irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Mar 3, 2017 10:29:01 GMT
They'll be fine, although they might need to go down to come back. If the worst happens, and it won't, AFC Wimbledon have shown what's possible. The trouble is that it will be much, much harder for them to pull that off. AFC Wimbledon had the advantage of a 'we was robbed' starting narrative, a huge number of quite influential people supporting them (both personally and financially) and having a supporter base in an increasingly wealthy and stable middle class neighbourhood. The problem Orient have is that their stable fanbase has increasingly dissapeared due to London house prices. Whereas previously their immediate catchment area was a bastion of typical working class football fans these days that area is becoming increasingly populated by young professionals who already have ties to the major London clubs and their old fanbase has either died off or moved out of the area. Orient's fanbase is one of the oldest around and increasingly dispersed. Not to mention that finding somewhere to play in the vicinity if they lose Brisbane Road will be near enough impossible. So while in some ways a winding up order could be a blessing in disguise I'm really not hopeful of some phoenix from the ashes rise for them. They have an awful lot going against them - not to mention West Ham now right on their doorstep.
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Post by basel on Mar 3, 2017 12:19:28 GMT
If the will is there to save the O's,then they will be fine.Hearn still owns the stadium,so that's a big plus for starters. 3000 to 4000 regulars is a good base.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 12:25:27 GMT
Did they do one for us when our crazy owner took us out of the League? Rovers fans wouldn't do anything so why would the supporters of any other club? We most have the most apathetic bunch of supporters known to man.
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Post by irishrover on Mar 3, 2017 13:20:49 GMT
If the will is there to save the O's,then they will be fine.Hearn still owns the stadium,so that's a big plus for starters. 3000 to 4000 regulars is a good base. I'm not sure I would want to be reliant on the benevolence of Barry Hearn.....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 13:38:57 GMT
Did they do one for us when our crazy owner took us out of the League? Rovers fans wouldn't do anything so why would the supporters of any other club? We most have the most apathetic bunch of supporters known to man. I think you're apathetic supporter.
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Post by basel on Mar 3, 2017 18:16:16 GMT
If the will is there to save the O's,then they will be fine.Hearn still owns the stadium,so that's a big plus for starters. 3000 to 4000 regulars is a good base. I'm not sure I would want to be reliant on the benevolence of Barry Hearn..... He stated that he is very happy he and not the current O's chairman owns the stadium.Also he'll help out as a fan,no wish to be Chairman again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 18:55:17 GMT
I'm not sure I would want to be reliant on the benevolence of Barry Hearn..... He stated that he is very happy he and not the current O's chairman owns the stadium.Also he'll help out as a fan,no wish to be Chairman again. BS Rent free obviously...ha ha
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Post by irishrover on Mar 5, 2017 2:05:35 GMT
He stated that he is very happy he and not the current O's chairman owns the stadium.Also he'll help out as a fan,no wish to be Chairman again. BS Rent free obviously...ha ha We'll see. But I don't think Barry is going to let a fan owned collective play rent free on his pitch somehow....I speak as someone who can see himself being dragged into this nonsense by proxy!
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 6, 2017 17:38:53 GMT
Rovers fans wouldn't do anything so why would the supporters of any other club? We most have the most apathetic bunch of supporters known to man. I think you're apathetic supporter. Certainly very quick to criticise and make fun of others efforts. Quite sad really. Unfortunately not the only one amongst our younger fans.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 18:31:45 GMT
I think you're apathetic supporter. Certainly very quick to criticise and make fun of others efforts. Quite sad really. Unfortunately not the only one amongst our younger fans. It was a play on words KP I wouldn't be that rude about Chewy, he's bigger than me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 18:48:33 GMT
And, presumably, a 'king great Wookie.
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Post by LPGas on Mar 7, 2017 11:13:58 GMT
Many years ago when Aidan Mc Caffery played for us, my brother who was an apprentice at British Gas Bristol (and it was 5 years not the current few months) he bought his first car and decided to drive up to my place in Brentford. Rovers were at Orient that Friday night and on a dark and damp night we ventured across town. As we were getting out of the car he said, "don't put your scarf on" I said "why not? There is never and trouble here". But its Friday and there might be some West Ham fans here. So I put the scarf in the boot as he was obviously worried. Now my brother had driven straight from work, but it was not until we were going through the turnstiles that I saw that he was wearing a Donkey Jacket with "British Gas BRISTOL" emblazoned on the back in day glow orange.......................I couldn't believe it
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Post by thecuregalore94 on Mar 7, 2017 13:14:55 GMT
Growing up in Essex I've known a few Orient fans in my time at school and local pubs. Naturally one of the easiest away games for me to get to, but the atmosphere at Brisbane Road has always been lacking by the home fans and the accompanying police presence often overzealous. That said, I feel some sympathy in their current situation. West Ham have virtually killed Orient's chances at neutral support recruitment by luring the majority of the next generation of working class Londoners in with astonishingly competitive ticket prices for Premiership football - a single stop away from Leyton on the Central Line.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 8, 2017 2:32:19 GMT
Certainly very quick to criticise and make fun of others efforts. Quite sad really. Unfortunately not the only one amongst our younger fans. It was a play on words KP I wouldn't be that rude about Chewy, he's bigger than me. I have to admit you both shocked me and caught me out. It's not been your style to post in this way. Fair play though, I was caught. Hook, line and sinker
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