1-0 half time cheek

1-1 neither team has impressed surely Pools can do the business next season.

Dodgy goal to Bromley but 1-1 now anyway

2-1 Bromley Cheekie Penalty

2-2 extra time! Best team Solihull. Crowd of 23,500 two very very well supported clubs. Who ever wins will have a great chance again in league two with huge followings like that. Osborne by far and away the best player on view.

Seeing as Bromley’s average gate is 1470 and Solihull’s is 1617….there’s a lot of opportunists turned up.

If you haven’t seen it already I recommend the Bromley Boys on Netflix. They deserve their moment of glory.

massive clubs--sponsored by billonaires under the gospel according to Twaddle....Bezos will have the bragging rights over Musk after this one!

at least one less plastic pitch to visit next year unless Sutton put theirs back in

My thoughts entirely loyal

Plus Andy Woodman seems like a decent bloke- would have had him in charge at Pools in a heartbeat

Dare say they do, it’s the glory hunters I find irritating.

Got to admit I'm jealous of both Bromley and Solihull- getting to play at Wembley - something that continues to evade Pools. Millennium and Tit City Stadiums just don't cut it!

Even the Heed are back there AGAIN next weekend in the FAT final

My biggest disappointment of the season, losing on spot kicks to a pub team in the FAT.
I said before a ball was kicked - I'd take a mid table finish and a day out at Wembley. I'm still Pissed off that once again we didn't make it beyond the second round FFS

One of our better away days -
https://www.google.com/search?q=hartlep ... TTvIA,st:0

we would have our own like that if we ever manage to get to wembley. i,d be shocked if we didn,t take the total attendance from yesterday down with us. problem is so many will never go to the vic as it will be seen as just a big day out for family and friends going down with fans. plus the councillors will lap it up dressed in blue and white clutching their complementary ticket.

Bromley FC average attendance this season is 3501. (6th in Natioal league, just behind Pools who are 5th)
Solihull moors average attendance is 1445.
Just saying like.

Micky think you will find Bromley 10th place 2367 was the average not 3501 Solihull is 1389 Just saying like.

I think you could well be right right.
My info was taken from footballwebpages.co.uk/ attendances
It probably differs from other sites.

Bunker common knowledge that every team who finishes above Pools has trillionaire backers.
But we still have the best fans.
Ellish aren't we.
UTP.

It's as true as the only way to succeed is by spending bucket loads of cash isn't it?

I think quite a few sites put in different figures It's very confusing

Spot on Kev

I think Man City have proven already you don't need to spend to be successful

Worked well for Chelsea though!
York?
Leeds almost went out of business due to overspending in the Ridsdale era.

Some clubs over achieve without spending fortunes. No silver bullet really Man City spent big but took a while to get the right manager to be consistently dominant.

Well we have no worries about ever over spending here at liile old artlepool because our owner is " tight as a ducks arse ".

Ya got it all wrong. He bankrolls the club to the max when the STs go on sale.
Stop being ungrateful or weed of being plying our trade in the wearside east division..

Two different max Kev his and ours.

And the 4000 fans and sponsors cash is just monopoly money.
Well that's what a few reckon.

Easy to spend other people's money isn't it?

You could always start a "boost the budget" fundraiser if you want better rather than just constantly criticising or demanding more? Think the last one brought in enough for a couple of players?

PTID " Promotion Troubles In Daclub "

PTID " Promotion Times Impossible Docile "

Are you old enough for social media? Great debate as usual.

How old do you have to be Mr Anyway I am a big boy I'm 3 nearly 6.

Some clubs that spend bucket loads have to fail, not everyone can do well, unfortunately money rules basically who finishes were nowadays, look at the championship basically the same clubs yo yoing all the time because of the money.

Thing with pools is we dont need to spend millions, we need to spend something to outdo the Gatesheads of the conference.

I took my fires off the website, totalled and divided..results came out, basic maths.according to good old google.

What Gateshead don't be so bloody stupid we not that wealthy.

Fires Hope you didn't get burnt

You can forget Gateshead, their season’s over before it starts.
No point having a great team if the owners aren’t .
Bit like putting a formula one driver in a Lada….yer going nowhere.

Or in our case its like putting Mr Bean in a formula one car.

So logical question then is do you honestly think Gateshead outspent us?
None of us know, but my guess is that they spent significantly less but got significantly better for their buck.

No Gateshead almost certainly had a smaller budget. They had a good manager who was replaced by another good manager. It was these two who had the ability to spot good players and good loan players and gel them into a good all round team.

Well to be fair Accy- it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity that nobody however remotely connected to the town, would want to miss!

Problem is, years after, Accy- say we took 35k in the event we did ever break the hoodoo- You'd have 100k claiming to have been there! (Bit like the Man U home game in the 50's)

Got to admit one of my favourite memories of the Cardiff Final was the sight of the fleet of buses leaving the town in the early hours of that day- proper goosebumps moment- even now!

That was definitely a goosebumps moment Kettering. In the stadium that " Proud to be a Poolie " could not of been more meaningful.

Thought I'd have a look at the Heed's current squad to find out. Surprise, surprise, there is zero evidence that they have any money!
They have signed players from Birtley, Hebburn, West Auckland, Spennymoor, Welling United, Maidstone and South Shields.
Moving up the leagues, they have a few ex-Pools lads, others who've spent time with York, Solihull, Barrow, Colchester and Notts County.
Mark Tinkler is in his third spell with them. Greg Olley, their longest serving player, started as a trialist. They paid a small fee to Altrincham for Marcus Dinanga.
Dejaune Brown, the 18-year-old who tore our defence a new one a month or so back, is on loan from Derby County's Academy.

That is excellent information thank you

You're welcome mate. One thing's for sure, if the Heed have got 'millionaire owners' they're a couple of tight arses

Similar stories for most of the squads that finished above us. It's as much about the right people than the biggest budget.
The question is will Sarll be the right man to bring in the right players and take us forward?

True to a certain extent but it helps if the " right man " is backed up with a decent budget

And spends it wisely.

Absolutely