Trouble is for some people they have to take more than just 1 person to the game, most people want a beer or two before or after the game, a programme, a pie, etc etc soon mounts up.

I would be over the moon if I saw change out of £50 from a match day without a season ticket, and that is just a home game. I didn't go last night because I decided that I would rather spend that money on Saturday for the league match. I have bills to pay and a holiday to go on next week, and we are now playing an extra home game that I will attend before the end of the month, so that will be over £150 from my household spent on footy in August.

September has 3 games plus I quite fancy MK dons away, October and November are cheaper but I can still see how if people are struggling or are worried about their jobs in any way that by not going to pools for a few months they could save a grand or more by just after christmas.

I am sure Pubey could think of a lot better things to do with £36 a month taking his kids to the baths, days out etc.

I personally would be at pools every home match if lived in the town, but thats because as you mention I have a full time job with nothing to pay for other than rent, as dont have a kid, wife, morgage etc

I was agreeing with you it was Victor Meldrew that was saying "if people wanted to go they could find money and time", it must be nice to live like that and have the money

Wooooossssshhhhhhh.

I wasn't there myself last night Mr F. It was a choice between spending half an hour with my boy between getting home from work and him going to bed or going straight to Pools after work.

And I'm not aware of what a "secure job" is, they don't exist in the industry that I work in.

Ok, maybe I'm lucky that I only work Monday to Friday but my daughter can do without me for 2 hours a fortnight on a Saturday afternoon.
And yes, apart from my family pools are the most important thing.

No jobs not even mine are secured for life, I work in local government and I don't know if u noticed but spending cuts are aplenty soon.
I told you Npower are taking on, our lass earns 14k basic with good commission available so if ur desperate for a half decent wage try them.
As I've said if ur working 18 quid a fortnight is hardly going to break the bank. I've spent more in pizza hut in half a hour.

You are lucky, I think Pubey made that point in his reply to you he only see's his daughter on a weekend, so she cant do wthout him on a Saturday afternoon.

Fair enough pal don't "shoot" me down, I wasn't in particular having a go at you.

Fair dos. The main days I used to see my bairn was Saturday and Sunday so I bought her a season ticket. It lasted 3 seasons then she got bored so I arranged to see her other days and times and moved round the corner from her so she could see me more often.

Schools aren't my bag mate, but I'm hoping that some of the road or nuclear jobs manage to escape the funding cuts.

I wouldn't bank on it Ripper, I mean they even tried to get rid of free school milk

What next, get rid of free school dinners?

Not banking on owt mate, can't afford to.

I'm just hoping that I don't have to go abroad to work after this job finishes, or even worse, down south.

Although the worst case scenario would no doubt be Wales.

Building a new Nuclear Power Station, that must be the nearest thing to a job for life now, Hartlepool NPS took forever to build.

Same for me, although I hope I wouldn't have to move back to London

As for Wales, I'd rather run Sussex down with baby oil...

Was that a freudian slip? Do you want to run him down, or rub him down?

Well i'd like to run him down, in a big lorry full of p e g s , but if I was faced with living in Wales or rubbing him dowm with the oil, I'm afraid it would be the oil

Careful now, or there is a danger of this thread being moved.

Give us your cheap ticket then and you can pay the £18 a fortnight.

Trust me whilst the mrs is out of work £18 a fortnight is a lot!

Oh yes moving round the corner from my ex would go down sooooooooooooooo well.

Yubep says to current girlfriend "fancy moving house darlin"

GF "oh yer where shall we move"

Yubep "there is this lovely house dead close to my ex and her fiance, shall we move there"

Would you like to guess what the reply should be then LT?

We will, Tree no.2 is going to do it, no ships or boats mind, just loads of bands who can't get a gig elsewhere, like Wet, Wet, Wet or the Thompson Twins, who weren't even twin BTW

Totally agree with Chip, football is part of my life, but it's not my life.

I'm just suggesting what route I took.
You have to do these things to watch the team that you love.
You can't please all the people all of the time but I do my best.
If you're feeling the pinch a bit I'm experienced in budgeting skills, give me a shout if you need a hand:)


Ok, maybe I'm lucky that I only work Monday to Friday but my daughter can do without me for 2 hours a fortnight on a Saturday afternoon.
And yes, apart from my family pools are the most important thing.[/quote]

You are lucky, I think Pubey made that point in his reply to you he only see's his daughter on a weekend, so she cant do wthout him on a Saturday afternoon.[/quote]

Fair dos. The main days I used to see my bairn was Saturday and Sunday so I bought her a season ticket. It lasted 3 seasons then she got bored so I arranged to see her other days and times and moved round the corner from her so she could see me more often.[/quote]

Oh yes moving round the corner from my ex would go down sooooooooooooooo well.

Yubep says to current girlfriend "fancy moving house darlin"

GF "oh yer where shall we move"

Yubep "there is this lovely house dead close to my ex and her fiance, shall we move there"

Would you like to guess what the reply should be then LT?[/quote]

You don't need crappy bands to get the crowds flocking to Hartleppol.
Just spread the word you have found a paving stone with an image of Jesus on Maritime Avenue and they'll be here in their thousands.