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Post by mosher on May 16, 2023 14:47:34 GMT 1
100% this. At Watford on Friday they were advertising their women's team, who play at the same level as Town, on the boards throughout the match and were selling it over the PA before the game and at HT. How much effort/cost was that to them? Town are too bothered about the well past it's sell by date dizzy penalties. Still, players who have left can look forward to being on the cover of the programme on International Women's Day 2024. and probably never will regardless of whether its Town or whoever. Its brilliant that young women are now being encouraged to play and can join teams etc but I do find it irritating the way its continually rammed down peoples throats. The insistence on televising games and having them on prime time despite the viewing figures probably being in 3 figures at best just winds me up and of course we are all paying for it via our Sky subscription. As does their insistence on showing the scores and tables in the app above the lower leagues for example. So if Town want to support the women's team a little then great but lets concentrate on priority number one which is the football club and please don't start ramming it down fans throats and making up faux interest and don't just assume Town fans will automatically be interested in the women's team. I'm aware its possibly not a fashionable point of view but I'm sure its a very popular one, and no I'm not sexist. Promotion of the Giants in the Davy era used to annoy me for similar reasons. I get what you're saying and the way the MSM are pushing the women's game is a bit galling sometimes, specifically putting their scores above those with more interest. I love the women's game and it annoys me having to scroll past their scores when looking for the Fax, Harrogate, Shitty scores, etc. but it's hardly life-ending! (Not a dig at your post btw) Being a Bulldogs fan I was ALSO pissed at the Giants shit, but could understand it, being teams in the same town, as are Town Ladies. It does make me snicker when I see the bit in bold though as you've taken about as much (if not more) time to click on the thread and post than it would have to simply ignore or scroll past  |
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man (Destabiliser) on May 16, 2023 14:50:25 GMT 1
100% this. At Watford on Friday they were advertising their women's team, who play at the same level as Town, on the boards throughout the match and were selling it over the PA before the game and at HT. How much effort/cost was that to them? Town are too bothered about the well past it's sell by date dizzy penalties. Still, players who have left can look forward to being on the cover of the programme on International Women's Day 2024. I have absolutely zero interest in the women's game and probably never will regardless of whether its Town or whoever. Its brilliant that young women are now being encouraged to play and can join teams etc but I do find it irritating the way its continually rammed down peoples throats. The insistence on televising games and having them on prime time despite the viewing figures probably being in 3 figures at best just winds me up and of course we are all paying for it via our Sky subscription. As does their insistence on showing the scores and tables in the app above the lower leagues for example. So if Town want to support the women's team a little then great but lets concentrate on priority number one which is the football club and please don't start ramming it down fans throats and making up faux interest and don't just assume Town fans will automatically be interested in the women's team. I'm aware its possibly not a fashionable point of view but I'm sure its a very popular one, and no I'm not sexist. Promotion of the Giants in the Davy era used to annoy me for similar reasons. televising a sport isn't ramming it down someone's throat. There is an entire channel dedicated to F1, and I'd rather lock my own arsehole than watch that... |
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Post by royrace on May 16, 2023 16:00:33 GMT 1
I have absolutely zero interest in the women's game and probably never will regardless of whether its Town or whoever. Its brilliant that young women are now being encouraged to play and can join teams etc but I do find it irritating the way its continually rammed down peoples throats. The insistence on televising games and having them on prime time despite the viewing figures probably being in 3 figures at best just winds me up and of course we are all paying for it via our Sky subscription. As does their insistence on showing the scores and tables in the app above the lower leagues for example. So if Town want to support the women's team a little then great but lets concentrate on priority number one which is the football club and please don't start ramming it down fans throats and making up faux interest and don't just assume Town fans will automatically be interested in the women's team. I'm aware its possibly not a fashionable point of view but I'm sure its a very popular one, and no I'm not sexist. Promotion of the Giants in the Davy era used to annoy me for