The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)

[Birdman]

I wonder if we might see Jordi next two matches to keep Dewhurst for Wembley? I wouldn’t agree with it but something I can see happening.

We're not safe

We all know that but the man in charge may disagree. If we do go down, how precious were those points the Dutchman literally threw away in that home match?

Sorry, redblue, but there are 46 games in a season. That particular error won’t in any way be the sole reason if we finish in the bottom four.

[Old Bob]

We're not safe

We all know that but the man in charge may disagree. If we do go down, how precious were those points the Dutchman literally threw away in that home match?

Sorry, redblue, but there are 46 games in a season. That particular error won’t in any way be the sole reason if we finish in the bottom four.

Sorry, Birdman, but that's fallacious reasoning. If we were to get relegated for lack of a single point, then logically every point thar we had dropped would be a candidate for the point that got us relegated. But not all dropped points are equal. Those that were easily avoidable have more credence to be regarded as "the point that saw us relegated". And the one that was most easily avoidable is reified as the point that got us relegated. And THAT was JVS's howler against Halfax.

As far as we know, there is absolutely no reason why Marcus Dewhurst could not have started that match. As Marcus is an order of magnitude the superior keeper of the two, leaving him out was absolutely the decision that risked us getting relegated. It was dumb, it was stupid, it was pig headed, it was unforgivable. If it was TW's decision, it only confirms my conviction that he simply has to go. The sooner the better.

[redblueuptoyou]

We're not safe

We all know that but the man in charge may disagree. If we do go down, how precious were those points the Dutchman literally threw away in that home match?

Sorry, redblue, but there are 46 games in a season. That particular error won’t in any way be the sole reason if we finish in the bottom four.

Oh, there are plenty of other reasons but that one just screams out!

[FloridaPhil]

Surely Cameron Hargreaves is available for Wembley (and the final League match v Yeovil)?

Its a secret!

[Silasgoldeen]

We all know that but the man in charge may disagree. If we do go down, how precious were those points the Dutchman literally threw away in that home match?

Sorry, redblue, but there are 46 games in a season. That particular error won’t in any way be the sole reason if we finish in the bottom four.

Sorry, Birdman, but that's fallacious reasoning. If we were to get relegated for lack of a single point, then logically every point thar we had dropped would be a candidate for the point that got us relegated. But not all dropped points are equal. Those that were easily avoidable have more credence to be regarded as "the point that saw us relegated". And the one that was most easily avoidable is reified as the point that got us relegated. And THAT was JVS's howler against Halfax.

As far as we know, there is absolutely no reason why Marcus Dewhurst could not have started that match. As Marcus is an order of magnitude the superior keeper of the two, leaving him out was absolutely the decision that risked us getting relegated. It was dumb, it was stupid, it was pig headed, it was unforgivable. If it was TW's decision, it only confirms my conviction that he simply has to go. The sooner the better.

doesn't make it right but he said he had a gentleman's agreement with Jordi. As we learned the other week, Jordi is represented by an agency that has brought us half a dozen players, so the situation may have been more complicated than we think. Again, doesn't make it right, but he might have been trying to do the right thing by everyone. (You could also have brought up Fylde, who were in poor form when we went there but managed to snag a succession of quite poor goals against us en route to a thrashing).

[chimpster99]

Sorry, redblue, but there are 46 games in a season. That particular error won’t in any way be the sole reason if we finish in the bottom four.

Sorry, Birdman, but that's fallacious reasoning. If we were to get relegated for lack of a single point, then logically every point thar we had dropped would be a candidate for the point that got us relegated. But not all dropped points are equal. Those that were easily avoidable have more credence to be regarded as "the point that saw us relegated". And the one that was most easily avoidable is reified as the point that got us relegated. And THAT was JVS's howler against Halfax.

As far as we know, there is absolutely no reason why Marcus Dewhurst could not have started that match. As Marcus is an order of magnitude the superior keeper of the two, leaving him out was absolutely the decision that risked us getting relegated. It was dumb, it was stupid, it was pig headed, it was unforgivable. If it was TW's decision, it only confirms my conviction that he simply has to go. The sooner the better.

doesn't make it right but he said he had a gentleman's agreement with Jordi. As we learned the other week, Jordi is represented by an agency that has brought us half a dozen players, so the situation may have been more complicated than we think. Again, doesn't make it right, but he might have been trying to do the right thing by everyone. (You could also have brought up Fylde, who were in poor form when we went there but managed to snag a succession of quite poor goals against us en route to a thrashing).

