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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 15, 2007 9:27:42 GMT
Rent? Tell me about it!!! H&G. {Hello and Goodbye} Ah, you mean Salisbury- Hello & Goodbye FC. well, you're not in our league any more are you?
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Post by Matt - DTFC on Jun 15, 2007 15:57:09 GMT
Saroya - eeeeeugh.
As Captain - Ha!
Easily one of Dorchesters most disliked players (odd seeing as he was a player we tried signing once!). Vicious, nasty man. It'll be interesting to see if he tries to continue his hatred to Eastleigh now Mr Brown plays there. I know every team has their tough guy but I wouldn't wish him on anyone tbh.
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 15, 2007 21:11:48 GMT
I keep wanting to call the new club Yayes & Heading - as this sort of sums up what goes on at a typical tinpot footy match.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 15, 2007 21:19:23 GMT
I prefer the short version, "Hey! Yeah, you!"
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jun 15, 2007 21:30:40 GMT
I could still go but i'd not have the urge to support them. I'd see that as a waste of money otherwise. I like going to a football match to cheer and be vocal. I just can't be vocally supportive of Yeading even if they are now part of my home club. The thought of wearing the Yeading name on my chest, ewwww!!!
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 15, 2007 22:27:39 GMT
What's offensive about the H&Y merger is the indecent haste with which the two clubs decided to get hitched. (There wasn't even an elopement to Gretna Green!)
I suppose they thought they had to move while one of them had a place in next season's Blue Square South. But I think it would have been better to announce that they were contemplating merger from the start of the 2008/09 season, but with no firm commitment to go ahead. (If you like, a sort of trial engagement.)That would have allowed twelve months or so for (a) fans to get used to the idea, (b) views to be expressed and discussed and (c) the football authorities to have their say, all before a decision was actually made.
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jun 16, 2007 17:52:55 GMT
If this was proposed to the fans in the first instance then I can guarantee now that both sets would have not wanted it. Its already been admitted that would have been the case at a recent meeting.
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 16, 2007 23:21:37 GMT
Stephen, of course the fans would have been against it "in the first instance". That's the natural reaction to any proposal that takes away your club's identity. My point is that, given time, some may (perhaps grudgingly) come round to the idea. Better to get those fans on board before the merger rather than go ahead with most of them still in a state of shock.
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Post by malxscfc on Jun 17, 2007 0:13:33 GMT
Tbh, AA and Stephen, IF the idea of a merger had been proposed, considered, mulled over, digested, spat out and reformed [ad infin.], then the whole thing could have dragged on for years. - Not entirely unlike the painful, protracted and unfortunate Farnborough saga (though with different circumstances clearly). I'd suggest that the clean-cut, rapid change was a good move. And given that Hayes' Conf South goose was cooked and about to be served on a platter, I reckon the timing of the event, and the merger was proficient and almost military in its dispatch. If Hayes & Yeading Utd has a future (which it certainly does!) then surely its better to be a 'Founder fan', there at its inception?
Traditions, songs and character can all evolve later. Don't rush it, but be there to be part of creating it!
Lots of NL fans would love their Club to make a fresh start....
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davetscfc
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Post by davetscfc on Jun 17, 2007 10:38:09 GMT
Luckily, being more rural types, we don't have our rivals on our doorstep but if we can imagine suddenly being told we're now called Salisbury and Eastleigh United, I suppose we can guess how Stephen feels. I still don't know what I'd have done if our previous owners had been competent enough to resign from the Southern League in the correct manner 5 years ago. Yes, could have found another team - Yeovil or Bournemouth would have been favourites, but supporting my team is far more than the football, its where I make friends, is the base point for most of my social life and is the only way I really keep in contact with old friends, there's people I've known three quarters of my life who I'd have lost contact with years ago but for the Whites. I'd say, stick with it, give it a go and make your mark on the new club but I say that from a completely hypocritcal standpoint knowing I'd struggle to support a team with Eastleigh in its name. Havant Town and Waterlooville fans managed it though.
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Post by coops on Jun 17, 2007 18:15:15 GMT
Luckily, being more rural types, we don't have our rivals on our doorstep but if we can imagine suddenly being told we're now called Salisbury and Eastleigh United Salisbury Heath Harlequins?
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davetscfc
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Post by davetscfc on Jun 17, 2007 19:32:57 GMT
Luckily, being more rural types, we don't have our rivals on our doorstep but if we can imagine suddenly being told we're now called Salisbury and Eastleigh United Salisbury Heath Harlequins? No ta.
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jun 18, 2007 10:52:11 GMT
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of the new team now being called United ;D I could think of loads of new chants adapted from the Premiership Counterparts. I can't deny that. Plus it would annoy all the other supporters who also support Chelski, ARSEnal, Scousrs.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 18, 2007 11:46:39 GMT
Well, speaking as a United fan- and that's Sutton obviously- who always used to hate Man U, I can't say it ever made any difference to me or our many annoying little Chelsea fans! But if it makes it easier for you...
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jun 18, 2007 20:22:41 GMT
I do have very vague and maybe poor memory of sitting on your sofa "quietly" singing Sutton United songs during the Salisbury beer fest.
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