Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

Result Prediction

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Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Yes very well.
When the game was run by TV salesmen and butchers..... and fans had very little power unless you know otherwise
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Of course we had power. We were their only income. For this Community Shield however, the fans are just a backdrop. First and foremost in the FA's primary, if not only, considerations is how much TV revenue we can make. Luckily for this game it won't be much so the sudden thought of 30,000 seats going unsold and a huge reduction concession sales makes them think again. Will that TV contract reduce hugely if we move the game, and can that be compensated by fans returning. It's a balancing act, but one they've never considered before until we said enough is enough. This is a moment, that needs to be seized, and send the message, that football without fans is nothing.
 
people on here who were not going but proposing a boycott should not comment. When I was a shop steward at a large engineering company and a mass meeting was called, those members who had their mortgages all paid and no kids, voted for ban on overtime knowing it would not affect them. Same here I think people who spent all their money on the cup final and Istanbul cannot afford another trip so jump on the boycott bandwagon, there are some that could not get tickets for either of the finals who have never been to a match at that stadium would want to go so why stop them the chance of going.
 
CatMan said:
Of course we had power. We were their only income. For this Community Shield however, the fans are just a backdrop. First and foremost in the FA's primary, if not only, considerations is how much TV revenue we can make. Luckily for this game it won't be much so the sudden thought of 30,000 seats going unsold and a huge reduction concession sales makes them think again. Will that TV contract reduce hugely if we move the game, and can that be compensated by fans returning. It's a balancing act, but one they've never considered before until we said enough is enough. This is a moment, that needs to be seized, and send the message, that football without fans is nothing.
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Yes we were the main form of income but that meant nothing to club chairman or Ted Croker in the FA. To them we were just stupid mugs who handed over our money every week and watched games in shit holes called football grounds.
We didn't wield any power.
 
WARBABY said:
people on here who were not going but proposing a boycott should not comment. When I was a shop steward at a large engineering company and a mass meeting was called, those members who had their mortgages all paid and no kids, voted for ban on overtime knowing it would not affect them. Same here I think people who spent all their money on the cup final and Istanbul cannot afford another trip so jump on the boycott bandwagon, there are some that could not get tickets for either of the finals who have never been to a match at that stadium would want to go so why stop them the chance of going.
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No one is stopping anyone from going. The supporters club do not even back the boycott, which is both predictable and disappointing
 
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