Chris1 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I was most annoyed today, when many people were probably attending their first Margate match, that they were not correctly informed the names of the home players. The shirt numbers were hopelessly muddled in the stadium announcement. For example, when Kinch scored he was announced (correctly) as number 8, although he had been called out before the game as number 6. Even the website had Hessenthaler and Whitely mixed up. Honestly, if I was attending for the first time, I would have come away thinking the club doesn't have enough respect for its fans to even bother informing them properly. I am not blaming the PA, who was probably incorrectly informed himself, but heck, this needs sorting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 If I was a new fan that wouldn't bother me one bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyriding Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 If I was a new fan that wouldn't bother me one bit wow, your only gripe was that players numbers weren't correct.................... must see Cliff Egan about that. t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBoydie Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 This is a communication issue not a lack of respect. I'm all for constructive criticism but the club does loads for the fans and mixing up shirt numbers is not enough to warrant claiming a lack of respect. It's annoying yes as we're all still putting faces to names and shirt numbers help that, but a lack of respect isn't what I'd use to describe the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dflman Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Squad numbers would sort that one out - anyone know why haven't we got them this year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 The website went by the names on the team sheet. As soon as it was noticed I changed it. As for squad numbers.......no thanks. That became a mission to maintain last year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Ender Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 We beat local rivals (deservedly) in front of almost 900 people and someone is moaning about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Spartacus Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Squad numbers no thankyou. Prehaps the players put on the wrong shirts to confuse Fissenden. Well he confused me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1 Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Excuse me Coffin Ender (someone I very much respect on this forum) and others, I was not moaning about the excellent performance or result. I was there next to people new to the club, whose enjoyment was lessened by not knowing who the players were. If you think that is ok, then fine, we will have to agree to differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBoydie Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Has anyone asked why this has happened lately? Or does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dflman Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 So what is wrong with squad numbers exactly ? Bodkin 7 will make it easier for the sponsors to name their MOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Spartacus Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Simple economics with squad numbers (forgetting keepers) you need at least 18 different numbered shirts without squad numbers you only need 14. Thus saving of 8 shirts (home & away) plus this is non league football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie100 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 The teamsheets are produced in the office as soon as we are given copies of the lists handed to the ref. Bearing in mind we are having requests from fans and club (home and away) officials for copies from as early as an hour before kick off, before we get the info, the five minutes we take to type in 32 players names plus the time to run off copies for the PA, sponsors, boardroom and shop for the fans is not too bad. As much as possible is pretyped ( eg ref and linesmen names although these too have been amended at the last moment at times) We can only type in the names (spelt based on spelling from the two teams secretaries hand writing) when we have them and if there is a delay in the team selection we sometimes get these sheets as late as 10 minutes before kick off. On Monday the list said John Beales was number 8. We thought it must be tactical and it is not down to us to query team selection. When the players were about to kick off it was then noticed Scott Kinch was 8 and Beales is usual number at which point there was sod all we could do. As for squad number, its a nice idea but with players coming and going at this level can cause just as many problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Spartacus Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 The teamsheets are produced in the office as soon as we are given copies of the lists handed to the ref. Bearing in mind we are having requests from fans and club (home and away) officials for copies from as early as an hour before kick off, before we get the info, the five minutes we take to type in 32 players names plus the time to run off copies for the PA, sponsors, boardroom and shop for the fans is not too bad. As much as possible is pretyped ( eg ref and linesmen names although these too have been amended at the last moment at times) We can only type in the names (spelt based on spelling from the two teams secretaries hand writing) when we have them and if there is a delay in the team selection we sometimes get these sheets as late as 10 minutes before kick off. On Monday the list said John Beales was number 8. We thought it must be tactical and it is not down to us to query team selection. When the players were about to kick off it was then noticed Scott Kinch was 8 and Beales is usual number at which point there was sod all we could do. As for squad number, its a nice idea but with players coming and going at this level can cause just as many problems. Thanks Frankie explains everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 RE: Squad Numbers.... From my point of view with maintaining the web site, there were two main issues.... When a player signs at short notice and do not get assigned a squad number before they play, I had to make one up otherwise the database got confused. Quite often they were then assigned a number that had previously been given to another player who had now left. This meant I had to give the ex-player a new fictitious squad number and change that on every appearance they made. I then had to find appearances for the new player and change them to the squad number that was previously assigned to someone else but was now with the new player. It was an absolute nightmare. The only way around this would be to not use the same squad number twice in a season but as Joseba said, this would have meant 40 different shirts had to be made during the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Tom Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 All a bit of an over reaction I think, yes there were some mistakes with players named and numbers worn and yes it was a bit confusing however I am not sure this has happened before so I will excuse the mistake, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upthegate Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Omg, I think the title of this thread should be edited. Management not showing respect to the fans !!! I dont think so. Shirt numbers wrong, maybe slightly annoying, but no more than that. A great day and a great result yesterday. End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGate Alan Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Agreed upthegate so time to lock it I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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