to the direct, defensive pump!!!

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Crikey,, my nerves are jingling

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2-2

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Kitten now ventured to far side of room and is crouched staring at me..unsure...

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****

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)(*&&&&&!$@#!#@^!@#$*&()&$*()

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oh fer f..........

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Kitten gone

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balls, been told it was offside too

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sigh..............

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Vinny Mukendi at the back post after the ball was fired in from the left. Stanley insisting he was offside

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that's not in the script

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Muk-endi he certainly did

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Full time 2-2

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d:d:d:d: Damn

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Ahr ey, what happened there ? :(

Well we weren't beaten, could've been 4th but hey 5th's Good too ! Thanks Dan

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We're Lincoln fans for the next 24 hours boys and girls...

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3 wins in 6 days was a HUGE ask. I reckon the 7 points from 9 is tremendous, even though 2 more points were snatched away. Well done MEN in RED. Cherrio Stanley family

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have a good day John!

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This is what happened - ASFC News Story > 4009

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cheerio John.


win at home and draw away will still see us through. Can't pretend not to be disappointed having only just put our noses in front, but it sounded like one of those games too far today. Nice big rest now until the next game and then pulverise again!

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Thanks Dan!

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Thanks Dan

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Cheers Dan

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Sunbeds should have scored from that one....

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Not one of our best games!!! Looked tired and at times just looked like they had not played together in weeks!!!!

Though we had 3 great chances in the first half, Macc deserved their half time lead.

We did not get better at the start of the second half, but the move that led to Procs' goal was great and what a strike!!!!!

Then we started to play and when Sunbeds slotted home there was only one winner, but a lapse in concentration cost us.

A point was fair, maybe the wake up call we need????

Atmos was FANtastic and when Sunbeds scored it was electric!!!!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

It is another point gained and we must focus and re-group for Oxford!!

Substitutes and squads, are there for a reason!!!!!!

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Just about sums it up. Not sure how their forward can't be offside from a foot out but the linesman suggested somebody far side was playing him on. They would have had to be off the pitch to be further back :rolleyes:

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Have to agree with Joe on most points

We did look tired and out of sorts but Macc had clerarly done their homework closing down quickly and countering quickly.

We tended to go nowhere playing it out wide and as fast as we got it there it came straight back

Great credit to their number 23 everything went through him and the number of times he hung in the air around the stanley area we lost count of.

With fifteen minutes to go we would have gladly taken a draw but oce we scored the chests puffed out and we started to create better openings and belief seemed to flow through the side once more.

Gutted at the end to lose a goal in the manner we did but again 7 points out of 9 is a good haul.

Good Away Following

Again following on Joe's comments thought Jimmy in paticular looked tired and not his usual high tempo game maybe Rayzor would have sparked us earlier?

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That last quote might just be Stanley's achilies heel. With 15 minutes to go, I'd have settled for a point, at the end, I'm dissapointed and 3 points where needed tonight if promotion is to be achieved.

No one can knock Coley's achievement this season but i wish some of the "fresh" players could get a bit of a run. How many minutes has Putterill played this year? What's happened to Andy Parkinson? How much has Kevin Longs, 40 odd minutes since january cost? Surely some of these unused players are getting a bit peed off by now.

Probably the wrong time to be grumbling, but If Stanley don't make it, i expect quite a few first team players to be poached. Perhaps the thought of getting paid on pay day might tempt them away. This is THE TIME to use the squad to gain promotion and garauntee the clubs future next season with big gates against the likes of Southampton, Charlton , Sheff Wed and more than likely, PNE.

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I'm not going away again (not till a party is deffo on the cards as in points) it's too jinxing, we were knackered tbh and coley should of used his subs for the flagging players particulary midfield. Disappointed even tho id of settled for a draw at h/t cos we were so close and 3 mins over n out. The ref was a complete banker why he's fit to wear black puzzles me and that's the polite version!!!


