| Come on Barnsley ! (n/t) on 17:12 - Jun 6 by Tyke65 |
Hi Steve
Just verifying some of your points ,
As regards to tickets in 2,000 play off I think we were just short of sell out by about fifteen hundred or just less .
As far as the FA Cup semi final be Cardiff I think we took about sand or slightly more if memory serves .
As far as this season goes sales were slightly disappointing but the cost of living has hit bad on our already under funded economy and I know many who sadly just couldn’t justify the expense .
However just reading some comments about the support around here and size of population etc .
It’s worth adding that although sandwiched in between other very close clubs that the Borough of Barnsley didn’t exist till the Suxties/ seventies ,
And the towns and villages to the south and east which up to being in our borough had no allegiance to Barnsley Fc with many already died in the wool Wendy fans ,
Also the towns and villages to the North and West were well populated with Leeds Utd sympathies.
This was at a time when these two clubs were riding high in popularity and the region was served by a very good West Riding transport system instead of the split west and South Yorkshire system we gave today .
Most of our support was drawn from a pool of a five mile radius of the town centre with even a heavy Wendy support in amongst that .
We are gaining more support from the Borough but it’s still influenced by these clubs .
Lots of buses from the villages and small towns had mixed supporters travelling together to Wembley in buses and cars .
A per population of support from the borough is a bit distorted for that reason tbh as in some parts of the borough are heavily Wendy or Leeds .
Wendy are a bit like Liverpool and Man Utd in respect of drawing a large proportion of their support away from the city ( obviously not to the same extent ) and Sheff Utds support is mainly from the city as is Everton and Man City .
On a positive note it promises to be a good season for us next year and whilst taking nothing for granted regards promotion/ playoffs we should at least be winning more games than we were in the championship which was sometimes hard to watch .
Wish you all well for next season and you never know the momentum you have and a good transfer window along with the very good team you already have could be a very good season indeed . |
There are all sorts of reasons for attendances and Barnsley’s situation with clubs around it featured in other threads so I won’t repeat. Whatever they took last Monday, they out shouted Wednesday for much of the game just as their team more than matched them with 10 men. I get a bit bored with the attendance thing. Wednesday seem to be claiming to be the galaxy’s biggest club now despite their av attendance being third in the L1 list last season.
The sending off was for me harsh. It didn’t look it in real time and the Weds player rolling about screaming didn’t help. The penalty - clearly it was. But sadly that’s the game, it’s done now. It can be argued that overall, Weds season finishing on 96 points merited promotion.
Barnsley appear to be in a rebuilding phase on and off the field and to make the play offs following all the change was an achievement.
Looking at what’s been relegated and promoted, they and Derby must be in with a good chance if they can retain the majority of their players and their excellent manager.
Barnsley are a good club with good people. I wish them well next season. |  |
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