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Hi Siderite,
Thanks for your reply, I am secretly hoping Scunthorpe win tomorrow to lift your spirits… just hope the Ilkeston fans don’t read this… or my son, the chairman who one day will be choosing my nursing home!
Best wishes to you and your club.
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Correction…can interact verbally WITHOUT insults…sorry for the poor grammer
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Hi Siderite,
I am very happy to reply to your post.
I think most, if all, of what you say is probably true, and do not disagree with the points you make, the situation at Scunthorpe is not good at the moment, and I think everyone concerned understands that, so myself and others you mentioned, even though not fans at Scunthorpe hope all turns out well eventually, I think it is the personal attacks on people that is not acceptable if they don’t share the views of the doom mongers… a bit like the reverse of what you are saying…. but I have noticed when reading the face book Scunthorpe site, that there is very little of that animosity towards your IrnBru site, if any, you on the other have labeled them “happy clappers” which really means something else doesn’t it?
Posters on Irn Bru a while back actually posted a new thread for the sole intention of insulting Dave Hilton and Jimmy Dean…the personal insults were not nice and flowed endlessly for days….how can that be acceptable?…its not is it?
And this was all before all these recent troubles and if we are all honest it has continued from then to today, and every day in between, you are all fans of the same club so this should not be happening… 98% of Scunthorpes problems occurred before Dave Hilton and Jimmy Dean came on the scene, and over several years, they have been there 10 minutes and copping 100% of the blame from some quarters….
I sincerely hope the ground issue is resolved for you and you climb back into the league, finally, people can interact verbally on here with trading insults… as we two have just done with your post and my reply.2 users thanked author for this post.
Hi Bill
Yes I agree with you 100%, and also think many good people on here are starting to wake up to it as well, especially as some now appear to be getting a bit pissed off at the same negativity being posted hour after hour and day after day, I myself decided to keep off for while now, but wanted to reply to genuine questions about your visit to ilkeston tomorrow, and its my choice to do that, I could not give a toss about the doom mongers reaction to anything, ( I simply don’t interact with them in any form whatsoever), I will always reply to some one personally if I am replying to any information I can help with.
Hope you enjoy your day tomorrow. We here at Ilkeston are very much looking forward to the game, and I am laying a buffet on for Dave hilton, Lee Turnbull (nice guy met him a few times) and any friends they bring to one of our hospitality suites, and see no reason why everyone (inc officials and home/away fans) can not all have a drink in the clubhouse after the game….. win, lose, or draw, it is after all a friendly isn’t it?1 user thanked author for this post.
Cliif byrne’s right peg.
Very happy to meet you in the clubhouse prior to the game, obviously I can not attend to lots of people Saturday with it being a big game, otherwise you would have been very welcome to join us.
I do realise most (probably 99% or more) Scunthorpe fans sre genuine guys, I attended a few home and away games just after Dave took over, and every fan I met was 100% devoted to the club and a pleasure to interact with, I was also at the Notts County game (in the board room with the County officials) and they(the county officials) were overwhelmed at the support from the Scunny fans even though they were being completely outplayed, your genuine fans really are something special, most fans would have turned on the players that day… but not the Scunny fans, they actually sang louder!!…. something very much recognised when I went out that evening with every County fan I met in the town… that doesn’t happen too often!5 users thanked author for this post.
MK IRON/ AWAYWEGO
Look forward to meeting you both (and Friends you have with you (
I shall be at the club very early Saturday and all day.).
Will be a pleasure to show you round and tell you the history of the club in recent years… just ask anyone for Patrick, they will point you in the right direction.have a nice evening.Hi MK Iron,
Yes we do have a clubhouse you are welcome into, and three sides of the ground have cover, the other being the clubhouse side with a terrace outside.
We have parking, but will probably be busy Saturday, however there is street parking nearby.
I am very happy to show anyone around, but please respect the fact it will be a very busy day, and I did invite anyone on non match days in order to give you my time, however I am a man of my word and if you come early enough I will give you MK Iron an up to 3 others a guided tour(before 1pm) otherwise after the game and feeding the players (about 6.15pm)…you will see then that I (personally) am not running a tin pot, micky mouse, happy shopper, 50 pence outfit as suggested by someone on this site, but a very well organised catering facility, offering exceptional food at a very affordable price, especially compared to some clubs that will have your trousers down for a pot of peas!
We at Ilkeston welcome Scunthorpe with open arms, and hope you have a nice day.
The town is not far away, plenty of friendly pubs, about a 20 min walk to the ground or about £4 – £5 in a taxi.
Finally I don’t want any toxic replies from the usual suspects (I just simply won’t reply… so don’t bother wasting your time)…. look forward to seeing you.
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The best post I have read on here, just want to add… i do not read the posts when I see they are from an anonymous person… it feeds them to reply.
So you won’t see a reply from me to them type of post….. first time I have said this….UP THE IRON!… unless you are playing Ilkeston…1 user thanked author for this post.
Awaywego
Maltsmiths Lager, San Miguel,Carling, East Coast IPA,John Smiths, Stowford Press Cider, Guiness, all draught plus a selection of bottled beer and your usual alcopop type drinks.
Decent selection of top shelf shorts.1 user thanked author for this post.
Awaywego
Pleased you have told me about the friendly… I did not know.
