Post-Match Thread and Ratings Forest Green 2-2 Southend United..We win on Penalites 4-2

[Maldon Shrimper]

Unbelievable night for all Shrimpers the only thing that annoyed me was I couldn't get a ticket tonight and had to see loads of empty seats which we could easily have filled.But at the end of the day FGR lost out financially and more Importantly we are going to Wembley and they aren't

 

[Mad Cyril]

Win or lose surely a Wembley appearance could help capitalise the club for next season

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I hope it was in the face

It was. I genuinely punched myself in the cheek.

 

[londonblue]

My first two thoughts were:

1. We've just won a penalty shootout and I've still never seen Hayes save one!

2. Those FGR fans who I could hear singing "1-0 and you ****ed it up" were a bit premature, which is exactly what I shouted at the TV when I heard them.

 

[McShrimper]

47,000 record attendance for a NL playoff final

Surely us an Oldham can beat this!

When we played Crewe in 2013 cup (poor Luggy, another thing by RM that still makes me angry) in front of 43,842. And Wycombe playoff final was 38,252. We took the bigger proportion on both occasions. Oldham support bigger than both those clubs so think pushing 50,000 isn’t beyond us

Also worth noting Oldham haven’t played at Wembley since 1990 so I’m sure every man, woman and child will be headed down for the day out!

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Wow, so emotional!
What a chap, GSM, ‘I was playing in front of 80 people and a dog’

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Didn't know he played for Boreham Wood

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

You have to feel after a seasons of meh, scraping into the playoffs, despite trying our level best not to, then the comebacks against Rochdale and FGR and facing Oldham in the final that it could well be our year.

I've not been a Maher fan, but as I mentioned in the match thread, if he gets us up this year, then he will have earned my unwavering support regardless if we struggle next year. When it's counted he's conjured up the magic

****ing hell, don't ask a lot do you? from nearly going out of business to Wembley and you'll support him if, and only if, we go up, and for one whole season?

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

Do you not think, that just maybe, ever so slightly, he's already done enough for that, possibly?

hear hear, exactly. he's done wonders

 

[Mad Cyril]

Justin Rees must be thinking that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney got ****ed right over buying Wrexham.

 

[kentblues]

When are tickets on sale?

They wait until they see who is in the final before deciding pricing believe it or not! They will be very happy they can up the prices and I imagine out the tickets on sale tomorrow

 

[londonblue]

You were……., get it cancelled!

Funnily enough my holiday was cancelled so I'll be there.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

When we played Crewe in 2013 cup (poor Luggy, another thing by RM that still makes me angry) in front of 43,842. And Wycombe playoff final was 38,252. We took the bigger proportion on both occasions. Oldham support bigger than both those clubs so think pushing 50,000 isn’t beyond us

in the 5th tier. that's insane

 

[Streaky]

I don’t think we should underestimate the general good feeling out there for our club, I can see us taking a hell of a lot to the (other) home of football. I’ve had loads of messages about tickets already!!

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

When we played Crewe in 2013 cup (poor Luggy, another thing by RM that still makes me angry) in front of 43,842. And Wycombe playoff final was 38,252. We took the bigger proportion on both occasions. Oldham support bigger than both those clubs so think pushing 50,000 isn’t beyond us

How many Shrimpers fans of each attendance? Didn’t we have nearly 25k for the Wycombe game?

 

[hlane17]

COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

That is the post. UTFB

 

[Streaky]

Where we all drinking on 1st June?

 

[woleinthehole]

Love this club. What a win. What a night. And I thought Rochdale last week was good. Can't wait for a Wembley.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Unbelievable night for all Shrimpers the only thing that annoyed me was I couldn't get a ticket tonight and had to see loads of empty seats which we could easily have filled.But at the end of the day FGR lost out financially and more Importantly we are going to Wembley and they aren't

Right from when all the car parking was sold out before our tickets went sale then the limited amount of tickets on sale to us the suspicion was they were at it, bad form FGR.

 

[WhiteNoise]

Where we all drinking on 1st June?

Hopefully we get the green man assigned

 

[CaptainSmudger]

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