Appeal To Waterford People

pp_me129

As many of you know already Waterford United are going to fold in the next few weeks if things dont pick up, It was on the front page of the munster for any of you that read it.
This is a appeal to the people of Waterford to get out on friday night at 7:45 to the RSC the new stand will be open this is a south east derby.
Entrance fee is 10 euro.
The club needs you or it may disappear forever if you like them are not do you really want this to happen?

MODS: I am in no way connected with WUFC and I feel this post is appriate but if you feel different due to advertsing please feel free to remove this but the club NEEDS every penny they can get right now

So.. GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE BLUES

Sully

Do the "Blues" own the RSC or something?

pp_me129

no it is owned by waterford corp and is maintained by them WUFC have nothing to do with it but pay 200 a week to play there

Sully

Thought so. Ill give them the cash, but I have no interest in staying about. Id hate to see it fold. I thought Martin Cullen gave a lot of money to the club, or was it just to the RSC?

pp_me129

Martin Cullen I know nothing Good man yourself club needs everything they can get thanks

galwayrush

Best of luck for the future from a Galway United Fan.

aoa321

This is the first I've heard of this. Why is it going to fold - financial issues I presume? But you said that it only costs €200 a week to play in the RSC so presumably the "wage" bill is a major factor?

And that is the bit I don't get - so far as I can see the economics of sport work like this - you have a skill - hundreds/thousands of people will pay to see you - then you deserve monetary reward. However if people don't want to see you if doesn't matter how good you are at soccer or running or mountain biking or anything else - there is no reason why you should you get paid.

I have very little sympathy for the blues to be honest. Last season I brought my 5 year old regulalry and sat in stand with about 1,000 other people and it cost me €15 and him €7 to get in to see some basically boring matches.

This year they get relegated and the cost to get in for the first game I attended? €15 for me and €7 for him, I sat there with about 4 to 5 hundred others and watched a first division game - this really left a sour taste in my mouth. I compare this with a trip to a National Hurling League match (Waterford v. Kilkenny) when I paid €15 and my 2 children were free to see the best hurlers in the country - I think I got into the national hurling league final for that price last year, packed crowd of 20,000 and electric atmosphere.

So the blues finally copped on and last week I got in for €15 and the little man was free. But you know what - I have already decided not to go back cos I'm sick of the blues screwing the people who want to support them - they live in la la land, it's not the Premiership in England, nobody is really interested in going to the games so they try to screw their "wages" out of the punters who are supporting them - a joke!

I wrote to the FAI about my frustrations - no response.

And the kids who sing and bang thier drums all the way through the match, one of whom I know for a fact was charged adult price last year for a cup game cos they had no juvenile tickets - they should be paid to go into the ground by the blues not the other way round !!

Good luck to the blues - I've followed them from Peter Thomas and Al Finucane - Brian Gardiner's magic header - my father snuck me into the dressing room after the cup final win and I can still, even now see Tony Dunphy quietly in the corner staring at his winners medal before he kissed it and put it into the inside the inside pocket of his blazer.

Years ago my friend was asked to play for them once and said no - I still remind him of that now - I would have given my right arm !!

I don't like saying any of this - but I'm not just a fan, I'm a customer and I'm sick of being screwed - I can't help it if they have themselves convinced they deserve a wage when there is little or no market for the product they are peddling.

I for one, and my little boy for two, won't be there on Friday.

pp_me129

aoa321 wrote: »

This is the first I've heard of this. Why is it going to fold - financial issues I presume? But you said that it only costs €200 a week to play in the RSC so presumably the "wage" bill is a major factor?

And that is the bit I don't get - so far as I can see the economics of sport work like this - you have a skill - hundreds/thousands of people will pay to see you - then you deserve monetary reward. However if people don't want to see you if doesn't matter how good you are at soccer or running or mountain biking or anything else - there is no reason why you should you get paid.

I have very little sympathy for the blues to be honest. Last season I brought my 5 year old regulalry and sat in stand with about 1,000 other people and it cost me €15 and him €7 to get in to see some basically boring matches.

This year they get relegated and the cost to get in for the first game I attended? €15 for me and €7 for him, I sat there with about 4 to 5 hundred others and watched a first division game - this really left a sour taste in my mouth. I compare this with a trip to a National Hurling League match (Waterford v. Kilkenny) when I paid €15 and my 2 children were free to see the best hurlers in the country - I think I got into the national hurling league final for that price last year, packed crowd of 20,000 and electric atmosphere.

So the blues finally copped on and last week I got in for €15 and the little man was free. But you know what - I have already decided not to go back cos I'm sick of the blues screwing the people who want to support them - they live in la la land, it's not the Premiership in England, nobody is really interested in going to the games so they try to screw their "wages" out of the punters who are supporting them - a joke!

I wrote to the FAI about my frustrations - no response.

And the kids who sing and bang thier drums all the way through the match, one of whom I know for a fact was charged adult price last year for a cup game cos they had no juvenile tickets - they should be paid to go into the ground by the blues not the other way round !!

