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Jerry St Clair

Been to worse grounds this season such as Fleetwood, though food queue probably the longest ever. Have to say fun police head steward must be proud of himself, does he also burst all his neighbour’s kids footballs when they arrive in his garden. You mean Fred Elliott? “I say, I say we’re not ‘’avin...

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As far as I can tell, Stevenage Borough Council own the Lamex. They took ownership in 1980 and the most recent reference I can find to the tenancy is a rent payment delay from 2011 agreed between the club and the council to fund ground improvements. Unless ownership has changed since, it’s the counc...

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I know behind-the-goal facilities are more basic and a Main Stand would cost much more (though I’m not sure where £12m comes from). And we have the added complication of a land issue with Cakebridge.

But what a creative idea? There are ways and means if the will and capability were there.

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I’ve just been reading up about how Stevenage funded their new North Stand (the one at the opposite end from us) 5 years ago. They launched a mini-bond scheme in which fans contributed between £500 and £25000. In return they got interest (4-8%) on their investment plus perks including access to hosp...

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Highly probable Pett, Sloggett These two are real unknowns, I’d say. Pett came here for Darrell. Whether Darrell stays or not will surely be the key factor. Sloggett has looked promising and one of the reasons he’s here is because his girlfriend plays for Bristol City and the location suits him. I’...

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I don't see a reduction in prices coming - they'd be crazy to consider putting them up though. It will be hard not to with running costs increasing by circa 20% in the last years. But they must try. Maybe the solar panels will mitigate that somewhat. The kids price is absolutely brilliant, in fairn...

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It's worth revisiting what Darrell said at the Fans' Forum on his future: DC "When I came to the club, I came for the challenge. All I've been fixated on is keeping the club in L1 when nobody thought it was possible. I joined for that reason and I'm still massively focussed on that while the dr...

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Tough to raise prices on the back of a relegation, but with inflation as it has been and costs increasing, it'll be really hard to keep them pegged.

If they do go up, there's going to have to be some creative pricing/incentives to maintain renewals next season.

Jerry St Clair

Si Robin wrote: ↑27 Apr 2024, 20:11 Isn't Paul Bence the vice-chair and commercial director? So only he has gone.

PB isn't a board member and hasn't been for a few years now.

I meant Bence and Murry Toms. Yes, you're right about PB. So, only two to replace.

We're left with Bloxham, Godfrey, Gowing, Murphy, Beesley.

Jerry St Clair

Seems like good old Cheltenham Town can't go through a summer without turmoil of some kind. Two years ago it was the manager, last year the coaching staff. This year it looks to be the Boardroom. It does feel like fan anger with the Board is bubbling away and it won't take much to blow the lid off....

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Seems like good old Cheltenham Town can't go through a summer without turmoil of some kind. Two years ago it was the manager, last year the coaching staff. This year it looks to be the Boardroom. It does feel like fan anger with the Board is bubbling away and it won't take much to blow the lid off. ...

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Seconded on Jamie Pardington. We got in earlier than usual today and watched him and Southwood warming up, I commented that it must be fairly disheartening going through a really diligent pre-match preparation week after week just to sit on your arse for two hours. How wrong I was today. What a humd...

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Can’t lay any of it on the ref. Thought he was pernickety but fair.

The penalty looked soft, but no complaints from any of our players so assume it was justifiable.

Jerry St Clair

A game that summed up our season. Lots of huff, puff and endeavour. Some bright moments, but ultimately powder puff in front of goal and prone to conceding at the back.

Proud as punch to be in that away end though. When the chips are down our fans are a great bunch.

Jerry St Clair

Robin wrote: ↑26 Apr 2024, 18:53
If I could pick I would have chosen Vale partially because it's close but equally they are in such poor form (2 wins in half a season).

FGR won 6 games last season. One was against Bolton, another was against Sheffield Weds.

Football is a mad, mad game.

