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[Football] Holmesdale Fanatics Press Release
- Thread starter Horses Arse
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Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Serious question. What do "normal" Palace fans – and we all know they exist – make of the lads in black and their pseudo-Ultra posturing?
Do they find them as laughable as everybody else in football? Do they regard them as the heart and soul of their fanbase? Do they wish they would go away? Do they find them harmless and easy to ignore?
I realise there will be lots of different perspectives. But I wonder if there is one overriding feeling among those who don't call themselves Holmesdale Fanatics.
Do they find them as laughable as everybody else in football? Do they regard them as the heart and soul of their fanbase? Do they wish they would go away? Do they find them harmless and easy to ignore?
I realise there will be lots of different perspectives. But I wonder if there is one overriding feeling among those who don't call themselves Holmesdale Fanatics.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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One I know, really decent guy, doesn't go any more as he was kicked out of his seat (well, asked to move and he said no) in the lower tier of the Holmesdale Road when Parish agreed to move the HF to the middle of the stand.
NorthstandRacoon
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My TWO palace supporting mates are split, one rates them, the other despises them. One group of fans are left wing, the HF, the other groups, are the cliche youths and on the right. It shouldn't be like that, but, I see the political splits at Brighton, too, another discussion for another time.
All in all, I think they split the fans in half as either embarrassing or a credit to their club.
Either way, we all know how EMBARRASSING they really are and my god, they are the gift that keeps on giving, particularly this week.
Hodgson hahahahahahahahah
I know another in this exact situation. He was absolutely furious at the club with the way they handled it and until the game against us this season hadn't been back. He has absolutely no time for the black clad morons.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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The one I know blames Parish more than the HF, purely for being weak and giving in to them.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Nothing in this weeks copy of the Beano….must have missed the deadline
"Many fans, too, are unconvinced. There was a smattering of boos among away fans at Arsenal when Parish’s image was flashed up on the TV screens on the Emirates concourse, and at a meeting with the Holmesdale Fanatics ultras group last week – rescheduled from earlier in the season – Parish was told that Hodgson’s reappointment would not be welcomed."
theathletic.com
Why Palace defied doubters in boardroom, squad and stands to rehire Hodgson
The decision to reappoint the manager who left Palace in 2021 has divided opinion at all levels of the club
theathletic.com
- Jul 7, 2003
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I've just read in the Athletic that Steve Parish had a meeting with the Always Ultras last week (seriously!), and they expressed their dissatisfaction with Vieira being replaced by Hodgson. Which frankly makes it all the more astonishing that he's appointed Uncle Roy. Has he ever gone against the will of the AUs before? I thought whatever they say goes. Surely he can't survive as chairman after such an outrageous slight on his personal board of advisors.
(c) Matt Woosnam, The Athletic
Many fans, too, are unconvinced. There was a smattering of boos among away fans at Arsenal when Parish’s image was flashed up on the TV screens on the Emirates concourse, and at a meeting with the Holmesdale Fanatics ultras group last week – rescheduled from earlier in the season – Parish was told that Hodgson’s reappointment would not be welcomed.
(c) Matt Woosnam, The Athletic
Many fans, too, are unconvinced. There was a smattering of boos among away fans at Arsenal when Parish’s image was flashed up on the TV screens on the Emirates concourse, and at a meeting with the Holmesdale Fanatics ultras group last week – rescheduled from earlier in the season – Parish was told that Hodgson’s reappointment would not be welcomed.
jakarta
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Don't tell him Your Name Wilf...Holmesdalemore like home guard with old boy Roy back at the helm.
You forgot the "new" stand.
bobbysmith01
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- Feb 6, 2015
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I have a few Palace mates including an old colleague who was kicked out of his seat so that the Ultras could have it. He had never been back and says unless Parish leaves, he will not. The others are split on Parish they think his heart is in the right place, but out of his depth now. All of them hate the Ultras and the Embarresment they bring to the club.
Interesting, as didnt Albion change their nickname from Dolphins to Seagulls?
I am also aware that you consider many other teams to be tinpot, obviously starting with the Sheffield Massive
How's the new stand doing by the way?
I personally like the energy they bring to the games at Selhurst, but I am not sure they should always get the special treatment they deserve, with reserved seats for away games. However, there is a significant number of the fans who are not black clad hoodie wearers but middle aged men that just try to bring something extra to the team.
Roy's return is certainly polarising, I dont personally know whether the HF are for or against, but they will still be there for the remaining games, trying to inspire the team
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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It takes time, how long did it take to get to the Amex after the Goldstone?
- Jul 6, 2011
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Are you seriously trying to claim that your silly little club is not the most noddy, tinpot outfit in the league?
ForestRowSeagull
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Rather depressingly this is about 100 yards from my flat! No idea what they were doing in Brixton though before Arsenal away..
Victoria line?