falfootie Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Tweet today from Tim: Now officially redundant, anyone looking or know of anyone looking for a keeper?? Sad end...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmooreshead Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Just reading an article on BBC Cornwall and it has a comment referring to " Tims agent " Does a player at that level really need an agent ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano11 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 why has he left ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Odgers Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Maybe because Truro have signed an Ex professional replacement keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Let's not forget that not too long ago, he was about to join Oxford, until at the last moment they pulled out because as the story went they hadn't realised how far away he lived! The football world is fickle as we all know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOUNTAINEER Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 On the terraces it has been said Tim and the club could not agree terms, no one at the club can buck the wishes of the Administrators who are running the club and making the decisions, the terms applied whilst in administration and under an embargo are severe. If another club offers one of our players more money, we are not permitted to match or improve on that offer. Until the club is sold, free of administration and the embargo we cannot blame anyone at the club for events we may disagree with at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOUNTAINEER Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Just reading an article on BBC Cornwall and it has a comment referring to " Tims agent " Does a player at that level really need an agent ? Agents are no joke in football they have affected many clubs from Premiership to Conference. Gone are the amateur days of the Athenian, Isthmian & Northern leagues when they topped Non League, the Premiership and Championship leagues mainly consists of players from abroad, British players are forced to drop down to the lower leagues, this has seen a vast strengthening of those leagues, it is a pack of cards senario players in the Conference now would have been playing in the Football League not that many years ago. When we look at the level of football Truro City now play at, it is a level equal to that graced by Plymouth Argyle about 20 years ago, we only need look at the teams in the Conference to realise it's strength. Thing is everyone is allowed an agent even the man in the workplace but are they necessary at Truro's level of football? - NO unfortunately they are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGGG Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Having played for Athenian and Isthmian clubs many years ago + Staines town, the Conference of today is equal to the Southern League i.e. the original Wimbledon of yesterday. So Truro's level must be equal to Athenian football. ( 3 levels below league div 4 of old.) Can't imagine what my manager at Walton & Hersham ( the nucleus of that Wimbledon side )would have thought of agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Just reading an article on BBC Cornwall and it has a comment referring to " Tims agent " Does a player at that level really need an agent ? Agents are no joke in football they have affected many clubs from Premiership to Conference. Gone are the amateur days of the Athenian, Isthmian & Northern leagues when they topped Non League, the Premiership and Championship leagues mainly consists of players from abroad, British players are forced to drop down to the lower leagues, this has seen a vast strengthening of those leagues, it is a pack of cards senario players in the Conference now would have been playing in the Football League not that many years ago. When we look at the level of football Truro City now play at, it is a level equal to that graced by Plymouth Argyle about 20 years ago, we only need look at the teams in the Conference to realise it's strength. Thing is everyone is allowed an agent even the man in the workplace but are they necessary at Truro's level of football? - NO unfortunately they are there. equal to the level argyle played at 20 years ago, that's an interesting statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGGG Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Sorry Truro would have been Isthmian level, but that league had dramatic differences in class. Enfield and Hendon who always won whilst Woking and Corinthian Casuals who didn't . Sorry I'm rambling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOUNTAINEER Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Just reading an article on BBC Cornwall and it has a comment referring to " Tims agent " Does a player at that level really need an agent ? Agents are no joke in football they have affected many clubs from Premiership to Conference. Gone are the amateur days of the Athenian, Isthmian & Northern leagues when they topped Non League, the Premiership and Championship leagues mainly consists of players from abroad, British players are forced to drop down to the lower leagues, this has seen a vast strengthening of those leagues, it is a pack of cards senario players in the Conference now would have been playing in the Football League not that many years ago. When we look at the level of football Truro City now play at, it is a level equal to that graced by Plymouth Argyle about 20 years ago, we only need look at the teams in the Conference to realise it's strength. Thing is everyone is allowed an agent even the man in the workplace but are they necessary at Truro's level of football? - NO unfortunately they are there. equal to the level argyle played at 20 years ago, that's an interesting statement Maybe I should have said Pre Premiership although that was about the same time. Last season 2011/2012 - 68 different nationalities were represented in the Premiership and 67 in the Championship. There were 522 players who played in the Premiership just 212 were English (310 foreign). There were 699 players who played in the Championship .. 312 were English (387 foreign). With almost 700 foreign players now taking the places our players would have had all those years ago in the top two leagues, many of our players are now playing in lower leagues than they would have done then, therefore the quality of those lower leagues has improved accordingly, hence my statement about the improved standard of top non league football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOUNTAINEER Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Sorry Truro would have been Isthmian level, but that league had dramatic differences in class. Enfield and Hendon who always won whilst Woking and Corinthian Casuals who didn't . Sorry I'm rambling! Sorry I was taking the standard of football played now as opposed to then explanation in my previous posting. I was at Wembley in 1953 watching "The Matthews Final", it lives on in folklore but the standard of football that day wouldn't hold a candle to the standard played in today's Wembley finals. Happy Days, Corinthian Casuals, Pegasus, Wealdstone, Skelmersdale, Bishop Auckland, Enfield, Hendon, Kingstonian and many more, teams still going GREATS from the past who have seen their best days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Treyewonian Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Seeing you go through that list of teams I was wondering if you might have mentioned Wanderers, Royal Engineers, Old Carthusians and Clapham Rovers! All of whom who would be good answers in the quiz Pointless if asked to name an FA Cup winning team. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGGG Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Surprised Mountaineer you never mentioned your own local side then Loakes Park Wycombe Wanderers who were the other " Pain " when playing Isthmian football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOUNTAINEER Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Surprised Mountaineer you never mentioned your own local side then Loakes Park Wycombe Wanderers who were the other " Pain " when playing Isthmian football. The days when we held Jack Charlton's Middlesborough 0-0 and they were the leading club in England at the time. Brucie the dog who ran up and down the terraces barking every time Wycombe scored, he was everyone's favourite until we moved to Adams Park, some jobsworth reported him on health and safety grounds and he got red carded sine die but consigned to the car park he still joined in to the crowds roar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGGG Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Mountaineer. I was fortunate to spend quite a few seasons at Adams Park for P A and Chiltern Radio Including covering the Sanchez cup run, now that was great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOUNTAINEER Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Mountaineer. I was fortunate to spend quite a few seasons at Adams Park for P A and Chiltern Radio Including covering the Sanchez cup run, now that was great fun! When Lawrie Sanchez was there they played the Dambusters tune over the P A system each time the wanderers got a corner until the League management put a stop to it because either opposing teams or the referees complained. I expect you remember the Wycombe band that were done away with because of what they played, 'who's the XXXXXX in the black' and 'The referees a XXXXXX' comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGGG Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I was there from 1992-93 to 2002-03 + bits. ( Millwall was my other regular side) I actually worked the Chairboys address system a couple of times whilst doing my press work as Tony was away. I do remember a cup tie against Peterbor' that was called off after halftime for ice on the pitch with Wyc 2-0 up. When it came to the 2nd game I set the score board over to my right at that score before the start. Got a few cheers! Oh and there was a B.....dy drum. That B.....dy drum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mmy_t Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I get the feeling this thread has gone slightly off topic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Just slightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGGG Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 SORRY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadcert Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Madron Afc are looking for a keeper!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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