It will be great to host you, I personally will give you and up to three others of your choice a full tour of the ground, you can see everything, no exceptions, and I will give all four of you one of my Cheeseburgers at the end of the tour, they are in my opinion the best you will get at any football ground, that opinion is echoed every week from the visiting fans, along with the price being far lower than they have been charged elsewhere….
We at Ilkeston have only ever wanted to firm a friendly bond with Scunthorpe due to obviously Mr Hiltins connection to both… a bit like the twin town scenario, you are, and always will be, a far bigger club than us, we know that and clubs at all levels have a club they help and recieve help.
I shall only reply on here to ghe person I name on my reply, and who has requested a reply from me… finally I am not sure what ales we have?…. I don’t deal with the bar, tonight when I go to the club (we have power league games on a Monday evening) I will send a list of the ales on offer.Cassidystash
I understand people being concerned about the ground being closed all week, in my opinion it is something that would be temporary until it could be transformed into a profitable situation.
At Ilkeston we all work together for the sake of the club, full time staff and volunteer’s, for example our bar manager also looks after the pitch, the barmaids can drop on to the catering, who ever is spare might clean the toilets, we have volunteer’s who Man the club shop, ones who do the secretarial work, ones who Man the turnstiles, ones that act as stewards, we even have a couple of guys who come and clean the car parks and light gardening duties after home games.
At our level, and your level now I suppose, it is very costly to have full time staff that generate no money for the club, or worse still make a big loss!
I have seen your facilities and know with your fantastic fan base that I could turn your restaurant in to a good profitable business, I am the catering manager at Ilkeston and do that now, with a much smaller fan base, our kitchens and bars keep our heads above water all the time, we do not rely on matchdays alone, we are always hosting some event or another,yesterday for example one of our junior teams played here and won their game to win the league this year, our ladies team also played and won their league as well (but an away match), on Saturday after a very busy day we hosted a private party in the clubhouse till silly O’Clock.
All this fund raising for our club has Been built up over the last few years, and could easily be reproduced at your ground with the right supervision, staff, and determination.
We have 2 very well furnished hospitality rooms with a bar and food counter that company’s pay a lot each week to entertain their guests, with a raised viewing section to see the game… very, very posh.
They are booked far far in advance by local businesses.
If your interested and because its my field I will post and tell you how to turn your restaurant into profit?, reading posts from Scunthorpe it appears to be losing money?, why would anyone in their right mind keep it open to employ, and not upset, old Joe bloggs, who has worked there years causing the fans to take to their keyboards and slate the chairman!
Your Chairman knows Jack shit about catering and running a restaurant, but he does know who to ask to look at it with a view to turning it around, I would imagine it is very low on his things to do at the moment, but when it does come to the top of the list it will be sorted…. do you keep it open until then and keep losing money?… or do you close it? ….until it can be turned around?….. same with the club shop, etc, you have the potential there to turn your stadium into a gold mine in my opinion… just no , or the wrong miners to mine it.
As I have said previously, I would have liked to have shown some scunny fans our ground, facilities, and the place in general,
It is most certainly not what one muppet described yesterday, mind you he did mention he found plenty on spice around here?…. think I might find plenty in Scunthorpe…. if I was looking for it as well!2 users thanked author for this post.
Of course there were no takers… success would frighten the life out of them… they need the failure to feed their toxic crap posts.
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Thank mistertonmick
Your reply is welcome, and so good it is not the usual toxic crap on here.
Of course the takeover was too late, and 90% of the good Scunny fans knew that in their head, but hoped in their heart it wasn’t…. can not fault them for that.
I really enjoyed mixing with the fans I met at games.. top fans, top club, just needs a bit of time and you will rise again.1 user thanked author for this post.
My post is in reply to Iron-awe, not to the toxic keyboard warriors or anonymous who are clearly just trouble to the club.
I intended to not post here again, but today I read your post, it just sums up the situation exactly, and perfectly.
It is exceptionally precise, and your reply(your second post) to the first person to jump on the bandwagon against your sensible post, is just typical of the doom mongers on here.
I am from ilkeston, and have been to your ground and some away games as well recently, sometimes accompanying Mr Hilton, so I know the score more than most, and definitely more than the negative trolls on here!
When the club was taken over Scunthorpe were in a very poor position in the league with relagation almost certain, the team had been very poor to have won so few games at that late stage of the season, and this was realised by most sensible people, had Mr Hilton done nothing the trolls would have jumped up and down screaming that if we stick with this team we are doomed…and they would be right.
Mr Hilton had a throw of the dice and tried to inject players who could possibly perform a miracle, and if not, at least he tried….nothing to lose really because you were going down anyway in my opinion, and most realistic fans of whom many I spoke to at 5 games I watched, they voiced that opinion, but they all were just pleased to still have a club.
Finally to me, it seems that whatever Mr Hilton decides to change, or not to change , half the resident trolls on here will be up in arms, until the next decision he makes then the other half of trolls will take their turn to be up in arms….. damned if you, damned if you don’t springs to mind!
I won’t reply to the trolls, so don’t bother lighting up your laptops.
And when Mr Hilton and Dean come good, and they will, you won’t here a peep from these Muppets, if I offended anyone on here, I want you to know I am not sorry… probably delighted.5 users thanked author for this post.
