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Lenchy wouldn’t have been happy being a squad player, that’s for sure. It’s not only that, but he would’ve been an expensive player for the bench. Lenchy and I are still good friends, but like I said last night, I just felt as though Leon would’ve been the one to make way for him in that midfield which I didn’t believe was the right thing to do! Leon is now attracting attention from some big clubs in the EFL so the decision I made, whether it was applauded or hated, has proven to be the right one at that moment in time. Regarding ‘10th highest’, I honestly don’t know where that has come from! I just had to double check that I was the only person that didn’t hear it! That definitely wasn’t said! I think Ash’s message, along with mine, is that ‘if’ I can get our recruitment correct with the budget we have then we can achieve a top half finish and over achieve. You only have to look at the cost of Leon, David and Slavi to see that there are some exceptionally good players who don’t cost stupid amounts of money. The issue with that is that they won’t always work as well as those 3 have! Its down to me now to try and get that correct! As you’ve now heard, I was offered the opportunity to go and work with two bigger budgets in this league and turned it down as I have no affiliation with those clubs. The work Ash and the board are doing is absolutely brilliant and I want to be a part of that. It’s not an overnight fix, it’s a slightly longer term plan which I’ve certainly got the patience for and I hope you guys have too! Thanks to those that came along. Really enjoyable evening.

Announced for 25/26 yesterday by Josh as Henry Ochieng. Great player and seems like a leader in a similar vain to Josh. Not the most vocal on the pitch but certainly is a top end performer. Another good addition to the squad for next year so nothing but positives behind that one.

