Opening 4 away friendlies on OS now

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2026 5:02 pm

Seaton Carew, Redcar Athletic, Spennymoor and Hebburn.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 11014

Should win the Seaton game.
Then we get tested.
Only friendlies.
Whens game 1
Guessing 1st Saturday in August!

PTID · **Joined:** Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:07 pm **Posts:** 6138

Home friendly with Grimsby just announced too. That's a bit better.

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2026 6:52 pm

PTID wrote:

Home friendly with Grimsby just announced too. That's a bit better.

Yeah and just announced that the 1908th season ticket was given free to the recipient, so that's a good figure to pass at this point.

harrogatepoolie · **Joined:** Sat Dec 28, 2019 12:35 pm **Posts:** 1522

Anyone else getting concerned June 2 and no new players secured .

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2026 9:11 am

harrogatepoolie wrote:

Anyone else getting concerned June 2 and no new players secured .

I'm not concerned just yet as most footballers current contracts don't run out till the end of this month, most are holidaying ATM and will be difficult to get hold of, as maybe their agents too, I expect to see the start of some progress over the next few weeks, if I don't then I might be a little concerned.

trevwoody · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:44 pm **Posts:** 415

First league fixture is on the 8th August.

I've not found any fixture release date for NL. However, the EFL fixtures get released on Thurs 25th June. Generally the NL are a couple of weeks later, so likely to be around 9th July. That gives me about a month to book trains for the August or September fixtures.

Still a couple of months to identify and sign players.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23091

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:

harrogatepoolie wrote:

Anyone else getting concerned June 2 and no new players secured .

I'm not concerned just yet as most footballers current contracts don't run out till the end of this month, most are holidaying ATM and will be difficult to get hold of, as maybe their agents too, I expect to see the start of some progress over the next few weeks, if I don't then I might be a little concerned.

more concerned in how many injuries we,ll get in those friendly games and how long they,ll be out for. bound to be a couple we will not see till the new year.

Pitlad · **Joined:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:43 pm **Posts:** 339

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:

PTID wrote:

Home friendly with Grimsby just announced too. That's a bit better.

Yeah and just announced that the 1908th season ticket was given free to the recipient, so that's a good figure to pass at this point.

The club has announced that we sold 2100 tickets under the early bird offer, that is a good start considering we haven't signed any new players yet.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 13240

Pitlad wrote:

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:

PTID wrote:

Home friendly with Grimsby just announced too. That's a bit better.

Yeah and just announced that the 1908th season ticket was given free to the recipient, so that's a good figure to pass at this point.

The club has announced that we sold 2100 tickets under the early bird offer, that is a good start considering we haven't signed any new players yet.

I think it is a helluva start.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 11014

Pitlad wrote:

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:

PTID wrote:

Home friendly with Grimsby just announced too. That's a bit better.

Yeah and just announced that the 1908th season ticket was given free to the recipient, so that's a good figure to pass at this point.

The club has announced that we sold 2100 tickets under the early bird offer, that is a good start considering we haven't signed any new players yet.

Outstanding effort from our fans.
Now it's time for Smithy to quickly respond.
Get out of this current Sing mode.
Time for positive change.

Ye that.
We need action sharpish to be up to speed for game one.

And thats a fair ambition if ya got any.

UTP.

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:17 pm

Thought we'd have had a friendly against FC Hartlepool on the Enclosure at Greyfields lined up? :think:

Essex poolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:42 pm **Posts:** 1083

I also thought we would have played Hartlepool fc at Greyfields I stand corrected if not but thought Seaton Carew were a pub team. Will be interesting against Redcar as they have an ex pools youngster in goal who conceded the least goals in their league on the way to winning the title.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 11014

Essex poolie wrote:

I also thought we would have played Hartlepool fc at Greyfields I stand corrected if not but thought Seaton Carew were a pub team. Will be interesting against Redcar as they have an ex pools youngster in goal who conceded the least goals in their league on the way to winning the title.

Seaton are now a Northern league division 2 team after winning last year's Wearside league.
Should be a decent crowd there.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 11014

Just been on Skysports News.
Seaton game cancelled due to lack of players and the threat of violence from the Seaton Casuals.

:violence-smack:

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 13240

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Just been on Skysports News.
Seaton game cancelled due to lack of players and the threat of violence from the Seaton Casuals.

:violence-smack:

Are you sure it was Seaton who has the lack of players.

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2026 2:13 pm

I read on Teletext - (page 312) - Seaton have kindly agreed to let us play a rush keeper

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 11014

Boro at home on 15th August.

So does that mean we away that day so the 1st game on the 8th will be at home.

Would prefer the 1st game at home.
Whens the Vanarama fixtures due out?

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2026 2:13 pm

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Boro at home on 15th August.

So does that mean we away that day so the 1st game on the 8th will be at home.

Would prefer the 1st game at home.
Whens the Vanarama fixtures due out?

Friday 10th July is when the NL fixtures are released - fortnight tomorrow

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 40855

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Just been on Skysports News.
Seaton game cancelled due to lack of players and the threat of violence from the Seaton Casuals.

:violence-smack:

One chant from the 70’s was…’a bottle and a brick and a barbed wire stick’..(how you held all three is a mystery)…now Seaton Casuals are more…’ a pizza and and some chips and selection of chilled dips’….not what they were apart from the waistline.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23091

Kettering Poolie wrote:

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Boro at home on 15th August.

So does that mean we away that day so the 1st game on the 8th will be at home.

Would prefer the 1st game at home.
Whens the Vanarama fixtures due out?

Friday 10th July is when the NL fixtures are released - fortnight tomorrow

wish they were a couple of weeks earlier as the efl were out yesterday and actually start the season a week after we do.

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