| Loldham 10:10 - Mar 10 with 11467 views | WhiteyBFC |
Have moved their season ticket holders out of the Rochdale Road stand to make room for the travelling hordes from South Yorkshire this Saturday.
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| Loldham on 14:32 - Mar 11 with 1858 views | oa85 |
| Loldham on 13:27 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
In comparison, it is yes.
Take a look out yer window. |
haha its about as shitty as Oldham and Rochdale, pull your head out of the sand lad. |  | | |
| Loldham on 14:35 - Mar 11 with 1853 views | oa85 |
| Loldham on 13:24 - Mar 11 by tazzydjr |
Maybe they were thinking #FifteenisFancy would send club like yours and Biffo's deeper in the red balance   |
If you go on iplayer Mark their is an interview with our chairman and director taken from BBC radio Manchester last week. Have a listen lad, it will write a lot of your theories about our club off. | | | |
| Loldham on 14:36 - Mar 11 with 1850 views | PDIDDY |
| Loldham on 12:34 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
Not really. I just like what they stand for. Living within their means, overachieving, good football on the grass and I've met some good lads who support them.
Oldham and Bury are about as diametrically opposed to that as it gets.
You still want Flicker out? |
I know you've no mates but I'm not getting my flicker out for you  |  |
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| Loldham on 14:39 - Mar 11 with 1850 views | dingdangblue |
| Loldham on 13:31 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
We're not in debt. Keep up, Mark.
We're owned by a Barnsley millionaire. We might make a loss again this year, but it's his money to lose and none of it is debt saddled with the club. I think I can trust him. Whereas, Bury and Mr Day is another thing altogether.
Lets also remember, we have 20% of the transfer fee when John Stones inevitably leaves Everton for a European giant. What we reckoning right now, £30M to £40m?
Nice. |
Do you really think Everton will hold out for so much? For a centre back/fullback? Cant see them getting any more than 25mill - although if Man City or Chelsea get involved you may be right. Either way you should get a tidy 5mill minimum. You can have Jamie Allen for 1mill 😉 |  |
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| Loldham on 16:46 - Mar 11 with 1763 views | Biffo_Boy |
| Loldham on 11:32 - Mar 10 by WhiteyBFC |
It was more a post reflecting on them rather than us.
I can't imagine our club asking our season ticket holders to shift seats/stands to make room for Sheff Utd or whoever.
Very tinpot. As are most things about the likes of Oldham, Bury and Rochdale. You should all merge, and then could call yourselves similar in size and stature to us. You might even get 10,000 at home. |
Maybe Barnsley, Donny and Rotherham could merge and become a similar size to the Sheffield clubs? | | | |
| Loldham on 16:51 - Mar 11 with 1746 views | Biffo_Boy |
| Loldham on 12:37 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
£22 seems fair, relative to the rest of the division. We'll be charging you £23. But it's £24 and £25 in the home ends. Work that out.
Oldham is a colossal shithole, mind. Our away end is about as good as you'll find in this tinpot division. Great acoustics. Not that you'll have much to sing abart but the thought's there.. |
Brilliant, someone from Barnsley describing other places as a shithole!  | | | |
| Loldham on 17:52 - Mar 11 with 1692 views | anotherbiffo |
yeah, jog on, Barnsley lad - this is an Oldham board. | | | |
| Loldham on 18:23 - Mar 11 with 1661 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 16:46 - Mar 11 by Biffo_Boy |
Maybe Barnsley, Donny and Rotherham could merge and become a similar size to the Sheffield clubs? |
Why would we want to be like them?
Sheffield the city has a population of nearly 600,000, with two clubs in it. So lets pretend they've both got half of the city, so 300,000 potential fans each. They average just under 20,000, both of them in terns of attendances.
Barnsley the town has a population of 75,000. We average just under 10,000 in terms of our gates.
So of course, both Sheffield clubs average double our crowds (at present). But then, they ought to do considering they've four times as many inhabitants to coax into supporting them etc. So using those figures, it's clear that we're at least as well supported as they both are, or, better. I think Burnley and Chesterfield have a similar success rate in terms of conversion of populous into attendees. It also makes a mockery of the myth that Leeds (a city with nearly 1,000,000 million there) are supported amazingly. They're not.
