Game on at Armthorpe

Well today we travelled to Armthorpe Welfare a team who i feel have always given us a good game it is also the place where we were crowned Champions only 9 months ago.Its my fourth visit to Armthorpe and one thing that has always drove me mad the chippy opposite the ground is never open when we arrive for the match so i was into the near petrol station/mini market for a nice ploughman's sandwich £2.40 mind you.

Town were fielding the two new signings in the team today Scott Phillips who has joined from Barton Town and David Kemp from Scarborough from what i have seen of them they both look like good signings a should fit in well to our side.

The match programme was the usual Armthorpe special only £1 and is more like a small version of the Yellow pages full of adverts and then a piece of A4 stapled in the middle of info about Bridlington Town that we already know about but i buy it every time i guess my pound will help towards the Armthorpe club funds.

It was a good end to end game with both sides making good chances and it was Town who made the breakthrough on 29 minutes with a nice team goal Ash Allanson smashing the ball past the boisterous Jamie Green in the Armthorpe goal this lad seems like a right hot head often finding himself well out of his goal and shouting at the Referee cant believe he was not booked or at least spoken to being honest.

Armthorpe had a great chance to equalise only moments after we went ahead it was a towering header from former Doncaster Rovers and Cardiff striker Leo Fortune-West he towered above everyone and headed towards goal and it looked like it was going in all the way until my man of the match Mark Wilberforce managed to get a hand to it and push it away for a corner, this would not be the first time that Wilberforce would save us today.

it was in the 33rd minute when Town extended the lead with a blistering shot from Alex Rhodes from possibly 35 yards out flew past the diving Green to see the Seasiders two nil up and the travelling 25 to 30 Seaside barmy army went crazy

Once again both sides created good chances but failed to put them away. Poor old Craig Palmer was denied twice by Green in the Armthorpe goal and he also forced good saves from Craig Hogg (who i thought had a very good game) and Scott Phillips.

Half time and i hit the tea hut its like a little cafe with a seating area i like this and sat down with a cup of tea and Pie and Peas (very nice pie might i add)

The second half it was a strange one the Bridlington Town of last season would have been able to step up a gear and take control of the game, my own view is we have lost two much quality from the Champions team especially with Wallace, Giblin and Hotte no longer with us.

I always felt we needed that third goal but it was Armthorpe who pulled one back and it was the giant Leo Fortune-West who scored it. We were right under the cosh now wave after wave of attack i bet Dave Kemp was wondering what he had let himself in for and Mark Wilberforce was superb. Yes Town did have one or two chances but rarely troubled Green in the second half in fact his mouth did more work than his hands.

And then bang as i expected in the 84th minute Armthorpe were level and deservedly so Joe Wilcox scrambled to ball past Wilberforce.

But we are still in the race to retain our title there is a long way to go yet. Roll on Tuesday night when we play Armthorpe again at Queensgate, fingers crossed the giant Leo Fortune-West will be unavailable.

Snowed off AGAIN !!

Although i don't enjoy driving in the snow i do like to see the fields and tree's i don't know why there is just something i like about it, But being truthful and you all probably feel the same i am totally fed up with it now it is affecting our beautiful game and i cant wait to see the back of it.
What to do now well the other half did say lets go shopping but i put my foot down and said no i went last week and it drove me insane so luckily for me she has gone with her friend and i can have some ME time and watch Ipswich Town v Swansea City and then Jeff Stelling and Co on Soccer Saturday including funny men Chris Kamara and Dean Windass (he represents Scarborough now in their programme) two very funny men when it comes to match commentary (see below).

We were supposed to be making the short trip to Hall Road Rangers today they have just been taken over by former Town Management duo Billy Heath and Mark (Bobby) Carrol who had a successful time with us winning three trophies the Wilkinson Sword 2002 the East Riding senior cup 2005 and the league in 2003 gaining us promotion to the UniBond league so they are still two very popular men with the Town supporters and i wish them both well at Dene Park.

As for Town and when we will play again well we were supposed to be at home to Selby next week but because of Boro's Fa vase game our game is cancelled but hopefully the league will see sense and switch our game to play at Selby all Weather permitting of course.

Other news

Bus shelter features in Bridlington Town Snowman competition promo picture

picture by Trevor Emmett

Oh and if you have not heard although it looked and sounded quite promising for us to win the bid for the 2018 World cup we were clearly cheated out of it with the dodgy going's on at FIFA we were eliminated from the bidding in the first round with two votes Russia the eventual winners, its a massive blow and it sickens me to think that the whole thing stinks reports of bribes to help win the votes is so wrong. Personally i think we should drop out of FIFA and form a new honest Football federation, the Muppets at FIFA should not be able to get away with this.

And if you hate Sepp Blatter.... You might like this

All games are off

As expected our game v Parkgate was called off this morning after a pitch inspection (see pic below) and so were the other 9 games in our league and the other 10 games in division 1.

the Weather does not look good for the next three or four days so i would think our game on Tuesday v Armthorpe will also be in doubt.

thanks to Trevor Emmett for the picture

What to do now well i dont fancy shopping but that is probably what will happen as the other half will expect it from me as we have no game but our forum are running a Bridlington Town snowman competition with the fantastic prize of a £2 yes that's two English pounds club shop voucher so i could be tempted to try and win this, below is Bridlington Town's very own Warren Spear's attempt and a very good one it is.

Warren's Brid Town snowman

Well only a small update but i will leave you with a nice song from SNOW Patrol hope you like it and fingers crossed i will see you in the Bus Shelter on Tuesday night.

