Who's up for Highbury next season?

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Who's up for Highbury next season?

by AthleticoSpizz » 04 Mar 2017 23:08

Not the old Arsenal ground, but Fleetwood Town.

Up into the Div1 promotion zone (unbeaten in 16) ....watched them in the NW Counties League a dozen years or so ago.

A tiny town where northerners go to die these days....amazing to think of what could be next season :| (our play-off final failure pending of course)

Just a tram ride from Blackpool : :lol:

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by Royal_jimmy » 04 Mar 2017 23:35

I've been to 76/92 clubs and I am going there regardless of whether we are in the same league as them or not

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by AthleticoSpizz » 04 Mar 2017 23:42

Nice one!

Might be worth hanging back on your plans for a few months :)

Compared to when I last went there, it is actually quite a decent ground now.....check out the market when you're there. You can still buy brand new 1970's clothing :shock:

Decent chippies...still cooked in lard

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by Jackson Corner » 05 Mar 2017 03:24

Amazing achievment if they do it. Alway's thought Rosler was a good manager but this surpases anything else he has done.

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by Royal_jimmy » 05 Mar 2017 12:49

I like underdogs who do it.

I was happy for Burton and Yeovil when they came up and will be the same for Fleetwood if they do. Weren't they a non-league side just 5 years ago?


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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by Victor Meldrew » 05 Mar 2017 12:57

AthleticoSpizz Not the old Arsenal ground, but Fleetwood Town.

Up into the Div1 promotion zone (unbeaten in 16) ....watched them in the NW Counties League a dozen years or so ago.

A tiny town where northerners go to die these days....amazing to think of what could be next season :| (our play-off final failure pending of course)

Just a tram ride from Blackpool : :lol:



Bournemouth, also a place where people come to die, have shown that the dream is possible.
Mind you, a multi-millionaire owner helps.
A brilliant effort by Fleetwood and the manager did really well at Brentford before it all went wrong elsewhere.

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by STAR Liaison » 05 Mar 2017 19:04

Royal_jimmy I like underdogs who do it.

I was happy for Burton and Yeovil when they came up and will be the same for Fleetwood if they do. Weren't they a non-league side just 5 years ago?


The possibilities for next season's Championship ...
Burton v Fleetwood
Villa v Wolves
Boro v Sunderland
Oxford v Reading ...

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by KC Royal » 06 Mar 2017 15:33

AthleticoSpizz Nice one!

Might be worth hanging back on your plans for a few months :)

Compared to when I last went there, it is actually quite a decent ground now.....check out the market when you're there. You can still buy brand new 1970's clothing :shock:

Decent chippies...still cooked in lard


Yep, know someone in Fleetwood and visited the ground a few years back. Was impressed, especially the new stand at the front.
Apparently, there was talk even then that they would look to expand if they went up (which seemed a fanciful idea so it's remarkable to see what they're doing atm). I think they would really need to look at the surrounding area if they did though. There doesn't seem to be much parking around and most away fans would have to get the tram (though fans of the northern clubs like Preston/Wigan/Blackburn etc may drive there). The trams do seem to be better than they were late 90s/early 00s but I can't imagine many away fans being too happy going on them if the away support was big!

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by AthleticoSpizz » 06 Mar 2017 17:16

Agree, and it will be a massive culture shock if/when the likes of Leeds, Sunderland etc come to town.

Re. parking, guess they may need to strike a deal with the Freeport outlet or somewhere that's walkable.

Meantime, I guess that their relatively low ground capacity will naturally detract from being massively besieged.


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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by maffff » 07 Mar 2017 11:37

Can't stand them.

Owner's a c*nt.

Plus, Captain Pugwash goal music.

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Re: Who's up for Highbury next season?

by Brum Royal » 07 Mar 2017 16:47

Quite literally just down the road from my in laws, so definite IN for me!

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