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Will be good to visit a new ground and we're usually better away from home so in a way the draw suits us! We're in good form and although we've always played well this season it's in the last month and a half we've finally hit our stride. Anything can happen in the cup though so I'm not expecting this one to be in the bag at all. I'd be surprised if we didn't bring a couple of hundred at least.
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Feel this one could go either way , two sides in good form but we have home advantage and with Sandell firing on all pots this will be close. As was said earlier, if we don't get a good crowd for this then it just proves the town is not interested, oh, except when there's a trip to Wembley on the end of it.
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Had forgotten about Weymouth tbh and would certainly put Sandell in then league over cup is an interesting ? If we go up we need money and a good cup run would do that and would stimulate people to turn up. Somehow we need to get people back in the ground.Crowds generally have been a bit disappointing and without the crowds we cannot survive a division up
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Gents really looking forward to coming and visiting your ground on the 24th, hopefully should be a good game and fingers crossed we come away with a victory, as an exiled Geordie who likes to have a 'nice meal' before the game, are there any local pubs / bars you can recommend, one last thing if you are sad enough to read our forum please accept my apologies as some of our supporters could start an argument in an empty room and the threads quickly go off the point, see you on the 24th
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maidstonesupporter wrote:
Will be good to visit a new ground and we're usually better away from home so in a way the draw suits us! We're in good form and although we've always played well this season it's in the last month and a half we've finally hit our stride. Anything can happen in the cup though so I'm not expecting this one to be in the bag at all. I'd be surprised if we didn't bring a couple of hundred at least.
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Toonarmy - you and all your travelling fans will be given a very warm welcome at Chippenham Town F.C.. Essentially we are a family orientated club with a great atmoshpere. We have a reasonable size club house with hand pulled beers and draught lagers available. Come early to avoid disappointeMENT and grab a seat. We have the usual catering facilities on the ground which start serving at 1pm - ish on match days. The town itself, which is an easy 10-15 minute walk from the ground, has plenty of pubs/bars/restuarants to cater all tastes. If you fancy sponsoring the game, my wife and I provide a 2 course hot meal in our VIP and Sponsors Lounge. See our website for details. The town and club are looking forward to meeting you all on the 24th. Like the Stones the Bluebirds have hit form at just the right time. Considering we have had significant injury issues this season already speaks volumes for the squad as we were top all season until about 2 weeks ago when the cup run kicked in. So we have one or two games in hand now. Should be a great game with both teams bubbling at the moment. COYB.
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toyboy wrote:
Toonarmy - you and all your travelling fans will be given a very warm welcome at Chippenham Town F.C.. Essentially we are a family orientated club with a great atmoshpere. We have a reasonable size club house with hand pulled beers and draught lagers available. Come early to avoid disappointeMENT and grab a seat. We have the usual catering facilities on the ground which start serving at 1pm - ish on match days. The town itself, which is an easy 10-15 minute walk from the ground, has plenty of pubs/bars/restuarants to cater all tastes. If you fancy sponsoring the game, my wife and I provide a 2 course hot meal in our VIP and Sponsors Lounge. See our website for details. The town and club are looking forward to meeting you all on the 24th. Like the Stones the Bluebirds have hit form at just the right time. Considering we have had significant injury issues this season already speaks volumes for the squad as we were top all season until about 2 weeks ago when the cup run kicked in. So we have one or two games in hand now. Should be a great game with both teams bubbling at the moment. COYB.
Thank you for the update
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Can you advise on what parking is like at your ground, as will be driving down like quite a few others no doubt.
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There is a small car park but primarily it's street parking. Don't worry, your cars will be safe. We're not on Merseyside :-)
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This is the biggest Chippenham game for some years (hopefully more this year; play offs or better and don't forget FA Trophy). I remember going to Maidstone with Cambridge United in the 4th Division play offs in 1990. We scrapped through over two legs. That Cambrige team went all the way to the first premier league play offs and the FACQF twice. I think Maidstone will hold there own in the Conference and will be in the FL in the next few years.
They took a player from Cambridge called Bobby Joe-Taylor who wasn't given a change at Cambridge. I wish he was still there as he's better than the losers who played against Portsmouth on Saturday. Maidstone seems a well supported team; not a hobby club like Crawley, Fleetwood and FGR
Chippenham have some very good players who work for each other. Sandell could still play in Div 2.
I 'll go for 1-1 and Chippenham to win on pens at there place!
Only joking Maidstone; one of my best friends lives in Gravesend (is that near Maidstone?)