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Post by sabailand on Jun 12, 2023 17:46:44 GMT 1
If Huddersfield town had never been formed most of us would probably support Leeds utd or Bradford city...or even Halifax town.
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Post by Porrohman on Jun 12, 2023 18:03:11 GMT 1
If Huddersfield town had never been formed most of us would probably support Leeds utd or Bradford city...or even Halifax town. Don't be disgusting 🤢🤢🤢
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Post by sabailand on Jun 12, 2023 18:16:58 GMT 1
If Huddersfield town had never been formed most of us would probably support Leeds utd or Bradford city...or even Halifax town. Don't be disgusting 🤢🤢🤢 On a serious note i often think what would we have done in that scenario, would we support a team in the relative locality, or one of the big guns.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 12, 2023 18:28:43 GMT 1
If Huddersfield town had never been formed most of us would probably support Leeds utd or Bradford city...or even Halifax town. If it wasn't for Huddersfield Town, there wouldn't be a Leeds United.
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Post by sabailand on Jun 12, 2023 18:35:27 GMT 1
If Huddersfield town had never been formed most of us would probably support Leeds utd or Bradford city...or even Halifax town. If it wasn't for Huddersfield Town, there wouldn't be a Leeds United. Possibly, but a football club in Leeds might still have been formed somewhere down the line.
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 12, 2023 18:57:02 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally?
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 12, 2023 19:02:43 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? Different club. Leeds United even played in blue and white stripes initially....
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Post by sabailand on Jun 12, 2023 19:03:49 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? Yes before the first world war, became Leeds utd in 1919 after Leeds city folded for paying players during wartime.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 12, 2023 19:20:44 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? Yes before the first world war, became Leeds utd in 1919 after Leeds city folded for paying players during wartime. A certain Herbert Chapman was banned for life for his involvement.
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 12, 2023 19:30:32 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? They were - and let us never ever let them forget that ! 😊
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Post by Niggled on Jun 12, 2023 19:37:51 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? Yes , they were thrown out for cheating . Then tried to buy htfc. With the intention of moving us . The good people of Huddersfield raised an amazing amount of money to keep the club here.
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Post by Porrohman on Jun 12, 2023 20:58:02 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? They were thrown out of the league for cheating, along with their manager, a Mr H Chapman
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 12, 2023 21:29:28 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? They were thrown out of the league for cheating, along with their manager, a Mr H Chapman I bet he didn't go on to make anything of himself.
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Post by Tinpot on Jun 12, 2023 21:45:52 GMT 1
If Huddersfield town had never been formed most of us would probably support Leeds utd or Bradford city...or even Halifax town. If it wasn't for Huddersfield Town, there wouldn't be a Leeds United. Are you trying to make me love this club less?
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Jun 12, 2023 22:04:02 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? Yes , they were thrown out for cheating . Then tried to buy htfc. With the intention of moving us . The good people of Huddersfield raised an amazing amount of money to keep the club here. Wasnt it Towns then chairman Hilton Crowther who kick started Leeds United? He wanted to move the Club to Leeds because we didn't have the crowds and saw more opportunity in Leeds. He was probably proven right in the long run but not his lifetime as Town went on to be a formidable force in the 1920's and werent really overtaken by Leeds until the mid 60s. Town fans held a sit down protest on Leeds Road when they found out, Examiner ran a strong campaign to keep the side in Huddersfield and people responded, raising enough money to save the Club.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 15, 2023 22:56:06 GMT 1
Yes it's good to sing those were the days and the mural is nice. But the prospect of 3 years of this treble winners stuff is meh . Its 100 years ago . Might as well be a thousand . Not interested . Sorry
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Post by Niggled on Jun 16, 2023 6:41:37 GMT 1
Yes it's good to sing those were the days and the mural is nice. But the prospect of 3 years of this treble winners stuff is meh . Its 100 years ago . Might as well be a thousand . Not interested . Sorry So what's the cut off , last night, last week ,last month ,last year. When football started in 1992. It's a rich history and something to be very proud of .
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 16, 2023 8:14:29 GMT 1
Yes it's good to sing those were the days and the mural is nice. But the prospect of 3 years of this treble winners stuff is meh . Its 100 years ago . Might as well be a thousand . Not interested . Sorry So what's the cut off , last night, last week ,last month ,last year. When football started in 1992. It's a rich history and something to be very proud of . That's a good question and I haven't really got an answer . I guess the cut off is when I started watching them or maybe a decade or so before then because I can relate to it . I can't really relate to what happened a century ago. Buxton > Chapman for me . I'm far "prouder" of the fact we scored 100 goals in the 4th division and about 10 of them were off Robins' fat arse . We are all different I suppose
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Post by jasrick on Jun 16, 2023 8:21:08 GMT 1
Yes it's good to sing those were the days and the mural is nice. But the prospect of 3 years of this treble winners stuff is meh . Its 100 years ago . Might as well be a thousand . Not interested . Sorry This was my controversial opinion too but I didn’t have the balls to post it!
