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Post by Grassroots on Apr 30, 2009 18:20:48 GMT
Berks & Bucks FA Senior Trophy
Final
Reading Town 2 - 0 Newport Pagnell Town Tuesday, 28 April 2009Newport missed out on county silverware for the second season running as a goal in each half gave the Hellenic League outfit the trophy. Reading had most of the play in the first half. Reading threaten early on when a cross was whipped in for the header to go wide. Then not long after another cross came in but was dealt with by Thropy. Newport did respond with a couple of crosses, one when Darren Lynch headed over then Fletch heading wide from a corner. But it was Reading that took the lead after more threats from crosses. Mike Hanthingy put Reading in front after 34 minutes when he met a cross with a well placed header. Newport Pagnell did manage to get more into the game in the second half. But it was Reading who doubled there advantage when Fletch was judged to handle the ball. Aaron Parfitt's converted the spot kick ten minutes into the second half. With the introduction of Jordan and Kwarzi this gave Newport more strength up front. This showed when Jordan had a shot go wide then Kwarzi shoot over. Some very physical tackling from Reading put a stop to a lot of Newport attacks. Vinny also won the ball for the keeper to collide with him but the foul was given against Vinny. Bruce was forced to make 2 quality saves to keep Reading down to 2 goals. More attack from the Swans where swiftly dealt with by the Reading defence. With various injuries, this made it a tough game for Newport Pagnell with key players missing and unable to play to there best. Unlucky to the lads, it wasn’t your night.  We did have some entertainment during the game from the three lads behind the goal singing. I wonder who writes their songs. They could have a chart hit! ;D
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Post by bramley on May 2, 2009 22:12:36 GMT
Reading Town's 1st goal was scored by Mike Hanc*ck not Mike Hanthingy LOL.
Good job that you weren't reporting on Arsenal v Sthingyhorpe!!
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Post by Grassroots on May 3, 2009 10:31:03 GMT
Reading Town's 1st goal was scored by Mike Hanc*ck not Mike Hanthingy LOL. Good job that you weren't reporting on Arsenal v Sthingyhorpe!! Who? ;D To be honest. I didnt have a clue who scored Readings goals. I relied on Football Mittoo for the players names. Arsenal v Sthingyhorpe sound like an interesting game. When is it on?   ;D |
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Post by Grassroots on May 3, 2009 10:35:01 GMT
Reading Town's 1st goal was scored by Mike Hanc*ck not Mike Hanthingy LOL. Good job that you weren't reporting on Arsenal v Sthingyhorpe!! Who? ;D To be honest. I didnt have a clue who scored Readings goals. I relied on Football Mittoo for the players names. Arsenal v Sthingyhorpe sound like an interesting game. When is it on? ;D Ha ha ha!!!!! I have only just relised. It wasnt football mittoo. The swear filter on the message board has replaced Hand c o c k for hanthingy. lol. ;D Handthingy, Handc**K ;D |
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Post by swansong on May 6, 2009 6:30:39 GMT
Have total sympathy with the comments made by Tel in the local rag. Bucks and Berks FA are in danger of turning this into a mickey mouse competition! When the 2 teams were confirmed we all thought Beaconsfield or Wycombe for the final venue, Abingdon Utd was a total surprise!
90 minutes cross country in lousy weather, straight from work too. This we accept as part of supporting a grassroots club. The organisation was grassroots in the worst meaning of the term as was the refereeing. I made my feelings known on both at the game!
The attitude of Reading fans and players was not grassroots but again in the worst way! If their players do that when they win perhaps we were lucky they didn't lose! There is such a thing as a poor winner!
Last year when newport (UCL) played Beaconsfield (South Midlands) all 4 officials were from the Hellenic league. Good.
This year Newport (UCL) play Reading Town (Hellenic) all 4 officials were from the Hellenic league, not good. Shouldn't they have been from the South Midlands league?
Given the refs poor performance this must raise eyebrows!
