My Matchday - 148 Station Road

Norton & Stockton Ancients 4v0 Darlington RA
Arngrove Northern League 2nd Division
13th October 2007
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Norton is a village within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, lying due east of the town. The football marriage of the two is the amalgamation of Norton Cricket Club Trust, formed in 1959 playing in the Teesside League who took over the remaining assets of their illustrious neighbours and 3 times FA Amateur Cup winners Stockton Football and Athletic Club.
The Stockton Club had earlier folded in 1975 and later reformed at nearby Thornaby, their remaining wares were transferred to the Cricket Club Trust including the Victoria Ground goalposts which are still used today, in 1980 the club became Norton & Stockton Ancients, the Ancients was the nickname of the old Stockton club and the name was adopted as a tribute to their proud history.
A successful period in the Teesside League meant admission into the Northern League in 1982 and in that first season the club won the Northern League Cup, beating Whitby Town 2-1 in the final, but the Ancients have yet to taste promotion remaining in the ANL Second Division with a highest finish of 5th in 1998-99. The club was awarded the prestigious FA community club award for their development of 20 junior sides from under 7-17s, there’s also a women’s team as well as a successful over 40s side.
The Norton Sports Complex on Station Road is a multi-sports site, on arriving at the ground there’s the cricket pitch with the football ground further on, there’s several floodlit all weather pitches, so the ground is tricky to spot as you can’t just head towards the pylons, but thankfully the ground is well signposted, with ample car park space outside the entrance which is easy to spot with a set of very striking gates.
The paying entrance is in the left corner, behind the goal which has the grounds main facilities which includes refreshments, toilets and storage Portakabins which store those valuable aforementioned goal posts which are put up prior to the game, there’s also a club hospitality cabin which I took advantage of at half time with a cuppa tea, sausage roll and some exceedingly tasty quiche, which everyone commented on being very nice and was the main talking point over the fact that England were 3-0 up over Estonia. The cabins are painted black with trimmings of the main club colour of amber, there’s also a pitched roof with shelter up to the perimeter fence and the players changing rooms are set back next to the main entrance gates.
The main seated area is on the far side which has two separate stands close together, the smaller but taller of the two has a wooden frame with long benches put together with planks and supported by scaffold, while the longer narrow stand is also a wooden enclose and has two rows of similar seats at front and back, they both have a congregated iron roofs and are made more attractive with the supporting posts in the club colours and the front panel has advertisement boards, the rest of the ground is open standing made up of pathways and lawns.
Norton’s opponents today (and hopefully next week’s destination) are Darlington Railway Athletic, who’ve won all four away league games this season and scored 13 goals, while the hosts had an emphatic 8-0 win over Brandon United last Saturday, so I expected a competitive game with plenty of goals, I was happy to see four goals but surprised they were all in the same net as the Ancients comfortably beat RA, with two goals in each half.
The Ancients took the lead in the 14th minute courtesy of an own goal by Athletic defender Walton as his effort to cut out a low cross ended up with the ball nestling in the onion bag, five minutes later the lead was doubled thanks to a fine run by Marcus Laing whose shot took a slight deflecting on it’s way in, any chance of RA getting back into the contest in the 2nd half was laid to rest straight from the kick off as Ray Woodhouse went in bravely to get in front of a left wing cross to make it three. On the hour mark a major substitution was made when the referee pulled up with a hamstring injury, thankfully a reluctant replacement lineo was found meaning the game could continue with the tall skinny young linesman taking centre stage with the whistle, he had a trouble free half hour with no abuse or grief from players and managers, which very seldom happens. The game opened up with plenty of chances from both sides with some great saves from both goalies keeping the score down, until the home side capped a great win with Laing getting his second which was a carbon copy of his first, a run, a shot, and a deflection past the keeper.
The Ancients will be looking to built on some good performances in the last week and climb the table in their quest to finally play in the top division of the Northern League, the club motto is “suit stat viribus” which translates as “each to his own strengths” therefore the club can build on the strength of a committed junior development and a dedication to become one of the best clubs on Teesside.

Ground no.148 Station Road – Matchday web album.(17 pictures)

Solo Aqui pasa...

Santos es superlíder...
Santos está invicto, teniendo una campaña de ensueño
marcando récords para el club...

y sin embargo...
lo estan reventando?

