| Chelmsford vs Braintree 17:03 - Oct 30 with 1124 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
This seems an intriguing game for this part of the world so much so it was chosen for TV. Curiously Braintree were made big favourites and I can't work out why? Was wondering if any non league experts could help as to why....
Despite being a league apart they appear similar standard and both have played at home to Farnborough in the last few weeks where Chelmsford were lower odds vs them than Braintree were. [Post edited 30 Oct 18:02]
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| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 17:53 - Oct 30 with 1001 views | Miaow |
I really hope Braintree (my local team) win as they've only progressed to the second round once before (lost 5–2 at Millwall in 2016/17). The first time they made it to the first round was in, I think, 2005/06, when they lost 4–1 at Shrewsbury, but the goal they did manage was scored past a young Joe Hart.
I was reading recently and I think I might be right in saying that Chelmsford have never played in a nationwide league, that is they've never been in the Alliance Premier League/Conference/National League since 1979, but they did apply for election to the Football League numerous times. They seem to be perennially in the NL South.
I hope Braintree win, they stay up and also that Chelmsford end up getting promoted. I wonder if there will be any news on a potential new stadium for them (Chelmsford) at some point. |  |
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| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 18:53 - Oct 30 with 919 views | Radlett_blue |
| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 17:53 - Oct 30 by Miaow |
I really hope Braintree (my local team) win as they've only progressed to the second round once before (lost 5–2 at Millwall in 2016/17). The first time they made it to the first round was in, I think, 2005/06, when they lost 4–1 at Shrewsbury, but the goal they did manage was scored past a young Joe Hart.
I was reading recently and I think I might be right in saying that Chelmsford have never played in a nationwide league, that is they've never been in the Alliance Premier League/Conference/National League since 1979, but they did apply for election to the Football League numerous times. They seem to be perennially in the NL South.
I hope Braintree win, they stay up and also that Chelmsford end up getting promoted. I wonder if there will be any news on a potential new stadium for them (Chelmsford) at some point. |
Chelmsford City were one of the top non-league clubs in the 1960s & early 1970s, but never made it into the football league because of the "old pals" voting for re-election. From the mid 1970s they went into serious decline, lost their ground in 1997 & had to play miles away until 2006. They plan to upgrade their current Melbourne Stadium (my school sports day used to be held there) to 5,000 capacity. |  |
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| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 10:06 - Oct 31 with 671 views | Sharkey |
| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 18:53 - Oct 30 by Radlett_blue |
Chelmsford City were one of the top non-league clubs in the 1960s & early 1970s, but never made it into the football league because of the "old pals" voting for re-election. From the mid 1970s they went into serious decline, lost their ground in 1997 & had to play miles away until 2006. They plan to upgrade their current Melbourne Stadium (my school sports day used to be held there) to 5,000 capacity. |
They've just about finished cleaning up the city centre after Town's visit in 1973.
If the 'old pals' had voted differently, then almost certainly Chelmsford would be a bigger club than Colchester by now, perhaps much bigger, Still, Chelmsford has landed up with ALL the cricket these days, so I don't feel too sorry for them. |  | | |
| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 10:52 - Oct 31 with 624 views | Radlett_blue |
| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 10:06 - Oct 31 by Sharkey |
They've just about finished cleaning up the city centre after Town's visit in 1973.
If the 'old pals' had voted differently, then almost certainly Chelmsford would be a bigger club than Colchester by now, perhaps much bigger, Still, Chelmsford has landed up with ALL the cricket these days, so I don't feel too sorry for them. |
I don't know about much bigger. Colchester & Chelmsford have long had similar size populations & Chelmsford's problem was that London was very accessible & the majority of kids at my school supported West Ham (the nearest of the London clubs). [Post edited 1 Nov 10:00]
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| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 20:37 - Oct 31 with 353 views | ITFCMonk |
As a Braintree fan I have to admit Chelmsford are probably the favourites for this one |  |
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| Chelmsford vs Braintree on 21:17 - Oct 31 with 296 views | itfcsuth |
Chelmsford my local, and love going down when it doesn’t clash with Ipswich, have been a couple of occasions this year.
New Chelmsford owner has big ambitions, turned to club full time this year and built a very strong NLS squad, but has been a really mixed bag - sometimes they look really strong, sometimes they look really poor.
Is a real 50/50 for me, Lyle Taylor at Chelmsford is scoring a lot of goals, particularly in the FA Cup. |  | | |
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