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Post by mftc on Mar 25, 2018 12:05:09 GMT
I see the presentation evening is going to include an award for supporter of the year.
How do you quantify who is a better supporter than another?
In the old days the SC used to chose the club person of the year. My understandibg was that it was awarded to longstanding volunteers, who were not on the committee, such as John Keyes, Sue Dry (50/50 seller by the Mem gates for 15 plus years, the girls who worked unpaid in Pirate Leisure every Sat, etc.
How does someone (and who?) decides who is the best supporter?
For example, you could have a retired person, with no family commitments, who has attended every home and away games from the first team, development team and youth team.
Are they a better supporter than a person who lives in another country who spends a fortune to watch 4 games a year?
Or a less able person, for whom every game at the Mem is a massive effort, just to get from the car park.
Or a fan whose all family and friends are Reds and gets abuse every day for supporting the Gas.
Maybe it is going to be a mega rich fan who spends thousands a year on executive events.
Hard to judge and potentially divisive?
As long as you are not an idiot who brings shame on the club, a free loader who makes money at the expense of the club or a boring old whinger who puts people off coming with their constant moaning, are not all Gas pretty good supporters?
My vote (for something out of the ordinary) would be the fans who knew first aid and saved the life of the Bradford fan a few weeks ago.
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2018 12:09:23 GMT
Every single Rovers supporter deserves an award, for putting up with the sh**e facilities we’ve had for years and all the bullshit we’ve been fed! I wouldn’t have it any other way lol! UTG.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 12:10:28 GMT
I am so there
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Post by pirate on Mar 25, 2018 12:14:25 GMT
My vote (for something out of the ordinary) would be the fans who knew first aid and saved the life of the Bradford fan a few weeks ago. This.
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Post by justin blue on Mar 25, 2018 12:25:02 GMT
My vote (for something out of the ordinary) would be the fans who knew first aid and saved the life of the Bradford fan a few weeks ago. This. Wasn't that a Scunthorpe Utd fan or was there another one?
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Post by pirate on Mar 25, 2018 12:27:03 GMT
Wasn't that a Scunthorpe Utd fan or was there another one? It was a Scunthorpe fan, you're right.
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Post by baggins on Mar 25, 2018 12:34:45 GMT
Bleedin' obvious it's going to be me.
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2018 13:26:26 GMT
Bleedin' obvious it's going to be me. It’s supporter of the year, not cock of the year. 😁
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Post by baggins on Mar 25, 2018 13:30:38 GMT
Bleedin' obvious it's going to be me. It’s supporter of the year, not cock of the year. 😁 Oh. As you were everyone.
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Post by justin blue on Mar 25, 2018 13:52:39 GMT
It's got to be the hook that's holding the calendar up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 14:14:14 GMT
Think its difficult to have a supporter of the year.
You could have ..
Fundraiser of the year. Volunteer of the year. Innovator of the year. Person with the most positive influence of the year. match attendance fan of the year.
etc etc
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Post by rusho'gas on Mar 25, 2018 17:39:42 GMT
It's going to be Kitty. All bets closed.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Mar 25, 2018 17:51:49 GMT
Gotta be Steve.....he provides every match analysis from his pov.
I nominate steve192.
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Post by rusho'gas on Mar 25, 2018 18:07:05 GMT
On a serious note SteveK eluded to a chap that had not missed a game, home and away for 30 years, who took part in the half time kick a ball into a skip contest yesterday at Peterborough.
Anybody who hasn't missed a game in 30 years, home and away deserves a bloody OBE or possibly Knight of the Garter. Other acknowledgements are available, both financial or spiritual.
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Post by Marshy on Mar 25, 2018 18:15:40 GMT
On a serious note SteveK eluded to a chap that had not missed a game, home and away for 30 years, who took part in the half time kick a ball into a skip contest yesterday at Peterborough. Anybody who hasn't missed a game in 30 years, home and away deserves a bloody OBE or possibly Knight of the Garter. Other acknowledgements are available, both financial or spiritual. Or a straight jacket?
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Post by gasstrictband on Mar 25, 2018 18:26:30 GMT
Or a padded room ?
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 25, 2018 18:47:17 GMT
On a serious note SteveK eluded to a chap that had not missed a game, home and away for 30 years, who took part in the half time kick a ball into a skip contest yesterday at Peterborough. Anybody who hasn't missed a game in 30 years, home and away deserves a bloody OBE or possibly Knight of the Garter. Other acknowledgements are available, both financial or spiritual. Maybe so but 29 years of those 30 are irrelevant in the big scheme of this award
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Post by socrates on Mar 25, 2018 18:50:48 GMT
Also he must have missed some pretty important other things in that time. I go to every game I can but friends and family getting married gets in the way, kids being born, funerals , illness you know other important stuff.
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Post by legas on Mar 25, 2018 19:06:34 GMT
On a serious note SteveK eluded to a chap that had not missed a game, home and away for 30 years, who took part in the half time kick a ball into a skip contest yesterday at Peterborough. Anybody who hasn't missed a game in 30 years, home and away deserves a bloody OBE or possibly Knight of the Garter. Other acknowledgements are available, both financial or spiritual. And he won! At first I thought it TN’s warm up routine (sorry Tom, that’s a tad cruel).
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Post by yattongas on Mar 25, 2018 20:28:50 GMT
Clevedongas. Goes bloody everywhere !
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