New Ground

[FleetFanatic]

Where will this fit into the recent developments?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Who knows?

I wonder how many of the "new fans/owners" realise the club don't own the ground?

[Kentish Expat]

It is something that was pointed out to us.

 

Peppercorn rent?

[doheochai]

Again - the members of MyFC know a lot more than you suspect.

[Harry J Allstars]

Do you realise that we also don't pay rent?

[Kentish Expat]

Yes, which is why I said peppercorn rent.

 

I used to have a carport next to my house for a peppercorn rent - kept a packet of Schwartz peppercorns handy in case the landlord came knocking

[darling]

Kentish Expat is way ahead of you

 

As I recall, the lease has another seventeen years to go.

 

 

As for what happens - well, it's going to be an issue whether the club gets taken over or not.

[Kentish Expat]

I am not way ahead of anyone. I am not tryign to sound like a know-all. I have a lot to learn about EUFC

[toddybad]

The press release certainly sounded like we'd be looking to continue working towards a new ground.

 

By the way, as a newcomer tell me about the current ground - is it council owned? where's the best seat in the house? what are the pies like? Like all MyFC members I really want to get to know your club.

[Richard C]

The best seat is mine and you can sit two or three to the left or right, but, on mine and you will know.

[Lager Top]

You can't get to know a club. You support a club because you do. It's not as simple as that. Ridiculous!

[doheochai]

Originally Posted By: Richard C

The best seat is mine and you can sit two or three to the left or right, but, on mine and you will know.

Your name could be engraved on it!

[Kentish Expat]

You are right in some respects, but I also feel it is possible to follow the fortunes of more than one club

[Lager Top]

Originally Posted By: Kentish Expat

You are right in some respects, but I also feel it is possible to follow the fortunes of more than one club

Well follow somebody else. But why the need to have 20,000 people put £35 into a website to allow the running of a club via internet polls?

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Any new supporter will come along to their 1st game, generally knowing little of the club - they cant learn how good (or bad) every player is from 1 match, so they will continue to learn more as each game passes. A newcomer would probably know little of the workings of the club either, so Lager Top's suggestion that you cant get to know a club seems far more ridiculous to me.

[Lager Top]

Originally Posted By: Alan W (GNFC)

Any new supporter will come along to their 1st game, generally knowing little of the club - they cant learn how good (or bad) every player is from 1 match, so they will continue to learn more as each game passes. A newcomer would probably know little of the workings of the club either, so Lager Top's suggestion that you cant get to know a club seems far more ridiculous to me.

But any "normal" new supporter wouldn't feel compelled to come along because he/she had paid £35 to an internet site to allow them to post their team selection. Anyway, I shall sidle out of here now back to my own club. Goodbye and good luck!

[rsheard]

Alan, I agree. The vast majority of MyFC members, myself included, don't pretend to know your club yet. (We do have among our members some current EUFC supporters.)

 

What some here are forgetting is that every football supporter had a first day with his or her club. The shocking element in this case is that so many of us appear here on the same day, completely unanticipated by the current supporters.

 

I suspect if we appeared one at a time over the course of a year, we'd have been a great deal more welcome. Many members have said you want new supporters and new investment. But the Internet voting aspect leaves you cold. Fair enough. But don't object to the fact that we want to become supporters. Come Saturday, we'll all be hoping for the same result at Oxford. And ultimately, that's what should count.