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Hadn't noticed if he was playing actually. If he did then he certainly didn't stand out. A lot of the players followed the academy template of 5 - 5.5 ft tall and blonde so it was almost a little tricky to tell them apart!

Yep, really enjoyed that tonight. Lloyd Isgrove, number 11. As Dune says, good quality on the wing. A little lightweight but there were times when Kettering doubled up and still couldn't contain him. Ex Saint and Poppies trialist Phil Ifil had a particularly torrid time against him at right back. Aaron Racine was pretty good. Commanded the team well from the back and got stuck in very well. We missed two guild edged chances early on. Sam Hoskins put the ball over the bar in front of the open net and one of the defenders did similar from another ball squared in. Kettering came back at us after that but considering it was our 'development' team against a Kettering team that was only a few lads short of full strength it was extremely encouraging, the Steward in fron of me was quite surprised that the team out tonightr was just our 'kids.'. Jack Stephens was.... a little dissappointing sadly. Was caught flat footed a few times and made a few clumsy tackles on Kettering's best player; Their number 8 Adam Strachan. If you had to pick the lad who had played in league 1 and had been chased by one or two premiership sides it wouldn't have been him. A nice evening out, it was good to put a few faces to names as well.

The season tickets for u11's are free in the family stand! By the time he's that age anyway you can send him chimney sweeping, that'll more then cover it.

Let us know how it goes mate. My 3yr old step daughter has her first season ticket this year and any shared experiences will help!!! Haha

At the age of 24, surely we must now ask, will he ever be?

He's not had a good 24 hours has he!

Ah, fair point.

Are you on the club database? The sale of tickets for this game will no doubt be heavily regulated, I would expect them to go on general sale to people on the database, therefore you will have a chance at that point.... if you're quick. If you are not on the database then the question surely will be, how do you get onto it without buying a season ticket?

A fantastic place to be. Let's just hope that the starting 11 would be strong enough to be at the sharp end, depth is nothing without quality.

Yeah, that was odd. I parked in the town without realising you could park just outside the ground by the Leisure centre. Was a great atmosphere in there. Sheffield United v Liverpool was on the tele...... not sure why I remember that.

Went up there back in 2006. Barnsley is a dump but Oakwell itself is quite a nice ground. There are three modern sides and a totally decrepid old 'main stand' along one side of the pitch. Not dissimilar to St Andrews really.

Touché. Incidentally, this could potentially be Kettering Town's last ever game at Rockingham Road. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kettering_town/9549446.stm

Tomorrow.....

Fair comment. Let's hope Barney can have a good run too.

I wouldn't drop Connolly on the basis of tonight. Was quite useful.

My Megadrive and Gameboy. I still own them, they are in the loft I think. The oldest bit I actively use right now though is probably my Mindisc player. Sill use it now and then when jogging.

It wasn't great tonight. That makes me sad.

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Come on!!!!!!!!! Connolly header - just wide!!!!

Ah, now it's Schn'i'derlin. They have NO idea these Baggies with microphones.

RICKIE!!!!!!!!!!! De Ridder cross, Lambert scores. Lovely.

Be fair, these are the same guys who struggled with Bialkowski.

That would really draw them out from the back.

De Ridder beating the two men who are trying to mark him. I like the sound of this guy. The Brummies are absolutely c*mming over Jack Corks balls.

Ah, 1-2. Cox. Bugger.