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As a fan living 200 miles away I was only ever able to get to 2 or 3 home games a season, which meant I never had enough TPP for away tickets either. But.... By utilising Mrs LTH's name and credit card, she is now on the ticketing database of numerous Southern based clubs, so I've no problem getting tix in the 'home' ends to follow the lads. Yes it's a different form of an awayday - but I still get to go to the game and follow the lads, but best of all DC doesn’t get a penny of my money.
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Starting to get very tired of the hate being dished out fan on fan - is it some kind of uberfan d I c k waggling competition? If you're 'boycotting' instead of ranting at others buying a pint, why don't you double down yourself by boycotting more? i.e. don't go to home matches. And if you want to go away, buy in the home end.
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Wednesday tops at Ryder Cup
Lime Tree Heros replied to owls7's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Dronfield flag just been referred to on 5live - Mark Chapman had to be told it was near Sheffield - then understood why there was an owl on it. -
Personally, I see this as 'good' news. Every missed payment DC makes, merely serves to demonstrate further how inept and broken his ownership of Wednesday is. Given the events of the last 3 months I suspect that the EFL are deeply regretting allowing us to start the season. I don't expect them to make a similar mistake next season. I think the EFL will be very clear to DC next summer, put £15m into this UK escrow account and Wednesday can start the season, fail to do that and they can't - and I'd expect the EFL to be making their future position very clear to DC now, so he's in no doubt that without funds next summer the club will be worthless. That's if he can stumble on for the remainder of the season.
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Players being scouted
Lime Tree Heros replied to Siggi's Jonnson's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
This time last season I was watching a Tuesday night non-league match at a Step 4 club and got talking to a fellow spectator. He was a scout for Coventry, his job was to watch and report on every teenager playing first team men's football at Steps 1 to 4. Apparently Coventry employ 2 of them to cover the country, one in the North and one in the South. He was watching his third match of the day, having watched 2 Academy matches earlier. I've since seen him at a few Step 3 matches. Professional clubs do recruit teenagers quite heavily from non-league men's first teams - my own club has 'lost' a player that way in each of the last 3 close seasons. -
But the fouls have still been committed in a match and deserve punishment. But it does seem odd that goals scored get scrubbed but cards don't - personally I'd allow the goals to count too (as well as the cards) so Blackburn would have a GD 1 better and Ipswich 1 worse. I watch a lot of non-league where there are far more abandonments than in the EFL. It seems to me that games are always replayed in full over 90 mins, unless both sides agree to letting the result stand (as happened earlier this season at Welling v Aveley when the floodlights failed in stoppage time).
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Yes to Alex Fletcher and it effectively ended his career. There should be serious questions asked of the FA ground graders and the club - a section of the same perimeter wall collapsed earlier this season after a couple of Dulwich Hamlet fans leant against it.
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Whilst things are bad at SWFC at the moment at least we're not dealing with this: I watch a lot of non-league football and whilst I wasn't at this match it is the same league that I usually attend (Isthmian Premier - Tier 7 of the pyramid) and I have been to the ground. On Saturday the Wingate & Finchley v Chicester match was abandoned after a Chichester player collided with the surrounding (breeze block) wall. He suffered a significant brain injury and is now in an induced coma in hospital. Thoughts and prayers to him, his friends, family, team mates and all those present.
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Whelmometer - where is your whelm?
Lime Tree Heros replied to heppers's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
I'm now at a solid 3/10 1 - for the win at Pompey 1 - for the young academy lads in the first team 1 - for the impending 30th September -
Are Grimsby the only league team that..
Lime Tree Heros replied to room0035's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Wimbledon don't actually play in Wimbledon - the ground is in the London Borough of Merton - London's smallest Borough. -
Are Grimsby the only league team that..
Lime Tree Heros replied to room0035's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
After the last General election. Bromley is the only football league club in a Conservative constituency. No politics... -
What's your worst memory.
Lime Tree Heros replied to Mr Grey Man's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Aside from the Cup Final losses / relegation- games which were already emotionally charged before kick off, my worst was: January 2011, the 0-4 away loss to Leyton Orient, what makes it the worst / most depressing for me was how mundane it was, on a dreary grey day we turned up in East London and got battered by Leyton chuffing Orient (I know, I know shouldn't be so entitled etc etc), but there was a huge feeling of 'normalcy' about it, as in, nothing remarkable has happened, Wednesday had fallen so low that getting battered by Leyton Orient felt normal and that really got to me. Only redeeming feature of the match came much, much later - I saw the first league goal of a certain H Kane. -
Protest in London on September 4th
Lime Tree Heros replied to Wednesdayitewastaken's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Given the standard of spelling across the Internet, I fear you're fighting a 'loosing' battle... Totally agree with you by the way... -
Surely for this to work effectively you need to have a guaranteed sell out on your hands to start with - that being the case, I can't see it working for the majority of British football. Personally, I think we're more likely to see a club get rid of season tickets and move to a seat subscription model first.