Good luck to the blues - I've followed them from Peter Thomas and Al Finucane - Brian Gardiner's magic header - my father snuck me into the dressing room after the cup final win and I can still, even now see Tony Dunphy quietly in the corner staring at his winners medal before he kissed it and put it into the inside the inside pocket of his blazer.

Years ago my friend was asked to play for them once and said no - I still remind him of that now - I would have given my right arm !!

I don't like saying any of this - but I'm not just a fan, I'm a customer and I'm sick of being screwed - I can't help it if they have themselves convinced they deserve a wage when there is little or no market for the product they are peddling.

I for one, and my little boy for two, won't be there on Friday.

And that i can simply say is the problem with people in waterford and you also said you were there last week.. well if you were i would lvoe to know why you are not coming back as a 5-0 win good football (for eircom league :P) and 1-2 good goals i dont know where you found the boring in that..

aoa321

pp_me129 wrote: »

... i can simply say is the problem with people in waterford and you also said you were there last week ... well if you were i would lvoe to know why you are not coming back as a 5-0 win good football (for eircom league :P) and 1-2 good goals i dont know where you found the boring in that..

Listen, I probably vented there a bit last night, I have no argument with you, you are obviously a fan and enthusiastic with it - but I'm frustrated !!

I didn't say last week's match was boring, I said some of last season's matches were boring - even if I did find it boring it's a subjective thing and I would have been perfectly entitled to that opinion.

And as for the old line about "it's the problem with people in Waterford" ... the Blues have been banging that drum for so many years now it's boring - they never take criticism, they never listen, it's everybody else's fault except thiers - they don't even have thier own ground after all these years !!!

In the late 60's they were drawn against Celtic in the European Cup when they were champions - huge crowds, the next year they were drawn against Man U. when they were champions, all the big gates over in Kilcohan over the years and they still don't even own a bloody field !!

Aaargggh - I might bring the youngfella over tonight !!

Come on you Blues !!

pp_me129

Good man youself comon bring the over new stand is open !
BTID

SUNGOD

the problem is that the majority of people just dont care. from a personal point of veiw i could'nt care less if the club folded today , it would not impact on my life .i have enough going on to be worried about waterford utd. this is not coming from someone who never went to a game , in my younger days i often went to kilcohan and going back a few years i was reasonably regular at the rsc for a season or two but i stopped going because i was not getting value for money. i was paying money to watch rubbish and listen to blinkered utd fans talking even more rubbish about "the blues".so if it folds fair enough they have had enough chances over the years and have been robbing loyal fans and wasting the money

SUNGOD

pp_me129 wrote: »

Good man youself comon bring the over new stand is open !
BTID

just what they need ...two empty stands

dlofnep

I don't watch soccer in any form, but I'd have no problem in giving a tenner to support the local side.

BazBox

I'll be there, not a regular match goer by any means however id hate to see the club suffer

kensutz

I'll be there, but as a photographer. The whole financial issue has been blown out of proportion.

Tellox

Can't really remember what year it was, but I went to every home match (and one away in cork) the year they got promoted to the premier division. And I can honestly say that for the most part, it was very boring, and certainly not worth €10-€15 a match.

I don't understand why the players wage budget is so high - sure, they're definitely a lot better than I am at soccer, but they're not worth any more than an average part time wage.

I'll throw a tenner their way, but you shouldnt expect them to survive off handouts for the rest of time.

pp_me129

I would first like to say thank you to everyone who supported the blues last night and seocnd..

On Thrusday the 15th there is a open meeting at norris bar 7:30 pm about fundraising so if interrested do come along

Thank you

BTID

BIG-SLICK-POKER

pp_me129 wrote: »

I would first like to say thank you to everyone who supported the blues last night and seocnd..

On Thrusday the 15th there is a open meeting at norris bar 7:30 pm about fundraising so if interrested do come along

Thank you

BTID

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Sully

Send your number to him via PM Neill

bonjo1983

because of the way i work its rare that i get to go to the RSC so an idea i think that would help the club is to ask people to donate €2 a week from their wage packet,

if you got only 200 people to do it you'd be taking in €400 a week which well covers the cost of the RSC and a bi towards the players funds and im sure alot more then 200 people would do it,

you could also organise a door to door collection as im sure waterford people would get behind them,

just a few thoughts that may help

5ForKeeps

It was a great crowd at the Waterford game, even though i am a Wexford Youths supporter i feel working in Waterford that the City itself doesn't embrace the club as much as it should. A few Waterford fans who went with me go to the games regularly. The one thing they said was why can the fans not come like this all the time the club itself needs support from all people in Waterford if they cared for Soccer. Just like my home county, GAA seems to be topdog in terms of money available, player pool, planning permission etc...all account for hard times.

Hopefully, Waterford Utd can survive this blip and both clubs can enjoy friendly derby rivalry for many years to come!