Northampton v Barrow Match Thread

[Cokey]

I’ve posted our post match reaction on here in which Paul cox speaks as well as a member of my fans panel

Thanks mate, that was an excellent listen. Great having Paul on the commentary today, and enjoyed his thoughts and comments. Cheers.

[Bakewell Blue]

Just been watching highlights of other matches to see who we might want to play/avoid. Aldershot’s win over Swindon was strange, but their goals were very good, really well taken. Barnsley v Horsham had echoes of our epic at Oakwell 2 years ago. Please can we avoid Harrogate … And Bradford only had 3642 at Valley Parade for their loss to Wycombe. It must be grim there at the moment so let’s take advantage of that next week.

[SKIPPER]

Would love Aldershot at home. Rumours circulating that Swindon players had not been paid in October so staged some kind of 'minimum-effort' protest in the first half which Aldershot took an unexpected advantage of.They were allegedly assured at half-time it was sorted but warned of their future if repeated (speculation of course but some from Swindon fans). They came out in the second half and scored four goals but the horse had bolted.League form would suggest it was a one-off from Aldershot. What we will probably get is another away tie at a top L1 club or the likes of Stockport and Wrexham. Only advantage with the last named is it would probably be picked up by S4C or some obscure yankee station.

[32mile_cul-de-sac]

If White claims that goal would it be his first for the club? I'm sure a stato will tell.

[Big_Bluebird]

Good luck to whoever tries to take it off him

[Adam29]

If White claims that goal would it be his first for the club? I'm sure a stato will tell.

No, he scored for us in the national league winning season

[Cromwell58]

The numbers we took 168 was poor(1 coach) and expected 300-400 but the Bluebirds who went got right behind the team from first minute till last, our home gates are not great and rely on away support to look good (800 Morecambe) we have a special team and manager and who knows were we could end up and deserve supporting. The class of football they played yesterday was at times spellbinding and out played the Division 1 team for long periods of the game hopefully a home draw to save a bit of money.

[HenneysKnee]

“Our home gates are not great”
Wonder how many clubs have gone from circa 1000 home fans to 3000 home fans in a few years.
The strange fixtures this year won’t help us either; we will have a few weeks where we play at home twice in a week. Whether you agree they should or not some people will pick and chose which of those two games they attend rather than shelling out £40 to attend both, most people have a lot less expendable cash these days.

[Methuselah]

The numbers we took 168 was poor(1 coach) and expected 300-400 but the Bluebirds who went got right behind the team from first minute till last, our home gates are not great and rely on away support to look good (800 Morecambe) we have a special team and manager and who knows were we could end up and deserve supporting. The class of football they played yesterday was at times spellbinding and out played the Division 1 team for long periods of the game hopefully a home draw to save a bit of money.

What you have to realise is that money is tight for a lot of people.When you have a lot of away matches people have to choose which away matches they go to.We had quite a few at the beginning of the season and I think that people will prioritise the league over cup competition.That is not to say that we all would like to see the Bluebirds progress in the FA CUP.Correct me if I am wrong but doesn,t Barrow hold the record for the largest number of away supporters in the competition against Middlesborough.I think it was 7000.
I did suggest that maybe if we could find a way to reduce the price of an away trip to a maximum of £40 we might get more people going.£50 is a lot of money to some people who would love to follow Barrow when they play away.That is why the Northern matches are better supported.
I hope this explains why some of our away matches have lower numbers of supporters.

[Pedro]

The numbers we took 168 was poor(1 coach) and expected 300-400 but the Bluebirds who went got right behind the team from first minute till last, our home gates are not great and rely on away support to look good (800 Morecambe) we have a special team and manager and who knows were we could end up and deserve supporting. The class of football they played yesterday was at times spellbinding and out played the Division 1 team for long periods of the game hopefully a home draw to save a bit of money.

What you have to realise is that money is tight for a lot of people.When you have a lot of away matches people have to choose which away matches they go to.We had quite a few at the beginning of the season and I think that people will prioritise the league over cup competition.That is not to say that we all would like to see the Bluebirds progress in the FA CUP.Correct me if I am wrong but doesn,t Barrow hold the record for the largest number of away supporters in the competition against Middlesborough.I think it was 7000.
I did suggest that maybe if we could find a way to reduce the price of an away trip to a maximum of £40 we might get more people going.£50 is a lot of money to some people who would love to follow Barrow when they play away.That is why the Northern matches are better supported.
I hope this explains why some of our away matches have lower numbers of supporters.

As someone who supported Barrow for over 50 years I can understand people choosing to pick there games.
Not far of Christmas and will be even tighter for people with children.
You can be as successful as you want and if people are skint it's going to be hard.
I can also remembering coppering up to see if I could afford to go.
Still think this not paying at turnstile will discourage people.
Travel is expensive away from home so maybe a weekly draw could provide subsidy to away travel.
Money collected close season could be banked .

[Pedro]

On the game you can only play the team Infront of you.
Not to take anything away from the team Northampton looked disorganised on what I saw.
Our first goal no one marked Acquah, Ben Whitfield's a mix up with goalkeeper and defender.
We are now taking our chances and I think at time both the Manager and players lacked belief.
We have our best squad in years.If we do not get over confident I think we are peaking at the right time.
I honestly think we will finish in the top three.

[Big_Bluebird]

On the game you can only play the team Infront of you.
Not to take anything away from the team Northampton looked disorganised on what I saw.
Our first goal no one marked Acquah, Ben Whitfield's a mix up with goalkeeper and defender.
We are now taking our chances and I think at time both the Manager and players lacked belief.
We have our best squad in years.If we do not get over confident I think we are peaking at the right time.
I honestly think we will finish in the top three.

Acquah was marked he just jumps for the ball but his marker doesn’t

[Pedro]

Let's hope we avoid Bolton

[Esso Blue]

Fantastic result today, Banked 41k prize money & we get a 40% share of the gate money ( is that right ) 18 quid in wasn’t it? After VAT. Got to be 15/18K won’t it?.

Any split only takes place after the home side deducts their costs, so our share of the gate money will be a lot lower than that. The prize money is a great boost to the coffers.

[xerxes]

Any split only takes place after the home side deducts their costs

Are you sure about that? Who verifies that their 'costs' are correct?