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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Jan 26, 2016 17:13:12 GMT
Let's back Worcester City to get back to Worcester City But WE do already, so that doesn't really make a great deal of sense. Its not us that this banner is aimed at surely?
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Jan 26, 2016 17:17:47 GMT
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Post by thesecondjack on Jan 26, 2016 18:05:14 GMT
I like a fair few of the suggestions, mostly because I can imagine what they could look like on a banner, but I've certainly been turned towards the thinking that if there isn't a club, then we don't need a banner, so if we do decide to have a banner, it should be to try and help get us home, probably by having a go at the council. On that thought, I think the best two suggestions so far are:
''Worcester City Football Club
Not Playing In Worcester Since 2013...''
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''Worcester city Council: We support our club, why don't you?''
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Post by thatloudbloke on Jan 26, 2016 18:32:02 GMT
thanks Jem I can see where we need to go now with the banner, I like the "Worcester City Council we support our Club why don't you" also looked at the Newbury link & found it interesting & with this as well...https://www.change.org/p/save-football-in-newbury-and-create-a-vision-for-our-young-people have WCFC or the ST raised something similar as i know the swimming club did & i supported that as i used to coach down there, & wonder if they could give us ideas/support on how they challenged the council planning people/councillors Banter Board people please give your ideas on the wording as from Jem's contribution also do we use the club emblem & if so where...
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Post by citytoon on Jan 27, 2016 12:32:03 GMT
Jem i created this as there were bits on other posts saying we need to get the message over to the council that WCFC needs to be back in Worcester & it was started on the back of the last front page WN story, & the thoughts were could we get another front page with something like this... the other side was also to have a decent Banner/Flag that we took to all matches, its in its infancy at the moment & were looking for support or not & asking for supporters ideas of what they want & who will dip in with funds. love to hear what your thoughts are on the how with what... we asked at the beginning for all contributions from supporters, ST & WCFC. My thoughts? Well, a local authority has no obligation to assist a private company like WCFC Ltd. regardless of whether it is a local football club with over 100 years of tradition and great memories for many citizens of Worcester. However, a local authority does have an obligation to provide services to its citizens, and offer the kinds of facilities that the people of Worcester are asking for. What I do know, from working with the Trust, and the Board (including previous Boards) for more than 15 years now is that the local authority have always given the impression to WCFC that they are in favour of a new ground, in favour of a valued football club in the city. It appears now that for many years, in reality, the local authority have been leading the football club up the garden path. This is most strange considering the latest planning proposal put forward by the club and Trust. Perdiswell is not a stand alone football club for the benefit of Worcester City FC, the plan is a community sports facility driven, funded, and managed by the very community that it will serve. Yet it certainly appears that the local authority have no appetite even for a community sports facility that the citizens of Worcester can be proud of. Compare this with the actions of other local authorities, such as Dartford Borough Council, who, after many years of having no Dartford FC in Dartford, funded a facility,not just for Dartford FC, but for the benefit of Dartford citizens, providing more than just football. They provide golf facilities, mini-pitch hire, community pitch hire,footgolf, banqueting and function room hire, bars that can also be converted into learning facilities during the week. And all of this in a stadium which is eco-friendly with a glass roof, solar panels, water run off etc. It is state of the art, it drives revenues into Dartford Borough Council, it promotes Dartford as a town of sporting excellence by encouraging all ages to be actively involved. It is a facility that Dartford Borough Council are rightly proud of, and has won many awards for its design and concept. Therefore, if the city council have indeed backtracked on support for the concept of a facility at Perdiswell (and lets face it, would the Supporters Trust volunteers have continued ploughing money and time into this without encouragement from the city council?) then it should be made perfectly clear where the blame lies for the plight of the club. If you want a front page, even national press coverage, then it has to be extremely hard hitting. It has to expose those who are responsible, and if that is Worcester City Council, then they should be named on any banner or flag, so it is very clear who this protest is aimed at. This banner isn't being made to show support for a football team, but to protest against the actions of the city council, so if this is what the plan is, there should be no mixed messages. I'm afraid things like "Come on you City boys" or "One City, One Team" just aren't going to cut the mustard at all. Lord Ealing makes a valid point. If this is a valid and much needed protest whilst the club is in the last chance saloon, then there's no point in worrying about whether the banner has a shelf life beyond a move back to Worcester!!
