FGIF REVIEW OF 2004-2005 - THE ‘BEST BITS’ 

 

20/06/05 from Richard Panter:

Top 10 Grounds (in order):  1 Stalybridge Celtic  2 Leek Town  3 Bath City  4 Hendon  5 Hinckley United (Marstons)  6 Welbeck Welfare  7 Gresley Rovers  8 Buxton  9 Colwyn Bay  10 Glapwell.
Best Matches (in order): 1 Shepshed Dynamo 3 - 2 Gresley Rovers (UD1)  2 Quorn 2 - 3 AFC Sudbury (FAV) 3 Grantham Town 2 - 4 Shepshed Dynamo (FAC)  5 Barrow Town 2 - 3 Barnt Green Spartak (FAV) 6 Bath City 3 - 4 Hednesford Town   (SLP) 7 Belper Town 2 - 5 North Ferriby United (UD1)  8 Teversal 3 - 3 Barton Town OB (CMLS)  9 Heanor Town 3 - 2 Clipstone Welfare (CMLFLC)  10 Lincoln United 3 - 2 Workington (UD1).
Best Atmosphere (in order): 1 Hucknall  2 Gresley Rovers  3 Bath City  4 Shirebrook Town  5 Gedling Town  6 Stalybridge Celtic  7 Aylesbury United  8 Blackwell MW  9 Nuneaton Borough  10 Sutton Town.
Most welcoming (in order): 1 Borrowash Victoria  2 Graham Street Primms  3 Glapwell  4 Leamington  5 Coalville Town.
Best tea bars (in order): 1 Alfreton Town  2 Solihull Borough (Megabites)  3 Hednesford Town  4 Guisley  5 Ossett Albion
Best programmes (in order): 1 Leek Town  2 Hendon  3 Teversal  4 Hinckley United  5 Warrington Town  6 Blackwell MW  7 Glapwell  8 Grantham Town   9 Loughborough FC  10 Moor Green.
 
09/06/05 from Stephen Harris (not ranked):
Top 10 Grounds:  Bognor Regis Town, Edgware Town, Fiorentina, Gosport Borough, Graz AK, Gwardia Warsaw, Hastings United, Ramsgate, Rayners Lane, Victoria Hamburg.
Best Matches Seen:  Barkingside 3-3 Enfield Town (ESL), Notts County 1-2 Leyton Orient (League 2), Thame Utd 2-1 Weymouth (FACup), Southend United 0-1 Leyton Orient (League 2), Graz AK 3-1 Rapid Vienna (Austrian Bundesliga).
Best Atmospheres:  Southend Utd vs Leyton Orient (League 2), Babelsberg 03 vs BFC Dynamo (Oberliga Nordost-Nord), Eastbourne Town vs Eastbourne Utd (Sussex League), Parma vs Lecce (Serie A), Hastings Utd vs AFC Wimbledon (Isthmian League).
Most Welcoming Clubs:  Barkingside, Epping FC, Henley Town, Radstock Town, St Francis Rangers.
Best Tea Bars:  Thurrock (cakes), Polonia Warsaw (bigos), Kidderminster Harriers (curry), Bedford Town (bread pudding), Bracknell Town (chilli), Paloma Hamburg (sausages).
Top programmes:  Union Berlin, Wealdstone, Didcot Town, Bedfont Green, Enfield FC
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26/05/05 from Leon Gladwell:

Top 10 Grounds in order: Garw, Swansea City, Belper Town, Drogheda United, Bangor City, Bacup Borough, Stocksbridge PS, Cadbury Athletic, Chelsea, Drogheda United, Cadbury Athletic, Bewdley Town
Top 10 Best Matches Seen in order: Coalville Town 2 Liversedge 0 (FAC4Q), Derby County 3 Wolves 3 (CCC), Quorn 2 AFC Sudbury 3 (FAV4), Barton Rovers 3 Cheshunt 4 (FAC1Q), Eastwood Town 1 Hereford United 1 (FAT5), Sheringham 3 Loddon United 3 (NSCP), Barrow Town 2 Barnt Green Spartak 4 (FAV1), Ampthill Town 3 Biggleswade United 6 (SML1), Horsham 3 Uxbridge 2 (FATP), Blackwell MW 3 Graham St. Prims 4 (CMLP)
Top 10 Best Atmospheres in order: Swansea City v Oxford Utd (FL2), Derby County v Wolves (CCC), Halifax Town v Accrington Stanley (FC), Coalville Town v Liversedge (FAC4Q), Cadbury Ath v Atherstone Utd (MC1), Welling United v Hornchurch (CS), Wolves v Crewe (CCC), Banstead Ath v AFC Wimbledon (Isth1), Drogheda Utd v Derry City (Eircom), AC Amiens v US Ivry (CFA2),
Top 5 Most Welcoming Clubs in order: Biggleswade United, Holbeach Town, AC Amiens, Fulbourn Institute, Llanfairpwll
Top 5 Best Tea Bars in order: Stocksbridge PS, Bewdley Town, Ilkeston Town, Bacup Borough, Barrow Town
Top 10 Programmes in order: Bewdley Town, Sutton United, Willenhall Town, Padiham, Chelsea, Loughborough Dynamo, Kildare County, Willenhall Town, Bromsgrove Rovers, Teversal

 

24/05/05 from WebEd (not ranked):

Favourite Grounds Visited: 1 – Sleaford Town (RAF Cranwell); 2 – Heather Athletic; 3 - Tividale; 4 - Haywards Heath Town and 5 – Pickering Town.

Best Matches Seen: 1 – Clipstone MW v Teversal (4-3) CML on 29/09 ; 2 -  Cammell Laird v Alfreton (2-3) FAC 3Q  on 16/10; 3 – Histon v Shrewsbury (2-0) FAC 1 on 13/11; 4 – Dersingham v Anglian Windows (4-1) (AC)  on 16/04 and 5 – Hertha BSC v SC Freiburg (3-1) Bund 1 on 09/04.

Best Match Atmosphere: 1 – Armthorpe Welfare (NCELP); 2 - Bradford PA (ULP); 3 – Hertha BSC (Bund1); 4 – Histon (SLP) and 5 – Derby Co (FC).

Best Welcome for Travellers: 1 – Bedfont Green (CCL1); 2 – St.Francis Rangers (SCL); 3 – Holyport (Hell1E); 4 – Buntingford (HSCL1) and 5 – Warlingham (CCL1).

Best Tea Bars: 1 – Tividale (WML); 2 – Buntingford (HSCL1); 3 – Warlingham (CCL1); 4 - Alton Town (Wessex) and 5 – Bedfont Green (CCL1).

Top Programmes: 1 – Sleaford Town v Eynesbury Rovs (UCL1); 2 – Bedfont Green v Netherne Village (CCL1); 3 – Buntingford Town v Hertford Heath (HSCL1); 4 – Histon v Shrewsbury (FAC1) and Hertha BSC v SC Feiburg (Bund1).