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Post by Thor on May 17, 2024 15:53:09 GMT
Hi Mungo can you put this as a sticky as we add in all friendly games to this thread?
Tues 9 July K.O TBA v Hornchurch away
Sat Jul 13 v Hearts,
Tues 16 July v St Albans,
Tues 16 July v Welling,
Sat 20 July v Premier League team,
Thurs 25 July 7.30pm v Juventud de Torremolinos
Sat 3 Aug K.O 3pm v Dagenham away
Mon 5 Aug K.O 7.45pm v Cheshunt away
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Post by Thor on May 17, 2024 16:10:10 GMT
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Post by redshank on May 17, 2024 16:55:13 GMT
Hornchurch won the Isthmian league with 100 points from 42 games,could not say what league they will be playing in next season,maybe National League South.Went there a few times when John Martin played for them and the club was owned by a double glazing company owner.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2024 17:13:03 GMT
How good are they at set-pieces?
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Post by mayland0s on May 17, 2024 17:52:23 GMT
Hornchurch won the Isthmian league with 100 points from 42 games,could not say what league they will be playing in next season,maybe National League South.Went there a few times when John Martin played for them and the club was owned by a double glazing company owner. Played for them in the late 60s . |
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Post by Thor on May 17, 2024 18:40:08 GMT
Redshank they are promoted to National League South
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Post by osoldguy on May 17, 2024 20:20:03 GMT
Hornchurch won the Isthmian league with 100 points from 42 games,could not say what league they will be playing in next season,maybe National League South.Went there a few times when John Martin played for them and the club was owned by a double glazing company owner. Weren't they flying high in this period paying big bucks for the league they were in. But unfortunately the Chairman's company took a tumble. Money dried up so the best players left for pastures new. |
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Post by confucius on May 18, 2024 11:40:56 GMT
Hornchurch won the Isthmian league with 100 points from 42 games,could not say what league they will be playing in next season,maybe National League South.Went there a few times when John Martin played for them and the club was owned by a double glazing company owner. Weren't they flying high in this period paying big bucks for the league they were in. But unfortunately the Chairman's company took a tumble. Money dried up so the best players left for pastures new. Confucius say: “A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.” |
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Post by redshank on May 18, 2024 11:44:58 GMT
Hornchurch won the Isthmian league with 100 points from 42 games,could not say what league they will be playing in next season,maybe National League South.Went there a few times when John Martin played for them and the club was owned by a double glazing company owner. Played for them in the late 60s . Was that at the stadium with a running track? |
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Post by confucius on May 18, 2024 11:48:54 GMT
Played for them in the late 60s . Was that at the stadium with a running track? Confucius say: “The people sitting in any stadium might be ‘at’ the game, but very few of them are actually ‘in’ the game.” |
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Post by osoldguy on May 18, 2024 16:00:17 GMT
Played for them in the late 60s . Was that at the stadium with a running track? Yes it was. Pitch was a tad narrow if I recall. School Athletics held annually. Back in the day had a cinder track. Hopefully that surface well in the past. |
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Post by eca on May 19, 2024 10:23:25 GMT
One of the few places I lived in Upminster was bridge avenue opposite the ground
I think I ran around that track in around 1968 schools race
In those days Hornchurch were in the lower Athenian league
They have done very well over recent years
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Post by redshank on May 19, 2024 11:09:16 GMT
In '86, when I was knee high, I attended an athletics day at that track. I was surprised to find a big track there, tucked away. A relative of mine lived in a flat further down the road, the opposite direction from the main road. I never knew the track was there from when I visited. Last year, I went back there to find the track for the first time in decades. I found the entrance was clearly visible, a single lane wide with the entrance about four metres down the lane. Has the entrance been wide since the 80's? I recall entering the track via a pavement width path back in '86. Either my toddler memory is off or the entrance has changed. What is surprising in an area you think you know is what you come across if you walk your own area and look down tracks or pathways.I have seen many in my local area.As a child when you used to walk everywhere you knew every street by name and the shortest route to any street location you wanted.Many hidden places if you look for them. As a by note,on a video I watched on Leyton,. I was told that Temple Fields was once land owned by the Knights Templar.A chap with the surname Rogers does these interesting walk videos. |
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Post by billericayo on May 19, 2024 19:53:52 GMT
Like eca, I used to live close to the stadium in the 60's, it was the meeting place for local Inter Schools Sports Day. I walked along The Ingrebourne River bank across the fields to get their. My local Infant and Junior Schools was even closer than were I lived. loved playing in the river and nearby woods.
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Post by stamfordo on May 19, 2024 21:35:43 GMT
In '86, when I was knee high, I attended an athletics day at that track. I was surprised to find a big track there, tucked away. A relative of mine lived in a flat further down the road, the opposite direction from the main road. I never knew the track was there from when I visited. Last year, I went back there to find the track for the first time in decades. I found the entrance was clearly visible, a single lane wide with the entrance about four metres down the lane. Has the entrance been wide since the 80's? I recall entering the track via a pavement width path back in '86. Either my toddler memory is off or the entrance has changed. What is surprising in an area you think you know is what you come across if you walk your own area and look down tracks or pathways.I have seen many in my local area.As a child when you used to walk everywhere you knew every street by name and the shortest route to any street location you wanted.Many hidden places if you look for them. As a by note,on a video I watched on Leyton,. I was told that Temple Fields was once land owned by the Knights Templar.A chap with the surname Rogers does these interesting walk videos. The bloke Rodgers is an orient fan if he is same bloke as on few walks videos I've seen,he confessed as much |
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Post by alfresco on May 21, 2024 9:05:54 GMT
I wish we could play a friendly against a Premier league team
We used to, but havent for some time now
I cant see the point of playing friendlies against s***ty little non league teams.....there's no value in it, and the risk of injured players is always there
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Post by ostralia on May 21, 2024 10:23:00 GMT
I wish we could play a friendly against a Premier league team We used to, but havent for some time now I cant see the point of playing friendlies against s***ty little non league teams.....there's no value in it, and the risk of injured players is always there It’s true, time was all the top teams played pre season frienfied against lower league teams. Now they’re all too busy flying around the world playing against teams in ‘new markets’ to generate income. No time to play your local lower league team these days. No money in it for them either. |
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Post by haroldwoodo on May 21, 2024 11:25:40 GMT
I wish we could play a friendly against a Premier league team We used to, but havent for some time now I cant see the point of playing friendlies against s***ty little non league teams.....there's no value in it, and the risk of injured players is always there That last paragraph is exactly what Premier League teams say about L1 & L2 sides..... |
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Post by redshank on May 21, 2024 11:34:47 GMT
Like eca, I used to live close to the stadium in the 60's, it was the meeting place for local Inter Schools Sports Day. I walked along The Ingrebourne River bank across the fields to get their. My local Infant and Junior Schools was even closer than were I lived. loved playing in the river and nearby woods. My utter joy today is walking in such childhood places,I love river walks and have seen many Kingfishers.The closest I ever got to that bird was seeing one dive,bring up a fish bang it on a branch and swallow it.That was not a river,a stream that runs through Etheridge Road Rookwood Avenue and into the river Roding near the Bank of England printing works.A playground for lots of kids when it was being built.Had many mock gang battles there in days of yore. |
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Post by Thor on May 28, 2024 16:57:31 GMT
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