22A Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Bearing in mind these games \are evening fixtures which means playing under expensive to run floodlight''''' http://www.espn.co.uk/football/johnstones-paint-trophy/story/2992682/checkatrade-trophy-games-attracts-record-low-crowds At least 16 of Tuesday's 24 games in the Checkatrade Trophy drew attendances of less than 1,000 and only Chelsea and Luton drew more than 1,500. Middlesbrough's 3-0 loss to Shrewsbury managed a crowd of 308 and Peterborough's 2-1 win at Barnet drew less than 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Bring it back without the ******* PL kids involved. Spits on lower league teams with proud histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semblar Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Scrap it or return it to a knock-out format without the U23 'ringers'? Either could be inferred from the attendances I guess. Hopefully immaterial to us for many years to come (unless we enter our U23s in the future ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54-46 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 My brother in laws mate is the marketing director at Johnstones Paint. He has no real interest in football so when the FL advised him of the proposed changes to the format he asked around a few of his mates for their thoughts. Everyone he spoke to told him it was a poor idea and he relayed that back to the FL and ultimately withdrew sponsorship. Not v interesting but thought I’d share anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 41 minutes ago, 22A said: Bearing in mind these games \are evening fixtures which means playing under expensive to run floodlight''''' http://www.espn.co.uk/football/johnstones-paint-trophy/story/2992682/checkatrade-trophy-games-attracts-record-low-crowds At least 16 of Tuesday's 24 games in the Checkatrade Trophy drew attendances of less than 1,000 and only Chelsea and Luton drew more than 1,500. Middlesbrough's 3-0 loss to Shrewsbury managed a crowd of 308 and Peterborough's 2-1 win at Barnet drew less than 400. I am amazed at the Peterborough / Barnet attendance. Is it the competition of the lack of publicity to blame. I'd happily drive the 300 - odd miles to Peterborough if only they had bother sending the junk email to me with sufficient notice. tfj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 I always hated being in the Micky Mouse Cup in whatever guise. It just reminded me that City were a lower league team. So uninterested was I that I never bothered with the day out at Wembley last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgrsimon Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 49 minutes ago, 22A said: Bearing in mind these games \are evening fixtures which means playing under expensive to run floodlight''''' http://www.espn.co.uk/football/johnstones-paint-trophy/story/2992682/checkatrade-trophy-games-attracts-record-low-crowds At least 16 of Tuesday's 24 games in the Checkatrade Trophy drew attendances of less than 1,000 and only Chelsea and Luton drew more than 1,500. Middlesbrough's 3-0 loss to Shrewsbury managed a crowd of 308 and Peterborough's 2-1 win at Barnet drew less than 400. That's last year's link Not that the attendances last night were any higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, Robbored said: I always hated being in the Micky Mouse Cup in whatever guise. It just reminded me that City were a lower league team. So uninterested was I that I never bothered with the day out at Wembley last time. you missed a great day out, though I know what you are getting at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 43 minutes ago, semblar said: Scrap it or return it to a knock-out format without the U23 'ringers'? Either could be inferred from the attendances I guess. Hopefully immaterial to us for many years to come (unless we enter our U23s in the future ) It would be fun to see our U23's play the 15'ers. I wonder whether they'd boycott that one (cycle racing excepting, obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Well if it's ditched no one can ever beat our number of victories in the final....a proud record! And whatever you think of the competition now, the 1986 final reduced me to tears and Glyn's late equaliser against Mansfield in the '87 final is also a special memory....five finals and three victories - I'd quite like that to be a stat and a record hidden away in a corner of our proud history... (ps - the 2007 final is also a highlight, an underrated ex City striker scored to give me a wide, wide smile!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, pillred said: you missed a great day out, though I know what you are getting at. Seen City at Wembley against Stoke, Bolton, Carlisle at Millennium in the MM cup. Didn’t interest me at all last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsRed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Could you imagine if one of the U21 sides made the final. What a shambles that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 16 minutes ago, Robbored said: I always hated being in the Micky Mouse Cup in whatever guise. It just reminded me that City were a lower league team. So uninterested was I that I never bothered with the day out at Wembley last time. ... although interested enough to go watch the gas when they played there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Honestly don’t know what was wrong with the old one. They really have ruined the competition by putting in the U23 teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 9 minutes ago, Robbored said: Seen City at Wembley against Stoke, Bolton, Carlisle at Millennium in the MM cup. Didn’t interest me at all last time luckily missed stoke, and have to hold my hands up and say apart from 86 cant say I saw too many of the other preliminary games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 22 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: ... although interested enough to go watch the gas when they played there? That was a pray off final........the new Wembley as it was then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 33 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Well if it's ditched no one can ever beat our number of victories in the final....a proud record! And whatever you think of the competition now, the 1986 final reduced me to tears and Glyn's late equaliser against Mansfield in the '87 final is also a special memory....five finals and three victories - I'd quite like that to be a stat and a record hidden away in a corner of our proud history... (ps - the 2007 final is also a highlight, an underrated ex City striker scored to give me a wide, wide smile!) Still think we should be given the trophy permanently like Brazil got the Jules Rimet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: Still think we should be given the trophy permanently like Brazil got the Jules Rimet. I agree! But as we won it under three different sponsors we actually won three trophies of different design...it wasn't the same trophy! Bristol City FC - winners of the Freight Rover Trophy, the LDV Vans Trophy and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy....and they all looked different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shtanley Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Essentially the lower league clubs are punished for the failures of the premier league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 The joys of an institution thinking they're bigger than everything and then forgetting they do actually require 'customers'. I'm finding the whole thing hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 14 minutes ago, Robbored said: That was a pray off final........the new Wembley as it was then. So , you won't bother to support your own team in the final of a 'nothing' competition yet you go to watch a team that means 'nothing' to you in their league play off final? I guess that's why the word 'obtuse' exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 14 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: I agree! But as we won it under three different sponsors we actually won three trophies of different design...it wasn't the same trophy! Bristol City FC - winners of the Freight Rover Trophy, the LDV Vans Trophy and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy....and they all looked different! Indeed. Though I thought the LDV and the JPT were the same trophy? And what ever happened to the original Freight Rover Trophy? Can't find it on Google anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 20 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: Still think we should be given the trophy permanently like Brazil got the Jules Rimet. Yes. Now if only we had a museum to put it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Puttimg in the u23 teams really is an insult to the teams in League 1 and 2. It was fine as it was, a great chance for a day out at wembley for your lower league outfits. Okay the attendances are always low but they have always been relative to the teams involved. So what if Northampton only get 2k or whatever through the gate in the early rounds, what do they average in the league say 4/5 k at home? If A Prem club like West Brom attract a say 10 k crowd in the first round of the league cup no one bats an eyelid but its the same principal and is still a shocking att.. should we scrap the league cup too? Its all bollox IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said: Yes. Now if only we had a museum to put it in. It's in the corporate area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, RumRed said: It's in the corporate area. Simon Gillett still with us I see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said: Simon Gillett still with us I see Ooh not going for the obvious, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said: Simon Gillett still with us I see Tomlin is allegedly bottom right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 14 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: Indeed. Though I thought the LDV and the JPT were the same trophy? And what ever happened to the original Freight Rover Trophy? Can't find it on Google anywhere... They were all different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: They were all different! That's why we had to buy an extra shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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