A major part of Bloomfield’s recruitment this season was the signings of 5 loanees. Bearing in mind 3 have gone and let’s be honest Taylor hardly pulling trees up, you have to question just how good the recruitment policy has been. Only Potts looks the part. Another example of Bloomfield’s inexperience which is costing us.
Cashless is a huge improvement for the club and of little inconvenience to supporters. No need to count up the cash, wait for the Securicor van, all totalled and cleared straight into the club’s bank account by Monday as opposed to days later with cash.
No-one giving the wrong change, passing dodgy notes, cash slipping into pockets etc. And for the punter, no hanging around while someone counts out his 5p collection when buying a cuppa.
i get it and personally don’t find it that big an issue, but i do understand that for some it’s difficult.
But much preferable our way round than the other…
Sheffield Wednesday. Arrive at the turnstiles 10 minutes before KO to be told they only take cash! Mad dash to the ATM garage and back just in time to see us 1-0 down after 15 seconds (or whatever it was)
Miss programmes. If Slough can sell a 40 page good quality production for £3 shift around 200 a game but make a profit why can’t we get one out?. Not everyone’s cup of tea but …
Wonder if they'd be re-instated when the current gang disappear.
I hadn't bought one for years, but for a huge amount of years they were an absolutely critical part of my matchday and I'd pour over the stats for ages after.
It's a weird one. The circulation was on the floor and there came a point when it was more effort than it was worth - the media team's focus was much more valuable elsewhere - especially as it was losing the club money, as far as I remember. But it can't be beyond the realms of possibility to just print fewer copies.
There was briefly talk of a quarterly magazine to replace the programme, but that never materialised.
I can remember being a teen (just!) and really looking forward to reading the BFP of a Friday, and especially so if it was an end of season special. The "Quarterman" magazine that was a souped up version of the weekly program was good too.
Now, all of the above feels defunct in the same way a newspaper does.
I do clock the BFP every so often and read a story some journo has stolen from the HW facebook group from earlier in the week.
Probably the easiest ever time to be a local paper "journalist" isn't it? You don't have to go anywhere and fish out the stories like the old days, you can just browse facebook groups.
A chunk of what I write is transfer stories and they're almost always second-hand - that's the nature of it - but you can always put fresh angles on them, riff of into analysis etc. But then again, they're rumours - I don't think nabbing actual news straight of Facebook is good practice, so I assume the BFP lot are at least talking to sources...?
Well it's obviously not going to happen, as it should've done by ow if it was going to.
But Pete Couhig was on Twitter last night joking about playing drinking games in Marlow. Personally I'd have said he had bigger priorities. But there you go.
All I ever wanted was to be voice of the blues, having served an all too brief 10 year long apprenticeship with Super Alan, The Chiltern's Martin Luther King.
I rang it once in 1993, the day after we had (mathematically) secured the title, to hear how we were getting on at Gateshead (on a Sunday).
such were those giddy times!
Mum and dad weren't happy when the phone bill came through. fortunately my brother was a bit older and had a much longer list of crimes, so I escaped the heat somewhat
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I hate the advertising boards - it's so much harder to see what's actually happening on the pitch.
You say that as if it's a bad thing
A major part of Bloomfield’s recruitment this season was the signings of 5 loanees. Bearing in mind 3 have gone and let’s be honest Taylor hardly pulling trees up, you have to question just how good the recruitment policy has been. Only Potts looks the part. Another example of Bloomfield’s inexperience which is costing us.
In the terrace they can be pretty distracting or just plain retina scorching.
Usually ok up in the Frank Adams, but that white background one with tonnes of balls on it isn't great.
Cashless is a huge improvement for the club and of little inconvenience to supporters. No need to count up the cash, wait for the Securicor van, all totalled and cleared straight into the club’s bank account by Monday as opposed to days later with cash.
No-one giving the wrong change, passing dodgy notes, cash slipping into pockets etc. And for the punter, no hanging around while someone counts out his 5p collection when buying a cuppa.
