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The deluded Mr Turner · **Posted:** Sun May 21, 2017 12:35 pm

Just watching the FA Trophy Final on BT Sport I see a couple of ex Poolies out in force David Foley - has scored around 33 goals for Shields this year and on the bench is Darren Holden . Just thinking we will be competing for this next season .The reality of been a none league team is setting in .

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37644

I'm enjoying it clappp

Dave the Cardboard Box · **Joined:** Sun May 07, 2017 9:48 am **Posts:** 42

The deluded Mr Turner wrote:

Just watching the FA Trophy Final on BT Sport I see a couple of ex Poolies out in force David Foley - has scored around 33 goals for Shields this year and on the bench is Darren Holden . Just thinking we will be competing for this next season .The reality of been a none league team is setting in .

You are watching the Vase final not the Trophy, you will compete in the Trophy next season, the final Macc v York is on at 3:15 today after Vase final.

~ Dave the Cardboard Box

The deluded Mr Turner · **Posted:** Sun May 21, 2017 12:48 pm

A slip of my finger I got confused !! Vase fFinals quite entertaining I'm tipping Shields, Going for York in the trophy final - I feel for them and fear we could be heading down their path if more bad decisions are made!

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

1 up shields

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Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7517

3-0 Shields, Foley

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37644

4-0... and finally a team won a semi at the Vic and then won at Wembley. Pity it wasn't Pools.

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

Well Done South Shields and the ex Poolie contingent especially.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Well done Foley for finding where the net is at last!

OddsOnPhil · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:27 am **Posts:** 674

pooliecrab wrote:

Well done Foley for finding where the net is at last!

That goal against Stoke was a bit good though wasn't it.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3574

Next season is your best chance ever to appear at Wembley,or win a Trophy..Don't blow it.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 9686

Backed by 13000 fans.
Brilliant support for a 600 mile round trip.
With there ambitious chairman i fully expect them to rise up the football pyramid like Spennymoor.
Still cant believe we only one division in front of them.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19882

You are watching the Vase final not the Trophy, you will compete in the Trophy next season, the final Macc v York is on at 3:15 today after Vase final.

~ Dave the Cardboard Box[/quote]
better than the checkatrade.

loan_star · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2017 12:37 pm

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Backed by 13000 fans.
Brilliant support for a 600 mile round trip.
With there ambitious chairman i fully expect them to rise up the football pyramid like Spennymoor.
Still cant believe we only one division in front of them.

There could be a day when both those clubs are higher than Pools and Darlo thanks to chairmen who have money to throw around like its gone out of fashion.
With Shields at least they have potential with a decent following but Spennymoors support is poor considering the team their chairman has allowed Ainsley to sign.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Spennymoor is a very small Town, in fact;

Average attendance considering of 564 they have a population of 19,816 is 2.8% of the population

Darlo at 1,739 with 106,000 represents 1.6% of the population.

Spennymoors best crowd of 946 is like you getting a crowd of over 5,000.

loan_star · **Posted:** Mon May 22, 2017 8:00 pm

PJPoolie wrote:

Spennymoor is a very small Town, in fact;

Average attendance considering of 564 they have a population of 19,816 is 2.8% of the population

Darlo at 1,739 with 106,000 represents 1.6% of the population.

Spennymoors best crowd of 946 is like you getting a crowd of over 5,000.

The point is that despite the money being thrown about it hasn't appealed to enough people. Just like Brookes Mileson at Gretna, a rich mans plaything that nobody other than a handful of people are interested in.

Snailwood2 · **Joined:** Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:18 pm **Posts:** 251

The population of Nailsworth is 5,800 (home to Forest Green Rovers). They took 2,861 to Wembley to see them enter the Football League. I suspect the Shields Chairman puts little into the club...just the tax written off from his income maybe. He built Gateshead back into a decent Conference team before that but within a season Gateshead crowd can't compete with Shields. Shields should obviously be in the Conference/National League at least with their crowds. They will need a new stadium first though.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Tue May 23, 2017 1:53 am

I hope the 58 or so Shields fans who travelled to "Home" games at Peterlee a few seasons back when Shields had nowt enjoyed the result, proper footy fans.

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