scotty Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 We ought to start a new thread for this, talk about off-topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 Maybe it's a derby maybe it's not who ****ing cares jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludgershallsaint Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 Now this one is sold out we should overtake Derby in the attendance table. I presume Derby offer some very deep discounts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opthomps Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 Now this one is sold out we should overtake Derby in the attendance table. I presume Derby offer some very deep discounts? Correct, dont know if they still are, but first half of the season, including against us it was 2 for 1 on tickets regularly through groupon. In my opinion you can't really have more than one true derby, so to me this isn't a derby, but in a different category somewhere on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 Surely its only a derby if the fans travel in a "bubble". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianoneils slidingtackle Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 (slightly off topic) I work in West London and have noticed all season that West Ham have full page adverts in the Evening Standard for their home games, even for saturdays game, I Know they have stiff competition for attracting floating fans but how much advertising do we do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 (slightly off topic) I work in West London and have noticed all season that West Ham have full page adverts in the Evening Standard for their home games, even for saturdays game, I Know they have stiff competition for attracting floating fans but how much advertising do we do ? They've also has deals on groupon this season. We don't Seem to be very good at encouraging your twice a seasoners to come along. although go be fair what with it being such a great time to be a Saints fan you'd think people wouldnt need adverts in papers to get their arse off the sofa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 12 April, 2012 Share Posted 12 April, 2012 I lived in Basingstoke for 20 odd years and most follow the London clubs eg Chelsea/Millwall etc but scatterings of Saints, liv ed in reading for a few years too, however, for 25 years I have since lived in Newbury. Yes, there are a few Saints fans around Newbury but most are in the Hampshire villages which starts 1 mile south of Newbury. Newbury/Thatcham is mainly Reading fans with a smattering of Oxford, Chelsea, an u etc. So I have lived on the borders of all of them for over 50 years and can honestly say that Reading v Saints is only a "Derby" for those of us that live with mainly Reading fans in and around Newbury. Reading fans from Reading don't class it as a derby game, more like playing the big club 50 miles down the road. Oxford and Aldershot have always been the traditional derby games for Reading. Reading v Chelsea is more like a home game for both as i'd say most Reading people have grown up following Chealsea. To be fair most people from Basingstoke are helmets who think they are Londoners so I wouldn't trust anything they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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