https://www.facebook.com/share/FwgGQ2TR ... tid=WC7FNe
Would love to hear everyone’s opinion on this announcement. Personally, I have to admit it doesn’t sit well with me at all. Admittedly, I was born after the merger in 1992 and thus never had the privilege of watching Rushden Town FC play. However, I absolutely love looking at the old pictures, reading the old match reports etc etc and learning the club’s long history. I urge everyone to like the ‘RUSHDEN TOWN FC (Gone but not forgotten)’ page on Facebook, it really is fantastic. Credit to everyone who posts on the page, particularly Jamie & Rick who I believe created it, or at least post some brilliant stuff.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. I know it’s somewhat of a touchy topic, as there was a group of people who were very upset with the RDFC merger. I think most understand that the merger was beneficial for both clubs and those who gave it a chance definitely reaped the rewards. I feel like any attempt to revive the ‘Rushden Town’ name would in ways feel really detrimental to the history of our clubs. To me, and I know that not everyone agrees, but AFCR&D is the legacy of RTFC. As it is the legacy of Irthlingborough Diamonds, and RDFC. I know we often get the piss taken out of us for our various guises/names, but it really shouldn’t be that hard for people to understand the timeline of events (I know people/rivals take the piss to wind us up and I completely get that
).By Rushden Spartans changing their name to Rushden Town FC, I do feel like it comes with an ample degree of disrespect towards us. I don’t want this post to come across as salty or self-centred, but this is just my opinion. Having looked at the comments on the Facebook post linked above, it does seem that R&HUFC would also like to take up the name Rushden Town FC (if I’m reading it correctly). This does make more sense, given they play at Hayden Road, yet still wouldn’t sit right with me either. Although with that said, the comment does also mention the potential reopening of the main stand, which would be great seeing as we are likely to remain at Hayden Road for a while
.Enough of me rambling on. What does everyone think? They probably won’t even be able to name themselves Rushden Town FC but it’s definitely an interesting conversation.