by Alexander Litvinenko » 04 Mar 2013 15:19
by Fox Talbot » 04 Mar 2013 15:34
by Ouroboros » 04 Mar 2013 15:58
Fox Talbot As you get older you get more distant from the culture of football in general - and not surprising - it's a young man's game.
At the moment there's a lot the club does that alienates me. And yes we've made a balls of this season but it was a tough ask.
Heigh ho. Well done to the OP for sticking with the club through some thin times. But I disagree that we'll go back to being a small club of the likes of Exeter, Shrewsbury, Orient. We're up there with the Leicesters and Forests now.
The higher you go in football the worse the hype, the cost, the bullshit, the fixture changes. That's the price you pay. Personally I wouldn't mind going back to Div Three so long as we were winning. It's a lot more real.
by The Prisoner » 04 Mar 2013 16:45
by SLAMMED » 04 Mar 2013 17:06
by peterroyal76 » 04 Mar 2013 18:02
LoyalRoyalFanRoyal & Ancient after the Wigan disgrace ( and I'm sorry but that's what it was)
I hate to sound so patronising, but it was hardly a 'disgrace'.
We lost a Premier League game, over a decade ago we were losing games in League One. As I'm sure you are aware as a supporter of many years, the club has come on leaps and bounds from the days of minuscule crowds at Elm Park watching dire football.
A few seasons ago we were roundly smashed 4-1 at Plymouth, that was a near enough disgrace - heading towards League One with a squad good enough to be challenging for promotion.
We lost a game in the toughest league in the world, not a big deal is it?
by Ian Royal » 04 Mar 2013 18:02
Ouroboros Really surprised that nobody recalls that this poster has previous with throwing the toys out of the pram when things aren't going well. This is from 11 Sept 2011, after a 2-0 home defeat by Watford:Royal & Ancient Well thank you R.F.C. for ruining our week. Our Golden Wedding anniversary, superb meal out with loads of friends, big home party with even more and then we go on Saturday to one of the worst games that I can remember in all my 60 + years of supporting this Club. And certainly this is my last as I, as well as the Chairman, can no longer afford to support such dross. My shirt will now be used to clean the car and whether I use my S/T again is open to doubt.Angry - you bet I am.
And, I know that some of you will defend him, but if you get such a negative outlook from SJM (I refuse to recognise the 'gongs' ) then this spreads right through the whole Club and now the supporters! Just thank goodness we did not use the expensive hospitality suite.
So if they go down a Division and more in the future as they deserve then I won't be there.
Goodbye!!!!
So how did that work out, R&A? An unexpected title-winning season got you onside for another year, did it?
But apparently the only thing worthy of your money is constant success, so you'll be off now until we're good again.
44 posts and you've already flounced off twice - that must be a record.
Looking forward to seeing you annouce another acrimonious departure some time in 2015.
by LUX » 04 Mar 2013 18:35
by Born 'n Bred Royal » 04 Mar 2013 19:00
by Snowball » 04 Mar 2013 19:09
trueroyal1871Royal & Ancient It has been some journey but this old timer (coming up to 81) will not be renewing my S/T next season. My pension will be needed for life's essentials and after the Wigan disgrace ( and I'm sorry but that's what it was), I just don't have the incentive to pay to watch disinterested, overpaid players and a Manager patently out of his depth at this level.
I think we should have been reimbursed for that display!
Have many happy memories over the years.From early Elm Park days (the Wantage Road exit was open at half time so,as kids, you could nip in), lots of mud,leather,dubbin and Sloanes liniment. Meeting the players , Maurice Edelston, Dennis Allen, Jimmy Wheeler and others as, in those days Reading was a small market town. Seeing some of the greats, Tommy Lawton stands out for me, trying to forget standing on a table,singing, in the Spread. Going to the Matthews Cup final, all the 1966 games at Wembley. But now I have this feeling (as have others) of being let down badly. Lots of talk about the future from the top but unless a miracle happens (starting with Villa on Saturday- and dont underrate them!) relegation beckons. And we will be back to being a small club with limited ambition.
Rant over.
Good luck and best wishes to all Hob Nobbers
I totally agree with you about the Wigan game. If you're genuinely hard up and can't afford a ticket for next year I'll gladly go halves with anyone else on here who would be willing to help out an old supporter and buy you one.
by SLAMMED » 04 Mar 2013 19:25
trueroyal1871Royal & Ancient It has been some journey but this old timer (coming up to 81) will not be renewing my S/T next season. My pension will be needed for life's essentials and after the Wigan disgrace ( and I'm sorry but that's what it was), I just don't have the incentive to pay to watch disinterested, overpaid players and a Manager patently out of his depth at this level.
I think we should have been reimbursed for that display!
Have many happy memories over the years.From early Elm Park days (the Wantage Road exit was open at half time so,as kids, you could nip in), lots of mud,leather,dubbin and Sloanes liniment. Meeting the players , Maurice Edelston, Dennis Allen, Jimmy Wheeler and others as, in those days Reading was a small market town. Seeing some of the greats, Tommy Lawton stands out for me, trying to forget standing on a table,singing, in the Spread. Going to the Matthews Cup final, all the 1966 games at Wembley. But now I have this feeling (as have others) of being let down badly. Lots of talk about the future from the top but unless a miracle happens (starting with Villa on Saturday- and dont underrate them!) relegation beckons. And we will be back to being a small club with limited ambition.