Wasn't sure whether to post this on the Worthing thread, or this one, but this seems as good a place as any. First of all, massive (genuinely massive) congratulations to Gav, the management team, the players and the board for the turnaround since the start of February - it's been nothing short of remarkable. Our form since then has probably been upper mid table, if not pushing for the play-offs! I'll readily admit that I said that we were down, and had given up hope after the late equaliser that we conceded against Weymouth, which I had down as a must win game. The fact that the management and the team clearly hadn't given up, and were willing to scrap in every game shows enormous charachter, and to pull ourselves out of the position we were in is so much more of an achievement than winning promotion last season (as others have said). I think it's possible to distil all this down into that one performance at home to Truro as a perfect example - a goal down to the eventual league winners after 90 minutes, and we came away with 3 points (just gutted I wasn't there to celebrate). Talking about where we go from here, I don't think we need wholesale changes - as I've said already, our form after January has been good enough, and we've had a largely settled side, with some additional quality added (including loanees), so I think we aren't far away from being able to hold our own at this level. Clearly there are positions we need to strengthen - if you look at the list of goalscorers, that's pretty obvious (although easy to identify, probably a lot harder to fix). But if we can retain the players we want to retain from this season, and add a few who are good enough at this level to improve us, given that we are a lot more prepared 12 months later, and know better what to expect from this level, we'll hopefully go into 25/26 with a more settled side made up mostly of the players who dug us out of the hole we were in from the first part of the season. I'm not so keen to call out individual players on here, but I think post season is a good time to do so - the experience and nous of Thompson made him a massive signing, and I think all 3 CBs deserve a lot of credit, none of them look out of place at this level, and I hope we retain them for next year. Peake is an exciting player, who can and does make things happen - his injury came at a bad time for us, and he probably didn't quite get back to his best form after that, but an important player for us. Leonard as well was a player who grew on me over the season - given that he started as an attacking wide player, his defensive work has come on massively, and he seems well suited to wing-back, with plenty of energy to get up and down, and affect play in our attacking third too. Parcell and Brown in CM as well made a huge difference, neither of them are necessarily 'pretty' footballers, but they're effective and exactly what you need in a relegation scrap. Parcell got my vote for player of the season, but there were a few not far behind him. Bates as well made a difference, with his ability on the ball, energy and possibly most importantly, his set piece delivery - I remember the first game I saw him, we looked like scoring from each of our first 5 corners, and in a side where goals are at a premium, that's so important to have. Lastly, obviously Youngs deserves massive credit - I still don't know exactly where best to play him, but whilst he's fit enough, he obviously has to play - having a goal record like that from midfield in a struggling side is so impressive, and he, as much as anyone, dragged us out of the bottom 4 with his goals. So, what can we expect from next season? I personally think we'll again be one of the more favoured teams to go down, but maybe less so than last season. The second season after promotion can prove to be tricky (just ask Aveley), however we do go into next season with our eyes open, and a better understanding of what's needed at this level, and hopefully at least some of the players to help us execute. As much as I'd love for us to play expansive, passing football with two up front, I think we need to accept that Gavin and the management have concluded that we're most likely to pick up points by scrapping and disrupting, being good at set pieces, and being hard to break down - and based on the last 3 months, it's hard to argue with that (and I'm fully onboard). So I think next season will be more of the same, starting in August, and hopefully with a few extra players of the required standard, and ideally at least one other reliable source of goals. I don't think any of our forwards are bad, and a lot of them put in a shift, and make runs/create space to allow the likes of Youngs to get the ball in positions to score, but it would be a lot less worrying if we had a forward who could score 12 or 15 goals a season as well as put in the hard yards (a young Scott McGleish would be lovely). I think we'll continue to struggle against the top sides, as those 6 or 7 full time pro sides proved to me that they're the best sides in the league, and the table doesn't lie in that respect - I wasn't at the Truro or Dorking games where we picked up points, but I saw enough of the other sides up there to know that we're not going to get many points against them. Worthing on Saturday was a prime example of this - they had 11 players on the pitch who were better man for man than our 11 players, and they were all supremely comfortable on the ball - you have to just hold your hands up and applaud their passing and movement, and 1-5 didn't flatter them (Mo's 2nd wasn't bad either). We ended up looking a bit leggy in the last 3 games (probably after all the efforts that came before), and it's maybe a good thing that the season ended there. What I really hope for is that the fans are onboard with how we play, are more realistic about where we're likely/expected to finish and continue to back Gav and the team through thick and thin. I know a lot of people were questioning him at times this season, and I'm sure he'll be the first to admit that he got it wrong, and we were underprepared early on, but to turn that around tells me that he has the players backing, knows what he wants to do, and has a plan of how to do it. We should respect that, as there will be times next season when results aren't good, where we are on a poor run, where players aren't in form, and we should be backing them to the hilt at that point (with the knowledge of what happened this season as a reminder), and being that 12th man to help get us over the line. I'm also looking forward to the summer, and a break from all this - it's been a stressful season as a Town fan, and I've definitely never had as many sleepless nights worrying about football in the club's existence as this. A couple of months off for a complete reset will probably do me as much good as I'm sure it will the players and management, but before I sign off, a final 'well done' to everyone involved! 👍

Was never expecting anything from the game yesterday....yes the first half wasn't bad but quality rises to the top and their play at times had us chasing shadows. Yesterday wasn't like a Cup game.....unfortunately I missed our game v Truro however they must deservedly be champions with them being where they are, long journeys and apparently only have specific times when they can train....says a lot about our league that the likes of BW, Worthing, Eastbourne and Dorking will have to battle it out to go up via the playoffs. Form and experience count for everything. I said before yesterday that we'd probably done enough and the final day would be taken out of hands. Points are always more important than games ahead and that run between the New Year and April just saw us through and also says a lot that neither of the teams beneath us could get the result they needed yesterday. I said at the start of the season that finishing one place above relegation would be a massive achievement and that it certainly has. I think the arrival of Thompson, Hawkins, Brown and Bates have been huge in our survival. Sidwell has been overmatched but you can't knock his levels of effort and application. I think that Billy has really made progress this year, good in the air, very tricky on the ground and put in many a great cross as well as a few goals. All the time matched up with doubling up as a right back so he certainly deserves a summer break. Really pleased that Cian got a goal yesterday as his work rate and rattling defences has showed he deserved his starts recently. I'll happily have Sam if he's not good enough for the top 6 😂 😂 😂 Much like last season, really well done to Gavin and everyone who's played their part in the team's performances to stay in the division. We are in a stronger position than last season and now know what to expect moving forwards. I'm super happy we didn't get rid of Gavin midway....yes we haven't played the best football but we've played some great stuff at times and sometimes we just have to admit we are playing against stronger, more experienced and organised teams. Hopefully we can add a few players to strengthen the squad and I'll be keen to see if we can find the next speedy forward to add to our front line next season. Well done everyone !!!!

