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Post by David Schofield on May 29, 2023 17:37:47 GMT
They couldn't afford to build it in the first place so now that it's there they can't afford to knock it down til they've paid for it. Four year delay in completing it and cost went way over the budget. The FA Cup semi finals have to be there until they've paid down the debts - sixteen years of that so far. We are basically forced to play there to honour a pledge made to Club Wembley Members that by buying tickets years in advance they would have entry to every event - Members who couldn’t give a flying f*ck whether we play there or not and certainly didn’t go yesterday
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Post by gibbo on May 29, 2023 18:34:11 GMT
As for not being able to sing, "and we're going to Wembley" that's a really pisspoor argument - other songs would be made up for the new Stadium. I was being flippant (and probably a nob) there Imposter - still think my argument had some validity though. Did nobody else get a bit emotional when we were walking out on the Wembley pitch? It's County - National League North 5 years ago /in the doldrums when my Grandad took me to my first ever live Football game in 1985 (County v Aldershot): I'm now watching us walk at at Wembley. (hard not to have a tear in my eye)
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Post by The Real Exile on May 29, 2023 19:56:08 GMT
Great view from where we sat( big thanks to Radcliffe for sorting all our tickets out) bar had decent products with staff pouring in advance, only slight gripe was they made a big thing of allowing water bottles in with no cap as there were stations to fill up, nearest one was 4 blocks down with a massive queue. Anyway minor gripe, was nice to meet up with many familiar faces including AT on Wembley way who was on good form, caught up with Moonbird too.
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Post by scfc73 on May 29, 2023 20:16:43 GMT
Then that gives us another question to discuss. Is a football ground really somewhere anyway for under 5,s. Back in the 50,s when i started going there wig as no trouble and i pestered my old man to take me. I was a couple of months from my 8th birthday when i was finally allowed to go but even then the season after he would not take me to a big 3rd round full house cup game. My lad was only days off his 5th birthday when he did his first game and spent most of the time watching the crowd and any planes going over. His love for County came came a couple of years later when he understood a bit more what was going on. Why shouldn't a football match be a place for an under 5 year old? It isn't the 1950's where the men went to the football and the women stay at home with the kids. The whole family might want to go and watch the match and that means bringing youngsters along. A youngster might not appreciate the game, until they are a bit older, I wasn't really bothered about football until I was 10, but bringing the kids mean they can do something as a family. I went through a period where the wife wouldn't let me go to football because she was sick of getting the phone call from Cheadle nick, To put it simply I was a knob. Then my daughter was born & when she was 2 I started taking her to County, The wife allowed me to go again provided I took the 'handbrake' as we affectionately coined our daughter. My matchday routine changed from getting bladdered & going looking for mither to making sure my daughter got to see Vernon bear at half time. At the age of 4 my little girl got to witness us getting relegated from the football league & seeing her dad cry. "why are you crying Daddy" she asked....how do you explain over 100 years of league existence going down the pan to a 4 year old? I couldn't. Then the dark days of the national league north arrived & I really didn't want to go anymore but my daughter would get free tickets through her primary school & she'd eagerly ask "can we go to County Dad?"& I'd agree & take her. I remember playing Gloucester at home on a freezing day, we were losing 2-1 & I wanted to leave with about 20 minutes left as I was frozen to the bone & thoroughly depressed , I tried bribing my daughter & her mate with McDonald's & a stop at the sweet shop if we left early but they were having none of it & wanted to stay until the end! . My daughter is a teenager now & doesn't come to the game very often but she's a County fan all the same, know's what it's all about now & what it means to her dad, I'm allowed to go on my own now because I'm a big boy who's grown up & stopped behaving like a knob My point is there's absolutely a place at our club for small children to attend & it can be a positive experience for the parents as much as the child, it's not the 70's, 80's or early 90's anymore, it's a far safer environment for children at football & can lead to a lifetime passion. I was only saying this weekend to someone that top flight football is eventually going to suffer a whole generational loss of an age group who have never attended a live game because of the ridiculous costs involved At Wembley yesterday I saw a lad who's a bit younger than me but was involved in the same shenanigans I got up to at the same time as me to the point he did a brief stint in jail for it, he was there with his two very young daughters enjoying the day with them & enjoying being a father, it was heart warming to see.......Absolutely there's a place for very young kids at football.
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Post by David Schofield on May 29, 2023 21:43:56 GMT
Why shouldn't a football match be a place for an under 5 year old? It isn't the 1950's where the men went to the football and the women stay at home with the kids. The whole family might want to go and watch the match and that means bringing youngsters along. A youngster might not appreciate the game, until they are a bit older, I wasn't really bothered about football until I was 10, but bringing the kids mean they can do something as a family. I went through a period where the wife wouldn't let me go to football because she was sick of getting the phone call from Cheadle nick, To put it simply I was a knob. Then my daughter was born & when she was 2 I started taking her to County, The wife allowed me to go again provided I took the 'handbrake' as we affectionately coined our daughter. My matchday routine changed from getting bladdered & going looking for mither to making sure my daughter got to see Vernon bear at half time. At the age of 4 my little girl got to witness us getting relegated from the football league & seeing her dad cry. "why are you crying Daddy" she asked....how do you explain over 100 years of league existence going down the pan to a 4 year old? I couldn't. Then the dark days of the national league north arrived & I really didn't want to go anymore but my daughter would get free tickets through her primary school & she'd eagerly ask "can we go to County Dad?"& I'd agree & take her. I remember playing Gloucester at home on a freezing day, we were losing 2-1 & I wanted to leave with about 20 minutes left as I was frozen to the bone & thoroughly depressed , I tried bribing my daughter & her mate with McDonald's & a stop at the sweet shop if we left early but they were having none of it & wanted to stay until the end! . My daughter is a teenager now & doesn't come to the game very often but she's a County fan all the same, know's what it's all about now & what it means to her dad, I'm allowed to go on my own now because I'm a big boy who's grown up & stopped behaving like a knob My point is there's absolutely a place at our club for small children to attend & it can be a positive experience for the parents as much as the child, it's not the 70's, 80's or early 90's anymore, it's a far safer environment for children at football & can lead to a lifetime passion. I was only saying this weekend to someone that top flight football is eventually going to suffer a whole generational loss of an age group who have never attended a live game because of the ridiculous costs involved At Wembley yesterday I saw a lad who's a bit younger than me but was involved in the same shenanigans I got up to at the same time as me to the point he did a brief stint in jail for it, he was there with his two very young daughters enjoying the day with them & enjoying being a father, it was heart warming to see.......Absolutely there's a place for very young kids at football. I bloody love that post 73⚽️💙
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Post by ancienthatter on May 29, 2023 22:00:14 GMT
The edginess may have an appeal for teenagers, but we're talking about under 5's here! And the reaction of their parents. Then that gives us another question to discuss. Is a football ground really somewhere anyway for under 5,s. Back in the 50,s when i started going there wig as no trouble and i pestered my old man to take me. I was a couple of months from my 8th birthday when i was finally allowed to go but even then the season after he would not take me to a big 3rd round full house cup game. My lad was only days off his 5th birthday when he did his first game and spent most of the time watching the crowd and any planes going over. His love for County came came a couple of years later when he understood a bit more what was going on. My boys are big County fans now, but I agree.. they were 8 or 9 before they really got it. I don’t know whether that means it took 4 or 5 years for it to develop or whether it was just a waste of effort on my part for those first years 🤔… academic now.. my job is done.
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