Wednesday 30 October 2013

A message from Gresley FCSC

I just received a message via the TFCSC forum from

Gresley FCSC chairman regarding our up and coming 

fixture;




Afternoon All


My name is James Southern & I'm Chairman of 


the Gresley FC Supporters Club, and I trust you're 

looking forward to Saturdays game and your visit to 

South Derbyshire

I just wanted to make your travelling support aware 


that we have recently installed BT Sport in 

our clubhouse and will be showing Newcastle vs 

Chelsea live in the clubhouse

There will also be a 'Happy Hour' from 12 noon - 


13:30 all draught and bottles £2.50 

It would be great if you could all attend and it will be 


cheaper than using the pubs in and around 

the ground

If you are planning on getting there early and 


bringing quite a few people, please let me know on 

07827310528

Kind Regards

James Southern


Chairman & On behalf of GFCSC




Thank you James from all at TFCSC

Sunday 27 October 2013

Next Meeting

Our next supporters' meeting will be BEFORE the home game against Ashton United on Novemeber 9th.

The meeting will commence at 1pm at the TFC club house. As always, we hope to see as many of you there as possible.

Cheers

#traffordfamily

MotM v Buxton

Frustrating. That was the feeling amongst the supporters at the end of yesterdays game. 
Whilst we weren't at our best, with a stronger referee and  linesman (especially), Trafford would have been playing 3/4 of this match against 10 men after Payne was tripped when through on goal.

Anyway, a scrappy game ended in our 1st draw of the season against a team that has only lost once away from home all season. Shelton Payne was bright and lively in the first half and was causing Buxton (and the linesman) all kinds of problems. Overall though, Karl Vaughan chose Martyn Andrews as the TFCSC's Man of the Match.


Martyn has been quality this season (as he was last season) and fully deserved the award. Well done to Martyn and in the end we have to look at it as a good point earned by the team. Now to Tuesday (rain permitting) and another big test at home against Chorley FC.


COME ON TRAFFORD!


#TraffordFamily

Saturday 26 October 2013

Christmas Curry at the Deccan

It's Booked!

Supporters/club/committee/partners/friends/family... EVERYONE is welcome! December 14th at 7pm. 
Total price of £17 pp. 
We have space for around 50-60 people, first come first served so get your name down on the sign up sheet in the club house and/or pay a deposit of £5 as soon as possible (to any member of the supporters committee).

After the curry, all are welcome to the Nags Head to continue the festive celebrations. Games, prizes and lots of fun to be had.

For non-curry lovers (Little Dave), there are one or two English meal choices.

Spread the word. 

Saturday 19 October 2013

MotM v Wakefield

Traffords brilliant home form continued with a 6-1 win in the FA Trophy against our friends Wakefield.

Todays MOTM was chosen by James Stephens, who in end went for Michael Oates who scored a fantastic hat-trick!

Next is another home game against Buxton (game against Marine on Tuesday has now been postponed as they drew today and now face a replay).

All the best to the TraffordFamily... lets keep up the support!

Martyn Andrews - 100 Club (better late than never)

It appears Martyn Andrews has played 100 or so games for the mighty Trafford FC! 
Whilst Martyn may have achieved this accolade some 40 odd games previous, it was still a privilege for the supporters' club to give him his '100 club mug' - better late than never, eh?

Here is our very own Melody presenting Martyn with his mug before today's game against Wakefield.

Martyn Andrews struggling to understand the concept of posing for his supporters '100 club mug' award

Player of the Month - September

Just to confirm, the Supporters' Club player of the month for September is Rory Fallon!

All the supporters' would like to commend Rory on his start to the season. Rory has been nothing short of outstanding in terms of intensity, quality and consistency! A massive well done to Rory in winning this award for the 2nd time running. 

He was presented with the POTM award before today's game against Wakefield by our very own Richie.

Richie giving Rory Fallon the 'Player of the Month' award.

Thursday 17 October 2013

MotM v Fylde

Rushall, Altrincham, Skelmersdale and now Fylde... Another great team performance at home!
Any number of players could easily have picked up the supporters MOTM but in the end 'Old' George went for Andy Smart. Smarty had a cracking game, as did others but his 25 yard scorcher proved vital at 0-0.


Well done to Andy Smart and the rest of the team and good luck on Saturday.

#traffordfamily

Monday 14 October 2013

Latest news

This is just to update everyone after our last supporters meeting (10/10).

The supporters' player of the month award for September was decided with Rory Fallon picking up the majority of the votes for the 2nd month running. Richie will present Rory with the award on Wednesday (home to Fylde).

