Grass roots

[NEWKID 27,159]

Got Family down from Surrey as they follow Walton and Hersham football club, they were playing Tiverton Town today. Tenner to watch a decent game of football, seen a few old faces and a coach load came down from Surrey to watch their team... Good day..

[Borr 6,030]

Just now, NEWKID said:

Got Family down from Surrey as they follow Walton and Hersham football club, they were playing Tiverton Town today. Tenner to watch a decent game of football, seen a few old faces and a coach load came down from Surrey to watch their team... Good day..

My boys played tivvy today ,

[WILF 46,851]

6 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Got Family down from Surrey as they follow Walton and Hersham football club, they were playing Tiverton Town today. Tenner to watch a decent game of football, seen a few old faces and a coach load came down from Surrey to watch their team... Good day..

Love them little grounds like that mate, mind you, that pitch is making my hamstrings hurt just looking at it ! Lol 

[NEWKID 27,159]

8 minutes ago, Borr said:

My boys played tivvy today ,

Who they playing for Joe?

[NEWKID 27,159]

1 minute ago, WILF said:

Love them little grounds like that mate, mind you, that pitch is making my hamstrings hurt just looking at it ! Lol 

Always been a very good club mate, was Western League when I played, but Southern Premier now, one of the sides in the league is Merthyr... there's a side from Plymouth in it ..there's some travelling in that league now!

 

[WILF 46,851]

Just now, NEWKID said:

Always been a very good club mate, was Western League when I played, but Southern Premier now, one of the sides in the league is Merthyr... there's a side from Plymouth in it ..there's some travelling in that league now!

 

I was saying to Stiff the other day that I’m feeling more and more disconnected from premier league football and everything surrounding it.

Before I moved here I was prettt regular down the local non league club (sadly just gone skint but a group of fans are trying to get it going again) and I genuinely love that local football.

Top flight here has much the same feel to it as you’d get at non league there, €15 for an adult into Sligo Rovers and a tenner for my boy……and I know that money means the world to those clubs.

Right on the pitch, seeing lads you have watched grow in the academy make their senior starts, it’s fantastic…..I feel much more of a connection with that type of football as a football man. 
 

Where else you going to get that entertainment for a tenner ?

[Gypsydog94 4,593]

3 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Always been a very good club mate, was Western League when I played, but Southern Premier now, one of the sides in the league is Merthyr... there's a side from Plymouth in it ..there's some travelling in that league now!

 

Barnstaple rugby when they got promoted had serious travelling also. Think they was glad to be relegated last season! Puts serious financial pressure on a club and pressure on the players are only doing it as there hobby. 

[Blackmag 6,095]

The money being put in non league now is nothing like years ago it's staggering the investment in some teams and a lot play in  stadiums that would meet professional league standard unlike years ago 

Edited October 14, 2023 by Blackmag

[NEWKID 27,159]

14 minutes ago, Gypsydog94 said:

Barnstaple rugby when they got promoted had serious travelling also. Think they was glad to be relegated last season! Puts serious financial pressure on a club and pressure on the players are only doing it as there hobby. 

Played against a few of the North Devon football teams mate, never played rugby.. Ilfracombe, Bideford  Barnstaple and Appledore all decent sides over the years... we'd play up to Devizes, Warminster and a few Bristol sides when it was the old Western League.. but now its right up to edge of London and Wales.. 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,947]

26 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Played against a few of the North Devon football teams mate, never played rugby.. Ilfracombe, Bideford  Barnstaple and Appledore all decent sides over the years... we'd play up to Devizes, Warminster and a few Bristol sides when it was the old Western League.. but now its right up to edge of London and Wales.. 

travelling is a bit rich when it’s at that level . 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,947]

44 minutes ago, WILF said:

I was saying to Stiff the other day that I’m feeling more and more disconnected from premier league football and everything surrounding it.

Before I moved here I was prettt regular down the local non league club (sadly just gone skint but a group of fans are trying to get it going again) and I genuinely love that local football.

Top flight here has much the same feel to it as you’d get at non league there, €15 for an adult into Sligo Rovers and a tenner for my boy……and I know that money means the world to those clubs.

Right on the pitch, seeing lads you have watched grow in the academy make their senior starts, it’s fantastic…..I feel much more of a connection with that type of football as a football man. 
 

Where else you going to get that entertainment for a tenner ?

Just to be totally and utterly clear , most of the conversation was complete nonsense 

[NEWKID 27,159]

2 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

travelling is a bit rich when it’s at that level . 

There earning a few quid a game mate, think around £300 a man... we were on £20 a game and chipped in for the coach! Lol

[Gypsydog94 4,593]

27 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Played against a few of the North Devon football teams mate, never played rugby.. Ilfracombe, Bideford  Barnstaple and Appledore all decent sides over the years... we'd play up to Devizes, Warminster and a few Bristol sides when it was the old Western League.. but now its right up to edge of London and Wales.. 

I never played football was always rugby. Gave up when bust my collar bone. A lad I played with still at it now shoulder surgery knee surgery. Glad I didn’t carry on to long. But had a great time when I did.  

[saluki bouy 698]

2 hours ago, Gypsydog94 said:

Barnstaple rugby when they got promoted had serious travelling also. Think they was glad to be relegated last season! Puts serious financial pressure on a club and pressure on the players are only doing it as there hobby. 

My old and local club earlston rfc are doing excellent just now bottom of the bottom league but been 7 years since we’ve had a “team” those boys all love each other drink with each other etc like we did and of to a running start for the season ...... but id love to see them promoted same time I’d hate it because I know and experienced what happens after over confidence more travelling means more boys using cars not bus less bonding more loosing better options for the better players at other clubs that are winning that would pay 

our saving grace is we have the best sevens rugby tournament in the world money from that keeps us afloat and it’s still a family club I’m down every home game with my kids and half a dozen other boys and dads I played with are the same to reminisce swear and be jealous 

[WILF 46,851]

11 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

travelling is a bit rich when it’s at that level . 

I always thought going and playing teams way out of your own locality was the best, being the big fish in the local pond is good but you want to go and test yourself against everything out there and that’s going to mean going to strange places, with hostile fans and equally as hostile opponents……don’t get better than that for me.