Sligo Rovers v Accrington?
 

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Sligo Rovers play Accrington on October 12 | Sligo Rovers Football Club

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Not too many of our first team i imagine seeing as how we have a home league fixture the day before

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It might make sense from a Sligo point of view with an international break but from an Accy point of view it's madness with a game on the saturday before then an away game at Stevenage the following saturday and a midweek game after that.

Given more time I might have considered it by flying to Knock but not the day after a league game.

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Its a friendly, so no reason why we cant play 2 different 11s in each half.

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That would be fine if the game was at Alty or Nelson but Sligo is hardly just down the road. It would be daft to send any of the first team regulars given the distance even by flying if that was possible.

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Also think of cost to send equivalent of 2 sides yon?? not a sensible option, given our resources?:eek:

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we'd have had some travellers given notice - but I suspect very few with little over a week :(

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What a stupid match to announce at such short notice.

Its like the club don't want any fans travelling !

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Stanley aint even announced it yet, Sligo have, Nowt new there.:rolleyes:

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Probably get announced....... Next week.

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We are awaiting FA clearance before we can announce.

Sligo have announced early!!

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Is it not then a bit idiotic that the match is in 9 days?:rolleyes:

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what happened to the game against sligo, for the boco deal ?

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Probably went out of the window when Paul Cook cleared off to Chesterfield :rolleyes:

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Did the snake not sign Rommy fer Chesterfield? A real man of his word then.:rolleyes:

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Has the FA clearance come through? Is the game going ahead? I'm off to Belfast on Sunday morning so will drive over to Sligo if the match is definitely on.

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on there website the game is being played on sunday

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It should be on our website if thats the case.

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We'll announce it 'next week' !!

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Noticed Bentley5 making his way towards the office after the final whistle, hope someone actually was aware of whats going on or not tomorrow.:rolleyes:

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They were getting kit ready this morning o the game must be on. Iwould imagine it's a big game to Sligo, to Stanley it's probably a contractual pain in the ass game, hence the low key publicity :)

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Low key publicity or not, surely this game should've been scheduled to suit both teams - or is it just a matter of doffing our cap to whatever is deemed appropriate?

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Would imagine there is no schedule to suit both teams, seasons run differently. No idea of the in's and outs of the negotiations, seems odd for either club. No idea which team is going, I reckon it will probably be a similar group to Tuesday nights game.

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The biggest irony is that Stanley seem to be taking part in an opening ceremony for Sligo's new training facilities :)

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Why would it be a big game for us? You think Accrington are some sort of crowd puller over here? It's a pointless game but it's at Accrington's expense so whatever we make on the gate is a bonus, it won't be much but it's better than nothing at this stage of the season for us. The main point of the day is the official opening of our astro pitch, so I suppose it makes sense to have some sort of game on for people to head along to after.

Our Chairman said Accrington were the only club willing to come over here for a game at this time of the season, I think Coleman felt a duty to do it as a thank you for us letting him go with no fuss.

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Judging by your response I guess not :) What sort of attendance do you think it will get ?

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Hard to know, our home attendances have dipped the last few league games as there has been nothing to play for so we've only been getting the hardcore of about 1,000. So for a nothing to play for friendly on a Sunday afternoon, if there's more than 500/600 I'll be surprised.

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1-0 macartan

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simpson saves a penalty

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1-1 now

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ht 1-3

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mccartan makes it 2-3

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3-3 carver

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3-4 mcartan hatrick

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3-5 accy

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4-5 accy

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4-5 fulltime accy

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Good result.:)

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It was actually a very enjoyable game. Stanley had their full squad and both sides went for the win without diving into anything too dangerous. Your guys looked the sharper and deserved the win.

Spoke to some Stanley people after and they're hoping Rovers may return the visit before too long. It's a pity today was arranged in such a hurry giving no time for planning anything,

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Sounds a cracker. Another 4-5 away result! Can't wait for the trip to Satanage.

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Hope a return fixture can be sorted, would defo look forward to that.:)