F**king top post pyeman,hope the Cas fans wipe the slate clean,get behind the club and enjoy the season.
Being part of a club isnt just about winning,its being a part of it and enjoying the good times and supporting during the bad times.
Best wishes from me in Ponty.

A great post there Pyeman

You hit the nail on the head about the performance's last year...they ruined many a weekend for me in 2012.

But when i sat down and thought about it...i couldn't walk away, my love of the club is dug in deeper than i thought.

I have had the pleasure of playing junior rl finals on the pitch,all my family have at some point in their lives have watched games at wheldon road and remain supporters & my late father (who was a season ticket holder for years and was born a stone's throw away from the ground) had his ashes scattered there.

I have been lucky to experience some great times watching Castleford over the years, watching some great players run,pass and tackle their blood to water wearing the amber & black. Lets hope we don't have to wait too long to have that feeling again.

One silver membership sorted...C.O.Y.F

Excellent post.

All I have to think is how much I'd lose from not supporting Cas.

Supporting Cas has been in my family for generations. My Grandad bleeds black and amber and has been going down 70 years and still does to this day. He's seen highs, he's seen lows. I will back my club through thick and thin and will always dig deep in times of need. THIS is that time.

We need everyone to forget about the past and wipe the slate clean. This is Year 1 of rebuilding Cas and we need to give SF and NF all the support they can get. They show enthusiasm and passion; heck, Nick is from Wakey. Yet, if he can show drive, determination and will to make a successful Castleford then why can't our own fans?

OUR CLUB, OUR CAS, OUR COMMITMENT.

I know times are difficult both at the club and away from it as the country goes from one recession to another. We at Cas are in our recession and after many years of spin from RW we now have a breath of fresh air in SF who tells us as it is, whether we like it or not.

I appreciate that what we hear we may not like but I'm afraid we are in this mess and we the fans have two simple choices. We either stick with the club or we dont. Now I'm not going to preach on here to those who dont know which way to go but when we've followed the club through 2 relegations and travelled in the numbers we have to places like Barrow and Whitehaven then I personally didn't have a decision to make.

Just like I have done every season since I bought my first "Family" season ticket for the Centenary Season many years ago, I was at the club shop to buy my season tickets last wednesday morning and I hope all of you out there will simply get to the shop, club or online and do the same.

Our club, our Cas, our Commitment.

Went and got my silver membership Saturday. They were queuing out of the door! I hope this continues and we get to the 5000 mark.

I personally don't think we will make it to that amount, which is sad because had we had a good season I think things would be very different and fans outlook on the club's future would be massively different

I got my Silver Membership on Saturday. There was an eldely gentleman in front of me who was saying that he wanted to buy a Bronze Membership at 50 quid. He didn't need to get one because he is a life member but he wanted to help the club out and take his grand son to a couple of games. I know he might not read forums like this but if he did I would say to him that that was a fine gesture of the highest order.

Take a bow sir.

It's that sort of commitment/contribution that makes you question whether you're personally doing enough and going that extra mile for your club.

Embarrasses some of our "fans".

Yes - sometimes you can sit back from it all and take it for granted that CT will always be there. The meeting last Tuesday night emphasized that that isn't the case and without "going that extra mile" we might not have a CT to follow.

= examples of such can be veiwed on Casforum.

That the reason I stay on this forum only Fully. I have been tempted a couple of times to join the Casforum but I won't be doing. It is quite on here at times but I prefer it that way.

I must say - I am surprised the club hasn't contacted season ticket holders and sent out an information pack urging them to renew.

Or was I just missed?

I would have thought that sending the information through to the existing season ticket holders was imperative to get them to renew

As existing ST holders we too haven't been contacted regarding renewing. However as attendees at the Civic Centre (where emails were taken) we have been pretty much bombarded with reminders to sign up, despite the fact that we were among the first in the queue to get our silver memberships on the night.

Swings and roundabouts....

Pyeman,ask your dad to tell you the tail of Tony Peters, unless he has done already,never get sick of hearing it!!

Is it printable on here ? Can we all hear it ?