No date set for the other semi final (Marlow v MKD) yet by the looks of it. Neither have any mid week league games between now and the end of the season so not sure what the delay is
Marlow v MK Dons now set as April 23rd. Hopefully there'll be a big crowd, get down to Oak Tree Road if you've got a spare evening/can't make it to Cambrige!
A travelling army of three thousand. Ok, the vast majority of us were on the bandwagon but it was a great afternoon. What made it special was the fact the Marlow team was packed with local lads who were then probably playing down on the Rye the next day. Kevin Stone was a fantastic player.
Yes David Lay etc remember him from the sorting office as a postman in Wycombe at the time.
What has stuck in my mind ever since that day was it really showed in stark relief how (as in most home counties settlements) how the town is inhabited by too groups of people who may as well exist in different universes.
One one hand MARLER - the eastern side of town (Colditz and the other council estates etc) - working class, Bucks accents, families going back in the town more than a generation locals in the boozers (Carpenters, Keys Plough, Brit and the rest) that all ran a coach to Spurs. On the other Western Marlow, incomers, not local, affluent, rugby fans, wouldnt have known Marlow were even playing and would have cared even less.
I was living in Marlow at the time and went up on the Cross Keys (RIP) coach. There's a good book to be written about the fragmented society of the Home Counties!
I know that pre-Brexit this caused issues for organisations awarding European grant funding that was intended to be spent in specific areas, as it meant they couldn’t just use postcodes as criteria (eg, some Merseyside addresses have what seem at face value to be Greater Manchester postcodes.)
Manchester local government never recovered from Ted Heaths changes in 1974. Which reached its absolute nadir around Manchester when for some reason known only to the complete nutter who decided it Wigan was put in Greater Manchester. Wigan has miles of clear country between itself and Manchester and is the heart of real Lancashire. It's like putting Coventry in London - that ridiculous.
Wigan is roughly the same distance to central Manchester as Enfield and Barnet are to central London. You could argue whether distance should signify and/or to what degree, but the reductio ad absurdum featuring Coventry was a little absurdum in and of itself.
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I have never wanted Flackwell Heath to win a game as much as I do today
FT Flackwell Heath 1-1 Reading U21, after 90 minutes, Reading win 4-2 on penalties.
Mark Nisbet gave the Heathens the lead on 57', John Clarke equalised for the Royals on 76'. Attendance 431.
Ah gutted for Flackwell. But at least a bumper crowd got to dream.
No date set for the other semi final (Marlow v MKD) yet by the looks of it. Neither have any mid week league games between now and the end of the season so not sure what the delay is
Marlow v MK Dons now set as April 23rd. Hopefully there'll be a big crowd, get down to Oak Tree Road if you've got a spare evening/can't make it to Cambrige!
Tarpey puts Marlow 1 up after 14 minutes
…Tarpey has a second on 24 minutes. 2-0
‘Marla’ are having a great season. Chef’s kiss for knocking out that lot.
Up there with those seasons in the 90s when they had those amazing FA Cup runs and I saw them play at White Hart Lane against Spurs in the 3rd round.
A travelling army of three thousand. Ok, the vast majority of us were on the bandwagon but it was a great afternoon. What made it special was the fact the Marlow team was packed with local lads who were then probably playing down on the Rye the next day. Kevin Stone was a fantastic player.
Yes David Lay etc remember him from the sorting office as a postman in Wycombe at the time.
What has stuck in my mind ever since that day was it really showed in stark relief how (as in most home counties settlements) how the town is inhabited by too groups of people who may as well exist in different universes.
One one hand MARLER - the eastern side of town (Colditz and the other council estates etc) - working class, Bucks accents, families going back in the town more than a generation locals in the boozers (Carpenters, Keys Plough, Brit and the rest) that all ran a coach to Spurs. On the other Western Marlow, incomers, not local, affluent, rugby fans, wouldnt have known Marlow were even playing and would have cared even less.
I was living in Marlow at the time and went up on the Cross Keys (RIP) coach. There's a good book to be written about the fragmented society of the Home Counties!
Final, not sure the reason why, has been switched to Sandhurst FC and will be played on Wednesday, May 15 at 7:45
Marlow V Reading
it was originally I believe scheduled to be played at Slough the night before
source Berks and Bucks FA
Reminder that it is the B&B final tonight for anyone that's already missing attending live football!
Oops didn’t mean to do that
This is niche (even for the Gasroom) but why does Sandhurst have a GU post code rather than RG?
Glad you did! Reminds me what we missed in this year's competition.
It’s not uncommon for postcodes not to be aligned to county boundaries, if that’s the question.
I know that pre-Brexit this caused issues for organisations awarding European grant funding that was intended to be spent in specific areas, as it meant they couldn’t just use postcodes as criteria (eg, some Merseyside addresses have what seem at face value to be Greater Manchester postcodes.)
Manchester local government never recovered from Ted Heaths changes in 1974. Which reached its absolute nadir around Manchester when for some reason known only to the complete nutter who decided it Wigan was put in Greater Manchester. Wigan has miles of clear country between itself and Manchester and is the heart of real Lancashire. It's like putting Coventry in London - that ridiculous.
It’s nothing like that? Wigan sits perfectly fine in Greater Manchester.
of course, Wycombe itself has a Herts (HP) postcode and Marlow a Berks (SL) one.
Anyone in High Wycombe should be aware of this, we all have an HP postcode (Hemel Hempstead). It's not even in the same county.
All to do with Royal Mail sorting g offices, isn't it?
Been a while (in fact I think on the old site) since we had a conversation about post codes...... The joys of summer.
Wigan is roughly the same distance to central Manchester as Enfield and Barnet are to central London. You could argue whether distance should signify and/or to what degree, but the reductio ad absurdum featuring Coventry was a little absurdum in and of itself.
the entirety of Northern Ireland falls under the BT postcode as well
I’ve never understood that either to be fair! It’s
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