similar reasons. televising a sport isn't ramming it down someone's throat. There is an entire channel dedicated to F1, and I'd rather lock my own arsehole than watch that... I'm with you on that (well maybe not the arsehole part ) however there do seem to be a LOT of people who absolutely love it so its valid that it has its own channel and it's commercially viable. Televising women's games when there is next to zero interest, IMO, is wrong and it is IMO ramming it down peoples throats. Its like saying we know you're not interested in watching women's football but you should be, so here it is, plastered all over your very expensive Sky sports subscription. The viewing figures would be way bigger if they televised non league games. They're trying to drum up interest where there isn't any and at the same time show the world how wonderfully inclusive they are. It's just another weird modern phenomenon and it winds me up! |
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Post by royrace on May 16, 2023 16:03:36 GMT 1
I have absolutely zero interest in the women's game and probably never will regardless of whether its Town or whoever. Its brilliant that young women are now being encouraged to play and can join teams etc but I do find it irritating the way its continually rammed down peoples throats. The insistence on televising games and having them on prime time despite the viewing figures probably being in 3 figures at best just winds me up and of course we are all paying for it via our Sky subscription. As does their insistence on showing the scores and tables in the app above the lower leagues for example. So if Town want to support the women's team a little then great but lets concentrate on priority number one which is the football club and please don't start ramming it down fans throats and making up faux interest and don't just assume Town fans will automatically be interested in the women's team. I'm aware its possibly not a fashionable point of view but I'm sure its a very popular one, and no I'm not sexist. Promotion of the Giants in the Davy era used to annoy me for similar reasons. I get what you're saying and the way the MSM are pushing the women's game is a bit galling sometimes, specifically putting their scores above those with more interest. I love the women's game and it annoys me having to scroll past their scores when looking for the Fax, Harrogate, Shitty scores, etc. but it's hardly life-ending! (Not a dig at your post btw) Being a Bulldogs fan I was ALSO pissed at the Giants shit, but could understand it, being teams in the same town, as are Town Ladies. It does make me snicker when I see the bit in bold though as you've taken about as much (if not more) time to click on the thread and post than it would have to simply ignore or scroll past LOL that's true but I just thought I'd add a bit of balance to the discussion I guess I'm hoping the club don't go down the Sky route of pretending there's huge interest in the women's game when in reality there is very little (outside of those who are involved in it of course). |
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Post by mosher on May 16, 2023 16:06:33 GMT 1
televising a sport isn't ramming it down someone's throat. There is an entire channel dedicated to F1, and I'd rather lock my own arsehole than watch that... I'm with you on that (well maybe not the arsehole part ) however there do seem to be a LOT of people who absolutely love it so its valid that it has its own channel and it's commercially viable. Televising women's games when there is next to zero interest, IMO, is wrong and it is IMO ramming it down peoples throats. Its like saying we know you're not interested in watching women's football but you should be, so here it is, plastered all over your very expensive Sky sports subscription. The viewing figures would be way bigger if they televised non league games. They're trying to drum up interest where there isn't any and at the same time show the world how wonderfully inclusive they are. It's just another weird modern phenomenon and it winds me up! 100% agree that's why Sky et al are pushing it. I don't think they for one minute give a toss about the women's game, but they've seen there's a groundswell of support growing (50% of the population are female remember) for the game and have jumped on the bandwagon. I'd have loved them to be involved (well maybe not Sky  ) 15 years ago when I first watched a match. The amount they're pushing it now would perhaps be justified by viewing figures if they started 15 years ago. |
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Post by terryya on May 16, 2023 16:45:19 GMT 1