El día de anteayer, veía plácidamente Los Protagonistas de la noche cuando una nota llamó mi atención, aficionados en Santa Rita, fueron a -literalmente- exigir que Matías Vuoso juegue el viernes ante Tecos, reclamandole al técnico Daniel Guzman el hecho de haberlo sacado en el encuentro anterior vs Pumas.
( reclamación ABSURDA pues solo un IGNORANTE cree que Vuoso no jugaría ante tecos)
Luego, para no quedarme con la duda, el día de ayer, ví el programa Red Deportiva o algo así en TV Azteca Laguna el cual conduce Chuy Gómez y corroboró la informacion.
Aficionados se metieron con el técnico el cual, tuvo que ir hasta donde estaban para explicarles, incluso con palabras altisonantes que Vuoso era titular indiscutible, que disfrutaran del momento, que apoyaran al Santos Laguna.

A mí me van a perdonar, y si no me perdonan,
me importa un pito...
pero estas son MAMADAS.
PUNTO.

Cómo es posible que yendo el equipo de esta forma, algunos se atrevan a hacer semejante PENDEJADA, por no llamarlo de otra forma?
A que chingados van?
Todavía, que se les da el acceso a una PROPIEDAD PRIVADA, hacen estas mamadas?, no, no, no, esto no se hace, luego porqué los sacan y los dejan afuera para que después digan que "existe represión" "es el equipo de todos, déjenos verlo" hasta parece que los escucho gimiendo como cuando no les permitieron entrar hace una temporada.
Todavía en un acto de irresponsabilidad, Chuy Gómez en el programa dice
" bueno, si no concuerdan con Daniel Guzman,
métanse con el, no con el equipo"
¿perdon?
Señores, somos LÍDERES DEL TORNEO...
Cuál es el pedo???
Que sacaron de cambio a Vuoso? NO MAMEN! así también sacaron de cambio a grandes ídolos como Apud, España, Galindo, Jared, Pony etc. etc. etc...
Es jale del técnico!!! y por lo tanto ES SU RESPONSABILIDAD!!!
El domingo se ganó con la estrategia pues TODOS los pinches cambios funcionaron y aún así, escucho y veo en television programas como Futbol al Día el cual manipula a toda una horda de aficionados sin sentido común ni criterio propio y los exhorta a reventar al técnico y a uno que otro jugador que no le parecen (primero fue el Lorito, luego el Chato Rdgz y ahora Paco Torres) y para acabarla de fregar pasa esto en el entrenamiento...

háganle un pinche favor al mundo
NO MAMEN...
uds NO SON LA VOZ DE LA AFICION
sólo por andar con una pinche banderita, un jodido trapo,
una tambora y tocando una corneta
( aca hay otra por si la gustan tocar )
ni tampoco lo soy yo solo por tener este espacio el cual a muchos les gusta,
ni la es Gomez Junco y sus paleros solo por salir en television...

La voz de la aficion es aquella que se escucha
CUANDO SE APOYA A UN EQUIPO no cuando se revienta
CUANDO SE RECLAMA CON LOS PELOS DE LA BURRA EN LA MANO
aquí que chingados reclaman? si todo está saliendo a pedir de boca??

Solo aquí pasa, me cae...

Tuca lo dijo, pero...

* Santos Laguna 3-2 Pumas UNAM
* 3 Años sin ganarle al Pumas
* Ludueña expulsado...
* Oribe por fin mostró algo
* Líder General, Invicto, y 27 de 33 disponibles.

No iba a ser una tarde fácil, ya lo había dicho Tuca, pero la neta, uno pensaba que Pumas vendría más abierto, pero no, al contrario, nomas les faltó el camión, las maletas y el avión en que llegaron porque le apostaron al contragolpe, y aún así casí logran su cometido de llevarse un punto, pero el que juega a no perder termina perdiendo, aunque se sufrió bastante para lograr esta victoria.
Si muchos le achacaron a Guzman el empate en Chiapas, hoy deben reconocerle que el haber metido a Oribe Peralta le dijo a los demás jugadores "hey, vamos hacia adelante, debemos ganar" y con eso le dio la confianza a sus pupilos para ir al frente.
Christian Benítez en plan grande al despacharse con dos goles a su cuenta personal y llegar a 6, desgraciadamente en las bajas, tenemos que para el próximo juego no contaremos ni con él, Ludueña y Castillo y viendo a un rival que viene levantando se espera un juego de pronóstico muy reservado en Zapopan.
Santos debe ir con la mentalidad de que los Tecos están jugando muy bien, y que se debe de cuidar de jugadores como Cejas, Villa, Droguet, Pity ( que esta corriendo como en sus mejores años) y probablemente hasta Rangel el cual querrá pegarle a su ex-equipo.
Durante este juego...
Pumas se puso, dos veces arriba en el marcador, y aparte, tuvo en sus manos el matar al jugar contra 10 jugadores por la expulsión de Ludueña, que dicho sea de paso, se nota un poco desubicado y teniendo una baja de juego notable, igual y es imaginacion mía, pero probablemente el descanso obligatorio le ayudará a reflexionar ese bachecillo en que muchos lo vemos.