Was accy quiet tonite? credit where credits due to the volume of our support it's was like home but worser than our place lol our team couldn't of asked for better support away from home!

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agree wi joe, though the goal just before half time should have stood, came off a defender so how offside?:confused: answer= crap ref, Maccs equaliser looked offside to us,:( players looked knackered first half, pity Coley can't get the hang of substitutes:( one of the few times stanley played it on floor first half, produced the disallowed goal. overall 1 pt away will do, shame though, could have been all 3.

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Crap ref tonight everything seemed to go Maccs way,no way was stanley,s disallowed goal offside if that had stood it could have changed the game.
To be fair Macc played us off the field for most of the game tonight so on reflection I,m happy with a point and let,s see what happens tomorrow with the teams around us.
And last but not least got to say what a fantastic turn out from the stanley fans (460 from an inside source) singing never stopped well done.

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Coley said before the game that we wouldn't be bossed by their big players as we would keep possession away from them. So what did we do? Hoof the ball in the air for most of the first half! Macc did a Stanley on us and chased, harried and defended from the front to deny us time on the ball. In the second half we got our passing game going at last, but after going ahead we hoofed possession away against the 10 men in the final seconds, Jacobsen attempting a ridiculous, over-hit cross field pass when he should have turned and played it along the back line. 2 points thrown away, although were honestly flattered by the score at 1-2. Joyce, Proccy and Gornell were the pick for me. I had better not mention my special bete-noir though, missing 3 good chances and giving the ball away like there was no tomorrow as usual.:(

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Unlucky tonight. In response to cashy's comment re offside, if the attacking player is forward of the last defender when the ball is TOUCHED forward, then he becomes offside regardless of whether the ball hits an opposing defender or not. This is what I was taught when doing my ref training, lancsdave however has way more experience than I and may be able to clarify better.

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fellas just checked the tables and we're in the play offs would have taken that in august wouldn't you???

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Only if he plays the ball UK {or seriously interferes with play**.

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Think I need to change my name to Mr. Jinx. Not had a 5 pointer in the prediction league all season and had us down for a 2-1 win aaaaaargh! Seriously though, I think most of us would have taken 7 points out of the last nine. Let's hope Lincoln and others can do us a favour.

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Does experience counteract memory though ? :D

I think the interpretation of the law changed a few years ago. In the days when I was reffing if the ball touched a defender then it was deemed as being played by the defender. I think nowadays the ball has to be 'played' by a defender, therefore delibarate.

If you think about the same situation when a forward hits the ball, it takes a slight deflection and goes in to the net, 99 times out of 100 the goal is credited to the forward, if you applied the 'defender touched the ball' scenario to that then they should all be own goals.

Too quick for me to notice last night so will have to wait for the video evidence. :)

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Fair report from Macc, who insist it shouldn't have been a pen.

Wraggs to Riches Message Board | Tonight's Game

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For clarification, if McConville was in an offside position when the ball was originally played through, it doesn't matter if it then comes off the defender, he's still offside as he has gained an advantage in phase 1. Its a horribly complicated rule but I can say this with great certainty having done an entire uni presentation on it 2 months ago!!!

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:eek::eek::eek: You're married to a ref and you call it a 'rule' :D

All the laws of the game are actually straight forward, UNTIL you add human interpretation to them :D

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Well I said before the game and when we where 0-1 down that I would settle for a point and that's exactly what we got.

Massively disappointing to concede in the last minute though.

Great effort by the amount of travelling stanley faithful for a Friday night.

Thought we looked tired, particularly in the last 20 mins, but what do I know.

Win at home and draw away = promotion material, simple as that.

Roll on Oxford next Saturday.

Now what to do this afternoon????

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Support every home team in League two that is playing a play off or near play off rival or even the clubs in the auto promotion slots
:mosher:

Frustrating result last night - a couple of mins away from victory. I'm still confident we can catch third place

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Great to see Kipax's pics on the fishy, welcome back.:)

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I agree Cashman, Tony's pics are superb.

