The Seadogs Podcast EP65 - LOANEE AIDON SHEHU: I'M HERE TO MAKE AN IMPACT!

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Coming up, Horsities Albanian International Lonely, Aiden Sheehoo talks about some career

highs, including playing for Albania under 21s, and a first-ever appearance for the Tigers.

Being on the bench for the first time is just crazy experience.

You've got 20,000 people coming down to watch you play, and it's just mental.

Talking of International, we chat to Dave Lee, who flew all the way over from Hong Kong,

especially to Seedogs last two home games.

My friends think I'm crazy because for both hands and Asia, they can perceive the

Premier League's dryings, yeah, for me to National League North, Scabra Athletic, and yeah,

but that's my choice.

Amber Abostra on a greeting still has his sights set on the playoffs.

If you look at the table too much, you can drive it crazy, but if we win, as many games

as we can in the next seven, we'll have a chance.

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We're also going to chat to a group of lads who are organising a charity football match

in Scabra on Easter Sunday.

Maybe you can help out.

They're raising money for Motor Neurone Disease.

We'll speak to Paul Timon, who you may know from Scabra Disability Football.

We'll speak to Jamie Ray from Deswinks, Big Backers at Scabra Athletic FC, and also Nick

Haynesworth as well, whose partner recently lost her dad to Motor Neurone Disease, a

very well-known figure in the Scabra area he was as well.

So all that to come on episode 65 of the Seedogs podcast.

We'll also have a little look at the final seven games and discuss what really is

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Right, let's start with my chat with Adrian Chihu, the whole city loanee, who's had

quite a career already, despite his young age, getting on the line up for the first team

at a whole city with 20,000 fans watching and also being called up for the Albanian

under 21 team.

He's now on loan at Scabra and got his first taste of National League North football in

the draw at home to tell for United.

We had a chat about that, the differences between training with whole city and playing

men's football in National League North, a bit about his highs at whole city and Albania

and his hopes at Scabra Athletic.

So you got a bit of time on the pitch today, how's it been so far since you came along?

Yeah, it's been good, different environment, but yeah, just settling in well, all the boys

are, all the boys are good, so yeah, coaches and staff, they're all like welcoming

so, it's been good so far, yeah.

So just give us your back story then, you know, when did it start for you, your football

injury?

I started off playing for my local club since I was young, like six, and after I got picked

up by myself and end of on the 15th was there for two years, after I came to Hall on

trial for like two weeks, got picked up then and yeah, just made my international debut,

it's just been going up from there, so yeah, and now out here getting some men's experience

and yeah, it's just good so far, yeah.

Obviously very different though, isn't it?

Very different, how do you find the experience with, you know, training with the whole city

to national league north?

It's different but, I mean, it's a good level, like the pitch ain't the best but when

it gets going, it's really good, like some of the boys are really good, so yeah, it's

just out trying to get out there, play men's football because I swear I want to be in the

future, so yeah.

Yeah, it's very different, isn't it?

And of course, these guys have full-time jobs as well and it's different, isn't it?

Because what is a normal week like for you?

Literally just training basically every day and after coming here in the evening, training

as well, so yeah, just football, football, football, I've got jobs in that, it's just completely

different but yeah, it's good, like, yeah, I enjoy it.

You've been on today, so what have you noticed anything different in terms of the matches

that you've played?

It's probably a bit more direct and of course, it's going to be more physical but that's

what I need, so I ain't complaining.

Yeah, and obviously the pitch isn't great, is it?

It's not ideal.

But you know, scabbard is a team that does want to play good football, so we find that

on better pitches, better football happens.

It's like Oxford last week when I was there, like, it was on Astros, on a decent pitch and

I mean, the boys literally played them about, so yeah, when it is on good pitches, I can

see that we do like to play and that is what I do prefer in my play style, so yeah,

when we get playing on good pitches, I can probably show myself a bit more, so yeah, it's

decent.

Obviously, whole City Championship club, you've got big ambitions there and an international

call up as well at under 21 level, how was that experience for you?

