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Give Shrewsbury Town your support
Tuesday 19th May 2009, 6:00AM BST.
Shrewsbury Town are all set for their big match at Wembley – and we want to send them to the stadium with your messages of support.
Town are just 90 minutes from promotion to League One, and thousands of their fans will be travelling down to London for the big match on May 23.
But you can make your voice heard now.
There are four ways you can leave a message for Shrewsbury Town.
First, you can leave a message in the comments box at the bottom of this article.
Another option is to record a video message on your telephone. You can send it to us by clicking on this link.
Or, why not make a video message with your video camera? You can email it to us through link.
Remember, there is a £50 prize for the best video we receive.
Alternatively, why not use your phone to send a text message to the team. You can find out how by clicking this link.
- Tickets went on sale today on shrewsburytown.com and for telephone orders. Tickets will go on sale at the ground tomorrow for season ticket holders.
- For full details of ticket sales see today’s Shropshire Star.
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COME ON THE GILLS
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wot a game yesterday. ive been living and working in spain for 6 years and miss my salop team been back as much as i can to watch the town so come on shrewsbury make this spanish tony very happy and win the final im looking for flights come on u blues
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come on salop
bring on the gills
we can go all the way
salop
ever shrewsbury fan in shropshire get behind the boys
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Come on Salop!
Keep the performances going and make it 4 away wins on the bounce!!
Make it 3rd time lucky at Wembley.
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Tom – Enjoy watching your real club telford next year ;-).
Good luck town you have done ever so well to get here, dont let it end now.
Come on Town.
Gary
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How many more heart attacks will I have?
Come on you Blues
From a shrews supporter in Hungary
Will be watching you on Sky
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Come on Salop!!!!
If you win the next one I might even forgive you for Blyth away!!!
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cant wait to the final,
All the famley are shrews, we live in kent now nr Gillingham, will be a fun train ride up,
Make it a Great journey home for us
Come On You Shrews
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Come on Salop!!! You can do it, then bring on Leeds, Southampton, Charlton and Norwich next year!!!
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Come on Town U Can Do It.
From
Shropshire Junk Busters
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Will be glued to the screen on Saturday cheering you lads on…but I don’t think I can stand another penalty shoot-out….so get in there and score the goals.
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When you consider that if they are lucky STFC will sell 22,000 tickets, out of a county population of 283,000 (2001 census),a representation of under 8% yet we are bombarded by endless drivel in the press and local radio,you would never have thought that they’d played a game of football before.What ever happened to providing for the majority?
I wonder how the taxpayers will feel next year when the local constabulary provides literally hundreds of officers to police the likes of Leeds and Millwall (if they don’t get promoted)? Perhaps STFC will like to dip into their deep pockets should they get through.
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i have 12 tickets left for sale 18 quid each, ring me after 6pm on 01743 239080 or ask for a manager.
come on the town!!!
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Cheer up Norman! What other organisation in Shropshire could get 22,000 salopians jumping in cars, buses and planes and heading for London to cheer on the team? Loads of free publicity for the town and county will more than pay for the costs of policing towns game for the next five years.
Up the Town – Good laucj to the team and for those that can’t make the game wear some blue and amber for the day!
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Come on you blues.
All the best from a shrews supporter in Canada
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Well said Norman. Don’t forget that’s it’s taken a playoff final at wembley before town were able to sell any more than a few thousand seats. They have never come close to selling out the prostar, even on the last home game of the season which was also a play off semi final!
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As a Frenchman who once lived & worked in beautiful Shropshire i find it insulting to read on here such comments as “Come on Salop”, surely a more respectable comment would be something like “Come on the Shrew’s”? or perhap’s even “The Blues”? Either way i hope the Final will prove a good spectacle (i’ll be watching it on Sky in an english bar) & as a neutral (i support & watch Auxerre in France) may the best team win.
Thierry
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Come on the Shrews
support from ex salop folks
now downunder in Tasmania
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Oh Norman, So you don’t like football, probably didn’t want the new stadium there either, didn’t like rival supporters marauding through the town centre and you think that this awful game is taking up too many column inches on the sport page which should be given over to bowls (is it me or is the Shropshire Star obsessed with bowls?) Bah Humbug Norman…There is a good play on Radio 4 you could tune into instead.
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Spencer, The Blue and Amber Gooner, Are you out there???
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Norman & Monkey, thanks for the support. Maybe check your facts first though chaps? You should really know that the club ARE responsible for picking up the policing bill. They are also under the beck and call of the ‘old bill’ when it comes to holding tasty fixtures. Anything vaguely local (see Wrexham, Chester, Hereford) has predominantly been held on a sunday a 12.00pm. Policies like this, and the financial burden incurred, are bringing clubs to their knees all over the country.
Now, I’m sure there’s a NIMBY meeting going on somewhere where you can go and interfere with other people’s fun.
Breath on ‘em Salop!
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I agree with Norman and Monkey so does that make me a NIMBY?
It seems that the root mentality is if you don’t support the football team you’re some sort of weirdo.
