Xenophon PCDGS
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Could not the full sanction of being refused entry to the next round be applied if the 14 day time period passed with payment having not been made within the stipulated time period?
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Mcr Warrior
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One for the FA Competitions department team / National Game Board to decide upon, but Darlington FC would seem to have had a valid complaint. Usual sanction seems to be either a fine and/or not being accepted into next season's FA Trophy competition.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Northern Premier Leaue...Premier Division
Marske United 0 ... Hyde United 2
Scoreless at half-time, but Hyde scored in the 49th and the 75th minutes and kept a clean sheet, to consolidate their second place in the league table.
However, South Shields are literally running away with the league and are eight points clear of Hyde in second place...with three games in hand!!!
Marske United 0 ... Hyde United 2
Scoreless at half-time, but Hyde scored in the 49th and the 75th minutes and kept a clean sheet, to consolidate their second place in the league table.
However, South Shields are literally running away with the league and are eight points clear of Hyde in second place...with three games in hand!!!
DarloRich
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news to me - last week it was said to be outstanding - but good if it has
I don't think we have made an official complaint about it but i understand the unhappiness of the club with the situation has been expressed!
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Peacehaven (& Telscombe).
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Was Josh MacDonald playing for Marske? He was a real prospect when he came to Halifax but injuries took their toll and I think he ended up back there
DarloRich
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Lots of ex darlo players at Marske. I think McDonald is still at Marske.
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I have come across an article in the Glasgow Herald today that mentions that the rapist David Goodwillie had a very short spell of one match at Radcliffe FC where he was sneaked in without any publicity.
Original article at https://www.heraldscotland.com/spor...Obpq1sH_C5nkjnha2atI0zyLm63b1nislqlCTZW9N3jjQ
Goodwillie should not be allowed to play football in public eye again
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By Susan Egelstaff@SusanEgelstaffSports Writer
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David Goodwillie scored a hat-trick on his debut for Radcliffe FC, but was gone within a day of his signing
A rapist being awarded a contract at a football club once could be considered careless. Twice, is folly, to say the least. But three times? There are barely any words for such an abomination.
David Goodwillie is the rapist in question. In 2017, he was found liable in a civil case of raping a woman six years previously. This was just another black mark to add to his criminal convictions of assault in 2008 and 2009, and then again in 2012. It is not a great CV, is it?
Goodwillie, as well as being a rapist and a serial assaulter, is also a very good footballer.
At Dundee United, he was named SPFA and SWFA Young Player of the Year for 2010-11 before moving to the English Premier League, having been bought by Blackburn Rovers for £2 million. He also won three caps for Scotland.
His rape verdict in 2017 came while he was at Plymouth Argyll. He left the club to consider an appeal but just two months later joined Clyde FC, which led local politician John Mason to say he would no longer attend their games for the rest of the season.
It was a relatively successful spell for Goodwillie at Clyde, on the pitch anyway; 100 goals during his time there is nothing to be scoffed at.
It was his move to Raith Rovers last year, though, that really lit the touch paper. Two club directors, several staff members, the women’s team captain and most club volunteers resigned, shirt sponsor Val McDermid withdrew her support of the club and the women’s team cut their ties as a consequence of Goodwillie’s signing.
Just a few days later, Raith said he would not be selected to play and soon after, he was loaned back to Clyde. That caused another uproar, with their women’s team resigning en masse and North Lanarkshire Council announcing their lease on Broadwood Stadium would be terminated if Goodwillie was permitted entry. Clyde promptly cancelled the loan deal.
It was becoming clear which way the wind was blowing with regard to having Goodwillie on the books.
A subsequent appearance as a triallist for Livingston United met with similar public disapproval and he was not signed.
The message sent by Raith Rovers, Clyde and Livingston United was not, it seems, however, clear enough for Radcliffe FC.
Last week, the English Northern Premier League Club signed Goodwillie but thought the best way to welcome his arrival was to sneak him on to the pitch unnoticed. His signing was not announced and his arrival at the club was only spotted when he scored a hat-trick on his debut.
The backlash was immediate and, fierce and within a day of his signing he was gone.
There are two things of note here.
First, Radcliffe FC were clearly aware there may be some discontent about Goodwillie joining or why else would they try to slip him into the team covertly? Did they think that by failing to announce his signing, no one would notice? Club officials apparently weighed up the anticipated response they would get to signing a rapist and decided it was still worth going ahead, even after the furore at Raith Rovers and Clyde.
And second, Goodwillie is not going to get a second chance in football.
At the age of 33 – he turns 34 next month – time is running out on his career. It’s hard to believe any other club would deem it worth the trouble to sign him, however much value they believe he would bring to their team on the pitch.
After all, there is surely no amount of goals that are worth such dreadful and detrimental publicity?
Is it right, though, that Goodwillie should be denied a second chance?
Well, yes, it is. Second chances, per se, are a good thing. One mistake, even if it’s a grave mistake, should not necessarily ruin a person’s life forever.
There are things like contrition and rehabilitation that mean second chances are not only acceptable, but also deserved.
Second chances within sport are, for me anyway, often harder to stomach. When someone has been convicted of an offence such as rape, it’s hard to convince me that the message sent out is you can again be given the privilege of playing professional sport.
Footballers in particular, whether you believe sportspeople should be considered role models or not, are admired by countless people, particularly young boys.
Are there many people comfortable with their sons worshipping a rapist? I’m not.
There are examples of second chances working out. Ched Evans, who was convicted of rape in 2012 and served prison time, was then cleared and has resumed his football career. He is not exactly the player I’d love my son to attach himself to, but he is innocent and should be treated accordingly.