I was mental, like, just being on the bench for the first time is just crazy experience,

you've got 20,000 people coming down to watch, to watch, you play and yeah, it's just

mental, and playing for my international team is just like, it's just a privilege, really,

like, you enjoy it every time you go out there, playing for your country, you can't put

into words, really, like, you're doing stuff like that, so yeah.

And finally, it is a fine line, isn't it, between making it and not making it, I suppose,

so you have these incredible experiences, like you say, 20,000 people playing for your

country.

Obviously, as you know, there's a fine line between making it and not making it, so how

do you deal with that challenge?

Just keeping humble, like, keeping yourself grounded and being humble by all times, like,

I'm here right now, like, I'm no better than anyone, anyone else that's with me playing

on the pitch, so I just got to keep myself humble and just do what I've got to do, perform

here and just keep growing step by step, so yeah.

In a year's say, did you all know, look, give these many minutes now, I'll show you what

I could do.

But yeah, that's the manager's decision, I'm not going to say much on that.

Scarborough's whole city, Lonely, Aiden Shihu there, speak to me after the Scarborough

tell the draw on Saturday, where he got his first minutes on the pitch for the C-Dogs.

On the way, we will be previewing Scarborough's trip to bottom place, Lemmington, this weekend,

hopefully a fair number of C-Dogs fans will be making the fairly lengthy journey to cheer

on the boys and hopefully bring three points back to the Yorkshire coast.

Right now, let's speak to someone that has made a very long journey to support Scarborough

in the last week or so, Dave Lee, who's chetted in from Hong Kong, purely to watch Scarborough

play a couple of games.

He didn't go home empty handed either, got a few signed goodies from the club and some

memories to take back.

I chatted with him just before kick off in the draw at home to Kingslin.

My name is Dave Lee from Hong Kong, and you're here.

I've seen the pictures of you wearing the Scarborough kits over in Hong Kong.

The reason is that I play football for about 30 years in a Sunday day level as a defender,

but my need is not doing well recently, so I still want to play football and so I decided

to go in goal.

I need a goalkeeper shirt, I search on the internet and Scarborough, and I take care of that.

The last is the green goalkeeper shirt is on sale, and then I get the green shirt and

away shorts.

I play the game, I play a full-sale game, and I cut up a clean sheet and make some good

shapes, and then I post it on the Instagram, it takes Scarborough and I take another

attack at me, and they say, I represent a sea dog swaying Hong Kong, so that's what

started.

But that's one thing, but to actually come over and watch a game, wow.

The fans, my friends think I'm crazy, because you know many football fans in Asia, they

come to see, watch the Premier League dry ins, or any big teams, but yeah, for me to

nationally love Scarborough, let it in, yeah, but that's my choice.

Well, if we win tonight, we're going to have to have you back every game, you know that.

Long, long old flight, isn't it?

How long are you here for them?

Well, we'll be in this game, and then also the AFC tell for the fans.

Yeah, so back on Saturday, yeah.

Yeah, right, right.

Great.

Well, enjoy the match.

Thank you.

Nice to meet you.

Thank you.

And please to say that when he is back home in Hong Kong, he does listen to our commentary

on this is the coast extra.

And of course, this weekend, we'll be bringing you four much commentary of Lovington

against Scarborough.

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And this is episode 65 of the C dogs podcast with me, Paddy.

We will be previewing Lemmington against Scarborough shortly.

And here from Scarborough boss, John O'Greeding.

Firstly, there's a charity football match being organised by a group of local lads

happening on Easter Sunday.

It'll be taking place at Pinder leisure centre in Eastfield.

I took part in the 12 hour overnight game last year about a year, a year and a half

ago.

That was fantastic.

Seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven pounds was raised for the Robert

Burrow M&D Centre in Leeds.

Course number seven was his shirt number.

That was quite a coincidence.

I've been chatting with Paul Timon and Jamie Ray, the organisers, but also Nick Haines

with whose partner's dad started to lost his battle with motor neurone disease recently.

