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Post by SectionE on Sept 6, 2016 20:09:41 GMT
Cat amongst the pigeons time, what has gone on?
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Post by stewartgibson on Sept 6, 2016 20:41:56 GMT
Surely it cant be only me who doesnt give a flying f*ck?
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Post by gorf60 on Sept 6, 2016 20:45:24 GMT
If the flyers management or whoever runs the facebook page does not the reply they are given then they simply delete it. Anyone who wants to read the supports response look at the facebook page or on twitter
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Post by boschman76 on Sept 6, 2016 20:58:10 GMT
Those people who run the flyers facebook page and the flyers management forget that without the fans there wouldn't be any flyers .when fans were having a go at the team and coach for alot off poor performances then getting blocked from facebook the people doing the blocking forget those fans have paid good money to be entertained and see solid effort for 60 minutes and if they don't see that effort or been entertained they have every right to be upset the people running flyers facebook and the team don't complain when the fans praise the team so they should accept the criticism when it comes there way
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Sept 6, 2016 21:09:18 GMT
A bit different this is a on the face of it a unofficial club using the flyers name to obtain money. If proven that they pretended to be what they are not then could be serious.
Me I could not really care, I just pay my money and go and watch hockey.
In 32 seasons I have never seen my support for my local hockey team as a way to try and make myself feel important and raise my profile like a lot of these superfans and "names" around the rink seem to crave .
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Post by bevster on Sept 6, 2016 21:17:16 GMT
Both sides should be very concerned over these serious allegations, either the "flyers fans" are attempting to obtain funds through deception, which is illegal or the club are making false allegations in public, which can also be legally a minefield.
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Post by gorf60 on Sept 6, 2016 21:30:22 GMT
The flyers fans are not obtaining any money - read the facebook details
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Post by Billkmc on Sept 6, 2016 21:35:32 GMT
I was in the unofficial supporters club and thought it would be a laugh but after the way some of them acted towards me on more than one occasion as if I should feel privileged to be a member and the aggressive way one of them spoke to my wife I'm not a member any more.
I know they aren't all bad but a couple of them are so full of themselves and run down the flyers, the travel club and anyone that doesn't want to join them.
After the first couple of months of last season I had had enough of it and we just stopped going.
I'm sure some will come on here and tell me I'm wrong but from my experience I wouldn't join again if it was free.
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Sept 6, 2016 21:35:40 GMT
The flyers fans are not obtaining any money - read the facebook details If they subsidise travel or obtain sponsors for their shirts or events through pretending to be the club or affiliated to the club (and I am assuming the club has evidence of this to make these allegations), then they are obtaining money. They have in my opinion done something they shouldn't to bring out such a strong, specific release from the club. |
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Post by bevster on Sept 6, 2016 21:36:44 GMT
I have, it was a balanced neutral statement of either one thing happening or the other
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Sept 6, 2016 21:37:50 GMT
I was in the unofficial supporters club and thought it would be a laugh but after the way some of them acted towards me on more than one occasion as if I should feel privileged to be a member and the aggressive way one of them spoke to my wife I'm not a member any more. I know they aren't all bad but a couple of them are so full of themselves and run down the flyers, the travel club and anyone that doesn't want to join them. After the first couple of months of last season I had had enough of it and we just stopped going. I'm sure some will come on here and tell me I'm wrong but from my experience I wouldn't join again if it was free. Hence why I have nothing to do with either, the egos of some fans around this club is frightening. |
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Sept 6, 2016 21:43:21 GMT
The gist of the story, as far as I am aware, is that the directors of the Fife Flyers decided to dissolve the Fife Flyers Supporters Club (FFSC) back in the summer of 2015 meaning that the assets of the supporters club (circa £4k) went into the Fife Flyers. The Fife Flyers Travel Club were formed in place of the FFSC a few weeks later. This resulted in a group of fans taking it upon themselves to create their own supporters club for whatever reason; personal gain, to get closer to Fife Flyers players, to become more social with like-minded fans, perhaps. The 'Flyers Fans Supporters Club Unofficial' (FFSCU) charged membership fees, organised events, created merchandise & run buses to away matches but wanted to give some of their revenue/donations to the Fife Flyers organisation. Fife Flyers declined this offer and instead refused to be related to FFSCU in any way, for whatever reason. FFSCU decided to therefore make donations to their own charities whilst continuing to run buses to away matches in direct rivalry with the newly formed official travel club. Until today, the FFSCU and Fife Flyers were 'doing their own thing' and generally avoiding public confrontation. In the past, I've been highly critical of the Fife Flyers and the way that they do a lot of things (claiming the £4k from the FFSC, the way that the club conduct themselves etc.) but I cannot fault them with today's statement. They are only protecting their property (the Fife Flyers brand) and their fans & sponsors who are unaware of the history of the FFSCU like any good owner would. Tom & Jack are no mugs - if they feel that the FFSCU are a threat to THEIR company, they are fully entitled to deal with them in any way that they see fit, however dated that tactic may be (delete & ban on Facebook), although a ban from the Flyers Facebook page is a fairly lenient punishment for depriving the club of finances (through official merchandise & official away travel) and continuing to damage the reputation of a hockey club that they are so-called fans of. That's pretty much the way I see it, I would however find it hard to believe given the lengths the club has now went to that it will end there. I am pretty sure there may be legal action should the un official club not give some ground. |
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Post by stewartgibson on Sept 6, 2016 21:56:52 GMT
Lets be honest here,its just another clique within the flyers fans. One of a number of cliques who look down at you as if they have some authority within the flyers organisation.
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Post by stewartgibson on Sept 6, 2016 22:00:35 GMT
Lets be honest here,its just another clique within the flyers fans. One of a number of cliques who look down at you as if they have some authority within the flyers organisation. and theres only one authority, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon |
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Post by gorf60 on Sept 6, 2016 22:03:58 GMT
Sorry ;fearrhebeard; that is total c***
I know all of the people who started the club and none were banned from the Official Supporters club - get our facts right before you start slagging them off
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