Yes, must be awful a club in a smaller city having a larger ground which has sold out its season tickets for the past 14 seasons including one in Division 3. 95% capacity or over for every game.
The only values that should count in football clubs are based on the game and not the place it is played in. As for supporter ownership, the business model exists for it to work. It simply needs people to get stuck in. I am not the right person to progress the ideal, I just promote the idea. Supporters Community Interest Company holding a share in a Sporting Club model. Individuals and groups hold the shares in the CIC and the board is elected by shareholders.
I'm sure Barchullona can look after his own argument, but reckon he was making the point that the people of Norwich are a club with an enviable bond to their community - fantastic support.
It may well be fandabidozee living in and supporting Narch. The Chris De Burgh of football clubs for everyone outside Norwich though.
Some people don't understand badinage or wind ups. CityMan does. But G Evans and SW3 aren't the brightest. I do think Norwich are a good example of a well run club of similar size to ours. Sell outs for over a decade, built a fantastic £100 million training complex with their PL money whilst we have done nothing much with what we raked in. All done by owners worth a fraction of what the Allams are.
They're a club where everyone i.e. club, support, local businesses and council all 'appear' to be pulling in the same direction. They're probably the perfect model for a provincial football club.
Anyone else see Karl Turner's tweet to Skint Dad? Skint Dad congratulating city on promotion and mentioning something about maybe saving up for a season ticket. Karl Turner's response basically saying don't do that, get your self to Rovers and buy a season ticket there, proper family club. That demonstrates part of the problem - the city ripping itself into 3. If only everyone (council, owners, and supporters) could pull in the same direction. For example, a response like 'great to hear, up the Tigers, and when you get chance pop down to Rovers too ....'. The area has got enough on with all the plastics without it's own in-fighting.
''All pulling in the same direction'' - we've always been pulled three ways, that's one of the ways where a place like Norwich has a huge advantage over us; our hardcore support is as good as any, there just isn't enough of them and there never has been.
Ha ha. Nope. It was in among the replies from a re-tweet of Skint Dad's comment by someone else. Think it was Bri Lee ... who IS worth following.
