Just a correction to the video. I'm local to Nene Park... it's just a derelict waste land now. No shops or housing were ever built on it.

@TheFootballFansShow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. I will pin it as the top comment. Can't believe they knocked down that beautiful stadium and did nothing with the land.

@insertnamehere5809

Жыл бұрын

Such a waste, because it was a nice little stadium 🏟️

@Louisejames23

Жыл бұрын

I think Max Griggs had an agreement with the council that the ground would never be sold for housing. What’s there now though is a dreadful waste.

Rushden and Diamonds were my first ever 'professional' game . (5-3 against Kidderminster Harriers) they were a great club and i many great memories including the play off final. I always keep an eye out for AFC R&D. Thanks for this 😊

it's in a terrible football catchment area half way between Bedford and Northampton both Rugby towns. Had a great car boot sale there and couldn't get a pitch sometimes if you didn't get there early enough.

@jgoodwin7954

Жыл бұрын

I grew up just south of Peterborough and they drew a surprising amount of support from unaffiliated/neutrals/supporters of Prem teams who would have R&D as their "2nd team". Knew a fair few people who'd travel from as far as Huntington, Cambridge etc to follow them. Of course us Posh fans loved it when they crashed and burned 😂

Kidderminster harriers had a brief rivalry. It was so close in the 99/00 between us, i remember the game that season that decided the title. Also subsequent visits to Nene park in the early 00s when we were both league clubs

Funny how in FIFA 06 I wanted to get through all four tiers of the FA, and I happen to pick R&D. Was wild to hear they closed. I also played as Amica Wronki in FIFA 06. They’re closed too 😂

I forgot all about Rushden & Diamonds. This video was a throwback.

I had a season ticket at Rushden for many years, so sad what happened to them

Great video, though I would either speed up these hand animations or get rid of them altogether. It's a video that is easier to listen to than to watch.

Nice one. I was living in Bedfordshire when this project took off, and I've just started my fourth season as Rushden & Diamonds manager on a pimped out version of Championship Manager 97/98.

Used to go watch them with me old man as a kid. Cherished memories

Rushden and Diamonds also in 1999 drew 0-0 with my team Leeds United at their home ground forcing an FA cup replay at Elland Road that they lost 3-1. Great video about a nice club a shame what happened to them.

Great video mate as a Northampton Town fan, Rushden & Diamonds became a good Northamptonshire Derby in addition to the Nene Derby with Peterborough for a time. A shame things ended the way they did and the club had to re-form. They did well to get back to the 7th tier but got relegated back to the 8th tier last season The Nen pronunciation actually comes from the river being labelled as such historically on old maps, so I think it is supposed to be Nen but they added an extra e for some reason 🤣

@TheFootballFansShow

Жыл бұрын

I honestly have arguments with family over the pronunciation of the Nene based in the stadium 😂

@aarondoesyt3194

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFootballFansShow Hahaha now you know what the Northampton vs Peterborough rivalry feels like 😂😂

@RW-nr6bh

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheFootballFansShow I was once told that it is pronounced 'Nen' in Northamptonshire but as spelt in Cambridgeshire. No idea how true that is

@Littlovi

Жыл бұрын

That was such a fantastic stadium. Some of the fittings made their way to other non-league Midlands clubs.

@somebloke87

Жыл бұрын

@@RW-nr6bh That's correct. Peterborians especially, but we don't talk *them*.

I just started looking into the history of non-league and I learned something about one of it's former winners R&D and why they aren't here anymore. The video is informative but a little busy in it's presentation. Cut the graphics in half and let your script take over. The hand moving a mile a minute redrawing the same logos and things at least a dozen times doesn't help.

@TheFootballFansShow

Жыл бұрын

All feedback is appreciated. Thank you.

@dominicking8089

Жыл бұрын

agreed great video but the hand gimmick didn't work and hurt to look at after a while

@Alexjh260

Жыл бұрын

I'm assuming you used doodle to make it? I've used it a lot, found that turning the hand off makes it less distracting, especially in longer form videos! Great content nonetheless pal

@lutontown5923

11 ай бұрын

just listen to it then. moaning for the sake of moaning😂😂😂.

Great video highlighting the history of my club, thanks for the mention of AFC R & D I think a lot of the football community don't realise Rushden and Diamonds lives on through the new club

One point to add here. Rushden & Diamonds were in fact half way up the third highest division,the one we know as League One nowadays,for the bulk of that lone season at that level. They started February in 10th place and still appeared ambitious to move further upwards if they could. From the outside things appeared to be ticking along nicely,though the troubles at Dr Martens would have been noted by those with their fingers on the pulse. Though they tailed off a little they were still in 13th place in late March. Then,with just a few weeks of the 2003-04 season remaining came the fall into administration or near-administration,the fire sale of players and the free-fall down the table. Had the season finished a week or two sooner they could have got themselves another year in the third tier,but they would have been dead ducks at the bottom of it. So I suppose that makes their rapid rise and sudden fall even more dramatic.

As a Kettering Town supporter , Diamonds had a fantastic stadium(jealous) It was sad what happened to them , and my team who play opposite the Weetabix factory .

@joshuadixon4932

Жыл бұрын

I remember some great days out watching the Poppies play Diamonds as a kid. Shame how things turned out.

@StickyBud9395

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuadixon4932I can't go to watch the Poppies any more , due to my health , I miss going up Rockingham Road with my dad , who is is long passed away .

