v Chelmsford

[Reading Rebel]

With a depleted squad it's not ideal playing 48 hours after the Salisbury game.

Not expecting much from tonight's game so any sort of result will be a bonus.

 

[rebelbrewer]

8 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

With a depleted squad it's not ideal playing 48 hours after the Salisbury game.

Not expecting much from tonight's game so any sort of result will be a bonus.

 

Agreed. Although no new injuries and the mass substitution on Saturday may have helped 

[Windsor Rebel]

Its a nothing game, end of season fare

[Curtis]

39 minutes ago, Windsor Rebel said:

Its a nothing game, end of season fare

We managed 57 points & 16th place last season, I would think Scott will be driving the squad on to beat that.

And it’s going to be really tight for play-off places, I would hope we can take some pleasure by setting back a few of their chances.

[Reading Rebel]

1 hour ago, Windsor Rebel said:

Its a nothing game, end of season fare

Not for Chelmsford who are still in with a great chance of promotion.

As for us ok we might be all but safe bar the shouting but pride in our performance and the will to win is what these games are all about.

[codpiece]

We can be party poopers at both ends of the table. I would be quite content to end Maidenheads promotion push.That should be enough incentive to keep our season going.

[Rebellier]

Just avoid a thrashing please 

[Reading Rebel]

44 minutes ago, Rebellier said:

Just avoid a thrashing please 

Do you mean just keep the score down 

No doubt it's a mammoth task ahead of us.

[Reading Rebel]

Just seen the team sheet and it doesn't look good.

With no Kiki and Goddard in the squad we have 3 full backs in the starting 11 and only Clarke and Roth as our central mid fielders. 

[Irishadrian]

Chelmsford 2     Slough 0,

Chelmsford remain 10th but on 60 points We remain 13th on 50 points  The 4 teams below us all have games in hand in one case 3 in another 2

[Reading Rebel]

We did as well as could be expected under the circumstances so in the end a good effort from the team.

[Holyport Rebel]

Not been back home long after the game tonight.

(Big shout out to our minibus driver yet again for getting us back so quick.)

I knew that a trip to Chelmsford on a Monday night (regardless of whatever happened on the football pitch) was going to be a  bleak, depressing , wretched, miserable experience.

I still wanted  though to  do a hopefully light hearted in parts write up about this Monday night game later this morning.

Looking back now on the evening though , I don't feel as though humour and Chelmsford City FC go very well at all together.

It was an even worse match day experience than I had expected.

I really hope Chelmsford  get promoted , just so that I don't have to consider another visit there.

I think I'd prefer a visit to my dentist to have root canal work done (without anaesthetic), rather than darken their doors again.   

 

Edited March 17 by Holyport Rebel

[Irishadrian]

2 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

Chelmsford 2     Slough 0,

Chelmsford remain 10th but on 60 points We remain 13th on 50 points  The 4 teams below us all have games in hand in one case 3 in another 2

More importantly we have a 15 point gap between ourselves and 21st the first relegation place

[sdelane1357]

20 minutes ago, Holyport Rebel said:

Not been back home long after the game tonight.

(Big shout out to our minibus driver yet again for getting us back so quick.)

I knew that a trip to Chelmsford on a Monday night (regardless of whatever happened on the football pitch) was going to be a  bleak, depressing , wretched, miserable experience.

I still wanted  though to  do a hopefully light hearted write up about this Monday night game later this morning.

Looking back now on the evening though , I don't feel as though humour and Chelmsford City FC go very well at all together.

It was an even worse match day experience than I had expected.

I really hope Chelmsford  get promoted , just so that I don't have to consider another visit there.

I think I'd prefer a visit to my dentist to have root canal work done (without anaesthetic), rather than darken their doors again.   

 

HR Could of been worse wasn't the game scheduled to have been played in January 🫣🫣

[bonjour]

On Friday I received a message giving me bad news from HR, I thought what the news might be and I was correct Wiktor had left became very disillusioned thinking if only we could keep our players and they stayed fit we would imo be playoff material but football doesn't work like that.

