Owl_For_a_Lifetime Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67832071 I think if this would have happened we'd have definitely seen Ranges / Celtic in the English system by now. Edited December 28, 2023 by Owl_For_a_Lifetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 I saw that article. What the feck did it have to do with Blair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl_For_a_Lifetime Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, Pablo Bonvin said: I saw that article. What the feck did it have to do with Blair? Good Friday Agreement and negotiating with the IRA was at the forefront of the news and politics back then, he obviously thought having a Belfast team would strengthen inclusivity for people in NI as part of the UK... From the article it looks like Sam Hammam was also keen on a move to Dublin. Common scenario is the local leagues always voted against for fear of losing revenue / collapsing. Similar to the arguments of what would happen to Scottish clubs if Celtic / Ranges didn't bring their away following twice a year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Goes to show what an idiot oppurtunist Tony Blair really was 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 The way that club was just passed around like it was a 2nd hand car was an absolute disgrace. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Funny when people don’t think of the club’s fans who would suffer from these ideas. I read a Brighton fan saying it would be good for a club the size of Wednesday folding so that football does something about the financial problems. Yeah, how about Brighton fold instead would he like that? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Southie_Owl said: Funny when people don’t think of the club’s fans who would suffer from these ideas. I read a Brighton fan saying it would be good for a club the size of Wednesday folding so that football does something about the financial problems. Yeah, how about Brighton fold instead would he like that? As if Wednesday folding would change things anyway. Life would just carry on. And weird thing for a Brighton fan to say when you consider what they went through when they ended up playing their home games at Gillingham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 The main attempt to move wimbledon initially was to go to Dublin to take advantage of the significant amount of fans of English clubs - primarily Utd and Liverpool who have big followings in Ireland It's no accident that they ended up in MK - an area with a sizeable catchment area but without a "big" club nearby It was to catch the market of fans wanting to see the big clubs and Premier league football locally Unfortunately for Don's their demise saw to it those dreams wouldn't be realised as the locals don't have the same appetite to turn it for Mansfield and stevenage as they would for Arsenal and City Hammam has a lot to answer for as it was always his master plan but he lampooned as a member of the crazy gang who loved the club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 22 hours ago, Arthur Bach said: Goes to show what an idiot oppurtunist Tony Blair really was No politics please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 18 hours ago, scram said: The main attempt to move wimbledon initially was to go to Dublin to take advantage of the significant amount of fans of English clubs - primarily Utd and Liverpool who have big followings in Ireland It's no accident that they ended up in MK - an area with a sizeable catchment area but without a "big" club nearby It was to catch the market of fans wanting to see the big clubs and Premier league football locally Unfortunately for Don's their demise saw to it those dreams wouldn't be realised as the locals don't have the same appetite to turn it for Mansfield and stevenage as they would for Arsenal and City Hammam has a lot to answer for as it was always his master plan but he lampooned as a member of the crazy gang who loved the club I think the other thing that doesn’t get considered is that the people who live in these locations already support a team. There aren’t many people just sat around waiting for a football team to just come along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Miffed said: I think the other thing that doesn’t get considered is that the people who live in these locations already support a team. There aren’t many people just sat around waiting for a football team to just come along. Tbf that was THE consideration Initially to capture the neutrals and considerable amount of followers of the big teams And over time to hopefully establish a more natural, local fan base. Unfortunately for them by the time they had been given the go ahead to relocate they had tumbled through the divisions and the original plan could no longer work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterCallSaul Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Glad it didn’t happen or I would still be a Chelsea fan instead of supporting a league 2 club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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