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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 7, 2024, 10:29 am
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An early bus allowed time for a fish butty, with a few chips
thrown in, from the excellent Junction chippy, prior to
Tuesday 6th August 2024
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Golcar United 1 v 0 Padiham
Paul Milosevic; Dale Cartwright, Craig Salmons.
On 9 minutes the Golcar number 9 won the ball and was clear, but
his shot bounced back off the inside of the far post for Padiham
to clear. From a similar position nine minutes later there was
no immediate shooting chance, but a couple of passes across the
box created one, which was gleefully accepted. On quarter time
Golcar again hit the inside of the far post - this time from the
opposite side. A rebound gave Padiham a great chance, with the
keeper grounded, but a defender was able to clear. On 38
minutes, the home boss signalled to an injured player to go
down, which he did at the first opportunity. There followed ...
nothing. The referee had words with a Padiham player, who
appeared to be demonstrating how someone had been
hit/tweaked/tickled in the kidneys, but Mr Milosevic showed no
ill effects. Meanwhile drinks were being taken by Golcar, except
for the injured man, who was being ignored. Eventually the
physio made an entrance and the player was finally substituted.
Another injury, dealt with more promptly, produced a second
Golcar substitution. Padiham created a great opening, but
ballooned the ball into someone's garden. Four minutes into
added time, Golcar were one on one with the keeper, who did well
to snaffle the ball. There was the usual silly delay at the end
of the half, with the home keeper being chivvied to take a
goal-kick; Mr Milosevic allowed a full three seconds of further
play once it was finally taken.
At half time there was a feeling that Padiham had perhaps had
more of the play, but Golcar could have been out of sight.
On 53 minutes Mr Milosevic shouted "Dale" and gave Mr Cartwright
a loose "We need to keep it tight" signal - less graphic than
the Nield auto-wedgie one.Sure enough, he soon issued a yellow
card for a foul by the Golcar number 6. Golcar hit the post for
the third time. On 73 minutes something happened near the
corner, hidden by spectators. Mr Milosevic talked firstly with
Mr Cartwright, then with players from both sides who were kindly
offering him advice, before retreating to half way, calling the
Golcar number 2 and going through a long rigmarole of chat,
chat, point, point, chat and point again. On 80 minutes the
Padiham number 12 rightly saw yellow for a scything tackle and,
not being very bright, fouled again within a minute. Mr Salmons
flagged and Mr Milosevic already had hands in both pockets.
Golcar had a couple more chances, rolling one wide and being
foiled again by the keeper. There was still time after 95
minutes for another spot of silliness in the hidden corner. This
time the consultation with Mr Cartwright led to yellows for the
Padiham number 5 and the Golcar number 10, a compulsive wind-up
merchant if ever there was one. As one wise watcher later
remarked, they should have come twenty minutes earlier. As the
officials left the field after the usual ritual, Mr Milosevic
and Mr Cartwright had their notepads out. Had the Golcar boss
said something to require a report? Or had he just invited them
to his next party?
Mr Milosevic, though in no way obese, is strongly built and his
default movement style is a heavy plod; when he ran, it was not
a thing of beauty - no Robertson glide for him - though he did
put in one quite impressive hard sprint. He has an affable
manner and an apparent willingness to explain his decisions to
all and sundry, which has the downside of inviting responses
with a differing view. JCFC would have preferred a more
authoritative approach. His whistle was thankfully brief - a
mercy, as it was employed frequently. Despite slight
reservations, he did a decent enough job, matches at Golcar are
often not the easiest to handle. In the end, it had been an
entertaining match to watch. And, unlike those in the South, all
three officials were proud to display their County allegiance.
Well, as it was the West Riding, who wouldn't be?
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 8, 2024, 12:34 pm
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The trip South did not, after all, mean missing the locals'
entire cup run.
Wednesday 7th August 2024
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Brighouse Town 2 v 2 Barnoldswick Town
Brandon Blackham; Kyle Hogan, Zachary Simpson.
Brighouse started well, but conceded a soft goal after 9
minutes. The home side continued to dominate proceedings, but
offered shots that clipped the bar, or passed just wide, while
good defensive work meant that several openings were closed down
with desperate blocks. The Barlick number 7 received a yellow
card for a late challenge on 38 minutes. Four minutes later, in
what was a relatively rare Barlick attack, a powerful long
shotclipped an opponent and flew into the top corner of the net.
Mr Blackham was already having to encourage the visiting keeper
to get a move on.
When Brighouse pulled a goal back three minutes after the
restart, Barlick's ambitions were naturally confined to keeping
what they had. Their captain was involved to make a warning for
timewasting more public. There was a good save by the Barlick
keeper, while their number 10 was rightly cautioned (he didn't
think so!) for preventing the home keeper from putting the ball
into play. Number 3 joined his mate on the crime sheet for being
too free with unsolicited advice. The keeper was given a "no
more" warning and a minute later Brighouse equalised. There was
a yellow for the Barlick number 5, one for the Brighouse number
9 for a foul and one for the very good Barlick number 6 for an
attack stopper.
And so to extra time, which, as so often, was a non-event.
Brighouse continued to attack, but too often gave the Barlick
keeper some comfortable catching practice. Only once, on 110
minutes did he have to make a real save - and a good one it was.
Barlick went first in the penalty shoot out, scoring
emphatically with their first four; Three Brighouse players
followed suit, but their fourth was an unconvincing effort, the
keeper gratefully keeping it out. The visitors' fifth was every
bit as good as their others, to secure a 5-3 win. Northwich
Victoria will therefore be heading to Barnoldswick in the next
round - and if that finally involves penalties, they should be
nervous.
After a depressing time last season, this was a more encouraging
approach from Brighouse, with decent passing and support play.
All they need now is to find a way of getting the ball into the
net.
Mr Blackham is unremarkable in appearance and at first sight
does not cut an imposing figure. His performance, however, was
very good. His movement was fine, his decisions briskly
delivered, with a firm line on player backchat, which appealed
to JCFC. I hope he enjoyed his post-match pie and peas.
Sadly, the West Riding badge was less in evidence on this
occasion.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 11, 2024, 6:23 am
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In the programme for the above match, the assistant manager
expressed his belief that things would be different this time,
with no repeat of last season when Brighouse were next to
bottom. After one match, the difference is currently the
deletion of the words "next to."
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 11, 2024, 11:04 am
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Meanwhile...
Saturday 10th August 2024
NPL Division 1 East
Bradford Park Avenue 1 v 0 North Ferriby
Thomas Harland (Cheshire FA / Wirral?); Matthew Oakley, Jermaine
Isherwood.
My good friend, the writer of the annual "Memoirs of an Old Yard
Dog" was bemoaning the fact that only two players remained from
last season: given that they had suffered back to back
relegations, the departure of the others might have been thought
cause for rejoicing, rather than wailing and gnashing of teeth.
What did cause wailing from JCFC was the club's failure to match
prices to their lower status - £10 for a concession is unusual
at this level. The £3 programme was a decent effort, the £2 cup
of tea less so.
The match, however, proved value for money, with plenty of
attacking play, broken at times by Avenue players' irritating
habit of fouling with tackles from behind, consistently
penalised by Mr Harland. Avenue had a couple of promising
attacks, but it was their keeper who was much the busier, making
three last-ditch saves. There was one yellow card, the Ferriby
number 4 having seen his opponent just keep his feet when pushed
in the back, chased after him and this time pushed a bit harder.
Avenue went ahead ten minutes into the second half, freeing the
right wing back with a good pass, allowing him to run on and
bear the keeper with an angled shot. Two more cautions for
Avenue players followed, one for a foul, one for blocking a
free-kick, though the Old Yard Dog was quick to insist that the
number 9 would have been ten yards away if the kick had been
taken from the right spot. There were two further last-ditch
saves - this time by the Ferriby keeper - and a long word with
the Avenue boss.
