Missing it already

Not posted for a while so just to update those of you that don't know we lost in the cup final to North Ferriby united 3-2 after after extra time no that is not a mistake the timer at the KC Stadium read 33 minutes and the game should have gone to penalties but unfortunately the Ref Mark White a former Bridlingtonian and one of the nicest men you could meet decided to play next goal winner and Ferriby nicked it ouch that really did hurt as i feel we were the better side on the night and against a team two leagues above us. other news and our presentation night was a huge success with special guest the Mayor of old Town Bruce he was a hit with the Karaoke and the players. our awards went to the following people,
Managers Player : Phil Harrison
Players Player : Carl Giblin
Supporters Player : Ash Allanson
Supporters Young Player : Alex Rhodes
The Forum Player : Carl Giblin
Club Man : Warren Spear
Supporter of the year : Jordan Sykes

a good night and always good to see Chairman Peter Smurthwaite doing his rendition of Neil Diamonds Sweet Caroline. Other hightlights of the night the lad who i thought was a bit quiet Wayne Wallace turned out to be quite a party animal good on him and as ever the loveable comedy act of Phil Harrison and Carl Giblin were both in top form. Thanks to Gavin Branton and Pete Smurthwaite for a very good entertaining night. The season has probably been over for about 3 weeks now luckily we have got the World cup to help us through to the new season but seriously i am missing the Brid Town games already and cant wait for the new season to kick off.

Highlights and presentation

Unfortunately i could not get to Armthorpe on Saturday we had a family get together so missed out on the presentation the one game every Town supporter would have wanted to see i was devastated but thankfully we have this filmed and kindly donated to "A view from the bus shelter" by Trevor Emmett.Well done Trevor and thanks for sharing it with us.



2nd half and presentation

CHAMPIONS

Well its official Bridlington Town football club are Champions of the Northern Counties East League and with four games still to play. We knew a win against Hall Road would be enough to win the league due to our superior goal difference and after a hard fought one nil win against a Hall Road team that fielded about 7 ex Bridlington players including former favourites Martin Thacker, Craig Suddaby and Paul Palmer these lads were well up for it and wanted to spoil the party for the Town faithful it was a scrappy game and we won the game from an Ash Allanson penalty. through the match news was going around the ground Armthorpe are losing 1-0 then 2-0 that was the last i heard of it but on the final whistle our your supporters who call themselves the Seaside Mafia ran on the pitch the players were also celebrating the results had gone our way and we knew Armthorpe could not catch us and we were crowned Champions only disappointing thing for me was no trophy to be presented to the team in front of our supporters. a great day to finally win it and on a number of occasions this season i really felt we had blown it. Well done to Gary Allanson and the boys you have really done us proud. (text from my mate the Boro fan)
Humberside airport has been closed after a massive cloud of dust drifted into UK airspace? The cleaner of the Brid Town trophy cabinet has now been arrested!

Lol who's laughing now hey not my mate (pic from free press website)

Great News for a Seasiders fan

Have to say this is an unexpected post on the blog but last night i get a text its my mate Phil " Armthorpe have lost 1 nil to Lincoln think if we win Saturday we are Champions" This was great news and mathematically we would not be Champions Armthorpe are on 79 points from 36 games and can achieve 85 if they win their last two games one of them being against us. But we (Brid Town) are currently on 82 points from 33 games if we win on Saturday against Hall Road Rangers who are full of ex Town players we would be on 85 points the maximum that Armthorpe can get but our goal difference is 24 goals better than Armthorpe this is like an extra point.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-
	1	Brid Town	33	26	4	3	114	31	82	83
	2	Armthorpe	36	24	7	5	101	42	79	59
	3	Rainworth MW	34	22	5	7	86	45	71	41

As Armthorpe would need to beat Thackley something like 15-0 and then beat us 10-0 for it to swing back in there favour and we would have to lose all of our remaining games, crikey i am confusing myself now, anyway things really looking good now in fact i can hear the Fat Lady tuning up her voice i we had better dig that ice bucket out and that classic tune from Queen yes you know the one.

