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pilki · 20-11-2006, 11:43

Although I read the forum regularly I don't often feel the need to post. However, just wanted to say that, having watched football for 30+ years, the last 9 of them at Acc - home and as many away matches as possible - I left a match early for the first time in my life on saturday. This was nothing to do with getting beaten as we were still a goal up when we left. Having arrived around 35 minutes before kick off we decided not to stand in our usual spot on the clayton end, but to go in the cow shed in an attempt to escape the exceptionally bad weather. A large number of people had obviously had the same idea, and by kick-off you could hardly see anything of the pitch. We lasted 10 minutes then gave up and went back out onto the terrace, where we were wet through and freezing within minutes. We have braved some dire weather over the last 9 years including, snow, wind, rain, hail, ice etc, and to some extent you expect that when you are a footie fan, but this week we had had enough. We left about 20 minutes from the end. Yes, we CHOOSE to buy a season ticket and spend our hard-earned money at Accy. Yes, we CHOOSE to come back week after week to support our beloved team through wins and defeats. Yes, we CHOOSE to buy half-time draw tickets, raffle tickets etc to support the cause, but we do NOT choose to be treated with disdain by a club which has so little regard for its supporters that we still have to put up with the same lack of BASIC facilities that we had in Unibond 1.
I will cut my nose off to spite my face and stay away when the weather is as bad again, despite having a season ticket, and I will not be renewing that season ticket next year unless there is some improvement.
The reason that attendances continue to fall is threefold - seasonal drop due to people spending for Christmas, a poor run of results, and no bloody facilities, including a roof!

20-11-2006, 11:43	#42
pilki Junior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 16 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: My thoughts on yesterday (Hartlepool) Although I read the forum regularly I don't often feel the need to post. However, just wanted to say that, having watched football for 30+ years, the last 9 of them at Acc - home and as many away matches as possible - I left a match early for the first time in my life on saturday. This was nothing to do with getting beaten as we were still a goal up when we left. Having arrived around 35 minutes before kick off we decided not to stand in our usual spot on the clayton end, but to go in the cow shed in an attempt to escape the exceptionally bad weather. A large number of people had obviously had the same idea, and by kick-off you could hardly see anything of the pitch. We lasted 10 minutes then gave up and went back out onto the terrace, where we were wet through and freezing within minutes. We have braved some dire weather over the last 9 years including, snow, wind, rain, hail, ice etc, and to some extent you expect that when you are a footie fan, but this week we had had enough. We left about 20 minutes from the end. Yes, we CHOOSE to buy a season ticket and spend our hard-earned money at Accy. Yes, we CHOOSE to come back week after week to support our beloved team through wins and defeats. Yes, we CHOOSE to buy half-time draw tickets, raffle tickets etc to support the cause, but we do NOT choose to be treated with disdain by a club which has so little regard for its supporters that we still have to put up with the same lack of BASIC facilities that we had in Unibond 1. I will cut my nose off to spite my face and stay away when the weather is as bad again, despite having a season ticket, and I will not be renewing that season ticket next year unless there is some improvement. The reason that attendances continue to fall is threefold - seasonal drop due to people spending for Christmas, a poor run of results, and no bloody facilities, including a roof!