Darlington manager Martin Gray is favourite to take over at York.
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Gray takes over at York with Dave Penney as Sporting Director. A Sporting Director. At a 6th tier club. We are ridiculous.
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Harrogate, who have won four in a row, move clear at the top after Salford lose at home. Northern League alumni Blyth and Spennymoor in 3rd and 4th, in better shape than Darlington, who were promoted to this level earlier than them. York 6th, which is a play-off place under this odd system.
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Crazy week at Darlington, losing two sets of managers. We appear to have made ourselves spectacularly unpopular with them after taking Gray, which was a fairly clear case of tapping up, and subsequently a player (with one or two more to follow). Word is the fee for the player was £60k, which seems utterly absurd at this level. Oh well, it's not a popularity contest I suppose, and we've lost plenty of players/managers in equally frustrating circumstances down the years.
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Boston United lost 3-2 at home yesterday and the managers was resignation (from earlier in the week) was accepted. Boston in dire straits. Need to find someone to come in and steady the ship which has been sinking since Dennis Greene's tenure.
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The fee has been agreed (though not disclosed as yet), with just personal terms to be agreed, though apparently those are far in excess of anything we could offer. They have also signed Luke Trotman and Greg Mills from Nuneaton, the same club they took their new manager from.
Basically all three signings have come about by Darlington wafting enough cash at the players to turn their head and persuade them to request a transfer.
I don't suppose the Darlo fans on here know where all these new-found riches have suddenly appeared from, do they? With the start they've made it would be unlikely they will win the title, so they are basically investing all this money in the hope of getting into the play-offs.
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The York City comedy roadshow keeps a-rollin' along... striker Gary Martin, at the club on a short-term contract between stints in Belgium and Norway, has had his contract terminated after turning out for his mates' Sunday League team, with footage of him and his Sunday teammates singing songs about how the York manager is a 'f***ing paedo and a nonce' being posted on Instagram. Seems like a smart chap.
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So goodbye and good luck to Andy Morrell. Did the best he probably could considering the budget he had to work with, but it had all started to get a bit stale and the football was not good to watch. Probably the right time to move on.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostAny idea if there's truth in the rumour that they're going to take a voluntary relegation to Step 5 next season?
Such an odd situation they're in though, with this weird owner who is just desperate to have a team in another village in the Hull area (where I believe he owns a ground), and the residents of North Ferriby making it pretty clear they don't want a football team lowering the tone of their village, particularly not if they're playing at a level that means visits several times a year from hordes of ruffians from the likes of York, Boston and Stockport. I've been told in the past by fans that they reckon about 80% of NFU's supporters don't even come from or live in the village, so I'm not sure really how much objection or outrage there would be if they were to be franchised off to Dunswell, or stay put but drop down to a more humble level.
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- Mar 2008
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- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
- WasPlain Hobnobs
Breaking news from Bootham Crescent - http://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/...om-roles-48404
McNamara and McGill step down with immediate effect.
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There's a thread for that: https://www.onetouchfootball.com/sho...lterior-motive
Interesting to see how it will effect the playing side for the remainder of the season. Does off-field turmoil really affect on-field performance that much? I'm never sure how much of a difference it makes to players, unless they're being constantly told their jobs are under threat. Does give some a ready-made excuse if we fail to get promoted though I suppose.
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A few big results at the top last night - Spennymoor's win at Harrogate and Salford's thumping of Blyth takes Salford back out of reach of Harrogate and Spennymoor back above Blyth and into the play-off places with a whole pile of games in hand. Brackley's big win actually keeps them in touch with top spot: with their games in hand they could technically overhaul Salford on goal difference as it stands. From potentially looking very cut and dried a month or so ago it could actually turn out to be an end of the season to rival the southern section in terms of excitement.
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- Mar 2008
- 20984
- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
- WasPlain Hobnobs
Originally posted by Jobi1 View PostThere's a thread for that: https://www.onetouchfootball.com/sho...lterior-motive
Interesting to see how it will effect the playing side for the remainder of the season. Does off-field turmoil really affect on-field performance that much? I'm never sure how much of a difference it makes to players, unless they're being constantly told their jobs are under threat. Does give some a ready-made excuse if we fail to get promoted though I suppose.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostPlay-off system is, erm, interesting. As I understand it, 7th could pip 2nd, who finished 20-30 points above them.
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