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Re: Some important information…

By Gareth Coates (beano)4/7/2022 15:59Mon Jul 4 15:59:54 2022In response to Re: Some important information…

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This happens all the time in football but it continually misses the point. Ossett Albion merged with Ossett Town (yes, I know we're saying this isn't a merger but let's be honest it is "in spirit") to form Ossett United so that the town would have a more competitve club but the supporters of Town and Albion didn't support the town, they supported the club. Gooners and Spurs don't support North London.

True, but Ossett United gets consistently higher crowds than the two clubs which merged to form it. For example, in United's first season, they got an average gate of 474; more than Albion and Town combined in the preceding season and without the large visiting supports from Scarborough and South Shields to boost the figures.

At least the new Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) FC is attempting to be inclusive for any Swans who do want to get behind the club, with Old Gold rather than Lammas' yellow featuring prominently in the club crest.

I haven't lost my club, so I can't feel how Swans fans do right now and I offer no comment as to whether forming a phoenix club or joining forces with Lammas is the 'right' way to go. I guess time will tell. I am pretty sure that any phoenix club would have had to sit out this season, so perhaps the joining forces of the STFC Supporters Club with Staines Lammas FC will prove to have been a masterstroke, given that it provides Step 7 football for people to watch and a credible new tenant for Wheatsheaf Park.

Best of luck to you all, whether you throw your lot in with S&L or not.

Edited by beano at 16:01:55 on 4th July 2022

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