The Derby

Well what a game it was one of those full of ups and downs. first minute of the match Boro win a corner and former Hull City man Mike Price put them one up direct from the corner. although we had a very good shout for a foul on the keeper it was just the start we did not need. but credit to our lads they got stuck in and played the nice and attractive football we all know and love we started to dominate the game creating some very good chances one of which Craig Hogg found himself one on one with former Town keeper Tom Woodhead but Hogg blasted his shot over and Wayne Wallace also went close with a powerful driving shot. Palmer and Fleming also forced some quality saves from Woodhead. Boro's Ryan Blott also had a good looping effort saved by Ben Saynor which brought a big sarcastic cheer from the Boro fans. just as it looked like Town would go in at half time one down we won a free kick that was floated into the box and Steve Lyon slotted the ball past Woodhead to go in level.
The second half we started as we left off dominating the match but totally against the run of play Boro went ahead after a long kick from Woodhead was flicked on and Ryan Blott slotted the ball under Saynor.
but within minutes the Seasiders were level a long pass from James Bennett found an unmarked Craig Hogg and he slotted the ball past Woodhead. what a game it was turning out to be my two mates Stu and Graham both avid Boro fans who would normally be giving me grief were both saying "thats it your gonna win it now" and then bang a bit of a scramble in the Boro goal mouth and James Bennett hits the ball past Woodhead we are 3-2 up and rightly deserved we were by far the better team on the day. Stu and Graham are stunned. but three minutes later a moment of magic from Boro favourite Ryan Blott he took the ball past maybe three or four challenges and smashed the ball past Saynor into the roof of the net it was a bloody good goal and i take my hat of to the lad despite it being against my team it was a pleasure to witness such a fine goal and from a lad who has received a lot of abuse from a minority of Brid fans over the last few years as Andy Gray would say "Tickaboo Son" it was fab. this was to be the last goal in the game although both teams created chances to win it the best chance falling to Craig Hogg after strike partner Craig Palmer slotted the ball through to him and yet again one on one with the keeper Hogg's shot took the slightest of deflections off Woodhead only to see his goal bound shot hit the post and be cleared for a corner.
A decent game of Football and one we probably should have won. also a very good crowd 725 well done to everyone for making this another classic encounter between two very good teams and also a nice quiet night at the pub with Stu and Graham.

Also in the news
Bridlington born Sheffield United footballer Richard Cresswell was on the score sheet yesterday when he equalised from the penalty spot. United went on to win the game against Crystal Palace 3-2

New sign

Recently at Queensgate our big BRIDLINGTON TOWN sign had been taken down and questions were asked on the Brid Town forum,a few people mentioned that we might have a possible new Stadium sponsor which would be a massive boost to the club financially, well tonight when i was dropping the missus off at bingo i had a quick look over at the ground (club house shut again)and i noticed the silhouette of a new sign so being nosey i turned the car around and went back to have a look, there it was the nice new sign and the news we had all been waiting for the Queensgate Stadium will now be known as
THE NEIL HUDGELL LAW STADIUM
I have just had a look for him on the web www.neil-hudgell.co.uk
its also interesting to see he sponsors Leeds United, Hull City and Hull KR in fact Mr Hudgell is the current Chairman of Hull KR.
some good news before the small encounter of the Queensgate derby tomorrow or should that be the Neil Hudgell Law Stadium derby. As for the game well i have agreed to go with my good pals and drinking buddies tomorrow both of them regular Athletic fans and have both given me a very hard time when they have beaten us. but i am not like them if we win i am not one for gloating, fingers crossed i will be able to meet the lads tomorrow night for a nice quiet drink and not one where they are taking the p**s all night !!! Come on lads dont let me down
to be continued

Town v Reckitts

East Riding Senior Cup 2nd round



footage recorded by Mr Trevor Emmett

I'm back

first of all i would like to apologise for the lack of posts, Well the bloody computer broke down and i was without out it for weeks and then when i finally got it fixed and set up again i just never got around to updating the blog so here we are.

So far the Seasiders are having another decent season despite being knocked out of the big money cups losing 1-0 to Shildon who we beat last season and then the one that hurts me we lost 3-1 to Scarborough Athletic but you cant knock them they put in a very good performance on the night and rightfully deserved the win. as for the league well at the moment we are sitting pretty in 3rd place with 31 points from 13 games we are also still in the League cup, Presidents cup after a 5-1 against Leeds Carnegie (see video below) and the East Riding senior cup so another good chance of silverware under the guidance of Manager Gary Allanson who to the Town supporters delight committed his future to the Seasiders after being linked with the vacant Scarborough job it would have been devastating if he had left for our rivals and my mates would have loved winding me up. No game tomorrow as we should have been at home to Dinnington but because Boro progressed in the Vase they are at home to Armthorpe (i can see Boro winning this one easy). On Tuesday we play Reckitts who are a very good side from Hull they play in the Humber Premier league and will probably have a lot of ex Town players playing for them it could be a tricky game but we should get through it, then next up its round 3 of Town v Boro in fact i think we are the away team so it should read Boro v Town as i said above we were second best last time and for me we dont want to lose this one we need to bring the Queensgate bragging rights back to the Brid end of the ground. should be another cracking encounter with another bumper crowd fingers crossed it will all run smoothly and there will be no trouble although i have just read on the Brid Forum that Boro have made an approach to sign another one of our Galacticos although it has not been confirmed who the player is yet but reports coming in they have offered an extra £10 a week more than we pay and also guaranteed Evo Stik football next season !!!


footage recorded by Mr Trevor Emmett