Proud #FathersDay2023 ‘Red Balloons: A Father, A Son’ publication day for me 🎈
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𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | RED BALLOONS: A FATHER, A SON, A MEMOIR by @liampw
An affecting, yet ultimately hopeful journey through grief and the search for answers. More than anything, it's a family footballing love story.
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So in the end it didn’t matter what time the roll call was, because in the DR I couldn’t hear it anyway.
Same issue I wrote about in Red Balloons as it caused personal grief, & years on, like all else at #stfc, nothing has improved.
This is a club sleepwalking to the edge 1/2
Congratulations @swindonred - awesome achievement on a hot day with London at its crazy, beautiful best. I loved tracking you through your journey.
3:30:31 PB for me with very sore legs and a lifetime of memories #stfc
Well I did it. I shuffled round the old @LondonMarathon course.
Many people said “well done grandad” don’t know what they mean 😂.
A mad, crazy, bonkers experience with thousands of great people lining the streets. Thanks to them and all who’ve sponsored me for @PhoenixSwindon
@SamMorshead_ Yep - “It could be safe standing. It could be a lower-grade revamp to protect against crushing. It could be a review of stewarding policy.”
The lowest of bars that my (admittedly athletic) tortoise would skip over with ease.
But this is #stfc rather than Reptile Olympics 🐢🥇
In my earlier thread > https://t.co/tAdu4fZWtg I said I’d be back with positive, aspirational ideas and examples.
Here are just a few. There are dozens of others, you’ll have your own.
Supporting #stfc doesn’t have to be like this ... 1/10
A considered, sensible contribution to the #stfc atmosphere, ground redevelopment doom loop thank you @SamMorshead_@talkinghawes ... unfortunately the content just makes me angrier. Another year wasted & I fully agree, the impasse must be broken ... 1/7
https://t.co/Ftl8BeKzUp
St Andrews was a dump. I’d seen #stfc play there in a crowd of 4,026. St Pauli’s Millerntor was loved, but primitive. Nobody here had heard of them.
Football without vision is nothing.
Just a few ideas.
It doesn't have to be like this ❤️🤍10/10
And finally - where were those giant clubs in 1994 - the year the DR was completed and time stood still at Swindon Town?
In 94/95 Fortuna Dusseldorf averaged less than #stfc. They now average over 40,000 ... 9/10
Making it happen for #stfc?
Here's a simple six step guide on understanding what fans value and how to drive improvement ... 8/10
https://t.co/pH0yW9CpNh
Back to Germany. Yes, St Pauli are a genuinely unique club and now a global brand. At the core is hugely personal connection and belonging. With care and intent, they can be nurtured anywhere. A recording studio in the new Town End? Let’s crack on ... 7/10 https://t.co/AXCmUO2Rek
Or for balance then, how about West Didsbury & Chorlton in the North West Counties League?
Club-branded Session IPA? Yes please ... 6/10
https://t.co/cKmbYatBn8
And here’s an example of that ambition coming to life: Birmingham City’s recent proposals. Again, the scale is not for #stfc , but wow, the vision, the sense of heritage and community, certainly should be ... 5/10 https://t.co/6P5X3Hd4aY
So now, maybe I'd be a yes to an enabling development on the DR green.
It could be part of a wider urban renewal partnership in the immediate area. The CG would be the heart of a new community.
24/7 use is not just sticking a hotel in the corner of the #stfc car park ... 4/10
What I really like about this article is that it made me reconsider what options for the NECG footprint could be like. Forget the investment scale of this, but imagine how points 1-10 could be relevant and transformational for #stfc ... 3/10 https://t.co/EJP30B2m3T
We’ll start with Dusseldorf, since their ground featured in #stfc’s redevelopment brochure. Faced with a failing business model they offer 5 free games a season.
They've doubled commercial income and tripled merchandising.
Bloody freeloaders! … 2/10
https://t.co/LV3smD1hRA
In my earlier thread > https://t.co/tAdu4fZWtg I said I’d be back with positive, aspirational ideas and examples.
Here are just a few. There are dozens of others, you’ll have your own.
Supporting #stfc doesn’t have to be like this ... 1/10