Cup Run

[Nathan]

What do you reckon our cup run has done for our chances of survival, and our chances of getting the club back into Slough? Discuss.

[Woody SUFC]

As a outsider it cannot of done any harm. But i cannot see it changing minds over night

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

I think it will have raised local awarness more and that can't be a bad thing, but we have to use this current publicity to do all we can to put pressure on the council.

[Tom]

Personally I believe the profile of the club has grown quite a bit - the news coverage especially from Sky Sports News has been fantastic.

 

But as Woody says I dont think much will change, what we need to remember the chance of getting back into Slough rests on us finding a new ground which if found will take a good 2-3 years to build on so I cant see us going anywhere in the short term.

 

We need to keep up the pressure on the council, how ever difficult this may prove at times, we know we must keep going.

[Nathan]

How many "Slough Fans" do people reckon will continue to support the club in the futhure, now that the cup run is over?

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

That will be seen at Dover, fingers X that we will have at least an extra 100 that would be very useful for our remaining home games at an extra £700 a game...

[Guest]

I don't think it is as important as we all think at the moment. After all, statistically clubs at our level have a run like this only once in a generation. So like it or not, a cup run is really a one-off event and not really relevant to the future and sustainability of a football club in Slough in itself.

 

The real factor I guess is whether this run will energise those who are working directly for the clubs future, and encourage those who are positively disposed to Slough Town, but passive at present.

 

I suspect that things will remain about the same once a few weeks have passed, but I don't see this as negative at all. After all, we would not be less commited had the team been knocked out of the FA Cup in September, would we?

[Nathan]

Yes, but the facts remains that we weren't knocked out in September, were we?

[Guest]

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Yes, but the facts remains that we weren't knocked out in September, were we?

No, but we can't have a club that can only pay its debts every twenty-five years when we have a lucky cup run either. We have to show that the club is sustainable at its playing level year on year. Nothing will change that.

[Nathan]

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Yes, but the facts remains that we weren't knocked out in September, were we?

No, but we can't have a club that can only pay its debts every twenty-five years when we have a lucky cup run either. We have to show that the club is sustainable at its playing level year on year. Nothing will change that.

We've reached the 1st Round of the FA Cup twice inthree years, neither of those two cup runs were lucky.

[Guest]

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Yes, but the facts remains that we weren't knocked out in September, were we?

No, but we can't have a club that can only pay its debts every twenty-five years when we have a lucky cup run either. We have to show that the club is sustainable at its playing level year on year. Nothing will change that.

We've reached the 1st Round of the FA Cup twice inthree years, neither of those two cup runs were lucky.

And Slough Town still has long term debts, has no ground and has not established a sustainable way forward. I will concede that our cup exploits are only due to the brilliance of the team and luck only comes into it when we lose, but the fact remains you do not run a football club based on anticipation of occasional cup runs.

[Nathan]

But matbe another couple of cuo runs like those and we might be able to find a ground, and a way forward.

[Guest]

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But matbe another couple of cuo runs like those and we might be able to find a ground, and a way forward.

I'm obviously not getting through, goodnight.

[brighton_rebel]

Decorum,

We would have made a quarter of a million for the game against Newcastle, and the nations media would have been swarming and asking the council why we aren't playing in Slough. We could have organised another publicity stunt before the game etc. which all leads to pressure on the council to do something.

I think there needs to an open Trust meeting called soon so we can find out just where we are with returning back to Slough and brainstorm ideas.

Unfortunately i think the result yesterday could have knocked us back for years. Of course cup runs are not sustainable but look how many came to the game yesterday, the fa cup draws crowds and creates dreams like a league game never can.

Like i've said in another post good luck to Yeading, they deserved it yesterday, but politically we really needed that win.

 

brighton rebel

[Burnham Lad]

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Decorum,
I think there needs to an open Trust meeting called soon so we can find out just where we are with returning back to Slough and brainstorm ideas.
Unfortunately i think the result yesterday could have knocked us back for years. Of course cup runs are not sustainable but look how many came to the game yesterday, the fa cup draws crowds and creates dreams like a league game never can.
brighton rebel

Two points, Brighton Rebel. I agree it would have done wonders if we had got through, but we must pull the good out of the bad - a lot of people did come to see STFC play, which shows the potential is there. We have made a lot of headlines over the last few weeks and we must make sure we don't lose the benefit of that - as I said in another post, the Council has to know that we are on their case and we ain't going away! Sadly, Politicians generally don't do "nice" so you have to force them into a corner where the question "What's in it for us? - and by that I mean electoral power (of course) has only one answer "Instruction to the Officers - Get STFC off our backs - for heavens sake, find them a new ground with planning permission somewhere in the Borough and just make them go away, there's elections coming". We aren't there yet, and yesterday's result is a setback, but it is only one setback and after all, we have faced some much more serious ones, and we are still here!

Second point is that to achieve that Council answer, we do need to find out what the situation is exactly and I suspect that the fans like us know little of what is happening behind the scenes. So many questions, so few answers...... We have just 18 months before the ground share ends - it will take a number of years from identifying a ground,getting finances , planning permission, funding etc before you start building, so what happens in the interim? We haven't seen Mr Deaner for weeks. The Trust needs more members and more money - so we need a membership drive... So let's have the Trust Meeting and invite Mr Deaner, Roy and Bernard and ask them to tell us please, what is happening?

[brighton_rebel]

I have started a trust thread on the trust board if anyone wants to join in!

 

brighton rebel

[Mark44]

I cant come and watch slough because i work but was able to get the fa cup off because of press coverage and my manager therfore knew, i wilol be at the midweek games though, i broke my curtain when the draw was made, o well

[Guest]

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Decorum,
We would have made a quarter of a million for the game against Newcastle, and the nations media would have been swarming and asking the council why we aren't playing in Slough. We could have organised another publicity stunt before the game etc. which all leads to pressure on the council to do something.
I think there needs to an open Trust meeting called soon so we can find out just where we are with returning back to Slough and brainstorm ideas.
Unfortunately i think the result yesterday could have knocked us back for years. Of course cup runs are not sustainable but look how many came to the game yesterday, the fa cup draws crowds and creates dreams like a league game never can.
Like i've said in another post good luck to Yeading, they deserved it yesterday, but politically we really needed that win.

brighton rebel

Yes, all those things would have been nice, but we should not talk ourselves into a depression. It is not the case that our predicament is worse because we had a cup run and then lost. I would just like to see the Slough Town case based on sound and sustainable principles which can be planned, budgeted and managed by competant people. That's the type of case that the council would be compelled to listen to. If supporters try to embarass or humiliate the council, do we really think they will become more favourable? What would you do if someone tried to humiliate or embarass you into doing something you did not have to do?

We have to accept that football is not essential to most residents of Slough. It is a minority pastime that some people enjoy intensely, and feel strongly about. The energy needs to go into demonstrating the club has a financially sustainable plan that can be managed competantly, not demonstrating with banners denouncing the very people who ultimately will be needed to help.

[GarySTFC]

We've tried being reasonable with the council by doing what we can, and we continually get shot down in flames. There was a sustainable project about to go ahead for Britwell, again, we were removed by the BILLD as soon as humanely possible.

 

The demonstrations which have taken place have been merely to highlight the case of the club on a wider scale. There were plenty of people at both the Walsall and Yeading matches who had little idea as to why Slough had to play there. The demonstrations helped.

[Guest]

Well, if the majority think that the collective energy of Slough Town's campaigns are beneficial and producing positive results, then I am not going to argue, or try to suggest alternatives.