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Hartlepool is amusing as their biggest attendance of the season was 5046 but that was second to last game against Pompey so what are the odds that Pompey contributed at least 1000 of that? They couldn't even muster 5000 at home for a game in the fa cup against Derby ffs! And they have the nerve to question our following  |
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Yeah, the Hartlepool 8-1 game was a Friday night as I can remember Jeff Stelling kept banging on about it on Soccer Saturday that he hadn't been able to report all the goals.
I can also remember going there on New Years Eve in the late 80's. We had a good 3 or 4 hundred there that day including The Pink Panther, Sylvester The Cat, The Incredible Hulk, King Kong and a few others. We lost 4-2 but we had a great day out,
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| headingly_mariner |
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Yeah, the Hartlepool 8-1 game was a Friday night as I can remember Jeff Stelling kept banging on about it on Soccer Saturday that he hadn't been able to report all the goals.
I can also remember going there on New Years Eve in the late 80's. We had a good 3 or 4 hundred there that day including The Pink Panther, Sylvester The Cat, The Incredible Hulk, King Kong and a few others. We lost 4-2 but we had a great day out,
That was a shite Friday night, i think I went to every game home and away that season. I never dreamt we would be relegated right up until we were!! Fans of Chesterfield and Hartlepool calling us tinpot and questioning our followings is amusing. |
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For every fan of such clubs who belittle us I'd bet there are just as many fans of other teams out there who respect us for what we once were, where we we've been recently and where we're now back to....
Our history has never been like the Chesterfileds and Hartlepools of this world, year after year at the same level more or less, nor will it ever be I'd say....they might think they're stable and settled at their level but all it takes is one bad season or two and they could be the next Tranmere
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I think it was a Friday night game so no surprise there wouldn't have been too much of a following. I was at a friend's wedding and didn't find out the score until the morning - I thought that the person telling me was taking the urine!
Hartlepool have been a couple of divisions below us for most of the time I've been supporting Town so it seems funny that their fans should consider us as some sort of a small club! In recent years, they've been a division or two above us but this marks our worst ever spell at the same time they've had their best ever spell. Not to mention our average attendance was higher this season than theirs, despite the fact that most of our opponents only brought two men and a dog with them.
It will be a nice change to see a few more opposition fans this season. Good for the coffers as well.
Definitely a Friday game. I was working in Stockton at the time and went to the game with two Hartlepool S/T holders. By the time the fifth one went in they were pi**ing themselves, especially as all week I'd been telling them they were going to be on the receiving end of a hammering from a resurgent Town team who'd adjusted to life in League One... |
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| GrimRob |
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We've spent six years accusing many of our counterparts as tinpot pub sides. Now the boot is on the other foot. We have to earn our stripes.
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I agree 110% with Grim Rob
Need to prove ourselves and earn those stripes
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We've spent six years accusing many of our counterparts as tinpot pub sides. Now the boot is on the other foot. We have to earn our stripes.
Exactly it might to some of these teams something to think about if the get the drop as we did . We've had 6 years of going to Woking Eastleigh, ,Braintree Tamworth etc . You have to respect them for the way they run their clubs and how they finance themselves . The premiership is so far out of sight with the same clubs see sawing every season . They see every other team below themselves as tinpot with the obscene amount of money they receive , we can only do our best but make sure it doesn't happen again . |
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| lukeo |
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couldn't care less what people think of our support, they'll get a shock when we turn up in numbers loud and proud
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| Bignic69 |
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I couldn't give a monkeys fart if they think we're 'tinpot' we all know better and anyone with half a brain cell will know what a Big, historical and traditionally proud club we really are.
I can't wait for those freezing cold Tuesday nights when the likes of Blackpool and Portsmouth come to town and their players hearts sink when they walk out to 5-6 thousand screaming mariners......Job half done.
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