Mr Harland's name had never appeared on JCFC 's radar. With its
running track, the Horsfall is not the best ground to see and
hear what he brings to the game. He looked quite young and may
have received the "beards are obligatory" memo a little late, as
his response was still a work in progress - almost as
unconvincing as JCFC'S weedy fungus. His movement was very
impressive in the first half, a little more relaxed in the
second. His application of advantage could not be faulted -
indeed, his decisions in general appeared accurate. He was seen
to smile occasionally and engage in amiable asides with players.
All in all, a highly promising performance, albeit in a match
which did not test him greatly. He is hereby granted a
middle-ranking position in the panoply of Toms. It would be good
to watch him at a more intimate ground - his ranking might rise,
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 14, 2024, 1:54 am
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Tuesday 13th August 2024
NPL Division 1 East
Liversedge 1 v 1 Dunston
Jack Churchill (Manchester FA); Dean Grant, Christopher Graham.
Memo to self: do not be tempted by chips at Liversedge. Firstly
because they are not chips, but nasty thin fries. Secondly
because they started out barely lukewarm and were quickly cold
and inedible. The pie and gravy, however, were fine.
Mr Churchill's name had crossed JCFC'S radar, not just from
Marlborough BROM 4689 (funny what one remembers from 3rd form
History) but he had not been seen refereeing. His first name
suggested a young man, but as the officials warmed up, your
correspondent was confused. There was a very young man, but the
lead at the start seemed to be taken by the mid-range man, who
turned out to be AR1, while as they ran, the central position
was taken by the more heavily built and slightly older-looking
AR2. No guarantees as to which assistant was which.
As anticipated, Dunston made the stronger start and when they
took the lead on 12 minutes, the expectation was that they were
heading for an easy win. Sedge, however, had other ideas and
things became more even. There were a few minor bits of petty
silliness, dealt with sensibly by Mr Churchill - "We don't need
that." On 40 minutes Sedge had a double chance, but shot wide.
In time added, Mr Churchill decided that it was time for a
yellow card - for Sedge's number 3, though JCFC was not entirely
certain that this was the right man.
Throughout the first half, AR2 had had a white tail, the washing
instructions labels hanging out of his shorts. (Can Mr Observer
Taylor dock him a mark for this?) This was rectified during the
break, but only for a quarter of an hour. It took some desperate
defending to deny Sedge an early equaliser. There was a yellow
for the visiting number 9 on 53 minutes, with JCFC uncertain as
to the nature of the offence. Five minutes later, AR1 flagged as
a Sedge defender shepherded the ball out for a goal-kick at the
far end of the field. Again, it was unclear exactly what had
happened, but the outcome was a second yellow for number 9, the
seventh dismissal in JCFC'S ten matches so far this season. The
Dunston X account was in doubt: "one for a shoulder to shoulder
challenge, the second because a Liversedge defender screamed."
From this point Sedge were well on top, A word with AR1 produced
a yellow card for the Dunston boss. A combination of committed
defending and wayward finishing saw countless chances go
begging, before Sedge finally got their point in the 86th
minute. There was an obvious late yellow for a foul by the Sedge
number 4, but Mr Churchill did not put his card back in his
pocket, seeking out the Dunston number 12 to let him have a look
at it - reason unknown.
