spartan Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 As a huge fan of my home town club Blyth Spartans (hence the screen name) I was just curious whether anyone else on the forum follows clubs in the same league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Bellend Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Nuneaton Town. Hopefully not Conf North for any more than this one season, but the way we've been messing things up in recent weeks suggests a play-off spot is probably still the most likely option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 IF I can't get to a Hull game, I'll go and watch North Ferriby United. They are a level below Conference North, currently 5th in the Northern Prem. Surprisingly good standard these days with players filtering down. Also with more pro sides in the Conference, you find some players can earn more playing semi-pro lower down and having a proper job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyswynne Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm a fan of Colwyn Bay FC, Evostik Prem (one below the conference), same league as N.Ferriby - infact we have them in a couple of weeks. Â We're currently 2nd in the league. The other thing that improves the quality of the football is the teams in our league. I count 3 ex conference teams that I know in our league, and a fair few in the league below. Some have fallen on hard times (Northwich Vics, Witton Albion, Chorley), others are clubs that have folded & reformed (FC Halifax, Chester FC). Also we have FC United in our league. Kicked their arses though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Bellend Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 It's funny how the standard seems to be higher in the Northern Premier than elsewhere. When Nuneaton got liquidated and re-formed two leagues lower (Southern Midlands division), the standard was absolutely appalling, some of the teams didn't seem better than park standard. It improved a bit last year in the Southern Premier, but it's only now back in Conf North i feel the standard is half-way decent. Â I do realise this post makes me look a bit of a knob that my 'big time' team were forced to play some shocking teams for a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 It's funny watching some of these reformed or newly formed teams climb back up the ladder. Teams normally bring about 20 away fans to Ferriby. In their first season in the Northern Prem, FC United brought a thousand. It's a right sleepy, snooty little place, it didn't know what hit it. Unfortunately the official car park has room for about 10 cars so it was chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted February 17, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 17, 2011 I go to watch Prescot Cables quite a bit as they're only 5 minutes away from where I live. They play in the Evo-Stick League too and are a good little club with a decent local following. I watched them against Liverpool Reserves a couple of weeks ago in the cup - they played pretty well but lost 2-1. Â Their ground backs on to Knowsley Safari Park. So if you fancy an amazing day out, you know where to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyswynne Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Been to Prescott amongst others (semi plug, I blog about my non league travels in the link in the footer). Worst ground I've EVER been to is Leigh RMI, the toilets were outside, so you could have a piss & still watch the game. Â Now moved to a soulless sports centre which is becoming more common nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Since moving to Manchester, getting to the Ricoh is a bit of a chore so Altrincham are my nearest team (Technically it's Man Utd but fuck ever going and supporting them). It's good watching Alty as they are shit, much like Cov so it's just a different level of shit than what I'm used to. Â Obviously Cov City are and will always be my team but Alty gives my my football fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted February 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 It shouldn't be long before Darlington F.C. end up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted February 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 King's Lynn were in the Conference North not too many moons ago. Despite staying in the league, they were relegated due to an issue with the ground, despite the fact they'd already reached an agreement or something. After relegation back to the level below, they later wound up getting put out of business completely. They're back under the new guise of King's Lynn Town in the United Counties League, level 9 in the league system. I've only ever been to one of tiher games and even that was to help out a friend for filming at the College, but I always look out for them as I'd always walk or drive past the ground every day in my College years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I used to watch the whole gamut back home  Cheltenham were in the league below the conference, as were Gloucester City, and would watch Cinderford,Cirencester also Mangotsfield United, Forest Green and a myriad of others.. That part of the world is a hot bed of non league football, Beazer Homes League Rocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancastrino Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Been to see Guiseley a few times as its local but dont really support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted February 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm Everton true and true and spend most of me free cuntin wages going back and forth to Liverpool and beyond from Dublin, but I used to spend a lot of time when I was a kid going back and forth to Newsham to see me Aunty, Uncle and cousins, and they used to take me to see Blyth Spartans games, so I always keep one eye open for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Vegas Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I went to a Solihull Moors game with my brother a few months ago and have to say I enjoyed it, gotta love any football match where tea and a mars bar was 80p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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