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rushdenrushden2 wrote:ok sorry

Don't worry, it's good that you're passionate about the club!

Do we have to contact to register ourselves for the trials? Or can we just turn up?

Oundle Diamond #2 wrote:Do we have to contact to register ourselves for the trials? Or can we just turn up?

You can just turn up on the day. You'll need to complete a registration form which can be downloaded from the DSG website: http://www.saverdfc.com/blog/

All the necessary details should be on there.

Former RDFCNet regular and exiled Diamonds fan Mabbo has asked me to post the following;

Mabbo Wrote:

Raz....i'm not registered on the diamondsforum, but can you tell the people on there they are being kind of silly pushing Raunds so much as a ground, given where its located and the small population! Please push Wellingborough if you agree (a town of 80,000?)

Whilst i'm going to wait to hear the pros and cons of each ground at the forthcoming meeting (or subsequent meetings) before nailing my colours to a particular mast, i think he makes a good point about the population of Wellingborough possibly being attracted to the new side.

Good point, but there may be other reasons why Raunds might prove to be the better long term option, reasons I won't go into on here.

I think at the end of the day cost will play a large part, we won't be made of money and whichever turns out to be the cheapest will probably get the gig !

BartonRaz wrote:Former RDFCNet regular and exiled Diamonds fan Mabbo has asked me to post the following;

Mabbo Wrote:

Raz....i'm not registered on the diamondsforum, but can you tell the people on there they are being kind of silly pushing Raunds so much as a ground, given where its located and the small population! Please push Wellingborough if you agree (a town of 80,000?)

Whilst i'm going to wait to hear the pros and cons of each ground at the forthcoming meeting (or subsequent meetings) before nailing my colours to a particular mast, i think he makes a good point about the population of Wellingborough possibly being attracted to the new side.

It's a good point, however, don't forget that Wellingborough already has a club playing at the level we hope to in a year's time, and that their average attendance is only around 100. I'm not sure we would get many additional supporters (i.e. supporters who were not R&D fans previously) watch us at UCL level, regardless of whether we're at Wellingborough or Raunds. I'd love to be proved wrong, of course.

Tell Mabbo it would be great if he could come along to the fans meeting at Raunds on Saturday, his input would be greatly appreciated

Is this not going to be the same thing as K*ttering playing in Irthlingborough? Surely we will struggle to attract new supporters, as who wants to support a Rushden/Irthlingborough based team playing in Wellingborough or Raunds. Especially as both of these have established teams, as has already been said.

So what's the alternative?

What about Rushden & Higham ?
Rushden team name, and going back home to where it all started, makes sense to me.