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Barrow at home 22:11 - Nov 8 with 4103 viewstractordownsouth

Underwhelming as usual

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Barrow at home on 23:13 - Nov 8 with 1380 viewsHighgateBlue

Let's not get too big for our boots - we haven't even earned the right to play them yet. We couldn't even beat Oldham at home, and they're right near the foot of league 2. Maybe our fortunes will start to turn around when we learn some humility. We have no god given right...
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Barrow at home on 23:33 - Nov 8 with 1351 viewsIPS_wich

A bittersweet draw for me (assuming we win the replay).

My best mate back in the UK is a life long Barrow fan. I’ve probably been to a dozen non-league games against the likes of Chelmsford, Braintree and other teams in the South East with him. Have a real soft spot for them and was delighted when they got promoted to League Two a couple of years ago.

Their fans are pretty special, probably clock more miles than any other team in the country (for those who are sad it’s not an away draw, then imagine the Plymouth trip and add another hour or two) and effectively living a fairy tale at the moment.

Would have loved to take him to Portman Rd, show him the statues and to enjoy a drink before and help him drown his sorrows a bit.

He’s already messaged me to say how excited he is to get to Portman Rd.
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Barrow at home on 23:35 - Nov 8 with 1347 viewstractordownsouth

Barrow at home on 22:23 - Nov 8 by SitfcB

What do you expect in the first and second rounds?

It’s a good draw imo.

No travelling to some far flung part of the country.

Hopefully we can get the job done v Oldham. Start a strong team, get it win then make the 5 subs.

Go again v Barrow and let’s get a big team home or away in the third round (a shame AFC Wimbledon game will be moved though)


I was hoping either for somewhere local to me for selfish reasons, or one of the non-league clubs away from home.

I suppose Barrow are a bit different, with them only recently getting in to League 2, but Buxton or St Albans away would have been ideal.

Like you say, if we make it to round 3 that's where it starts to get interesting.

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Barrow at home on 23:45 - Nov 8 with 1329 viewsAlanG296

Barrow at home on 22:39 - Nov 8 by clive_baker

Good draw. It’s R2, it’s never going to be a spectacular draw as there’s no spectacular teams in it.

Main thing is it’s at home which minimises travel, and it’s against lower league opposition which gives us a great chance of winning.


On our day, we're a spectacular team.
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Barrow at home on 23:58 - Nov 8 with 1308 viewsSharkey

Barrow at home on 23:33 - Nov 8 by IPS_wich

A bittersweet draw for me (assuming we win the replay).

My best mate back in the UK is a life long Barrow fan. I’ve probably been to a dozen non-league games against the likes of Chelmsford, Braintree and other teams in the South East with him. Have a real soft spot for them and was delighted when they got promoted to League Two a couple of years ago.

Their fans are pretty special, probably clock more miles than any other team in the country (for those who are sad it’s not an away draw, then imagine the Plymouth trip and add another hour or two) and effectively living a fairy tale at the moment.

Would have loved to take him to Portman Rd, show him the statues and to enjoy a drink before and help him drown his sorrows a bit.

He’s already messaged me to say how excited he is to get to Portman Rd.


Surprisingly, they're not even in the top five for miles covered in league 2. Exeter, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Crawley, Colchester all put in more miles ... though that bit around Morecambe Bay must take a good while and may make some of their trips longer in time than Carlisle's.

(A few years ago I was at Peterborough services on the first day of the season and saw 2 busloads of Dover fans on their way to Barrow. It made me appreciate how much English people really do like football.)
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Barrow at home on 01:25 - Nov 9 with 1274 viewsGeomorph

Barrow at home on 22:33 - Nov 8 by blueasfook

I take it you have never been to Barrow?


No worries. All welcome for a few pints here in ulverston before arriving in ‘Basra’.. as we call it. If we draw
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Barrow at home on 01:32 - Nov 9 with 1269 viewsXYZ

Barrow at home on 23:01 - Nov 8 by Illinoisblue

Nope. Great draw. No travel. Good chance of a win and getting into a potential money spinner of a 3rd round tie.


Norwich at home in the third round. It's time.
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Barrow at home on 02:02 - Nov 9 with 1259 viewsharlingblue

A good draw for us at home against Barrow, and a chance to progress, but we need to show much more desire to do well in this competition. To even be a part of this game we need to beat Oldham in the replay. To our current Town players, please respect this competition, because as former winners, in the distant past, it means so much to us supporters...we were the 'underdogs' in those days, as you will be if you meet loftier opposition in future rounds that are not yet sustained.
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Barrow at home on 06:51 - Nov 9 with 1204 viewsPendejo

Barrow at home on 23:58 - Nov 8 by Sharkey

Surprisingly, they're not even in the top five for miles covered in league 2. Exeter, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Crawley, Colchester all put in more miles ... though that bit around Morecambe Bay must take a good while and may make some of their trips longer in time than Carlisle's.

