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Sara Pascoe wrote:Is the attendance that bad (apart from the fact that they need 2k)?

Exactly!

BartonRaz wrote:

Sara Pascoe wrote:Is the attendance that bad (apart from the fact that they need 2k)?

Exactly!

But wasn,t 1000 cheap season tickets sold,and how many fron Braintree. couldn,t have been much cash taken tonight ! and no bars open !I see big problems.......shame :lol:

diamondal wrote:

PigmanRDFC wrote:As a football fan I actually feel a little bit sorry for them, mainly because I can see so many similarities with our own demise. I've never liked the club, but as I've said before, I've never willed them to die. I still think Stimson will sort out the on-field trouble eventually, but will it be too late? Still, thats their problem eh?

Sorry Jim but how can you feel sorry for any club that treated us like cr*p whenever we visited RR and laughed at our demise (and are still laughing ) ( just have look on Ploppynet as I am sure you do) I will be delighted if they go under as I am sure most R&D fans would. COME ON BRAINTREE !!! Also I want to see you you know who get his just deserts ! :mrgreen:

I guess I mean the genuine Ploppy fans who don't act like prats - they do have some you know :lol: The wheeler dealing that went on behind closed doors was between certain people running the two clubs, not by the fans and they are going to get shat on the same as we did ultimately. I think me being a Grandad is mellowing me ;)

I'd love certain individuals to really lose out financially, but people like that tend to come out of these kind of things smelling of roses - its the football fans who end up without a club to support and the people who supply them as creditors out of pocket - I just feel that all the little bits of the jigsaw puzzle are falling into place over there, it just feels like deja vue !

There average attendance is currently 1,543 after tonight. Not exactly massive and actually less then we had 2 seasons ago.

BartonRaz wrote:1,115.

(Previous page. ;) )

Obviously the televised Spain v. Scotland match was a big counter attraction!

on poppynet it says the bars were closed last night as either a) they haven't paid the bill, or b) they didn't arrange to have a licence holder onsite!!!

they couldn't arrange a piss up.....oh!

bozzer wrote:on poppynet it says the bars were closed last night as either a) they haven't paid the bill, or b) they didn't arrange to have a licence holder onsite!!!

they couldn't arrange a piss up.....oh!

It says on that thread that the licence holder is Rachel and she's very ill in hospital. Really sad news and again puts the point scoring from either side in perspective. Think everyone that had any contact will know what a fantastic job she did for anyone that used the site and especially in the last days of R+D. Hope she recovers soon.

nick you are absolutely correct, i understand Rachel has been very ill indeed, and i am sure every diamonds and poppies fan would send their best wishes and hope she gets better soon.

Sara Pascoe wrote:Is the attendance that bad (apart from the fact that they need 2k)? I doubt we would've got much more than that in a similar situation.

The biggest difference being our fans would have all been of the full paying variety, whereas they've sold so many but in a buy-one-get-one-free deal. It works out they've sold them at just less than a fiver a head.
I wonder whether the ET thinks it's been a success now?

Three of Diamonds wrote:

Sara Pascoe wrote:Is the attendance that bad (apart from the fact that they need 2k)? I doubt we would've got much more than that in a similar situation.

The biggest difference being our fans would have all been of the full paying variety, whereas they've sold so many but in a buy-one-get-one-free deal. It works out they've sold them at just less than a fiver a head.
I wonder whether the ET thinks it's been a success now?

it has for the e.t because K*ttering would have paid upfront, not so much for the scum.