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EABluebird wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:02 pm

xerxes wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:11 am
You obviously haven't been supporting the club for very long then!

About 20 years, since I first moved to Barrow, started off going to the odd game then over time got more into it, especially since the 2008 run to the play offs in the CN. I’m now 40, and also a Blackburn fan - where I was born and bred. Don’t start it’s better the plastic Manure or Dolepool armchair Sky Sports supporters lol
The [SwearFilter] taking wasn’t so bad in non league as most teams were tinpot anyway. It going to get much worse in the EFL and it’s going to cut!

Steeley wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:27 pm We are little old Barrow though. It's been a lifetime since we were in the league. No shame in that IMO.

EABluebird wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:05 pm Just about credibility in the football world, at the moment we are a romantic story 48 years in the wilderness and we are seen as quaint little old Barrow, I truly hate that tag and can’t wait to shed it.
When people slag off Blackburn, usually Burnley & Wigan fans I don’t give a sh1t because because I have loads I can fire back at them, I do not have that luxury with Barrow. Still if we can give a few of them a bloody nose on the pitch then this may help somewhat.

Jonty wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:00 pm

EABluebird wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:05 pm Just about credibility in the football world, at the moment we are a romantic story 48 years in the wilderness and we are seen as quaint little old Barrow, I truly hate that tag and can’t wait to shed it.
When people slag off Blackburn, usually Burnley & Wigan fans I don’t give a sh1t because because I have loads I can fire back at them, I do not have that luxury with Barrow. Still if we can give a few of them a bloody nose on the pitch then this may help somewhat.

What we have to remember is that we have had next to no investment in the infrastructure over the last 48 years and we have been left behind whereas other clubs we parted ways with back then have been able to hang on in there throughout the 70’s 80’s and 90’s and have been able to modernise their grounds, or have new grounds, many in the last 10-15 years.

Our promotion is the platform for all this to come our way now, and a massive opportunity to get the club and stadium up to date, but it will take time and we simply have to deliver on the pitch and keep fans onside. If we are still on here talking Barrow and league football in 10 years time, then this is probably the timeframe it will take to catch up. It’s not a quick fix.
You also have to remember also that there is zero money in non league, many have gone “all in” trying and not succeeding to get out if it. Look at Wrexham, 10 years now and counting. NL is brutal. Our story from 1972, seeing off a liquidation and rising back to where we are more often than not on a shoestring and odd socks is quite simply amazing. Something to be immensely proud of. We will be amongst the smallest clubs in the league, but there is absolutely no reason why we cant grow from here and become an established, competitive and well run club.

GTBLUE wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:30 pm 20200729_151441.jpg Latest.

mickycarrol wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:35 pm

GTBLUE wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:30 pm 20200729_151441.jpg Latest.

When’s the lid scheduled to go on, progress seems to have slowed a little. Frame was up this time last week was it not?

Middleton Nick wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:52 pm If you can see the crush barriers, they need painting. See you Sunday.

Middleton Nick wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:52 pm If you can see the crush barriers, they need painting. See you Sunday.