Paul, I'll start with you, you're organising another charity football match.

So tell us about the last one you did for this course.

Yes, actually about a year and a half ago, myself and Jamie, we organised a 12 hour marathon

through the night to raise money for M&D and we raised obviously with the significance

of Rob Burrow at the time and still now, but the money we raised was seven thousand and

seven hundred and seventy seven pounds and it was just a coincidence, so it was amazing

with his number being seven.

And we've obviously decided to do something else now, so.

Yeah, and he actually passed away, didn't he?

Just after the match had finished, is that right or was it announced?

It was a day after, yeah, day after, he passed away, yeah, so yeah, it was very poignant,

but yeah, it met a lot to a lot of people, so.

And from a Desiwings point of view, you're always happy to get involved with stuff like

this, aren't you?

Yeah, we're only, you know, support and charities as much as possible and we have a nice

community of footballers who enjoy playing together and we took the opportunity to raise

some more money for this horrible disease, unfortunately.

And so Desiwings are helping out with sponsoring pitch sort of thing.

Yeah, I started out with the kits, the ball, the pitch and everything, so that's the least

we can do to make sure we can maximise the amount of money we can actually raise through

sponsorship for the players and fans and anyone else who wants to come to the match.

So I mean, we all know people that have had this terrible, terrible disease, whether it's

my uncle, when he was in his 40s, we were doing it in memory of, or with someone in mind,

wouldn't be last time.

Yeah, yeah, my wife's cousin's husband died of it in the early 50s, just a tragic thing

it really is.

But, you know, anything we can do to help raise money for the families that are suffering

but also for the cure.

That's what we want.

And a lot of people in the town recently were aware of?

Paul, yeah.

Yeah, Paul went through, he passed away a boxing day and nearly hours.

And this is where you come in because a family connection for you?

Yeah, so it's my partner's dad, so everyone was real close with him, like, and sort of

the time from being diagnosed to when he died seems to go over the blink of the eye.

So I think certainly from my experience, everyone knows it's a horrible disease, but seeing

it sort of not first time for me, but for the families, it's shatter them.

So anything that we guys can do to get a bit of money to try and help people out

of them.

It needs a cure, doesn't it?

It really does because once you get that news, there is only one direction and that's

the worst thing, isn't it?

And your mind stays there, but everything else you're losing.

So, you know, a lot of people were very devastated, but I mean, just talk us through just how

devastated it was for your partner and the family.

It was horrific.

I mean, everyone knew it was come in, but then sort of, as soon as the end of November,

beginning of December here, everyone's life, certainly was directly involved with care

and freedom was just on hold.

My partner and assistant, I think they stuck going to work around on my partner, didn't

go to work because they were there every day, try to help out his wife and her life's

been on hold for God knows all on now with it, and even still afterwards, so it's horrific.

You would never understand what you're going to experience at the TC, really, I don't

think.

So, you're raising awareness of the best thing you can do.

And 7,777 quid pool, I mean, that's no small thing, is it?

And it was great to hear that the Rob Borrow M&D sensor was opened, and that will make

a difference.

And more money that comes in will carry on making a difference.

Yeah, definitely, yeah.

And they've contacted me again about this.

They seem to pick up on these things through the just giving site, really, but, you know,

that anything, even the small amounts, I mean, you've got Kevin Sinfield raising millions,

but it all adds up if we all, you know, raise a thousand or two, and we're hopefully one

game of football and a bit of a raffle that we're planning.

We hopefully raise a thousand quid, I reckon, with a bit of help.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, that was your target last time, wasn't it?

Yeah.

And it soon went up to 2000 during the night, and then the next morning, just absolutely

blew up amazing.

You'd have to raffle prizes?

Yeah, I mean, a lot of that money was down to you and your radio station promoting it

for us, and really generous Scabra public, which we're hoping a few people might just think

about the situation again, the M&D community we need it, constantly need the money.

