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A chairman who keeps his promises...

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  1. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    ...no not ours. (If this has been posted on another thread please merge).

    6,000 Huddersfield fans will watch Premier League football for £100 next season as Huddersfield's chairman honours a promise he made 7 seasons ago,when the club were in League one, that if Huddersfield Town ever reached the Premier League the 6,000 people who had a season ticket in their centenary season would watch them for £100.

    Not as good as £5 a game or being as free as the air we breathe but pretty impressive.
     
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  2. PLT

    PLT Well-Known Member

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    I assume they'll be forced to move seats to take advantage of this offer.

    And then again the year after.
     
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  3. GLP

    GLP Well-Known Member

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    Forgetting that their Children will have to pay full adult prices to accompany them to matches.
     
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  4. City Man

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    I bet he never thought he'd have to live up to his promise.

    Seems a decent chap though. and wears his heart on his sleeve. He can expect the usual PL newcomer honeymoon period for 3 to 4 months, then the Establishment will tire of them and spit them out.
    Perhaps Terry Dolan will be faxing over his CV for Mr Hoyle's perusal...Director of Football perhaps?
     
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  5. Evington

    Evington Well-Known Member

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    A man of his word
     
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  6. TigerinSydney

    TigerinSydney Well-Known Member

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    Yeah yeah - but can he analyse a training session?

    Can he ****.
     
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  7. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    First time for a while a Yorkshire team with 3 League titles and one FA Cup have been in the PL. Though Huddersfield did it in 4 years while the other one took about 70 years.
     
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  8. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

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    What a stupid post.
     
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  9. Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR

    Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR Well-Known Member

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    The best Huddersfield player I saw playing against Hull City was Denis Law back in 1959. The next time I watched him was in Manchester playing for United against Benfica.

    One of my favourite UK players.
     
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    You're right think it's 5.26 a game!
     
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  11. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    My first football idol. I remember Curtis Woodhouse's dad telling me when Curtis wen for a trial at Manchester City Denis Law was working there in hospitality. 20 odd kids were amazed as their dad's forgot about them and made a bee line to what was to them some old bloke they didn't recognise.
     
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  12. Chilton's Hundreds

    Chilton's Hundreds Well-Known Member

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    In the modern game that's as near to free as you can get.
     
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  13. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Indeed. Now compare the costs at Huddersfield even at their full prices for PL football for a pensioner taking two grandkids to what we will pay for Championship football. Or even for a 25 year old. Some still will hear nothing less than fulsome praise for our chairman.
     
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  14. City Man

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    It was City's original manager Ambrose Langley who got them promoted to Div 1 just after WW1- shame he couldn't have done it with us.

    Apart from Leeds United, they are the youngest Yorkshire club in the League.
     
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    All I've seen in the media since the week-end are headlines and commentaries stating how small Huddersfield are, first time in the PL,etc.

    When is it going to be pointed that they're 3 times winners of the top flight ? And in Herbert Chapman had one of the best and most innovative managers,
    whose tactics revolutionised the game in the 1920's?

    This ignorance (by Sky especially) shows utter contempt for the history of the game.
     
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  16. Sir Cheshire Ben

    Sir Cheshire Ben Well-Known Member

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    Football didn't exist prior to the PL.

    #SkyFACT
     
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  17. BrAdY

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    To be fair though

    It was over 95 years ago
     
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  18. Chilton's Hundreds

    Chilton's Hundreds Well-Known Member

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    Oh well let's just scrub all the pre-war records whilst we're at it.

    The history of the game is EVERYTHING.
     
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  20. PLT

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    Sorry to bang the old drum again but this is a perfect example of how we weirdly obsess over certain decades in particular. It's ages since Leeds or Forest or Wednesday were successful but for some reason they're almost universally considered 'big' clubs. Clubs that are successful now for some reason aren't given such status, and clubs like Huddersfield who were succesful before aren't either. Why is it specifically that 70s-90s period that's the only bit that counts?
     
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