Guest Bob Mahelp Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 26 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Looks like bobs work is done here It's pretty hilarious that they don't get it. Even posting photos. Big clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 22 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: It's pretty hilarious that they don't get it. Even posting photos. Big clubs. ^Donald Trump-like deflection from his own fibs. Expected nothing less from this Aberdonian Brexiteer Tory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 The absolute state of this. It was a Friday night game in the middle of January, we took a decent enough crowd all things considered. No idea if this photo was taken before or during the game: Anyway, since we've come back up, we've had three visits to Pittodrie: Saturday 12:15pm a week before Christmas - 1217 fans Saturday 3pm in May - 2012 fans (sold out allocation) Friday 7:45pm in November - 1015 fans Essentially, a large part of why Aberdeen take more fans to Easter Road than Pittodrie is because we're important enough to have a rival. The TV cameras therefore use up our 6 game quota on 2x Hearts, 2x Celtic and 2x Rangers. This means Hibs vs Aberdeen is always a Saturday 3pm, the optimal time for away supporters.1715 Dandies at the midweek LC quarter final earlier in the season, which was also televised.Kind of negates the Saturday 3pm argument. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, HibsFan said: Essentially, a large part of why Aberdeen take more fans to Easter Road than Pittodrie is because we're important enough to have a rival. The TV cameras therefore use up our 6 game quota on 2x Hearts, 2x Celtic and 2x Rangers. This means Hibs vs Aberdeen is always a Saturday 3pm, the optimal time for away supporters. Since Aberdeen have the square root of f**k all rivals (although I hear Cove Rangers may be interested), you have two free Pittodrie TV games. These invariably are one vs Hibs and one vs Hearts, and usually fall on Friday nights. This completely hampers away attendances, as the last Edinburgh train leaves Aberdeen at 21:38. Congratulations on your ability to take a half decent crowd to a stadium an hour and a half away. The above diatribe, is however, absolute nonsense. Aberdeen take large away crowds to Edinburgh - and provincial clubs, such as Celtic and Sevco - due to the fact that we have a huge latent support in the central belt. Hibs and Hearts cannot match that because your support is far more centralised than ours. As we saw the other week at least, the Hearts won't follow their team unless they think they have a chance of winning. On the other hand, Hibs fans generally do follow their team...f**k knows why though. Edited May 19, 2019 by Illgresi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Aberdeen take large away crowds to Edinburgh - and provincial clubs, such as Celtic and Sevco - due to the fact that we have a huge latent support in the central belt.Interesting point. Does this then cast some doubt on the pro-Kingsford bois' plan to use the buses that takes the Dons away support down to the central belt as a fleet of shuttle buses when the Dons are playing at their new ground? Ie. maybe there aren't that many buses going from the north east to away games after all? I might buy myself a bus. Maybe it'll become the 2020s version of "buy a flat in toon and rent it out for some extra income". Property in Aberdeen is fked nowadays anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Illgresi said: Aberdeen take large away crowds to Edinburgh - and provincial clubs, such as Celtic and Sevco - due to the fact that we have a huge latent support in the central belt. Been the case for 30 years or so, I have a couple of mates who are Dons fans and there are a fair few in Edinburgh and Glasgow. However @HibsFanpoint about scheduling of televised games is entirely accurate. Also, you cant really equate bread and butter televised league matches with a one off cup game - If that QF had been at Pittodrie, I would be fairly sure that Hibs would have been at or close to sellout for that away end. Final word on this - perhaps we should simply agree that Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeen all have very good supports and leave it at that? 1 hour ago, resk said: Interesting point. Does this then cast some doubt on the pro-Kingsford bois' plan to use the buses that takes the Dons away support down to the central belt as a fleet of shuttle buses when the Dons are playing at their new ground? Ie. maybe there aren't that many buses going from the north east to away games after all? I might buy myself a bus. Maybe it'll become the 2020s version of "buy a flat in toon and rent it out for some extra income". Property in Aberdeen is fked nowadays anyway. This is an interesting point. As I mention above, I know a few Dons fans from Edinburgh and when they travel up it is by car (even in the old days when a mixed group used to stay over for a bevvy, we never bothered with the train), and I have my doubts that any Park and Ride solution will float their boat, as it could add a fair bit to their already long day out with kids. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 8 hours ago, resk said: Interesting point. Does this then cast some doubt on the pro-Kingsford bois' plan to use the buses that takes the Dons away support down to the central belt as a fleet of shuttle buses when the Dons are playing at their new ground? Ie. maybe there aren't that many buses going from the north east to away games after all? I might buy myself a bus. Maybe it'll become the 2020s version of "buy a flat in toon and rent it out for some extra income". Property in Aberdeen is fked nowadays anyway. No, there are still plenty Dons that head down for away games. 6 hours ago, Green Day said: Been the case for 30 years or so, I have a couple of mates who are Dons fans and there are a fair few in Edinburgh and Glasgow. However @HibsFanpoint about scheduling of televised games is entirely accurate. Also, you cant really equate bread and butter televised league matches with a one off cup game - If that QF had been at Pittodrie, I would be fairly sure that Hibs would have been at or close to sellout for that away end. Final word on this - perhaps we should simply agree that Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeen all have very good supports and leave it at that? This is an interesting point. As I mention above, I know a few Dons fans from Edinburgh and when they travel up it is by car (even in the old days when a mixed group used to stay over for a bevvy, we never bothered with the train), and I have my doubts that any Park and Ride solution will float their boat, as it could add a fair bit to their already long day out with kids. Agreed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 A crowd w**k - absolutely brilliant. Falkirk sadly missed from the discussion so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 14 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: A crowd w**k - absolutely brilliant. Falkirk sadly missed from the discussion so far. Ta da. As if by magic here comes 1 now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, Gaz FFC said: Ta da. As if by magic here comes 1 now Got to love a notification system that can alert all the fans of one club with one phrase. There could be an entire thread in that... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunty Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) On 16/05/2019 at 14:31, Tibbermoresaint said: Who's going to pay for these buses? Reading subsidise the fares. Will Aberdeen be doing the same or will it be "the price of a pint"? You know Aberdeen already run shuttle buses to Pittodrie from various park and rides in the city. One of them is Kingswells, which is just along the road from Kingsford. It costs £1.50 for a return. On 16/05/2019 at 18:46, Aberdeen Cowden said: You are missing the point. Almost everyone travelling to Kingsford will either be in a car or bus. A significantly larger number than travel to away games. If there are so many folk at the stadium that they have to use the buses for "shuttling" some fans are going to have a long wait. Fans generally travel to Pittodrie by car and bus. Fans generally will be travelling to Kingsford by car and bus. For the vast majority, their pre and post match regime will be similar, except they'll be travelling to and from a different part of the city. The time it takes them to get home might be slighter longer for some, shorter for others, but the vast majority will see little difference and will get used to going to a different venue and hopefully will find it a far better stadium to be in than Pittodrie. We're basically arguing over the vocal minority who can no longer walk to games, or away fans, or those that are so opposed to the move they'll desperate think up every negative. On 17/05/2019 at 14:49, HibsFan said: Pittodrie allows for both scenarios, plenty of supporters go up by bus and many go up by train too. Kingsford ruins that. It'll be shite and I can only hope it's abandoned swiftly. It's already been established in two polls that only 7-8% go to Pittodrie by train. Kingsford won't be "ruining" the train journey for many at all. On 18/05/2019 at 17:45, HibsFan said: You could band together, drive Milne out of the club and stay put at your spiritual home, and absolutely nothing bad would happen to Aberdeen Football Club. That would be doing something. And replace him with who? Everyone who has stepped forward to invest their money in the club - Cormack, Clotty etc - are