The clothes bin has been going really well and is almost full so well done to all that have donated... Lets keep it going. Rags = riches!
Christmas curry night has been confirmed for Saturday 14th December. Deposits of £5 are required if you wish to come. Please speak to any supporters' committee member for more details.

Accounts for the 4 months that we have been going were released and it was fantastic to see how much we have actually raised! Despite some 'supporters' not being totally behind what we are doing, it really makes it all worth while knowing we have raised some cash that will help the club, as well as raising the profile. A huge thank you to everyone involved.

See you all on Wednesday for ANOTHER big game!

#traffordfamily

Sunday 13 October 2013

Away Days - Corby (FA Cup)

I was excited about going to my first ever Trafford away game but not as excited as the person who woke me up at 7 in the morning asking “can we get up yet?” After much annoyance and jumping on the bed like a kid at Christmas, I finally gave up and went to collect my mother-in-law for her 16 hour babysitting shift!

Whilst I was gone I’d asked Andy, my lovely husband to get some provisions for the 6 hour round trip. Little did I know Andy’s idea of provisions was a packet of chilli Doritos! Luckily, Tim and Mel would later come to the rescue with pork pies, chicken baps and flap jacks!

We finally set off at 9am, with our packet of crisps in hand and arrived at the coach 20 minutes later. At this point I was looking forward to breakfast which had been arranged for an as of yet, unknown location and time.
I settled down in the seats Andrew Semple and Lynda had saved us and tried to read my magazine. A fairly simple task you would imagine but made almost impossible with the constant interruptions and silliness from my over-active husband. *Note to self: I will sit next to Andrew Semple next time who also incurred similar issues as every time he attempted to listen to his music, he was made to talk to Lynda instead.

Traffic was good and the journey was smooth. And then we got to the toll road. The car in front didn’t seem to understand the concept that a toll road should make your journey quicker, avoiding hold ups.

It was now 12 o’clock and ‘breakfast’ had now become lunch. We had stopped off at a lovely pub called The Stag and it was here I made the fatal mistake of ordering a cider instead of sticking to my orange juice! This would later lead to several more ciders, half a bottle of sparkling rose (thanks Jeanette and Matt!) and even half a can of John Smiths, which Andy ‘found’ on the floor. This odd mix of alcohol may explain our impromptu commiserations party at the Nags Head on our return.

After passing a truly outstanding round-a-bout with lots of trees, we had arrived at Corby Football Club/Rugby Club/Tennis Centre/Athletics Club, the remnants of Corby Town’s failed Olympic bid!        
For those that are interested, Corby is a small Scottish town famous for its steel production.

We all sat down in the prison mess/bar and watched a nervous looking Dave Brown pacing up and down outside. We were then informed by Nick Brown, that his dad was awaiting a phone call from GMR to do a live interview. Dave made the fatal mistake of saying “I bet they bloody ring when I’m on the toilet!” This gave Nick and Sempie a wicked idea. The next thing a startled Dave came running outside to answer his phone to ‘GMR’. It was a good 30 seconds into the ‘interview’ before he realised it was Sempie! Everyone was in stitches; I didn’t think I could laugh so much. Until 2 minutes later when he received another phone call from ‘GMR’, AKA mischievous Melody. We almost cried with laughter after hearing the automated service (Melody) telling Dave to press 1 on his phone to be connected for his interview. We all looked out of the window to see Dave oblige! He then looked over and realised he’d been had again!

With the actual interview over, we all headed out to watch the game. At 2-0 down I was ordered to go to the toilet to bring us some luck. Unfortunately, this only works at home games! Even though we didn’t win, I was very proud of the team and even more proud of Trafford’s singing and learning the new song ‘What Does The Fox Say? (Get off my pitch!)’ The only response from the Corby fans was the school boy choir and their repertoire of swear words.
Despite the feral children, we did meet some nice locals and even got an invite to the local wetherspoons!

The journey home seemed to fly by, I can’t think why (perhaps John Smiths and his rose wine had something to do with it!) After a scary trip to the coach toilet which involved a minors torch from Tim and a very wet toilet seat, we were at the Nags Head. If only my husband had been as helpful as Tim, who anti-bacterialised the area for Melody. All I got was a whisper from Andy informing me that he might have got some wee on the seat!


All in all, I had a lovely day with lovely people. I’ve already packed the Doritos for my next trip!