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Post by Grassroots on May 6, 2009 14:43:56 GMT
I agree. It was an odd place to have the final. I didnt think they were allowed to have officials from the same league as one of the teams. Thought they had to be neutral? And i have to say the ref missed a lot of bad (and late) tackles on Newport players. The result of that Newport picked up some injuries!  |
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Post by bramley on May 6, 2009 18:01:56 GMT
The attitude of Reading fans and players was not grassroots but again in the worst way! If their players do that when they win perhaps we were lucky they didn't lose! There is such a thing as a poor winner! So what specifically did Reading Town fans and players do that upset you so much? Surely not the fact that we celebrated winning the trophy after not winning anything for 13 years!! Your lads and fans would have also celebrated surely? |
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Post by bramley on May 6, 2009 18:10:48 GMT
I agree. It was an odd place to have the final. I didnt think they were allowed to have officials from the same league as one of the teams. Thought they had to be neutral? And i have to say the ref missed a lot of bad (and late) tackles on Newport players. The result of that Newport picked up some injuries! Grassroots - I have to say that your comments above disappoint me. In your informative report of the match over a week ago, you made absolutely no mention of bad (and late) tackles!! Perhaps you are over tired today? |
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Post by rtfcbarmyarmy on May 6, 2009 18:41:41 GMT
Have total sympathy with the comments made by Tel in the local rag. Bucks and Berks FA are in danger of turning this into a mickey mouse competition! When the 2 teams were confirmed we all thought Beaconsfield or Wycombe for the final venue, Abingdon Utd was a total surprise! 90 minutes cross country in lousy weather, straight from work too. This we accept as part of supporting a grassroots club. The organisation was grassroots in the worst meaning of the term as was the refereeing. I made my feelings known on both at the game! The attitude of Reading fans and players was not grassroots but again in the worst way! If their players do that when they win perhaps we were lucky they didn't lose! There is such a thing as a poor winner! Last year when newport (UCL) played Beaconsfield (South Midlands) all 4 officials were from the Hellenic league. Good. This year Newport (UCL) play Reading Town (Hellenic) all 4 officials were from the Hellenic league, not good. Shouldn't they have been from the South Midlands league? Given the refs poor performance this must raise eyebrows! I don't think they would have had the Berks & Bucks Final at Wycombe or Beaconsfield to be honest. The refereeing was alright on the night with no outrageous decisions being made. I don't know why your complaning about how the Reading boys celebrating winning the trophy, any other team would have done the same (started singing,dancing etc.) I think your team might have been a soar loser with one of your players taking his frusrtation out on one of our players. What was wrong with the Reading Town fans? Just in case you didn't see it!! |
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Post by Grassroots on May 7, 2009 18:11:13 GMT
I agree. It was an odd place to have the final. I didnt think they were allowed to have officials from the same league as one of the teams. Thought they had to be neutral? And i have to say the ref missed a lot of bad (and late) tackles on Newport players. The result of that Newport picked up some injuries! Grassroots - I have to say that your comments above disappoint me. In your informative report of the match over a week ago, you made absolutely no mention of bad (and late) tackles!! Perhaps you are over tired today? Bramley, Open your eyes and read my match report again (Note very physical tackling). I was trying to stay away from the slagging off of teams in match reports. It doesnt make good reading in the programme. There is a way of wording things. ;-) I was saying was i was very disapointed the ref didnt pick up some late challenges in the second half. I am the first to admit that Newport didnt play all that well and Reading played better. Plus you have to admit that there should be neutral officials from a neutral league? Im sure if it was UCL refs and Newport Pagnell had won you would be saying the same. Dont get so defensive. :-) |
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Post by Grassroots on May 7, 2009 18:15:58 GMT