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Grimsby Game : SWFC Trust call for boycott
Lime Tree Heros replied to @owlstalk's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
If I was Wednesday's catering manager... Reduce tea, coffee and Bovril to 99p. Means punters can get a drink and keep to 'Not a pound in the ground' - everybody happy... -
The huge advantage to buying us now as opposed to next (say) June is time - which is of course something you can't buy. Turning Wednesday around won't be a quick fix, but buying now gives you a chance of putting systems in place (e.g. sporting director, ceo, board of directors etc etc) in order to maximise our chances next season. You'd also get the full low down on the North stand roof and be able to schedule the maintenance / repairs needed to keep it open. You'd also be able to negotiate with the efl over the transfer embargoes. There'd be lots of benefits to buying now as opposed to next summer.
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Waddle on Bannan's legend status
Lime Tree Heros replied to YesWeCrann's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Personally, for me in the modern day every professional player that stays at the same club for 10 years, is fully deserving of club legend status. So - Barry Bannan, Liam Palmer - both club legends. -
Boycotts don't hurt Chansiri...
Lime Tree Heros replied to Nannan's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Genius response sir. -
IGNORE those who aren't boycotting SWFC
Lime Tree Heros replied to @owlstalk's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Interesting question (well to me anyway)... I couldn't find out, but it would either be the away club accounting for 100% of the VAT or both club's accounting for their proportions separately. Sometime in the past there will have been a VAT ruling that covers this sort of thing, that all clubs will follow. Oh and there's no VAT on booking fees. -
IGNORE those who aren't boycotting SWFC
Lime Tree Heros replied to @owlstalk's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
I think some folk in this thread may not be fully understanding where the money goes when someone buys an away league match ticket. When an away league fixture is announced the home team sends the appropriate tickets to the away club, the away club then sells the tickets, with away fans paying the away club. After the match the away club pays the home club all the away ticket money received, less a 5% commission or handling charge. So for the Leicester game (figures are approximate and rounded for ease) Leicester gave Wednesday 2,200 tickets. Wednesday sold these at £30 each. Wednesday fans bought the tickets, paying Wednesday £66,000 (2,200 x £30) Wednesday then pay Leicester £62,700 (£66,000 x 95%) Wednesday get to keep £3,300 (£66,000 x 5%) or £1.50 of every adult ticket. Hope that clears up where away ticket money for league matches goes, if anybody was unsure. -
Women's Football - Quandary...
Lime Tree Heros replied to Lime Tree Heros's topic in General Football Chat
You're right it is her body, her choice, nothing illegal at all. But it's not just in her private life - she's very public and very active. This has nothing to do with the criminal acts of other professional sports people. I'm more thinking of young female fans simply googling her name after watching her play. The Lionesses have been quite vocal this Summer with their 'see it, be it' campaign to drive up engagement with girls football - I'm just not sure that's the 'it' that most parents have in mind for their daughters. -
Bit of background - I've always listened to football on the radio (don't have sky) and enjoyed listening to the Euros in 2022, so made a decision to watch a live match, which I enjoyed. No, it's not the same as men's football and the atmosphere is completely different, but get two competitive teams in a half decent stadium and watching is a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Move on 3 years and I've ended up going to most of one Team's home games at tier 4. Now the quandary... One of the Team's new signings this summer is an onlyfans 'model'... Now, whilst I wouldn't class myself as a prude, I'm not sure I'm comfortable cheering on an OF 'model' on the pitch. I mean they're not exactly the ideal role model for the numerous age group girl's teams the club also has. Or, am I totally out of touch, holding outdated views and it's all about women taking power over their lives, choosing what's right for them? I'd appreciate sensible thoughts on the matter. Misogyny will be reported and before anyone asks, no I won't be naming the club or player.
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Sheffield Wednesday enter Sheffield Senior Cup
Lime Tree Heros replied to SnowyOwl13's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
If it's anything like the Kent Senior Cup. Any club affiliated to that particular FA that doesn't enter the competition gets fined £500. Football League clubs that enter play a Development / U23 / U21 team and they always play away from home. -
All I felt was pride. Pride - for a team that football people all over the country know has been 'shafted' by DC and will start every game as underdogs - yet came out fighting and took the lead. Pride - for a fanbase that largely unified do show their opposition to DC's tenure.