maxywell Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I know mate, wtf are the board playing at depriving us all of an extra pint or two before the game, so much for being a "community club" It's so they can save money by not having to turn the lights on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 According to the MFC Twitter we are announcing a friendly across the border this afternoon. Fingers crossed for a trip to The Keepmoat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 According to the MFC Twitter we are announcing a friendly across the border this afternoon. Fingers crossed for a trip to The Keepmoat!! Berwick rangers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsMFC Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Doncaster happening then? From Kenny Black's interview in the Wishaw Press. "After the trip to Spain we have Doncaster away and Newcastle at home which is one to relish and we will also look to arrange more friendlies for the first team and under-20s before the season starts." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 According to the MFC Twitter we are announcing a friendly across the border this afternoon. Fingers crossed for a trip to The Keepmoat!! Could be across the North Lanarkshire border to Hamilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsMFC Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 From @MotherwellFC Motherwell can confirm their second pre-season friendly of the summer with an away trip to face Morecambe on Saturday 20th July. Not Doncaster then, bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Doncaster happening then? From Kenny Black's interview in the Wishaw Press. A jumping of the gun there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 A jumping of the gun there... Not Wise! Morecambe it is then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 From @MotherwellFC Motherwell can confirm their second pre-season friendly of the summer with an away trip to face Morecambe on Saturday 20th July. Not Doncaster then, bummer! Costa Geriatrica Take it the kids will be away at Cowdenbeath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsMFC Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Could've done Donny on train £20 return, had a few mates who fancied it too. Would've been a good day on the swally. Morecambe's closer to Motherwell than Nottingham! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 From Motherwell's Facebook page: Motherwell FC We hope to announce more pre-season matches very soon both at Fir Park and away. Working hard on another match in England too. As soon as we are 100% confirmed, we will announce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I've already had a bit of a rant on here about folk comparing the Scottish game to what goes on in Germany. Its fucking ludicrous. Exactly what does the size of Borrusia Dortmunds stand and how much they charge their fans to enter it have to do with Motherwells fanbase? Absolutely. There are probably elements of just about every league in the world which we could adopt in order to try and improve things, but the idea that if we drop prices to ten quid we'll suddenly get gates of 7/8/9/10k is an absolute nonsense. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen folk just bash out this tired pish of 'We should just be more like Germany, y'know?', without any idea of how they got there. Dortmund were on the brink of going out of business ten years ago, were saved at the last minute and the fans have been battling on ticket prices for years in order to get them to the level they're at now, it didn't just happen over night, and they're still well organised and powerful enough to be part of the decision making process. This is the same as Holland, where being part of, and actively participating in a sports club is almost ingrained in the culture of the country. We don't have this, and haven't for an age. I've got all the time in the world for the Bois, and the club seem to as well, and we're all benefiting from their contribution, but that's about as close as we've got. What the future of the Society is going to be seems to be up for debate, and as I'm not a member, a lot of that has passed me by. In addition to that, a lot of the football clubs in Germany grew out of multi-sport clubs to begin with. The 51% thing isn't that remarkable, the clubs have always had an element of membership power because those that are involved have been there for in some cases, generations. As well as that, it's much easier to fund memberships of clubs because of the sheer number of them. Of our gate of 5/6k, you're asking each to contribute a large amount of money in order to be part of it, as opposed to the 25/30k which reduces that significantly. As well as that, as mentioned, the vast, vast differences in television funding make an enormous difference. And contrary to the popular belief, all Bundesliga tickets are not 10 euros. The cheapest parts of the ground are, a bunch of the rest of the tickets are at similar levels to the Premiership, which the fans are attempting to make a stand on in some quarters. Someone else with more economic knowledge could probably make a link between the strength of the German economy and the Scottish one as well. But I'm a thickie so cannot. tl;dr: yeah, comparing us with Germany/England/France/Spain is almost completely pointless, as it's comparing apples with massively over subsidised and well marketed oranges. Apologies for the essay, I'm just fed up of the shitey and lazy comparisons to Germany from a position of 'enlightenment', when in fact its about as ignorant as it comes along. It won't fix it now, it won't fix it ever. What we need is a Scottish solution to Scottish league problems. Finally, Scotland population: 5,295,400 Germany population: 80,399,300. - 15.18 times the size. Motherwell average attendance: 5118 Dortmund average attendance: 77,248 - 15.09 times the size. Oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Exactly. I think we could learn a lot from the German financial model, and the French 10 year plan they adopted to improve their game from the grass roots (albeit on a much smaller scale). However, while that would improve the quality on the park and maybe (just maybe) lead to more financial stability, I doubt it would have much of an impact on attendances. We could make it free entry at Fir Park every week and I doubt we'd ever see it full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Sanity from thisGRAEME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special aka Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 ..................................................... Scotland population: 5,295,400 Germany population: 80,399,300. - 15.18 times the size. Motherwell average attendance: 5118 Dortmund average attendance: 77,248 - 15.09 times the size. Oh. Dortmund, (and many other German Clubs), have managed to double their stadium capacity and attendances in the last 30yrs, while in Scotland I think attendances have dropped. Good post tho Graeme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Really glad about the Morecambe game as I have a good mate who is a Morecambe fan and I been to see them a number of time when I visit my mate (he's also come to a number of Well games and has never seen us lose!) The only problem is that I'm due to working that day (arse) but I'm begining to feel a bad cold coming on which might take a few weeks to really kick in.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickle Pickle Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://www.football.co.uk/newcastle_united/toon_stars_miss_motherwell_opener_rss4325755.shtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Newcastle look beatable then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://www.football...._medium=twitter Newcastle look beatable then... And the rest of them start pre-season a week after us......we'll pump them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special aka Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Trains booked ............ Morecambe here we come. Kings Arms bar ............... right on the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special aka Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Anyone else going ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 yes the 9 signed players that we have will be there !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcalf Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Nah fuck it, am going to Donny the week before still, had my heart set on that trip and its our wedding anniversary so my pennies are going there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Any chance of a Sevco pre-season game to see if we can beat them? I would even accept a closed doors victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coylealan Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Anyone else going ? Yeah, got my train tickets through yesterday, managed to rope my brother into making the trip as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan09 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 http://www.football...._medium=twitter Newcastle look beatable then... that will see a reduction in attendance then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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