And if you want to go on the just giving site, and then just search for my name, Paul

Timon, T-Y-M-O-N, you'll find the latest one, but we're going to be start raising money

on there.

There's about 100 quid at the moment, but we want to move that all quickly.

Yeah, but you do want any donations for that raffle?

Yeah, so any donations on the just giving site, or you can look on me on Facebook, just

look me up on Facebook, Paul Timon, or contact me if you want a raffle ticket, but we'd

love two or three decent prizes so that it'll track some people.

If you've got two or three prizes that are really good, we'll really get some money in.

So anybody out there who has got a good prizes will be really appreciate it.

All right.

Tell us about the game when it is and where and what?

Yeah, so it's Sunday, 5th of April.

It's at two o'clock, and it's at Pinder, leisure centre and the outside football pitch,

so there's plenty of space to spectators.

And afterwards, as Paul said, we're going to have a raffle, that's at a local pub, the

by-ways.

So please feel free to come along and purchase some tickets and help raise lots of money

for this really worthy cause.

Finally, charity match, but when the whistle blows, it'll be all organs blazing on it, there

will be no charity on the pitch, will there?

There never is no.

No.

Anyone from Southam?

Exactly.

All right.

I'll invite you for players, and that'll already, that'll, it's self-raising bit of money,

won't you?

Yeah, every player, because they've done a lot of these charity events that are all

good lads.

We all pay to play, we get a referee, get a kid, get a great experience and a good laugh,

but the lads will all pay to play, and obviously if they do that for just giving a page, we

get the, whatever it's called.

Give day.

That's the one.

Yeah, we get that as well.

So if you can do that, but we've had donations already.

The lads haven't started paying in yet, they'll pay near at the time, so if you see the

total of about 115 quid, that's just through a few donations already.

So please, please have a look, please get in touch with me if you can get a raffle ticket,

a raffle ticket or a raffle prize, be great.

Enjoy the games tonight, that's, that's all I can't join you, thanks very much.

And that was Paul Timon at Jamie Ray, and Nick Haynesworth, the Seedogs podcast.

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Right, let's hear from Jono Green, now Scarborough's manager, spoke to him just after the one

one draw at home to Telford on Saturday.

He was hoping for the win, but the unbeaten run continues.

Jono, a good game featuring two good teams playing good football at times.

Yeah, I thought I thought it was quite an entertaining game to say it was only one

all, I think, you know, it's difficult on that pitch the way it is.

I think there was a game Thursday night, so there was a little bit caught up.

But we, you know, we saw the boys before the game, but, you know, what a big game it was,

like every single game is at the moment.

We know Telford do a very good team after, you know, losing down there.

We didn't perform that good on the day, but they were excellent on the day.

So we knew we had to be at our best.

And obviously the pitch makes it tricky, but I thought we played some good stuff.

Potentially could have had a penalty first half, and the players think it was.

But we played some good stuff, and we said to the players,

fall again, they're very good at counter-attacking.

I thought we did that really well until they scored the goal, really.

So, you know, we had the ball in their box.

They brought really quick, and five seconds later, it was in the back of our net.

So that was disappointing, but we just said to them half time.

So listen, you know, if you take that out of the equation, you know,

they've had a couple of chances.

We've had a couple of chances, but, you know, we were fine and, you know,

we played some good stuff.

And, you know, just to carry on going the way it will, a little bit more energy,

going forward, more crosses, more shots, more dribbles.

And I think we got that, and we probably got the deserved equaliser.

Never ideal when you have to make a forced change.

Wilds, he went down a few times, didn't he?

Like he wasn't going to carry on.

So you needed to force a change in the first half.

Yeah, well, listen, you know, you know,

obviously, the purpose being suspended.

Wilds, he came back in the last game.

Probably, I really, really natural, you know, holding midfield player

similar to Perves in that respect, even though he can play a little bit higher as well.

But he can be really disciplined and play that holding something mid position.

So T'Luisin was good.

He's probably my fault with shorter players.