Town v Long Eaton

Not the best of games today although we got a very early goal from Craig Hogg (yes i missed it getting served for my Chips and Curry) we never really looked like winning this game and we suffered injuries to key players like inspirational midfielder Ash Allanson and Ash Dexter in the first half and later on Craig Hogg came off with an injury. it was a dull game and the ref had a nightmare the home fans were very frustrated with the below par performance our players were not ticking like the Brid Town we all know hopefully a one off. Long Eaton equalised in the second half with a superb free kick that they rightly deserved and they did have chances to win the game if not from the excellent defending from Carl Giblin and Tom Lee. A couple of other things i should mention rumour went around the ground that once again Footballing traveller Danny Buttle had decided to move his Caravan to Harrogate although no official statement yet, Danny has always been a popular player with the Town supporters but yet again i feel like he has let us down by moving so late in the season surely the lad could have seen the season out with us. and the last thing is well done to Pickering Town on beating Armthorpe 2-0 yes this is the correct result this is really good news for us we now need 4 wins from 6 games to be crowned Champions on the Koolsport premier division.

Final score
Town 1 (Hogg)
Long Eaton 1 (nice free kick)

Referee 6/10 i think he lost the plot today let some very bad tackles go and then gave away some very strange free kicks (crazy)

Capello coming to Queensgate ?

This morning my phone was pretty hot 3 text messages and two missed calls (phone is on silent through the night i like my sleep) All three texts were about the story in the back of our paper on the Brid Town page. have i seen the Free press Fabio Capello is coming to Queensgate straight away i was kind of suspicious and went down stairs to get my paper sure enough there it was Exclusive : Capello to watch Brid Town stars, and the Headline Absolutely Fabio-lous and for about 30 seconds i actually believed Fabio would be coming to visit Queensgate and then i clicked oh dear April the 1st yes its Fools day and like my mates i also fell for it. last week we fell for the Armthorpe getting beat rumour and this week Fabio coming to Queensgate oh dear whatever next.

here is the article kindly borrowed from the Free press website :

THERE will be a surprise VIP casting an eye on title-chasing Bridlington Town on Saturday.

With just two-and-a-half months until the World Cup begins, the Free Press can reveal England manager Fabio Capello is planning to visit to Queensgate.

The Italian will be running the rule over some of the Seasiders' squad during their match against Long Eaton United, after reading glowing reports about the runaway league leaders.

Town manager Gary Allanson said: "I know it is April 1 but there is still time for players to impress the England manager.

"Mr Capello is no fool, and if players are in form, I'm sure he will consider them, whether they play in the Premiership or the Northern Counties East League.

"I just hope it doesn't affect the lads, knowing the England manager is watching them from the Bus Shelter."

To celebrate Mr Capello's planned visit, the Queensgate food kiosk will be selling pizza and pasta instead of pie and chips, and the Seasiders are considering swapping their all red kit for a strip in green, white and red, the colours of the Italian flag.

FA spokeswoman Ola Prilfo would not confirm the England manager would definitely be at Queensgate but told the Free Press: "Mr Capello said he wanted to see a team where all of the players were English, not like in the Premier League.

"He didn't say where he was going but he has packed his bucket and spade."

Bridlington chairman Peter Smurthwaite was equally tight-lipped. "I can't say too much, but Mr Capello will have to pay his £6 at the turnstile like everyone else.

"And there's a nice botle of Italian red as one of the raffle prizes if he buys a ticket."

NCEL website mistake ???

Strange thing happened yesterday although Brid did not have a game most of the Town supporters would have been hoping Armthorpe might just drop points against Parkgate who had already beaten us 4-2 at Queensgate this season so anything was possible. Here we go my phone is ringing its my mate Phil 'have you heard the score Armthorpe have lost one nil to Parkgate' well for probably the first time this season i really believed we would go on to be crowned Champions of the NCEL Premier division. I was already going out for a beer with the lads but all happy and quite excited by the news of the Armthorpe defeat i thought i would really push the boat out and have a right good session, As i arrived at The Prior John that's Weatherspoon's to you young uns Phil is there with Pete (the Boro fan) he is grinning like a Cheshire Cat then they give me the news 'There was a mistake on the NCEL website regarding the Armthorpe result they actually won one nil' , i was devastated how could this happen it had kind of spoilt my night but i sank a few extra John Smiths to help me get over the news. We are now two points clear at the top of the table with two games in hand over Armthorpe, we have 7 games to play and Armthorpe only 5 and we still have to play them at their place fingers crossed the league will be all sorted by then. if we can get 5 wins from the last 7 games and we will be Champions.