Whatever people's feelings are regarding the result and performance yesterday, the most important game now is next Saturday's game at home to Aveley. Win that one and we should be 99% safe. We do not want to rely on other teams losing, let's put in 5 big efforts into the final 5 matches of the season and finish with a good run of results.

Every Slough fan that came out of the ground at the end of the match yesterday was obviously understandably very unhappy. Did I think it was a worse performance than that Tonbridge disaster last season ? I thought not, as I felt on that day the team "gave up" for the final period of the match. Was it worse than away to Kidderminster in the Trophy this season ? Again, I thought not, although obviously Kidderminster were a much, much better team than Weymouth. "SloughFlyer" has asked on here "why did anyone standing behind the goal clap after the final whistle". I cannot of course speak for anyone else, but I was one of those who did and will explain my reason for doing so. I think that I will never hurl abuse or criticism towards the team or management at the ground after a game. I couldn't do it. I don't think for one moment that being this way makes me a "better" fan than someone who does. I would hope that someone , or those that did yesterday, wouldn't think that by doing so makes them a "better" fan than me. If letting off steam at the team that way gives you some comfort, at least there is some reason for doing it, but I just think that it is not going to help matters. If I was a player getting abuse, would that abuse make me want to come into training on Tuesday and Thursday and give my all? Would it make me want to give everything come matchday Saturday ? It wouldn't me. Don't get me wrong, as soon as I walked through the door when I got home my other half got it in crystal clear detail as to what I thought had gone wrong during the match. I just don't think shouting uncomplimentary things towards the management and team after a game does anything positive. After the final whistle and the team headed in the general direction towards us fans behind the goal I wasn't clapping, but when Scott had the balls to break ranks and head straight up to the barrier to listen directly to the fans "complaints", I was clapping to show my support and backing for the manager of my football team. That's my view on things. Others on here may have vastly different ones. On another matter, Scott said in his interview that some money had been put behind the bar for us fans to have a drink yesterday. Did any Slough fan know about this ? I didn't hear any talk about this on the supporters coach. A free lemonade would have been one positive on what was a pretty negative day.

Don’t really want to say I told you but but erm I told you so 😊 Congratulations on a remarkable second half of this season and see you next season.

Now that we're mathematically safe, it seems like a good time to think about who we'll be playing next season and who (if anyone) from NLS will be moved up north. Going down from NLP look likely to be: Ebbsfleet United (confirmed) AFC Fylde (almost certainly) Maidenhead United Dagenham & Redbridge It's still possible for Wealdstone or Boston United to go down if they're caught by Maidenhead or Dagenham, although at the moment this looks unlikely. Going down from NLS: Aveley Weymouth Welling United (almost certainly) 1 from St Albans, Salisbury or Enfield Town (unlikely) Coming up from step 3: From Isthmian: Dartford, Billericay Town or Horsham (as Champions), see also Dover Athletic or Cray Valley Paper Mills via play-offs. All should go into the South. From Southern Premier South: Merthyr Town or AFC Totton (as Champions), see also Walton & Hersham, Gloucester City, Dorchester Town or Havant & Waterlooville via play-offs. Most should go into the South, though Gloucester have been in the North in the past. From Southern Premier Central: Bedford Town, Kettering Town, AFC Telford or Halesowen (as Champions), see also Stamford, Stratford Town, Harborough Town or Spalding United via play-offs. All should go into the North. I'd say it's looking likely that we'll be reunited with our old 60's rivals Maidenhead and also with Dagenham & Redbridge. There are several southern based sides destined for Step 2, so with St Albans now looking more likely than not to go down and with only 1 northern side going down from NLP (2 should Boston United go down) could we potentially see Hemel Hempstead or Chesham being moved north?

