Ewan87
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Leeds at Elland Road.
What he said. Plus, Bradford City at Valley Parade and Huddersfield at the Galpharm.
But that's all for purely selfish reasons.
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It's a toss up for me between Anglian home shirt and Jaxx home shirt. The Jaxx shirt is in better nick but the Anglian one does have Motherwell F.C. embroidered at the bottom of the back. Will be bringing both so can make a decision on the morning (and decorate the car for the journey up).
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Sky Sports News was touting 11/4 Well win and 1/4 Celtic win.
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Why the need something to honour a former player at every opportunity? Sounding more like Celtic fans every day!
He did score in the 1991 Cup Final so it's quite fitting I think.
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Is one of the fans' teams playing at IFA WorldNet this year?
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aye as long as they dont start any of their sectarian pish i couldnt give a fuck tbh, a rangers fan supporting motherwell is better than an empty seat
As long as their attendance hasn't stopped a proper Well fan from getting a ticket...
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Which pubs/bars in Motherwell and/or around FP will be open around 10? And which establishments are ticket only?
(As an aside - can you see my signature? It's visible at home but not on work computer so I'm not sure if it's just rubbish work computers or something else.)
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I been excited all week but it's getting bad today. I'm getting picked up tomorrow to head up to Hamilton so that's probably the main reason - it's the night before my Cup Final weekend starts.
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cant wait to see it guys! gutted that im not in the sections included but i will have an awesome view of it! photos will be taken
Can someone give away which blocks will be involved?
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About twenty to the hour I think mate
Bugger should have waited then. Will have to hope it's still on later.
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Not exactly Texas or Florida but my Father's driving up from West Somerset and picking me up en route. Roughly eight and a half hours so could actually take longer than a trip in from the Middle East, but not quite as long as America!
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Think so mate
What time did you see it? Need to nip for a shower before work but don't want to miss it.
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I would suggest Tom Green who appeared in a sketch in a Motherwell top but I had to look up Wiki to remember his name myself!
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SSN just done an excellent piece on Jamie Murphy. Showed him goin back to his school and kicking the ball about where he used to play football.
Is it one of the pieces that will be likely be looped for the next few hours?
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Not for you because you haven't been a site member long enough. I could be wrong but think you have to have joined before December 2010.
Ah bugger. Guess 'twill all be a nice surprise on the day then!
I'm thinking giant inflatable Well team that bob around the stand all match.
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I've re-hung my scarf with additional safety-pins and tape so hopefully it'll hold this time.
Stayed up but a pretty piss-poor attempt to be honest:
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Such a ridiculous thing to do. Most of the journeys stated are only short and so fans could only drink one or two drinks, at the most, on their journey.
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you'll need to make 33 more posts first
So does it appear as if from nowhere once someone has made 50 posts?
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Not exactly a glamorous name but it's sponsorship nonetheless. It would have been nicer to have had a company with slightly more 'street cred' but the logo is pretty unobtrusive so not the end of the world. And, as other people have said, at least it's a company that we've heard of!
Exeter City, my other club, were once sponsored by the Exeter Friendly Society...
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I really hope my Father and I make it up to our hotel fairly swiftly as it'd be nice to get over to the MST event to watch the '91 Final in slightly better quality than the VHS that my Father has.
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I've re-hung my scarf with additional safety-pins and tape so hopefully it'll hold this time.
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We had the Saltire flag in for years, so it will probably be a different design we get in next time.
Ah bugger! Well hopefully the new designs will be pretty cool. Will certainly have a regular look in once I've been paid this month.
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Saltire Flags and Car Flags are sold out but we still have plenty Cup Final Flags
It'd be the Saltire Flag that I'd be wanting unfortunately. Bit more permanent than the Cup Final one.
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Not really, if you're coming from Motherwell, the trains are at 20 and 50 to Newton, only a few mins after when the trains go the other way, and you've got your choice of Mount Florida or Kings Park to go to (hint: Kings Park is a wee bit cheaper from Motherwell, every little helps towards that cargo...)
Aye but the trains out of Newton are only hourly (miss the 13.50 and you'd be pretty screwed) whereas they're much more regularly from Central. Also allows for a cheeky one in the City perhaps!
Ewan
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This is an interesting one for me because I have watched my other team go from the brink of dissolution in the fifth tier in England to a strong position in the third tier, all on the back of supporter control.
In 2003, Exeter City were relegated to the Nationwide Conference - debt ridden and with two crooks in charge. We entered a CVA, got lucky with a good cup run and the Trust took over the running of the club. This season we finished eighth in League One, our joint highest ever finish in our history. There are now over 2,500 trust members, each contributing a minimum of £24 a year to the club, and we are going from strength to strength.
We have been the only successful supporter run club in the English Football League for several years, a fact that will change with the promotion of AFC Wimbledon. The Supporters' Trust model has worked well with both City and Wimbledon and seems to also be doing the job at other clubs like AFC Telford (this season promoted to Conference National - tier five - via the play-offs), FC Halifax Town (runaway winners of the Northern Premier, will be playing in the Conference North - tier six - next season) and FC United of Manchester (missed out on promotion in the Northern Premier - tier seven - in the final of the play-offs).
Obviously there is a vast difference between the clubs I mentioned and Motherwell. Well are already a strong Premier League side whereas those clubs either folded and started again, are otherwise newly formed or had dropped to a much lower division.
I'm not sure whether, from the Supporters' Ownership, Well will gain anything as like enough financial backing as we need to maintain a strong top-six place in the league and push on to bigger and better things. I hope I'm wrong and that the same success that City and the others achieved can be emulated at Well and especially without the heartache and hardship that came in the first few years.
Here's to a bright Claret and Amber future under Supporter's Ownership.
'Mon the Well.