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posted 19-04-2008 20:05

 
you in the red jacket?
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posted 19-04-2008 20:06

 
God, no! I think I may be smoking a cigarette in it. Every time I see myself on film or camera, it reminds me of how much weight I've put on in the last year or so.
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#15380
posted 19-04-2008 20:11

 
Super stuff. Well done The Rooks from a Brighton boy abroad.

I have a few good memories of The Dripping Pan and many of Lewes itself.

A place that gave the world Harvey & Son and the Bridge Wharf brewery and the World's best ale deserves great days.

Pip Parris, Grant Horscroft and other famous Lewes players of the past rejoice.

All we need is for the Football League to penalise Leeds further on appeal and the Albion could sneak a play off place.

Sussex football on the up.
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posted 19-04-2008 20:12

 
....at least you're not wearing that jacket.

Right, I'm off to drink mucho Harveys
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posted 19-04-2008 23:31

 
200pc, you're the St Albans City fan aren't you? What's happened there recently - results have really turned around?
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posted 20-04-2008 11:37

 
It all comes down to the re-signing of goalkeeper Paul Bastock and Paul Hakim. I get the feeling that Bastock knocked a few heads together in the dressing room, whilst Hakim provided a much-needed bit of quality up front. They've won 6, drawn 2 and lost 1 (in the last minute) since those two came back. It's quite an exceptional achievement, and with them having had a caretaker manager since January, I'd be less than surprised if Bastock became the player-manager before the start of next season.
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posted 20-04-2008 11:49

 
Has Charlie Ide been playing much? He was one of Brentford's better players last season (not saying much) but this season seems to have hit some sort of physical and psychological barrier.
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posted 25-04-2008 19:51

 
Lewes board show their gratitude

Unbelievable. I might not even go tommorrow, which was shaping up to be a great day. But now it all feels sort of sordid. have the Lewes board got Peter kenyon in as a consultant?

Really rubbish news
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posted 25-04-2008 20:28

 
It's all but confirmed, apparently. The new people "investing" in the club want to bring in their own man, and they have also got to spend heavily on The Dripping Pan next year. Shitty timing but, I have to say, I think they'll get relegated my a mile playing the football that I saw them playing under King this season.
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posted 25-04-2008 20:36

 
Lewes' scarves are great, or at least the one I have is. Top-notch quality

Went to a match there at Christmas when I was back in Sussex, and it was superb (not the match, of course, but the Dripping Pan and the beer and the terrace).

But I share some concern about this promotion and the ambition it brings, and this latest news doesn't surprise me much. I fear progress might not be a good thing in this case.
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posted 25-04-2008 20:38

 
true about the standard of football - they'll get murdered next season - but the timing just sucks. Why not wait 'til the close season. there's talk of a boycott on the Lewes forum.
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posted 25-04-2008 20:38

 
I was pretty surprised that The Dripping Pan got any sort of Conference grading. The wall around it isn't as high as I think the perimeter walls are supposed to be and the grass banks, whilst aesthetically pleasing, are (as we have seen) open to abuse. Also, I'm not sure that there is any effective segregation there - the turnstiles are all in one corner of the ground.
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posted 25-04-2008 20:43

 
twohundredpercent wrote:
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I was pretty surprised that The Dripping Pan got any sort of Conference grading. The wall around it isn't as high as I think the perimeter walls are supposed to be and the grass banks, whilst aesthetically pleasing, are (as we have seen) open to abuse. Also, I'm not sure that there is any effective segregation there - the turnstiles are all in one corner of the ground.
The Argus article suggests they have a year to get it up to Conference standards:

"Among the problems facing Lewes are getting the Dripping Pan an A grading within 12 months of reaching Blue Square premier. Elliott revealed the club had already spent £1million on achieving a B grading for their ground."

Or do you mean you're surprised it achieved B grading as is?
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posted 25-04-2008 20:48

 
I'm surprised that it got a B grading, and a A grading is miles off. The details are here:
http://www.thepyramid.info/misc/ground.htm
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posted 25-04-2008 20:53

 
The B grading was a suprise to me as well, seing as they can barely cope with 1000 home fans turning up. might still go tommorrow, if only to drink Harveys on the terrace, as obviously you can't do that next season.
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