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  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Oldham v Southend final. Should be a pretty big crowd at Wembley for that, both ex-league clubs with good support.
    Probably sell more tickets than Orient ...
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1925304975346811041

    Looks like a celebrating Southend fan might have injured the winning pen scorer in the celebration!
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,116
    CAFCTrev said:
    https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1925304975346811041

    Looks like a celebrating Southend fan might have injured the winning pen scorer in the celebration!
    Reminds me of Beilik being kicked in the nuts at the valley. 

  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    Can anyone else remember an incident where three Charlton players were celebrating a goal, and a fan came on, slipped, and wiped all of them out? Pretty sure it was away from home in the Championship in the 90s. 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,231
    JiMMy 85 said:
    Can anyone else remember an incident where three Charlton players were celebrating a goal, and a fan came on, slipped, and wiped all of them out? Pretty sure it was away from home in the Championship in the 90s. 
    Huddersfield 1996
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,851
    There is a natural pecking order when it comes to football clubs. There will be EFL clubs who have a disastrous time and drop out of the league, but given sensible management they often return
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    CAFCTrev said:
    https://x.com/SUFCRootsHall/status/1925304975346811041

    Looks like a celebrating Southend fan might have injured the winning pen scorer in the celebration!
    Ouchy!
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    There is a natural pecking order when it comes to football clubs. There will be EFL clubs who have a disastrous time and drop out of the league, but given sensible management they often return
    With the 1-up system, and the National League being 95% full time, and 40% being ex-football league clubs, getting out of non-league is now an incredibly difficult thing to do. 


  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    Delighted for Southend
  • peterreeves
    peterreeves Posts: 1,062
    Chuffed for Sarfend, spent many happy years as a kid down there, Nathan Jones will be pleased too. Still can't believe that Bonne is still earning a wage down there though! 
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  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Southend will take loads to this 

    I’ve told my mates I’ll only commit after Sunday not sure I could face going back to Wembley a week after getting beat 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,851
    JiMMy 85 said:
    There is a natural pecking order when it comes to football clubs. There will be EFL clubs who have a disastrous time and drop out of the league, but given sensible management they often return
    With the 1-up system, and the National League being 95% full time, and 40% being ex-football league clubs, getting out of non-league is now an incredibly difficult thing to do. 


    The NL is basically Division 5 now, rather than a sign of football oblivion, as shown by the calibre of managers willing to drop down.

    Mark Hughes will be staying on at Carlisle for example. Parky has taken Wrexham up from NL to the Championship, Challinor dropped back down to the NL to take over Stockport, Paul Cook went back to NL Chesterfield after leaving Ipswich etc

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,851
    Southend will take loads to this 

    I’ve told my mates I’ll only commit after Sunday not sure I could face going back to Wembley a week after getting beat 
    Weird how the NL final is the final domestic game of the season. I guess it's perfect timing to attract neutrals desperate for one final game before the summer!
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    Meanwhile at Torquay....


  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,969
    Chuffed for Sarfend, spent many happy years as a kid down there, Nathan Jones will be pleased too. Still can't believe that Bonne is still earning a wage down there though! 
    Getting paid is not synonymous with earning a wage
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,456

    Non-league team win title after finishing third

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj6r1r45wdyo
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,015
    clive said:

    Non-league team win title after finishing third

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj6r1r45wdyo
    Starting the play offs more than a month after the season finished is crazy. 

    Did a player play who should've been suspended? Clearly the answer was yes, so how on earth has it taken so long to resolve?
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    edited May 22
    clive said:

    Non-league team win title after finishing third

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj6r1r45wdyo
    Starting the play offs more than a month after the season finished is crazy. 

    Did a player play who should've been suspended? Clearly the answer was yes, so how on earth has it taken so long to resolve?
    Appeals. Two investigations, two appeals, two decisions. Should have been fast tracked really. It's a bit much that Whyteleafe went through every booking for Redhill and managed to find one (the referee had failed to put it in the system and Redhill didn't notice). The Redhill gaffer was basically saying to me that the knock-on effect will be them looking at every other clubs' bookings to find one that impacted the season lol presumably he couldn't be bothered to actually do it. Don't blame him! Hope they win the play-offs now. 
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    Depending on our fixtures, aiming to go to Lewes v Welling Utd next season, my mate works for Welling on match days and we are going to base ourselves in Brighton for the weekend, Lewes is a  beautiful town to visit.
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  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,262
    Southend had expected to take 30,000 to Wembley but no. Engineering works at Wembley Park  so limited allocation of 17,500 for both clubs! Protestations are underway.

    https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2025/may/23/club-update--promotion-final/



  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,116
    Southend had expected to take 30,000 to Wembley but no. Engineering works at Wembley Park  so limited allocation of 17,500 for both clubs! Protestations are underway.

    https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2025/may/23/club-update--promotion-final/



    It’s 17500 per club + whatever they can arrange for coach travel.  Take more coaches, take more fans.  

    That said, it’s mad that they would organise engineering works on the weekend of a match at Wembley.  
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,262
    Petition for anyone interested.

    https://www.change.org/p/give-fans-more-tickets-for-national-league-final-at-wembley

    (I would hope the Mayor would re-direct TFL in this which might mean a different petition or representations to the Mayor's office might also be effective)
  • West2003
    West2003 Posts: 386
    I don’t get why the National League aren’t getting more heat from this on here compared to the EFL. Their play-off final isn’t wedded to Wembley Stadium - why couldn’t it have been played somewhere else?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,231
    clive said:

    Non-league team win title after finishing third

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj6r1r45wdyo
    Jersey to face Cobham in the Play Off Final after today’s semi finals 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,015
    Southend have sold 28,852 for Wembley today. Oldham taking 20,832.

    It will be a record crowd for a non-league play off final and i'm glad they saw sense after the stupid initial ticket restrictions.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    Southend have sold 28,852 for Wembley today. Oldham taking 20,832.

    It will be a record crowd for a non-league play off final and i'm glad they saw sense after the stupid initial ticket restrictions.
    Think I read they could sell extra tickets but had to be with coach travel 

    Southend have sourced 150 coaches 
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    Tremendous turnouts for non-league clubs. 
    Southend take an early lead 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    Macauley Bonne coming on with the score 1-1
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Southend score immediately after the start of extra time. All to do for Oldham