Interested to know peoples general thoughts on Shaw Lane AFC.

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Thoughts on Shaw Lane AFC?

  1. I like them

    13 vote(s)
    29.5%

  2. I dislike them

    31 vote(s)
    70.5%
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  1. OnGoingCloud1887

    OnGoingCloud1887 Well-Known Member

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    Now they are top of the 7th tier and pushing for Vanarama North football.

    Pretty torn myself.

    For me they are our own version of RB Leipzig.

    Leipzig are the first East German side to reach the Bundesliga since the fall of the wall and they give great opportunities for the local youth. However, most Germans can't look past their roots (basically MK Dons with a lot more money) and despise the club.

    That's exactly what Shaw Lane are like, and although it would be great for the town if they keep on rising it would also make me very uncomfortable and I'd refuse to go watch them.
     
    OnGoingCloud1887, Sep 6, 2017
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  2. Con

    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    Refuse to watch them?

    I've got one team and it's the only one I will ever watch.

    Shaw Lane are not on my radar but good luck to them.
     
    Conan Troutman, Sep 6, 2017
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  3. churtonred

    churtonred Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't want any club to start drawing support away from BFC.
    Seemingly it's not currently happening thankfully. I don't quite see how their success is good for the town.
     
    churtonred, Sep 6, 2017
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    Depends on the level of success. Top end of none league is good for the club because it provides a good feeder source for us but anything higher and it is a potential competitor.
     
    SuperTyke, Sep 6, 2017
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    Wednesday fan takes over a club in Barnsley and changes kit to blue & white stripes.

    That's enough for me.
     
    Extremely Northern, Sep 6, 2017
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  6. churtonred

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    If they go up this season they'll be at level six. They cant survive at that level without crowds of 500 plus or alternatively heavy funding from their owner. I know that currently it's the latter that's driving them.
    I do get the attraction of non league football and have watched quite a bit recently. I'd like to think that if I still lived in the area I'd have gone to watch one of the long standing local sides, Athersley, Worsborough or Penistone.
     
    churtonred, Sep 6, 2017
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    MarioKempes Well-Known Member

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    The Sheffield Wednesday connection is enough for me to not go and watch them.
     
    MarioKempes, Sep 6, 2017
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    I hope they go bust.

    The ******* Wednesday cnuts.
     
    Baka, Sep 6, 2017
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    Pigs, hope they crash and burn
     
    Sparky, Sep 6, 2017
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    Not for me. Went to see Penistone on Saturday and had a great time. Planning on going again.
     
    Jimmy viz, Sep 6, 2017
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    I go and watch shaw lane the odd time. Always look out for there results etc. Wod be decent if they got to Conference. Be nice if they got to Fa cup 3rd Round this season and we end up facing them
     
    Tyke1, Sep 6, 2017
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  12. OnGoingCloud1887

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    Nothing wrong with wishing success for your local non-league sides.
     
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  13. OnGoingCloud1887

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    Get up another level and there will be some huge attendances with the likes of Stockport County and FC United coming into town.

    Equals more income for local businesses
     
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    Shaw Lane will always be associated with cricket for me
     
    Durkar Red, Sep 6, 2017
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    They play in plain blue, with plain red away.

    https://twitter.com/slaquafc/status/895629628068462592

    As to the poll. An option for 'I don't dislike them' is probably more appropriate.
     
    W1zz, Sep 6, 2017
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  16. churtonred

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    Hmmm, one or two pubs might benefit I guess. Personally though, as a club, they seem to me like a cuckoo in the nest.
     
    churtonred, Sep 6, 2017
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    Wednesday ********
     
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    Good luck to them. I know the coach / manager, he used to play fur glasshoughton. so hope they do well.
     
    andytyke, Sep 6, 2017
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    You should have put a... don't care either way.. option.
     
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    my boys play for their junior sides we used to be Baugh boys and played in red. We were given all this gumph about how there would be now a team for the juniors to progress to and play for but that's never going to happen.We are no better off than we were before and now we don't know if we can play there next season
     
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