Upon driving home after a great point on Saturday my thoughts turned to Chelmsford on a Monday night and that big black cloud gathered over my head again. Leaving Stokenchurch early afternoon to get the minibus I came onto the motorway thinking why am I going to Chelmsford surely it can't be any worse, why am I going I keep asking myself then I knew the answer for the love of the club.

Arriving at Chelmsford and entering the away section which to be honest was so far away it was almost in Kent not Essex we got to our position.

So on the game it was a great effort from the lads ( I believe that is the correct terminology according to the berks and bucks rules and regulations guide ) we had some really good chances but in the end they took theirs and we didn't.

Then there is the rest. Segregation, well I'm not sure what to say, after being put into our section well away from everyone else and upon the referee blowing the final whistle I looked to my left only to see the Chelmsford fans walking along the athletic track Infront of us and then the stewards opening the gate and the Chelmsford fans coming into the away section, even the Chelmsford fans found this amusing.All I'd say is why have segregation in the first place.

Then there are the scenes when we were in the minibus waiting to leave the ground. Can't call them anything else but yobs surrounding the minibus banging, kicking the minibus and further to that when we were driving out of the ground the same yobs running by the side of the minibus doing exactly the same thing, only saving grace was the fact the minibus didn't have to stop because if it had who knows what would have happened. All in all very very sad to witness and don't ever want to witness it again. It's a game of football nothing else where we want our team to win but if they don't then just move onto the next game.

Do I ever want to go back there again well no but then if I don't then these yobs have won so hopefully they will get promoted and I won't have to make that decision.

I will say though one of the stewards know there is an element which gives the rest a bad name and to give him credit he did apologise but surely Chelmsford FC need to sort this out.

Not a very enjoyable evening.

 

I'm sure HR will produce one of his classic reports later

Anyway onto Farnborough hoping for 3 points.

 

COYR

 

[DonnyNo6]

5 hours ago, Holyport Rebel said:

Not been back home long after the game tonight.

(Big shout out to our minibus driver yet again for getting us back so quick.)

I knew that a trip to Chelmsford on a Monday night (regardless of whatever happened on the football pitch) was going to be a  bleak, depressing , wretched, miserable experience.

I still wanted  though to  do a hopefully light hearted in parts write up about this Monday night game later this morning.

Looking back now on the evening though , I don't feel as though humour and Chelmsford City FC go very well at all together.

It was an even worse match day experience than I had expected.

I really hope Chelmsford  get promoted , just so that I don't have to consider another visit there.

I think I'd prefer a visit to my dentist to have root canal work done (without anaesthetic), rather than darken their doors again.   

 

I went a couple of seasons in a row and its a god awful place to visit, used to go there as well with the Jets for Ice Hockey years back and it was no better then.

[Rebellier]

I remember the time away at Cheltenham the coach was attacked leaving a smashed window. A very cold drive home that was that evening. 

[Holyport Rebel]