100% this. At Watford on Friday they were advertising their women's team, who play at the same level as Town, on the boards throughout the match and were selling it over the PA before the game and at HT. How much effort/cost was that to them? Town are too bothered about the well past it's sell by date dizzy penalties. Still, players who have left can look forward to being on the cover of the programme on International Women's Day 2024. I have absolutely zero interest in the women's game and probably never will regardless of whether its Town or whoever. Its brilliant that young women are now being encouraged to play and can join teams etc but I do find it irritating the way its continually rammed down peoples throats. The insistence on televising games and having them on prime time despite the viewing figures probably being in 3 figures at best just winds me up and of course we are all paying for it via our Sky subscription. As does their insistence on showing the scores and tables in the app above the lower leagues for example. So if Town want to support the women's team a little then great but lets concentrate on priority number one which is the football club and please don't start ramming it down fans throats and making up faux interest and don't just assume Town fans will automatically be interested in the women's team. I'm aware its possibly not a fashionable point of view but I'm sure its a very popular one, and no I'm not sexist. Promotion of the Giants in the Davy era used to annoy me for similar reasons. I'm not wanting them to ram it down anyone's throats. I think the things I suggested would be minimal effort, minimal cost but make it much easier for interested fans to know when/ where the games are. It's clearly a growing market, you just need to see the England attendances and viewing figures and WSL attendences are up. A little bit of help from Town men could make a massive difference without it being imposed on to people with no interest. I'm not interested in Barry's 60th birthday but getting on the board and read out doesn't spoil my matchday. The same with the spam that is put on twitter about standing up/shouting too loud/making mean faces at players etc etc |
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Post by townarentbest on May 16, 2023 17:13:11 GMT 1
I have absolutely zero interest in the women's game and probably never will regardless of whether its Town or whoever. Its brilliant that young women are now being encouraged to play and can join teams etc but I do find it irritating the way its continually rammed down peoples throats. The insistence on televising games and having them on prime time despite the viewing figures probably being in 3 figures at best just winds me up and of course we are all paying for it via our Sky subscription. As does their insistence on showing the scores and tables in the app above the lower leagues for example. So if Town want to support the women's team a little then great but lets concentrate on priority number one which is the football club and please don't start ramming it down fans throats and making up faux interest and don't just assume Town fans will automatically be interested in the women's team. I'm aware its possibly not a fashionable point of view but I'm sure its a very popular one, and no I'm not sexist. Promotion of the Giants in the Davy era used to annoy me for similar reasons. I'm not wanting them to ram it down anyone's throats. I think the things I suggested would be minimal effort, minimal cost but make it much easier for interested fans to know when/ where the games are. It's clearly a growing market, you just need to see the England attendances and viewing figures and WSL attendences are up.A little bit of help from Town men could make a massive difference without it being imposed on to people with no interest. I'm not interested in Barry's 60th birthday but getting on the board and read out doesn't spoil my matchday. The same with the spam that is put on twitter about standing up/shouting too loud/making mean faces at players etc etc It's all a bit forced though. They stick the WSL game on Sky in a slot that retains viewers who fell asleep in the second half of the 4pm PL game (and end up with just 100,000 folk watching for at least the required few minutes to register - dropping off from the couple million (or up to 4m or so for games like Man U v Liverpool or Man City v Arsenal) that watched the PL game. Likewise attendances are up - but really its driven by the draw of association - there's just Arsenal and Man Utd ladies that have averaged more than 10,000 this season (with Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool being the other 'big' clubs)...beyond that, crowds are like the poorly supported rugby Super League clubs, with West Ham not getting more than 1500 on average, who are playing in a 6000 capacity stadium that is actually the home of Dagenham & Redbridge, but who wants to watch Dagenham & Redbridge Women FC ? 🤔 *note* I am a reasonably interested fan of Womens football - watch *all* the England internationals, and the semi's and finals of domestic cups (which is basically the same as what I'd probably watch of mens football (actually more, I watch maybe 20% of England mens internationals if that) if I didn't have an actual club to follow) - plus throw in I watch maybe 50% of Netherlands Woman's matches if they're televised as an adopted "second nation". |
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Post by dugnet on May 16, 2023 17:18:01 GMT 1
Women's football is a growth industry and is also incredibly popular in the US. If the women's team can do anything to enhance brand HTAFC then I don't see any downside. The aim should be to have two successful teams representing HTAFC.