Goodwillie, however, is guilty of multiple offences. He has shown little contrition.
Should he deserve, then, to continue his career as a footballer?
No, he really shouldn’t.
He should be allowed to work again, but there has to be consequences of having this record to your name.
And one of those consequences should be that you no longer enjoy the privilege of doing a job that demands, or at least requests, you to be a role model for so many kids.
Goodwillie’s hat-trick for Radcliffe FC will, I hope, be the last time we see him playing the beautiful game on such a stage.
Original article at https://www.heraldscotland.com/spor...Obpq1sH_C5nkjnha2atI0zyLm63b1nislqlCTZW9N3jjQ
Mcr Warrior
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Yes. Was their No. 11 on Saturday but got subbed off after 55 minutes shortly after the home side had just gone a goal down.
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Neil Warnock has come out of retirement (again) for the Huddersfield Town job, almost 30 years since he left the role. Hopefully we'll see a bit more organisation and a lot more backbone in the fight against the drop. Welcome back, Neil... and good luck- you may need it!
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According to this BBC Essex tweet...
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Draw for the Vase and Trophy coming up on Talksport2 at 3.15pm today (Mon)
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Away to York - could have been so much worse for you.
Congleton it is then. Not too far to go.
DarloRich
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that is good news. we cant afford to kiss goodbye to any money however small!
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Five northern teams in the Trophy quarters and three southern, and the draw is two all-northern ties, one all-southern tie, one one south v north. Obviously Halifax get the short straw and a trip to bloody Aldershot. Four successive away ties now
DarloRich
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He was hit and miss at Boro and is getting quite long in the tooth - could end badly!
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Indeed, I hope he instills a bit of sense into our current lot... I see that none other than Ronnie Jepson will be his assistant.
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yes, but a small ground and last season they moved their home game v Macclesfield to Crewe. Wonder if that's in their thoughts again. Ironically tomorrow's NWCL fixture is....Congleton away.
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1668 at Congleton Town vs Macclesfield (at Crewe) last season. 1139 at Booth Street when Congleton Town hosted AFC Fylde in the FA Cup in October 2022. Ground capacity at the Congleton ground is supposedly 1450. Might just make the FA Vase tie vs AFC Bury next month all ticket. As it happens, the two teams meet each other in the league tomorrow night.
Iskra
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He's a total dinosaur, who will soon have his caravan of past-it cronies installed at great expense. One last paycheque for him and the boys...
61653 HTAFC
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It could end badly... but then again, things can't really get much worse right now!
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The odd thing about this whole sorry story is that the big public outcry only happened when he signed for Raith Rovers, had he stayed at Clyde he would probably still be playing, as while there everyone knew his crimes but seemed content to let him continue his career.
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Yes no complaints really on that draw, if it was going to be away
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QPR 0-3 Sunderland
A cagey first half with only a Luke O’Nien goal from a goalkeeping mistake, followed by a better second half with Anthony Patterson’s penalty save the decisive moment, as Jack Clarke added two late goals.
Sunderland were decent but not as good as in recent games; QPR were wretched and it’s no surprise they’re plummeting down the table if this is how they play. They also lost their discipline as the game went on, with six yellow cards in the last half hour.
A cagey first half with only a Luke O’Nien goal from a goalkeeping mistake, followed by a better second half with Anthony Patterson’s penalty save the decisive moment, as Jack Clarke added two late goals.
Sunderland were decent but not as good as in recent games; QPR were wretched and it’s no surprise they’re plummeting down the table if this is how they play. They also lost their discipline as the game went on, with six yellow cards in the last half hour.
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I was with my Dad tonight (a QPR fan). He was so angry with QPR's performance.
61653 HTAFC
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I'd almost rather have kept Fotheringham in than to appoint Steve Bruce again. He's a good deal younger than Warnock but far more of a "dinosaur".Steve Bruce?
I hope Huddersfield do stay up - it's been sad to see their fall from grace over the past few years.
He should stick to writing terrible football-themed murder mysteries.
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He definitely should - they're William McGonagall-esque!
Why do you say "almost rather"? Was Fotheringham really that bad?
61653 HTAFC
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Have you seen the league table?
To be honest it wasn't just the bizarre team selections, baffling substitutions and complete lack of anything resembling a gameplan...
It was also the incoherent press conferences, the obvious lack of self-criticism, the public criticism of our star player (and subsequently sending him out on loan to a side at the right end of the table), the disrespect shown to Yuta Nakayama (referring to him as "that Japanese lad")... the list goes on.
Bruce was also not averse to throwing players under the bus, but at least he had the achievements to back up his arrogance... at least when it came to football, if not authorship!
The choice between the two is a bit like choosing the method for your own execution!
Purple Train
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Thank you very much for explaining - I evidently need to go off a bit more than a faulty memory and the league table then! Anyway, best of luck with Warnock in charge, and hopefully we shall entertain you next season rather than the blue half of townHave you seen the league table?
To be honest it wasn't just the bizarre team selections, baffling substitutions and complete lack of anything resembling a gameplan...
It was also the incoherent press conferences, the obvious lack of self-criticism, the public criticism of our star player (and subsequently sending him out on loan to a side at the right end of the table), the disrespect shown to Yuta Nakayama (referring to him as "that Japanese lad")... the list goes on.
Bruce was also not averse to throwing players under the bus, but at least he had the achievements to back up his arrogance... at least when it came to football, if not authorship!
The choice between the two is a bit like choosing the method for your own execution!
adrock1976
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Did Steve Bruce walk out on Huddersfield years ago, or am I getting muddled up with somebody else?