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 16, 2023 8:25:46 GMT 1
Yes it's good to sing those were the days and the mural is nice. But the prospect of 3 years of this treble winners stuff is meh . Its 100 years ago . Might as well be a thousand . Not interested . Sorry This was my controversial opinion too but I didn’t have the balls to post it! Relieved I'm not a complete outlier
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 16, 2023 8:32:57 GMT 1
Always good to keep reminding the young uns of our history.
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on Jun 18, 2023 17:24:48 GMT 1
We don't have "the best fans in the league"...
Some of us are reyt maungy cards
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Post by 28901 on Jun 18, 2023 21:56:53 GMT 1
Weren't they Leeds City originally? Different club. Leeds United even played in blue and white stripes initially.... They played in our kit for about 10 years. The clubs are historically linked whether they like it or not. They're our bitch to be blunt.
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Post by 28901 on Jun 18, 2023 21:58:42 GMT 1
We don't have "the best fans in the league"... Some of us are reyt maungy cards Our fans are pretty fickle and our away numbers have diminished dramatically since lockdown. Our home crowds must be around 5k down on the official figure.
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Post by turbo2 on Jun 18, 2023 22:11:13 GMT 1
We don't have "the best fans in the league"... Some of us are reyt maungy cards Our fans are pretty fickle and our away numbers have diminished dramatically since lockdown. Our home crowds must be around 5k down on the official figure. Our fans are no more or less fickle than any other team. There are many things that affect our attendances both home and away, form isn’t the only factor either
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Post by 28901 on Jun 18, 2023 22:12:22 GMT 1
Our fans are pretty fickle and our away numbers have diminished dramatically since lockdown. Our home crowds must be around 5k down on the official figure. Our fans are no more or less fickle than any other team. There are many things that affect our attendances both home and away, form isn’t the only factor either Controversial
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Post by turbo2 on Jun 18, 2023 22:18:41 GMT 1
Our fans are no more or less fickle than any other team. There are many things that affect our attendances both home and away, form isn’t the only factor either Controversial Is it?? I normally average 10-13 away days. Last season started away games started at brum moved to Friday night, Norwich mid week, Bristol mid week, reading Saturday then Luton mid week QPR also midweek There’s a limit to everyone’s spending and time. Then there’s all the train strikes. That’s before we talk about the shite on the pitch 😂😂
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on Jun 19, 2023 3:08:13 GMT 1
Our fans are pretty fickle and our away numbers have diminished dramatically since lockdown. Our home crowds must be around 5k down on the official figure. Our fans are no more or less fickle than any other team. There are many things that affect our attendances both home and away, form isn’t the only factor either Should have included a smiley as my comment was tongue-in-cheek, but it was certainly tough to come down and watch us in the first half of last season, especially with the frustration of how the previous season ended. I don't get chance to go to many away games, try to get to at least one per season but didn't do any this last time out. That's probably a good thing though, think the last time I saw us win away in the league was at Oldham, which shows how long ago it was. I'm obviously a bad omen!
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Post by 28901 on Jun 19, 2023 21:36:22 GMT 1
Is it?? I normally average 10-13 away days. Last season started away games started at brum moved to Friday night, Norwich mid week, Bristol mid week, reading Saturday then Luton mid week QPR also midweek There’s a limit to everyone’s spending and time. Then there’s all the train strikes. That’s before we talk about the shite on the pitch 😂😂 Of course all that's true. Like any club we have a hard-core. I just don't think the Premier league lot hang about when things aren't going so well. Like any club as you say.
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Post by mosher on Jun 20, 2023 10:08:34 GMT 1
Is it?? I normally average 10-13 away days. Last season started away games started at brum moved to Friday night, Norwich mid week, Bristol mid week, reading Saturday then Luton mid week QPR also midweek There’s a limit to everyone’s spending and time. Then there’s all the train strikes. That’s before we talk about the shite on the pitch 😂😂 Of course all that's true. Like any club we have a hard-core. I just don't think the Premier league lot hang about when things aren't going so well.Like any club as you say. Would be nice if they did. I remember when we got Wembley in the Tinpot Trophy and seeing those tens of thousands of Town fans. Turned to Uncle Andy and said "If this lot turned up every week, we might not have been so shit for as long as we have been!"
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