Tuca por su parte, aparte de hacer más corajes que Don Teofilito, nunca se le vieron ganas de llevarse los 3 puntos, pues no hacía movimientos que le dijeran a sus pupilos que quería la Victoria, y en ese pecado se llevó su penitencia.
Gran jugada de Castillo, pase a Oribe el cual saca al portero y centra para un Benítez que se relamía los bigotes y "le dice que no" a la pelota ( frase robada a Raúl Rocha, comunicador de antaño en Telecable Laguna junto a Rafa Rosell) poniendo como locos a los aficionados que llenaron el Corona ( los puso como locos el gol y el calor que estaba bastante sabroso en la cancha) al grado que al final del juego empezaron a aventar cojines a la cancha...

El arbitraje, pues ni como ayudarle al chavo, nos regaló un penal, pero no expulsó al portero, expulsó a Ludueña por una mano bastante estúpida y echó al unamita en doble amarilla.
Se echó al público encima y pues sinceramente no estaba para un juego así, dicen que "el ordenador" es el que manda a los nazarenos, pues yo creo que ha de ser una pinchi computadora muy jodida la que tienen porque no chinguen señores, no pueden enviar a un novato acá, mejor mándenlo allá con los tigres en sus aburridos juegos o mejor aun, a uno de los rayados ( a ver si un novato por fin EXPULSA AL NEGRO de Baloy, porque por lo que veo, nadie lo quiere pintar de rojo y eso que se la pasa tirando leña, pinche cerdo).

jojojo, poco le duró el gusto al Atlante.
En fin se viene una semana bastante interesante, el viernes el juego muy probablemente sea por Sky, así que vayanle pensando donde verlo, los links de este blog NO SE PORQUE DEJARON DE FUNCIONAR, se quitaron de una vez por todas, porque luego me lo reclaman a mí como si fuera el responsable de las transmisiones.

Sale !!!

PD. en el torneo Santa Grandeza, esta jornada se la llevó
el Sr. Julián C. Rodríguez con su equipo
Smashing10


PD.2 y para que no les digan que no les cuenten que
no los consiento pinchis condenadotes, les regalo
el wallpaper de la figura del encuentro VS Pumas.

El "Chucho" Benítez.
Por favor, no modificar, y si tomas la imagen para
tu fotolog, metro flog o lo que sea, al menos dá una
referencia DE DONDE LO TOMASTE.

