AFC Liverpool from Yesteryear

It was AFC's first competitive home game at College Road following the summer move from Prescot. It got off to a perfect start on 8 minutes, as Ryan Cox got on the end of a good move to give us the lead.   The goal had been a little bit against the run of play.   That said, our keeper Ryan Jones did not have a save to make at that point. The Reds went on to control the first half.   My recollection was that Ashton only threatened once, as a shot from outside the area just went wide.   We were putting the visitors under pressure as the first half drew to a close, but we just could not make our dominance count.   Within 10 minutes of the restart, we were down to ten men as midfielder Carl Peers got two quick bookings.   They were both for a late challenge.   Myself and the other Rattlers missed the first challenge, and were surprised when the referee showed a red card for what was the second challenge.   I got filled in on Peers' first indisc...

I arrived in Eccleshall via two trains which had taken me to Stoke, and then a lift from a lad called Paul to Eccleshall. At the time, Paul was our Programme Editor. As I arrived at Pershall Park, I got talking to Manager Paul Moore along with another supporter. There was unfortunately going to be no Steven Jones at the Manager's disposal on this day due to his working commitments on the railway. Mooresy went on to curse the fact that he was not based at Lime Street. Had that been the case, then he was pretty sure that he could have pulled a few strings.   Perhaps a more immediate concern to the Manager was that some managers of other clubs were making underhand attempts to sign our prized striker. He was particularly disappointed that these managers were fellas who he knew personally! Mooresy went on to discuss River Humphries, and some concerns the other supporter had about River's discipline. Mooresy was clear to the point that if you take the aggression out of R...