Would I watch? Probably not, but that wouldn't mean I wasn't pleased if they were supported and went from strength to strength.
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Post by terryya on May 16, 2023 17:30:06 GMT 1
I'm not wanting them to ram it down anyone's throats. I think the things I suggested would be minimal effort, minimal cost but make it much easier for interested fans to know when/ where the games are. It's clearly a growing market, you just need to see the England attendances and viewing figures and WSL attendences are up.A little bit of help from Town men could make a massive difference without it being imposed on to people with no interest. I'm not interested in Barry's 60th birthday but getting on the board and read out doesn't spoil my matchday. The same with the spam that is put on twitter about standing up/shouting too loud/making mean faces at players etc etc It's all a bit forced though. They stick the WSL game on Sky in a slot that retains viewers who fell asleep in the second half of the 4pm PL game (and end up with just 100,000 folk watching for at least the required few minutes to register - dropping off from the couple million (or up to 4m or so for games like Man U v Liverpool or Man City v Arsenal) that watched the PL game. Likewise attendances are up - but really its driven by the draw of association - there's just Arsenal and Man Utd ladies that have averaged more than 10,000 this season (with Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool being the other 'big' clubs)...beyond that, crowds are like the poorly supported rugby Super League clubs, with West Ham not getting more than 1500 on average, who are playing in a 6000 capacity stadium that is actually the home of Dagenham & Redbridge, but who wants to watch Dagenham & Redbridge Women FC ? 🤔 *note* I am a reasonably interested fan of Womens football - watch *all* the England internationals, and the semi's and finals of domestic cups (which is basically the same as what I'd probably watch of mens football (actually more, I watch maybe 20% of England mens internationals if that) if I didn't have an actual club to follow) - plus throw in I watch maybe 50% of Netherlands Woman's matches if they're televised as an adopted "second nation". I get what you mean. The viewing figures for most of Sky Sports output is low. I think Town v Burnley was the most watched gane in first few months of the season and that was less than 600000. I read that a couple of years ago the average Championship viewing figure was around 180k. Last season WSL was 120000 but, like you said, they inherit the Super Sunday audience. God knows what the figures are for some of the tat on Sky Sports Arena! I think that if you like it, great, and if you don't, great. There's enough room for everyone to do what they please. A little bit of cross marketing isn't a big deal for those that dont but could make a big difference for those that do. |
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Post by ShortbreadPete on May 16, 2023 18:02:39 GMT 1
Sadly I view women's football as the next cash cow to be milked by those who will reap the cash benefits
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on May 16, 2023 18:41:17 GMT 1
Unfortunately, the Sky viewing figures do not present a realistic and accurate picture.
I bet everyone of us on this site know people who view the football on streams accessed free of charge.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 16, 2023 18:45:06 GMT 1
Unfortunately, the Sky viewing figures do not present a realistic and accurate picture. I bet everyone of us on this site know people who view the football on streams accessed free of charge. You think folk with IPTV are watching women's football? I 100% guarantee they aren't. It's absolutely dire and no matter how much they try to push it, it will never become anything |
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on May 16, 2023 19:07:22 GMT 1
Unfortunately, the Sky viewing figures do not present a realistic and accurate picture. I bet everyone of us on this site know people who view the football on streams accessed free of charge. You think folk with IPTV are watching women's football? I 100% guarantee they aren't. It's absolutely dire and no matter how much they try to push it, it will never become anything I agree sorry, my point was viewing figures generally. Personally don’t know anyone who watches women’s football but obviously some people do. |
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Post by wigster on May 16, 2023 20:08:55 GMT 1
I watch it occasionally. Women's football doesn't have the power or pace of the men's football, but the average women's match is a lot more interesting and enjoyable than the average men's match - relatively more skill, technique and a lot less bloody boring.