Louis and Holy Outright to actually come on and play.

They've only done half a session on Thursday.

And I spoke to him yesterday, so how would you feel?

Because, you know, it was his first game in five months, the other night.

And he said he felt fine.

I said, he said, leave up to me and I umpten out.

But we didn't really have anyone else to play in that position.

And the gamble didn't pay off.

Unfortunately, he's done his hamstring.

So it's my fault.

I've just apologized to him and there he's absolutely good.

But I'm not good, because I risked him really.

But if Perves was back for today, probably wouldn't have been arrested.

So when he's shorter players, you've got to try and find solutions for the problem.

And yeah, it's good wrenching really.

But they said, we had to make an early change.

We had to make another two changes in the second half.

We were on the front foot.

Wackers growing, we saw him again, so we had to set him up.

Well, it's not a yellow card as well, didn't it?

Yeah, it wasn't.

His groans have been saw for a while now.

So we just managed him and he asked, he said he could carry on.

And then, literally, we do that sub and then Duckey's struggling as well with his calf or something.

So we had to make over sub as well.

And yeah, it's difficult, because when you're on the front foot,

you want to keep all the players on the pitch.

But when you get injuries and stuff like that,

then you have obviously got to make changes.

30 really well done.

And he caused a bit of a nuisance down the left hand channel.

And look good on the ball.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's still no right.

He's got to get fit, I've told him that.

He's probably not the levels of some of the rest of the boys.

But he had a bad injury last year's.

I think he had an operation and missed most of the preseason.

So he's always playing catch up.

But I thought I did all right in certain circumstances.

You can still be better.

We can see it in training.

What you can do.

And yeah, there's certain situations where he did well.

Certain situations where he should have held the ball.

He just passed it back to Brownie.

But as a young lad, and you learn the more games he plays.

Obviously, Coleville, we've got the suspension coming up.

And we, which is another headache for you as well, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a headache.

Obviously, losing miles in hours is obviously good wrenching.

Yeah, so what is the outlook?

Are we going to see him back, do you think?

Just depends how bad the hamstring is.

He thinks he's slight, proper, torn.

I think if you look at Holy, when he, each of his hamstring

gains just some four-eighth game in,

I think he was six to eight weeks.

So potentially, if it's a great two-tail,

like Holy, then it could be.

If it's not that bad, great one, it might be three to four weeks.

But we'll have to wait and see.

But I take the blame, it's my fault.

And that one, Luke, obviously, suspended three games.

But we've got pairs back.

So we lose Luke.

We get pairs back, but we lose Wellesys.

And then, obviously, we've got to keep an eye on Duckey and Wacker.

And obviously, Greeney has been out the last two games

with his hip flex.

So fingers crossed.

You know, Perves can be back next week.

And hopefully, Greeney can come and say, Wellesys, please.

Yep.

So it's Lemmings in the next.

Obviously, the games are already important.

The thing about that point today is it just

keeps Alfred to points behind, even though they've got that game

in hand.

So important, still in the playoffs?

Yeah, listen, we just wanted to win the game.

I think, you know, if you look at the table too much,

you can drive it crazy.

But we wanted to win the game and go a few more points clear.

We haven't done that.

We've got a valuable point.

You know, if we win as many games as we can in the next seven,

we'll have a chance.

And you know, we've got some difficult games.

I think we play Dala.

They play Dala.

Dala, we've got some tough games.

Tell for they've got some tough games.

We've got tough games.

So it's going to be interesting to answer the season.

Scarborough manager, John O'Greening speaking to me

after the game there.

So he did mention Theo Chapman during that interview.

Couple of days later, Scarborough said it announced

that Theo was leaving the club for a new opportunity.

We've since found out what that opportunity was.

He's joined Mackelsfield FC and actually played

as a substitute for Mackelsfield away at Telford,

ironically, on Tuesday night, although his performance

was apparently very good.

Didn't prevent Telford winning out 3-0 on the night,

which is now why they have climbed above Scarborough

in the table since our chat with John over there.