Hi everyone. Few things… Brian was carrying a knock at half time. He didn’t play Friday. Nnamaeka sadly played the last 10 minutes on Friday and got injured. He was meant to start for us Saturday which was a massive shame. Balu is very much part of our plans moving forward. He pulled his thigh in training a couple of weeks ago. He would’ve played by now, he’s very good. The post with Jammers was a tad premature. We want to do an announcement where we notify everyone of the situation. Retained, offered deal to, leaving club.

Nothing end of season game. Your fans constant abuse of a player who left you for no reason is just unnecessary We'll still finish above you regardless of the result

Is it just me, or does it feel like a Sunday today ? Good Friday for me had a touch of the "Good Old Days". It's been a long time since I got up early on a Good Friday morning to go to Slough Town F.C. to watch the Slough Town Challenge Cup Final. I was very pleased that this game had returned to its rightful home. When I got to Arbour Park, the Lynch Hill car park where I usually park was out of bounds, so I parked in St. Joe's. Making my way to the only turnstile open at the north-west corner of the ground, I hoped that there might be at least a single sheet "programme" available to buy for the match. There wasn't anything for the Berks and Bucks Final held at Arbour Park not long previously. Very pleasingly ,after getting through the turnstile, not only was there a eight page programme available for the match, but it was given out FREE ! What a nice surprise. I took my place in the main stand, and as the teams lined up it was A.C. Milan versus Inter Milan. Well, Old Windsor wore red and black striped shirts and FC Beaconsfield wore blue and black striped shirts. A very entertaining first half ensued. It had more or less everything. There was a scissor /overhead kick by Old Windsor which hit the post. A 30 yard shot from FC Beaconsfield which seemed from my viewpoint to be going 30 yards wide of the post. I think the Old Windsor goalkeeper thought this too, as he didn't move. The shot smacked against the post. Then a fantastic "Slavi " like dribble near the by-line by an Old Windsor forward who beat three men and then was clumsily brought down in the area for a penalty. This was taken by the Old Windsor number 9, who definitely had the aura that he fancied himself. To be fair to him though, he scored the pen and then scored another in the second half. Later that half, a nice piece of play by the Old Windsor number 10 saw him weave inside the area and place a shot just inside the left hand post to make it 2-0. Ten minutes from half time we even had the referee pull up injured , and needed to be replaced by one of the linesman. This in turn meant that the 4th official would now have to run the line. If anyone else has watched the TV programme "Clarkson's Farm", where Jeremy Clarkson from "Top Gear" attempts to run a farm, the 4th official for me was a dead ringer for "Gerald". Except this new linesman was shorter and podgier than Gerald. What made it worse was that he was wearing the shortest pair of shorts I've seen since Glenn Hoddle wore his short shorts back in the eighties. Really put me off my Easter Egg. Thankfully at half time this unappealing sight was corrected. He now wore a pair of "shorts" that reached half way down his shins, but at least this was an improvement. After half time Beaconsfield pulled a goal back, which I felt would make for a very interesting second half, but Old Windsor scored again soon after to make the score 3-1, which more or less killed the game off. They added a fourth before the end to make it 4-1, but it was I thought a very entertaining game. Later, the main event of the day began, Slough Town v Boreham Wood. When the team and subs for the game were announced, it was clear that there were a lot of youngsters not only on the bench but also in our starting 11. I wasn't expecting to get a win against B Wood anyway, especially knowing that they would be desperate to get the 3 points to help them in their promotion bid. I was pleased to see the youngsters given their chance, but I thought it was going to be a very hard game for them to be able to shine. Boreham Wood took the field in what I thought was a horrible kit. Bright pink shirts and socks. Sorry, but for me that is not a football kit colour. Neither is charcoal or dark grey/black which so many bigger teams (like Arsenal