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We are the biggest town now city in South Yorkshire yet others Barnsley & Rotherham are streets ahead of us & from 2008-2014 that wasn’t the case we were regional top dogs Sheffield apart. I know these halcyon days are now long gone. But after listening to what Gavin said at meet the owners evening - he started that the self financing model could only work in League One & if the club wish to return to that model, monies will need to be spent to get us out of the basement division.
Rotherham maybe similar but barnsley are a much bigger club than us
I don’t mind so much playing second fiddle to Barnsley they’ve always been ahead of us historically it’s the bloody Millers I can’t stand doing better than us. We’re a city in our own right with a grade 1 racecourse, Mansion House etc & we should at least be on parity with they’re a small town conjoined to Sheffield with nothing going for them culturally or sporting wise.
Quote from: dickos1 on March 18, 2023, 09:14:13 pmRotherham maybe similar but barnsley are a much bigger club than usI'd delete the word "much" from that statement.Doncaster is a bigger place than Barnsley.But Barnsley FC has consistently over several decades had better owners who have invested more in the team and facilities. Belle Vue was left to rot whilst Oakwell was built up to a decent Level 2 standard stadium.Barnsley have therefore consistently done better on the field, attracted and sustained more fans, and therefore the people in Barnsley as a whole (though it's not without its Leeds/Sheffield traitors) have more of an affinity with their football club than the people of Doncaster do with theirs.Sadly.