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Post by terryya on May 16, 2023 20:13:49 GMT 1
Unfortunately, the Sky viewing figures do not present a realistic and accurate picture. I bet everyone of us on this site know people who view the football on streams accessed free of charge. You think folk with IPTV are watching women's football? I 100% guarantee they aren't. It's absolutely dire and no matter how much they try to push it, it will never become anything Just look at the number of grassroots girls teams compared to 10 years ago. The West Riding girls league has 4 or 5 divisions in all the younger age groups, it was 1 or 2 when mine started playing 8 years ago. You honestly think that these girls (and their families) aren't watching women's football on IPTV? Lots is on BBC so obviously easier to watch. I get that people don't like it but don't understand why people feel so strongly about it. |
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 16, 2023 20:24:00 GMT 1
You think folk with IPTV are watching women's football? I 100% guarantee they aren't. It's absolutely dire and no matter how much they try to push it, it will never become anything Just look at the number of grassroots girls teams compared to 10 years ago. The West Riding girls league has 4 or 5 divisions in all the younger age groups, it was 1 or 2 when mine started playing 8 years ago. You honestly think that these girls (and their families) aren't watching women's football on IPTV? Lots is on BBC so obviously easier to watch. I get that people don't like it but don't understand why people feel so strongly about it. I'd be interested to see the BBC viewing figures There is only so much football a person wants to consume. Mens football is better to watch and girls/women would generally rather watch that. It will never take off at an elite level when its own gender don't even want to watch it. Playing at a grass roots level is completely different. I can see it continuing to grow but it won't change anything higher up the pyramid |
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Post by westislandterrier on May 16, 2023 20:43:07 GMT 1
When I was down for the spring games last season (Luton Town on Monday and QPR on Friday) I went to Huddersfield Town Women v Burnley Women on the Thursday evening... A 0-0 draw, competitive, hard fought, by both teams giving 100% plus...
It was well worth the taxi fare to Emeily Moor and back - and it’s worth going if one was at a loose end to see...
And it even had a bar and you could take your Lager n’ Lime and double whisky out into the ‘stadium’ ! 🥃 👍
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Post by sapphireblue on May 16, 2023 21:16:03 GMT 1
Unfortunately, the Sky viewing figures do not present a realistic and accurate picture. I bet everyone of us on this site know people who view the football on streams accessed free of charge. You think folk with IPTV are watching women's football? I 100% guarantee they aren't. It's absolutely dire and no matter how much they try to push it, it will never become anything No you can't. |
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Post by terryya on May 16, 2023 22:18:17 GMT 1
Just look at the number of grassroots girls teams compared to 10 years ago. The West Riding girls league has 4 or 5 divisions in all the younger age groups, it was 1 or 2 when mine started playing 8 years ago. You honestly think that these girls (and their families) aren't watching women's football on IPTV? Lots is on BBC so obviously easier to watch. I get that people don't like it but don't understand why people feel so strongly about it. I'd be interested to see the BBC viewing figures There is only so much football a person wants to consume. Mens football is better to watch and girls/women would generally rather watch that. It will never take off at an elite level when its own gender don't even want to watch it. Playing at a grass roots level is completely different. I can see it continuing to grow but it won't change anything higher up the pyramid Girls playing grass roots want to watch women's matches. Not all of them but plenty. I think it's fairly obvious that if more play, more that will want to watch. Some people will also be happier taking their young kids to women's matches and avoiding the booze/coke/testosterone of men's matches. I went with my kids and their club to watch England at Rotherham in 2018 and there were 9500ish. Fast forward 4.5 years and there is no way England will play to crowds so small. |
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 16, 2023 22:29:08 GMT 1