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Let down by the lack of subs. I feel our midfield was tired in 80+. The sending off made us play the long ball more trying to make use of an extra man. But really when we was playing the ball along the floor we was looking dangerous. Ah well win at home and draw away and we will be thereabouts come end of the season.

If we win at Shrews then auto is possible I feel if results go our way.
We need to beat Burton away no matter what IMHO.

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those 6 words say it all.:(

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Subs wouldn't have made a jot of a difference as tactically, we were clueless.

Full respect and credit to Macclesfield for doing their homework on us and stopping us play our game because once they did that (which didn't take long) it became evident that we had absolutely no plan B. We were forced to launch the ball forward unsuccessfully due to their excellent closing down. There was no movement amongst our forward players in order to receive the ball; our 'back six' as I call them (defence & holding mid) had nothing to pass to. How often did we see Joycey win the ball well, then have nothing in front of him?

Sure, the liner was a joke. McConville's goal looked well onside and their equaliser looked exactly the opposite. However on the balance of play we did not deserve to win that game one bit. But it is still a kick in the teeth to only get a point in that fashion.

The one positive for me was Proccy's goal... what a brilliant strike. After that it looked like we just might have been able to step up our game and edge it. Sadly the lack of concentration allowed Macclesfield to get that cross into the box ...and the liner did the rest.

Just glad we have two home games to allow our players to remember how to play football!

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I know this is the best chance ever for playoffs, but at the end of the day a few weeks ago we thought we were going into admin ,Eric Whalley was dragging his feet , all this has now gone. Let us be grateful for what we have got. We are safe , we will be here next season whether it be league one or two. I do hope the lads can keep it up and do get the promotion they well deserve , but I will settle for what we have got.

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Id have to agree.

Im just thankful we still have a bloody football league club, never mind a team that is challenging for promotion.

The short-sightness of some people is absolutely staggering.

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Disagree shaker, subs could have made a difference, yes tactically clueless in first half, just punting ball in air in the main,1-0 down,was worth replacing a couple with instructions to play on ground. Jimmy Ryan who i love to bits was terrible last night, maybe tiredness or just a bad day in the office, if yer losing n looking bad, then fresh faces can't do any worse simples. by the way coley said apart from 25 mins we were the best side, is he on acid?

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I am with you on this one Cashy, when we got in front and they went down to 10, Razor would have terrorised them and Jimmy has not played well for weeks!!!!!

It is all about opinion :) :) :)

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Jimmy not played well for weeks?!?!!!?

Sorry mate, you must be on a different planet to every other stanley fan.

I agree he was poor last night, but he has been magnificent !!

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Jimmy had a bad spell after he picked up a knock but for the five games prior to last night he has been magnificent.

With regards to subs, I don't think any attacking subs by us would've made a difference as Macclesfield were defending so well from front to back. Like for like subs (eg Razor for Ryan) wouldn't have had any effect in my opinion.

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Sod it, ill wade in to the argument"

John Miles is the greatest player to ever pull on a stanley shirt

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In my opinion thats nonsense, "Long John Silver" could have improved things Jimmy was that poor last night.:rolleyes:

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John Miles is the greatest player to ever pull on a stanley shirt[/quote]smudgie i know it's a nice day but what time did you start on the sauce surely it has to be Alan Rogers

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Amazed no-ones mentioned the diving save by Cisak from that rocket shot, i reckon many of the so-called top keepers would only have parried that, The guy held it= Top Class Save IMHO.:)

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Anybody read the BBC reporter, what a plank

BBC Sport - Macclesfield 2-2 Accrington

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"Macc equaliser form 6 yards", according to the BBC report. Looks more like 2 yards and well offside from these pics!

Macclesfield Town | Match | Caught on Camera | Caught on Camera | Caught on Camera - Accrington

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I disagree, it's got to be a toss-up between Bertrand Bossu and Graham Branch.