On the subject of being lead down the garden path- see what has happened at Basingstoke: Basingstoke- stadium update
A protracted process (irrespective of the end result) is my real fear with Perdiswell and would kill our Club.
The message to the city council needs to be hard hitting.
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Post by Dodger on Jan 27, 2016 19:04:50 GMT
My banner wording as follows (in blue on a white background, or white on a blue background):- W o r c e s t e r without the C i t y since 2012 / 2013 "We want to come home!"
The "without the" has 2 meanings. The first is Worcester without the City (FC) and the second is City FC playing without (as in the meaning outside) of Worcester. Dodger.
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Post by stamoo on Jan 27, 2016 21:13:16 GMT
What about:
WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL
BRING US HOME!
or
WORCESTER CITY COUNCIL
WHY ARE WE WAITING?
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Jan 28, 2016 12:07:03 GMT
I think that it should be made clear, if it hasn't already. Worcester City Council aren't just stalling on Perdiswell, they are AGAINST Perdiswell. They do not think Perdiswell is the right site, but have failed to come up with alternative sites as they promised to do. With the current Conservative led council, Perdiswell is already dead.
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Post by wcfcwarwick on Jan 28, 2016 18:28:48 GMT
Does anyone know if a map exists at the council showing all sites where a stadium could conceivably be built, before planning guidelines have even been brought into the equation?
BTW - Radio 4 News has just mentioned that WCFC could benefit from "the £33 million" to build a stadium.
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Post by thesecondjack on Jan 28, 2016 18:37:30 GMT
Does anyone know if a map exists at the council showing all sites where a stadium could conceivably be built, before planning guidelines have even been brought into the equation? I seem to recall being told that Warwick Neale, who works on the city council parks team (honestly, I didn't just make up a name off your username!)has a map highlighting all City Council owned land, should you want to get in touch with him to go and have a look.
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Post by wcfcwarwick on Jan 29, 2016 11:14:42 GMT
I could not get through to Warwick Neale but the woman on the phone instead asked me to send in a freedom-of-information request....so I sent one in. I'll tell you if I get anything...or not.
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Post by cloud on Jan 29, 2016 12:04:51 GMT
Does anyone know if a map exists at the council showing all sites where a stadium could conceivably be built, before planning guidelines have even been brought into the equation? BTW - Radio 4 News has just mentioned that WCFC could benefit from "the £33 million" to build a stadium. We also got a similar mention on BBC1- the 6.15pm (ish) Midlands Today preview had a reporter at Worcester for the lottery story, & he mentioned our situation.
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Post by Croc on Jan 29, 2016 12:44:32 GMT
I remember when the lottery thing first broke BBC Midlands Today did show an interesting graphic of how many season tickets you could by for that
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Post by wcfcwarwick on Jan 29, 2016 13:08:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2016 18:43:59 GMT
How about:
"Shame on Worcester Council for denying children sports facilities"
Alongside should be a sad faced kid with an injured kitten. (I put that last bit in to try and cheer myself up, but it hasn't worked.)
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Post by thesecondjack on Jan 29, 2016 18:54:34 GMT
Ah good find! A bit hard to navigate but gives the answers.
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Post by citytoon on Feb 8, 2016 13:27:31 GMT
Would be great to get this banner together before the FCUM game.
thatloudbloke did you get my PM?
