FOR FLEET FANS GOING TO OXFORD

[doheochai]

Originally Posted By: Stuart Thomson

Gutted I can't go on sat ( my turn on call again) it would be interesting how many of our 'new' ( welcome by the way) fans sit around the drum and sing. And we could do with a few of them on Tuesday 'cause you know what our cup form is like.

It appears there could be a small number at the game on Tuesday - short notice and the MyFC forum is so busy that threads disappear off the top 30 list in about 10 minutes. Unless some keeps bumping them they disappear for good I would expect maybe 20-30 people for Tuesday.

A lot more appear to be heading to Oxford - over 40 have comfirmed they have bought their tickets - but one member indicated that the Oxford ticket office suggested they were busier than they expected for tickets for the away end. I think there might be 100-200 there.

Most have indicated they will be keeping a low profile not wanting to impose on existing EUFC fans - but if you go and ask them I'm sure they would be happy to sing along. You might have to teach them the words first though.

By the way - don't be surprised if the Oxford fans have a couple of new chants about MyFC and EUFC at the game.

[Glover]

with you there Stu, drums are great but brass is a pain in the A***

[Hirsty]

Originally Posted By: Stu M

I've just had a horrible thought... I hope there are no brass blowers among our new fans. I don't think I could stand a Sheffield Wednesday (sorry Hirsty)-style ensemble jamming away behind me.

Come on ....surely we can expect the London Symphony Orchestra now ??? No tinpot Trumpets !

Cheers,

[Jeff]

I have heard that U2 have been approached to do the half time entertainment.

[Hirsty]

I don't care about the half time entertainment, as long as they put more bar staff on than there were last year in the little bar under the North Stand, especially as we will have some "guests" with us !

[DA11]

Originally Posted By: doheochai

Originally Posted By: Stuart Thomson

Gutted I can't go on sat ( my turn on call again) it would be interesting how many of our 'new' ( welcome by the way) fans sit around the drum and sing. And we could do with a few of them on Tuesday 'cause you know what our cup form is like.

It appears there could be a small number at the game on Tuesday - short notice and the MyFC forum is so busy that threads disappear off the top 30 list in about 10 minutes. Unless some keeps bumping them they disappear for good I would expect maybe 20-30 people for Tuesday.

A lot more appear to be heading to Oxford - over 40 have comfirmed they have bought their tickets - but one member indicated that the Oxford ticket office suggested they were busier than they expected for tickets for the away end. I think there might be 100-200 there.

Most have indicated they will be keeping a low profile not wanting to impose on existing EUFC fans - but if you go and ask them I'm sure they would be happy to sing along. You might have to teach them the words first though.

By the way - don't be surprised if the Oxford fans have a couple of new chants about MyFC and EUFC at the game.

Yeah I noticed the MFC forum discussing new songs to sing. I don't think the popular choice 'Stand up if you own the club' will go down very well.

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: Jeff

I have heard that U2 have been approached to do the half time entertainment.

Tuesday, Bloody Tuesday?

Or...

"One vote
One share
When there's one chance
To vote for Sacha's hair
One vote
We get to use it
Leaves you up sh!t creek
If you don't renew it..."

[doheochai]

There has been a couple of good ones alright - some members do have a sense of humour.

 

My suggestion was Rod Stewart's 'Sailing' as an anthem for a club with fleet in the name.

[eufckev]

Maybe we should do Kenny's new chant.

 

God save our gracious Fleet

God save our noble Fleet

God save the Fleet.

 

For those new fans, you will get to know Kenny if you go to the matches, he's the loudest but most loyal fans of this football club, and has been for the past 45 yrs.

[Mr England]

Originally Posted By: DA11

Originally Posted By: doheochai

Originally Posted By: Stuart Thomson

Gutted I can't go on sat ( my turn on call again) it would be interesting how many of our 'new' ( welcome by the way) fans sit around the drum and sing. And we could do with a few of them on Tuesday 'cause you know what our cup form is like.

It appears there could be a small number at the game on Tuesday - short notice and the MyFC forum is so busy that threads disappear off the top 30 list in about 10 minutes. Unless some keeps bumping them they disappear for good I would expect maybe 20-30 people for Tuesday.

A lot more appear to be heading to Oxford - over 40 have comfirmed they have bought their tickets - but one member indicated that the Oxford ticket office suggested they were busier than they expected for tickets for the away end. I think there might be 100-200 there.

Most have indicated they will be keeping a low profile not wanting to impose on existing EUFC fans - but if you go and ask them I'm sure they would be happy to sing along. You might have to teach them the words first though.

By the way - don't be surprised if the Oxford fans have a couple of new chants about MyFC and EUFC at the game.

Yeah I noticed the MFC forum discussing new songs to sing. I don't think the popular choice 'Stand up if you own the club' will go down very well.

my contribution was

we're red we're white
we're not internet geeks
WE'RE EBBSFLEET WE'RE EBBSFLEET

didnt go down well on Myfc forum, doubt it will go down well here either though

[Jeff]

With or Without You?

[Stu M]

Has nobody mentioned 'Cheer CHeer Here Come The Fleet' yet?

[Mackster]

U2?

 

Fleet fans: "Where the Fleet has no name"

Fleet fans: "So Cruel"

 

MyFc - "Even better than the REAL thing?

MyFc - "Sometimes you can't make it on your own"

[DA11]

Sugar Babes - Push the Button

[Jeff]

Good point. This has turned into a find out all about this in detail night and has got me thinking.

 

Forgetting the playing side of things for a moment, the tannoy system could be replaced (not to play music after goals though) which is needed and lots of other improvements could be made all around the ground.