all in favour of Kingsford. If there is someone out there with money who would be committed to redeveloping Pittodrie, now might be the time to put their hands up. On 18/05/2019 at 22:33, HibsFan said: The absolute state of this. It was a Friday night game in the middle of January, we took a decent enough crowd all things considered. No idea if this photo was taken before or during the game: Anyway, since we've come back up, we've had three visits to Pittodrie: Saturday 12:15pm a week before Christmas - 1217 fans Saturday 3pm in May - 2012 fans (sold out allocation) Friday 7:45pm in November - 1015 fans Essentially, a large part of why Aberdeen take more fans to Easter Road than Pittodrie is because we're important enough to have a rival. The TV cameras therefore use up our 6 game quota on 2x Hearts, 2x Celtic and 2x Rangers. This means Hibs vs Aberdeen is always a Saturday 3pm, the optimal time for away supporters. Since Aberdeen have the square root of f**k all rivals (although I hear Cove Rangers may be interested), you have two free Pittodrie TV games. These invariably are one vs Hibs and one vs Hearts, and usually fall on Friday nights. This completely hampers away attendances, as the last Edinburgh train leaves Aberdeen at 21:38. That's all well and good, but Kingsford won't change that. A Friday night game at Pittodrie is currently unmanageable by train. No doubt when the stadium is built there'll be plenty of away fans like yourself making out the reason they aren't following their team to Kingsford is because of the location, when the reality is they never went to Pittodrie much either. Edited May 22, 2019 by Dunty 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/aberdeen-fc/1760576/dons-casting-the-net-to-deliver-true-red-matchday/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico Pallazzo Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) KAA Gent Stadium Tour If (as the P&J article above suggests) this was the template for Kingsford, it might just win me over... Edited May 30, 2019 by Enrico Pallazzo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 14 minutes ago, Enrico Pallazzo said: KAA Gent Stadium Tour If (as the P&J article above suggests) was the template for Kingsford, it might just win me over... Ah f**k, its the wrong colour. Hope its not too late. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Enrico Pallazzo said: KAA Gent Stadium Tour If (as the P&J article above suggests) was the template for Kingsford, it might just win me over... Just change the colour scheme. Fabulous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 18/05/2019 at 17:15, A96 said: It’s certainly up for debate as far as I’m concerned. Any specific examples of the so-called managed decline ? I was in the Richard Donald stand for a Scotland game about 20 years ago, the one that was put back a day for that cumwallet Diana's funeral, other than that I have only ever been in the away section i.e the south stand at Pittodrie and it is falling to bits, doubt anyone, even Aberdeen supporters would deny this, can't speak for the other two stands as I've never been in them but, aside from the RD stand it's clear Pittodrie is well past its best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: I was in the Richard Donald stand for a Scotland game about 20 years ago, the one that was put back a day for that cumwallet Diana's funeral, other than that I have only ever been in the away section i.e the south stand at Pittodrie and it is falling to bits, doubt anyone, even Aberdeen supporters would deny this, can't speak for the other two stands as I've never been in them but, aside from the RD stand it's clear Pittodrie is well past its best. Seats being wrecked by TGFITW isn’t really an instance of the stadium falling to bits 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 KAA Gent Stadium Tour If (as the P&J article above suggests) this was the template for Kingsford, it might just win me over...They’ll end up with a slightly bigger Airdrie and everybody knows it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 KAA Gent Stadium Tour If (as the P&J article above suggests) this was the template for Kingsford, it might just win me over...Why would that win you over?! It’s fucking dreadful! It’s nothing but a soulless bowl - why fans are trying to dress this up as some fantastic arena is beyond me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, jamamafegan said: Why would that win you over?! It’s fucking dreadful! It’s nothing but a soulless bowl - why fans are trying to dress this up as some fantastic arena is beyond me. As new grounds go, that of AA Ghent is pretty good. You shouldn't judge other clubs with your own tinpot little shitheap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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