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forza wrote:All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


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forza wrote:All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops

kitwe wrote:I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

forza wrote:All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


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barrydcfc wrote:

kitwe wrote:I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

Surely if we do face the sheer doom and gloom of having to make the journey to Bog park in ballygobackwards, The club will be subsidizing transport i.e. buses to and from the games?!

pmac wrote: Aye maybe you could get picked up at the door, and have them pack you a wee snack. Bring you home and tuck you in to bed.

The club has no money. and will lose out substantially if they have to play away from the Brandywell. But don't let that concern you.

At last it looks like we're getting the Brandywell modernised, but still some find something to whine about, boy's give it a rest.

pmac wrote:

barrydcfc wrote:

kitwe wrote:I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

Surely if we do face the sheer doom and gloom of having to make the journey to Bog park in ballygobackwards, The club will be subsidizing transport i.e. buses to and from the games?!

Aye maybe you could get picked up at the door, and have them pack you a wee snack. Bring you home and tuck you in to bed.

The club has no money. and will lose out substantially if they have to play away from the Brandywell. But don't let that concern you.

At last it looks like we're getting the Brandywell modernised, but still some find something to whine about, boy's give it a rest.

TenaciousDee wrote:
Well Davy I posted this on the previous page but I will ask you directly considering you have attacked the poster highlighted instead of the post.

How do you expect young families/ young supporters/ people with no access to cars to make "home" games during this period if we play our games in Finn Park? In particular those outside supporters clubs/ Ultra Groups? As you know yourself supporters clubs in recent years has become more closely knit and accommodate their members by booking buses with enough space for those members or own their own minibuses.

For start, it all a bit hypothetical at the minute as we might never be playing at Finn Park. However i'd imagine we will have very few supporters travelling to Finn Park as any games there in the last few years have been poorly supported, especially young families. I would suggest that the club do run buses with kids getting to go free.

Without club transport or a transport package how can we market these games up in Finn park to young families/ young supporters / people with no transport or those with minimal income to part with say £10 a bus journey per person for up to 10 league games (plus a possible further two cup games) up to July?

What do you expect the club to do, pay for everyone?

How do they (the club) convince people to buy season tickets if these listed can not guarantee they will make each game due to transport issues?

I'll admit that season tickets would be problem, perhaps it might be reduced to cover only the games in the Brandywell.

Then answer if we lose these people and results go south how can we attract them back to the Brandywell once the novelty of the new surroundings wear off?

And finally do you think the club's loss will be more substantial or less without making an attempt to get supporters up there by any means necessary to pay in the gate?

I'd believe they loss would be more, if you consider the booking of buses that may not be anywhere near full.

And whilst I am at it, the club paid for a Cork City fan who fell whilst drunk in a local bar to be transported to her door in Cork a few weeks ago why couldn't the club drop Barry off at his doorstep or do the same for those who attend games at the Brandywell regularly?

I think it was very magnanimous gesture by the club to get the fan home, do you not think that? I'm sure if it's just Barry someone will take him, (as has been offered) after all that's how many will get there including myself and if you divide the petrol between 3/4 it will cost very very little to go to the game. but do you really want/expect the club to take and pay for several hundred Barry's.

I look forward to your reply.

TenaciousDee wrote:I think supporters are happy to see that we are edging closer to the reinvention of our stadium but admit that a few still feel about paranoid that it may not be all it promises. This is a result of empty promises of canvassing politicians and others who has used the Brandywell project as their own advantage to control or help obtain their own goals. I guess this comes down to a lack of trust and frustration after having the rug pulled from under us.

I admit personally that I have become a bit disillusioned by the club over the last 3 years in failing to better our standing within the community, our supporters and the next generation of supporters when we sadly are no longer around. How they handle the ground share if it is outside of the city will be an indicator of how they want to be viewed by the general public whether it is organising a partnership with say JK Coaches to run family friendly bus services to the ground and ease the burden on supporters who want to watch their home town club. This could also be an advance travel package. We can't rest on the "if we build it they will come" approach, Derry City need to respect and nit devalue the importance of their costumers, regular or casual.

Greengo wrote:Eddie Seydak made a suggestion tonight in our commentary after the game

Maginn Park in Buncrana...

Thoughts ???

forza wrote:All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops