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6:02am Friday 27th April 2007
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Bradford City fans WILL be able to watch the cheapest football in the country next season.
Chairman Julian Rhodes today decided to push ahead with his promise to slash season-ticket prices after more than 7,000 fans backed the Telegraph & Argus campaign.
Supporters will have to pay only £138 for 2007/2008 season tickets - the lowest prices in the professional game in Britain.
Mr Rhodes said: "The future of Bradford City really is in the hands of the supporters and I believe this is the best way to get fans onside to help us rebuild the club again.
"I do genuinely want people who can't otherwise afford to come to be able to watch professional football now."
Under the new prices, supporters will have to pay the equivalent of only £6 per match - or see 16 games for free when compared with the current £20 match-day admission.
When Mr Rhodes launched the cheap-ticket scheme he was hoping that 10,000 adult fans would pledge their backing. But given City's desperate league position - they could be relegated to the bottom division tomorrow - he believes the current figure of 7,000 is a strong enough show of support to launch his bold idea.
"I'm trusting everybody who has pledged will buy a season ticket and I've no reason to feel that won't be the case," he added.
"It's a slight gamble but I do think we will get more floating voters when the word gets round about this great offer.
"It has been a very difficult season and considering we haven't won at home this year to get to 7,000 is pretty good.
"The main thing that can turn round the fortunes of Bradford is to help fill the stadium on a match day. Anybody there last Saturday against Leyton Orient would have to say that we were really unlucky to lose.
"But if we can generate that kind of atmosphere every home game you would like to think we would win a lot more often than this season and that's what it's all about.
"People want a successful side and they can really play their part in achieving that. The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets."
Staff at the Intersonic Stadium were today being briefed about the scheme and how it will be implemented. A separate deal will be put to 25-year season-ticket holders, youngsters aged 11 to 16 will be half-price and under-11s can still watch for free.
Rhodes said: "The season tickets won't be on sale just yet but everything should happen in the next few weeks. The application forms have to be processed and then we will be in business.
"At a time when everyone is talking about cutting the cost of watching football, we have gone ahead and done it. We are leading the way and I am confident our supporters will respond in their numbers.
"As I keep stressing, the club's future depends so much on the backing from the fans."
You don't have to have pledged already to take advantage of the new season ticket prices, which are still available to anyone who wants them.
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25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
25 Year Holder, Bradford says...
9:51am Fri 27 Apr 07
dickiewood wrote:No Hidden Agenda?
No hidden agenda for the 25 year people is there? We agreed to pay more if we went down through the leagues. With the Fat Lady warbling in the wings I'd check your bank balance!
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mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
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mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Big lad, says...
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mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
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mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Big lad, says...
11:47am Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Big lad, says...
11:47am Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Big lad, says...
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mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Big lad, says...
11:47am Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:SHUT UP YOU MUG
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
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Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Malcolm, Bradford says...
12:02pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:I am disappointed by such comments. Obviously he doesnt go to the matches!! We dont need negative comments like this
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
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Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Devonshire Cream, F-block says...
12:31pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:Mafooza - thats the kind of constructive advise that the club needs. Will they play be better players because they are Pakistanis ? Get back under your shell, you muppet.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, à la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, à la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, Ã la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, Ã la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, Ã la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, Ã la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, Ã la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
BigT, SuffolkBantam says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Brighouse Bantam wrote:Fair point. I also agree that JR needs to meet fans face to face to address legitimate suspicions. My disappointment was not aimed at you but was a culmination of reading mindless, negative abuse day after day, much of it directed at JR. As Richard Nixon once said when he had lost an election, "They'll have to find somebody else to kick around now." What would happen if JR walked away tomorrow?
BigT, my scepticism comes from the fact that this scheme was supposed to be running to the end of the season but it now seems that a decision has been made, fair enough but to me it smacks of an attempt to pacify supporters before relegation. I went to the games on the South coast and many other away games this season, I never said that JR was making money, it is clear he is losing it hand over fist but if that makes him immune from criticism then we are on very dodgy ground. I have written to him this season in a polite and constructive manner making a number of suggestions on how to generate new income and supporter numbers but haven\'t even received a standard letter in reply. What annoys me is that in every statement JR makes he seems to shift responsibility onto supporters to make things happen, \"The player wage-bill we set will depend largely on how many people actually buy tickets\", when he needs to take a look at himself and how the club is run. He has complained this week about rumours and supporters commenting when they don\'t really know what is going on, has he asked himself why this is? Because the club never tells us what is going on. He should meet with supporters, Ã la Niall Quinn, and set the record straight, some people question him for the sake of a moan, I do it because I care deeply about the club and am very worried that in the near future we may not have a club.
