Thanks Gally - I was late for the QPR match and missed the players presentations. Didn't realise we still had a 'Disabled supporters player of the season' Why do we still have this category?
Dunno if you're being facetious or not, but it's not about the damage you can do with a bottle top. It's about the damage you can do with a full bottle of fluid. Throw a bottle full of fluid with the top off and most of the liquid escapes during the trajectory, so it doesn't hit the target with much force, or doesn't even make the target. Throw a full bottle of coke at someone with the top on and it'll take their head off. Not that I agree with taking bottle tops away, but that's why they do it. Apologies if you already knew this and were taking the piss.
If you would have played in the Barnsley team of 2013/14...........would you have gone back on. Cos I know I definitely wouldn't have. Yer providing opportunities for one or two to have a pop.............I'm sure some players would have ended up rolling abart in a tangle on the field
First question evaded...asked where the money from Rotherham Titans playing at Oakwell would go, didn't answer it! "Barry’s belief is that Barnsley fans would accept a similar sort of change for similar reward e.g. A change from Barnsley F.C. to Barnsley Tykes if it meant Premiership football, European Football, Cup Final Football etc etc" But Hull City have achieved that without the name change.
I have some fine motor problems after spinal surgery and have very little feeling in my hands. I bought a bottle of pop at Oakwell, which was served topless...that, is the bottle had no top...hang on, i've had a right idea about the catering for next year, but I digress. I then proceeded to drop my bottle and soak the poor bloke sitting next to me. So next time I asked whether I could keep the top for that reason and the supervisor was happy for me to do so. I'm not suggesting spinal surgery as a way to circumnavigate their rules, of course, but just that they can be flexible and sensible sometimes. Anyway, and I had never thought of this, but apparently many people take bottle tops in with them and simply put it on the bottle they've been served. Simple solution, but I'd have never thought about doing that. So we'll all be walking round Oakwell with bottle tops as the new currency next season, a bit like tabs are in prison. "Sorry mate, I ain't got a Sprite. I've got an orange fanta, take it or leave it..."
"I'm not playing for Barnsley, I'm a Premier League star I am." "Ok then, Mr Ferdinand. They are actually called Barnsley Tykes now though." "WHERE DO I SIGN?! YOU TYKES!"
I've been to a few where they do this, also went to a NFL game in Tampa and they removed the top there as well.
Is it just me, but were it just the interesting questions that I'd like answering that were ignored? "What about Lindley's?" We then discussed Lindley's. The ****'s that about??
That's what I've done before (taken a bottle top, not used it has currency), though I tend to buy a bottle at the shop on the way and take that in.
This is the bit that seems to be passing people by. The investment has been made and surely recouped by now, so why do they feel the need to change the name as well? My beef is that it only takes one and we'll all be at it. Look at shirt sponsors, ground sponsors, etc.
OK cheers. The answer said it would be a good deal for BFC, but didn't specify that's where money was going.
We've been in dialogue with the club (and even Lindley's at one point) for some time to try and improve things. Ben's has plans to improve the offering on the concourses but these aren't in a place right now where they can be made public for commercial and other reasons. The mention is there to show that the problems with Lindley's are still being discussed (as they are raised regularly by members) and it is something that Ben is taking seriously and wants to rectify. I can't say too much more than that at this point though.
How long is Lindley's contract? 1000 years? I had solicitors threatening me for saying the food was **** about 10 years ago and it's still exactly the same! Well, me mam did.
So basically we were daft enough to not put a get out clause in the Lindleys contract if they were **** and so we have to put up with them for X amount of years no matter how bad they are with no hope of being able to get away from them?