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Revived Red · 24-06-2009, 20:20

I accept your general point, macca. I too would like the football club to be a centre piece of the community. And we must also get the infrastructure right. I happen to think that will come more from a change of outlook within ASFC rather than external funding. We can all quote events over the last 3 years where the club should have been present but wasn't.

But I cannot agree with your specific example of the bar. No amount of funding would persuade me to use the bar before or after games - and there are many reasons for that. Hundreds of others will have their own reasons, all beyond the reach of funding input. And at a time when pubs are closing by the dozen every day, I'm not sure how funding would persuade outsiders to use the bar during the week.

All good discussion points!

24-06-2009, 20:20	#87
Revived Red Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portishead, near Bristol Posts: 3,087 Liked: 954 times Rep Power: 28175	Re: A.S.F.C. FF Bid..... I accept your general point, macca. I too would like the football club to be a centre piece of the community. And we must also get the infrastructure right. I happen to think that will come more from a change of outlook within ASFC rather than external funding. We can all quote events over the last 3 years where the club should have been present but wasn't. But I cannot agree with your specific example of the bar. No amount of funding would persuade me to use the bar before or after games - and there are many reasons for that. Hundreds of others will have their own reasons, all beyond the reach of funding input. And at a time when pubs are closing by the dozen every day, I'm not sure how funding would persuade outsiders to use the bar during the week. All good discussion points!