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Post by palmersgreenyellow on Apr 30, 2016 6:35:36 GMT
At risk of falling for a whoosh there, I've PM'd you Sorry its gone to somebody else. Where are you based in Essex?
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Post by The Fence End on May 4, 2016 17:25:04 GMT
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Post by finlandia on May 4, 2016 19:24:20 GMT
Maybe the MD should have seen this coming. I heard him on Rad Ox last week and wasn't that impressed. Maybe nerves? Is he a football man?
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Post by whingit on May 4, 2016 19:37:50 GMT
Maybe the MD should have seen this coming. I heard him on Rad Ox last week and wasn't that impressed. Maybe nerves? Is he a football man? He only started a week or so ago so you can't blame him. He's a big OUFC fan from what I know so if that's what 'football man' means then yeah.
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Post by essexyellows on May 4, 2016 19:40:41 GMT
Sorry its gone to somebody else. Where are you based in Essex? Was Southend, then Brightlingsea..........now Leicester!
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Post by upthecowboys on May 4, 2016 19:44:57 GMT
If it was a goer, it was always going to be a long shot given the timescales involved.
Having looked in to it though at least the club now know the timescales involved should we need to do it in the future. Be interesting to hear from the club re what notice they'd need to get a temp stand up.
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Post by finlandia on May 4, 2016 19:47:09 GMT
Maybe the MD should have seen this coming. I heard him on Rad Ox last week and wasn't that impressed. Maybe nerves? Is he a football man? He only started a week or so ago so you can't blame him. He's a big OUFC fan from what I know so if that's what 'football man' means then yeah. I've been out the country on business so have missed all the latest. Sorry, meant experience of running a club?
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Post by whingit on May 4, 2016 20:00:21 GMT
He only started a week or so ago so you can't blame him. He's a big OUFC fan from what I know so if that's what 'football man' means then yeah. I've been out the country on business so have missed all the latest. Sorry, meant experience of running a club? No, he worked as a tabloid hack before working for Charlie from this forum. I don't think it matters, I can see Darryl making the plans and the new MD just implementing them as well as excelling in the PR aspects of the job.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 20:03:20 GMT
If it was a goer, it was always going to be a long shot given the timescales involved. Having looked in to it though at least the club now know the timescales involved should we need to do it in the future. Be interesting to hear from the club re what notice they'd need to get a temp stand up. Gillingham did it - on a semi-permanent basis. Though never felt so ripped off in my life to pay (I think £22 to sit on some dodgy scaffolding) a few years back.
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Post by foley on May 4, 2016 20:05:59 GMT
I've been out the country on business so have missed all the latest. Sorry, meant experience of running a club? No, he worked as a tabloid hack before working for Charlie from this forum. I don't think it matters, I can see Darryl making the plans and the new MD just implementing them as well as excelling in the PR aspects of the job. Give the guy a chance for goodness sake....
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Post by whingit on May 4, 2016 20:12:06 GMT
No, he worked as a tabloid hack before working for Charlie from this forum. I don't think it matters, I can see Darryl making the plans and the new MD just implementing them as well as excelling in the PR aspects of the job. Give the guy a chance for goodness sake.... Me? Didn't mean to come across negative, I support the appointment and am quite happy about fans of the club sitting on the board and having influence in the day to day running of things and his lack of experience in football doesn't bother or concern me one bit.
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Post by duckyellow on May 4, 2016 21:30:17 GMT
Love OUFC... but so sorry... when I first heard about the story a week or so ago I New it was just a smokescreen. We tried... but didn't have the time... the infrastructure...etc...etc... Come on we are not that naive. If you wanted a temporary stand you would have asked/requested/attempted months ago. Before anyone goes on about cost/ council/ objectives... Like I said.... if u wanted it that badly...like Swindon 3 years ago... It would have been possible. Also saying...not advocating that we would have 'made' money... but saying it was possible. Anyway COYY Division 1 here we come.
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Post by scotchegg on May 4, 2016 22:48:07 GMT
Love OUFC... but so sorry... when I first heard about the story a week or so ago I New it was just a smokescreen. We tried... but didn't have the time... the infrastructure...etc...etc... Come on we are not that naive. If you wanted a temporary stand you would have asked/requested/attempted months ago. Before anyone goes on about cost/ council/ objectives... Like I said.... if u wanted it that badly...like Swindon 3 years ago... It would have been possible. Also saying...not advocating that we would have 'made' money... but saying it was possible. Anyway COYY Division 1 here we come. Most on here, myself included, predicted that we'd have gained promotion at least a few games ago - so how could the club have identified which game additional seating was needed for? Hartlepool was never going to be a massive crowd unless it was for promotion so the club could have lost thousands having a temporary stand sat empty. Luton would have probably been knocked back by TVP. And Stevenage are hardly setting attendance records throughout the land! So the club could (and probably did) make enquires weeks or months ago, but obviously the timing was an issue for this specific game. Do you really think DE wouldn't love the gate receipts from an extra 2 or 3,000? Some people just love to knock the club without thinking about the rubbish they come out with!!
