League 3..............?

VALAIRIAN said:
On another note, how is your lad? :)
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I've just watched him play........Rugby League for Bamber Bridge !!! He's given football a wide berth since leaving Ross County in Scotland and then being shafted by AFC Barrow.

He's spent the last 6-12 months doing personal fitness courses and is now working as a personal fitness trainer at the DW sports Centre in Preston.

He started training with his younger brother at Bamber Bridge Rugby league Club, seemed to enjoy it and it appears he's quite good at it. So he started playing for them. Personally, i can't stand the game.

Thanks for asking.
 
Larry Lobster said:
I've just watched him play........Rugby League for Bamber Bridge !!! He's given football a wide berth since leaving Ross County in Scotland and then being shafted by AFC Barrow.

He's spent the last 6-12 months doing personal fitness courses and is now working as a personal fitness trainer at the DW sports Centre in Preston.

He started training with his younger brother at Bamber Bridge Rugby league Club, seemed to enjoy it and it appears he's quite good at it. So he started playing for them. Personally, i can't stand the game.

Thanks for asking.
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That's a turn up Al !,I was the same age when I swapped codes,Pm when there next playing, would love to watch them.
Your younger lad looked a real tough un ! Lol, ps - can you get my lad a game :)
 
Larry Lobster said:
I've just watched him play........Rugby League for Bamber Bridge !!! He's given football a wide berth since leaving Ross County in Scotland and then being shafted by AFC Barrow.

He's spent the last 6-12 months doing personal fitness courses and is now working as a personal fitness trainer at the DW sports Centre in Preston.

He started training with his younger brother at Bamber Bridge Rugby league Club, seemed to enjoy it and it appears he's quite good at it. So he started playing for them. Personally, i can't stand the game.

Thanks for asking.
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Suprised to hear that, but as long as he is happy. You'll have to comeback and watch Stanley then now ;) :) Sure F19 will find you a seat :) :) :)
 
My views;
1) Ask the 10 or 12 Conference clubs if they would be happy to ALL be "relegated" in one sweep down to a new 6th tier of football!...... I am sure that the response would be almost unprintable. I think that Conference clubs have the most difficult job in English football.....being on the cusp of full time management can make or break a club.......eg Hereford? The clubs in the Conference have worked hard, often against great odds, to get where they are!
2) All players want to play "First Team Football" and I know that if I was still playing I would rather play against Morecambe's first team than against Norwich B team!
3) The demise of quality English players has been the result of a range of causes....;
a) The increase in players from abroad taking places in our leagues particularly at higher levels.
b) The reduction in the number of Englishmen actually playing the game at 'grass roots' level.......When I played local football 40+ years ago the Accy Combination had 5 divisions of 20 teams...now I think that there are only 2 divisions of 12 teams! This is backed up by my observations of the state of the local pitches when I am out walking my daughters dogs. The pitches now are full of grass and are used much less...whilst 40 years ago the pitches were worn out early in the season from being massively used.
c) The rest of the world caught up with English and European football at least 30, 40+ years ago.
d) Kids, (and adults too), have many more options of hobbies and sports to pursue these days which are a much 'softer' and easier option than running about like a madman on a cold, wet Saturday afternoon in mid winter!

The pyramid system in my view works well in general, and it certainly did for us, as without it we would not have got back into the Football League.

ON STANLEY ON (against proper 'First teams')

ps. would 'B' teams be entered in the FA Cup? .......Man City v Man City 'B' Team, (not impossible), simply would not interest me!
 
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B Teams would NOT be eligible for any domestic cup competitions.... according to the report.
 
Reading some of today's papers, it is suggested in one of them that the basic problem is that young (16-19 years old) 'English' players don't get to play competitive football if they are contracted to a Premiership club.
Given that the global conglomerate businesses, otherwise known as the Premier League big boys, will not stop signing foreign stars (even when the only reason is to sell product in foreign parts) why not just prohibit any Premier League club from having such young players on their books. All those unused kids swanning around the Premier Leagues, and not playing competitive games, may then be available for the teams in the Football Leagues and would get some game time. They might learn something from their team mates about football, other than how to negotiate image-rights.
Surely this idea is daft enough for the FA to take seriously?
 
I cant see a legitimate reason why they can't just have a shadow league for the reserves of each team. Whichever league the 1st team is in, the reserves should be in the same. The games should kick off on the same day as the 1st team, at the same venue, either before or after the main event. Maybe that would provide a value for money addition to the main game and many supporters may stay on for it. All problems solved.

In the event of teams in the main league being deadlocked on points the reserves position could be utilised
 
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