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Post by richwidd on Feb 8, 2016 14:15:32 GMT
Would be great to get this banner together before the FCUM game. thatloudbloke did you get my PM? The Kings of Banners
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Post by thatloudbloke on Feb 8, 2016 17:05:32 GMT
Rich just wondered where we were with the Banner as at last home game i was told that ST were discussing at a meeting & were doing it for FCUM game, still will support if needed & i did mention to Jane & on here that i have friend who does banners & signs as a living & would try to get mate rates...
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Post by citytoon on Feb 8, 2016 17:09:45 GMT
Would be great to get this banner together before the FCUM game. thatloudbloke did you get my PM? The Kings of Banners They love a banner those mancunians! Imagine they would know where to get one made!
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Post by blueandwhitearmy on Feb 9, 2016 4:44:34 GMT
Would it be such a bad idea, To get in contact with fans of FCUM and see if they have any suggestions for the banner, I'm sure they will give us a helping hand, I am also trying to see if anyone would be behind creating a petition, Which if it got × amount of signatures then the Council would have to discuss it, I'm not the best of people to write the information about it but maybe Rich, Jem, Millie or Rob would be happy to do so as they seem to have a better way of how to word things that seem to get a reaction.
Just a thought,
Dec Roberts
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 9:39:31 GMT
A good idea Dec. I just hope it gets a better response than the one Niels and co organised at SGL to raise opposition to Boddy and co. Lots so fans on the Brookside claimed they were too busy watching the football to sign!!?? I wonder how they spend their Saturday afternoons now?
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Post by niels on Feb 10, 2016 12:57:22 GMT
Rich just wondered where we were with the Banner as at last home game i was told that ST were discussing at a meeting & were doing it for FCUM game, still will support if needed & i did mention to Jane & on here that i have friend who does banners & signs as a living & would try to get mate rates... TLB Check your personal messages. Niels
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Post by Bonzo Bitburg on Feb 10, 2016 14:26:56 GMT
This is the wording I would use.
"Worcester City FC. Abandoned by Worcester City Council"
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Feb 10, 2016 15:07:08 GMT
This is the wording I would use. "Worcester City FC. Abandoned by Worcester City Council" As would I !!
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Post by thatloudbloke on Feb 10, 2016 15:45:17 GMT
cheers for updates & messages, i also think this message is good & to the point so will get price with this, so we can get comparisons from others...
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Post by Woodenose on Feb 10, 2016 16:00:30 GMT
This is the wording I would use. "Worcester City FC. Abandoned by Worcester City Council" As would I !! Could we say Abandoned by Worcester City Tory Council ?
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Post by citytoon on Feb 10, 2016 16:21:48 GMT
Am working with TLB to look at making this happen.
We're in the process of organising a supporter financed banner for which contributions (both input into the design and financially) appreciated/required in due course. More details on this to follow.
My initial design which I pulled together last night is below. Am open to any thoughts/suggestions? Note the willingness to use of the word abandoned- how would people see that fitting into a design like the below?
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The white square surrounding the crest would be blue. Looking to order one as big as possible.
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Post by thesecondjack on Feb 10, 2016 17:29:22 GMT
Excellent news that progress is being made on this, so long as the white around the logo is turned blue, that design should work well. Should the font be larger/bold to make it a little clearer, mind? Wording is fine by me, but I also like the abandoned wording.
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Post by richwidd on Feb 10, 2016 18:23:36 GMT
Could we say Abandoned by Worcester City Tory Council ?
As Dean Hawker, one of the protesters is now a regular visitor to the Banter Board and now pasting messages from here onto the Protesters site, how about, "Support The Friends of Perdiswell". This was a group set up to promote the use of the park by and for the benefit of the people of Worcester, for the purpose of leisure, recreation, sport and community events and we are a founder member. At last nights meeting there were just FOUR people there which included me and I joined to represent WCFC Trust and WCFC to ensure that Football gets back to Perdiswell regardless of whether we ever get a Football Ground on there. At least the other three (who do not the football ground) back up their convictions with action. It would be good to see all of those 1000's of people against WCFC chip in (I think I know the answer to that).
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