The excitement of the FA Cup. 
Ratings
Game: 6/10
Ground: 7
Food: Ran out of food by full time so no idea!
Beer: 8 - I liked the glasses!
Fans: 0/10 for the swearing kids. 10/10 for the friendly ones in the bar.
Value for money: 7/10
Referee: Seemed to do ok, 8/10
Trafford MotM: Andy Smart

Helen Glinka

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Reminders

Evening all.

Just another reminder that we have a supporters' meeting this Thursday, 8.00pm at the Nags Head. There will be pool competition after the meeting! All are welcome... we have had an excellent response to people joining and getting involved with helping out, and so far we have managed to raise a decent amount of pennies for our beloved Trafford FC (details will be revealed/discussed at the meeting). So if you would love to get more involved and join/see what we are about then we would love to see you on Thursday!

Also, as previously mentioned, we are having a 'Christmas Curry' night on December 14th. Again, all are welcome (supporters/non-supporters/wives/partners/friends...) Deposit of £5 required so we can secure the Deccan exclusively. So please bring £ to the meeting on Thursday.
If you can't make the meeting but would like to come to the curry night then please speak to either myself (Andy Glinka), Andrew Semple or Melody Stephens.

Over and out (for now)

Monday 7 October 2013

Away Days - Grantham Town

Grantham away day
10 am Saturday morning prompt the poster for the coach said; even the management were on time. Then the manager’s phone went, with the news that a player was late due to rail problems, so off we set to the railway station to pick up said player.
After finally finding a place to park the bus the manager went in search of missing player, now if at this point we had just set off and left them…………………………………………… ha ha
Anyway they both returned and off we set for sunny Grantham via a pick up for the ‘junction 19 crew’ despite our late set off we made great time and stopped for ‘brunch’ at a little village called Blyth and as you’ll know by now that’s twice we’ve been to Blythe this season and lost 2-1. But at least the ‘Fourways Hotel’ did us proud, the athletes among us enjoying scrambled egg or beans on toast while us ex-athletes made do with a full English.
In no time at all we found ourselves outside Grantham’s home South Kesteven Sports Stadium
Right want some Grantham history? There nick name is ‘The Gingerbread Men, this is because when they formed they only had 10 players, 2 of which were baker’s so they made a life size gingerbread man to make up numbers! The gingerbread man was leading goal scorer that season *
The stadium looked quite impressive, but several of our happy band wanted to sample the delights of Grantham town and off they skipped hand in hand in search of barley and hops. Disappointing was the nice thing Cappy told me about it later. The rest of us entered the main reception and were ushered upstairs to a lovely large bar and function room. Where before the Tea Lady and I had even got a drink we were being quizzed by a Corby scout!!!! Told him to worry if Gallanders ( Tea Lady’s fav ) returns before next week!!!
So we settled down to watch Man City beat Everton and have a few drinks, and it was soon time to enter the ground, and although we had been warned…the dreaded running track, my pet hate, you seem to be so far from the ac…nearly put action there and so a very poor game spoilt by a ref who managed to upset the home fans more than us AND they won. Decisions included a sending off for two yellows delivered within seconds of each other, which I can only guess were for dissent.
The game came to an end and then something I’ve not experienced for years, bear in mind there were 5 of us sat in front row of stand including 3 ladies and as the so called Grantham supporters left we were verbally abused, so laughable
The tea lady and I were offered a lift home from Mad Melody and Taxi Tim which we accepted as we had plans for the evening and so had an uneventful trip home except for the Chorley fans on the service station ………………………………………………………….
Game: 4/10
Ground: 4/10 Bloody running track
Food: 7/10 Impressive proper Lincolnshire sausages on sale
Beer: 10/10 Draught Strongbow
Fans: 1/10 the few idiots at the end. 5/10 the home moaners in the upper stand 8/10 the rest who made us feel welcome
Value for money: 6/10 £10 admission.
Referee: 3/10. From me, less I imagine from home fans
Tea lady Man of the Match Smartie he offered to buy her a drink after game


*This may not be true
Love Sempie

Wednesday 2 October 2013

MotM v Skelmersdale United

Firstly, well done to all the players on last nights performance. Best of the season for me!
I could have picked any number of players as MOTM, they were that good. But for the way he controlled the play I went for Martyn Andrews! His display was typical of the team, battled hard, got stuck in and very vocal.
Whilst Andrews was outstanding, I also have to mention O'Hara (gk), Nia, and Ste Mason. They too stood out and really could have been given MOTM... Oh and Rory, Shelton... You get the drift!

Great TEAM performance and lets keep up the support going into the next couple of away games.

#traffordfamily