HawkTheSeagull
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No, not really. It was BLOODY cold so no one was going to wear a t-shirt. Especially as after the match it poured it down.
Nothing more than a marketing attempt really.
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Sea of Blue and White for the Doncaster game
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No, not really. It was BLOODY cold so no one was going to wear a t-shirt. Especially as after the match it poured it down.
Nothing more than a marketing attempt really.
Why focus on replica shirts? They wanted a sea of blue and white, that doesn't mean it had to be repliuca tops, could be a blue jacket, a white shirt, a blue and white brolly, etc.
Admittedly it's harder to find an obviosly blue or white rain coat (outside the club shop, blue raincoats tend to be dark, navy blues), but it wasn't just about replica tops (though agree there did seem to be a sense of 'let's shift some shirt before next season's new kit' about it)
Reassuring to know that no one is saying there was a sea of blue and white and I somehow saw something different.
Admittedly it's harder to find an obviosly blue or white rain coat (outside the club shop, blue raincoats tend to be dark, navy blues), but it wasn't just about replica tops (though agree there did seem to be a sense of 'let's shift some shirt before next season's new kit' about it)
Reassuring to know that no one is saying there was a sea of blue and white and I somehow saw something different.
To be fair it was a marketing attempt to try and flog some old stock! I don't bother reading those poxy emails they send anyway!
cloud
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It was cold and wet and I just wore the warmest and most waterproof coat I could find.
Admittedly I had a scarf on but it was just blowing about in the wind so it ended up in my pocket.
Admittedly I had a scarf on but it was just blowing about in the wind so it ended up in my pocket.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Well the Lower East was a sea of blue, but that was just all the empty seats. Raincoat black was the predominant colour, so much so that I thought the Palace Ultras had infiltrated, and were about to burst into a rendition of "We love you, we love you, we love you...."
CM Disclaimer - the above could all be erroneous because I spent most of the match consumed and dazzled by the doe-eyed, ginger-haired, ethereal beauty of that woman with the camera crew filming the North and East Stands.
sydney
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the ground only looked half full on the telly...!!
Pics ??
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Have you never been taught how to tie a scarf round your neck?
I don't recall mine "blowing about in the wind" at any point in the afternoon.
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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"half full"...?
27,000+ fans flocked to The Amex on Saturday I'll have you know - reinforcing our status as the best supported club in the Football League.
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About 24,000 actually I suspect. Too cold/wet/boring for some it seems.
meanmachine25
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27,000 tickets sold, no where near 27,000 there
Grombleton
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If they wanted a sea of blue & white, why not do what the did at the first Donny game and hand out the flags? it looked stunning that day.
I did reply to the club's e-mail suggesting that it was a totally daft idea given the weather and said that although I would probably be wearing one of my replica shirts (and I did) that it would be buried deep down under a jumper, a hoodie, and a coat (and it was). I proposed that the end of the season was the best time to have an "event day" but that nice Mr Barber just wouldn't listen! I was expecting to have the blue & white flags out but even that was apparently too much to expect.
So what exactly did the club contribute to "blue & white day"? There was nothing at all different that I saw.
Another (very) damp squib. If we -must- have these special event days (and I'm not sure why football isn't sufficient for a football club), then the club needs to consult the fans and do something worthwhile. Expecting fans to turn up in shirt and pants in February with the worst weather in decades is just plain daft!
So what exactly did the club contribute to "blue & white day"? There was nothing at all different that I saw.
Another (very) damp squib. If we -must- have these special event days (and I'm not sure why football isn't sufficient for a football club), then the club needs to consult the fans and do something worthwhile. Expecting fans to turn up in shirt and pants in February with the worst weather in decades is just plain daft!
It was just a ploy to shift a few more replica shirts, they don't want to be left with a load of stock at the end of the season when the shirt changes.
TWOCHOICEStom
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Blimey, anyone who can't see that it was just a trick to shift stock really wants their bumps testing!
Albumen
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The only sea of blue I saw were the empty seats. I'd be surprised there were more than 18,000 there.
The other noticable blue was the netting on the refreshment lad's head in my queue. If I had to choose between a cap and netting I would not choose the netting. That said he was easily confused . . . .
The other noticable blue was the netting on the refreshment lad's head in my queue. If I had to choose between a cap and netting I would not choose the netting. That said he was easily confused . . . .
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Moshe Gariani
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This...! Barber must be laughing into his large glass of expensive red wine.