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Hornets on Sunday 19:31 - Feb 24 with 292535 viewsEllDale

They’re tweeting that their “matchday operations” are being restricted for the home game against Barrow on Sunday for reasons that they don’t want to divulge at the moment.
The bottom line is that the crowd capacity is limited to 920 and there will be no cash admissions on the day.
Wonder what that’s all about?
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Hornets on Sunday on 19:40 - Apr 10 with 4715 viewsTVOS1907

Hornets on Sunday on 18:54 - Apr 10 by 100notout

What has He done ?


He claimed rugby fans know how to behave and then, six weeks later, didn't seem to think it included him, with a bizarre response to a post that wasn't anything to do with him in the first place. (Especially when it was someone just stirring things up. 'Amazeying' really...).

You'll have to read back to 6th March on this thread to see what I'm on about.
[Post edited 10 Apr 2022 21:49]

When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?

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Hornets on Sunday on 19:40 - Apr 10 with 4715 viewsTVOS1907

Hornets on Sunday on 19:15 - Apr 10 by Sandyman

He's probably been on the pop at Hornets all day and is now "behaving" whilst intoxicated.


Does that mean more money in our coffers? Excellent.

When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?

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Hornets on Sunday on 20:57 - Apr 10 with 4549 viewsD_Alien

Hornets on Sunday on 19:15 - Apr 10 by Sandyman

He's probably been on the pop at Hornets all day and is now "behaving" whilst intoxicated.


Sounds like he's had a polypin

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Hornets on Sunday on 23:05 - Apr 10 with 4409 viewsDaleiLama

Hornets on Sunday on 19:15 - Apr 10 by Sandyman

He's probably been on the pop at Hornets all day and is now "behaving" whilst intoxicated.


Wasn't it supposed to be too expensive to drink?

Edit: Don't know about a polypin - think he'll be going home to a rolling pin.
[Post edited 10 Apr 2022 23:07]

Up the Dale - NOT for sale!
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Hornets on Sunday on 05:43 - Apr 11 with 4284 viewsforeverhopefulDale

Hornets on Sunday on 19:40 - Apr 10 by TVOS1907

Does that mean more money in our coffers? Excellent.


Now that is all what matters. The more money from the RL fans the better, all helps The Dale, or the AFC.

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Hornets on Sunday on 07:54 - Apr 11 with 4207 viewshammerdale

Hornets on Sunday on 19:15 - Apr 10 by Sandyman

He's probably been on the pop at Hornets all day and is now "behaving" whilst intoxicated.


Not at the Spotland beer prices, he wont
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Hornets on Sunday on 08:42 - Apr 11 with 4158 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 07:54 - Apr 11 by hammerdale

Not at the Spotland beer prices, he wont


Beer prices are only going one way hammerdale. Further increases look likely too due to:

* Barley costs soaring due to war in Ukraine.
* Cost of electricity soaring - that's increased power the pumps.
* Government has increase employers national insurance and the minimum wage - both of which get passed on to the consumer.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/03/27/price-pint-soar-christmas-beer-b

The way prices are going we all might be teetotal by Christmas.

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Hornets on Sunday on 14:13 - Apr 11 with 3973 viewsbigdoug4

Hornets on Sunday on 19:40 - Apr 10 by TVOS1907

He claimed rugby fans know how to behave and then, six weeks later, didn't seem to think it included him, with a bizarre response to a post that wasn't anything to do with him in the first place. (Especially when it was someone just stirring things up. 'Amazeying' really...).

You'll have to read back to 6th March on this thread to see what I'm on about.
[Post edited 10 Apr 2022 21:49]


Typical bully. You like to give it out but don't like to take it. You come across as the Fountain of All Knowledge (NOT).
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Hornets on Sunday on 14:23 - Apr 11 with 3961 viewskel

Hornets on Sunday on 14:13 - Apr 11 by bigdoug4

Typical bully. You like to give it out but don't like to take it. You come across as the Fountain of All Knowledge (NOT).


It’s actually ‘fount of all knowledge’ BIG Doug.

You’re welcome.
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Hornets on Sunday on 15:08 - Apr 11 with 3919 viewsTVOS1907

Hornets on Sunday on 14:13 - Apr 11 by bigdoug4

Typical bully. You like to give it out but don't like to take it. You come across as the Fountain of All Knowledge (NOT).


Are you still going on?

When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?

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Hornets on Sunday on 15:30 - Apr 11 with 3875 viewsBigKindo

Hornets on Sunday on 19:37 - Apr 10 by Dalenet

Come on BigDoug, how many were there to watch Hornets today?

