Grass Roots Footie (everything exept EPL) 2014/15

Post by **stattointhailand** » June 18, 2014, 8:21 pm

Just to keep DM happy Scunnys fixtures so as he can look at the top of this thread ALL SEASON

Sat, Aug 9 Swindon Town (A)

Sat, Aug 16 Preston North End (H)

Tue, Aug 19 Fleetwood Town (H)

Sat, Aug 23 Yeovil Town (A)

Sat, Aug 30 Walsall (H)

Sat, Sep 6 Bristol City (A)

Sat, Sep 13 Chesterfield (A)

Tue, Sep 16 Coventry City (H)

Sat, Sep 20 Leyton Orient (H)

Sat, Sep 27 Oldham Athletic (A)

Sat, Oct 4 Doncaster Rovers (H)

Sat, Oct 11 Gillingham (A)

Sat, Oct 18 Colchester United (H)

Tue, Oct 21 Port Vale (A)

Sat, Oct 25 Notts County (H)

Sat, Nov 1 Peterborough United (A)

Sat, Nov 15 Milton Keynes Dons (H)

Sat, Nov 22 Crawley Town (A)

Sat, Nov 29 Barnsley (A)

Sat, Dec 13 Crewe Alexandra (H)

Sat, Dec 20 Bradford City (A)

Fri, Dec 26 Rochdale (H)

Sun, Dec 28 Sheffield United (A)

Sat, Jan 3 Barnsley (H)

Sat, Jan 10 Walsall (A)

Sat, Jan 17 Bristol City (H)

Sat, Jan 24 Chesterfield (H)

Sat, Jan 31 Leyton Orient (A)

Sat, Feb 7 Oldham Athletic (H)

Tue, Feb 10 Coventry City (A)

Sat, Feb 14 Swindon Town (H)

Sat, Feb 21 Preston North End (A)

Sat, Feb 28 Yeovil Town (H)

Tue, Mar 3 Fleetwood Town (A)

Sat, Mar 7 Crewe Alexandra (A)

Sat, Mar 14 Sheffield United (H)

Tue, Mar 17 Bradford City (H)

Sat, Mar 21 Rochdale (A)

Sat, Mar 28 Notts County (A)

Sat, Apr 4 Peterborough United (H)

Mon, Apr 6 Milton Keynes Dons (A)

Sat, Apr 11 Crawley Town (H)

Tue, Apr 14 Port Vale (H)

Sat, Apr 18 Colchester United (A)

Sat, Apr 25 Gillingham (H)

Sat, May 2 Doncaster Rovers (A)

Post by **stattointhailand** » June 28, 2014, 11:11 pm

We are hearing that Scunthorpe are closing in on the signing of Sheffield United striker Lyle Taylor. Partick Thistle and Falkirk are also chasing Taylor, but it appears Scunthorpe are in pole position to land the 24-year-old.

Post by **pomps** » June 28, 2014, 11:24 pm

Not to forget their pre season friendlies,picked one out,think away to Winterton Rangers on 29 july will be a stern test

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » June 29, 2014, 12:41 am

Thanks for the fixtures Statts ... Donny away last game of the season ..crackin .

Pomps Winterton Rangers as a pre season friendly is a tradition as are Boston Utd Gainboro Trinity and the Cod heads the latter is used as pre season training for the old Bill !!

DM is very happy you guys are catching on checking the fixtures and club website and turning Claret n Blue ,,, well done , you know it makes sense .

DM

Post by **pomps** » June 29, 2014, 12:58 am

As they say 'every little helps' and a cracking website Scunny has IMO,beats the Mariners website

Post by **Zidane** » July 7, 2014, 2:59 pm

Pre-season friendlies start this week,including......

FRIDAY 11TH JUNE

Buxton v Macclesfield.....just a 30 minute drive via the Cat and Fiddle for Macc fans.As Macclesfield currently only have 7 players signed up,this could be a big test of their early season fitness !
Cheltenham Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers....big early season test for Cheltenhams long serving manager,Mark Yates.

WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE

Bottesford Town v Scunthorpe United.....a short journey for the Iron fans as Bottesford is linked to southern Scunthorpe,though more upmarket.

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » July 7, 2014, 10:32 pm

Zidane wrote:Pre-season friendlies start this week,including......

WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE

Bottesford Town v Scunthorpe United.....a short journey for the Iron fans as Bottesford is linked to southern Scunthorpe,though more upmarket.

JULY ??

Up market ? ..... if that means you have got glass albeit broken in your windows instead of plywood the suppose Bottesford is the posh part of town ... personally i prefer to more down to earth East side of the town where even the dog sh*t bins have padlocks on em and the native language is xxxxx .

Back in the real world ...... looking forward to another decent season from the Iron as the successful squad from last has been built on by the genius that is Russ Wilcox .

Up the Iron , Claret n blue all way thru .

DM

Post by **Zidane** » July 8, 2014, 9:06 am

Yes,sorry I meant JULY

all these late nights watching the World Cup are leaving me knackered....either that or the first signs of dementia are setting in !
But I see Scunthorpe have offered improved terms to Sam Winnall who scored 23 goals last season.This,after League 1 rivals MK Dons expressed their interest in the striker.

A "must keep" for Scunny,I would think DM ?

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » July 8, 2014, 9:17 am

[quote="Zidane"]Yes,sorry I meant JULY

all these late nights watching the World Cup are leaving me knackered....either that or the first signs of dementia are setting in !
But I see Scunthorpe have offered improved terms to Sam Winnall who scored 23 goals last season.This,after League 1 rivals MK Dons expressed their interest in the striker.

A "must keep" for Scunny,I would think DM ?[/quote]

One guy does not make a team but ..YES I would hope the Iron can keep his services , if he wants to go to Milton Keynes he must have mental issues its worse than Scunny plastic cows and all . Sounds to me its all about the money/salary and terms and he is playing one club off against the other .

Im very positive about the new season and would hope for at least a play off spot [-o<

DM

Post by **Svein66** » July 8, 2014, 9:21 am

stattointhailand wrote:
Sat, Sep 20 Leyton Orient (H)

Sat, Jan 31 Leyton Orient (A)

The younger brother of Udon Thani FC`s Tomiwa Bolarinwa was playing for Leyton Orient last season, but is now going up in the world, and will next season play for Brentford in Championship. His name is Moses Odubajo. In the future he might be good enough for Udon Thani too...

Post by **stattointhailand** » July 8, 2014, 6:01 pm

Must be good Svein, the bees paid a million quid for 'im ....

http://www1.skysports.com/football/play ... es-odubajo

Post by **marjamlew** » July 8, 2014, 6:28 pm

Just did a google search to make sure I have my kickoff time right and guess what was the first result up? IT really must be the centre of the footballing universe.

What time does Brazil v Germany World Cup semi-final kick ...

Scunthorpe Telegraph ‎
BRAZIL take on Germany in the first of the World Cup semi-finals tonight ... The game will be played in Belo Horizonte, with kick-off at 9pm.

Post by **Svein66** » July 8, 2014, 8:24 pm

stattointhailand wrote:Must be good Svein, the bees paid a million quid for 'im ....

http://www1.skysports.com/football/play ... es-odubajo

His brother at UDFC told me before he signed for Brentford, that they was hoping for a Premier League club to sign him, but he is young and Championship is a good league, so if he do good there who knows what the future might bring.

Post by **Zidane** » July 11, 2014, 9:32 am

Macclesfield Town started their pre-season with a 3-2 victory over "crack Romanian side" ASA Tirgu Mures in a hastily arranged friendly last night.
The Romanians are in England for a pre-season tour which also includes games against Middlesbrough and a Manchester United XI.

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » July 11, 2014, 11:35 am

Zidane wrote:Macclesfield Town started their pre-season with a 3-2 victory over "crack Romanian side" ASA Tirgu Mures in a hastily arranged friendly last night.
The Romanians are in England for a pre-season tour which also includes games against Middlesbrough and a Manchester United XI.