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
Earl Purple, London says...
1:50pm Fri 27 Apr 07
mafooza wrote:If you know any who are good enough to play for the team.
Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanis
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phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
phillip, bradford says...
2:01pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Earl Purple wrote:mafooza i am Bradford born and bread and English white so AR some of the so called Pakistanis just typical that the scum from Leeds AR racist you need to be band from coming on this site scum
mafooza wrote: Bradford city are crap they need some asian players playing for them especialy pakistanisIf you know any who are good enough to play for the team. I\'d like to think we will pick players based on their ability, not their race/nationality.
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Shelf Bantam, Leeds says...
3:25pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Paul Horvath wrote:Mr Horvath , just how single minded can you really be !!! Have and can you name any decision that JR has made where there has been NO hidden agenda..?? Are you forgetting when Rhodes & Richmond made it a PLC and took away all YOUR well earned season ticket revenue/finance to that Caribbean holiday hotspot..??(Allegedly) Mr JR has never had the Ba**s to attend any fans forum and answer any challenging questions. It’s not about whingeing, it’s about telling some kind of truth. And you are certainly in Cloud Cuckoo land when you start bleating on about Bradford Park Avenue, they have just had an external investor putting his money where his mouth is and investing over a million pounds !!! Where are OUR investors to support JR..??? I have followed BCFC for over 30 years and spent lots of money doing so. I look forward to yet another season, but get real 3000 fans at Horsfall, if the inevitable happens and the way the club is structured and going that may possibly happen, you will be lucky to get 300 !!!! Good Luck, No Hard feelings. Pay your £138.00 and be HAPPY !!!
Hidden agenda ??? Well hidden and non functional brain cells more like. When JR makes questionable decisions some of you get on his case. Thats fine, we all want to know whats going on at our club. Then when he makes a brave and radical (& correct) decision you get on his case again. As we are almost relegated there is no point in delaying the decision, as staying up would have given the scheme a boost there was no point in making a decision before the Orient game. Get out there and buy the tickets and hopefully we will be cheering on a football league team next year. Alternatively keep wingeing, keep your money in your pockets and we could be playing the avenue regularly and it wont be in a friendly. Having said that if we went totally broke we would be debt free and still have 3000 fans to pack out Horsfall. Up the City.
Shelf Bantam, Leeds says...
3:25pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Paul Horvath wrote:Mr Horvath , just how single minded can you really be !!! Have and can you name any decision that JR has made where there has been NO hidden agenda..?? Are you forgetting when Rhodes & Richmond made it a PLC and took away all YOUR well earned season ticket revenue/finance to that Caribbean holiday hotspot..??(Allegedly) Mr JR has never had the Ba**s to attend any fans forum and answer any challenging questions. It’s not about whingeing, it’s about telling some kind of truth. And you are certainly in Cloud Cuckoo land when you start bleating on about Bradford Park Avenue, they have just had an external investor putting his money where his mouth is and investing over a million pounds !!! Where are OUR investors to support JR..??? I have followed BCFC for over 30 years and spent lots of money doing so. I look forward to yet another season, but get real 3000 fans at Horsfall, if the inevitable happens and the way the club is structured and going that may possibly happen, you will be lucky to get 300 !!!! Good Luck, No Hard feelings. Pay your £138.00 and be HAPPY !!!
Hidden agenda ??? Well hidden and non functional brain cells more like. When JR makes questionable decisions some of you get on his case. Thats fine, we all want to know whats going on at our club. Then when he makes a brave and radical (& correct) decision you get on his case again. As we are almost relegated there is no point in delaying the decision, as staying up would have given the scheme a boost there was no point in making a decision before the Orient game. Get out there and buy the tickets and hopefully we will be cheering on a football league team next year. Alternatively keep wingeing, keep your money in your pockets and we could be playing the avenue regularly and it wont be in a friendly. Having said that if we went totally broke we would be debt free and still have 3000 fans to pack out Horsfall. Up the City.