Really not in the mood to do one of my normal reports Bonjour.
Anyway, you wrote a damn good one yourself.
I want to write a few words though.
When you enter Chelmsford's soul destroying excuse for a football ground as an away fan, you are unable to turn to your right, as that part of the ground is locked,bolted, and sectioned off with heavy metal barricades blocking  your way.
Like being in a sheep pen,you have no option but to walk to your left to the section Chelmsford have allocated you to 'enjoy 'the game from.
The section we pay good money to watch the game from runs basically from a corner flag to not even the half way line.
We of course will be watching events on the playing field from behind the eight lane running track which surrounds this 'venue'. 
On the half way line there is a 'neutral' section measuring about twenty yards across, with no fans allowed in it.
On entering our 'pen', some of us had a conversation with a Chelmsford steward, telling him how over the top these arrangements were for a small number of away fans.
I said to him that Chelmsford had gone to such lengths only because THEY had a problem with a minority of THEIR fans, which THEIR club should do something about.
(Chelmsford's Chairman has said previously that these arrangements are because Chelmsford want to 'get used' to operating under Football League conditions for when they reach those dizzy heights.
He should be a politician.
Nobody should believe a word he says.)
The Chelmsford steward was adamant that nothing could be done about their minority of unruly fans, as Chelmsford City FC were 
"Unable to recognise who they are."
After paying  £3.50 (!) for a match programme, (the price of which was understandably written in tiny print on the front page) and other Slough fans  paying £5 for a small can of beer, (a price which even this non-drinker thought was extortionate), we settled down to watch and 'enjoy' the game.
The game was stopped a couple of times in the first half.
The ref seemed to be on the very distant far touchline each time on the half way line, discussing something.
We Slough fans watching on from the next county had no idea what the hell was going on.
( I got home after the match and read that the TV commentator had said that the match was delayed because of unruly Slough fans.
WTF.
Chelmsford fans were behind both goals as those areas of the ground were not permitted to be occupied by us 'unclean' and 'unworthy' Slough fans.
I saw Alfie our goalie  on the half way line near the ref on one occasion when the play was held up, but I had seen no disturbance or suchlike behind his goal.
What the delays were about I have absolutely no idea.)
Come the end of the match, us Slough fans in our quarantined off part of the ground were , as Bonjour has already stated, unbelieving when Chelmsford stewards directed Chelmsford fans towards our part of the arena, opened up a gate  and let these Chelmsford fans walk straight through us on their way out of the 'ground'.
You really couldn't make it up.
Absolutely bloody farcical. 
The Chelmsford fans walking through us seemed suitably embarrassed too.
As to what happened soon after in the car park and continued on in our minibus break out from the gulag that is Chelmsford City FC,  was an absolute disgrace.
Chelmsford City FC should be ashamed of the scenes that went on.
And Chelmsford say that they 'can't recognise' those scumbags who continually destroy the reputation of their club ?
Anyone in authority at Chelmsford  would only have needed to use their smartphone to record what went on in their own flamin' club car park  only five minutes after the end of the game to identity the culprits.
So much for all Chelmsford pathetic words on their website and electronic notice board at the ground saying what will happen to fans if they misbehave.  
Sweet F.A.
We know that this is not a one off.
I feel a pang of sympathy for the majority of decent Chelmsford fans.
These scumbags are absolutely reducing your club's reputation to zero.
Your bosses don't seem the slightest bit inclined to do anything to stop these very sad individuals from behaving as they do.
What a crap 'ground'.
What a crap match experience.
What a crap evening.
And to think I paid good money to go through that.
  
 

Edited March 17 by Holyport Rebel

[ClaretFanInPeace]

1 hour ago, Holyport Rebel said:

Really not in the mood to do one of my normal reports Bonjour.
Anyway, you wrote a damn good one yourself.
I want to write a few words though.
When you enter Chelmsford's soul destroying excuse for a football ground as an away fan, you are unable to turn to your right, as that part of the ground is locked,bolted, and sectioned off with heavy metal barricades blocking  your way.
Like being in a sheep pen,you have no option but to walk to your left to the section Chelmsford have allocated you to 'enjoy 'the game from.
The section we pay good money to watch the game from runs basically from a corner flag to not even the half way line.
We of course will be watching events on the playing field from behind the eight lane running track which surrounds this 'venue'. 
On the half way line there is a 'neutral' section measuring about twenty yards across, with no fans allowed in it.
On entering our 'pen', some of us had a conversation with a Chelmsford steward, telling him how over the top these arrangements were for a small number of away fans.
I said to him that Chelmsford had gone to such lengths only because THEY had a problem with a minority of THEIR fans, which THEIR club should do something about.
(Chelmsford's Chairman has said previously that these arrangements are because Chelmsford want to 'get used' to operating under Football League conditions for when they reach those dizzy heights.
He should be a politician.
Nobody should believe a word he says.)
The Chelmsford steward was adamant that nothing could be done about their minority of unruly fans, as Chelmsford City FC were 
"Unable to recognise who they are."
After paying  £3.50 (!) for a match programme, (the price of which was understandably written in tiny print on the front page) and other Slough fans  paying £5 for a small can of beer, (a price which even this non-drinker thought was extortionate), we settled down to watch and 'enjoy' the game.
The game was stopped a couple of times in the first half.
The ref seemed to be on the very distant far touchline each time on the half way line, discussing something.
We Slough fans watching on from the next county had no idea what the hell was going on.
( I got home after the match and read that the TV commentator had said that the match was delayed because of unruly Slough fans.
WTF.
Chelmsford fans were behind both goals as those areas of the ground were not permitted to be occupied by us 'unclean' and 'unworthy' Slough fans.
I saw Alfie our goalie  on the half way line near the ref on one occasion when the play was held up, but I had seen no disturbance or suchlike behind his goal.
What the delays were about I have absolutely no idea.)
Come the end of the match, us Slough fans in our quarantined off part of the ground were , as Bonjour has already stated, unbelieving when Chelmsford stewards directed Chelmsford fans towards our part of the arena, opened up a gate  and let these Chelmsford fans walk straight through us on their way out of the 'ground'.
You really couldn't make it up.
Absolutely bloody farcical. 
The Chelmsford fans walking through us seemed suitably embarrassed too.
As to what happened soon after in the car park and continued on in our minibus break out from the gulag that is Chelmsford City FC,  was an absolute disgrace.
Chelmsford City FC should be ashamed of the scenes that went on.
And Chelmsford say that they 'can't recognise' those scumbags who continually destroy the reputation of their club ?
Anyone in authority at Chelmsford  would only have needed to use their smartphone to record what went on in their own flamin' club car park  only five minutes after the end of the game to identity the culprits.
So much for all Chelmsford pathetic words on their website and electronic notice board at the ground saying what will happen to fans if they misbehave.  
Sweet F.A.
We know that this is not a one off.
I feel a pang of sympathy for the majority of decent Chelmsford fans.
These scumbags are absolutely reducing your club's reputation to zero.
Your bosses don't seem the slightest bit inclined to do anything to stop these very sad individuals from behaving as they do.
What a crap 'ground'.
What a crap match experience.
What a crap evening.
And to think I paid good money to go through that.
  
 

City fan in peace. Apologies for what your fans went through in the car park, even if it should be the club apologising and not our fans. Stood close to the burger van and saw it all unfold and it was a disgrace. At this level it's all about friendly banter and then laughing it off with a beverage in hand afterwards. Segregation was only in place because we've been told we had to by the police - that alone should be alarm bells that you need to act. I asked the general manager once it all calmed down what has to happen to stop them, "someone gets hurt?", and, as you previously said, he kept mentioning evidence. Then proceeded to act as if he was being victimised by fans voicing their grief with "generic singling out of the youth without evidence", something I did attempt to give the guy despite him shouting over me. At the weekend, we played Worthing and at full time found myself having strong words with some of these idiots because they decided to pull their face coverings up to go and obviously have a fight with the Worthing youth outside. Our fans have tried to reason with them, fans have tried to help them keep out of trouble but it's reached a point where they've burned so many bridges that it's not worth it anymore. It seems to have all stemmed from the trouble we had with Dagenham at Christmas where a load of kids randomly turned up looking for a fight. Few of them admitted to me at Worthing they were really Southend fans and said that they were invited along by one our "fans" who they became incredibly chummy with. But again, the club don't want to know unless there's "evidence". When I tried to mention what had happened at Worthing, the general manager shouted over me and then sarcastically said "well you're going to say it anyway so". Way to turn a loyal fan against you in one sentence. We have Dagenham away coming up over Easter. Supported this club for close to two decades and I've never had an away where I've considered not going out of safety - it's going to be trouble with a capital TROUBLE and all as the club won't put their foot down and make an example of any of them! Vast majority of our fans don't want them there. They're a disgrace to football, let alone to the club! Hope the journey home was a safe one despite what happened and good luck for the rest of the season! 

[ClaretCity]

Another Chelmsford supporter here. 
 

Unfortunately, the club will do nothing about it. I was told last night the police have told the club exactly who is causing trouble but the club are “refusing” (his words) to do anything about it. A lot of you will know there was trouble at your place when you did us 5-0 in January. That’s pretty much been a weekly occurrence at Chelmsford games. The Dagenham game is less than a month away and it’s only going one way due to the youth actively organising meets.