Most Played Fixture....

AndyF

AndyF

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What is our most played fixture, and which team have beaten us the most ?
No prizes, just a bit of fun.
 
I would take a wild guess at Rochdale for most played fixture.
Second part is easier to answer...that’s the Wendies, because they are simply massive !
 
TangerineSeasider said:
I would take a wild guess at Rochdale for most played fixture.
Second part is easier to answer...that’s the Wendies, because they are simply massive !
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I'm sure going back a bit the answer to the question was Fulham but that could well have changed. I'm not actually sure of course but something sticks in my mind that the question has been asked before.
 
Mogwai takes it. 129 times we've played the Dingles losing 58. Bolton and Fulham 109 times each.
 
TangerineSeasider said:
I would take a wild guess at Rochdale for most played fixture.
Second part is easier to answer...that’s the Wendies, because they are simply massive !
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We haven't played Rochdale that much because we were never at their level before 1980.

I would have thought someone like Wolves or Fulham in League games alone who's fortunes have roughly matched our own. Are we including cup games?
 
Wizaard said:
We haven't played Rochdale that much because we were never at their level before 1980.

I would have thought someone like Wolves or Fulham in League games alone who's fortunes have roughly matched our own. Are we including cup games?
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Yes mate, the figures I quoted are league, fa cup and league cup. In Fulhams case 6 fa cup ties and 1 league cup tie, all the rest were league games. Surprised me also.
 
Mogwai said:
I can remember an Andy Preece hat trick in the snow winning away and I'm sure we beat them 5-0 at home when they were leaders of the old Div 3 c 1980 Stan McEwan may have scored a couple ?
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Preece scored 2 and Mellon one on New Years Day 97 at Shrewsbury.
Preece also scored 2 at Shrewsbury in 95.
Think you are right about Stan the man notching a couple in that big win.👍
 
AndyF said:
I've watched us beat Shrewsbury mate.👍
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Yes I thought the same when I read this thread - looked it up - March 1979
I was in the South Paddock, and a lad stood near me said he was David Tong's brother (DT had just moved to Shrewsbury from the Pool)
He kept pretty quiet about it as the match wore on though

here it is for the record

www.11v11.com

Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town, 20 March 1979

11v11 football match report for Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town, League Division Three 1979 , 20 March 1979
www.11v11.com
 
Dave62 said:
Yes I thought the same when I read this thread - looked it up - March 1979
I was in the South Paddock, and a lad stood near me said he was David Tong's brother (DT had just moved to Shrewsbury from the Pool)
He kept pretty quiet about it as the match wore on though

here it is for the record

www.11v11.com

Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town, 20 March 1979

11v11 football match report for Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town, League Division Three 1979 , 20 March 1979
www.11v11.com
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I was on the Kop that day.👍
 
We've got a good record against the Welsh teams. Looking at our record against York it says w2 d4 l1 f5 a4. Didn't we lose 0-5 against them in successive seasons in the 90's?
 
onlyonepool said:
We've got a good record against the Welsh teams. Looking at our record against York it says w2 d4 l1 f5 a4. Didn't we lose 0-5 against them in successive seasons in the 90's?
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93-95 we lost five fixtures in a row against York. Including two 5-0 home losses and a 4-0 at theirs. But we have a winning record against them.
 
AndyF said:
I was the o/p, I didn't put a link up. Basilrobbie put the world football link up which you quoted to me at 1739, it is incorrect concerning stats v Shrewsbury.
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Well I know that now, I didn't state it I asked the question? Soz forgot it wasn't the op but BRR🤣🎄
 
Mogwai said:
Was it nicked overnight ?!!
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Designed by the same firm that designed Blackpool Tower (Maxwell & Tuke), it was very completed in 1898 and rose to a height of 567 feet ( some 49 feet higher than ours). It fell into disrepair during WW1 and the owners could not afford to have it reconditioned. It was demolished in 1919-21. The Tower building below it lasted until 1969 when it was ravaged by fire. The Beatles played there 27 times, more than anywhere else in the UK apart from The Cavern.
 
Are they not counting the old Maidstone United? We've definitely played them at least twice in the league in the 90s as I went, plus we played the reformed club a couple of years ago in the FA cup.
 
Mogwai said:
I can remember an Andy Preece hat trick in the snow winning away and I'm sure we beat them 5-0 at home when they were leaders of the old Div 3 c 1980 Stan McEwan may have scored a couple ?
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3 1 win on New Years Day? Certainly over the Christmas period. -8° on the car dashboard as we got near the ground.
 
AndyF said:
Preece scored 2 and Mellon one on New Years Day 97 at Shrewsbury.
Preece also scored 2 at Shrewsbury in 95.
Think you are right about Stan the man notching a couple in that big win.👍
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Was about the only game played that day... remember driving in in the snow. Remember Preece getting a chorus of monkey chants from the local cousin-shaggers for his trouble.

Think we won there the previous season as well. Lovely sunny day early in the season. Beers outside the pub at the old ground (The Swan?)

Jumpers for goalposts. Holding it aloft etc
 
I remember driving to Shrewsbury for that match on NYD...it was my turn....kept thinking no way is this match going to be on but yes it was and the win made the journey home( to Stockport) a lot more pleasant despite the freezing temperatures and the freezing fog descending.

A trip to Gay Meadow was always one to do and Shrewsbury is a real nice place to visit for a day out but the drive there is and remains a real pain so my last visit was on the train from Wilmslow which is less than an hour and every hour...the only trouble was It was to the new ground which is nowhere near the town centre( and railway station) unlike GM.Decided to walk from the station to the ground and then back after the game as well....completely knackered by that experience...it was a lot further than I thought and some steep roads to boot.At least we came away with 0 0 draw😳.

The irony of the walk from the station is the train line passes right next to the ground...but there is no station🙄..so the train I was on would pass fight next door...suppose I could have stayed on and pulled the emergency cord ...but it wouldn’t have helped with the walk back and the fine🙄
...and of course one of the railway lines out of the station use to pass right behind Gay Meadow too.
 
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bleach51 said:
I remember driving to Shrewsbury for that match on NYD...it was my turn....kept thinking no way is this match going to be on but yes it was and the win made the journey home( to Stockport) a lot more pleasant despite the freezing temperatures and the freezing fog descending.

A trip to Gay Meadow was always one to do and Shrewsbury is a real nice place to visit for a day out but the drive there is and remains a real pain so my last visit was on the train from Wilmslow which is less than an hour and every hour...the only trouble was It was to the new ground which is nowhere near the town centre( and railway station) unlike GM.Decided to walk from the station to the ground and then back after the game as well....completely knackered by that experience...it was a lot further than I thought and some steep roads to boot.At least we came away with 0 0 draw😳.
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Last time I saw a game where they'd left the snow on the pitch to keep the frost out of the ground, painted the lines blue and had an orange ball.
 
Was there I think at both. Definitely the New Years day one. As said, we were just about the only game on. Also played with an orange ball. Preece scored two.
 
Wizaard said:
Last time I saw a game where they'd left the snow on the pitch to keep the frost out of the ground, painted the lines blue and had an orange ball.
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Yes just as I remember too....and I am sure we played in our traditional tangerine strip...with an orange ball🙄
 
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