Now, what about Oldham town? The 2011 census shows it to have just over 100,000 people living within its boundaries (get it?). Shows you up as a rather poorly supported, tinpot outfit really.
While we're here, there's just under 100,000 folk in Rochdale. And Bury has a population of around 60,000. Of course, I've kept it simple by comparing just the towns/cities, and not each borough. It makes little difference.
Sheff Wed are a bigger club than we are, based on success etc and their gates (as explained above). Although in the last 20 years they've had less success than we have, so that's 20 years out of the 27 I've been watching my club. Sheff Utd are no bigger than we are, they've had no more success than we have over the last 20 years either.
As for Donny and Rovrum, give over...
That'd be like me comparing Rochdale/Bury/Oldham with bloody FC Utd or Whaley Bridge FC or whatever.
Here endeth the lesson in how huge Barnsley FC really is. It was far too big for Keith and Flicker to manage, lets hope Lee Johnson bucks the trend eh?
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| Loldham on 18:26 - Mar 11 with 1659 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 16:51 - Mar 11 by Biffo_Boy |
Brilliant, someone from Barnsley describing other places as a shithole! |
Barnsley isn't the shithole you think. I live in Bradford, which in very large parts is a real shithole, makes Barnsley look picturesque. But Oldham reminds me of Bradford. A smaller version, but with the same awful elements bringing it down. Rochdale has the same issue but on a much smaller scale. Barnsley has no issue with that whatsoever. I've never been to Bury...
Make of that what you like. | | | |
| Loldham on 18:44 - Mar 11 with 1628 views | Luke8686 |
| Loldham on 18:23 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
Why would we want to be like them?
Sheffield the city has a population of nearly 600,000, with two clubs in it. So lets pretend they've both got half of the city, so 300,000 potential fans each. They average just under 20,000, both of them in terns of attendances.
Barnsley the town has a population of 75,000. We average just under 10,000 in terms of our gates.
So of course, both Sheffield clubs average double our crowds (at present). But then, they ought to do considering they've four times as many inhabitants to coax into supporting them etc. So using those figures, it's clear that we're at least as well supported as they both are, or, better. I think Burnley and Chesterfield have a similar success rate in terms of conversion of populous into attendees. It also makes a mockery of the myth that Leeds (a city with nearly 1,000,000 million there) are supported amazingly. They're not.
Now, what about Oldham town? The 2011 census shows it to have just over 100,000 people living within its boundaries (get it?). Shows you up as a rather poorly supported, tinpot outfit really.
While we're here, there's just under 100,000 folk in Rochdale. And Bury has a population of around 60,000. Of course, I've kept it simple by comparing just the towns/cities, and not each borough. It makes little difference.
Sheff Wed are a bigger club than we are, based on success etc and their gates (as explained above). Although in the last 20 years they've had less success than we have, so that's 20 years out of the 27 I've been watching my club. Sheff Utd are no bigger than we are, they've had no more success than we have over the last 20 years either.
As for Donny and Rovrum, give over...
That'd be like me comparing Rochdale/Bury/Oldham with bloody FC Utd or Whaley Bridge FC or whatever.
Here endeth the lesson in how huge Barnsley FC really is. It was far too big for Keith and Flicker to manage, lets hope Lee Johnson bucks the trend eh?
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Barnsley may have large gates compared to population size but the likes of Bury, Oldham and Rochdale are located close to the two Manchester clubs, both of which have a much larger sphere of influence than Sheff Utd and Sheff Weds. | | | |
| Loldham on 18:52 - Mar 11 with 1608 views | Ralphs12 |
| Loldham on 18:44 - Mar 11 by Luke8686 |
Barnsley may have large gates compared to population size but the likes of Bury, Oldham and Rochdale are located close to the two Manchester clubs, both of which have a much larger sphere of influence than Sheff Utd and Sheff Weds. |
Not this again... Barnsley isn't that far from Celtic and Rangers don't you know! |  | | |
| Loldham on 19:10 - Mar 11 with 1569 views | Biffo_Boy |
| Loldham on 18:26 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
Barnsley isn't the shithole you think. I live in Bradford, which in very large parts is a real shithole, makes Barnsley look picturesque. But Oldham reminds me of Bradford. A smaller version, but with the same awful elements bringing it down. Rochdale has the same issue but on a much smaller scale. Barnsley has no issue with that whatsoever. I've never been to Bury...