Big game against Owdum on Friday for you lot. I see you are still only selling tickets for the East of the Mainstand. Haven't you decided to pay for the whole stand to be open to get the bigger gate? Now you have had your loans repaid I am sure you can pay for the extra stewards etc


415
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Hornets on Sunday on 22:57 - Apr 11 with 3658 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 15:30 - Apr 11 by BigKindo

415


Hornets have announced its ALL TICKET for the Oldham game for Hornets this weekend:

https://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1059/matchday-information-hornets-v

There will be NO CASH turnstiles, and admission is only available via tickets.
"the game could become sold out."

If I remember correctly, our game vs Oldham was also an all ticket affair in September 2021 on police advice and there was no pay of the day option either:
https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2021/september/matchdayinformation_oldhamathl

"Saturday is an all ticket match. There will be no pay on the day option."

Let's hope that Hornets have a good plan in place for managing their advance ticket sales appropriately and have sent some in advance to the Vestacare Stadium for the Roughyeds .

Hornets have also changed their stated policy for this game to say they are not serving food or drinks from the 1907 until 2.30pm, looks like they want the hospitality £ more than that of the average fan, so not letting them buy food or drink until 2.30pm only 30 minutes kick-off.

The Cemetery Hotel is open before the game early at lunchtime on Friday and will be the calling point for supporters. They are doing a cracking Dale Ale with all profits from that particular beer going to the Dale Trust.
[Post edited 11 Apr 2022 23:02]

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Hornets on Sunday on 23:43 - Apr 11 with 3585 viewsDalenet

Hornets on Sunday on 22:57 - Apr 11 by RAFCBLUE

Hornets have announced its ALL TICKET for the Oldham game for Hornets this weekend:

https://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1059/matchday-information-hornets-v

There will be NO CASH turnstiles, and admission is only available via tickets.
"the game could become sold out."

If I remember correctly, our game vs Oldham was also an all ticket affair in September 2021 on police advice and there was no pay of the day option either:
https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2021/september/matchdayinformation_oldhamathl

"Saturday is an all ticket match. There will be no pay on the day option."

Let's hope that Hornets have a good plan in place for managing their advance ticket sales appropriately and have sent some in advance to the Vestacare Stadium for the Roughyeds .

Hornets have also changed their stated policy for this game to say they are not serving food or drinks from the 1907 until 2.30pm, looks like they want the hospitality £ more than that of the average fan, so not letting them buy food or drink until 2.30pm only 30 minutes kick-off.

The Cemetery Hotel is open before the game early at lunchtime on Friday and will be the calling point for supporters. They are doing a cracking Dale Ale with all profits from that particular beer going to the Dale Trust.
[Post edited 11 Apr 2022 23:02]


To be fair Hornets have had no cash turnstiles all season so far - just as we have. Thats because they use the same ticketing system installed by the Bot. Their seaon ticket holders have no seat reservations though - just a bun fight for the 900 seats available.

Bizzarely they seem to have made no change to the capacity of the mainstand for this game despite the expectation they could sell more than 900 tickets.

The reason for the 2.30pm refreshments element is because the lounge is dealing with hospitality til then.....here are no kiosks open so anybody wanting to buy a drink or food has to go into the lounge to buy them. Tight squeeze in there then.

If they only managed a gate of 415 on Sunday, and that includes the away fans from a well established Yorkshire club, the future isn't very bright. Are Hornets really down to 300 fans now? There must be relief that Paul Ormerod has writtenoff loans of over £200k.
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Hornets on Sunday on 23:54 - Apr 11 with 3585 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 23:43 - Apr 11 by Dalenet

To be fair Hornets have had no cash turnstiles all season so far - just as we have. Thats because they use the same ticketing system installed by the Bot. Their seaon ticket holders have no seat reservations though - just a bun fight for the 900 seats available.

Bizzarely they seem to have made no change to the capacity of the mainstand for this game despite the expectation they could sell more than 900 tickets.

The reason for the 2.30pm refreshments element is because the lounge is dealing with hospitality til then.....here are no kiosks open so anybody wanting to buy a drink or food has to go into the lounge to buy them. Tight squeeze in there then.

If they only managed a gate of 415 on Sunday, and that includes the away fans from a well established Yorkshire club, the future isn't very bright. Are Hornets really down to 300 fans now? There must be relief that Paul Ormerod has writtenoff loans of over £200k.


I'd not thought of it like that.

I suppose you are right; if there are say 300 Hornets fans then that leaves 620 spaces for floating and visiting supporters and first come first served.

I do think that Good Friday is always a bad time to have a home game with so many other distractions and people away on holidays.

For example there is an Easter Egg Hunt at Hollingworth Lake on Friday:
https://www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk/whats-on/events/family-easter-egg-paddle-hun

Good affordable food and drink options here:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/kids-eat-free-

It all competes with a game of rugby which at £16 for adults is not inexpensive and when you are putting the hospitality crowd before attending fans I guess that is where the money is in rugby league these days.

