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Post by J Esaj PRA on Aug 24, 2006 23:26:36 GMT
Actually, I was hinting that this event needs more pimping - like KO time, what's actually happening, when its finishing, etc.
I've got to be back in Legoland by 9:30pm (guest arriving), so I'm just wondering if it's worth my effort unless there's gonna be sufficient beer drinking time.
Anyway, I've 'done' Bottyboy's mum, so I need to move on to bigger and better things! ;D
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Post by stretfordendling© on Aug 25, 2006 10:13:53 GMT
I might be forced away from doing nothing as usual on a sunday to come down there Can you guarantee me that I won't be lynched if I wear my Hayes shirt (Not the one on the avatar though ).
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Post by medibot on Aug 25, 2006 14:06:15 GMT
You'll be welcomed for wearing a Hayes shirt, just think last game of the season
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Post by stretfordendling© on Aug 25, 2006 15:30:00 GMT
Ah, I remembre that day well. Nice pitch invasion it was to We did each other a favour there.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Aug 25, 2006 21:34:45 GMT
No clues then? Never mind.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 25, 2006 23:38:49 GMT
Rightyho. 1-5pm with the official Launch at 3-3:30. There will be speeches, but these will be short. A lot of the entertainment is for the kids, but there is plenty of stuff for us grown-ups. At least 5 members of Tinpot Terrace will be there for starters! Plus the bar will be open all afternoon and there'll be hot food. Behind-the-scenes ground tours- ever wanted to see where the Sutton United players change their socks? ;D DVD showing, club history displays (more interesting than it sounds in our case), local radio station playing music, and other stuff that I really ought to mention but as I've been working on SUST stuff for the last four hours (immediately after getting home from a ten and a half hour work day with no break), I am really too tired Oh yeah, and www.suttonunitedsupporterstrust.org.uk There's a poster on there that you can have a look at. Muggins here is the membership secretary
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Post by stretfordendling© on Aug 26, 2006 9:00:17 GMT
See you guys there!
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Post by stretfordendling© on Aug 27, 2006 16:40:56 GMT
It was a good day out for me. Great to meet mortello (better luck with the goalkeeping ), medibot (for the short time we met) and Ambersalamanda...great to finally meet you too. If only Hayes could do something similar
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Post by medibot on Aug 28, 2006 0:38:32 GMT
lol, i love the way you class my vague hi as a meet Really sorry for not staying to chat but i was swept up with the penalty comp and when i had time you'd gone. Will catch you properly at the league game. 1000 or so through the doors today, lovely weather, superb day, better than we could've hoped. Everybody delighted
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 28, 2006 21:08:33 GMT
That was a really, really good day. Not just for us and the club but for the local community too. I was so very chuffed with how well it went! At least 2 members of this forum know only too well how stressed I've been as a member of the acting committee in the lead-up to the day... and have borne the brunt of it The first thing that happened on the day was that the fire engine we were supposed to have for the kids to clamber over was actually called out just before it was due to arrive! Fortunately it turned up just after kick-off . And no, martello. I did not ONCE ogle any firemen! In fact, I didn't even see any! I'd like to say a special thank you to Stephen and Martello for coming to ANOTHER CLUB'S Supporters' Trust launch- especially Stephen, who came without any bullying at all I found it vaguely amusing to wander around the ground with a SUST name badge, a Hayes fan and an Eastbourne fan ;D It was really nice to meet you by the way Stephen- we shall most definitely have a drink or two next time we play each other. One of our events, the penalty-shoot-out-against-ex-Sutton-goalkeeper competition, was so popular that it had to be extended. I believe medibot, who deserves HUGE congratulations for running it so well without a break and without a hitch, ought to tell you all how much money he made for the Trust! Unfortunately, the one ex-Sutton goalkeeper who had agreed to take part in the competition had to leave when the competition was extended beyond the time it was originally due to end. Therefore we needed another goalkeeper as a matter of urgency....ex-Sutton or otherwise. Enter Gareth, SUST acting chairman and local bully ;D I don't know why he chose who he chose to be the replacement 'keeper. Maybe he was just being perverse. Whatever his reason, I think poor old martello was a little taken aback when he had to put on a Sutton goalkeeper's kit and face a huge queue of small children desperate to batter footballs past him, which they largely succeeded in doing. ;D I believe that Stephen has photographic evidence that our favourite Eastbourne Borough fan was made to dress up as a Sutton United player.... Do share with Tinpot Terrace, Stephen! Mickey-taking over! I want to say a HUGE thank you to martello for casting all dignity aside and saving the day for us. I still feel bad for not providing a bottle of water or lucozade or something Someone estimated that we had over 800 people turn up to the Open Day, and we made over £700, which considering that entry and most other things were free, ain't at all bad! Even Medibot's mum and my mum turned up (my mum went on a behind-the-scenes ground tour and made herself noticed by saying loudly, "What's a nutmeg?" ;D Very happy now, except that I am in charge of processing heaps of memberships while everyone else relaxes! D'oh! But on the plus side, SUST now has over 50 members.
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Aug 28, 2006 22:26:11 GMT
Knowing how hard you have worked to get this off the ground, a standing ovation is in order! Well done all. My sympathies to Martello. Wearing that shirt cannot have been easy
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 28, 2006 22:45:34 GMT
It was the shorts that made me feel sorry for him. They were huge!
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Post by bh on Aug 31, 2006 6:36:31 GMT
Plenty of ball room!!! (-: (-;
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Post by amberaleman on Aug 31, 2006 18:28:34 GMT
Now, now! No smuttiness, please.
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Post by bh on Sept 1, 2006 7:11:14 GMT
Whoops sorry AA, no defence intended, back to my pint!
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