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Sam_Parker  |  Apr 25 2008, 14:56 PM |
 Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Hello all, With Leigh Curtis away, Mark Whiley on other duties and the sports desk fast running out of options, I'll be in the Big Match Live hotseat on Saturday. This trip is the Imps' final away match of the season, so let's hope they can sign off with a victory on their travels. I'll be online from around 2.30pm - join me then. |
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| salfordimp | Apr 26 2008, 10:37 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Tue Nov 27 2007 Status: Offline | Good morning all, Just about to set off to the match, hope to see you their. Hope Mark has let you have some of his 'Bovril' to take with you? So far all the games I have been to this season both home and away, the Imps have won, so I hope this will carry on today. Will catch up on the gossip from you guys when I get back this evening, |
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| John_Pakey | Apr 26 2008, 12:47 PM |
 Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Wed Jun 6 2007 Status: Offline | How do everyone. Sam, Mark, I hope you got there safely. I'm off to Boston in a bit to cover their match, wonder if they have Bovril there? How was the trip? Have you had a paddle along the beach? How is the weather? |
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| EssexImp | Apr 26 2008, 12:54 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 4 2007 Status: Offline | do you like to be beside the seaside, and did any of you do a Morecambe and Wise style dance down the prom? didly om pom pom? |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:10 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Big Match Live, from Morecambe's Christie Park. Imps fans are filing in to the ground, with a section of support braving the conditions by wearing shorts. For those of you who have never been to Christie Park before, it is a decent ground with only three sides. Where the fourth stand should be there is what looks to be a concrete well in front of a car wash. The absence of a stand also gives us a nice chance to see the wind turbines on a hill. Right, I'll stop the scene setting and get back to you when we have the teams. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:19 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline Last Edit: 26 Apr 2008, 14:29 | Team news has come in here at Christie Park. Ayden Duffy continues in goal, in place of Alan Marriott, who was back in training from Thursday this week but this game looks to have come too soon for him. And that means City have no substitute goalkeeper on the bench. Gary King stays in the side. IMPS: Ayden Duffy, Paul Green, Gary Croft, Adie Moses, Lee Beevers, Lee Frecklington, Jamie Forrester, Ben Wright, Louis Dodds, Gary King, Martin Pemleton. Substitutes: Mark Stallard, Dany N'Guessan, Shane Clarke, Danny Hone, Lee Ridley. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:21 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Now time for the Morecambe side. Morecambe: Scott Davies, Dave Artell, James Bentley, Craig Stanley, Michael Twiss, Garry Hunter, Carl Baker, Garry Thompson, Carl Baker, Matthew Blinkhorn, Henry McStay, Danny Adams. Substitute: Shwan Jalal, Wayne Curtis, Damien Allen, Jamie Burns, Jon Newby. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:28 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: John_Pakey at Apr 26 2008, 12:47 PM wrote How do everyone. Sam, Mark, I hope you got there safely. I'm off to Boston in a bit to cover their match, wonder if they have Bovril there? How was the trip? Have you had a paddle along the beach? How is the weather? Hello John, We're here alive and well, although the lemon chicken I had at lunch was sub-standard. They appeared to cover it with a selection of leaves and twigs. Anyway, I've seen no Bovril yet, but Mark Whiley is the man who will be seeking it out. Sadly, we've had no chance to get to the beach or the statue of the town's most famous son, Eric Morecambe. But more than half-hour before kick-off there is a good atmosphere inside the ground. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:32 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | And, of course, the available-again Scott Kerr is not in the squad. We'll do our best to find out why as soon as possible! |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:48 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | We're expecting a statement from Boston United chairman David Newton at around 2.50pm today, before the Pilgrims' final game of the season. John Pakey is at York Street today and we will bring you news as soon as we have it. It's not Imps-related but I'm sure there'll be plenty interested in an update on the situation at Boston. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 14:59 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Breaking news...Boston United have struck a deal to come out of their Company Voluntary Agreement. It's great news for the Pilgrims and a huge relief to their supporters. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:04 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Kick-off here at Christie Park. Gary King retains his left-wing position with Ben Wright and Jamie Forrester up front. It's pretty packed in the ground - and noisy. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:06 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | It may be the penultimate game of the season, but Morecambe's Matty Blinkhorn has made a late entry for miss of the season. There seemed to be little danger when a through ball was collected by Ayden Duffy but the goalkeeper released the ball as he was in danger of going outside the penalty area. Blinkhorn picked up the ball with an open goal but his shot went over the bar. |
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| torquayimp | Apr 26 2008, 15:06 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Sat Aug 11 2007 Status: Offline | greeting Sam and all from sunny torquay... No salford imp today i think he's at the match |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:10 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: torquayimp at Apr 26 2008, 15:06 PM wrote greeting Sam and all from sunny torquay... No salford imp today i think he's at the match Hello, Salford Imp is indeed at the game, probably drinking Bovril somewhere! Glad you could join us. |
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| redimptasha | Apr 26 2008, 15:12 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Thu Jan 3 2008 Status: Offline | hiya hows u all? anyone else suffering from this tickly cough that seems to be going round??  |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:15 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Blinkhorn, who is looking dangerous, fires narrowly wide from an angle. The home side have been the better in the opening stages, although I fancy the Imps to nick a goal on the break. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:19 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Duffy comes out of his area to clear but the ball goes to Carl Baker, who only just misses the goal with an audacious shot. Louis Dodds wins a tackle, which is somewhat of a rarity, but is then tackled himself and loses possession. Morecambe are very much on top here. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:23 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: redimptasha at Apr 26 2008, 15:12 PM wrote hiya hows u all? anyone else suffering from this tickly cough that seems to be going round?? Hi Tasha, Sorry to hear you are suffering from that tickly cough. Sit back and enjoy the Big Match Live - that'll make you feel better. |
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| Sam_Parker | Apr 26 2008, 15:23 PM |
Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Matty Blinkhorn falls over, so the referee books Adie Moses. Utterly bizarre. |
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