away v Real Madrid last week) seem to wear nowadays. The only dark/black kit that was ever any good was the black kit that Man Utd wore in the 90's. That was a classic. No dark coloured kit has ever been as good as that one. Bad as though bright pink is, it doesn't come close to the very worse kit ever designed. Light and dark blue quarters. Enough said. Boreham Wood for me are a "phoney" club. They have done up their ground over the years, been regulars in the National League, but still, even after all this, get home crowds which could never have sustained this level of progression , and only survive at the level they are at because of outside financial assistance. Like Torquay, whose attitude is even so much worse (but at least get much bigger attendances), they seem to me to think that they "belong " in the National League. This mentality probably explains the bunch of Wood youngsters who felt the need to stand alongside the Slough supporters behind the goal during both the first and second half. Perhaps I saw it wrong from my viewpoint on the side line, but these kids were only interested it seemed to me in trying to provoke the Slough fans into a reaction, when they no doubt would all then have run away. So unnecessary and not wanted at non-league level. If Slough had a group of youngsters behaving that way at away grounds, I like to think that our club would soon put a stop to this type of behaviour from their "fans". I seem to remember even back in the 90's when we played them in a Trophy replay at their place Boreham Wood had an "unpleasant" element among their support, so things haven't changed there. The Boreham Wood team were a very physically strong, organised unit, and losing to them 4-2 was no disgrace, though I was a bit concerned when it went to 2-0 fairly early on. A great goal by Johnny, but that penalty miss can't help but make you wonder what might have happened if it had gone in. Two games left, and from what Scott said in his interview after the match I guess we will be seeing a lot more of these youngsters playing in them. What a great opportunity for them. Again, after what Scott said, and what Ollie said in his pen pic that was in the match programme months ago when it was his turn to answer questions put to him, is Ollie off to study in the US from the summer, so he won't be with us next season ? That's what it sounds like to me. Disappointing if true. Two games left for us this season. It's been long season. I hope that Boreham Wood and Torquay don't get promoted ,as I would enjoy them having to "slum" it for another season at least in the National League South, but then again I wonder if it might be good just to get shot of them and think "good riddance". If they do go up, will we be swapping them for possibly Ebbsfleet and Dagenham & R, who may have the same "arrogant" approach to being in the Nat South.? Anyway, let's all hope Maidenhead lose on Monday. That's a nice thought to end on.

The Non-League Paper report mentioned how loud the Slough fans were at Weymouth which is sums up how much noise the away supporters make. It would be a sad turn of events if the connection between the fans and the players disappeared. I have watched Slough for four decades and have always considered our fans a cut above most others. When you compare Scott to a lot of managers he is a good communicator and honest about results. He hasn't got a big squad to work with and a summer of restructuring will hopefully see him go into 25/26 with better options to work with. It's a reality that talented individuals like Chambers will get offers to move on and the budget is limited compared to other clubs. The away support love the club and I would rather stand with them than a lot of other supporters.

I noticed this also whilst shopping, but needs to be advertised to the wider public.

Spurs fan or not I'm very grateful for his excellent commentary which is normally very fair and not extremely biased like some I've heard provided by other clubs.

Good post NBT, I agree. I remember sitting on the coach after conceding the gut-wrenching, injury-time equaliser at Weymouth thinking that was it, we were done and dusted. The whole team have done superbly since then to put us in with more than a decent chance of staying up. We may not get anything out of the Worthing game but I can't see St. Albans getting the win that they need at Truro - not with the title on the line. Anyway, que sera, sera ......

