Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by Cokey » Sun May 03, 2026 10:14 am

It’s a pipe dream. You won’t even notice the ‘changes’ they make. Barrow is certainly not Brilliant or Rising.

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by olbarrafancumbak » Sun May 03, 2026 10:50 am

Wintergreen wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 9:44 am
bluessupporter wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 9:39 am

Be interesting to see what Barrow Rising actually does, apart from being a Quango. Nobody seems to know.
They haven't got enough money to sort the Forum and Market out let alone anything else.
Funding for boys and girls teams academy with an association to the club would be decent, integrate it all with college etc..
Bae could stick there hand in the picket too..

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by HenneysKnee » Sun May 03, 2026 12:06 pm

bluessupporter wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 9:04 am
HenneysKnee wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 12:40 am Roll over till next season when hopefully we’ll have a manager
I hope we have a manager this week! As long as he's not been chosen by Wood.
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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by Cokey » Sun May 03, 2026 11:19 pm

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One last team photo in the EFL, so we can all remember the worst Barrow AFC side.

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Post by olbarrafancumbak » Mon May 04, 2026 9:46 am

Cokey wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 11:19 pm 7b425aa5-ad41-4062-8af9-f8051c95b086.jpeg

One last team photo in the EFL, so we can all remember the worst Barrow AFC side.
As gutted as I am, this made me laugh

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by pjdaly » Mon May 04, 2026 1:13 pm

Good photo, Cokey! I am as devastated as anybody by the sub-par performances by almost every player in almost every match this season. They let us down badly. However, I have to give credit where it's due and say it was big of them to mock themselves as clowns by dressing up like this for the end-of-season squad photo. Oddly though, with them dressed up in these costumes I can't make out which player is which.

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by Wintergreen » Mon May 04, 2026 1:24 pm

:lol:

Had to lol at that!
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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by Wintergreen » Mon May 04, 2026 1:31 pm

olbarrafancumbak wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 10:50 am
Wintergreen wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 9:44 am

They haven't got enough money to sort the Forum and Market out let alone anything else.
Funding for boys and girls teams academy with an association to the club would be decent, integrate it all with college etc..
Bae could stick there hand in the picket too..
If I heard it correctly yesterday on RC we had an academy all set up with FA funding but the club pulled the plug on it. Now I stand to be corrected as I was was in and out or earshot a bit but that's what I took from it.
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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by olbarrafancumbak » Mon May 04, 2026 1:35 pm

There are too many youngsters being cherry picked to go to clubs out if the town. With that comes a lot of pressure on the parents and the kids themselves.. with a local academy, the kids stand a far better chance and there are and always have been exceptionally talented kids and young adults in the local area.

If funding was in place, I find it difficult to understand why it was kyboshed??

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by MisterPleasant » Mon May 04, 2026 1:59 pm

Wintergreen wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 1:31 pm
olbarrafancumbak wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 10:50 am

Funding for boys and girls teams academy with an association to the club would be decent, integrate it all with college etc..
Bae could stick there hand in the picket too..
If I heard it correctly yesterday on RC we had an academy all set up with FA funding but the club pulled the plug on it. Now I stand to be corrected as I was was in and out or earshot a bit but that's what I took from it.
During commentary on Saturday that's what Craig Rutherford said. However, on another thread here (maybe the match thread) others have disputed how cut-and-dried it was.
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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by bluessupporter » Mon May 04, 2026 2:02 pm

MisterPleasant wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 1:59 pm
Wintergreen wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 1:31 pm

If I heard it correctly yesterday on RC we had an academy all set up with FA funding but the club pulled the plug on it. Now I stand to be corrected as I was was in and out or earshot a bit but that's what I took from it.
During commentary on Saturday that's what Craig Rutherford said. However, on another thread here (maybe the match thread) others have disputed how cut-and-dried it was.
I think Craig might know as IIRC he was involved with it.

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by beachy01 » Mon May 04, 2026 2:16 pm

bluessupporter wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 2:02 pm
MisterPleasant wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 1:59 pm
During commentary on Saturday that's what Craig Rutherford said. However, on another thread here (maybe the match thread) others have disputed how cut-and-dried it was.
I think Craig might know as IIRC he was involved with it.
As i stated on the other thread, my cousin was one of the 7 players they had ready to sign. 100% not as cut and dry, the club were right to pull it. The fact they only had 7 players ready to sign full time tells u all u need to know

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Re: Newport County (H) Pobably the last time in the EFL

Post by Pedro » Mon May 04, 2026 2:41 pm

olbarrafancumbak wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 10:50 am
Wintergreen wrote: Sun May 03, 2026 9:44 am

They haven't got enough money to sort the Forum and Market out let alone anything else.
Funding for boys and girls teams academy with an association to the club would be decent, integrate it all with college etc..
Bae could stick there hand in the picket too..
BAE won't spend a bean.

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