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    Omens are looking good.

    Could it be possible that this is the season we can emulate what happened half a century ago (67-68) with promotion from this league? I was there and we had a young man called Lowry (Tommy) in that team too. Started with two league wins and two draws. Omens are good maybe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexmick View Post
    Could it be possible that this is the season we can emulate what happened half a century ago (67-68) with promotion from this league? I was there and we had a young man called Lowry (Tommy) in that team too. Started with two league wins and two draws. Omens are good maybe.
    Its good to see you are still around and kicking just like me Mick....I was there too and loved those far off days and those players like Lowry (was he called Twiggy?) . and Frank Lord...

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    Great to see you back alexmick, jasethebase and grestygirly might even appear again.

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    My mother assures me that I made my first trips to Gresty Road during that season - I was 7 or 8. I remember wandering off from my mother and asking the guy at the turnstile if I could go out to watch the trains until the football started, but he said if I went out I had to pay to come back in!

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    I agree about the omens but more than that it's great to hear from alexmick again.

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    Many thanks for the kind comments. Following that brilliant 5-1 thrashing of the Spirites, here is an update on my prediction of how the Alex are about to repeat history 50 years later.
    1967-68 all over again. First 6 games to the letter. Three wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Amazing and Tom Lowry was in that side too. Loved that season and it ended in promotion from Division 4. Now, if things do follow suit, we can expect to win our next 3 games. Cambridge, Exeter and Carlisle had better watch out.

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    I bet in 1967-68 we didn't have pro-homo***ual corner flags fluttering like Danny La Rue's eyelashes at Gresty Road.

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    Would not have been tolerated then - too soon after homo***uality became legal between consenting adults, but a welcome change now. In some ways society has improved (and fallen back in some areas).

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    Yes, becoming a more civilised nation. Shame the atmosphere isn't yet right for gay footballers to come out.

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    Well I was completely wrong with my thoughts that the Alex could emulate what happened exactly 50 years ago, when they gained promotion from Division Four in May 1968. They finished 4th that season, amassing 59 points (only 3 more than the present season). However, it was just two points for a victory in those days. The team that overcame Luton on that final day of the season (May 4th 1968) was as follows: Mailey, Lowry, Leigh, Stott, Barnes, Gannon, McHale, Bradshaw, Talbot, Wallace and Ratcliffe.

    The following may be of interest to some fans. The votes for the four clubs finishing in the re-election zone are as follows:
    46 votes York City Re-elected to the League
    44 Chester Re-elected to the League
    44 Bradford Park Avenue Re-elected to the League
    38 Workington Re-elected to the League

    Those hoping to enter the league are shown below. A number of those are well established league clubs today:
    3 Cheltenham Town Not elected to the League
    2 Bedford Town Not elected to the League
    2 Cambridge City Not elected to the League
    2 Cambridge United Not elected to the League
    2 Chelmsford City Not elected to the League
    2 Runcorn Not elected to the League
    2 Wigan Athletic Not elected to the League
    1 Guildford City Not elected to the League
    1 Hereford United Not elected to the League
    1 New Brighton Not elected to the League
    1 Wellington Town Not elected to the League
    1 Wimbledon Not elected to the League
    1 Worcester City Not elected to the League
    0 Nuneaton Borough Not elected to the League
    0 Yeovil Town Not elected to the League

    Better luck to the Alex next season, hey guys?

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