We're not down, but after today it's increasingly likely that we will drop to the third tier of the football pyramid barring a miraculous recovery. So is this the end of the line for BFC? Of course not, being a Barnsley supporter has had more downs than ups. The high of the year in the premier league being more than offset by administration, teetering on a drop to the fourth tier and the last few years of fighting against relegation year in year out. The very fact that you are reading this means that you've chosen Barnsley as your team. That in itself means two things, you're not in this for the glory, if you wanted that you could be one of those pretend United/City/Liverpool (substitute next billionaire play thing) fans. Secondly, and certainly for me, it's an affinity. I didn't choose Barnsley, it was a birth right. So all this talk that for some on here 'That's it I'm done with 'em' what happened to supporting your team for life? It might be **** but it's our team. Long after all these players and even managers have moved on the one thing that is a constant is the fans. So at a time when the club needs that support the most it's not the time to chuck the towel in. Maybe it's how society has changed, instant gratification and an obsession with success without working at it, but even when things are bad you just don't give up on your team. Christ the first song I heard at Oakwell was 'Iley out!' It was never about the champions league it was about supporting my team. Oddly enough not long after I remember an amazing Tuesday night when we beat Grimsby 2-1 in front of 21,000 fans and everybody was delighted to be promoted to the third tier. I know it's totally different circumstances but it's not the end for us. We haven't got the billionaire backer but we're not 'living the dream' either. Look at the ground and facilities we have compared to 20 years ago we are in a way better position than all those years ago. Do I think we'll come straight back up? Who knows but a combination of youth, a few experienced pros and a manager who can bring all that together, who knows where we could end up. But one thing I can be sure of is that I'll be sat in the West Stand next season with the same miserable old *******s who, despite all the disappointment, still turn up year in year out. Maybe I'm old, maybe I'm out of touch but one thing I can guarantee is that I'll always be Barnsley.
true . whichever league we are in , i will still support and follow barnsley . hopefully in the championship .. still think we will stay up but if not i will still get a season ticket and go to as many away games as possible
Well said. I feel the same, today hurts like hell but will still be there forevermore as they are my team and I love them. Nothing can change that.
Agree with much of your quote. I remember that game against Grimsby all them years ago. I will always be Barnsley and will always support them but rather than purchasing a season ticket I will pick and choose which games I attend. I have other interests which I can enjoy and pursue rather than watching the dire displays i'm witnessing at the moment. £300 pounds is a lot of money and I must say its good marketing from the club to lower the price with the earlybird offer, but the current standard of football on offer at the moment will certainly make people think twice about renewing especially in the current financial climate.
Agree totally mate. Season ticket was renewed last week, dunt matter a **** to me which division we are in, it's obviously better for the club if we stay up but que sera.
I agree with that but imo most are not posting about not watching them anymore well at least I'm not anyway otherwise I'd have given up long ago. Think most posts are about the performances, the biggest reason given is quality but this team were well capable of beating Leeds today no danger.past performances are proof of that. If we had gone down last year I could have accepted it more because we would have gone down fighting and battling but just lacked the quality but the fighting spirit saw us through. We have had numerous easier chances this season to be at least four or five points better off. As I said in an earlier thread if we at least go down fighting there can be no qualms after today there are quite a few imo
That Grimsby game was my first ever game!!. Hooked me in for life. And we missed the bloody winning goal! My dad made us leave otherwise we would have missed the last bus. Half way up the hill in to town when we won it.
That Grimsby game. I went with me dad and because the queues were so long to get in The Ponty End, we stood on the old Spion Kop with the Grimsby fans. I'd like to say my abiding memory was the goals we scored that night, but its not, what I remember most is having a piss up against the old refreshment stand built in to the muck stack. And the friendly Grimsby fans. There was no trouble that night, they knew we were Barnsley fans and congratulated us on winning promotion. And then we walked on to the pitched to celebrate with the players who came out on the directors box in their underpants. How could you not fall in love with a club on nights like that.
Yes, it was a great night. I was stood with my dad on that bit inbetween the Ponty and the Brewery where the disabled stand is nowadays. Hadn't Derek Bell come back from an injury where he'd been told he shouldn't head the ball? Or is that something I misheard and believed all these years? It was such an exciting time to be a fledgling Reds fan. My first game was Easter Monday in 1977 (4-0 at home to Workington), and was hooked. Actually, I'd been nagging my grandad to take me for ages, so I was hooked already just by watching our appearances on Football Special on a Sunday afternoon. I flicked through the Workington programme the other day and there was a piece about a young prospect from the Northern Intermediate team who was tipped for the first team, a certain Mick McCarthy. I started going to all the Saturday games (and the occasional night game) the next season and that coincided with McCarthy's entrance into the team. Then a year later Sniffer came and changed everything. Well, it was a two stage change he made. The first was when he first arrived and the second was after the 7-0 defeat at Reading the season after, when over half the team were replaced in a matter of weeks. And who would have guessed we would have got even better after Clarkey left?
having witnessed a few relegations over the years...it is s**t We suffer a bit the Club bounces back Thats football.
