It was the way it was done and many feel that the Club was no longer their club as Wood and co did whatever they wanted despite what the fans wanted. The name Blue Sox was one example. The Courier ran a competition for a new name and Bomber was the top one alongside a couple of others. Wood came up wi Blue Sox! A number of people felt the sale of Thrum Hall was rash and not done properly.I remember there was a lot of feelings about what was going on at fax as well as the game as a whole around 95/96. Widnes and Keighley were shafted by the RFL around this time I think as well.
Also a number of older fans were unhappy with switching to summer and felt the Sale of the Ground and having stupid nicknames was a step to far. That certainly was the case of my parents next door neighbours who had followed Fax for 30 years. They viewed summer for Holidays, Cricket and family events not Rugby.
Quote: johnny freeman fan club "That confirms my point ,you could walk into an empty Thrum Hall when a match was`nt on and it still made you tingle I`ve gone down the Shay when there have been decent crowds and "nothing".Not complaining it`s what we`ve been dealt but to compare the two is laughable.'"
That is so true, it was a very special place for us Fax fans!
Quote: For Fax Sake "And often more than down the Shay the same evening for the football.
And what about the tomato soup!?'"
remember they used to announce the town score and crowd , always raised a chuckle as fo the sump i think ive still got a scolded tongue 20 years later!
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as fo the sump i think ive still got a scolded tongue 20 years later!