Have total sympathy with the comments made by Tel in the local rag. Bucks and Berks FA are in danger of turning this into a mickey mouse competition! When the 2 teams were confirmed we all thought Beaconsfield or Wycombe for the final venue, Abingdon Utd was a total surprise! 90 minutes cross country in lousy weather, straight from work too. This we accept as part of supporting a grassroots club. The organisation was grassroots in the worst meaning of the term as was the refereeing. I made my feelings known on both at the game! The attitude of Reading fans and players was not grassroots but again in the worst way! If their players do that when they win perhaps we were lucky they didn't lose! There is such a thing as a poor winner! Last year when newport (UCL) played Beaconsfield (South Midlands) all 4 officials were from the Hellenic league. Good. This year Newport (UCL) play Reading Town (Hellenic) all 4 officials were from the Hellenic league, not good. Shouldn't they have been from the South Midlands league? Given the refs poor performance this must raise eyebrows! I don't think they would have had the Berks & Bucks Final at Wycombe or Beaconsfield to be honest. The refereeing was alright on the night with no outrageous decisions being made. I don't know why your complaning about how the Reading boys celebrating winning the trophy, any other team would have done the same (started singing,dancing etc.) I think your team might have been a soar loser with one of your players taking his frusrtation out on one of our players. What was wrong with the Reading Town fans? Just in case you didn't see it!! No fair play. The players have a right to sing and dance about winning. Thats not what we are complaining about. We got the impression that one of your players wound our players up because he lost and I admit what was wrong of our player, he reacted instead of ignoring it! Thats what we were saying that there is such thing as a bad winner. Believe me we are not soar losers. Its done and dusted now. Well done. Oh yeah Swansong. If you watch the video, turn the sound down! lol. ;D |
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Post by swansong on May 7, 2009 19:02:09 GMT
No problem with your players celebrating but you know full well one of them did more than that. Thats enough said about that.
The referee was dreadful, the organisation at the game was poor.
We went intending to have fun whatever the result as we have done all season. We have know problem with your lot breaking up the pace of the game, if that suited you but not that the ref failed to deal with it and even complied with it. There were too many delays when the ball went out of play, do Bucks and Berks only have one ball?
Perhaps the refereeing styles are different in the 2 leagues? I don't know.
The atmosphere was oppressive I was glad to get out at the end, this is Step 5 not the premiership!
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Post by swansong on May 7, 2009 19:24:11 GMT
You call me a poor loser that would only be true if I was saying that we lost because of the things I said, we may've lost anyway that isn't the point. My point was that they are treating step 5 with disrespect. We deserve better organisation than this. It was actually a poor game the guy at the end called it "an interesting game", we all know what that's code for! It was partly down to a long hard season for both sides but also poor refereeing and poor organisation.
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Post by bramley on May 7, 2009 22:35:34 GMT
Grassroots - I have to say that your comments above disappoint me. In your informative report of the match over a week ago, you made absolutely no mention of bad (and late) tackles!! Perhaps you are over tired today? Bramley, Open your eyes and read my match report again (Note very physical tackling). I was trying to stay away from the slagging off of teams in match reports. It doesnt make good reading in the programme. There is a way of wording things. ;-) I was saying was i was very disapointed the ref didnt pick up some late challenges in the second half. I am the first to admit that Newport didnt play all that well and Reading played better. Plus you have to admit that there should be neutral officials from a neutral league? Im sure if it was UCL refs and Newport Pagnell had won you would be saying the same. Dont get so defensive. :-) Grassroots - I accept your views and agree that neutral League officials appointed would have been better for this final. Cannot agree that Reading Town tackles were any worse than Newport Pagnell's though. RTFC appeared to want the trophy more on the night. Good fortune for next season and it was good to meet you anyway. |
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Post by bramley on May 7, 2009 22:43:00 GMT
No problem with your players celebrating but you know full well one of them did more than that. Thats enough said about that. The referee was dreadful, the organisation at the game was poor. We went intending to have fun whatever the result as we have done all season. We have know problem with your lot breaking up the pace of the game, if that suited you but not that the ref failed to deal with it and even complied with it. There were too many delays when the ball went out of play, do Bucks and Berks only have one ball? Perhaps the refereeing styles are different in the 2 leagues? I don't know. The atmosphere was oppressive I was glad to get out at the end, this is Step 5 not the premiership! Swansong - Please answer my original question about why you have a problem with the Reading Town fans. What did we do that was wrong? |
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