Scunthorpe Utd v Rochdale ... I was there.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Going on last seasons final League 2 table Scunny now need more than 1.5 points per game to stay up, that's a tough call when they've only picked up 3 points of a last possible 30.

Assuming Scunny get relegated I think they have a big shock coming in the National League, the mighty Chesterfield nearly got relegated again first season in it.

We won 10 games and drew 13: we finished bottom. They have won four all season and even if they did take 1.5 PPG from now, that would give them 43 points, which was the same points total as we got finishing last.

To get the 1.5 PPG, they would have to win 7 their remaining 14 games (obviously) and that still wouldn't be enough to guarantee getting off the bottom.

So yeah, they need considerably more than 1.5 a game. It aint happening.

Quoted from tanga_the_indestructible

Trevor played for City not PA, but I do remember us playing them either late 60s or early 70s. White shirts, with a couple of hoops around the chest, black shorts (I just checked and last time we played them was 69).

I remember seeing us play them at home but I'm sure they wore amber with 2 claret hoops. Think it was quite foggy. We played them at home twice that year in March and December. I think it was the March game as I can't see mum would have let me go on my own on Boxing day at 11 years old walking from our home on Hainton Avenue.

Quoted from thefish

2548… but I guess nearly 1/4 of them were from Rochdale! Oh, and 1 was a lost town fan!

I would have sympathy for Scunthorpe fans if they showed more passion. That attendance against a relegation rival was pathetic.

Six of their last nine defeats have only been by one goal. Rochdale's winner was a bit of a goalmouth scramble. A large, vocal crowd can influence the referee. It shouldn't do, but it often does.

The Iron have two tough games vs Northampton and Sutton. After that, their opponents are Crawley, Colchester, Barrow, Salford, Harrogate, FGR, Mansfield, Leyton Orient, Stevenage, Bradford, Hartlepool, Bristol Rovers. They will probably lose to Salford, FGR and Mansfield, but that still leaves a potential 27 points.

Quoted from White_shorts

I would have sympathy for Scunthorpe fans if they showed more passion. That attendance against a relegation rival was pathetic.

Six of their last nine defeats have only been by one goal. Rochdale's winner was a bit of a goalmouth scramble. A large, vocal crowd can influence the referee. It shouldn't do, but it often does.

The Iron have two tough games vs Northampton and Sutton. After that, their opponents are Crawley, Colchester, Barrow, Salford, Harrogate, FGR, Mansfield, Leyton Orient, Stevenage, Bradford, Hartlepool, Bristol Rovers. They will probably lose to Salford, FGR and Mansfield, but that still leaves a potential 27 points.

They’re all tough games when you’re in Scunny’s position.

Quoted from Lee Hodges Burger

Surely it depends on the nature of it? I remember joking with a Grimsby acquaintance about whether Town are playing the Dog and Duck this weekend back when Grimsby first went into non-league.

However, ultimately, I didn't mean any malice with that and would rather us be in the same division, ideally in league one or somewhere, not the conference.

You sound like a decent guy Lee, one of the genuine fans I feel sorry for.

Both of our clubs have been run into the ground by dreadful owners. It happens to a great many clubs. They get taken over by people with big ideas who ultimately bail out once their vanity project turns sour. These guys can clear off, but we fans are left with shattered clubs in dire straights.

We aren't the first and we won't be the last.    

£5 to get in the car park? That’s ridiculous. I haven’t paid that since my dogging days