Recent content by Oldgobbin

A few weeks ago several people on this forum were looking forward with eager anticipation to all the progress that we were going to make in the New Year with the signing of this mid-European guy Jan Whatsisname. It might be worth noting that, at this point all we’ve got is an experienced yellow...

Newcastle United Long-time target Mathieu Debuchy is a late target for both Newcastle and Real Madrid. (Here Is The City) Newcastle have finished their pursuits of Gregory Van Der Weil and Mathieu Debuchy as they continue to chase Andy Carroll. (The Journal) Alan Pardew could accept bids for...

Last night on A Question of Sport, Phil Tufnell was called upon to get his team members to identify “Accrington Stanley” without mentioning either of the words on the card. When he started with “Football Club – Manchester”, I lost all sympathy. No wonder his team couldn’t guess it. Come on...

On their self-styled but meaningless "Yorkshire Day", I thought some of you might be interested to see one of the predictions for the coming season from the Yorkshire Evening Post. I really think Coley should post this in the Stanley dressing room, especially before the matches against Bradford...

It's all very well for people to talk about giving fans financial incentives to come along to matches, but I have to say that if anyone bought a programme last night, they had a genuine grievance. Not only were folks being asked to pay £3 for something which was three months out-of date, but...

Quite a long read, but a fascinating insight into EW's new best friend.:D Chester City Football Club: The Death Rattle (Part 7) And if you fancy something a bit shorter, here's what the Barrow fans think! "Chester City have been given the go ahead to continue playing in the Blue Square...

.... and heaven knows we need one in these trying times! Has anyone else noticed that the link from the Fishy site to this forum has been re-established. It's not much, I know, but there were ructions on here when it closed, so I think it deserves a mention.:)

Peterboro' have transfer listed him today. It will be interesting to see if we are in a position to do anything about it.

When I read about the arrest of Steven Gerrard for allegedly fighting in a Southport night club, I was concerned that one of those arrested with him might have been his good friend Ian Dunbavin…………. especially when it said that the others weren’t footballers!:)

Don't know if anyone else heard this, but on "Any Questions" yesterday, broadcast from St Christopher's High School, Dimbleby described Accrington Stanley as a "plucky, but hopeless cause". Just who does he think he is?

Can I say (because I've been told to!:D) what a delight it was to be joined in the cowshed by Harwood Red and Stanleyfan for second half of the Macclesfield game?Their presence certainly seemed to herald an upturn in the Reds' level of performance. Long may it continue - and we hope to see you...

It might be said that this post belongs on the Ian Craney thread, but I believe it has far wider repercussions and may, in the end, result in further decimation of what is already a wafer-thin squad. There is a certain vociferous minority of “gentlemen” of a certain age who frequent the cowshed...

I’ve noticed, when visiting other clubs’ forums, that there are some of them which have a thread for jokes, with the intention, presumably, of keeping the members amused when there is not a lot else to read. I therefore have humbly attempted to make a start on such a thread here.:):) Perhaps...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but nobody seems to have offered the link for Sunday's goals as yet. Anyway. here it is.... and they're certainly worth seeing!!:D Dag&Red 1-3 A. Stanley | Virgin Media | Football | League Two video

First of all, well done to the lads today – quietly efficient and three points without playing awfully well. However, the differences between the crowd’s welcome for the three subs prompts me to offer you a little story “wot I wrote” The moral is that not everything is quite as black and white...