Make of that what you like. |
I worked in Barnsley for two years, it's a shithole.
What awful elements do Bradford and Oldham have (and on a smaller scale Rochdale)? | | | |
| Loldham on 19:12 - Mar 11 with 1558 views | D_Alien |
| Loldham on 19:10 - Mar 11 by Biffo_Boy |
I worked in Barnsley for two years, it's a shithole.
What awful elements do Bradford and Oldham have (and on a smaller scale Rochdale)? |
Well, it rains a lot. |  |
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| Loldham on 19:18 - Mar 11 with 1539 views | dingdangblue |
| Loldham on 18:23 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
Why would we want to be like them?
Sheffield the city has a population of nearly 600,000, with two clubs in it. So lets pretend they've both got half of the city, so 300,000 potential fans each. They average just under 20,000, both of them in terns of attendances.
Barnsley the town has a population of 75,000. We average just under 10,000 in terms of our gates.
So of course, both Sheffield clubs average double our crowds (at present). But then, they ought to do considering they've four times as many inhabitants to coax into supporting them etc. So using those figures, it's clear that we're at least as well supported as they both are, or, better. I think Burnley and Chesterfield have a similar success rate in terms of conversion of populous into attendees. It also makes a mockery of the myth that Leeds (a city with nearly 1,000,000 million there) are supported amazingly. They're not.
Now, what about Oldham town? The 2011 census shows it to have just over 100,000 people living within its boundaries (get it?). Shows you up as a rather poorly supported, tinpot outfit really.
While we're here, there's just under 100,000 folk in Rochdale. And Bury has a population of around 60,000. Of course, I've kept it simple by comparing just the towns/cities, and not each borough. It makes little difference.
Sheff Wed are a bigger club than we are, based on success etc and their gates (as explained above). Although in the last 20 years they've had less success than we have, so that's 20 years out of the 27 I've been watching my club. Sheff Utd are no bigger than we are, they've had no more success than we have over the last 20 years either.
As for Donny and Rovrum, give over...
That'd be like me comparing Rochdale/Bury/Oldham with bloody FC Utd or Whaley Bridge FC or whatever.
Here endeth the lesson in how huge Barnsley FC really is. It was far too big for Keith and Flicker to manage, lets hope Lee Johnson bucks the trend eh?
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Come back with your Rochdale / Barnsley crowd comparisons when you've spent 40 years of doldrums in the basement division. How we survived all that time and have never dropped out of the League is a miracle. And how we are where we are today is a miracle. | |
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| Loldham on 19:29 - Mar 11 with 1529 views | PDIDDY |
| Loldham on 18:23 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
Why would we want to be like them?
Sheffield the city has a population of nearly 600,000, with two clubs in it. So lets pretend they've both got half of the city, so 300,000 potential fans each. They average just under 20,000, both of them in terns of attendances.
Barnsley the town has a population of 75,000. We average just under 10,000 in terms of our gates.
So of course, both Sheffield clubs average double our crowds (at present). But then, they ought to do considering they've four times as many inhabitants to coax into supporting them etc. So using those figures, it's clear that we're at least as well supported as they both are, or, better. I think Burnley and Chesterfield have a similar success rate in terms of conversion of populous into attendees. It also makes a mockery of the myth that Leeds (a city with nearly 1,000,000 million there) are supported amazingly. They're not.
Now, what about Oldham town? The 2011 census shows it to have just over 100,000 people living within its boundaries (get it?). Shows you up as a rather poorly supported, tinpot outfit really.
