Dartford Prepare For Homecoming

[Guest]

Just playing devils advocate (if I'm still allowed), how many traditional Labour voters would vote Conservative if the party roles were reversed in this situation?

[Ted]

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Just playing devils advocate (if I'm still allowed), how many traditional Labour voters would vote Conservative if the party roles were reversed in this situation?

My guess would be quite a lot. Voting Liberal would be a different matter as they are incompetant. While people may not agree with either the Labour or Conservative party, they are generally recognised as competant.

[Guest]

again we have the people who sit on the fence ...passing comments (some valid ones) BUT don't have the answers either... we have to as a trust keep going and looking to work this mighty problem out... Ted has been working hard to enquire and look into ways to obtain grants ..looking at ways we could put a package together and work with some one ...the election sub committe have again put a candidate into the local elections and we will do this again next year...

 

Liam and SR you have your opions and we have ours , but at least our members are prepared to do something about it , instead of looking for someone to come in to resuce us ..we are trying to do something about it..and have a plan ready...

thats what the trust is all about...

 

to be there when the [****!!****] hits the fan...

 

chris sliski

STST.

[Barry Scott]

The reason I left the trust was after three years of operation I had seen no evidence whatsoever that the trust had a plan in place for when the sh*t hits the fan, and I seriously doubt something has come together in the last three months.

[Roger Rebel]

Ian i would rather cut my todger off than vote Tory, but in a local to save Slough i would.

[Guest]

hi all dave here again any comments to other post in dvd section sorry to put in there.

 

dom marcuss russ ext are you posting id woould be nice to communicate here before the big and vitle game at home to heybridge swifts on saturdy

 

take care all see you all on here or sat

 

and best of all as usual up the rebels

 

god bless you all and lets get right behind are teem at this very dificult time

thaks to roy m are mark westie

and wilco and others for sticking and trying to work with a limited budget but we still can get away from the dreaded botthem four and survive.

 

without roy and chris s we would be in more truble so see you all sat the all have experiance here and there and we should thank one and all and keep proceding to produce a houdini act and as above.

 

i also have face in the small squad and trust people like wilco jarvis and all to stay afloat somehow we must do it together.

 

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dave programes

[Guest]

Without wishing to stir old wounds, perhaps now would be a good time for a merge with Windsor? They still have a ground, Slough still have the extra support. Every season Slough keeps going, even surviving in this division sees the club hemorrhage another 50 or so fans from the average gate, this season Slough can barely get 250 to home games. This time two years ago (lest we forget) I was in a crowd of 2,500 at Stag Meadow.

 

Shoot this idea down in flames if need be but what's the alternative? The council do not owe the club a ground. They can simply ask 'why were you kicked out of the old one?'

 

The only other alternative is to reform at Hellenic level and try to build again, improving any 'ground' as you go.

 

I suspect Windsor would welcome a merge too, we all know they could not get more support when they ploughed the money in during the Greene era getting Carroll, Scott, Cousins etc. Just a thought.

 

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[Guest]

hi there all at this stage drastic action only at last resort and great to see dartford a sell out and hope the new ground and new start sucessful and as you had many dificult years maybe things could turn around we get over and ovied the dreaded drop first and get into next season still well afloat and maybe even a dream new ground

 

dreams do happen as they happened to teams like hornchurch maidstone and aldershot .

 

just look at there succeses now and how its achievd evon coming for me the only thing is paitience.

 

good bless all at datford windsor and of course are mighty rebels

up the rebels

 

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[Matt]

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Shoot this idea down in flames if need be

Oh don't worry, you'll get plenty of that.

We've had this debate so many times before and I thought both parties were against it. You go and ask Windsor fans if they want to give up their identity. Why should they? We have nothing to offer because I really don't think that many of our regular support would support the merged team.

