First Ever SHERPA Van game 83/84

Alfie Conn said:
Anyone on here go to our first ever game in this tournament?, I think we lost 2-1 away at Chester with Dave Serella scoring.
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Didn't go to that one but the following season I remember a home game against Tranmere that didn't get the go ahead until about 7.00pm due to snow. Ground didn't open until the ref gave the go ahead, and I think most of the crowd (1,400 or so) went in the Scratching Shed. Think it was the Freight Rover, didn't the name change to Sherpa Van a bit later.

Wasn't the Football League Group competition a pre-season thing, same as the Anglo Scottish and Lancashire/Manx Cup
 
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Potts Must Go said:
Didn't go to that one but the following season I remember a home game against Tranmere that didn't get the go ahead until about 7.00pm due to snow. Ground didn't open until the ref gave the go ahead, and I think most of the crowd (1,400 or so) went in the Scratching Shed. Think it was the Freight Rover, didn't the name change to Sherpa Van a bit later.

Wasn't the Football League Group competition a pre-season thing, same as the Anglo Scottish and Lancashire/Manx Cup
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yes they changed from anglo then changed again 2 years later
 
Alfie Conn said:
Anyone on here go to our first ever game in this tournament?, I think we lost 2-1 away at Chester with Dave Serella scoring.
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Nice memory 👍

I went to Chester in about 1986 when we won 4-1. I think it we had Mark Taylor and Alex Dyer ripping them to shreds from the wings that day.
 
BigHandsOliverKahn said:
Nice memory 👍

I went to Chester in about 1986 when we won 4-1. I think it we had Mark Taylor and Alex Dyer ripping them to shreds from the wings that day.
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That was the day after Boxing Day. We'd won the day before at home. Can't remember why, if it was an injury or a sending off but we had to draft in a temporary keeper for the Chester game that nobody knew who it was when he took the field before kick off... Vince O'Keeffe ?
 
Potts Must Go said:
Didn't go to that one but the following season I remember a home game against Tranmere that didn't get the go ahead until about 7.00pm due to snow. Ground didn't open until the ref gave the go ahead, and I think most of the crowd (1,400 or so) went in the Scratching Shed. Think it was the Freight Rover, didn't the name change to Sherpa Van a bit later. I went to that one I think the pitch was pretty frozen and played with an orange ball I think

Wasn't the Football League Group competition a pre-season thing, same as the Anglo Scottish and Lancashire/Manx Cup
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I remember Halifax away, my first ever pitch invasion. Must have been 84/85 ish.. still got the cut out from the Gazette.
 
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