Jerry St Clair

Whichever way you go, get your scarf out of the window. That never happens any more. Used to take such pride in showing my colours as a nipper and spotting all the other scarves on the motorway. UTMFR Yes. And, if you have a hatchback, trap either end of the scarf across the back windscreen. Used t...

Jerry St Clair

If you have lucky pants/socks/scarves/shirts/routines bring them all.

Tomorrow is not the day to do something different.

Jerry St Clair

Hello, public service broadcast from my Boro supporting but Cheltenham residing pal: "I would recommend going up the A46 to Coventry then taking the A45 / M45 to join the M1 to Luton and then let the sat nav guide you the remaining 8 miles" Sounds left-field to me (and NB he is travelling...

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EDIT: I didn’t make it to Derby this season, so no personal experience of what happened there. Derby was slightly different because there was a choice - seats or standing. Stewards were strict at the entrance to ensure people with seated tickets didn't go in the standing area and vice versa, but on...

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Great point Leckyfan. There will be irregular away travellers tomorrow who may not realise the normal away etiquette of disregarding seat allocation. Could lead to some tension. I can only suggest you get there in good time and bag a seat near the front. The away stand at Stevenage is elevated so ev...

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712 at Derby is presumably our biggest away following this season?

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Very, very good call to defer discussion on Murry/the forum.

Jerry St Clair

Have we ever had a fanzine?

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It's funny - on hearing they're being stopped, I'm sad. But then, like Shade, I haven't bought one for years, so why should it bother me. This is the crux. We all have an emotional attachment to programme, but how many of us buy them. I’d be surprised if programme sales got into the high hundreds f...

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How the hell can people use ‘traffic’s a bit busy down that way’ as a “reason” not to attend is beyond me. No dig at anyone on here, heaven forbid. I understand it’s an expensive business and not everyone has access to transport etc, but if you do, fill your motor and get theeself down there. Out o...

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The club say “just over 800” more tickets allocated. On top of the 500 already sold that means we have presumably been given the whole end of 1390. If they sell out Stevenage can also make a further 610 seats available for away fans in the main stand taking the total allocation up to 2000. I could ...

Jerry St Clair

The club say “just over 800” more tickets allocated. On top of the 500 already sold that means we have presumably been given the whole end of 1390.

If they sell out Stevenage can also make a further 610 seats available for away fans in the main stand taking the total allocation up to 2000.

Jerry St Clair

Lee Swabey may well be a name that goes down in our history. For all the right reasons hopefully.

Jerry St Clair

1400 allocation which can be extended to 2000 if needed. Plenty to go around.

Unfortunately, not really practical by train. You’d need to leave on the 0719 out of Cheltenham and make three changes. So, coach or car it is.

Jerry St Clair

My Blackburn supporting friend has confidently predicted that Cheltenham, having been in the relegation places all season, will escape on the final day. While Blackburn, having not been in the relegation places all season, will be dropped in it on the final day. I’m on board with this and am already...

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Good point. If I were looking to invest in the club, I would ask for the business strategy and plan as part of my due diligence. If they weren't forthcoming, that would ring alarm bells.

Jerry St Clair

Bad news. Murry created the supporter services group after the awkward departure of Jenny Hancock from the SLO role. I do hope there are no further ructions in this area. We really need a bit of stability in supporter relations.

Jerry St Clair

I don't think the issue was Mickey Moore going himself, so much as having no plan for when he did leave. At best, this was naive on the Board's part. At worst, reckless. I have spent today updating my succession plan at work. My team of 12 is relatively stable, at least more stable than a league fo...

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The man overseeing either Town's swansong in L1 or the greatest miracle of miracles will be Lee Swabey We have a very decent record under Swabey over the last 5 or 6 years. A 4-0 thrashing at Portsmouth a couple of years ago aside, he's officiated in wins over Milton Keynes, Bristol Rovers, Gillingh...

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CEO is an interesting one. I've been an advocate for it, but JP on a recent Robins Report said that the club actually already have a defacto CEO in Paul Godfrey. Not something that had occurred to me. The problem, of course, is that you're reliant on one individual going above and beyond which leave...

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