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EFL Trophy Q/F Draw
South Section
Wimbledon V Northampton
Luton/Swindon V Plymouth.
Northern Section
Port Vale V Stockport
Huddersfield V DoncasterThe Cobbs have reached this stage twice, 1996/97 and 2003/04. In the first one they lost away at Colchester Utd 2-1, in the second, they lost at home to Colchester Utd 2-3, despite being 2-0 up.
The away fixture to Wimbledon on 10th Feb, is decent enough, historically a happy hunting ground for the Cobbs.A recap of my outstanding Bets with the Cobbs to win the EFL Trophy.
5@25
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2@66Purchased a ticket for the FA Trophy game against Fylde. I have never been to their ground before but it looks all right on the website. Good to see the bar looks like it supports some local breweries anyway! An added bonus is Preston are away, so at least the pubs there should be quiet before I head out to Kirkham and Wesham.
If Fylde do manage to get into the football league one day, I expect it will be the smallest place to ever have a football league team. Kirkham and Wesham looks like little more than a large village whenever I have passed through it on the way from Preston to Blackpool.
Im not 100% sure but the Forest Green Rovers ground is in Nailsworth population of under 6K, Kirkham and Wesham is above 8k.
Another small town featuring a league team was the ill fated Rushden and Diamonds. Which was a merger of Rushden Town and Irthingborough Town back in the 90’s and owned by Max Griggs he of Dr Martins. They played their matches at Nene Park Irthingborough Population 9k. Just for comparison Brackley is 15K at present.Im sure there are others around up north from history, perhaps some old works teams had a season or two in the FL.
New Brighton FC on the Wirral played in the football league from 1923 to 1951. I think it was the smallest place in England to have a team in the league until Forest Green took the record.
In fact, it was the second team from New Brighton to play in the league. There was a team named New Brighton Tower in the league for about three seasons around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. After the second New Brighton’s ground was destroyed in a bombing raid in WW2, it moved into Tower’s old ground.
New Brighton’s place was taken over by Workington Town until it was voted out in 1977. Workington is currently bottom of the Northern Premier League.
The young lad with a YouTube channel (I have posted his videos from Brackley and Southport before) visited Workington’s ground on New Year’s Day. It is soon to be demolished, which is a pity but it looks like it has almost fallen down anyway!
“Brackley travel to Truro a 520 mile round trip on a Tuesday night.”
Not an appealing prospect, especially in midweek. But I suppose it could be worse – Gateshead to Truro is something like a 950 mile round trip! Even Yeovil must be over 100 miles away.
That Tower Athletic Ground must have been a great place to see sports, Football, Speedway, Cycling, Athletics etc.
From Wikki, New Brighton Tower were formed to play at an already-built stadium, the Tower Athletic Ground, with a capacity of 80,000. Thats an ambitious owner if true about the capacity, must have been one of the largest at the time. Its good to see this type of historical stuff on old league teams.
I was wondering about the Truro match tonight, could it be the fixture boffins used an algorithm to reduce travelling in midweek or just luck.
It was ambitious but unfortunately the crowds didn’t turn up and the Tower’s owners made a huge loss on the team.
The Tower itself was taller than its rival in Blackpool. Its structure became corroded during WW1 and it had to be demolished.
Little if any trace of the entertainment amenities survive. The ballroom was destroyed in a fire, probably arson. Outside of the Cavern, it was the venue where The Beatles most often performed.
A few pubs in New Brighton have photos of the tower on their walls and there is a Tower Convenience Store. Otherwise you could easily be forgiven for not knowing it ever existed.
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