Rant over.
Good luck and best wishes to all Hob Nobbers
I totally agree with you about the Wigan game. If you're genuinely hard up and can't afford a ticket for next year I'll gladly go halves with anyone else on here who would be willing to help out an old supporter and buy you one.
by Mid Sussex Royal » 04 Mar 2013 19:48
by Millsy » 04 Mar 2013 19:48
by Rex » 04 Mar 2013 19:50
SLAMMED I have no idea who you are and tbh couldn't care less that you're mincing off.
But thanks for taking the time out of your day to tell us all.
by Arch » 04 Mar 2013 20:37
by seahawk10 » 04 Mar 2013 20:57
Royal & Ancient It has been some journey but this old timer (coming up to 81) will not be renewing my S/T next season. My pension will be needed for life's essentials and after the Wigan disgrace ( and I'm sorry but that's what it was), I just don't have the incentive to pay to watch disinterested, overpaid players and a Manager patently out of his depth at this level.
I think we should have been reimbursed for that display!
Have many happy memories over the years.From early Elm Park days (the Wantage Road exit was open at half time so,as kids, you could nip in), lots of mud,leather,dubbin and Sloanes liniment. Meeting the players , Maurice Edelston, Dennis Allen, Jimmy Wheeler and others as, in those days Reading was a small market town. Seeing some of the greats, Tommy Lawton stands out for me, trying to forget standing on a table,singing, in the Spread. Going to the Matthews Cup final, all the 1966 games at Wembley. But now I have this feeling (as have others) of being let down badly. Lots of talk about the future from the top but unless a miracle happens (starting with Villa on Saturday- and dont underrate them!) relegation beckons. And we will be back to being a small club with limited ambition.
Rant over.
Good luck and best wishes to all Hob Nobbers
by southbank1871 » 04 Mar 2013 22:14
Ouroboros Really surprised that nobody recalls that this poster has previous with throwing the toys out of the pram when things aren't going well. This is from 11 Sept 2011, after a 2-0 home defeat by Watford:Royal & Ancient Well thank you R.F.C. for ruining our week. Our Golden Wedding anniversary, superb meal out with loads of friends, big home party with even more and then we go on Saturday to one of the worst games that I can remember in all my 60 + years of supporting this Club. And certainly this is my last as I, as well as the Chairman, can no longer afford to support such dross. My shirt will now be used to clean the car and whether I use my S/T again is open to doubt.Angry - you bet I am.
And, I know that some of you will defend him, but if you get such a negative outlook from SJM (I refuse to recognise the 'gongs' ) then this spreads right through the whole Club and now the supporters! Just thank goodness we did not use the expensive hospitality suite.
So if they go down a Division and more in the future as they deserve then I won't be there.
Goodbye!!!!
So how did that work out, R&A? An unexpected title-winning season got you onside for another year, did it?
But apparently the only thing worthy of your money is constant success, so you'll be off now until we're good again.
44 posts and you've already flounced off twice - that must be a record.
Looking forward to seeing you annouce another acrimonious departure some time in 2015.
by trueroyal1871 » 05 Mar 2013 13:40
SLAMMEDtrueroyal1871Royal & Ancient It has been some journey but this old timer (coming up to 81) will not be renewing my S/T next season. My pension will be needed for life's essentials and after the Wigan disgrace ( and I'm sorry but that's what it was), I just don't have the incentive to pay to watch disinterested, overpaid players and a Manager patently out of his depth at this level.
I think we should have been reimbursed for that display!
Have many happy memories over the years.From early Elm Park days (the Wantage Road exit was open at half time so,as kids, you could nip in), lots of mud,leather,dubbin and Sloanes liniment. Meeting the players , Maurice Edelston, Dennis Allen, Jimmy Wheeler and others as, in those days Reading was a small market town. Seeing some of the greats, Tommy Lawton stands out for me, trying to forget standing on a table,singing, in the Spread. Going to the Matthews Cup final, all the 1966 games at Wembley. But now I have this feeling (as have others) of being let down badly. Lots of talk about the future from the top but unless a miracle happens (starting with Villa on Saturday- and dont underrate them!) relegation beckons. And we will be back to being a small club with limited ambition.
Rant over.
Good luck and best wishes to all Hob Nobbers
I totally agree with you about the Wigan game. If you're genuinely hard up and can't afford a ticket for next year I'll gladly go halves with anyone else on here who would be willing to help out an old supporter and buy you one.
I'm not sure which one of you is the bigger twat
by Rex » 05 Mar 2013 22:44
by SLAMMED » 05 Mar 2013 22:46
trueroyal1871 If offering to help out a fellow supporter who is finding it hard financially makes me a twat then so be it because it certainly beats being a no mark cunt like you. I mean look at you, 20000+ posts and I can't recall a single one of them.
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