The rain helped today, otherwise we'd have seen a very poor game on a dusty bumpy pitch. Have to agree the ground is in serious need of a facelift and looks to have had nothing done on it for years. That plus extra seating, decent toilets and bar and hospitality facilities are desperately needed imo. Note Spencer's comments on the Hampton pitch btw. That said, nice to see Chesham at our level again. Decent crowd of 1000+ (circa 300/350 from Slough) created a decent atmosphere.

Positions 8-20 also mean nothing so I wouldn’t gloat! Apparently Minhas gave his word he’d re-sign for us, so that alone tells you his character. Don’t worry if he gets a better offer he’ll leave you to no matter what he promised.

I'll be in here to keep you updated.

Whenever I’ve seen us play them we don’t often do very well! Plus we’re away and we’ll be including a few EDS boys unfortunately I can’t see us winning. Please don’t let that Minhas score though!

I doubt it, but stranger things have happened. We saw Truro completely bottle it at our place last month. If Truro need to win at all costs, then that might present St Albans with an opportunity.

I think we should come up with a gentleman’s agreement with Hampton to knock the ball around for 89 minutes and then let jackman score in the 90th minute.

I too thought we gave a good account of ourselves, except for the first 15 minutes where they rang rings around us and I thought it could turn into a cricket score. If only we showed more composure for those 15 minutes and had some teeth up front we might have got a result! If he was any good he'd have walked into our team this season; whatever he showed last year to persuade Rochdale to take a punt on him, he clearly didn't justify it at Rochdale nor for us IMO.

I think there's got be a balance between ground improvements and a budget that's sufficient to recruit enough decent players to keep the club in the NLS and hopefully higher up the table. I suppose you could say it was job done for this season but it was mighty close with only 3 games to go. Hopefully Scott will get an improved budget for next season because it doesn't look like it will get any easier.

Josh Jackman. The type of bloke you'd want as a son-in-law. Says it all really.

I think he'd have probably been better off having a word with his keeper who gifted us both goals (but was a great laugh with us fans behind the goal about it) Our pitch got ruined by two things 1) us playing Hemel on New Year's Day when it was barely playable - it never recovered and 2) we've found that we've got some issues with the drainage system that will be rectified in the summer that haven't helped The drainage works and some other ground works we've had done have basically spent our cup run money it sounds like from our Chairmans Notes, and I know that we never budget for a cup run in our playing budget (we had a Chairman do that years ago and it nearly killed us)

Gritty, battling performance yesterday. I thought we shaded the first half and were unlucky to go in a goal behind. We certainly had the better of the chances and just needed the ball to run for us. Which is exactly what we got in the second half. Bailey Brown is a fascinating player to watch. Gait like a giraffe but superb at winning, then shielding the ball in midfield. Sometimes after winning possession he looks to play too difficult a pass when a simpler ball may be a better option, but he was excellent once again yesterday. His equalising goal early in the second half was expertly taken and put us straight back on the front foot. Fairly even once 1-1 but we have started to be more clinical with the attacking chances we make over the last 10 or so matches and Bates, when played through on goal, finished excellently. Yes his shot went through the keeper’s legs and might have been saved in another game, but I thought the Chelmsford GK had had more than his fair share of luck in the first half, so can’t complain. A nervy 10 minutes plus 6 minutes of injury time but in truth Chelmsford did little more than lump in some high balls which Joe Wright dealt with comfortably. Huge away support once again, 200-300 I would say. Superb and really does make a difference. Now we need to finish the job by beating St. Albans in what should be a humdinger on Good Friday.

I think we will be playing each other next season - great win

Massive performance and massive 3 points. Loads of energy, chasing lost causes, total commitment from every player. Can't ask for more.

