Quote: Halfdan of t'wide embrace "If we could get the crowds I'd say Quins The best purpose built club rugby stadium in London so no pitch size issues. Space for kids zones, live bands etc. Reasonable public transport access and in a part of London with good pubs, restaurants for those wanting more than just rugby.
Unfortunately we seemed to burn bridges pretty spectacularly there so there's not much chance. TBH the ground was too big for us by the end. Returning with current gate levels would be horrendous.
Sub 2k gates rattling around at Charlton showed just how poor an experience it is when there are thousands of empty seats.'"
The stoop is 100% where we should be playing. Before Hughes appointed idiots to roles they weren't qualified for as well as the insane name change followed by a dummy spit of gigantic proportions, we were on about 4k in a 14k stadium but with a decent match day experience.
As far as I can gather, the deteriation of the relationship with Quins was 100% down to us and the staff paid to make sure we were looked after.....we had a Christmas Open Day at the club in 2008 and I was asked to turn up early to clear the concourse of Dozens of empty kegs, sweep the concourse and pick up litter...all because the Landlord, who had played a game the day before 'didn't know we were having an event". They didn't know because the club didn't tell them....our attitude towards Quins was appalling, but Gus fed the "anti union" brigade and Hughes with utter nonsense so we changed our name and moved to Barnet where we shed thousands of fans.....David Hughes and Gus Mackay are the reason we find ourselves being part time and moving yet again........good luck to AFC........they deserve the 200k a year id Hughes pays no heed to the cacophony of people who have said "that's it"!