'The OSC is supposed to represent the diehards' ??? Dispute that pal. In my experience the only fans the OSC attracted were those who wouldn't bat an eye lid if the club slid out of the league and reformed as a five-a-side team on a Tuesday night at Soccer City. Obviously that description doesn't apply to all of them but in the past they have shunned involvement with even the slightest hint of protesting from the majority of the supporters and always took the moral high ground of 'we are here to support the club what ever happens' For 60% of the members to actually vote against the name change is quite dramatic. I remember a long, long time when the club were in seriously dire straights, nothing in the bank and even less on the pitch, playing from a ground that was falling down around us with vast sections of terracing unusable and no-one at the club seemed to care less. I bumped into the then chairman of the OSC in the city centre and asked him what the supporters club were going to do about it. He shrugged his shoulders. The next away game I saw his little band of members waiting for the team bus to arrive to collect their free tickets. This was at a time when the club were absolutely skint. It seemed to me that was all the majority of them wanted from the club, free tickets, a nod of recognition from the players, and a cosy afternoon with as little hassle as possible. They frowned upon the rabble behind the goal cheering the team on and getting our heads kicked in as though they were a cut above us. Diehards ? No pal.
Didn't he leave Egypt, penniless, to escape a regime that ruled with an iron rod and wouldn't allow any questioning of their authority?
Whilst I don't dispute your point, you've misunderstood somewhere along the line because the OSC only came to exist after we moved to the KC.
If they deliberately abstained then their reason is very significant and some effort should be made to find the reason - it may discredit the OSC, so they'll not try. If they were absent, didn't see it, couldn't be arsed then they are all irrelevant, though some might be unfortunate.
Perhaps it would be worthwhile to write a book about the campaign's cause; my suggestion would be 'The Chronicles of Mania' or 'Tales of the Inexplicable' or even 'Allam's Believe It Or Not (it matters not)' Anymore?
Scarb, yours seems to be about belonging to a culture and venue rather than supporting a team with a name. Nowt wrong with that and I can see why the name doesn't matter to you. I must admit I find your posts a good balance in all of this - even though you're a crazy sod.