I don't say this often 😂 but I hope you win today. Torquay supporters had a real misplaced arrogance last week when we beat them, as if we should have just let them win because we have nothing to play for and they are going for a title.

Actually, I thought both sides were quite decent in the first half. Second half was beyond dire. Still, Hornchurch now have the perfect symmetrical record..W14...D14...L14...F51...A51.

It isn't mathematically certain , but nobody I'm sure seriously believes now that we will go down. This I hope will give Scott the chance to give a few fringe players a longer playing time opportunity to show what they can do. I'd like to see Ollie Spicer given a chance to start a match. When I saw him play in that U19 final match v Maidstone I hoped he'd have a eye-catching performance, but sadly I don't think he did. Every time though he's come on as a sub for the first team I feel his first thought is always to go forward and attack with the ball, so I definitely would like to see how he'd get on given a start. Also that new lad who came on yesterday, Sean Duodo. He looked very raw, but he seemed very direct and powerful. I was very surprised he challenged the goalkeeper to that high ball with his head. I thought it was the 'keepers ball all day long but it was very brave and determined of Sean to even attempt to win the ball like that. I also thought the 'keeper took his chance to get what he thought was payback for this challenge when he intentionally smashed into Sean at the side of the area in what was a similar situation shortly after. I thought Sean was definitely worth another look.

Can’t see anything other than positives, a club giving young talent a platform to learn and develop is exactly what we strive to be. It’s what this club is proud of being, giving these players the pathway through the academy into the first team is something we should be proud of too. As a coach for the u11 Academy side my dream is for one of my boys to make it through the system and into the first team. The ultimate goal being one of our youngsters getting a big move and the club receiving a big fee which would mean sustainability for a place we all love. With a small budget this is the best way for the club to operate and something we should be encouraging. it also attracts the best local young talent (which is known for producing very good players) to the club because it offers such a genuine pathway into non-league football. Proud of Balu and looking forward to seeing him develop.

Hi Nathan. Thanks for your reply to my post. Am I correct that you think I am saying not clapping after a game is "abuse". ? No Nathan, I'm not saying that at all. The "abuse"/criticism that I am referring to was the incident at the end of the game, which is what I think Scott refers to in his after match interview. In his interview Scott talks about ............... "some of the comments we got after the game which I've never heard of before in my 250 games here." I may be wrong of course but I think Scott is talking about some Slough fans who came down to the front of the stand we were in behind the goal at the final whistle and loudly made their displeasure regarding that day's performance clear to him. Scott calmly listened to them and then moved away. Scott went on to say in his interview that........ "we deserved it. I don't mind it". (The criticism) I'm not saying those fans were wrong to behave that way. I have said that everyone will have a different viewpoint on things. Just for me it is something that I do not think will help matters, that's all. And Steve D, thanks for the news about the comment from Scott appearing on x/twitter regarding the free drinks. Not for the first time I say NOT EVERYONE HAS A FLIPPIN' SMARTPHONE. And yes, I agree with you Steve, that I would have thought someone on the coach would have announced this to everyone on board. Great day yesterday. Not. Didn't get a programme ,Weymouth only do one of those worthless online versions. Didn't get a free lemonade either.

HR I agree with everything you have said the team needs more encouragement from the supporters when they are losing not abuse that gets you know where… In sixty years of supporting the Rebels I have always got behind the team and players what ever way the game is going and have never walked out during a game… On the drinks Colin who was sitting in front of me saw the message from Scott on X ì suppose one of the leaders should of announced it to all before we were getting off the coach. Weymouth has never been a great hunting gound for us it was only a few years back when they put six past us. Away from the game its a great ground to visit the sun was out but very windy and cold had a great chat with there supporters and must say never seen the main stand so sparse a gate of only 830 and a good 100 of those were Rebel supporters. To Scott Management and Players keep your heads up and take no notice of the constant moaners and whingers they will never be satisfied. COYREBELS

Amazingly 2 of the Dorking goals were own goals both scored by the same player who scored the winning goal for Boreham Wood in added time Does that count as a hat trick?

