MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

by Stranded » 12 Nov 2024 10:12

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WestYorksRoyal As a thought experiment with MK Dons, I often wonder if they could have achieved more had the owners with the bright idea done everything organically. Started a club at the bottom and pushed them through the leagues at AFC Wimbledon ultimately did. It would create more of an identity as Milton Keynes' club.

As it is, the club is tainted and it holds them back in a place as populated as MK. It will take >50 years for people to forget how they came into existence, and true football fans in the area may well default to supporting a north London club or Watford/Luton.

Put it this way, if I had kids around where I currently live I'd give them a day out to see Bradford or Huddersfield (not Leeds). If I lived around Milton Keynes, there's no way I'd take them to see MK Dons.


There's a lot of Burnley fans in Keighley.


While there is a moor in the way, they're basically next to each other. Guess the trains don't quite make it over. Ilkley is probably just nearer to Leeds, but even railway man here can't work out how I'd get to Burnley from there.


In to Bradford or Leeds and out again I would imagine.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

by From Despair To Where? » 12 Nov 2024 10:12

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From Despair To Where?
WestYorksRoyal As a thought experiment with MK Dons, I often wonder if they could have achieved more had the owners with the bright idea done everything organically. Started a club at the bottom and pushed them through the leagues at AFC Wimbledon ultimately did. It would create more of an identity as Milton Keynes' club.

As it is, the club is tainted and it holds them back in a place as populated as MK. It will take >50 years for people to forget how they came into existence, and true football fans in the area may well default to supporting a north London club or Watford/Luton.

Put it this way, if I had kids around where I currently live I'd give them a day out to see Bradford or Huddersfield (not Leeds). If I lived around Milton Keynes, there's no way I'd take them to see MK Dons.


There's a lot of Burnley fans in Keighley.


While there is a moor in the way, they're basically next to each other. Guess the trains don't quite make it over. Ilkley is probably just nearer to Leeds, but even railway man here can't work out how I'd get to Burnley from there. EDIT Leeds - Burnley on a rattler.


There's a bus every half hour from Keighley to Burnley.

Alternatively train to Bradford Forster Square, walk to Bradford Interchange then train to Burnley although it takes longer than the bus.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

by stealthpapes » 12 Nov 2024 10:21

Bring back the line running through Addingham to Skipton, reopen the line through to Colne, #winning

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

by Snowflake Royal » 13 Nov 2024 10:31

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From Despair To Where? Can people please stop referring to other clubs as "tinpot". It's ignorant, embarrassing and disrespectful.


Came here to say this. From Reading fans it's ridiculous and we should know better.

Especially as we're still scrambling around iwth 10,000 fans at a home game in League One whilst some of our fans talk about how "massive" we are. Whilst Wrexham, Huddersfield and many others are getting more fans than us.

Agreed. We're "massive" in the sense that we've been in the Championship for most of the past thirty years or so. Our fan base isn't massively largely than most clubs in League One, it's just Stevenage are relatively new to the Football League and haven't built up a big fanbase yet.

In our last few Championship seasons, we had a below average home attendance. We've certainly grown as a club in the past thirty-odd years, but we're still probably an fairly average Championship side in terms of fanbase (possibly lower).

As already said, it's just jimmy. He's the sort of fan everyone hates. Even he'd hate himself if he was a fan of another club.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

by dontbedaft » 14 Nov 2024 01:44

Ha! Sorry, I totally thought you cubes were one and the same. :D


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Re: MATCHWATCH : Stevenage (a)

by bcubed » 14 Nov 2024 09:09

dontbedaft Ha! Sorry, I totally thought you cubes were one and the same. :D


Your username provides the obvious response! :D

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