| A Season in Photos - Part Two - From Kings Lynn (H) to Mangotsfield (H) |
| Unbeaten in all bar one game during pre-season the new campaign was highly anticipated. |
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| Kings Lynn were the first team up in what was to be a baptism of fire for some of Burnsy's new recruits, although it was one of the old guard who made his mark against the Linnetts. Was it Griff? Thommo? Webby? No, none of the above as after just five minutes, of all people, Matt Bath scored the very first goal of the whole Southern League Premier campaign when his huge goal kick took one bounce and flew over his opposite number John Higgs. |
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| Soon to be new Chairman Stuart Pike and new striker Lance Lewis. Neither lasted very long! |
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| Bathy celebrates his incredible goal .... |
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| .... and then goes up for a last minute corner. Can anyone explain why? |
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| Chippenham looked to be in disarray during the summer following the resignation of manager Steve White, although their easy 3-0 win over City suggested otherwise. Three first half goals from Walsall bound James Constable, Gary Thorne and an own goal from Marvin Thompson never looked under threat from the likes of Kear, Addis and Lewis! |
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| Thommo gives his opponent a kick up the whatsit! |
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| Muzzie gets involved in handbags and could've been sent off ... |
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| After our midweek defeat one Chippenham fan came onto the COF to mock us for sending our team to Hardenhuish in a minibus, so intrepid City supporting duo Joe and Clifty went to great lengths to point out that we could afford a coach for our trip to Cheshunt. It was a crotch grabbing experience for the young Tigers fan as Burnsy's men were unlucky not to win im north Cockneyland. |
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| Look Chippenham, we do have a coach! |
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| No comment! |
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| Lee Davis scores for City |
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| A midweek draw with Merthyr, albeit to a last minute goal was followed with a trip down to Bumpkinland to face Tiverton. Expecting much Chris Burns played with one man up front but the poor showing by the home side was ultimately reflected by their final league position. We lost to a dubious penalty given against Lance Lewis and were thwarted with a last minute wondersave by Mark Ovengloves in the Tivvy goal. Still, at least I wasn't threatened by a shaven headed thug in the car park after the game this year! |
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| Wicked Man! |
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| Davis looks a bit like Phil Daniels in this pic doesn't he? |
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| Mansell gets all luvved up. |
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| Following less than satidfactory results the game at home to Mangotsfield on Bank Holiday Monday was a bit of a sickener. So much so that one fan vented his spleen at Knighter at half time causing the City assistant boss to abandon his team talk and come up to the T-End to look for the culprit. The game saw City take the lead before three goals from the team on loan from the Western League that included a penalty "won" by future Tigers striker Luke Corbett. |
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| Muzzie bangs away the penalty |
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| Oh sh!t, Bathy is beaten by Robbie Claridge's header |
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| Ouch, that looks painful... |
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