I played against Irthlingboro Diamonds back in the day when they were in the (If memory serves) united counties league.

@rjjcms1

Жыл бұрын

Was there no urge for Rushden and Irthlingborough to restart their old clubs independent of each other before a new version of the amalgamated club came into being when R & D went under in 2011?

Always had a weird connection to them because I took them all the way to the Champions League final in Fifa on GBA as a kid😂

Went to AFC a couples of years ago with Enfield Town for a pre-season and could feel the ambiance of a formal club

That was interesting from a Celtic fan as my Godsons surname is Rushden and like to see alignments and misalignments explained. Thank you

I actually went to Nene Park once for an away game in an FA Cup Qualifier (i believe it was the last round before the first round proper but could be wrong) this was during Rushden's Conference Championship winning season. My home team played 2 leagues below at the time and we did lead twice before we finally lost 5-4. Cracking game though.

I used to play as them in championship manager 00/01, over a million pound budget in the conference

Yes remember Rushden Oxford utd fan here lost 5.0 in conference away 2007 but won 3 1 in semi final 2010 playoff

I went to Nene Park for a Cobblers friendly game in the 90s I think , it was a nice ground , shame what happened to them

Remember me as one of your first 700 subscribers when you get to 10 or 100 thousand

Mansfield fan here, I remember Onandi Lowe absolutely destroying us for Rushden and Diamonds. Nene park was a nice little ground too. Shame

Great video!

@TheFootballFansShow

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

County signed a player called Kevin Slinn from them in 1994 & I had never heard of them. Then they had their headlines & success & one transfer deadline day I noticed their top scorer leaving for nothing which suggested all wasn't well which was correct. I went in 2005/6 & it seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. We lost but they went down. I always thought they should have re formed as Irthlingborough Town.

used to always manage R&D on usm2

What a shame. Great video. Up the Poppies. (also, it's pronounced Nen)

New subscriber Great video and very detailed it's a shame you don't have more subscribers would like to see you do a video of Robert Maxwell Oxford United and Derby county chairman and one about ITV Digital and the piracy if you have the time

@stephentyas4698

Жыл бұрын

that's a big ask. Maxwell was an asset striper but done good for Oxford United.

@TheSugarDaddy1

Жыл бұрын

@@stephentyas4698 he was a crook that tried to buy Man Utd Reading and Watford I think it would make a great video am surprised Tifo football haven't done it yet

@TheFootballFansShow

Жыл бұрын

I will say there is an amazing video by HITC Sevens about what happened at Reading last season with a little bit about Maxwell kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3Zs2tqDqMjfYrg.html

Forest Green Rovers are the next Rushden and Diamonds. Like R&D they are reliant on one man.

Good ol rushden and diamonds

There's NO WAY in this day and age a League One or Two club would be able to spend £2.5 million more than what they actually made that season IN A SEASON because obviously in 2023 the EFL now has it's own Financial Fair Play rules in place.

Regularly went to R&D games when I was young only took until I got much older before I realised they had facilities way above their station not really a surprise they made no momeny and I have a distinct memory of them never winning😂

@rjjcms1

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps they thought those facilities would help attract even bigger crowds,so it was a calculated gamble that didn't pay off? Was there scope for getting more usage of them by the public on non-matchdays?

So happy you've told them how Nene is actually pronounced. 😂

Can a football team be too successful? I'm not sure that is the question that's being answered here. Fundamentally the issue with clubs like Rushden is that they are completely and utterly unsustainable. It's an absolute joy to me (particularly as a Kidderminster Harriers fan) that this mob no longer exist - it really is pleasing to know your rivals folded! Hopefully Fylde, Salford, Fleetwood and the like can all crash and burn in coming years. Nobody will miss them. But all the best to those now at AFC R&D who are plying their trade at a reasonable level.

@AntonyBall-hm4jo

Жыл бұрын

What a weird comment!

@markwillis2800

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Forest Green.

@harrierjames7727

Жыл бұрын

@@markwillis2800 thing is at least FGR were an established conference side before Dale Vince's involvement...

@markwillis2800

Жыл бұрын

@@harrierjames7727 Just like R&D Forest Green have gone as far as they can by reaching the third tier. One man bankrolling a club can only get so far until they face clubs which bigger stadiums, fanbases and bigger budgets.

@harrierjames7727

Жыл бұрын

@@markwillis2800 aye, but realistically FGR are only went up two tiers...

This guys got family in Peterborough for sure

@TheFootballFansShow

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@the89show66

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFootballFansShow it’s NENE not NEENE 😒

@TheFootballFansShow

Жыл бұрын

I have arguments with family in Northampton all the time about this, I blame Jeff Stelling for calling it Neene Park 😂

Fleetwood Town are more successful than Forest Green Rovers with currently 10th season in league 1

Their biggest attendance was 6431 against Leeds in the 3rd round of the FA Cup on 2 January 1999. Leeds fans turning out in numbers as usual. Also that draw would have gotten the attention of a lot of locals

Pretty sure the greatest team to wear red north of Barcelona is Arsenal lol

Shows how money destroys football 😢😢

Missed a trick not calling themselves "The Rushden Diamonds".

This is where I'm from 😂

@jimbull4730

Жыл бұрын

Rushden born, but lived in Higham Ferrers for half my life too. Now living... in Kidderminster. Strange!