I'm not a whingeing no-good sort of Barsteward like half of this board! Seriously...... let's be positive, ffs, we are a small town with a team that has the record for more season's in the division that we are in than any other. I think our closest rival is Leicester and, with that in mind, we don't do too bad do we? Why not be positive and realistic at the same time.... My life as a Barnsley fans has been one that..... if we stay mid-table and have a good Cup run, blah, blah .... then i'm happy! I was brought up on a diet of absolute mediocre ***** courtesy of Jim Iley and 2,500 home gates. Everything else is a bloody bonus. So!!! Why not actually ghet down the 'well tomorrow with a positive mood and get behind the Barstewards! All this whingeing and moaning is absolute B*ll*cks! The night is young, so to speak.................. Ok! I know everything is not as we would wish but, seriously, some of you lot on here need to either seek medical advice or slit your throats cos Barnsley FC aren't according to your dreams/ the rule of the land (?)
Mate Half of these dicks havent a clue, some of em were'nt here in the 70/80's, they seem to think cos we hit the highs of the PREM we should sign the likes of fooking lampard an the like, every manager is **** unless he gets us promoted, infact why the fook do we support BFC.. some fookers need to get a grip or fook off and buy a shirt of the lastest prem champions.. (wnkr)
Also you know what gets my fooking goat up when they say Nads is *****, was he fooking ***** when he scored against swansea, Istvan is *****, was he fooking ***** when he kept us up with his goals... some ***** need to get a basta...rd grip..
Here here!! Ask some of em who Gary Fleming, Brendan O'Connell, Carl Tiler, etc, are. Also, who was the "Ice Man", aka "God" because no-one had seen him but knew he was there! Names on a postcard!!! Also the memorable goals of Mark Robinson's match winning pen (he was shittin' him sen) and Archedeacon's wind assisted screamer vs Leicester (FA Cup '93) Some say John Pearson is one of the most biased on Radio Sheffield. He scored goals for us!!! Remember that?! Also, look at the league tables from when you went to your first game, and gauge other teams league positions. Get a real perspective on the football world. The ManUres and the Chelski's of this world have had money thrown at them. How many of the Premier league have British owners? I could go on, but you can't educate pork.
Ady lad..... Exactly mate (Y) It seems that most of the ***** expect us to rival Liverpool at least ( The Premier season knackered us. I wish we'd never got there in one respect - we were always a solvent club, etc. We were still an ambitious club, but it was on a budget.... we even gained promotion on such a thing.... it was the aftermatch!! Another thing is the 'sack the manager' routine...... I'm the first to admit i was not keen on Davey's appointment but i ate humble pie when we got to the semi finals of the FA Cup. And we stayed up. I always believed a manager needs at least 2 years to get the squad somewhere where he wants them (for all the Chelsea creamers etc i'm on about a bloke without much backing).... Our lot seem to be in the majority of getting on the back of the manager amazingly quickly... Reminds me of the Iley days. At the end of the day just look at our previous record in the Premier. Would we fare any better next time around? Would we suffer financially so bad on the second hop? I personally reckon that had we secured promotion in 81/82 we would have been a sort of Watford-esque team cos at the time football rewarded teams for being exactly that.... a football playing side, etc...... money did not come into it. That's why all newly promoted teams struggle in the Premiership..... cos they're not established. Football certainly isn't the same as when i was brought up and,, to be honest, i appreciate the naivety of it all................. When Engand played away in Budapest in 1981 it sounded exactly as it was on telly... distant and unknown... It was 'exotic' to to go to Spain. These days it's like popping over to Cleethorpes (summat that, as a kid, i really looked forward to - on the Fitties campsite, etc). Being an old-school Barsteward i truly believe i'm happy to have savoured the game of football when i did. Everything was a mystery and if we got the pleasure of going there it was 'wehay!'........ This day and age everything is virtually at your fingertip and that's where i reckon the young un's miss out> Not their fault but,...... i reckon they don't realise what us old Barstewards got excited about technologically wise! Anyhow; i've had a tipple or two and i ahve to sod off.... i did have a meaning to all this but it got lost in my emotions
RE: Ady lad..... With you all the way mate.. except to cleethorpes, hate the place like fooking skeggy..lol
RE: Also you know what gets my fooking goat up Oh, feckin hell, Nicky Eaden was the best right back/wing back ever to put on a reds shirt, but the boo boys saw him off.
BFC vs Bolton last home game of the 2000/01 season. Where were you? eh? oh aye, somewhere "warm" LOL!!!
PMSL.. somewhere in Sheffield... I blame Shefftyke... hahahahahaha fook me mate you have stirred memories theer...LOL
Yeah. But from what I've been told, Shefftyke bottled it in the early am, and turned tail, and went home! Such is life, somethings we get over....
Hope you like these - older v younger generation! Bear in mind that not all of the younger generation are bad - we just dress that way! I look at football as a game, not a matter of life and death. A Stunning Senior Moment A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation. "You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one," the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. "The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing and," pausing to take another drink of beer. The Senior took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said, "You' re right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young ........so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little s**t, what are YOU doing for the next generation?" The applause was resounding.. I love senior citizens! or A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa , taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old poodle thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!' Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap the old poodle exclaims loudly, 'Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?' Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. 'Whew!' says the leopard, 'That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!' Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, 'Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine! Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, 'What am I going to do now?', but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says. 'Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard! Moral of this story.... Don't mess with old farts .. age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.