| Just asking 16:04 - Jun 26 with 2479 views | username |
How many dale fans went to wembely in the play-off final? |  | | |  |
| Just asking on 16:09 - Jun 26 with 2467 views | Daleaholic |
Think the attendance in the Rochdale end was around the 19k mark or something?
But I think most proper Dale fans will agree the majority weren't genuine Rochdale supporters and were merely there because it was Wembley. Love to see how many would've turned up if it was a Tuesday night in Barnet. |  |
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| Just asking on 16:35 - Jun 26 with 2423 views | wimborne_dale |
| Just asking on 16:09 - Jun 26 by Daleaholic |
Think the attendance in the Rochdale end was around the 19k mark or something?
But I think most proper Dale fans will agree the majority weren't genuine Rochdale supporters and were merely there because it was Wembley. Love to see how many would've turned up if it was a Tuesday night in Barnet. |
probably true. I was sitting near a Blackpool supporter who waas there for the day and who had just seen Kirkham and Wesham win the FA Vase there the week before. But I don't mind glory seekers (and I use that term loosely) I'd rather people just turned up, whatever their loyalty. |  |
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| Just asking on 17:20 - Jun 26 with 2362 views | Vespa |
| Just asking on 16:09 - Jun 26 by Daleaholic |
Think the attendance in the Rochdale end was around the 19k mark or something?
But I think most proper Dale fans will agree the majority weren't genuine Rochdale supporters and were merely there because it was Wembley. Love to see how many would've turned up if it was a Tuesday night in Barnet. |
Ahhhhh.... The age old question of "what makes a proper fan?" |  |
| Up the Dale, C'mon Hornets |
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| Just asking on 17:23 - Jun 26 with 2353 views | isitme |
| Just asking on 17:20 - Jun 26 by Vespa |
Ahhhhh.... The age old question of "what makes a proper fan?" |
Some one who if they live within a reasonable distance and can afford it attend games? Obviously those that don't/can't can still be 'proper fans', it is just that their circumstances dictate that they cannot attend games.
I thought the question was when does a fan become a supporter? |  | | |
| Just asking on 17:38 - Jun 26 with 2331 views | Vespa |
| Just asking on 17:23 - Jun 26 by isitme |
Some one who if they live within a reasonable distance and can afford it attend games? Obviously those that don't/can't can still be 'proper fans', it is just that their circumstances dictate that they cannot attend games.
I thought the question was when does a fan become a supporter? |
Absolutely correct, but that's just my opinion there are others. | |
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| Just asking on 17:46 - Jun 26 with 2316 views | Daleaholic |
Why take it out of context?
Simply saying that out of the 19 thousand or so which were in the Rochdale end, barring the known fanbase, there won't have been many who had shown previous interest or support for Rochdale AFC. | |
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| Just asking on 17:47 - Jun 26 with 2305 views | bilbobaggins |
| Just asking on 17:46 - Jun 26 by Daleaholic |
Why take it out of context?
Simply saying that out of the 19 thousand or so which were in the Rochdale end, barring the known fanbase, there won't have been many who had shown previous interest or support for Rochdale AFC. |
what makes a true dale fan well let just say it the ability of when you become an old grumpy git |  | | |
| Just asking on 18:07 - Jun 26 with 2276 views | 442Dale |
| Just asking on 17:20 - Jun 26 by Vespa |
Ahhhhh.... The age old question of "what makes a proper fan?" |
It's almost impossible to answer that question.
I consider myself a proper fan but freely admit that there are away games when I can't be arsed going. This may be because of a number of factors - distance, form, something else to do - but it doesn't make any difference to how much of a fan I am.
Home games are a bit different. Football fans in general should always try and make a home game when finances allow and only conflicting events of great importance to the individual could stop them. Suppose it's a bit like church; you know your surroundings, who will be sat on the pew with you, what you're going to sing, and what general pattern the service will be, but regulars always turn up.
That's why it's important for the club to get new fans on board wherever possible - give them that sense of obligation and they'll be there for the run of the mill sermons and not just midnight mass at Christmas. Spotland has to be a place where people both need and want to attend.
It all helps to keeping the church going so that the roof doesn't leak and the graveyard is well kept. (can you get covers with slots in to put headstones through?)
nb. Not a clue about such religious things, but it sort of applies. |  |
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| Just asking on 18:35 - Jun 26 with 2244 views | Banned4ever |
| Just asking on 18:07 - Jun 26 by 442Dale |
It's almost impossible to answer that question.
I consider myself a proper fan but freely admit that there are away games when I can't be arsed going. This may be because of a number of factors - distance, form, something else to do - but it doesn't make any difference to how much of a fan I am.
Home games are a bit different. Football fans in general should always try and make a home game when finances allow and only conflicting events of great importance to the individual could stop them. Suppose it's a bit like church; you know your surroundings, who will be sat on the pew with you, what you're going to sing, and what general pattern the service will be, but regulars always turn up.
That's why it's important for the club to get new fans on board wherever possible - give them that sense of obligation and they'll be there for the run of the mill sermons and not just midnight mass at Christmas. Spotland has to be a place where people both need and want to attend.
It all helps to keeping the church going so that the roof doesn't leak and the graveyard is well kept. (can you get covers with slots in to put headstones through?)
nb. Not a clue about such religious things, but it sort of applies. |
There a lady that every season buys a season ticket but dose not attend the games and if a player scores a hat-trick donates a £100 to the player.
Would you say there not a proper fan | | | |
| Just asking on 18:44 - Jun 26 with 2229 views | 442Dale |
| Just asking on 18:35 - Jun 26 by Banned4ever |
There a lady that every season buys a season ticket but dose not attend the games and if a player scores a hat-trick donates a £100 to the player.
Would you say there not a proper fan |
That's covered by "it's almost impossible to answer that question".
In that scenario I'd question why she doesn't just buy the season ticket for someone else so that there's a fan benefitting from such generosity. But Everyone's different. | |
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| Just asking on 18:54 - Jun 26 with 2219 views | Banned4ever |
| Just asking on 18:44 - Jun 26 by 442Dale |
That's covered by "it's almost impossible to answer that question".
In that scenario I'd question why she doesn't just buy the season ticket for someone else so that there's a fan benefitting from such generosity. But Everyone's different. |
The club would lose out on a paying customer | | | |
| Just asking on 19:03 - Jun 26 with 2207 views | 442Dale |
| Just asking on 18:54 - Jun 26 by Banned4ever |
The club would lose out on a paying customer |
Ok. | |
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| Just asking on 22:12 - Jun 26 with 2114 views | downunder |
| Just asking on 17:23 - Jun 26 by isitme |
Some one who if they live within a reasonable distance and can afford it attend games? Obviously those that don't/can't can still be 'proper fans', it is just that their circumstances dictate that they cannot attend games.
I thought the question was when does a fan become a supporter? |
Interesting thread. What do you call the many exiles on here? Season ticket holders in the past, but work or lifestyle decisions have meant we have had to forsake our Dale fix.
All I know is that first thing on a Sunday morning, during the season, I turn the computer on for the result, I am thrilled when I get Dale shirts and the like for gifts, and proud to drive round with mt Dale Car number plate. I call myself a fan, and a supporter. The type of people who only turned up for the big games, like cup runs and Wembley, I would call them "followers" |  | | |
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