FA Trophy Round 5 Southend United vs Sittingbourne.

rlb999 · Monday at 5:24 PM

Paulie Walnuts said:
They should bring a few hundred, with us adding another 3000 so a nice few quid for the club.

What does it cost to put a match on at the hall?

Thundersley Blue · Monday at 5:33 PM

Maldon Shrimper said:
Another decent home game against a lower league side.However these games are never easy as proved against Southport.
Probably the club will again only open the North and East which is a shame but understand the reasons why

Wouldn't be so sure on that. Just had a look on the Sittingbourne site and they have issued a rallying cry saying they want to bring the whole town to Roots Hall. It is their Cup Final, Wouldn't be surprised if they had around 600 to 700 supporters on the day.

David Essex · Monday at 5:35 PM

Cricko said:
The mighty Sittingbourne at home.

Hmm they are in the draw for good reason.

Barry.C · Monday at 5:55 PM

Would be surprised if they didnt bring more than 500

They are flying as said, 12 straight wins on the trot at home, only one defeat in 23 . Promotion to next level pretty much assured
Scored more than 4 goals, twelve times
Hope they are not packed with lively young things

Maldon Shrimper · Monday at 6:02 PM

Thundersley Blue said:
Wouldn't be so sure on that. Just had a look on the Sittingbourne site and they have issued a rallying cry saying they want to bring the whole town to Roots Hall. It is their Cup Final, Wouldn't be surprised if they had around 600 to 700 supporters on the day.

Hopefully you are right much prefer my seat in the West as against a tight wooden one in the East

Rob1920 · Monday at 6:04 PM

Strykr said:
This could be embarrassing....

That’s my thinking too! A three division gap can disappear quickly in a cup game. They’re in great form too, whereas we’re in, shall we say, average form.. It most definitely has banana skin written all over it. Hope Kev takes it seriously.

Roger The Alien · Monday at 6:13 PM

Cricko said:
Full draw.

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I hope Aldershot, Altrincham and Forest Green get knocked out, if they do, we will push on to the final and win it.

Cricko · Monday at 6:15 PM

Roger The Alien said:
I hope Aldershot, Altrincham and Forest Green get knocked out, if they do, we will push on to the final and win it.

Easy Tiger,we have to win the next game.

The Original Tribal Chief · Monday at 6:22 PM

We are going to smash these two-bob mugs.

NZamba Legend · Monday at 6:28 PM

In most cup competitions

Roger The Alien said:
I hope Aldershot, Altrincham and Forest Green get knocked out, if they do, we will push on to the final and win it.

I would love to beat FGR at Wembley

Barry.C · Monday at 6:36 PM

The Original Tribal Chief said:
We are going to smash these two-bob mugs.

We should but I wonder what the odds might be against it?

ms brush · Monday at 6:42 PM

This will be an absolutely huge game for them. As they are on fire and scoring for fun, they have nothing to lose, which means we could be on the wrong end of an upset. We need to take this threat really seriously!

old leigh shrimper · Monday at 6:45 PM

Before today's draw we were best odds 8-1 to win the Trophy. We are now 5-1.

Zeuss · Monday at 6:55 PM

NZamba Legend said:
In most cup competitions

I would love to beat FGR at Wembley

Yes that would be great.
And if we did lose in the Final,good to lose to a very nice club.
I’ve seen FGR lose an FA Trophy final, at Villa Park against Canvey.

Leeboy · Monday at 6:56 PM

NZamba Legend said:
In most cup competitions

I would love to beat FGR at Wembley

with Cards scoring the winner…….in the wrong net

annie1954 · Monday at 6:57 PM

The Original Tribal Chief said:
We are going to smash these two-bob mugs.

Just like we did on Saturday ( lol )

PIERS · Monday at 8:56 PM

Zeuss said:
Yes that would be great.
And if we did lose in the Final,good to lose to a very nice club.
I’ve seen FGR lose an FA Trophy final, at Villa Park against Canvey.

I was there for that. A sign of how far we have fallen. I can’t get engaged emotionally with the trophy. It just reminds me of our ‘ non leagueness’ now
Either way should we make it I want to be up against whatever team will bring the biggest crowd. Probably aldershot

GBJ · Monday at 9:09 PM

Barry.C said:
We should but I wonder what the odds might be against it?

Southport were 4/1 a few days before the game.

Would expect a minimum of 10/1 for Sittingbourne.

Could be worth a value bet

Strykr · Monday at 9:20 PM

The Original Tribal Chief said:
We are going to smash these two-bob mugs.

Or,

We might beat these two-bob mugs in a tight and dour 1-0 taking off our best strikers on 60 mins to invite the pressure and make it unnecessarily stressful for all involved :Thumbs up: