The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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Don't even think I'll bother to knock one out when it's finally done now.14
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ATTENDED BOTH GAMES 3001 attendance was amended up to 3015 in colins book game played 6th march 73clive said:
Derek Hales scored a Hat-trick against Halifax on a snow covered pitch in a 3-1 win on 18th March 1975,a gate of 3001 must be the game your referring to,i was also there.soapboxsam said:
I think maybe the Halifax game and not Port Vale was the match that I was trying to remember from over 40 years ago !TellyTubby said:
I think our lowest valley attendance back then was little more than 3k v Halifax on a Tuesday evening.soapboxsam said:In the mid 70's when Michael Gliksten was the owner we played Port Vale at home in the 3rd tier and from memory I thought there was under 4 thousand.
No social media, just local papers, phones and word of mouth.
Fans stop going when they see no ambition from owners plus we sold players from 65 to 75 that could have held there own in the top tier if we had a decent owner.
Bailey, Bonds, Glover, Campbell, Moore, kenning, Flanagan, Hales plus others coming into an established side.
I can assure younger fans we have been here before, the difference is we've a decent stadium now not a crumbling wreak of a ground.
IF we can only see the back of this flawed experiment then Adults can make their own minds up whether to invest their time, money and emotions in Cafc.
I got Stanleyed as I was close to leaving the top of Marion Wilson park. Don't know who attacked me but they weren't at the match. I guess millwall.
I never for once thought about not going again even though my artery was very close to being severed. Just shows that Roland is more destructive than a bunch of thugs with knives.
Apathy is a strong force and we shouldn't underestimate it.
I can recall the Spartan isolation of that match.3 -
i was there it was pissing down all day and at the game-----wonder how long before we reach yhose numbers on a regular basis1
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I too was at that game. If everybody had taken a cat they could have all swung it around without hitting anyone.0
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I didn't go to this game , but my cat did .9
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Hate to put a bummer on things, but the general lighting at The Valley operates on movement sensors and has for some time. So lights will be off unless someone is moving about and hey presto, they come on.
Very sensible and very green.
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And I went to the Killer Hattrick 3-1 win. Though it was one of the bigger crowds I'd been in.3
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If our floodlights worked on a similar system, our midfield could have save the club a bundle.Addickted said:Hate to put a bummer on things, but the general lighting at The Valley operates on movement sensors and has for some time. So lights will be off unless someone is moving about and hey presto, they come on.
Very sensible and very green.32 -
Your cat has attended more games than Roland has.sinceiwasyoung said:I didn't go to this game , but my cat did .
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Just for the record happyvalley the term......”Not enough room to swing a cat” does not refer to cats at all.happyvalley said:I too was at that game. If everybody had taken a cat they could have all swung it around without hitting anyone.
It in fact refers to ‘the cat of nine tails’.......as used by The Royal Navy for punishment purposes.
So, nothing whatever to do with Moggies.2 - Sponsored links:
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See my post above.NapaAddick said:
Your cat has attended more games than Roland has.sinceiwasyoung said:I didn't go to this game , but my cat did .
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Not interested at all anymore but just posting in case there's a prize at the end for those left standing.8
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Not necessarily - if they are phorescent tubes they are more efficient left on (I believe) as the power needed to fire them up negates any saving of having them switch off and then on again...Addickted said:Hate to put a bummer on things, but the general lighting at The Valley operates on movement sensors and has for some time. So lights will be off unless someone is moving about and hey presto, they come on.
Very sensible and very green.
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That's the one(the one with snow, whatever the score or year). Lowest league attendance at the valley I believe......until this coming season.clive said:
Derek Hales scored a Hat-trick against Halifax on a snow covered pitch in a 3-1 win on 18th March 1975,a gate of 3001 must be the game your referring to,i was also there.soapboxsam said:
I think maybe the Halifax game and not Port Vale was the match that I was trying to remember from over 40 years ago !TellyTubby said:
I think our lowest valley attendance back then was little more than 3k v Halifax on a Tuesday evening.soapboxsam said:In the mid 70's when Michael Gliksten was the owner we played Port Vale at home in the 3rd tier and from memory I thought there was under 4 thousand.
No social media, just local papers, phones and word of mouth.
Fans stop going when they see no ambition from owners plus we sold players from 65 to 75 that could have held there own in the top tier if we had a decent owner.
Bailey, Bonds, Glover, Campbell, Moore, kenning, Flanagan, Hales plus others coming into an established side.
I can assure younger fans we have been here before, the difference is we've a decent stadium now not a crumbling wreak of a ground.
IF we can only see the back of this flawed experiment then Adults can make their own minds up whether to invest their time, money and emotions in Cafc.
I got Stanleyed as I was close to leaving the top of Marion Wilson park. Don't know who attacked me but they weren't at the match. I guess millwall.
I never for once thought about not going again even though my artery was very close to being severed. Just shows that Roland is more destructive than a bunch of thugs with knives.
