Eastside Urchin Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Agreed,although the mudslinging has already started on twitter and other forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka PeteBeatz Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 So, we just keep on singing 'Non one likes us but we don't care'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 No one likes us,we don't bet Fat Tom Daley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tom Daley Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 No one likes us,we don't bet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornchurch "O" Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I wouldn't bet on it. Got Hornchurch a mention in the office. But staff understand they are Ex-players Had a real positive effect. Nice being able to talk about me local team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup of tea Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 There's an Oscar Wilde quote that comes to mind: There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Anyone who quotes Oscar Wilde in regards to football needs a big hard c0ck up their bottom Hi Simon Fat Tom Daley and gerk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kel Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Anyone who quotes Oscar Wilde in regards to football needs a big hard c0ck up their bottom Hi Simon That puts you out of the picture then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup of tea Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 No more quotes from me then, ooh err! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tom Daley Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Read in the papers that Woolley and Noel will appear in court on Friday and could face up to 10 years in prison. This coverage could last for a long period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornchurch "O" Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 At the End of the Day they are not our players, so NOTHING to do with us. Not found guilty of anything over here. Our applause for ex urchins (Darren and Leon) the other week didn't get a mention. Must admit very sporting of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 While its nice that we applaud SOME ex urchins,we have been guilty of abusing others. Ok ,some go to clubs we hate like steve west and therefore leave themselves open to abuse,but there have been times when others have abused players who were here maybe a while back and didnt maybe choose to move,or go to a rival.Saying that,it tends to be young impressionable chaps who do boo,so maybe a word in their shell like would suffice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss.A.F.C.Hornchurch Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Agreed,although the mudslinging has already started on twitter and other forums I guess these comments come from other supporters of rival clubs who think that their teams / clubs are whiter than white and the sun shines out of their arses!!? all i say to that is Up the Urchins!! Edited September 17, 2013 by Miss.A.F.C.Hornchurch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 One was from a stortford fan who then realised one of his ex players was nicked,soon deleted his tweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Sid Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Our Club and its supporters are very much the victims here so I wonder who the mudslingers are targeting? The Australian press stated that an offer was made LAST YEAR to provide five 'free' players to the Southern Stars team for this current season. So, not wishing to pre-judge, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that these five players would have needed to 'prove themselves' prior to making the trip to Australia. Should that have been the case then this would most certainly have impacted on our League position last season ... the consequences being relegation. Why the Southern Stars Management were not suspicious when offered 'free' players is astounding. Like others have said, the betting companies are the catalyst here. There should be no betting allowed on domestic non league games full stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup of tea Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I'm not going to pre-judge anything here, will wait for the facts. However if those players, for the sake of argument did have to prove themselves there's going to be some extremely disappointed players, staff and fans at Hornchurch. Nothing proven yet so all conjecture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Sadly Sid,I agree with everything you say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Serious Sid has a good point. Why did Southern Stars think they were getting five players for nothing with airfares paid etc. It transpires that Woolley and Noel had been living in a Melbourne hotel all the time. Who was picking up the cost of this? As a former official and life member of a Victorian team that reached the Premier League briefly a few years back, I am sure we would have been highly suspicious of such an offer. Believe me, over here it is not uncommon for players coming from the UK and elsewhere to ask for hundreds of dollars a game, even those who only have had experience at lower than Conference level. One newspaper over here has also questioned why the Victorian Football Federation would not query why players coming from decent clubs overseas were not getting paid, but, again from personal experience not much gets picked up over here. Many players play as amateur, which allows them to be paid expenses up to but no more than $100 a game but talk to some of these players and they say they are getting many times that. For a club of modest means like mine, that was always the end of any discussion. Apparently, two of the players left Southern Stars in July and went to play in the Queensland Premier league. According to one paper those results are being looked at. The reporter also mentioned Hornchurch but whether he was just drawing a long bow, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tom Daley Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/soccer/matchfixing-scandal-spreads-to-queensland-20130917-2twz1.html Looks like that ...... ...... is being investigated as well. Edited September 19, 2013 by Eastside Urchin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Sid Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Interesting quote from the article ... "Police will also investigate if AFC Hornchurch, the Essex-based club where three Stars players were recruited from, had matches influenced by the syndicate during the 2012-13 conference south season. The club was relegated after 2012-13 season". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Jordan,have edited your post. The person is unnamed for a reason and the words slander could be used against you if it was a wrong assumption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 It is all very odd and not good PR for our club which has done nothing wrong whatsoever Fat Tom Daley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tom Daley Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Fair enough Rob. Completely slipped my mind tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup of tea Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 We know who you mean Jordan. Colin must be pulling his hair out - this is getting sillly now. There's a lot of people that have worked so hard to get Hornchurch to where it is now and to start re-building it's reputation then this happens. And we are going to be unfairly associated with this. Miss.A.F.C.Hornchurch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Eckscape Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 As someone else said, if the players have taken part in this kind of thing while with you then you are the victims of this and certainly shouldn't warrant any negative publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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