Flag/Regiment Thread (Continued)

Quote: Jimmy Birts Lives On "Thanks for the comments and constructive criticism. We’ve had similar messages from fans of other clubs up and down the leagues. Fair point about it looking official. That’s something that’s hard to get away from in modern stadia like the DW. The only place you can use tele poles are on the concourse in front of the stand. You need the clubs permission to even set foot on that concourse. You then have the Head Steward for the South Stand who is dead against this. Other difficulties in a ground like the DW is the problem of grouping likeminded fans together. It’s early days so you’ve still got people interested who are season ticket holders in other stands. Over time maybe this’ll change.

There is no way of getting away from the fact that you have to work with the club on some things like flags on top of the gantry and standing on the concourse in front of the stand. Impossible to do those things if you don’t work with them. Other things we haven’t asked permission for and have been rumbled.

Like I say, encouragement, support and constructive criticism received from Saints, Salford, Huddersfield, Halifax, Leyth fans etc as well as fans of football clubs. Only set of fans with an obsession with it are Wire fans and I wonder why that is? All boils down to jealousy and bitterness. If they were doing it I’d say good on em’. It looks good and that reflects better on the sport if it’s seen that its support base is vibrant.

We’ll keep plugging away at it anyway, start to build on the home made stuff and sort some displays out for this season. Displays without scratty ingerlund flags that Umbro give away free during a World Cup.'"

Spot on mate, if there is something we are most definately NOT its official. But its impossible not to work with the club on certain issues, if we had a ground like the Willows we would do other stuff we have discussed and get away with it very easily were as in the DW its impossible to get away with "other stuff" you'd simply be ejected with immediate effect. We should be immensely proud of what we have achieved in the last year in terms of the 30+ gantry flags and all the wavers, completely SELF FUNDED. The away displays we have put up have been brilliant and worth every minute of our time and effort. I wish all these Wire lot that have a pop could see the messages of support and encouragement we have had off people at well respected football clubs around europe and how impressed people have been with what we have brought to the RL table in terms of vibrant support.