Tweet By Liam Scully
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SalfordImp
Vital Football Legend
Nice to see acknowledgement that some items need to be addressed but put into context.
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
Within the context of where this club has been, these are truly minor and ridiculously transitory niggles.
Even if I live to be a hundred, I will always recall the home game against Telford in October 2014 as the day I thought my club was clinically dead. I arrived at the ground at around 2.15pm, and the turnstiles were still not open. A roll of tumbleweed blew down the street and into the waters of Sincil Drain. Somewhere in the middle distance, a bell tolled. I sat on the wall outside the Co-op Stand and it was a full five minutes before the next condemned man in red and white crept hesitantly up to witness the impending fiesta of football.
Eventually the turnstiles opened and were beseiged by at least three fans, two of whom were there out of sheer obligation and one of whom thought it was PlayZone. City won a dismal match of non-football 2-0 with late goals by Newton and Tomlinson, but that is purely for the black-and-white record books (mine in particular). The atmosphere before, during and after the game was...dead. I left in the certain knowledge that I would never see my club in the Football League again, and drove a lonely six hours back to Scotland. I thought of Gary Simpson and considered driving into a ditch at the side of the A1 as the better option.
Liam, I appreciate that particular game has changed, and I certainly admire your desire to fine-tune the matchday experience. With 9,000+ descending on Sincil Bank every fortnight, it is important to do so for the future of the club. But please do not feel the need to apologise for delivering a facility and a service that is far and away beyond what any of us ever believed possible. I am constantly rendered speechless by what I see when I arrive at Sincil Bank now. This is the stuff of all of our dreams.
Should you encounter anyone complaining about anything, you have my full permission to shoot them.
Even if I live to be a hundred, I will always recall the home game against Telford in October 2014 as the day I thought my club was clinically dead. I arrived at the ground at around 2.15pm, and the turnstiles were still not open. A roll of tumbleweed blew down the street and into the waters of Sincil Drain. Somewhere in the middle distance, a bell tolled. I sat on the wall outside the Co-op Stand and it was a full five minutes before the next condemned man in red and white crept hesitantly up to witness the impending fiesta of football.
Eventually the turnstiles opened and were beseiged by at least three fans, two of whom were there out of sheer obligation and one of whom thought it was PlayZone. City won a dismal match of non-football 2-0 with late goals by Newton and Tomlinson, but that is purely for the black-and-white record books (mine in particular). The atmosphere before, during and after the game was...dead. I left in the certain knowledge that I would never see my club in the Football League again, and drove a lonely six hours back to Scotland. I thought of Gary Simpson and considered driving into a ditch at the side of the A1 as the better option.
Liam, I appreciate that particular game has changed, and I certainly admire your desire to fine-tune the matchday experience. With 9,000+ descending on Sincil Bank every fortnight, it is important to do so for the future of the club. But please do not feel the need to apologise for delivering a facility and a service that is far and away beyond what any of us ever believed possible. I am constantly rendered speechless by what I see when I arrive at Sincil Bank now. This is the stuff of all of our dreams.
Should you encounter anyone complaining about anything, you have my full permission to shoot them.
sedgleyimp
Vital Football Legend
I can only assume that this tweet is as a direct response to some complaints that their seat wasn't warmed for them nor did the butler arrive within 30 seconds of their order of bovril and a salty pie. I applaud the club for trying to appease everyone but honestly a tweet along the lines of life and get would also have sufficed
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
And we were just eight places above them.
cherryexile
Vital Football Hero
They have an outside chance of going back up to the National League this season. We shall see how the merry go round goes.
Poor service in the Legends Lounge ? Limited stocks of trendy Gin flavours ruining the Match day experience down stairs ?
Chesterimp
Vital Football Hero
Someone been watching the Legends Lounge area?
Phil's comments put it all in context, that's less than 4 years ago. We've come a long, long way, Liam's tweets show why we're in a position to go much futher in this journey.
GreenNeedle
Vital Squad Member
I did notice on Tuesday (on my way back from the toilets) that the instand catering outlet at the "family" end of the Co-op had the shutter down.
Didn;t bother me personally because I don't buy anything from them, but I guess some may have been bothered.
Didn;t bother me personally because I don't buy anything from them, but I guess some may have been bothered.
Londonimp12
Vital Reserves Team
Think it shows the high standards that are being set on and off the field, all for it too and think it’s quite refreshing.
Still hoping for a card machine in the coop stand if I mention it often enough though!
Sincilbanks
Vital Football Hero
Just like Danny and Nicky, Liam sets his standards very high indeed. We are incredibly fortunate to have people of this calibre running the club..
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
What’s happened?
People have had to wait for things . Its all very distressing .
Barney Imp
Vital Champions League
I think the grass was the final straw.....
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
Do I need to complain?