Apathy is a strong force and we shouldn't underestimate it.
I can recall the Spartan isolation of that match.2 -
Perhaps the last one left standing could switch off the lights .............oh hold on....!grumpyaddick said:Not interested at all anymore but just posting in case there's a prize at the end for those left standing.
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LEDcafc-west said:
Not necessarily - if they are phorescent tubes they are more efficient left on (I believe) as the power needed to fire them up negates any saving of having them switch off and then on again...Addickted said:Hate to put a bummer on things, but the general lighting at The Valley operates on movement sensors and has for some time. So lights will be off unless someone is moving about and hey presto, they come on.
Very sensible and very green.0 -
I like this lights stuff.
My car's got adaptive headlights so surely it would be quite easy to have adaptive floodlights at the ground?
Only light up the bit of the pitch where there's any activity. Although I suppose the opposition goalkeeper might get a bit hacked off being in total darkness all match.3 -
It's a myth.cafc-west said:
Not necessarily - if they are phorescent tubes they are more efficient left on (I believe) as the power needed to fire them up negates any saving of having them switch off and then on again...Addickted said:Hate to put a bummer on things, but the general lighting at The Valley operates on movement sensors and has for some time. So lights will be off unless someone is moving about and hey presto, they come on.
Very sensible and very green.
https://www.environment.admin.cam.ac.uk/resources/mythbusters-facts-top-tips/fluorescent-myth6 -
The keeper can move around and make himself busy , maybe do what dazzlers possibly gonna do once the takeover happenscafcfan said:I like this lights stuff.
My car's got adaptive headlights so surely it would be quite easy to have adaptive floodlights at the ground?
Only light up the bit of the pitch where there's any activity. Although I suppose the opposition goalkeeper might get a bit hacked off being in total darkness all match.3 - Sponsored links:
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He'd have to take his gloves off though wouldn't he? Hey there's another cost cutting measure right there - don't buy gloves for the keeper. Totally unnecessary.oohaahmortimer said:
The keeper can move around and make himself busy , maybe do what dazzlers possibly gonna do once the takeover happenscafcfan said:I like this lights stuff.
My car's got adaptive headlights so surely it would be quite easy to have adaptive floodlights at the ground?
Only light up the bit of the pitch where there's any activity. Although I suppose the opposition goalkeeper might get a bit hacked off being in total darkness all match.5 -
Interesting haircutcafcfan said:
He'd have to take his gloves off though wouldn't he? Hey there's another cost cutting measure right there - don't buy gloves for the keeper. Totally unnecessary.oohaahmortimer said:
The keeper can move around and make himself busy , maybe do what dazzlers possibly gonna do once the takeover happenscafcfan said:I like this lights stuff.
My car's got adaptive headlights so surely it would be quite easy to have adaptive floodlights at the ground?
Only light up the bit of the pitch where there's any activity. Although I suppose the opposition goalkeeper might get a bit hacked off being in total darkness all match.7 -
Done deal according to this.
https://derijkstebelgen.be/nieuws/nieuw-roland-duchatelet-pompt-80-miljoen-verlieslatend-vastgoed-stayen/
+ I didn't know Roland had such a close association with the Japanese porn industry.0 -
Just seen an above similar joke so I will edit and say this instead:
This.0 -
So from that article he is raising 80m capital in his Stayen company? why?0
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To cover losses and allow future investment.
It say he recently sold Charlton.2 -
Bloody hell, he's losing money left, right and centre - not his fault though I expect.carly burn said:Done deal according to this.
https://derijkstebelgen.be/nieuws/nieuw-roland-duchatelet-pompt-80-miljoen-verlieslatend-vastgoed-stayen/
+ I didn't know Roland had such a close association with the Japanese porn industry.
The same site reported he sold Charlton on 21st June, which we know isn't true.
https://derijkstebelgen.be/nieuws/duchatelet-verkoopt-vermaledijde-charlton/3 -
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Good spot! It looks like someone has carefully placed a perfectly formed turd on his head!killerandflash said:
Interesting haircutcafcfan said:
He'd have to take his gloves off though wouldn't he? Hey there's another cost cutting measure right there - don't buy gloves for the keeper. Totally unnecessary.oohaahmortimer said:
The keeper can move around and make himself busy , maybe do what dazzlers possibly gonna do once the takeover happenscafcfan said:I like this lights stuff.
My car's got adaptive headlights so surely it would be quite easy to have adaptive floodlights at the ground?
Only light up the bit of the pitch where there's any activity. Although I suppose the opposition goalkeeper might get a bit hacked off being in total darkness all match.3 -
surely if he is making plans to spunk more money the deal must be very close? or is he a total twat?0
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oldbloke said:
surely if he is making plans to spunk more money the deal must be very close? or is he a total twat?</</b>
Come on mate I am sure you know the answer to that one...2