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Hornets on Sunday on 14:11 - Apr 14 with 3203 viewsEllDale

Less than 100 tickets remaining on sale apparently.
Last time I saw this derby, on Boxing Day 1989, there were over 8000 inside Spotland.
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Hornets on Sunday on 15:01 - Apr 14 with 3112 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 14:11 - Apr 14 by EllDale

Less than 100 tickets remaining on sale apparently.
Last time I saw this derby, on Boxing Day 1989, there were over 8000 inside Spotland.




How times change in 33 years EllDale. Not many Super League crowds get 8,000 for an attendance these days.

Rugby League is dying out amongst communities other than die-hard supporters. The RFL have overseen that demise IMO with too much support for a closed shop Super League rather than promotion / relegation.

Quite a few competing fixtures tomorrow - Oldham Athletic are at home to Northampton Town in a must win game, we are at Stevenage and there is a host of other activities on.

If Hornets only have 100 tickets left that will be a good crowd for them for that level of rugby.

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Hornets on Sunday on 16:42 - Apr 14 with 2996 viewskel

Hornets on Sunday on 15:01 - Apr 14 by RAFCBLUE



How times change in 33 years EllDale. Not many Super League crowds get 8,000 for an attendance these days.

Rugby League is dying out amongst communities other than die-hard supporters. The RFL have overseen that demise IMO with too much support for a closed shop Super League rather than promotion / relegation.

Quite a few competing fixtures tomorrow - Oldham Athletic are at home to Northampton Town in a must win game, we are at Stevenage and there is a host of other activities on.

If Hornets only have 100 tickets left that will be a good crowd for them for that level of rugby.


All that money over the bar from the well behaved peanut huggers too. Lovely stuff, get spending lads.
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Hornets on Sunday on 17:19 - Apr 14 with 2947 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 16:42 - Apr 14 by kel

All that money over the bar from the well behaved peanut huggers too. Lovely stuff, get spending lads.


Except kel, its not opening until 2.30 to non-hospitality holders? As Rochdale Hornets announced earlier this week:

https://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1059/matchday-information-hornets-v

"The 1907 lounge is available to all fans from 2.30pm for drinks, and counter service for food. "

Less than 100 left? They better not turn up until 2.55pm

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Hornets on Sunday on 17:40 - Apr 14 with 2908 viewskel

Hornets on Sunday on 17:19 - Apr 14 by RAFCBLUE

Except kel, its not opening until 2.30 to non-hospitality holders? As Rochdale Hornets announced earlier this week:

https://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1059/matchday-information-hornets-v

"The 1907 lounge is available to all fans from 2.30pm for drinks, and counter service for food. "

Less than 100 left? They better not turn up until 2.55pm


Ah yes, I remember now. Proper dummy spit from their board that. Bless them.

Their chairman looks like a right spiteful bellend on Twitter so we shouldn’t be surprised. Think the glory of being a chairman has gone to his head.
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Hornets on Sunday on 17:56 - Apr 14 with 2871 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 17:40 - Apr 14 by kel

Ah yes, I remember now. Proper dummy spit from their board that. Bless them.

Their chairman looks like a right spiteful bellend on Twitter so we shouldn’t be surprised. Think the glory of being a chairman has gone to his head.


They've "SOLD OUT"



The oddest thing about Mazey is that he so pro-rugby League that his Twitter has Gary Neville and Nicky Butt on it.

Didn't think Neville and Butt did rugby league as they are currently trying to turn the AJ Bell into a football ground!

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Hornets on Sunday on 18:42 - Apr 14 with 2801 viewsEllDale

Going off Twitter (which can be dangerous) he seems to be a mad keen Man U fan.
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Hornets on Sunday on 19:30 - Apr 14 with 2728 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 18:42 - Apr 14 by EllDale

Going off Twitter (which can be dangerous) he seems to be a mad keen Man U fan.


He's a big Man United fan by all accounts. Also tried to rename the Swinton Lions the "Manchester Lions" in a failed rebrand which alienated supporters.

The final straw before he packed in at Swinton apparently came when some disgruntled Swinton fans put a number of housebricks through the windscreen of his Range Rover.

The aforementioned Range Rover was then nicked from an NCP car park in broad daylight:



As you'll see in the replies there was a lot of sympathy from Swinton fans.....

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Hornets on Sunday on 20:00 - Apr 14 with 2696 viewshammerdale

Hornets on Sunday on 19:30 - Apr 14 by RAFCBLUE

He's a big Man United fan by all accounts. Also tried to rename the Swinton Lions the "Manchester Lions" in a failed rebrand which alienated supporters.

The final straw before he packed in at Swinton apparently came when some disgruntled Swinton fans put a number of housebricks through the windscreen of his Range Rover.

The aforementioned Range Rover was then nicked from an NCP car park in broad daylight:



As you'll see in the replies there was a lot of sympathy from Swinton fans.....


