I’m just leaving Torquay on a very contented Alliance coach, with my Torquay unbeaten record maintained, the Reds top of the League, and another exceptional performance witnessed. Torquay United were lucky to get one, and with a little more composure in front of goal we could have scored half a dozen. Oh, and I learned that the Torquay boardroom does great cake. Thanks for that, Ben Smith! We had a fairly smooth trip down, only marred by a traffic jam […]
» Read moreOh fine, I apologise. I don’t know the Latin for “We came, We saw, We would have conquered if it hadn’t been for two daft refereeing decisions. But if we’re honest, we’d have been happy with a point before the game, so although we may feel a little robbed, our lads did us proud. I hope we did them proud, too. I can’t help thinking back to the start of last season, when we lost 1-0 at home to Grimsby Town despite […]
» Read moreAs some of you may know, recently our other founding Co-Chair, Ron Parsons, left the organisation to work full time for the Football Club. I couldn’t let that pass without some well deserved words of tribute and thanks- and thought I’d give you a little Alliance history lesson as well! Last autumn Ron and I were asked to a meeting with Dave Pottinger at the football club. Ron was the chair of the Supporters Club, I was […]
» Read moreIt’s been a funny old week. I’ve watched some interesting football, but away from the West Stand it’s been a bit mixed. Firstly, I managed to time my holiday to Cornwall perfectly to miss the Chelsea friendly, and the six Crawley goals. My suggestion to return home a day early met with the expected derision. I had to satisfy myself with Truro v Yeovil, much of which I also missed as I was too busy looking at Bruce Talbot’s online […]
» Read moreOne week ago we launched the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance. Since then the twelve of us have hardly had time to draw breath, and I thought you might like an insight into what we’ve been doing. So here goes! We’ve had a week full of media interest, membership applications, travel preparations and website discussions. We’ve arranged premises at the football club, put together content for our website, ordered membership cards, opened our Facebook group, designed forms and databases, and began […]
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