Mr Churchill looked very young - barely old enough to have
qualified as a teacher. His anticipation and movement in all
forms was superb, with quick adjustments when required. His
manner appeared good, with plenty of chat and several smiles,
some even reciprocated. His decisions were were briskly made,
with immediate pointing in the direction of throws and
free-kicks. On this occasion, perhaps his first at this level,
he was possibly a little too ready to penalise, but that is
natural enough, until he finds his feet. For JCFC it was an
evening's work which showed plenty of promise. It will be good
to watch him before long, once he has settled into the role. The
potential certainly looks to be there.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 14, 2024, 2:09 am
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As a result of last night's results, Brighouse Town rose to last
season's position of next to bottom - ahead of Heaton
Stannington on alphabetical order.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: takethejag
Date: August 14, 2024, 3:04 am
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I have to admit I had never taken much interest in this thread
until recently, but the fantastic effort and dedication by JCFC
coupled with someone I know quite well (and play football with)
being a West Riding FA referee has made this a must read for me.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: jad
Date: August 14, 2024, 8:04 am
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--- Quote from: JCFC link ---
>
> Tuesday 13th August 2024
> NPL Division 1 East
> Liversedge 1 v 1 Dunston
> Jack Churchill (Manchester FA); Dean Grant, Christopher
Graham.
>
>
> Memo to self: do not be tempted by chips at Liversedge.
Firstly because they are not chips, but nasty thin fries.
Secondly because they started out barely lukewarm and were
quickly cold and inedible. The pie and gravy, however, were
fine.
>
> Mr Churchill's name had crossed JCFC'S radar, not just from
Marlborough BROM 4689 (funny what one remembers from 3rd form
History) but he had not been seen refereeing. His first name
suggested a young man, but as the officials warmed up, your
correspondent was confused. There was a very young man, but the
lead at the start seemed to be taken by the mid-range man, who
turned out to be AR1, while as they ran, the central position
was taken by the more heavily built and slightly older-looking
AR2. No guarantees as to which assistant was which.
>
>
--- End Quote ---
There must be something about third-form history, because after
some initial puzzlement I did eventually manage to decipher
JCFC's mnemonic, even if I don't fully understand why it was
considered so important to learn the names and dates of those
particular battles; it is not as if there weren't plenty of
others. But probably more use than half-remembered mnemonics
concerning obscure points of Latin conjugations and declensions.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: takethejag
Date: August 14, 2024, 8:15 am
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--- Quote from: jad link ---
>
> [quote author=JCFC link=topic=6142.msg81879#msg81879
date=1723618464]
> Tuesday 13th August 2024
> NPL Division 1 East
> Liversedge 1 v 1 Dunston
> Jack Churchill (Manchester FA); Dean Grant, Christopher
Graham.
>
>
> Memo to self: do not be tempted by chips at Liversedge.
Firstly because they are not chips, but nasty thin fries.
Secondly because they started out barely lukewarm and were
quickly cold and inedible. The pie and gravy, however, were
fine.
>
> Mr Churchill's name had crossed JCFC'S radar, not just from
Marlborough BROM 4689 (funny what one remembers from 3rd form
History) but he had not been seen refereeing. His first name
suggested a young man, but as the officials warmed up, your
correspondent was confused. There was a very young man, but the
lead at the start seemed to be taken by the mid-range man, who
turned out to be AR1, while as they ran, the central position
was taken by the more heavily built and slightly older-looking
AR2. No guarantees as to which assistant was which.
>
>
--- End Quote ---
There must be something about third-form history, because after
some initial puzzlement I did eventually manage to decipher
JCFC's mnemonic, even if I don't fully understand why it was
considered so important to learn the names and dates of those
particular battles; it is not as if there weren't plenty of
others. But probably more use than half-remembered mnemonics
concerning obscure points of Latin conjugations and declensions.
[/quote]
As a quizzer, mnemonics are the bread and butter of list
learning with somewhat an element of brinksmanship to who can
devise the most puerile/tasteless ones, as these seem to stick
in your head more readily, most notably to remember wine bottle
sizes as an example
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2024/25
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 14, 2024, 9:15 am
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They must have been considered important battles, as my Scottish
gran (born 1893) was taught about them at school. The technique
employed was simply a rhythmic listing of the names, The same
method also allowed her to quote, several decades later, the
major rivers of North East Scotland in anticlockwise order: The
Dee, the Don, the Deveron, the Spey and the Findhorn. Both have
stuck with me for nearly 70 years.
Now, what did I come upstairs for?
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