Mansfield - Barrow AFC - Game Thread

[Zak]

I was annoyed at people enjoying the fact we were slaughtered on facebook etc when they havent been near holker street or near whatever football ground they claim to support, BUT when our fans happily take enjoyment mocking the rugby when things go wrong its hard to play victim.

+1

[Matty]

I was annoyed at people enjoying the fact we were slaughtered on facebook etc when they havent been near holker street or near whatever football ground they claim to support, BUT when our fans happily take enjoyment mocking the rugby when things go wrong its hard to play victim.

+1

To add though, these people were probably quick to jump on the bandwagon when we had success in certain cup competitions.

[spirit of 1990]

I'll go into work tomorrow fully expecting shit all day long but if just ONE of the usual suspect's say anything about it when they haven't mentioned the results against Newport, Gateshead or Luton they'll be getting it with both barrels, one an ex Barrow supporter believe it or not!!

[Barrowabc]

8-1!? The players should be ashamed of themselves! absolute EMBARRASSMENT!!

It's done and dusted now and you as everyone else should lets start getting behind 'our' team now it's sport and it happens

[Wintergreen]

Usually have a bit of banter with a BRLFC supporter at work and so I was expecting quite a bit of flack. However, very little was forthcoming and as it turns out the Craven Park regular was rather sheepish as he hadn’t gone to see his RL heroes as it was ‘ freezing cold, wet and England were on the telly’. This dereliction of duty was later mitigated with ‘I knew they’d get beat anyway’. It was an extremely low gate for RL, (876) their first home game in a new league.

So not much appetite then for the great sporting institutions of the town as interest, achievements and income dwindle evermore. What can be done to galvanise the apathetic and kick start both clubs’ fortunes I wonder? Anyone?

[mally]

I was annoyed at people enjoying the fact we were slaughtered on facebook etc when they havent been near holker street or near whatever football ground they claim to support, BUT when our fans happily take enjoyment mocking the rugby when things go wrong its hard to play victim.

Steeley lad,in My experience most people that watch the rugby and the soccer are glad for each other when things are going ok but by the same token empathise when things are not.I think you would find that most of the arsheads that mock the soccer and rugby on the Evening Mail webite etc are in the main youngsters that don't really know what life's about, yet.
But i find,in my place of work for example,that that the most vicious of critics towards Barrow Soccer are by far the armchair- what I call,fantasy football fans who will use every opportunity to 'have a go' but don't say a word when we are doing ok.These very same people-IMO-anyway,don't just damage our club with their wretched comments,but by the very fact that they are getting their 'fix' in front of the goggle box and wont come near H st,-or Crazy Park for that matter.

[xerxes]

I remember being at a Res.match at HS in the early 60's when the press box phone rang with news of the score at Hartlepool. Hartlepool 10 Barrow 1 was the score. Everyone thought it was a hoax call until we got home and heard the truth on the radio. And we've survived 50 years since.

We've also had big defeats in our non-league days, 8-0 at Boston being the worst, with all the goals in the second half. The first game I saw following the loss of our League status was the 7-0 defeat at Stafford.

Things are better now than they were then, I promise you. It's one game, zero points, the same as if it had been 1-0. Forget it and move on.

[xerxes]

It appears they are no longer playing that stupid music after a home goal. I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies.

Oh yes they did---over and over again, well, 8 times. The same stupid tune as last season. It is pathetic. Match of the Day then had the Swansea match with the same daft tune.

Yes, I realised that, I must have missed it for the first goal.

Why do they think people are unable to celebrate a goal without this moronic music ? Wigan are another club that do it. The day it happens at Holker Street will be the day I stop supporting Barrow. An 8-1 defeat I can forgive, but not this.

[HenneysKnee]

Its embarrasing reading/seeing how much Barrovians enjoy their home town team getting beat 8v1; if they got off their backsides and came along 2/3 times a season we'd be in a much healthier position. We all knew we'd get beat by Mansfield, yes 8v1 is excessive and it hurts but we MUST bounce back this week, we have 2 huge games to come