My Matchday-147 Ainderby Road

Northallerton Town 3v1 Pontefract Collieries

FA Vase 1st Round

6th October 2007

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Northallerton Town lies in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, the most southerly based club in the Northern League, having been members of the league since joining the newly formed 2nd Division in 1982.
The precise date of the clubs formation is unknown, but a trophy donated by local MP Sir George Elliott ‘The Elliott Bowl’ has the name of the club engraved, being the first winners of the trophy in 1895, the club has also been known as Northallerton, Northallerton Alliance as well as Town.
Ainderby Road was renamed The Calvert Stadium in 1997 and is the clubs second home, after being forced to leave their original quarters at the Bluestone Ground in 1974. The local council placed a compulsory purchase order on the ground, with plans to extend the neighbouring County Hall, this work never took place and the old football ground still remains today. The council then reallocated the club to the present site, which including a clubhouse, changing room facilities, car park and two pitches and was officially opened in August 1976.
The club have played in numerous leagues throughout North Yorkshire and won an array of cup competitions, the Town took the big step up to the Northern League from the Harrogate & District League after the club raised almost £150,000 to upgrade Ainderby Road up to Northern League standards.
The most successful season for the Town was in 1993-94, finishing 6th top in Division One and beating Blyth Spartans in the League Cup Final, but a bitter blow was to follow in the summer, the High Court declared the club financially insolvent and the club folded, but thankfully a new committee was set up and the club were able to kick off the 1994-95 season as Northallerton FC 1994 and the club were later able to reinstate Town as their surname again in 1996.
The ground now has a sponsored name, the Regency Stadium, but to avoid any perplexity I’ll remain to call it by the street the ground’s found on, inside the ground the majority of the facilities are on the same side, the turnstile is in the corner of the ground, with a small programme/souvenir shop to your immediate left, the impressive 400 capacity covered terrace leads to the smart looking clubhouse, next is the main stand which has a capacity of 150 red seats divided into 6 rows, which is split by the changing rooms/players entrance, one side has 23 seats for use of press and officials only, while the other side is for the rest of the spectators. Behind each goal is a built up 3 stepped terrace with white crash barriers and on the far side is the dugouts with flat hard standing made up of a pathway and stones.
Today is the 1st Round (proper) of the FA Vase, Towns best performance in the competition is the 4th Round in 2002-03 and their opponents today are North East Counties League Division One side Pontefract Collieries, a club I’m familiar with having seen them crash out of the competition last season at Jarrow Roofing
On a glorious Indian summer’s day, both teams played out a dire first half, with limited clear cut chances, the half time announcement of extra time if the teams are level after 90 minutes filled me with dread, the few who chose the option of watching the Rugby World Cup in the clubhouse instead of the action out on the pitch made a wise choice. (Australia 10 England 12 get in!!!)
The Northallerton team must have taking heed of whatever Town manager Andy Toman said at half time, because by the hour mark they were three up and well on their way to the 2nd Round, with a brace from Paul Hinton with a goal in-between from Craig Toman. Pontefract got back into the game with a goal from Kevin Duckworth (any relation to Jack?) on 69 minutes which lead to an entertaining last 20 minutes with Collieries trying their best to grab another to get right back into the tie, whilst the home side threatened on the break, so it was a surprise that no more goals were added to the 3-1 score line.
I was pleased to tick off the longest trip south in the Arngrove Northern League, the trip down the A1 was made more enjoyable by the lovely weather as well as the sociable and friendly staff at Northallerton Town, good luck in the rest of the Vase and hope they can go one or two rounds better than 2002-03.

LINKS -
Northallerton Match Report

Ground no.147 Ainderby Road – Matchday web album. (19 pictures)

The Football Bog Blog

Great Stadia toilets No.9 in a series of.............loads!

The ones at Matlock with the forbidden wheelie bin inside.

The toilets at Matlock’s Causeway Lane ground look quite neat, being a small grey building tucked away in the corner of the ground, facilitating the needs of Ladies and Gents as well as a disabled toilet.

When I had to pay a visit to the bog, for convenience I staggered into the vacant disabled toilet and was astonished to find a big wheelie bin lodged next to the pot, not only was it a bit daft to have this monstrosity inside the building, but on the lid of the bin I was informed via a slap of white paint DO NOT USE, TAKE YOUR RUBBISH HOME, so a bin in a bog that your not allowed to use….why? …..answers via email at the usual address.

Los Moneros

Terrazas y su Tabla General.

Puma.- ¿te trataron mal en el caribe?
Diablo.- si, yo creía que Cancún era el paraíso del visitante
Camotero.- se me hace que ya no eres el equipo de México
Tuzo .- ¿se nota que me estoy desinflando?
Jaguar.- por fin agarró una buena racha el "flaco" Menotti
Tecolote.- si, no se le daba desde 1978

Guerrero.- ¿qué tal si terminamos el torneo invictos?
Potro.- yo encantado, pero a ver qué dice la plebe
Tiburón.- dicen en Cruz Azul que ellos fueron superiores
Águila.- diles que sí, el cliente siempre tiene la razón
Rayado.- pronto nos ayudarán nuestros nuevos técnicos
Zorro.- al contrario, yo tengo que ayudar a Boy con sus muletas

Gladiador.- explícanos lo del chepo
Chiva.- así son las locuras del emperados
Monarca.- ¿que nunca le piensas ganar al América?
Conejo.- sólo que juguemos canicas
Rayo.- ¿verdad que el rosita está de moda?
Tigre.- no sé, yo veo todo negro

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Gabriel de Medio Tiempo.

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Ground Image Of The Month

This month’s image is quite a disturbing one featuring a dead floodlight at Sealand Road, the home of Chester for 84 years.
The Stadium, Sealand Road was the clubs third home after moving from Whipcord Lane in 1906 after originally playing at Faulkner Street when the club was founded in 1885.
The floodlights were installed in 1960 and the picture shows the ground in process of being demolished in 1992, after the clubs owners controversially moved out two years earlier, when the ground was refused a safety certificate for its away standing areas, which meant a reduction in capacity and a loss of revenue.
Chester City spent two years ground sharing with Cheshire neighbours Macc at Moss Rose until moving in to the new Deva Stadium in 1992, but to true City fans Sealand Road will always be ‘The Seals’ spiritual home.