I'd be interested to see the BBC viewing figures There is only so much football a person wants to consume. Mens football is better to watch and girls/women would generally rather watch that. It will never take off at an elite level when its own gender don't even want to watch it. Playing at a grass roots level is completely different. I can see it continuing to grow but it won't change anything higher up the pyramid Girls playing grass roots want to watch women's matches. Not all of them but plenty. I think it's fairly obvious that if more play, more that will want to watch. Some people will also be happier taking their young kids to women's matches and avoiding the booze/coke/testosterone of men's matches. I went with my kids and their club to watch England at Rotherham in 2018 and their were 9500ish. Fast forward 4.5 years and there is no way England will play to crowds so small. Definitely agree as far as England is concerned although I think they would still struggle to get the crowds they are doing if tickets weren't so cheap (a lot given away) I am confident in 10 years time that the women's super league will be getting crowds no better than today |
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Post by dewsburyterrier on May 17, 2023 9:09:22 GMT 1
You think folk with IPTV are watching women's football? I 100% guarantee they aren't. It's absolutely dire and no matter how much they try to push it, it will never become anything Just look at the number of grassroots girls teams compared to 10 years ago. The West Riding girls league has 4 or 5 divisions in all the younger age groups, it was 1 or 2 when mine started playing 8 years ago. You honestly think that these girls (and their families) aren't watching women's football on IPTV? Lots is on BBC so obviously easier to watch. I get that people don't like it but don't understand why people feel so strongly about it. My daughter started playing girls' football in 2002. WRGL had only around 7 divisions in total over 4 age groups. There was only one WR women's division of 8 teams back then, now 5 divisions of 10 to 12 teams each. |
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Post by boooothy on May 17, 2023 9:17:50 GMT 1
It might be unpopular but i have no interest Huddersfield Town women’s football and hope we don’t waste a penny getting involved with them.
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Post by turbo2 on May 17, 2023 9:21:30 GMT 1
I'd be interested to see the BBC viewing figures There is only so much football a person wants to consume. Mens football is better to watch and girls/women would generally rather watch that. It will never take off at an elite level when its own gender don't even want to watch it. Playing at a grass roots level is completely different. I can see it continuing to grow but it won't change anything higher up the pyramid Girls playing grass roots want to watch women's matches. Not all of them but plenty. I think it's fairly obvious that if more play, more that will want to watch. Some people will also be happier taking their young kids to women's matches and avoiding the booze/coke/testosterone of men's matches. I went with my kids and their club to watch England at Rotherham in 2018 and their were 9500ish. Fast forward 4.5 years and there is no way England will play to crowds so small. Both my girls played for years. They’ve been to 3 women’s games. All were international games and all were free. Neither has ever watched on tv, although I do. And I watched all our euro games. They both watch town every week home and often away Women not being interested in women’s football is a fact. It’s growing but mainly at kids level and once they get to 14 or 15 they stop playing. Show me any depth is the women’s game |
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Post by mosher on May 17, 2023 10:00:50 GMT 1
It might be unpopular but i have no interest Huddersfield Town women’s football and hope we don’t waste a penny getting involved with them. l There's plenty of things (free tickets in SC, advertising games, featuring their players at HT/before the match) that would cost the club nowt. And we don't even do that. |
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Post by mosher on May 17, 2023 10:04:11 GMT 1
Girls playing grass roots want to watch women's matches. Not all of them but plenty. I think it's fairly obvious that if more play, more that will want to watch. Some people will also be happier taking their young kids to women's matches and avoiding the booze/coke/testosterone of men's matches. I went with my kids and their club to watch England at Rotherham in 2018 and their were 9500ish. Fast forward 4.5 years and there is no way England will play to crowds so small. Both my girls played for years. They’ve been to 3 women’s games. All were international games and all were free. Neither has ever watched on tv, although I do. And I watched all our euro games. They both watch town every week home and often away Women not being interested in women’s football is a fact. It’s growing but mainly at kids level and once they get to 14 or 15 they stop playing. Show me any depth is the women’s game That happens quite a lot, and tbf did when WE were kids. Had loads of girls who liked playing footy with us lads, but once they got to a certain age, sporting activity went out the window in favour of more "girly" pursuits. Even in the cases where there WAS a female team to play for. Plus they'd get the piss taken by other girls asking "are you a lez". And I used to notice it was almost exclusively other females bringing that up, we lads couldn't give a shit. If the girls played alongside us it gave us the perfect excuse for hugs and congratulations when they scored |