I enjoy watching football when players put their heart and soul into it, the last two times I saw them play I was tempted to ask for my money back.
I think you’ll find that the club are responsible for only minimal police staffing costs, the other officers are put on duty to ensure the safety of their colleagues.If the club paid up for ALL police costs they wouldn’t have enough money to survive.
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Come on Town and prove that that the one league team in Shropshire is destined for immortality.
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I’m just wondering how Shrews are selling 16000 tickets for wembley yet for the meat and gravy games they only attract 3000max?
Surely if those 16000 came week in week out the coffers of Shrews would be greatly improved
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Win this and the ground will be sold out plenty of times next season? Southampton, Norwich, Leeds and the rest. Salop! Salop! Salop!
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Why do people always have to voice their opinions on matters they hate. No need for the three amigos above to post their drviel.
Population of Shropshire? What? Do all the people living in one county support one team?
If you dont support the football team then fine but why whine about it like some fool? I didnt realise you could get your money back if you did not enjoy the experience – where does it say that on the ticket?
Anyways fools aside this will be a momentus day for Salopand hopefully a successful one.
As an exile I wish I was in Shrewsbury for the build up but alas I do not have the privledge that others take for granted.
Come on you Blues!
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Norman – surely it is part of the police’s remit to maintain civil order? Hooliganism is society’s problem, that a minority of ‘hooligan’ types choose football as a place to congregate and cause disturbances is not the fault of the football club or the vast, vast majority who attend in a perfectly law-abiding way. Yes it is right that the football club should contribute towards the cost of policing matches but to make it pay the total amount would be like asking a shopkeeper to pay the costs of policing trouble-makers gathering outside his/her shop.
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What joyless, petty little lives Norman, Monkey and Harry must lead.
Thousands of Salopians will be descending on the capital while many thousands more will be enjoying in the pubs both in Shrewsbury and much further afield, while these miseries pen their latest dismal missives to the Star.
Please enlighten us as to what your pleasures are chaps.
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Monkey, Norman and Harry. Get a life.
Get back to drinking port while discussing how much you love the conservatives and how posh you are.
Your only jealous because SARA didn’t get that many supporters and the stadium still got built haha!!
Oh and for Thierry ‘O’Freddi. Come on SALOP!!
SALOP
SALOP
SALOP
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sounds like Norman,monkey & harry are jealoues AFC Telford fans,remind me what does afc stand for ?
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I can cheerfully ignore the minority of folks who want to beat the club down. If you don’t like football or the club, why are you reading this story and bothering to comment on it.
Come on Salop, League 1 is looking tasty next season!!
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For the moaning whinging NIMBYS ; Get yourself the REAL facts before you spout your UTTER DRIVEL .
Its YOUR mentality that has bought this country to its kneees .
Go dust your roses and polish your tomato’s !
Come on Salop and get promoted so hundreds of away fans can arrive in Salop and say Hello to the likes of Norman & Harry !!
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Well, well, well, its always the same….. The Town are poor and they get slated, the Town do well and get slated. This message board is for good luck messages not for bitter and twisted people to run down S.T.F.C. because they either don’t care about the team or have gone to a couple of games where they lost!!!! I’m going to Wembley and i’m a proud Salopian and whatever happens on saturday i’ll still be a proud Salopian. So good luck to the Simmo and the boys, I’m sure you do the town proud!
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On Norman, Monkey and Harry, you should really get out more! I love the fact that you have bothered and taken time out to tell everybody how aweful it all is!! Harry your comment is great, you must have sat at home thinking “I am really not in to all this footie hype, I must take some time out to tell everybody”!!
Oh please!!
COME ON TOWN, YOU CAN DO IT
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I thought the idea of this thread was for Town fans to send `good luck` messages to the team for the big game on saturday,not to moan and run them down.These people need to keep their comments to themselves if they don`t support their home team or enjoy football, why spoil it for those who do! GOOD LUCK TOWN WE CAN DO IT!
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CAIRNS AUSTRALIA IS HOPING FOR THE TOWN TO DO IT THIS TIME… WE’VE SENT A MAN TO WEMBLEY.
COME ON THE TOWN
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C’MON salop we can do it this year
up the town
we deserve to be hear town
UP THE SHREWS
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Y Mab Darogan-As the capacity of the ground is less than 10,000 it would be very difficult to get 16,000 turning up. Also Town are averaging 5,000 so don’t quite get your point.
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Y Mab Darogan please learn to count in English, we have sold nearly 20,000 tickets and averaged 5664 for home games, the lowest being 4134, well above the ’3000 max’ you state.
Anyway C’mon Salop, this is our time
See you at Wembley
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Please Town, make my day and WIN!
Come on you Blues!
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Come on lads. The last three away games you have gone about it exactly the right way. Just one more time.
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Colin
I think Y Mab was talking purely about Shrewsbury fans, those home figures you quoted surely involve a significant amount of away supporters?
All the best from the Bucks Head ;)
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Indeed Serotonin I was counting just Shrewsbury fans not away fans.
