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I find the fact that some have only just discovered grass roots football to be very depressing. I also find it quite baffling how they compare an owner of a team like this damned united shaking hands, and giving away free passes to the owner of any club in any professional league.

If this outfit only plan to stay amateur and stay out of the leagues, good luck to them, otherwise they're the enemy.
 
Don't you find it an interesting subject then? You could have added positive thoughts rather than negative ones and still kept it interesting.
 
tubbylard said:
There used to one. Hull Brunswick who played on Holderness Road, not literally but you know what I mean. They had a little tin stand down one side of the pitch and a pay turnstile. I recall Gerry Ingham making a name for himself down there before joining Preston North End. The ground it now a housing estate.
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Cheers.

Rings a bell that. When were they around exactly?
 
dakins lift shaft said:
Don't you find it an interesting subject then? You could have added positive thoughts rather than negative ones and still kept it interesting.
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Interesting like a car crash is interesting.

If you want perky happy views try AN.

Wait no.

Try CI.

Ah bugger. Sorry this is as positive as it gets.
 
Bit of googling and Brunswick folded in 73. Joined Yorkshire League in 61 but probably was around before that. Sold for housing.

Gerry went to Blackpool from them, just to correct Tubby, not Preston <ok>
 
Chazz Rheinhold said:
Bit of googling and Brunswick folded in 73. Joined Yorkshire League in 61 but probably was around before that. Sold for housing.

Gerry went to Blackpool from them, just to correct Tubby, not Preston <ok>
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Must be some photos of their ground online somewhere
 
Happy Tiger said:
Interesting like a car crash is interesting.

If you want perky happy views try AN.

Wait no.

Try CI.

Ah bugger. Sorry this is as positive as it gets.
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"Damned united", "Pantomime villain", "car crash", all seem a little dramatic don't you think?
Hope you never get a splinter :-)
I never asked for perky happy views, ta.
No need to apologise for any perceived failings either. :-)
 
Obadiah said:
Lot of water to flow before we get to that position. First we have the outcome of the arbitration hearing in February. Second the reaction of the supporters if we become Hull Tigers. Third the response of HCST and finally the attitude of the owner of Hull United.

I wouldn't be surprised if Hull United applied to become AFC Hull City if the FA agrees to Hull Tigers. Everything they've done up to now shows them aiming at disgruntled City supporters.

Hull United shows that an alternative is possible, just as AFC Wimbledon and FC United of Manchester show success can be achieved when you create your own club.

This season we lost 2,000 season ticket holders. A proportion of them, maybe a large proportion, will have been season ticket holders since the KC opened and before. The name change is rotting the club's support from the inside. There is a market for football supporters in Hull who cannot stand what's happening at City and Hull United are very cleverly taking advantage of that. But it is not written in stone that they will be the ones to benefit from the creation of Hull Tigers. Possible but not guaranteed.
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Are you seriously claiming that it is the name change issue that is the sole reason for there being 2000 less season ticket holders?
 
Chazz Rheinhold said:
Bit of googling and Brunswick folded in 73. Joined Yorkshire League in 61 but probably was around before that. Sold for housing.

Gerry went to Blackpool from them, just to correct Tubby, not Preston <ok>
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Yeah, I stand corrected.
It was 40 odd years ago!
I misread the original post and thought the question was when did they fold up. I remember watching a game at the ground in the late 60's when I recall Brunswick were a couple of rounds away from the FA Cup1st Rd. I used to pass the ground daily in 72/73 and I think it was up for sale then.
Used to watch Gerry Ingram on a Sunday morning playing for Victoria on Princes Elizabeth Playing Fields on North Hull (I lived across the road) Don't remember watching him on a Saturday playing for Brunswick because they clashed with City.
Victoria probably became Lord Nelson in later years and Gerrys brother used to run them. Victoria got quite a crowd to watch Gerry on a Sunday morning. He did join Preston from Blackpool which is were I am getting mixed up.
 
Irememberwaggy said:
Are you seriously claiming that it is the name change issue that is the sole reason for there being 2000 less season ticket holders?
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Didn't say it was, but I can see why you think that. I should have started that line with a new paragraph, sorry.

I would say that the reasons for losing 3,000 season ticket holders are

people who bought the season tickets to guarantee seeing premier league teams other than Hull City and thought tickets may sell out
long standing supporters who didn't like being evicted from E1 to E3
supporters who couldn't afford the price hike, either because of unemployment, low wages, other responsibilities
supporters that have fallen out of love with Hull City for a variety of reasons, including the name change

I may have missed some but I think that covers the majority of reasons.
 
The Omega Man said:
How many buy tickets and simply could not afford to purchase a season pass?
Season ticket sales down by 3000? Average attendance down by 900! Will we see that by the end of the season ticket sales are about the same?
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3,000 people didn't renew their season ticket sales, but 2,500 season tickets were sold to people who didn't have one last season, so pass sales are only actually down by 500.

The problem comes if we get relegated and end up losing all 5,500 of them.
 
Wether we stay up or not, I'm still undecided on renewing my pass. Especially if Admiral Akbar raises the cost of the passes (it already costs me in the region of £50/game just to be in Hull) I feel it might just push me to breaking point.
Some games it feels like I make more effort getting to games than some of those ****ers do in the 90 minutes. And they're getting paid for it!!!!
 
Obadiah said:
Didn't say it was, but I can see why you think that. I should have started that line with a new paragraph, sorry.

I would say that the reasons for losing 3,000 season ticket holders are

people who bought the season tickets to guarantee seeing premier league teams other than Hull City and thought tickets may sell out
long standing supporters who didn't like being evicted from E1 to E3
supporters who couldn't afford the price hike, either because of unemployment, low wages, other responsibilities
supporters that have fallen out of love with Hull City for a variety of reasons, including the name change

I may have missed some but I think that covers the majority of reasons.
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Fair enough - a good summary. Apologies if I overreacted to your original post - it's just the way I read it.
 
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