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Match scheduled for: Saturday 16 March 2024 - kick-off time: 3:00pm
Venue: Barton Stadium, Townfield, Townfield Lane, Barnton, Northwich CW8 4LJ
Link to opponents official website: https://1874northwich.com/

Admission prices:
£10 Adults
£6 Concessions (age 65+)
£1 12 - 16
Free U12

Six pointer must win game

any one travel by car , parking is abysmal

https://1874northwich.com/townfield-car-parking/

PitmanKeith wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12 2024 5:23 pm Six pointer must win game

You beat me to it

Parking almost as abysmal as the pitch!

I’ve never seen a slope like it.

Was able to park on the side streets no problem earlier in the season when I went to watch them v’s Trafford, but neither team are Hednesford and our away following

PitmanKeith wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12 2024 5:23 pm Six pointer must win game

Del wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13 2024 4:10 pm

PitmanKeith wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12 2024 5:23 pm Six pointer must win game

Preview..

https://www.hednesfordtownfc.com/2024/0 ... F6syX4qACk

Only the third league game of the season home and away that I will miss all season due to a wedding.

Lee K wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15 2024 11:58 am Only the third league game of the season home and away that I will miss all season due to a wedding.

Congratulations!

sheriff wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12 2024 5:26 pm any one travel by car , parking is abysmal

https://1874northwich.com/townfield-car-parking/

74 fan here. Just joined to say parking is really easy. There's a small car park next to the ground which is run by the village council - they charge £2 I think.

If you don't want to pay there are three free car parks within 2-3 minutes walk that are open on a matchday for us for free.

You can park behind the Co-op, on the library cark park, or the biggest car park is the primary school:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barnt ... ?entry=ttu

We try not to encourage parking on the roads, the local residents are quite sensitive to it and it's a bus route, so the roads are quite narrow for a full size bus and double parking.

Must be due live commentary for this one - not been live for ages!!

Del wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15 2024 1:05 pm

Lee K wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15 2024 11:58 am Only the third league game of the season home and away that I will miss all season due to a wedding.

Congratulations!

Not mine, although I accept you didn’t actually say it was mine. A wise man once said to a youthful me “Weddings are great as long as they are not your own.”

Some people love them that much that they do it multiple times!

74fan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15 2024 1:27 pm

sheriff wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12 2024 5:26 pm any one travel by car , parking is abysmal

https://1874northwich.com/townfield-car-parking/

74 fan here. Just joined to say parking is really easy. There's a small car park next to the ground which is run by the village council - they charge £2 I think.

If you don't want to pay there are three free car parks within 2-3 minutes walk that are open on a matchday for us for free.

You can park behind the Co-op, on the library cark park, or the biggest car park is the primary school:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barnt ... ?entry=ttu

We try not to encourage parking on the roads, the local residents are quite sensitive to it and it's a bus route, so the roads are quite narrow for a full size bus and double parking.

Thank you!

1874 NORTHWICH 0 - 1 PITMEN

: Thompson

Official : 268

The opposition keeper has just been, correctly, sent off and an outfield player goes in. The mishit free kick deflects in off the wall. They are bottom of the league and there are 6 minutes gone. This will be an enjoyable day out.

But actually that was painful. We made one clear cut chance that was deflected wide, a couple of half chances but looked second best for much of the game. Yes it was a bit bobbly but we really struggled to keep the ball, mainly because of....

The tactics. Playing against 10? Make the pitch big, move the ball around and play quickly. But we played the percentages and hoofed it. With a small centre forward. At goal kicks, all 20 outfield players were crammed into one side of the pitch. Not pretty, not effective.

If we get out of the bottom two, I'll be amazed.

We won, the pitch was dreadful and it was breezy, but there the excuses end. That was nowhere near good enough. I'm afraid the introduction of Berks, Bailey and Edwards has weakened us significantly and the retention of Endall over McGrath was a poor choice after the debacle at Runcorn.
Bailey fluffed an absolute sitter to kill the game and he is not the answer and never will be I'm afraid. Constantly caught offisde, poor first touch and an inability to hold the ball up. Berks and Edwards are lightweight and seemingly don't have any positive attributes to offer. Jervis looked a threat with his pace and he has to play down the middle. Playing him on the wing is a waste, however the manager clearly needs to find room for his mates.
Relieved to see Thompson come on and he did really well up front as he held the ball up and played others in.

I'm hoping we see Kelly at left back on Tuesday and we allow Jervis to play down the middle. Not sure why Delfonseu didn't come on, but he is surely a better option that what we started with today.

Poor from the manager I'm afraid. Today was harder than it should have been and it is down to him. Northwich were clueless , but the game turned on two offside decisions that both went our way. I think we were lucky with the first that led to the sending off and I couldn't see for the second when their goal was chalked off.

Another wonderful turn out by our fans - probably close to 100 there today.

It was dire today, but at least we won

post-match

Pitmen Travel - (I've put highlights in this episode, as I felt the angle where I was filming was not best for full highlights)

it was three points and that was that

Thanks for the 'highlights' Dan and also for asking the question around playing Jervis down the middle. Not expecting a change for Tuesday so we will probably line up with the same ineffective line up as we did yesterday. Hope Verma and Jervis have good games as the rest aren't going to give us much.