Pre-Season fixtures

Colin Jack · **Joined:** Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:00 pm **Posts:** 135

Taken from the OS

Details of our pre-season fixtures will be released, after all the other clubs have had first dibs, probably around mid July, and will definitely include games against at least 3 Northern League clubs, possibly even one from Northern League 1.

As well as that we are hoping to have the usual marquee home game v either Sunderland or Boro U23s and possibly attract York City reserves to the Vic (subject to them winning the play offs )

Keep an eye on the OS during September for details

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1077

Hmmm, change 'the Vic' for Blackhall Meadows or whatever the Skerne flood plain is called these days and you may actually be very near an amazing scoop there!

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2025 1:42 pm

Blackhall Meadows - is that a new housing development on the Rocks? :laugh:

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2025 1:46 pm

The Skerne Flood plain- wasn't that the scene of the infamous Worm Holocaust (circa 2001) :doh:

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1077

Kettering Poolie wrote:

sctatchinghead Blackhall Meadows - is that a new housing development on the Rocks? :laugh:

Yes, not too far from the Freudian slip

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5432

Smokin Joe wrote:

Hmmm, change 'the Vic' for Blackhall Meadows or whatever the Skerne flood plain is called these days and you may actually be very near an amazing scoop there!

The mighty River Skerne starts near Trimdon and runs southwest to Darlington and the River Tees. Blame the dodgy drainage at Blackhall on something else.

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1077

Kettering Poolie wrote:

The Skerne Flood plain- wasn't that the scene of the infamous Worm Holocaust (circa 2001) :doh:

That was Feethams-on-Skerne I believe, a bad day to be a worm as thousands of innocents were sacrificed, drowned in a cesspit of mud and effluent in a failed attempt to make the grass grow. Ugly scenes, not a PG.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36762

Colin Jack wrote:

Taken from the OS

Details of our pre-season fixtures will be released, after all the other clubs have had first dibs, probably around mid July, and will definitely include games against at least 3 Northern League clubs, possibly even one from Northern League 1.

As well as that we are hoping to have the usual marquee home game v either Sunderland or Boro U23s and possibly attract York City reserves to the Vic (subject to them winning the play offs )

Keep an eye on the OS during September for details

It’s unreal….it’s like telling a man in January with two months to live if he’ll want a ticket for the Xmas do.

Colin Jack · **Joined:** Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:00 pm **Posts:** 135

I see we have so far managed to arrange one game, whilst most other clubs have arranged all of their pre season fixtures, usually in one go, in a structured organised fashion. Pools as usual, will wait until everyone else has had first dibs, then at the last minute will be frantically trying to organise friendlies against whoever is left in the usual unstructured manner.

Pre season is important, I stress this season after season, but our brain dead fanbase just don't seem to get it. Maybe our fanbase is the reason the club is the way it is, just a thought.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 9088

Colin Jack wrote:

I see we have so far managed to arrange one game, whilst most other clubs have arranged all of their pre season fixtures, usually in one go, in a structured organised fashion. Pools as usual, will wait until everyone else has had first dibs, then at the last minute will be frantically trying to organise friendlies against whoever is left in the usual unstructured manner.

Pre season is important, I stress this season after season, but our brain dead fanbase just don't seem to get it. Maybe our fanbase is the reason the club is the way it is, just a thought.

Have you miss-spelt Fanbase for Boardroom.

Explain please because youve totally lost me with the

BRAINDEAD FANBASE sentence.

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2025 9:50 am

Colin Jack wrote:

Pre season is important, I stress this season after season, but our brain dead fanbase just don't seem to get it. Maybe our fanbase is the reason the club is the way it is, just a thought.

Serious question- Are you pissed?

At what point does the fanbase become responsible for the scheduling of pre- season friendlies?

Are you Mr P earson? Maybe you could use some of your influence to get the club sold, instead of posting shite on here!

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