So Scarborough just slipped out of the playoff places.

And with some teams still with games in hand over Scarborough,

it is going to be a case of keeping an eye on that league table

on the Tuesday nights that Scarborough not playing

just to see how it does affect Borough.

Scarborough now currently sitting eighth position,

played 39-1-15, drawn 14, lost 10.

Scored 53, considered 46, a gold difference of plus seven,

and they've got 59 points on the board.

Just one point behind AFC Telford United,

same games played.

And Scarborough also played the same amount of games

as Chester, who were in ninth, two points behind Scarborough,

and Radcliffe, who were in tenth,

who were three points behind Scarborough.

Now, books don't do have a game in hand over Borough,

but they're five points behind on 54 points.

Scarborough's opponents this Saturday in Levington,

and they've only won five from 38.

They've drawn eight and lost 25.

They scored 27, considered 68.

It's a gold difference of minus 41,

just 23 points on the board.

They've lost four of their last six,

winning just once, and drawing one of those games as well.

But as Jono often says, there is no easy game

in National League North,

although it'd be really nice if this was one.

I'll throw some matches.

They did get relegated in the 2022-23 season,

although they did come back via the playoffs

in National League North,

and they finished 16 plus six, not 55 points.

Now, they do have a new manager,

and sometimes you do see that new manager bounce.

Scott Estelo took charge of his first match on Tuesday.

They did lose, 1-0 at home to Bookston.

Earlier on in the season,

goals from Harry Green and Steve Walker secured a 2-0 win

at the mounting system stadium in Bridglington.

Tickets to 16 pounds for adults, over 60s, 12 pounds.

Students with an NUS card, 9 pounds, under 18s, a 6-quid,

and if you're under 12, it's free,

and parking is five pounds on the day or three pound

in advance, programs are three pound as well.

And of course, the Valibar Sea Dogs,

running transport to the game,

you might see we also grab a place on the bus.

Text the booking hotline on 07-598-931-572.

07-598-931-572,

or email Valibar Sea Dogs at mail.com.

Great news for our skipper as well.

Will Thornton has now become the third most-capped player

in Scarborough FedEx history behind Ryan Blot

on 387 appearances and Michael Coulson on 250,

and he's moved ahead of Bayley Gooder.

So that he's now made 232 appearances for the Sea Dogs.

He's called 13 goals, he's had 11 assists,

and a nice 23 man of the matches.

Keep up to date with the latest news from Scarborough FedEx

on their social media pages, and at Scarborough FedEx.com.

If you're going to Levington, I'm jealous,

I'd love to be there,

but I'm busy unfortunately this weekend working.

If you really can't make the game,

we do have full match commentary,

as I've said earlier, with John Collins,

fantastic commentator on this is the coast extra.

And finally, it really is all to play for the Sea Dogs

as we have that playoff push.

If you're not excited now,

when are you ever going to be excited?

So after Levington, Borough are at home to Chorley,

the first of just three home matches remaining

at the mounting system stadium in Britain.

And that is on Saturday the 28th of March.

And then as we head into April, well, it's Easter,

which always throws up some very tasty fixtures.

Good Friday, we're away at Darlington, playoff rivals.

And then on Easter Monday, we're at home to spending more town.

On Saturday the 11th of April, we're away at Bucston.

It's a home game against Murthy Town

on Saturday the 18th of April.

Again, playoff rivals.

We beat them brilliantly away from home.

Earlier on in the season, that was all the way back in August.

And it's Bedford Town against Scarborough Classic

on Saturday the 25th of April.

Will that be the final game of the season?

Or will we be heading into the playoffs?

Well, Trevor Bull, Scarborough's chairman thinks

that there's going to be something

riding on that final game away at Bedford.

We will see if that is the case.

But the certainly opportunities for the C-Dogs

to not only get points, but also take points away

from other playoff rivals, lots to play for,

lots to be excited about.

Thanks for listening to the C-Dogs podcast episode 65.

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