While we're here, there's just under 100,000 folk in Rochdale. And Bury has a population of around 60,000. Of course, I've kept it simple by comparing just the towns/cities, and not each borough. It makes little difference.
Sheff Wed are a bigger club than we are, based on success etc and their gates (as explained above). Although in the last 20 years they've had less success than we have, so that's 20 years out of the 27 I've been watching my club. Sheff Utd are no bigger than we are, they've had no more success than we have over the last 20 years either.
As for Donny and Rovrum, give over...
That'd be like me comparing Rochdale/Bury/Oldham with bloody FC Utd or Whaley Bridge FC or whatever.
Here endeth the lesson in how huge Barnsley FC really is. It was far too big for Keith and Flicker to manage, lets hope Lee Johnson bucks the trend eh?
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The sound of his own voice, what a boring cu nt | |
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| Loldham on 19:35 - Mar 11 with 1520 views | DaleView |
| Loldham on 19:18 - Mar 11 by dingdangblue |
Come back with your Rochdale / Barnsley crowd comparisons when you've spent 40 years of doldrums in the basement division. How we survived all that time and have never dropped out of the League is a miracle. And how we are where we are today is a miracle. |
What no one has mentioned yet is that the best thing that has come out of Yorkshire in recent times is the M62. End of story. | | | |
| Loldham on 19:46 - Mar 11 with 1495 views | leonardrafc |
Another thread on here containing Oldham/Rochdale/Bury and Barnsley population vs attendance statistics?
Its been done to death.
Rochdale are sh*t
Oldham have a massive away following
Bury are a Championship club
Barnsley are "giants"
We get it [Post edited 11 Mar 2015 19:58]
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| Loldham on 19:46 - Mar 11 with 1492 views | TVOS1907 |
| Loldham on 18:23 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
Why would we want to be like them?
Sheffield the city has a population of nearly 600,000, with two clubs in it. So lets pretend they've both got half of the city, so 300,000 potential fans each. They average just under 20,000, both of them in terns of attendances.
Barnsley the town has a population of 75,000. We average just under 10,000 in terms of our gates.
So of course, both Sheffield clubs average double our crowds (at present). But then, they ought to do considering they've four times as many inhabitants to coax into supporting them etc. So using those figures, it's clear that we're at least as well supported as they both are, or, better. I think Burnley and Chesterfield have a similar success rate in terms of conversion of populous into attendees. It also makes a mockery of the myth that Leeds (a city with nearly 1,000,000 million there) are supported amazingly. They're not.
Now, what about Oldham town? The 2011 census shows it to have just over 100,000 people living within its boundaries (get it?). Shows you up as a rather poorly supported, tinpot outfit really.
While we're here, there's just under 100,000 folk in Rochdale. And Bury has a population of around 60,000. Of course, I've kept it simple by comparing just the towns/cities, and not each borough. It makes little difference.
Sheff Wed are a bigger club than we are, based on success etc and their gates (as explained above). Although in the last 20 years they've had less success than we have, so that's 20 years out of the 27 I've been watching my club. Sheff Utd are no bigger than we are, they've had no more success than we have over the last 20 years either.
As for Donny and Rovrum, give over...
That'd be like me comparing Rochdale/Bury/Oldham with bloody FC Utd or Whaley Bridge FC or whatever.
Here endeth the lesson in how huge Barnsley FC really is. It was far too big for Keith and Flicker to manage, lets hope Lee Johnson bucks the trend eh?
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Despite all that, you're still playing minions like us in League 1. |  |
| When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf? |
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| Loldham on 22:04 - Mar 11 with 1405 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 18:44 - Mar 11 by Luke8686 |
Barnsley may have large gates compared to population size but the likes of Bury, Oldham and Rochdale are located close to the two Manchester clubs, both of which have a much larger sphere of influence than Sheff Utd and Sheff Weds. |
That's a valid point. | | | |
| Loldham on 22:06 - Mar 11 with 1397 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 19:10 - Mar 11 by Biffo_Boy |
I worked in Barnsley for two years, it's a shithole.
