An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Area

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    ark104 (v2) Well-Known Member

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    So over Christmas I was back at my parents and it turned out my old geography teacher had been clearing out his garage and had found my A-Level coursework. He had very kindly passed it on to my dad through a friend of a friend rather than through it away. The title of the project was the above.

    On one level I was quite impressed with my 17 year old self. On another level I should certainly have spent less time doing traffic counts and compiling isoline maps of pedestrian flows around Oakwell and more time chasing girls. I reckon I can remember the shape of every girl's breasts I've ever seen (sober anyway) but can remember nothing about The Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient. I know which of these two endeavours has been the waste of time.

    Anyway, I digress. Amongst the pollution samples, noise assessments, and pedestrian counts taken at random in the 1999-2000 season it turned out I interviewed someone at the club by phone. Unfortunately I have no record of who it was with but in the appendices I do have the answers, so according to the club...

    On a matchday the club employed 400 - 420 people (35 players and coaches, 180 stewards, 70 turnstile operators, 40 car park lottery and programme sellers and 50 catering staff)

    On a non-matchday 120 (not broken down)

    The wage bill was a (staggering) £4.5m, which was up 80% on the previous year (looming admin anyone...)

    The club believed its role in the community was as a figurehead, and when it did well it would lift the whole town.

    Then some boring bits about how it mitigates matchhday impact before...

    The plan was to redevelop the West Stand at a cost of £3.5 to £4m, adding 2,000 on to the capacity. However, there was no current timescale, plans or money.


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    Anyway, just thought it might be of interest. I can't comment on how accurate the information was , or if in the internet age the club would be so open with a school kid who called up and started asking random questions.

    I do wish I'd asked whether there were any plans to get a new scoreboard though...
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    No pics of lasses tits ?

    Nice one, 420 folk employed on a match day ? What is it now ? 12 ?
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    Ha ha that would be much more interesting.

    Yes. Including playing staff on permanent contracts and not work experience
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    Now that you've reconciled with your 17 year old self, the very least you could do is post a pic of this reds-breast obsessed animal out there in the Oakwell wilds.

    And I bet both obsessions remain.
     
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    Quite apt to ask the 17 year old you;

    "Have you ever kissed a girl, son?"
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    I definitely remember dumping my then girlfriend the night Di Caio scored in the 90th minute in 1997 cos she was a Wednesday fan and laughed at me
     
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    Quite right too
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    When I was at college, I did a study on "The Sphere of Influence of Barnsley Football Club".

    It reflected the impact of the Miners Strike and other influences (results, location of other teams etc).

    Spent what seemed like my whole life drawing lines from where Season Ticket Holders lived to Oakwell, on a map, over a decade. (long before computers did it for you).
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    That's a quality paragraph right there.
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    You're in good company. I think I still know more about the Spearman coefficient than I do breasts
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    Possibly I do too. That's sad.
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    you have pm
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    I did a study of the financial running of the club for my Economics A Level. Even got to interview the then General Manager Johnny Steele.

    Sadly it's so long ago I can't remember anything that was in it, but I do remember many fine pairs of breasts.
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    I'll do you a study of the financial running of the club right now. W@nk. There study over

    Tongue in cheek Patrick, tongue in cheek
     
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    Re: An Investigation Into The Impact of Barnsley Football Club On The Surrounding Are

    Impact on local area?

    Widespread melancholy, depression, bickering and outbreak of moaning minnies.
     
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    As a Maths (with Stats) student I fully concur with your rather perceptive and knowledgeable insight Jay
     
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    So why aren't there any world class blues bands in tarn?
     
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