(A few years ago I was at Peterborough services on the first day of the season and saw 2 busloads of Dover fans on their way to Barrow. It made me appreciate how much English people really do like football.)
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Motorway services stops - even in the 80s when it could get dodgy very quickly, used to like the mingling at the services.

Met some (good) crazy people, a guy who lived in Hatfield on his way to watch Halifax, is the one that stands out. And some (bad) crazies... Mansfield Town fans at Grantham Services.

Trying to work out some of the obscure ones, badges I didn't recognise, as they passed the coaches in the motorways.

Back to the present, met a Geordie wearing claret and blue.... South Shields Fc

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Barrow at home on 07:20 - Nov 9 with 1187 viewshoppy

I thought that was the beginning of a tale of woe, looking at the forum index…

“Barrow at home… tractor down south…” I was starting to think, oh no, what other problems are going to be encountered.

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Barrow at home on 07:22 - Nov 9 with 1185 viewsSteve_M

Barrow at home on 23:01 - Nov 8 by Illinoisblue

Nope. Great draw. No travel. Good chance of a win and getting into a potential money spinner of a 3rd round tie.


Plus a team we haven't played for at least a long while, if ever.

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Barrow at home on 07:34 - Nov 9 with 1170 viewsSchmoke

"Well may I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window?"
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Barrow at home on 07:48 - Nov 9 with 1148 viewsSharkey

Barrow at home on 06:51 - Nov 9 by Pendejo

Motorway services stops - even in the 80s when it could get dodgy very quickly, used to like the mingling at the services.

Met some (good) crazy people, a guy who lived in Hatfield on his way to watch Halifax, is the one that stands out. And some (bad) crazies... Mansfield Town fans at Grantham Services.

Trying to work out some of the obscure ones, badges I didn't recognise, as they passed the coaches in the motorways.

Back to the present, met a Geordie wearing claret and blue.... South Shields Fc


Agreed !

Sometimes people have a go at England for having a sense of entitlement at the World Cup and Euros. But I always think that maybe we DO just love football a teeny bit more than, say, the French and the Spanish - (and how hard can it be to be an away fan in Holland?) As I say, I think of the services and the buses carrying Yeovil fans and Eastleigh fans etc to north Yorkshire and beyond. You might as well accuse Norway of having a sense of entitlement when it comes to cross-country skiing. It's not entitlement, it's passion.

And like you, I do remember the whiff of excitement of a Saturday services stop in the 1980s. Like smoking in pubs, it's probably something we shouldn't be nostalgic for. (Are there still signs around the country saying 'No Football Coaches'? For some reason, it was always Bobby Ferguson I thought of when I saw one.)
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Barrow at home on 08:21 - Nov 9 with 1114 viewsOldboy

Don't worry, it's Norwich at home in the 3rd round. That will cheer you up.
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Barrow at home on 08:22 - Nov 9 with 1114 viewsOldboy

Barrow at home on 22:16 - Nov 8 by Sharkey

Boreham Wood v St Alban's is a peach of a derby. They hate each other.


Dislike please.
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Barrow at home on 08:32 - Nov 9 with 1098 viewsTrumptonBlue

Barrow at home on 07:22 - Nov 9 by Steve_M

Plus a team we haven't played for at least a long while, if ever.


Yeah, never played them.
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Barrow at home on 09:36 - Nov 9 with 1061 viewsGuthrum

Don't know why people are saying Barrow is a long trip. Just the other side of Bury, off the A14.

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Barrow at home on 10:35 - Nov 9 with 1020 viewsDanny_G

Barrow at home on 08:32 - Nov 9 by TrumptonBlue

Yeah, never played them.


We did play them in a friendly once

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Barrow at home on 12:04 - Nov 9 with 993 viewsJ2BLUE

Barrow at home on 23:07 - Nov 8 by chrismakin

Be peak town the easiest route to round 3 and we go buger it up again.


It's a little tinpot anyway this idea to getting to round 3. We're Ipswich. We entered at round 3 for decades. I hope we keep getting winnable ties. I don't want us to get United away so little old Ipswich can go on a day trip.

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Barrow at home on 14:52 - Nov 9 with 920 viewsRadlett_blue

Barrow at home on 02:02 - Nov 9 by harlingblue

A good draw for us at home against Barrow, and a chance to progress, but we need to show much more desire to do well in this competition. To even be a part of this game we need to beat Oldham in the replay. To our current Town players, please respect this competition, because as former winners, in the distant past, it means so much to us supporters...we were the 'underdogs' in those days, as you will be if you meet loftier opposition in future rounds that are not yet sustained.
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In fairness, Cook picked a very strong side on Saturday. It backfired, but not nearly as much criticism as he would have got if he played a reserve XI. He's bound to pick all the fringe players tonight, which again I think is right. Given Town's now busy fixture list for November, I think he'll make plenty of changes for the Oldham replay, but I can'y say I'll blame him. Would still be nice to get to the 3rd round, though.

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