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Post by duckyellow on May 5, 2016 5:34:51 GMT
Love OUFC... but so sorry... when I first heard about the story a week or so ago I New it was just a smokescreen. We tried... but didn't have the time... the infrastructure...etc...etc... Come on we are not that naive. If you wanted a temporary stand you would have asked/requested/attempted months ago. Before anyone goes on about cost/ council/ objectives... Like I said.... if u wanted it that badly...like Swindon 3 years ago... It would have been possible. Also saying...not advocating that we would have 'made' money... but saying it was possible. Anyway COYY Division 1 here we come. Most on here, myself included, predicted that we'd have gained promotion at least a few games ago - so how could the club have identified which game additional seating was needed for? Hartlepool was never going to be a massive crowd unless it was for promotion so the club could have lost thousands having a temporary stand sat empty. Luton would have probably been knocked back by TVP. And Stevenage are hardly setting attendance records throughout the land! So the club could (and probably did) make enquires weeks or months ago, but obviously the timing was an issue for this specific game. Do you really think DE wouldn't love the gate receipts from an extra 2 or 3,000? Some people just love to knock the club without thinking about the rubbish they come out with!! Not havingg a go at all... take back my tone.... My point being it was never really going to happen in 2 or so weeks and surely after Swindon the club would have already known that it would take too much time to put in place. To be fair if everyone who are clambering for tickets Saturday had also come v Luton and Hartlepool then maybe things could have been looked at sooner. COYY
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Post by saddletramp on May 5, 2016 5:44:47 GMT
Unfortunately it seems the 4th stand still won't be needed even if we do get promoted.... If we do get promoted, the away following for the teams in league 1 are barely better than a lot of the teams in our current league, teams like Rochdale, Bury, Scunthorpe, Oldham, Shrewsbury, Fleetwood, Walsall, Gillingham, Southend, Peterborough, Barnsley and Port Vale will certainly not bring 4 figures to Oxford (unless top or close to the the top of the league) and I wouldn't have thought the likes of Sheff Utd, Coventry and Millwall would bring more than the teams we could lose next season with Pompey, Bristol Rovers, Wycombe and Luton possibly staying in league 2... Swindon will only be given the statury 1250 tickets, relegated Charlton Athletic and MK Dons if doing well may fill the visitors end so all bodes well to get at least 10,000 yellows in the stadium at each home game if required. Bare in mind we haven't averaged 10,000 at home for 30 years so probably another reason the 4th stand will be on the back burner for another season..... Playing in the "Championship", now that's another story.....!!!!!! Bored at work,so just looked at the last time we averaged 10k,84/85. All the excuses that came out this season when the crowds were under par,sort of get blown out of the water that year. Boxing day 12,237 against Cardiff,then with the next game on the 29th,you would expect all the excuses run out for a small crowd only 4 days later. " 2 games in a week,Xmas,short of money" etc,so a crowd of 11,522 wasn't too bad( we won the 2 games 4-0,5-0 !) With the capacity of the Cuckoo lane around 2,500/3,000,the rest of the ground was pretty jammed. Amazingly we then played 5 away games in the league on the trot,we didn't play a league game at home until March the 3rd. This was followed by our only home defeat,Birmingham,perhaps the players had forgot we were at home. Anyone remember why we went over 2 months without a home game in the league ?
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Post by saddletramp on May 5, 2016 5:51:24 GMT
If it was a goer, it was always going to be a long shot given the timescales involved. Having looked in to it though at least the club now know the timescales involved should we need to do it in the future. Be interesting to hear from the club re what notice they'd need to get a temp stand up. Gillingham did it - on a semi-permanent basis. Though never felt so ripped off in my life to pay (I think £22 to sit on some dodgy scaffolding) a few years back. I went to Fulham last season for the first time in years,the Putney end (away)is some sort of temp/perm stand,(if that makes sense) Its made of steelwork,with an aluminium floor,it feels like the sort of stand that you get at Golf tournaments,its almost certainly there for the foreseeable future,but without much concrete involved,it doesn't feel permanent(again if you know what i mean).
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2016 7:25:14 GMT
A bit late now, but the club could beam a live feed to the Rugby Club as this is going to be the new OUFC Club house. Charge a fee on the door, enough to pay for itself.