But no 50/50 draw!
i get it and personally don’t find it that big an issue, but i do understand that for some it’s difficult.
But much preferable our way round than the other…
Sheffield Wednesday. Arrive at the turnstiles 10 minutes before KO to be told they only take cash! Mad dash to the ATM garage and back just in time to see us 1-0 down after 15 seconds (or whatever it was)
Miss programmes. If Slough can sell a 40 page good quality production for £3 shift around 200 a game but make a profit why can’t we get one out?. Not everyone’s cup of tea but …
That's wild! I tend to assume places don't take cash. Only taking cash is much more restrictive than being cashless.
Wonder if they'd be re-instated when the current gang disappear.
I hadn't bought one for years, but for a huge amount of years they were an absolutely critical part of my matchday and I'd pour over the stats for ages after.
Suspect once their gone their gone. Always buy one if available away or non league Dont keep them but enjoy the read
pass them on then on a fellow gasroomer
It's a weird one. The circulation was on the floor and there came a point when it was more effort than it was worth - the media team's focus was much more valuable elsewhere - especially as it was losing the club money, as far as I remember. But it can't be beyond the realms of possibility to just print fewer copies.
There was briefly talk of a quarterly magazine to replace the programme, but that never materialised.
I can remember being a teen (just!) and really looking forward to reading the BFP of a Friday, and especially so if it was an end of season special. The "Quarterman" magazine that was a souped up version of the weekly program was good too.
Now, all of the above feels defunct in the same way a newspaper does.
I do clock the BFP every so often and read a story some journo has stolen from the HW facebook group from earlier in the week.
Probably the easiest ever time to be a local paper "journalist" isn't it? You don't have to go anywhere and fish out the stories like the old days, you can just browse facebook groups.
A chunk of what I write is transfer stories and they're almost always second-hand - that's the nature of it - but you can always put fresh angles on them, riff of into analysis etc. But then again, they're rumours - I don't think nabbing actual news straight of Facebook is good practice, so I assume the BFP lot are at least talking to sources...?
Well it's obviously not going to happen, as it should've done by ow if it was going to.
But Pete Couhig was on Twitter last night joking about playing drinking games in Marlow. Personally I'd have said he had bigger priorities. But there you go.
It all feels like one big jolly for him
OK lads, take a sip of beer every time somebody posts 'Bloomfield out' on social media
Ten minutes later people think LX1 has hacked his account as Pete is found in the carpark trying to take his pants off over his head.
Wait, what? @LX1 isnt Pete?!?!
Perhaps he's one (or two) of the recent joiners keen to get Bloomfield out...did his post(s), thought job done and went for a drink.
How dare someone enjoy time off on a Sunday? Get these people who enjoy free time out of our club!
I'd prefer him at least in the general area, then managing us from 1,000s of miles away in fairness.
For extra kudos, go down Loakes Park on a Tuesday evening with a copy of the Midweek in your back pocket and the VERY latest transfer news.
I had to walk home with just one shoe because Pete had thrown it over the bistro, claiming 'that's the REAL drinking game!'
Before you got drunk, did you ask him when they are selling up?
No, but I was able to explain away why, at one point, a monk wearing artificial breasts staggered into the bistro shouting, "Great booze up."
Pete would have been about 12.
I'm Alan Hutchy, and YOU'RE RINGING THE BLUES.
Did anyone ever ring that line?
All I ever wanted was to be voice of the blues, having served an all too brief 10 year long apprenticeship with Super Alan, The Chiltern's Martin Luther King.
Starting early on the AAH windfall?
I rang it once in 1993, the day after we had (mathematically) secured the title, to hear how we were getting on at Gateshead (on a Sunday).
such were those giddy times!
Mum and dad weren't happy when the phone bill came through. fortunately my brother was a bit older and had a much longer list of crimes, so I escaped the heat somewhat