 

I am having real problems getting my head round why people would want to invest money and suddenly start supporting a football team that they had no previous affinity for or in some cases, had never even heard of.

 

On the playing side of things, I wonder what the squad must be thinking about all this daftness? Not seen any posts about possible formations/lineups for Saturday. Saw England won 2-0 and Lance presumably got through it unscathed?

Good clean sheet for him if so?

[Jeff]

Oh yeah. This seasons shirt is going for £53 quid on eBay!!!!

 

How much do you think anyone would get for a Batt Cables?

 

You'd get on the local news with that.

[DA11]

I am having real problems getting my head round why people would want to invest money and suddenly start supporting a football team that they had no previous affinity for or in some cases' date=' had never even heard of.quote']

 

Same here mate. It just doesn't make sense. On the myfc forum they are desperate for shirts, mugs, scarves etc..Why? I could understand if the stake was 10k then you would get excited but for 35 quid?

[mattgeorgejack]

Originally Posted By: Jeff

Good point. This has turned into a find out all about this in detail night and has got me thinking.

Forgetting the playing side of things for a moment, the tannoy system could be replaced (not to play music after goals though) which is needed and lots of other improvements could be made all around the ground.

I am having real problems getting my head round why people would want to invest money and suddenly start supporting a football team that they had no previous affinity for or in some cases, had never even heard of.

On the playing side of things, I wonder what the squad must be thinking about all this daftness? Not seen any posts about possible formations/lineups for Saturday. Saw England won 2-0 and Lance presumably got through it unscathed?
Good clean sheet for him if so?

From my point of view I support a team already, it will always come first. Reading. However, there are other teams that I have soft spots for, and if Reading aren't playing and I'm in the area I'll go a cheer them on. For instance Fleetwood (my dads family were from there); Maidenhead (my Dad was born there); Reading Town (were I was born).

I have often dreamt how I would develop clubs like these if I was a Millionaire and had the oppertunity. MyFC, for me, has never really been about picking the team, but more about developing and helping a club. Building better facilities for the teams, and the local community. I'll always vote for the manager's recommendation.

My great grandfather paid for and built a stand at Fleetwood FC when a storm all but washed away the ground and devestated the club. At that time it was the local focal point of the small fishing town. Hopefully you get the where I'm coming from, and my motivation for helping a team I know very little about.

I do my bit for the local teams, but it is a small drop in the ocean. But as a collaborative we have means to do so much more.

Hope to see some of you on Saturday. I'll be in The Priory from about 12.30, and the ticket I've been allocated in in Row V seat 154/155 (Dragging the missus along), but it sounds like it will be a free for all around the drum. I'm the short, stocky bloke with short blonde hair, and who has a natural and long standing hatred of Poxford.

If I had the wings of a sparrow,
And the dirty great ar$e of a crow,
I'd fly over Oxford tomorrow,
And $hit on the bastards below, below
And $hit on the bastards below.

Matt

MyFC Member - mattgeorgejack

[Jeff]

I am coming round to the idea Matt and I totally agree with you on having affinities with other sides, Bradford, Toulouse and Borussia Dortmund in my case.

 

I'm just still astounded by the whole thing and that it has happened to the Fleet. In fairness, there have been regular discussions on here about how to increase the profile of the club and you can't do much better than what happened on Tuesday.

 

These were mainly based on attracting people from the local areas/schools etc.

This has really blown that out of the water and I am coming round to understanding that.

 

In the words of Gogol Bordello, 'think locally, [****!!****] globally'.

 

I will be at the Oxford game but I have no idea where I will be sitting as I recall just going wherever last season.

 

Might bump into you though...

[rsheard]

My participation, as an American, may be even more baffling to some of the current supporters, but from my perspective, it's an easy call.

 

"Soccer" as they insist on calling it here is a hugely popular game at the youth level. But not having any professional league until very recently, and I've already expressed my distaste for MLS elsewhere, most Americans stopped playing football when they became teenagers and moved into the more mainstream sports here.

 

That began to change several years ago, and for me it had nothing to do with MLS. It had to do with coverage of English games on television. It took me exactly one weekend to fall in love with the sport when I was able to see three games over a Saturday/Sunday. That was roughly five years ago.

 

But I have no local or family ties to any English club, so I developed a friendly, but not particularly passionate link to Newcastle United because I appreciated the way the side played the first two times I got to see them on television. That's hardly the basis of a passionate commitment, however.

 

So when MyFC came about, it was my chance actually to develop that relationship with a club that I could feel a part of, even from such a great distance. I'll only be able to attend a couple of games a year, but I'll be in front of whatever screen I have to have in order to see every game and every other video we members have access to. I will feel it will be "my" team, not in the sense of ownership, but in the sense of support.

 

I completely understand how that same kind of attachment isn't possible for someone who has supported a club his or her whole life. But for me, on Tuesday, EUFC became my #1 club, even though I don't know jack about it yet. Part of the fun will be the learning process, just as I enjoyed learning about the actual sport five years ago when I had my first exposure to the actual game, not just a bunch of 10-year-olds chasing the ball in a mob in our youth leagues.

 

I hope it's possible for the current supporters to see how I can feel so excited about this from thousands of miles away. But I'm not speaking just for myself. A lot of MyFC members feel a similar attraction to the project. And I know that many other members have joined for vastly different reasons.

 

Now I'd appreciate it if someone DOES take notes and teaches all of us newbies the chants and songs. Even if I have to sing them along from the isolation of my apartment, I'm with the club in spirit every game from Saturday on.