Shelf Bantam, Leeds says...
3:25pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Paul Horvath wrote:Mr Horvath , just how single minded can you really be !!! Have and can you name any decision that JR has made where there has been NO hidden agenda..?? Are you forgetting when Rhodes & Richmond made it a PLC and took away all YOUR well earned season ticket revenue/finance to that Caribbean holiday hotspot..??(Allegedly) Mr JR has never had the Ba**s to attend any fans forum and answer any challenging questions. It’s not about whingeing, it’s about telling some kind of truth. And you are certainly in Cloud Cuckoo land when you start bleating on about Bradford Park Avenue, they have just had an external investor putting his money where his mouth is and investing over a million pounds !!! Where are OUR investors to support JR..??? I have followed BCFC for over 30 years and spent lots of money doing so. I look forward to yet another season, but get real 3000 fans at Horsfall, if the inevitable happens and the way the club is structured and going that may possibly happen, you will be lucky to get 300 !!!! Good Luck, No Hard feelings. Pay your £138.00 and be HAPPY !!!
Hidden agenda ??? Well hidden and non functional brain cells more like. When JR makes questionable decisions some of you get on his case. Thats fine, we all want to know whats going on at our club. Then when he makes a brave and radical (& correct) decision you get on his case again. As we are almost relegated there is no point in delaying the decision, as staying up would have given the scheme a boost there was no point in making a decision before the Orient game. Get out there and buy the tickets and hopefully we will be cheering on a football league team next year. Alternatively keep wingeing, keep your money in your pockets and we could be playing the avenue regularly and it wont be in a friendly. Having said that if we went totally broke we would be debt free and still have 3000 fans to pack out Horsfall. Up the City.
Shelf Bantam, Leeds says...
3:25pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Paul Horvath wrote:Mr Horvath , just how single minded can you really be !!! Have and can you name any decision that JR has made where there has been NO hidden agenda..?? Are you forgetting when Rhodes & Richmond made it a PLC and took away all YOUR well earned season ticket revenue/finance to that Caribbean holiday hotspot..??(Allegedly) Mr JR has never had the Ba**s to attend any fans forum and answer any challenging questions. It’s not about whingeing, it’s about telling some kind of truth. And you are certainly in Cloud Cuckoo land when you start bleating on about Bradford Park Avenue, they have just had an external investor putting his money where his mouth is and investing over a million pounds !!! Where are OUR investors to support JR..??? I have followed BCFC for over 30 years and spent lots of money doing so. I look forward to yet another season, but get real 3000 fans at Horsfall, if the inevitable happens and the way the club is structured and going that may possibly happen, you will be lucky to get 300 !!!! Good Luck, No Hard feelings. Pay your £138.00 and be HAPPY !!!
Hidden agenda ??? Well hidden and non functional brain cells more like. When JR makes questionable decisions some of you get on his case. Thats fine, we all want to know whats going on at our club. Then when he makes a brave and radical (& correct) decision you get on his case again. As we are almost relegated there is no point in delaying the decision, as staying up would have given the scheme a boost there was no point in making a decision before the Orient game. Get out there and buy the tickets and hopefully we will be cheering on a football league team next year. Alternatively keep wingeing, keep your money in your pockets and we could be playing the avenue regularly and it wont be in a friendly. Having said that if we went totally broke we would be debt free and still have 3000 fans to pack out Horsfall. Up the City.
Shelf Bantam, Leeds says...
3:25pm Fri 27 Apr 07
Paul Horvath wrote:
Hidden agenda ??? Well hidden and non functional brain cells more like. When JR makes questionable decisions some of you get on his case. Thats fine, we all want to know whats going on at our club. Then when he makes a brave and radical (& correct) decision you get on his case again. As we are almost relegated there is no point in delaying the decision, as staying up would have given the scheme a boost there was no point in making a decision before the Orient game. Get out there and buy the tickets and hopefully we will be cheering on a football league team next year. Alternatively keep wingeing, keep your money in your pockets and we could be playing the avenue r
Lofty, Hudds says...
7:49am Fri 27 Apr 07