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Post by boooothy on May 17, 2023 10:35:27 GMT 1
It might be unpopular but i have no interest Huddersfield Town women’s football and hope we don’t waste a penny getting involved with them. l There's plenty of things (free tickets in SC, advertising games, featuring their players at HT/before the match) that would cost the club nowt. And we don't even do that. I might be wrong but don’t think there is much of a link between the 2 other than we let them use the name. |
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Post by mosher on May 17, 2023 10:55:42 GMT 1
There's plenty of things (free tickets in SC, advertising games, featuring their players at HT/before the match) that would cost the club nowt. And we don't even do that. I might be wrong but don’t think there is much of a link between the 2 other than we let them use the name. I think you're absolutely right, which to me is wrong. I know you disagree, which is your absolute right. It would be one hell of a dull world if we all had the same interests. Before I started dating a footballer 15 years ago I had pretty much the same mindset as you regarding women's football. Started going to support the (at the time) girlfriend and got hooked. Not as hooked as I am to the team at the Mac obviously, but even so. |
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Post by josiegee on May 17, 2023 11:17:35 GMT 1
I personally find the women’s game too slow apart from the top level and so do not watch but I always look out for our ladies scores and follow them on Twitter. following the tweets after Women’s International Day by some of the women’s team I reached out to HTAFC women’s network to see if we could arrange some support or fundraising. I had some support from members but I’ve not heard back from the club representatives. I appreciate we’ve had more pressing matters that quite rightly have taken precedent. I will be raising the matter again at our meeting next Tuesday to take forward once we have ownership etc sorted.
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Post by turbo2 on May 17, 2023 11:43:05 GMT 1
I might be wrong but don’t think there is much of a link between the 2 other than we let them use the name. I think you're absolutely right, which to me is wrong. I know you disagree, which is your absolute right. It would be one hell of a dull world if we all had the same interests. Before I started dating a footballer 15 years ago I had pretty much the same mindset as you regarding women's football. Started going to support the (at the time) girlfriend and got hooked. Not as hooked as I am to the team at the Mac obviously, but even so. I used to love watching my girls play, and strongly encourage young girls to take it up. I also love the commitment of the girls. The FA Cup Final last weekend was a full blooded affair, but without boat loads of cheating/diving. It was great to see a full wembley for them. Although im not sure what the price point was. Mate of mine is off to the FA Cup final in a few weeks and has paid nearly £100 in the upper tier. If theyd priced the womens final at the same as the mens, id guess there would have been a couple of thousand in. But they are doing the right thing. Get folk interested and attending first of all |
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Post by Convictatthemac on May 17, 2023 12:53:24 GMT 1
Not really the right thread, but just wondered if Convictatthemac was going to any of the ladies' World Cup games and could give those of us interested in the women's game some local insight to how the event is going? I really hope I've remembered the right username for our Antipodean brother Yes you got the right antipode 😆 I doubt I’ll go to any of the matches, but that doesn’t mean I won’t watch some of them on tv. I think the WC will get a bigger pump from the media when the teams start arriving down here. Unfortunately for us, we’ve got a horrific injury situation where there are 10+ players out with injury, so it’s probably going to affect how we go. If I’m around and getting into the spirit I’ll be more than happy to add some local insight into the atmosphere down here. In general, women’s sport is pretty popular down here, especially with our national women’s football team. Will that extend to attendances to other teams? I’m not sure. Possibly in Melbourne where they will attend a contest between a couple of bugs 😂 |
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) 15 years ago when I first watched a match. The amount they're pushing it now would perhaps be justified by viewing figures if they started 15 years ago.