No just get the posh chairs out of the shed.

All above is true, we had a sticky period with a lot of difficult away games. I think it’s a remarkable achievement for the club to be honest. Going into a much more competitive league with clubs with the buying power of Torquay, Maidstone and Borehamwood and to end up with a mid table position I think is a testament to the board, players and management of the football club - also bearing in mind we swapped managers towards the tail end of last season - think we were fortunate that Daryl was available to us. I think it’s going to be a critical time before next season, we saw what happened to Aveley, play offs last season , relegated this season - it’s not an easy league. The ambition (and the issues we face as a club) were all explained in the recent club meeting I was encouraged by that.

We are are staying up!! Arguably the best achievement in our history. I admire the tenacity and believe of Gavin and the management. Kept going when most would have given up. Amazing 🙌COYT!!!

3rd out of 18 in the "part-time league". Massive achievement in their first season.

I think we probably deserve another season at Step 2, but being a natural pessimist, I'm trying to look at the positives if we do fall just short on Saturday: We will have a shiny new stand; Hopefully we've made a few £ from the bumper crowds at our last two home games; On paper, St Albans have a better squad than us - with the likes of Jeffers who has scored the most goals ever in NLS; If St Albans stay up they are at serious risk of being moved to National League North next season; We've had some great moments to add to the archive: Lewis Taaffe's goal Vs Torquay, claiming a point at Dorking, beating Truro... We've shown (eventually) that we can hold our own at Step 2 - it isn't a pipe dream

🎶 He’s here he’s there? 🎶

Result was to be expected and we are understandably second best to full time. It's a great achievement to still be in with a shout on the final day, let's be honest, were down and out before Xmas but this year brought the fight back and what a shift they've put in!! If only we had our defensive back line sorted earlier in the season our GD wouldn't be our Achilles heel. Will have fingers, toes and even eyes crossed that whichever way it has to happen we achieve the great escape, as on this year's performances, with a couple of additions in the summer, we can hold our own with most teams now......what a season, what a team, what a club COYT

Just seen that Bracknell have released manager (of only a few weeks) Bobby Wilkinson after their 5-1 home defeat yesterday, which leaves them in a dodgy position just above the relegation zone.

Couldn't of asked for a better home fixture to finish the season at the Bridge.This is not going to be easy the Millers have actually found a bit of form albeit too late for them.They would like to stick 2 fingers up at us before they go also about time we turned them over.Bit if a bruiser the odd goal to us and a big crowd (1000)to say tata to the Blues.Up the Urchins .

I doubt Wycombe will be too happy about us promptly dropping their loanees now that we're safe. This could jeopardise future loan arrangements; you never know when these will be needed and we don't have enough of these relationships with the local professional clubs as it is.

Slavi has stated that he's turned down offers this season to stay loyal so it wouldn't be a big surprise if he takes up another offer. Although likely it's not a given but also not a disaster as 13 league goals in 40 odd games is not exactly pulling up trees and should be replaceable. Of the others it's any ones guess.

THAT'S what happens if you spend time on loan at The Dave Bryant! #justsayin

Just to emphasise the point, two further great pieces of skill from Leon in Southend's game last Saturday against Oldham. They appear in the first two minutes of the clip. If he keeps on showing skill like this, his price tag is going to sky rocket.

perhaps jake is quite happy in the way he makes his living plays regular football scores all the time and is not interested in moving up the pyramid they do exist you know

I'd be interested in seeing the algorithm for the Predictive table being a software engineer, but whatever it is, luckily that's not how football works. We could just let the computer work out all out and take up gardening every Saturday. It can only work on the results of previous games and takes no account of the human factor of motivation, morale or literally 1001+ other factors that influence football matches. If I owned that site I'd ditch that page.