Zid .........the clearer picture on your post above as reported in the Macclesfield Evening Gazzette ..

Turns out the Romanian side duped the Maccs into a hasty game and were all asylum seekers , shortly after the final whistle was blown by the Somalian referee all but one headed for the home office to claim a right to stay in the UK the other is still waiting outside the local benefits office.

How the Maccs were tricked in such a dastardly way is open to conjecture as the Romanian players were both male and female aged between 40 - 70 yrs ...and nobody noticed !! ..

STILL WELL DONE TO THE Maccs ON THEIR GREAT OPENING SEASON VICTORY !!

This would never happen in Scunthorpe ... as the Iron would not be so foolish ........ and loose .

DM

Post by **Zidane** » July 19, 2014, 8:02 am

Some pre-season friendly results.....
Bottesford Town 1 Scunthorpe United 3
Cheltenham Town 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
Macclesfield Town 1 Bolton Wanderers 1

Post by **Zidane** » July 24, 2014, 12:03 pm

Disappointment for Scunthorpe as striker,Sam Winnall 23,joins Barnsley for an undisclosed fee.
Winnall scored 23 times in 49 appearances for promoted Scunthorpe last season and was recently offered an improved deal after interest from MK Dons.
Barnsley have also signed out of contract goalkeeper,Ross Turnbull.

Some more pre-season friendly results....
AP Leamington 1 Cheltenham Town 2 ; Macclesfield Town 1 Crewe Alexandra 0 ;
Altrincham 0 Manchester United Res. 5 ; Scunthorpe United 0 Lincoln City 1 ;
The last result means that Lincoln are now in the final of the Lincolnshire County Cup where they will meet either Gainsborough,Boston or Grimsby in the final,at a date still to be decided.

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » July 24, 2014, 12:15 pm

Zidane wrote:Disappointment for Scunthorpe as striker,Sam Winnall 23,joins Barnsley for an undisclosed fee.
Winnall scored 23 times in 49 appearances for promoted Scunthorpe last season and was recently offered an improved deal after interest from MK Dons.

Most certainly not good news for Scunny Zid ... Winnal leaving FOR BARNSLEY of all places was purely a money move so ive been informed from my Iron backroom sauce ... it was down to just a few quid over the season but he chose Barnsley as they offered just that bit more cash , sad really as the scunny fans took to him , that said well done to the Scunny chairman Mr Swan for sticking to his guns and not allowing the player to hold the club to ransom ... cant confirm but the fee was around the 800k mark plus add-ons for appearances again from my sauce .

Up the Iron , claret n blue all way thru .

DM

Post by **socksy** » July 24, 2014, 12:58 pm

Full weekend fixtures start in the Scottish Challenge Cup this weekend (already) with only teams outwith the Premiership participating in this competition, but due to the Commonwealth games the Rangers v Hibs game has been rearranged for Tuesday 5th August. On Saturday 2nd they are away to Derby County in the final pre-season final.

Post by **BobHelm** » July 27, 2014, 8:52 am

Conference North side Hyde played Altrincham in a pre-season friendly yesterday..
The game was 'tweeted' live by 'Hyde FC Offical'.
However the side contained rather a large number of trialists & rather than tweet their correct names (if he even knew) the tweeter allocated them 'nom-de-plumes' based on a far left wing political theme.
So the starting 11 were...

Thewlis, Brizell, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Hughes, Maximilien de Robespierre, Thurston, Tony Benn, Tames

& the subs...

Day, Friedrich Engels, Mahatma Ghandi, Andreas Baader, Che Guevara, Aneurin Bevan, Tony Blair...

Some nice tweets as the game progressed towards a 2 all draw. This was my favourite though..

GOOOOOAAAALLLL: Hyde 2-0 Altrincham. Engels with the goal. Emerging from the shadow of Marx. The crowd goes mild.

Hyde finally won 5-4 at the penalty shoot out..