Our system detected that your browser is blocking advertisements on our site. Please help support FoxesTalk by disabling any kind of ad blocker while browsing this site. Thank you.
Jump to content
Dan

Loughborough & Tamworth away roll-call

Recommended Posts

Guest Bilo
Posted

Can't we have Grimsby or Lincoln away please? Both would suit me fine, it's a pig to get enough time off in the summer for pre-season games.

Posted
Surely this thread was just invented to wind up Alexikokopops?

No why would it be :dunno:

Posted

Unless it's Kilworth driving from loughborough at 2 to get to Tamworth at 3, you won't be at the Tamworth game for kick off.

Fancying the Tamworth game myself.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

From the Merc

Gary Mills so proud of Tamworth – and Leicester City

Gary Mills says he knows all about the promotion buzz experienced by Leicester City, who visit his current club, Tamworth, tomorrow for a pre-season friendly (3pm).

Mills guided Tamworth into the Blue Square Premier last season at the same time as City were wrapping up the League One crown.

"It was a fantastic season for us and it was great to see a club which is so close to my heart get back into the Championship," said Mills, who made more than 230 City appearances, including the play-off finals against Blackburn and Swindon.

The Lambs manager said the five years he spent with City coincided with him playing what he reckoned was the best football of his career.

And he has also had to experience the ups and downs of football management.

"You get good times and bad times but it was great for us to get promoted."

Mills said he would love Tamworth to follow the example of Burton, their Staffordshire rivals who made it into the Football League this season.

And he said the clash with City will be an interesting test for his players.

"We've only been back a couple of weeks so we'll be a bit ring-rusty but it's a good opportunity to assess the fitness of the players and work on our shape," said Mills.

"We've got a young side and, of course, some of them feel they can play at a higher level so this will be a good test. We've got a challenging season ahead in the Blue Square against the likes of Luton, Mansfield and Oxford but it's great that we have made the progression."

The match with Tamworth was originally scheduled to take place 12 months ago after former City player Gerry Taggart left his coaching role at The Lambs to join Nigel Pearson's backroom team.

City's opening fixture is three hours before the Tamworth clash when they play at Loughborough Dynamo.

John Folwell, manager of the Unibond League club, said it was a massive coup for Dynamo to attract City to the Nanpantan Sports Ground.

Folwell said: "You cannot underestimate what this gesture by City means to this club.

"It will raise our profile and the money we make through the turnstiles will also help the budget for the new season.

"I'm so pleased they have agreed to come to us.

"And I expect a few of the fans will go on to Tamworth afterwards."

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...