[Guest]

hi there matt and all i hope we can speek football on here as realy been rather a tepid and busy week at least we are at home we can get the three points we need and keep pulling together and agree with the idea that us slough fans and windsors would not merge unless drasticly unavoideble and sadly if this the case we proberbely would lose a lot more fan base and need a dream home somehow somewhere in slough otherwise could be curtains and constantly holding on to are status until wound or the dream come true. i feel a little concerned with being around for well over 10 years and would find it very difercault without my importent dose of slough town football ah well still not many on here take care all see most of you sat and welcombe to are essex friends

 

dave programes

 

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[A Rebel and a Saint]

so today is the big day then...a meeting between STFC and SBC....are the supporters being represented at this meeting, and will we eve find out what is actually said?

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Anon, I would personally rather see Slough go under and reform and support them as a Sunday side than Windsor. THAT MAY JUST BE MY OPINION THO.

 

Liam: Totally agree, cant see how a change of council will dramatically make us have the money to do this, even if they do agree 'in principle'.

 

We need to prove that the council would BENEFIT from a stadium in slough, like all business people it will only happen if its viable and profitable for them (And cant say i blame them)

[GarySTFC]

ARAAS, Chris S had said the meeting had been postponed?

 

As for the merger idea, I can see why Peter Simpson is interested and is takes the strain off of him financially (a bit), but that would only be if all the supporters continued to support the [****!!****] offspring off the two clubs, and I don't think many would and of course Slough Borough Council would be very happy with that as it takes a problem away from them.

 

I think with the Montem & Ice Arena, we could be looking at a community complex to include football pitches as a possibility. Whatever we develop, it has to be community based, but also help the club be self sustaining.

[Ted]

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Don Juan DeMarcus said:

We need to prove that the council would BENEFIT from a stadium in slough, like all business people it will only happen if its viable and profitable for them (And cant say i blame them)

Politicians like getting elected. If they see that as issue has public support and will either win or lose them votes, they do respond.

If there is a will there is a way, and we have to make sure that the Council has the will to want the club back in the Borough. If the will is there, you'd be suprised what is possible. If the will isn't there, nothing will ever happen.

[GarySTFC]

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Ted said:
Politicians like getting elected. If they see that as issue has public support and will either win or lose them votes, they do respond.

Respond or say what you want to hear? Not heard much from the councillors who gave words of support at the election count, although the recent vote to have a formal meeting has shown a shift towards us.

[chris sliski]

yes gary thats just the point..all those who have pledge to help including the labour party...need to show if they are serious or not...Labour have quoted 100% in the local papers to help..the other have not...thats why we need to put electors up in the wards that have not pledged to help us...

 

chris sliski

[Guest]

hi there gary chris s and all so has there a plan still for this meeting and is the a plan for the club still tonight. are supporters allowed to etenend if the meeting is still going ahead or is it canceled

 

what ever happens hope to see most fans tommrow god bless from dave programes <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/alert.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/alert.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/afro.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/alert.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/alert.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/alert.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/ban.gif" alt="" />

[Trueblue06]

It seems incredible that your MP Fiona McTaggart has not been mentioned. She is an extremely rich public school educated socialist, and must be used to taking up apprently hopeless causes.Why don't you try and get her on your side as most of you seem to have a northerner's preference for the labour party, so she will be delighted to meet those who keep on voting her in.

[BFR]

Fiona M is well aware of who we are and has pledged support. Indeed she was in attendance on the night of the Trust launch. However, she doesn't really have much say in what goes on in local politics

[Ted]

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Respond or say what you want to hear? Not heard much from the councillors who gave words of support at the election count, although the recent vote to have a formal meeting has shown a shift towards us.

To be fair to Cllr. Hewitt, who was the councillor you referred to, he did abstain at the last vote, which considering he is a colleague of Stokes, may not have been easy for him. Pure speculation on my part now, but I guess that a tied vote on the issue would have made it feasible for one of the abstainers to say 'I've backed you as far as I can, make peace or next time I'll vote against'.

Back to facts, the Nortborough/Britwell regeneration scheme is failing fast, due to lack of finance. Another possible (or complimentary)reason for the tentative shift in the administrations attitude to the club is a realisation that sports funding is not such a bad idea after all since they have twigged that their own funding ideas won't work.