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Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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everton carr

everton carr

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7 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

County's small support has always been anachronistic. A largely white working class crowd located in an unfashionable white working class part of the city. 

 

The fancy dress middle class stag do bollox at England matches and the big counties with the geriatric scorecard scorers are a million miles from the basic Grace Road. And there's something kinda cool about our team and that type of support right now. 

 

 

Not sure how Its a white working class area of the city tbh.Less then 10% of the students at the nearby Lancaster boys academy are white

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The whole world smiles

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9 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

County's small support has always been anachronistic. A largely white working class crowd located in an unfashionable white working class part of the city. 

 

The fancy dress middle class stag do bollox at England matches and the big counties with the geriatric scorecard scorers are a million miles from the basic Grace Road. And there's something kinda cool about our team and that type of support right now. 

 

 

I'm a fairly new convert to the county this is only my 2nd season of following them properly but couldn't agree more about the unfashionable part.

 

It reminds very much of following Martin O'Neils City at filbo in the mid to late 90s. Largely ignored and belittled by the cricketing establishment but suddenly with the right man in charge and a crop of journeymen written off elsewhere as well as a sprinkling of brilliant youngsters we are suddenly beating everyone.

 

To say it's night and day compared to the last 12 months at city would be a huge understatement but it's just what I've needed. 

 

Up the foxes.

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Cakey

Cakey

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2 hours ago, everton carr said:

Agree looked a good few in

It was a good atmosphere. Biggest crowd in years and years. Let's hope it's a sign of things to come. 

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Stadt

Stadt

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Out for my girlfriend’s birthday yesterday so couldn’t make it down but seemed a top night.

 

I knew Budinger would eventually get it right, if Kimber finds a bit of form too they could be so destructive together 

Lionator

Lionator

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2 hours ago, The whole world smiles said:

I'm a fairly new convert to the county this is only my 2nd season of following them properly but couldn't agree more about the unfashionable part.

 

It reminds very much of following Martin O'Neils City at filbo in the mid to late 90s. Largely ignored and belittled by the cricketing establishment but suddenly with the right man in charge and a crop of journeymen written off elsewhere as well as a sprinkling of brilliant youngsters we are suddenly beating everyone.

 

To say it's night and day compared to the last 12 months at city would be a huge understatement but it's just what I've needed. 

 

Up the foxes.

The club has always sought to expand its supporter base, whether it be in the richer more rural parts of the county or the diverse inner parts of the city, but it’s never really worked. The best way for sure is to maximise the people who it means more to. The people whose parents/grandparents took them to Sunday league games back in the day, those who feel an affinity to the city through sport, whether it be the city or tigers. After all, even though rugby is a more affluent sport, even the tigers have a much more working class fanbase than other teams. Leicester clubs in all sports are at their best when it means something.

 

The big crowd last night can surely be put down to the championship form and the supporter base feeling on a high, especially as it wasn’t even that cheap. 

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Paninistickers

Paninistickers

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8 minutes ago, Lionator said:

The club has always sought to expand its supporter base, whether it be in the richer more rural parts of the county or the diverse inner parts of the city, but it’s never really worked

They've flogged those dead horses for years. Waste of time. 

 

Last night the pics looked as if they appealed to their base. Bars aplenty. Food trucks. More booze. Men. It's the stuff of nightmares for Susan whelan.

 

The 3k who were at Trent bridge for the final two years ago showed how well the team bonded with a small but raucous support. 

 

 Back to the old Sunday league days you mentioned, families would picnic at their cars on the old grassy Bennet end car park. If they gave up those little pods + half of that almost totally unused Bennett end / milligan road stand + some outfield.....create a grassy embankment (maybe with with some brick bbqs) you'd have a mini Sydney hill few  picnics and barbies on the go..

 

 

 

 

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SemperEadem

SemperEadem

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3 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

They've flogged those dead horses for years. Waste of time. 

 

Last night the pics looked as if they appealed to their base. Bars aplenty. Food trucks. More booze. Men. It's the stuff of nightmares for Susan whelan.

 

The 3k who were at Trent bridge for the final two years ago showed how well the team bonded with a small but raucous support. 

 

 Back to the old Sunday league days you mentioned, families would picnic at their cars on the old grassy Bennet end car park. If they gave up those little pods + half of that almost totally unused Bennett end / milligan road stand + some outfield.....create a grassy embankment (maybe with with some brick bbqs) you'd have a mini Sydney hill few  picnics and barbies on the go..

 

 

 

 

I thought similar looking over on that side the other day at the Championship game. Really is a wasted area that like you said could have big potential.

 

That would though be the area flats go on if the expansion ever happens.

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Bert

Bert

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The thing with the Friday night games are it’s just perfect after a week at work. £25 and you’re there longer than a football match, can booze in the stands and even if you aren’t all that into it and just go along for the crack with your mates. 

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Dan

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Cricket has never really been my bag and the best conversation I can probably hold with someone about it in any sort of detail is the insanity of that World Cup final back in 2019.

 

But I went last night, been telling myself I'd go along for a while. Went in a group of about 15 of us. Completely get the appeal and why people like it. It's clearly a club going in the right direction, based on this thread and the comments about how it was the busiest it had been in years etc... it definitely scratched an itch for me. Like I'm already doing something next Friday and I'm half tempted to try and rearrange that to the next day because I fancy going again - as somebody who has never really been into cricket.

 

I think it's a good opportunity for them. It's a sports club in Leicester with a feel good factor about it. With the state of LCFC and how utterly depressing that has become, this is a genuinely nice experience. Spotted plenty of people I recognised from LCFC as well.

 

So yeah good stuff, glad I went and I'll go back - just unsure when exactly.

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Corky

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Can't go much any more (location and timing of matches) but delighted that crowds are strong and the interest is growing.

 

I know we have been strong in the T20 generally but always against the backdrop of poor Championship form. Doing well in both would be huge for the club.

Lionator

Lionator

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3 hours ago, Dan said:

Cricket has never really been my bag and the best conversation I can probably hold with someone about it in any sort of detail is the insanity of that World Cup final back in 2019.

 

But I went last night, been telling myself I'd go along for a while. Went in a group of about 15 of us. Completely get the appeal and why people like it. It's clearly a club going in the right direction, based on this thread and the comments about how it was the busiest it had been in years etc... it definitely scratched an itch for me. Like I'm already doing something next Friday and I'm half tempted to try and rearrange that to the next day because I fancy going again - as somebody who has never really been into cricket.

 

I think it's a good opportunity for them. It's a sports club in Leicester with a feel good factor about it. With the state of LCFC and how utterly depressing that has become, this is a genuinely nice experience. Spotted plenty of people I recognised from LCFC as well.

 

So yeah good stuff, glad I went and I'll go back - just unsure when exactly.

Do it lad, now is the perfect time. It’s literally everything that the city isn’t at the minute. Community, belonging, pride, passion etc. 

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Beagle

Beagle

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It’s so good to be reading these positive comments from people. If it reflects the feelings of the majority that never post anything anywhere but probably just talk about it with their mates, the Club can only benefit. Let’s just hope that form and weather keep being conducive! 

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