NOTR Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Glad you liked it. Blackpool makes Beirut look like a sensible holiday destination The Beirut illuminations has a ring about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Came on here after reading their forum, which mentioned that you were all laughing at ticket sales for Sunday. Ahh good....glad they've noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Interesting piece on the local news about Swindle's trip to Wembley on Sunday, some poor kid who thinks there's going to be "plenty of singing and noise", someone to do with the club who is hoping for 40,000 Swindon fans there and the obligatory toe curling bit where they ask people to shout shit like "C'MON SWINDON" at the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Interesting piece on the local news about Swindle's trip to Wembley on Sunday, some poor kid who thinks there's going to be "plenty of singing and noise", someone to do with the club who is hoping for 40,000 Swindon fans there and the obligatory toe curling bit where they ask people to shout shit like "C'MON SWINDON" at the camera. Was he any kin to Dopey Darrell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 The kick off time may be perfect if you plan on spending the whole day in a boozer (which I do), but it's ridiculous if you've got young kids. It'll make for a very late night, a couple of people I know have said they'd have taken their family with them if it was earlier. Anyone that supports either side will be there, but the day trippers that usually make up the numbers clearly can't be bothered with the late KO and no trains for either us or Swindon So things like One Direction concerts and other popular one off family entertainment events all start mid afternoon do they..? No they don't. People make exceptions for special events. I'm surprised that a club of Preston's size haven't sold more, although fully expect the final number to be around a respectable 30k. Swindon fans should be charged more per ticket, owing to the higher proportion of body parts entering the ground per supporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortis Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 This is the population for Preston taken from the Local Council website: With a population of 131,900, Preston is growing both physically and in terms of profile. Now, the city's driving vision is to be the third city of the North West, after Manchester and Liverpool. Add in South Ribble which is the other side of the river and the immediate area of Preston is close to 300,000 The big problem is the proximity of other football clubs. Manchester and Liverpool only half an hour away. 10 miles to Barsteward Rovers, 17 to The Dingles and add in Bolton, Accrington, The Pie Eaters, Morecambe, Oldham and Bury and Lancashire is saturated with football clubs. Obviously I didn't include the sand flicking donkey fiddlers as nobody in their right mind would choose to voluntarily go to that hell hole OK. I've worked out the Barstewards and the Dingles, but who are the Pie Eaters? Fleetwood? Surely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted May 23, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 OK. I've worked out the Barstewards and the Dingles, but who are the Pie Eaters? Fleetwood? Surely not. Wigan. Famous for pies and rugby and not much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTRAM Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 OK. I've worked out the Barstewards and the Dingles, but who are the Pie Eaters? Fleetwood? Surely not. Think it's Burnley I know they love their pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZiderEyed Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 If any team deserves to go up after how they've played this season via the pray offs its Preston, can't really argue too much for first and second, but Swindle in the championship makes me go weak at the knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I'd like Swindon to go up, purely for a couple of Derby games, at home the atmosphere was incredible, coupled with Cardiff games there will some great games ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Think it's Burnley I know they love their pies. Burnley are the dingles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepdale Born and Bred Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 The pie eaters are wigan. fleetwood are the fish lickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarwickshireRed Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 The problem wasn't a rail strike, it was that there is replacement bus between Reading and Paddington due to engineering works. Think this is correct. Anyone verify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Wigan. Famous for pies and rugby and not much else. Apart from a pier. And their chosen few! Anybody remember that/them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One BCFC Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Really not looking forward to this match. Can see Swindon winning and all their incest fans getting all cocky again. Also cant stand the sight of majority of their players and their awful owner Lee Power. However if they do lose it would be superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Really not looking forward to this match. Can see Swindon winning and all their incest fans getting all cocky again. Also cant stand the sight of majority of their players and their awful owner Lee Power. However if they do lose it would be superb. Ohhhh I do hope Preston win!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider_boy Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Really not looking forward to this match. Can see Swindon winning and all their incest fans getting all cocky again. Also cant stand the sight of majority of their players and their awful owner Lee Power. However if they do lose it would be superb. Ohhhh I do hope Preston win!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One BCFC Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Them words couldnt have tasted any better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 And what a lousy turnout, gappers took more, how embarrassing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire Dastardly Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 If they weren't struggling before, they are now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 And what a lousy turnout, gappers took more, how embarrassing ! People are overstating this. The combined population of Preston and Swindon is significantly less than Bristol. If Preston took 24k then that's one in four of the town's population, with plenty of bigger clubs in the region competing for support. So it's actually a decent effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Wembley attendances 2014/15 90K for the Champ PO Final Norwich v Boro 89K League Cup Final Spurs v Chelsea 72K for the JPT final City v Walsall 48K for the Lge1 PO Final PNE v Swindon 38K for the Lge2 PO Final Southend V Wycombe 47K for the Confrrence PO Final Gas v Grimsby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 People are overstating this. The combined population of Preston and Swindon is significantly less than Bristol. If Preston took 24k then that's one in four of the town's population, with plenty of bigger clubs in the region competing for support. So it's actually a decent effort. I WAS actually referring to Swindle . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One BCFC Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 People are overstating this. The combined population of Preston and Swindon is significantly less than Bristol. If Preston took 24k then that's one in four of the town's population, with plenty of bigger clubs in the region competing for support. So it's actually a decent effort. Then add in Wiltshire for Swindle aswell then its probably more than the population of Bristol so still a poor turnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Then add in Wiltshire for Swindle aswell then its probably more than the population of Bristol so still a poor turnout. So you're adding the surrounding region in Swindon's case, but not ours, and you think that's a fair comparison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheatus59 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 some people are far too serious , who gives a rats ass about populations etc , they stayed down , they didn't take anywhere as many as we do , were championship , they aren't , end of !l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 The Beirut illuminations has a ring about it Hard to believe, I know, but Beirut used to be a popular holiday destination for the seriously rich. Unlike Blackpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 So you're adding the surrounding region in Swindon's case, but not ours, and you think that's a fair comparison? Mind you, as of next season, there'll be two League teams in Bristol. I wonder how that will affect us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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