What awful elements do Bradford and Oldham have (and on a smaller scale Rochdale)? |
It is. But not as much as Oldham. And my dad's bigger than yours. | | | |
| Loldham on 22:10 - Mar 11 with 1394 views | R17ALE |
| Loldham on 22:04 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
That's a valid point. |
Whitey, you do Bradford down unfairly imho.
I work quite a bit in Bradford and find it a wonderful city full of decent folk.
Yes, inside the ring road is like Calcutta, but the outskirts are very pleasant places. I was in Gomersal today, and driving through couldn't help but think what a nice area it looked.
I think the same when I'm in Bingley, Baildon, Saltaire etc. It's a much nicer City than Manchester for example but gets a 'label' which I 'm not legally allowed to spell out, but you should be prouder of your residency. |  |
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| Loldham on 22:17 - Mar 11 with 1388 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 19:18 - Mar 11 by dingdangblue |
Come back with your Rochdale / Barnsley crowd comparisons when you've spent 40 years of doldrums in the basement division. How we survived all that time and have never dropped out of the League is a miracle. And how we are where we are today is a miracle. |
1959 to 1981 we were in the doldrums. Struggling Third and Fourth division club. In 1973-74, our average gate was 2,862. So we've been there.
I commend anyone who supports their hometown club.
We're a small, second tier club historically. With a fanbase to match that. But down here? We're slumming it. We really are. | | | |
| Loldham on 22:20 - Mar 11 with 1386 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 19:46 - Mar 11 by TVOS1907 |
Despite all that, you're still playing minions like us in League 1. |
Status, ground size, history, managers, it's all rather meaningless really. It's about results. And ours have been the 4th worst out of 92 league clubs over the last decade. We are where we deserve to be. And we have been largely appalling this season yet could get promoted. Bizarre. | | | |
| Loldham on 22:27 - Mar 11 with 1378 views | WhiteyBFC |
| Loldham on 22:10 - Mar 11 by R17ALE |
Whitey, you do Bradford down unfairly imho.
I work quite a bit in Bradford and find it a wonderful city full of decent folk.
Yes, inside the ring road is like Calcutta, but the outskirts are very pleasant places. I was in Gomersal today, and driving through couldn't help but think what a nice area it looked.
I think the same when I'm in Bingley, Baildon, Saltaire etc. It's a much nicer City than Manchester for example but gets a 'label' which I 'm not legally allowed to spell out, but you should be prouder of your residency. |
I'm fortunate enough to live in a rather upmarket village a few miles away from the city. There are some splendid areas of the city, I don't dispute that. But there are areas of it that stun you with the sheer desolation and desperation of them and their inhabitants. There's not one part of Barnsley that I'd describe like that. And again, there are areas of Barnsley that are frankly stunning, for the right reasons. But folk always judge a town on the actual town, or at least the bits of it they've seen.
I've lived in Barnsley, Bradford, Stockport and Islington. All have good and bad areas, but I'd live in Barnsley if I had the choice (I don't... my missus is a Bradford girl and will never leave here and her family etc.. I made the sacrifice). | | | |
| Loldham on 22:52 - Mar 11 with 1347 views | Rosun |
| Loldham on 22:27 - Mar 11 by WhiteyBFC |
I'm fortunate enough to live in a rather upmarket village a few miles away from the city. There are some splendid areas of the city, I don't dispute that. But there are areas of it that stun you with the sheer desolation and desperation of them and their inhabitants. There's not one part of Barnsley that I'd describe like that. And again, there are areas of Barnsley that are frankly stunning, for the right reasons. But folk always judge a town on the actual town, or at least the bits of it they've seen.
I've lived in Barnsley, Bradford, Stockport and Islington. All have good and bad areas, but I'd live in Barnsley if I had the choice (I don't... my missus is a Bradford girl and will never leave here and her family etc.. I made the sacrifice). |
Tell Mrs. Whitey to move. Bradford's only 20 minutes away from Barnsley. Same as Leeds, Sheff Wed, Sheff Utd, Doncaster, Nottingham, Rotherham, Derby. |  | | |
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