You'll always get one off instances and horror shows in a season. For a root cause to our failings, I'd be looking at the results in games against the bottom 4 or 5 - e.g. Braintree, Fylde (a), Wealdstone (h), Daggers (h) etc. We left several points behind us against really poor sides and exposed a mentality issue at the club that others have exploited.

[Silasgoldeen]

Problem is the big clubs have sussed us out now too!

[Old Bob]

Sorry, Birdman, but that's fallacious reasoning. If we were to get relegated for lack of a single point, then logically every point thar we had dropped would be a candidate for the point that got us relegated. But not all dropped points are equal. Those that were easily avoidable have more credence to be regarded as "the point that saw us relegated". And the one that was most easily avoidable is reified as the point that got us relegated. And THAT was JVS's howler against Halfax.

As far as we know, there is absolutely no reason why Marcus Dewhurst could not have started that match. As Marcus is an order of magnitude the superior keeper of the two, leaving him out was absolutely the decision that risked us getting relegated. It was dumb, it was stupid, it was pig headed, it was unforgivable. If it was TW's decision, it only confirms my conviction that he simply has to go. The sooner the better.

doesn't make it right but he said he had a gentleman's agreement with Jordi. As we learned the other week, Jordi is represented by an agency that has brought us half a dozen players, so the situation may have been more complicated than we think. Again, doesn't make it right, but he might have been trying to do the right thing by everyone. (You could also have brought up Fylde, who were in poor form when we went there but managed to snag a succession of quite poor goals against us en route to a thrashing).

You'll always get one off instances and horror shows in a season. For a root cause to our failings, I'd be looking at the results in games against the bottom 4 or 5 - e.g. Braintree, Fylde (a), Wealdstone (h), Daggers (h) etc. We left several points behind us against really poor sides and exposed a mentality issue at the club that others have exploited.

I can't disagree, Chimpster. You can add Ebbsfleet (a & h) to that list.

[Weybourne Shot]

Local Council not supporting subsidised travel for Spennymoor fans ....

https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2025/04/ ... ey-travel/

[brian bloomfield]

Local Council not supporting subsidised travel for Spennymoor fans ....

https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2025/04/ ... ey-travel/

I don't think you can have Council tax payers subsidising this initiative, when pot holes need repairing

[Weybourne Shot]

Update on Spennymoor ticket sales would be nice if we got a similar update from our Club soon

https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2025/04/ ... el-update/

[Birdman]

Update on Spennymoor ticket sales would be nice if we got a similar update from our Club soon

https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2025/04/ ... el-update/

I received the weekly news email from the club just over an hour ago with the lead article saying that we’d purchased 16,500 tickets.

[Noringgoes]

Update on Spennymoor ticket sales would be nice if we got a similar update from our Club soon

https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2025/04/ ... el-update/

I received the weekly news email from the club just over an hour ago with the lead article saying that we’d purchased 16,500 tickets.

Yep received the same, that then would mean we have only sold 500ish tickets in the last 9 days, as we had sold 16k back on the 16th.

[Ascot Shot]

Update on Spennymoor ticket sales would be nice if we got a similar update from our Club soon

https://spennymoortownfc.co.uk/2025/04/ ... el-update/

I received the weekly news email from the club just over an hour ago with the lead article saying that we’d purchased 16,500 tickets.

Yep received the same, that then would mean we have only sold 500ish tickets in the last 9 days, as we had sold 16k back on the 16th.

I thought it was over 18,000. I guess they maybe not counting the 2,000 seats in the neutral section on level 2 ?

COYS.

[Aldershot]

Only 431 tickets remain in the Aldershot Town section...

North West Level 5
Block 543 - 301 seats available
Block 544 - 130 seats available

In the expanded neutral section 479 tickets are available...

Level 2
Block 211 - 156 seats available
Block 212 - 220 seats available
Block 213 - 103 seats available

Attached is the updated seating map.