Something to think about in the future maybe.
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Post by botox on May 5, 2016 8:02:19 GMT
I was thinking something similar My m8 could not get a ticket and said he was going to stand on the grassy mound. It would have been awesome to put a big screen facing the carpark for those without tickets to watch.
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Post by MJB on May 5, 2016 8:10:59 GMT
Where are you based in Essex? Was Southend, then Brightlingsea..........now Leicester! Glory supporter
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Post by deadmanwalking on May 5, 2016 10:31:53 GMT
A bit late now, but the club could beam a live feed to the Rugby Club as this is going to be the new OUFC Club house. Charge a fee on the door, enough to pay for itself. Something to think about in the future maybe. In theory a great idea, but sadly there are rules and regulations that prohibit the screening of matches at 3pm on a Saturday. This article here sums it up pretty well: mentalfloss.com/uk/sport/37483/are-televised-3pm-saturday-football-matches-illegal?ukSo as much as the club would probably love to do it, they are not legally allowed to.
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Post by duckyellow on May 5, 2016 12:04:51 GMT
A bit late now, but the club could beam a live feed to the Rugby Club as this is going to be the new OUFC Club house. Charge a fee on the door, enough to pay for itself. Something to think about in the future maybe. In theory a great idea, but sadly there are rules and regulations that prohibit the screening of matches at 3pm on a Saturday. This article here sums it up pretty well: mentalfloss.com/uk/sport/37483/are-televised-3pm-saturday-football-matches-illegal?ukSo as much as the club would probably love to do it, they are not legally allowed to. You can have beam backs provided all tickets have been sold. For example Bristol Rovers have had 2 or 3 recently, Northampton and as recent as last saturday against York but only once all tickets were sold.
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Post by East Challow Yellow on May 5, 2016 12:07:37 GMT
A bit late now, but the club could beam a live feed to the Rugby Club as this is going to be the new OUFC Club house. Charge a fee on the door, enough to pay for itself. Something to think about in the future maybe. In theory a great idea, but sadly there are rules and regulations that prohibit the screening of matches at 3pm on a Saturday. This article here sums it up pretty well: mentalfloss.com/uk/sport/37483/are-televised-3pm-saturday-football-matches-illegal?ukSo as much as the club would probably love to do it, they are not legally allowed to. How come Bristol Rovers did it last Saturday for their game against York then? The had it beamed back to the memorial ground and sold tickets.
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Post by duckyellow on May 5, 2016 12:13:37 GMT
How come Bristol Rovers did it last Saturday for their game against York then? The had it beamed back to the memorial ground and sold tickets. You can have beam backs as only affects the club involved as in Bristol Rovers and only if all match ticket solds. (Rovers sold out at York). Now a live game on TV to a national audience at 3.00pm..thats different.
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Post by daytripper on May 5, 2016 21:32:47 GMT
I had a look at the satellite feed website and the Carlisle game last week was being uplinked on 16e (Frequency: 12627 - Pol: H - SR: 10000 - FEC: 5/6) and was not encrypted. I am sure there will be a outside broadcasting van at the game on Saturday so it might be possible to access the feed and display this at a near by venue(s).
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 20:30:55 GMT
Plenty of time to plan for the Swindon game! Unless Kassam goes ahead and builds a proper stand...
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Post by palmersgreenyellow on May 7, 2016 20:48:43 GMT
I thought the temporary stands at the fence end were great today.
8 people on top of the car roof singing and dancing a joy to watch.
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Post by thecurraghofkildar on May 7, 2016 21:36:50 GMT
I thought the temporary stands at the fence end were great today. 8 people on top of the car roof singing and dancing a joy to watch. Particularly in the downpour - fair play to the one group who kept singing the whole time!
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2016 1:26:07 GMT
Kassam has come out again and says hopefully things will move forward now we've got promotion to league one... He still wants to finish the stadium.
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Post by palmersgreenyellow on May 16, 2016 6:48:07 GMT
Is he gonna line up some coaches for people to stand on?
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Post by ox1yellow on May 16, 2016 7:46:35 GMT
Gillingham did it - on a semi-permanent basis. Though never felt so ripped off in my life to pay (I think £22 to sit on some dodgy scaffolding) a few years back. I went to Fulham last season for the first time in years,the Putney end (away)is some sort of temp/perm stand,(if that makes sense) Its made of steelwork,with an aluminium floor,it feels like the sort of stand that you get at Golf tournaments,its almost certainly there for the foreseeable future,but without much concrete involved,it doesn't feel permanent(again if you know what i mean). That stand at Fulham really bounces when it's packed and the away support are going for it. There must be few inches of vertical movement in places! Great atmosphere!
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