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I can see where Monkey etc are coming from, just because they do not wish to follow the exploits of the football club should not make them open to abuse et al, it gives an impression of narrow mindedness by those willing to be sarcastic.
I think what they were trying to say was that there are more people in the county than just football supporters and the media has seemed to forgotten those people.
Likewise I can understand the excitement that supporters have wanting their team to succeed, visits to Wembley do not come every year, unless of course you are Man Utd etc.
It’s all about give and take.
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come on u blues, flying home from eygpt late fri night to get to wembley, on time, make it worth while!!! give us some thing to shout about.
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Can fully understand that there are many who don’t take an interest in football, but other subjects are covered in the local media and press and if the star has just become a sports paper.
Also many away teams have only brought a few hundred fans so I whether away fans are included or not doesnt make much difference.
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FAO Y Mab Darogan; you need to check your facts friend. We have been in the top three or four best supported teams in the lower leagues for the last two seasons. Our average is around 6,500. I can understand the negativity of people such as yourself / Norman and Monkey but if you want to post incorrect facts then expect to be challenged. We have also sold around 21000 tickets for Wembley so there is a real following out there, just a shame that because you dont like STFC you have to resort to petty insults.
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Thierry ‘O’Freddi; There is no intention of using insults. The County of Shropshire was always known as Salop. Our Latin logo Floreat Salopia means may Salop Flourish. The majority of people who live in the county always called Shrewsbury Salop. We know what it means in French and that is why it was changed to Shropshire, however, for those born and bred here it will always always be SALOP.
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Y Mab Darogan – Shrewsbury’s average home attendance this season is 5664 and of this the average away following is 415 – meaning the clubs average home following is 5249.
Even this figure is a bit misleading as obviously its not the same 5249 fans who go week in week out. Around 2500 fans are season ticket holders so go to all games, but there are also a lot of fans who can only go occassionally due to work or family commitments. Over the course of a season around 10,000 people probably go to at least one Town game and consider themselves to be Shrewsbury fans.
If all these people brought just two tickets to Wembley (ie taking a friend or family member with them) it becomes a bit easier to see how the club can sell 20,000 tickets for a game when their normal attendance is a lot lower.
I can’t name another organisation in the town that regularly attracts 5000 plus people to its events, so while Shrewsbury Town attendances are small compared with the premier league, they are actually very good for a town our size and are one of the most important social groups in the town.
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Serotonin
Taking the lowest crowd of 4134,played on a freezing Tuesday night in February there were only 28 away, which makes a home following of 4106.
The highest crowd was Bury in the play off’s 1007 in a crowd of 8429 with a home following of 7422.
Jealousy is an amazing thing!
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Serotonin & Y Mab Darogan
Our lowest gate of the season was 4134 against Accrington on a cold Tuesday night in February, only 28 away fans meaning there were 4106 Town fans. Our highest gate was the play off against Bury with 1007 away fans in a crowd of 8429, which means there were 7422 home fans. Crowds they dream of at the Bucks Head.
Anyway Good luck Salop, just one more win and League One here we come!
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Voice of Reason-If the local media was football obsessed I could understand where you were coming from, but I don’t think people should have a problem with an hour or so or a few pages each day in the lead up 2 the most important game for 2 years. Nobody forces anyone 2 listen or read the articles.
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Serotonin, away fans yes, significant no! More than 5000 Town fans at most home games.
Anyway, Come on you Blues
lets get back where we belong!
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Colin, why so defensive?
There WAS a question in there “those home figures you quoted surely involve a significant amount of away supporters?”
And as you didnt seem to want to accept my best wishes I’ll change my comment to – look forward to playing you in the conference soon!
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Make sure you win because my son (age 9) gets the micky taken out of him for supporting STFC and living in Wolverhampton!
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Serotonin, not defensive at all just being more factual than plucking figures out of the air!
As for playing you in the conference, you’ve got to get there first.
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Sharon Kendal – Maybe he should support a better team like Wolves, WBA, Birmingham or Villa then
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Lets forget the whingers and the moaners and god knows what other sorts want to discuss. Especially you NORMAN who started the pathetic statement issue off, sad individual. From a massive S.T.F.C fan living in Spain I wish you all the best for Saturday and know that this will be your day. C’MON SALOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FLOREAT SALOPIA.
P.S Enjoy your bowls match Norman !!
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yet again ymad spouting drivel… if all these numpty’s don’t like football, why have they waisted some of their very precious time reading and commenting on this article ?? because they are sad people with nothing better to do than whinge !! Try finding something positive in your sad lifes and learn to smile !
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Come on Town third time lucky I was at the last two but have decided I must be bad luck so I am watching from home so pleaseeee do it this time! you are the pride of Shropshire :-)
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“Come on you Shrews”!!! I have rustled up about twenty U.S. fans over the last week. I’ll be sitting in my local in Dallas at 9 am watching on Setanta. Get an early goal so I don’t have to start thinking about a pint!! Also all the best to everyone travelling to Wembley.
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