Perhaps that incident tells you more about the character of Swinton fans,
as opposed to their former Chairman who was probably trying to get some stability to a nomadic club and whilst I agree you cant just dismiss 130 years of history it may well have changed the profile of the club.
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Hornets on Sunday on 20:15 - Apr 14 with 2665 viewsRAFCBLUE

Hornets on Sunday on 20:00 - Apr 14 by hammerdale

Perhaps that incident tells you more about the character of Swinton fans,
as opposed to their former Chairman who was probably trying to get some stability to a nomadic club and whilst I agree you cant just dismiss 130 years of history it may well have changed the profile of the club.


It was 153 years of history that Mazey and his consortium were trying to rip apart:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7470773/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Scand

The national press didn't agree with that hammerdale and neither (as I suspect you know) did Swinton fans or the RFL.

Remember we are football club that has had a good amount of practice over the last two years spotting out of town individuals coming in and talking a good game.

After that we research them to death, find out the real stories behind them and then bring that perspective into the debate.

As has been previously posted the current Hornets Chairman is a bit of a butterfly when it comes to being involved in Rugby League clubs and has been involved in 4 clubs in 9 years.

May 2013 - Mazey joins Board of Leigh Centurions seeking Super League:
https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/sport/10456739.centurions-reveal-new-management-s

December 2016 - Mazey joins Leigh East - an amateur side - having left Leigh Centurions:
https://leigheast.org.uk/news/post/latest-news

September 2017 - Mazey joins Swinton Lions as Chairman:
https://rlobsessed.com/2017/09/07/mazey-new-chairman-at-swinton/

September 2019 = Mazey leaves Swinton following the controversy of trying to name club "Manchester Lions"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7470773/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Scand

November 2019 - First announced that Mazey is leading a consortium of interested investors looking to takeover Rochdale Hornets:
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/former-swinton-chairman-andy-mazey-leading-

June 2020 - Rochdale Hornets taken over
https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/takeover-of-rochdale-hornets-completed-30722/

Then you add in the fact that every bit of press isn't about Rochdale Hornets, its about Andy Mazey. Here's one:

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rochdale-set-for-very-special-year-in-2021-

This, at a time, when Rugby League as a sport is going through its biggest ever financial crisis after Sky Sports pulled the plug on the money tree that previously existed.

Here's a good question - what's in it at Rochdale Hornets for Andy Mazey that wasn't there at Leigh Centurions, Leigh East or Swinton Lions?

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Hornets on Sunday on 04:09 - Apr 15 with 2464 viewshammerdale

Hornets on Sunday on 20:15 - Apr 14 by RAFCBLUE

It was 153 years of history that Mazey and his consortium were trying to rip apart:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7470773/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Scand

The national press didn't agree with that hammerdale and neither (as I suspect you know) did Swinton fans or the RFL.

Remember we are football club that has had a good amount of practice over the last two years spotting out of town individuals coming in and talking a good game.

After that we research them to death, find out the real stories behind them and then bring that perspective into the debate.

As has been previously posted the current Hornets Chairman is a bit of a butterfly when it comes to being involved in Rugby League clubs and has been involved in 4 clubs in 9 years.

May 2013 - Mazey joins Board of Leigh Centurions seeking Super League:
https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/sport/10456739.centurions-reveal-new-management-s

December 2016 - Mazey joins Leigh East - an amateur side - having left Leigh Centurions:
https://leigheast.org.uk/news/post/latest-news

September 2017 - Mazey joins Swinton Lions as Chairman:
https://rlobsessed.com/2017/09/07/mazey-new-chairman-at-swinton/

September 2019 = Mazey leaves Swinton following the controversy of trying to name club "Manchester Lions"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7470773/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Scand

November 2019 - First announced that Mazey is leading a consortium of interested investors looking to takeover Rochdale Hornets:
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/former-swinton-chairman-andy-mazey-leading-

June 2020 - Rochdale Hornets taken over
https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/takeover-of-rochdale-hornets-completed-30722/

Then you add in the fact that every bit of press isn't about Rochdale Hornets, its about Andy Mazey. Here's one:

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rochdale-set-for-very-special-year-in-2021-

This, at a time, when Rugby League as a sport is going through its biggest ever financial crisis after Sky Sports pulled the plug on the money tree that previously existed.

Here's a good question - what's in it at Rochdale Hornets for Andy Mazey that wasn't there at Leigh Centurions, Leigh East or Swinton Lions?


I think he is in it to establish Hornets as a competitive Championship side, nothing wrong with that...he certainly isn't in it for the money..and I would agree that it was a mistake on his part to try and change Swintons history, still doesn't justify criminal acts against his property, as Rochdale have proved with Bottomley you can use legitimate ways to remove someone you feel is detrimental to your club.
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