22A Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Redandwhitescarf said: Momentum with Tranmere. Could end up 3-1. Has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Get in. Well done Tranmere. Ridehalgh is one relieved bloke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erithacus Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 What a finish for Tranny. Some effort by the ten men left standing. Ridehalgh looking pretty grateful as well as tearful. Like the lad in the stand with a Playoffs banner: it had last year's date crossed out and 2017-18 scrawled in underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 I live near Boreham Wood so gutted to see them lose, absolute dream for Tranmere with 10 men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Congratulations to our old boy Micky Mellon, fair play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, handsofclay said: I thought that too. Feel sorry for the player Micky Mellon then subbed for tactical reasons. Micky Mellon - thats a blast from the past - one of my favourite City MF players - wholehearted! i remember him coming on for his debut and getting heavily tackled (poss Vs Wigan??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 28 minutes ago, Antman said: Micky Mellon - thats a blast from the past - one of my favourite City MF players - wholehearted! i remember him coming on for his debut and getting heavily tackled (poss Vs Wigan??) Cracking bloke too Very Grounded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Just a season to early for the Wood. No doubt about it, Tranmere are a much better side. Nonetheless, good progress from my third side to finish higher in the league structure than ever before and come just one goal away from league football. Onwards and upwards. Gas-tards, we're coming for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 I was at the game. Tranmere deserved it - proper league club and proper fans. Fed up of tinpot teams like Boreham Wood, Crawley Town and Fleetwood getting up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Robin101 said: I was at the game. Tranmere deserved it - proper league club and proper fans. Fed up of tinpot teams like Boreham Wood, Crawley Town and Fleetwood getting up. Why shouldn’t “tinpot” teams go up and evolve into a “proper league club”?? All pretty boring if you just want the status quo maintained all the time. Every club was tinpot once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 minute ago, ChippenhamRed said: Why shouldn’t “tinpot” teams go up and evolve into a “proper league club”?? All pretty boring if you just want the status quo maintained all the time. Every club was tinpot once. They have 250 season ticket holders. What would they bring to the football league? Yeah fair play to any club who punches above their weight but I’d much rather have Tranmere, Leyton Orient, Hartlepool, Wrexham, Stockport etc back in the league any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pommers65 Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Why shouldn’t “tinpot” teams go up and evolve into a “proper league club”?? All pretty boring if you just want the status quo maintained all the time. Every club was tinpot once. Some still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, Robin101 said: They have 250 season ticket holders. What would they bring to the football league? Yeah fair play to any club who punches above their weight but I’d much rather have Tranmere, Leyton Orient, Hartlepool, Wrexham, Stockport etc back in the league any day. Well they’ll have to start beating the ‘tinpot’ teams more often then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Robin101 said: I was at the game. Tranmere deserved it - proper league club and proper fans. Fed up of tinpot teams like Boreham Wood, Crawley Town and Fleetwood getting up. Harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuber Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Robin101 said: They have 250 season ticket holders. What would they bring to the football league? Yeah fair play to any club who punches above their weight but I’d much rather have Tranmere, Leyton Orient, Hartlepool, Wrexham, Stockport etc back in the league any day. It's not about the club or the season tickets really though is it? At the end of the day a group have played a part in something that, no matter the size of the club they play for, can be proud of for achieving. If the club has the management to make that happen - and I can't imagine Boreham to be money-balling like Forest Green did. Then fair play to them.To attempt to argue that if they went up that they don't deserve it or shouldn't be there due to the size of their fan base is completely irrelevant. So by your logic @Robin 101 - out of interest - do Gateshead deserve to be on the league on the basis that they were once an old team with decent support? They average gates of below 300, 10 years ago, but in the 1920s-1950s their attendances averaged from 14,000 down to 5,000. Still more than Stockport have managed for the last 60 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said: Why shouldn’t “tinpot” teams go up and evolve into a “proper league club”?? All pretty boring if you just want the status quo maintained all the time. Every club was tinpot once. Was just going to say this. Boreham Wood have a substantial (and wealthy) South Herts fanbase. Of course most people living there are Arsenal or Spurs fans (with a minority of Watford fans) but more people are attending matches as they advance up the league ladder. Their climb has been steady but pretty impressive: they were playing in the ninth tier of English football in the early 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Robin101 said: They have 250 season ticket holders. What would they bring to the football league? Yeah fair play to any club who punches above their weight but I’d much rather have Tranmere, Leyton Orient, Hartlepool, Wrexham, Stockport etc back in the league any day. I suspect that if they got into the league then they would manage more than 250 season tickets. Competing at a higher level is exactly how teams grow and stop being "tinpot". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Each club deserves to be where they are, I don’t disagree. If Boreham Wood had won promotion they’d have won their right to be in League Two, no doubt. I said Tranmere deserved to win the game, not because they are a league club with league fans etc, but because they looked comfortable despite playing 90 mins with ten men. So slight misunderstanding there. However, I stand by my assertion that I would rather see, shall we say, more established clubs back in the league. And yes, they need to start beating smaller teams - I merely am saying I hope that they do. You may disagree, but I think Tranmere and their passionate fans bring more to the league in terms of vibrancy than a couple of thousand (at a push) Arsenal and Tottenham supporters who have a new hobby. Sorry if you disagree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandwhitescarf Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 And we complain about managers being recycled. The more established teams find themselves in the National league for a reason. If you don’t want the fairytale story of a tinpot team making it to the league why bother in the first place with promotion and relegation to/from League 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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