Off Topic Good Luck Hull FC

Att. 17,453 in this rugby crazee city

 

Talk of packed stadiums and Gollum getting in a lather about breaking through the 20,000 barrier for the first time for a club game other than a derby was a bit premature? Him and Pete Smurthwaite then went on about how the sort of gate mentioned, 18,000 were commonplace when FC first moved to the KC and the sell out crowds against Rovers. Fact is FC' largest ever average is 14,000 and no FC v Rovers game has ever sold out. The capacity of the KC is reduced to 23,500 for FC matches due to there being unreservedvseating available and not once has this figure been reached. Have e-mailed Gollum in the past pointing this out but needless to say he doesn't acknowledge this and prefers to carry in peddling incorrect statements in his deluded world.

 

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good Radio Humberside based rugby league-is-massive-lie.

 

Popped into Polar Bear late on for one last night, and got talking to a mate who went to the game. I asked what sort of a turnout there was at the KC, and he said "Packed, mate - 18,000".

****ing unbelievable.

 

Rervers 22- 23 Huddersfield Giants full-time.

 

Rugby town my arse
Both teams humbled on their own pitch

 

yeah, best of luck Kosovo <smirk>

 

Ah cool. Cheers for that.

I'm no League expert, that's for sure. I don't even know what half the terminology means. But I do know it's brilliant to watch. Fantastic sport

 

I thought it was the 'million pound game' ?
And the cheeky barstewards expect to get in for nowt?

 

I thought in this rugby mad city they would have had to be paying over the odds to get tickets on the black market for such an important game.
One worry is how many thousands will it knock off City's gate?

How many who claim they can't afford a ticket will be sat in a pub knocking back 7 or 8 pints?

 

I've done it several times for City. Just done it. Contacted a fan and sent him a ticket. Long time ago when no-one was interested. Never contacted any social media either, just went out and did it. But hats off to this bloke for doing it.
I rang one bloke up who had been complaining on the Peter Adamson show ( that's how long ago it was) He was saying that he'd love to go to City with his lad but was out of work etc etc etc. I rang him, offered to pick him up, take him to the ground buy a ticket for him and his lad and bring them home again. He said 'thanks but I was just having a go at City' I wouldn't cross the road to watch them, I'm Man U, me'

 

I did something similar for a fan, who I had never met, as you will probably remember. He said on C.i he was selling his season ticket with 4 games remaining as he needed the money desperately for bills. Contacted him via PM and arranged to meeting when I came over and gave him the £80 he had been after and told him to give me the money back whenever he could as I didn't want a long time fan missing the last 4 games in our first season in the PL.
A bit disconcerting to read his posts describing his nights out in the city centre when he said he couldn't afford to pay me anything back, though he did settle up months later. Ironically I think he stopped going before the advent of the Allams.

I suspect that some of these fans who say they can't afford to go have the money but it isn't their top priority.

 

I will pay not to watch Hull KR

 

The club didn't want to charge, their hand has been forced by the RFL, the fans are obviously going to be disappointed if they thought something was going to be free but it turns out it isn't. They only expected it to be free because they were told it would be.

 

Aye its a great thing to do.

 

He used to post under 'billy bremner'. I bumped into him in old town and told him what I thought of him after he robbed you. Full of apologies and said he would pay the money back, I think he left Hull, or at least the old town where he lived because he owed money all over the place.

 

He did pay me back after a while. He did move out of town. One of these who seemed to live life in a state of chaos. Made me think twice about lending money to people I had never met even if they are City fans.