Fleetwood Town and Andy Mangan

winstanley asfc · 04-03-2012, 12:39

Our ex player scored twice yesterday for Fleetwood taking them five points clear of Wrexham having played a game more, meaning that automatic promotion is now in their own hands. If they come up do you think that they'll do well in the League, maybe even do a Crawley, or will they struggle? what do you reckon about Andy Mangan, he seems to be proving himself in the Conference, would he be "prolific" back in the Footy League, and how did you rate him when he was at Stanley?
I went to watch Fleetwood at home to AFC Telford about 5 years ago. When i say watch i meant that i got there only to find that the game had been rained off. Stanley were away that day so i thought i'd spend my afternoon by the seaside, so i set off in driving rain with my radio tuned into Radio Lancashire, listening for any match postponements. Nothing was mentioned along the journey, i reached the town and asked directions to the ground. I was greeted by info' to the whereabouts of their ground, followed by a "but it's been called off"(apparently at 1.30 yet no mention on the radio). I went to see how much rain was on the "Flooded pitch", it turned out that a puddle about 6 foot in diameter was the problem. Anyway, i bought myself a badge from the clubshop, and had a couple of pints in the clubhouse, talking to their supporters..they seemed ok!

BBC Sport - Tamworth 0-3 Fleetwood

smudgie · 04-03-2012, 12:49

Must admit im not the biggest fan of Fleetwood and Mr Mangan, the latter for obvious reason's.

BUT it would be nice to get another North West side in the mix next season.

Wrexham, Fleetwood/ Southport to come up for me please.

winstanley asfc · 04-03-2012, 12:58

Whenever Andy Mangan's name gets mentioned i always think of his sending off at Greys Athletic in the Conference winning season, when he threw a girly strop pushing his way past other players on his way to the dressing room! He seemed to have good potential, but he acted like a spoilt teenager at times.

smudgie · 04-03-2012, 13:00

Plus he could not hit a barn door !!

Has done well at BSP level, with a great goal return.

Will he hit 20+ goals in League Two...................... No chance.

winstanley asfc · 04-03-2012, 13:07

Any thoughts on Peter Cavanagh....will he be given a cheer or a jeer IF he plays for Fleetwood at the Crown?

smudgie · 04-03-2012, 13:15

For me personally what they did was unforgivable.

I wont go out of way to give them stick, but they wont get an easy ride from me, if they ever returned.

Ex Captain or Not.

They along with Harris, Mannix and Mark Roberts are the ONLY players I would personally have a go at before a ball was kicked.

maccawozzagod · 04-03-2012, 13:16

Andy Mangan was a kid when he played for us (probably the most sub appearances ever for Stanley in the FL) so its no surprise that he a lot better now than he was. I did wonder whether he'd be worth a punt back here but even if people could see past the betting scandal we'd not be able to afford him anyway.

Glad to see that he's got on with his career and doing well

Redraine · 04-03-2012, 13:41

I always rated him, and I suspect he will make Smudgie eat his words next season.

Redash · 04-03-2012, 15:49

Andy Mangan was a Bury Player during the betting scandal, he put money on his own team to win, I know it's against the rules, but in my opinion he didn't do anything wrong,
Harris, Mannix and Williams gambled on their own team to lose, that in my opinion, is unforgivable.

Cavanagh appeared to be doing a normal betting accumulator, which apparently had a Stanley win forecast. So again I can live with this.

So to answer the question, would Cavanagh and Mangan be welcomed as visitors then my answer would be yes.

smudgie · 04-03-2012, 16:06

Im not going over all ground, but we all know Cav's accumulator was the tip of the ice-berg.

About as welcome as a plague of flu for me.

Red-Osbornello · 05-03-2012, 10:10

I was never overly fond of Mangan as a player before the betting lark, never mind afterwards. As for Cav, he was a bit foolish but I'd welcome a visit from him.

Wynonie Harris · 05-03-2012, 10:23

To my mind, Fleetwood have similar problems to us; logically speaking, the town isn't quite big enough for a football league club and they have bigger neighbours who can draw fans away. So, if they do come up, I reckon they'll struggle.

maccawozzagod · 05-03-2012, 17:10

depends how much money the local rich dude is prepared to put in Wynonie!

Estimates reckon he's in to the tune of £10m already and shows no signs of saying enough is enough. Granada Reports last week also showed him and he is clever enough to realise he aint going to see a return on his investment.

But as we know all too well, the money needed to prop up a crappy club in the Conference is a fraction of what is needed in League 2

Alvin the chipmunk · 05-03-2012, 17:43

Gretna spring to mind.....