7833toMK.... come on back the lads. (1 Viewer)

Reasons for never going to MK:-

To put them out of business – very unlikely
To prevent more franchising – the football authorities have made sure it can’t happen again
To ram home their immorality to them - everybody knows the history and that it wasn’t right (despicable in fact), but maybe they’ve served their time after all these years

It seems to me that the only practical effect of boycotting their ground would be to make you feel better about yourself, and at the expense of other innocent football fans.

“Daddy, why does everybody hate us and why do no away fans ever come to our matches?“
“Ah well son, you see we are a nasty franchise club so we shouldn’t really be here, and we deserve to be punished forever. I hope you’ll teach that to your kids too when the time comes”.

Moral absolutism makes no sense to me in this. Enjoy the day.

steve82 said:

Huge followings gone in the past and I'd imagine they will give us plenty of tickets in a empty stadium.

A winnable game down the road too!

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Steve82 - Best title post thread - 10KtoMK Copyright it. Brilliant!

jordan210 said:

Looks like some of the players must read the forum

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I think Grimmer will make a manager one day, presented well on TV tonight & is on social media drumming up support later on with a catchy hashtag.

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

Lots of tickets will be available after all a lot of people on here won't be going

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Why, are wasps at home?

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stupot07 said:

Why, are wasps at home?

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No, the ticket prices remember? Ooh I can’t afford it - they should have charged a tenner then we could have switched the tie to Wembley and filled it.

Am I missing something? Minimum away allocation at fa cup matches is 15 percent, 4500 of their stadium. Why do we assume they're going to give us a third of their ground?

stupot07 said:

Why, are wasps at home?

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Don't know are they?

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

Don't know are they?

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No idea.

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stupot07 said:

No idea.

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Why would you think that I would know?

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

Why would you think that I would know?

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Just wondered why you were suggesting why no one on here would be going to MK Dons.

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stupot07 said:

Just wondered why you were suggestiny why no one on here would be going to MK Dons.

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I didn't say no one on here would be going

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

I didn't say no one on here would be going

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OK 'a lot' then.

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stupot07 said:

OK 'a lot' then.

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Some don't go to away games, some don't go to any games, some won't go because it's MK for various reasons

Paxman II said:

Hmm. I'm slightly disappointed tbf. I wanted a big draw, cash in and concentrate on the league.
Now we have been handed a winnable game which I hope we can sail through and have the big team draw in the next round.
Either way the sooner we can cash in and get out so we concentrate on the league the better. I just don't want the players heads turned by all the attention
and keep focus on promotion.

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Chill, man.

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Esoterica said:

Am I missing something? Minimum away allocation at fa cup matches is 15 percent, 4500 of their stadium. Why do we assume they're going to give us a third of their ground?

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Obviously I can't guarantee what they will do, but their ground is well suited to accommodating a very large away contingent. We took a lot there a few years back (a bore draw if I recall correctly), and we still had room to spare in the top tier.

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

Lots of tickets will be available after all a lot of people on here won't be going

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You, Tony and Last enjoying your pathetic little gloating giggle over Cov fans wanting to support their team? Massive difference between going to support a franchise rugby team who have moved into your city and supporting your own team, desperate for cash, in a cup tie where we get 45 percent of the money.

Esoterica said:

You, Tony and Last enjoying your pathetic little gloating giggle over Cov fans wanting to support their team? Massive difference between going to support a franchise rugby team who have moved into your city and supporting your own team, desperate for cash, in a cup tie where we get 45 percent of the money.

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People in glass houses and all that!

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Esoterica said:

Am I missing something? Minimum away allocation at fa cup matches is 15 percent, 4500 of their stadium. Why do we assume they're going to give us a third of their ground?

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Simple, money. If they only expect around 10,000 home fans (above average for them this season) then they maximise their takings by opening up more to away fans.

NorthernWisdom said:

Hopefully a crowd of zero, we win, get the prize money and a decent draw next round, they take another step on the road to bankruptcy, and hammer another nail in the coffin of franchised sport.

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I really enjoyed it when I went last time Robins was in charge and we won there. Sorry :-(

Tempting.....hopefully its on tv lol

Calista said:

Reasons for never going to MK:-

To put them out of business – very unlikely
To prevent more franchising – the football authorities have made sure it can’t happen again
To ram home their immorality to them - everybody knows the history and that it wasn’t right (despicable in fact), but maybe they’ve served their time after all these years

It seems to me that the only practical effect of boycotting their ground would be to make you feel better about yourself, and at the expense of other innocent football fans.

“Daddy, why does everybody hate us and why do no away fans ever come to our matches?“
“Ah well son, you see we are a nasty franchise club so we shouldn’t really be here, and we deserve to be punished forever. I hope you’ll teach that to your kids too when the time comes”.

Moral absolutism makes no sense to me in this. Enjoy the day.

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I absolutely agree that everyone who goes should enjoy the day, Christ knows every city fan here deserves a good day out after the crap we've had to put up with.

However the rest of your post makes little sense to me unless you're trying to justify something to yourself that you're not entirely comfortable with.

My choice, which I know puts me in a very small minority, is never to directly put money in the pockets of those who own MK Dons by going to a game there. (Using your analogy, if you're continuing to make a profit from something that's wrong, then I guess I can't see how you can have 'served your time'.)

I know that my individual action will have no impact on MK Dons, and I'm not here to virtue-signal or try to convince anyone else to do the same.

Regardless, I don't see how my belief hurts anyone other than me, because I'm sure it'll be a cracking day out. And I seriously doubt that MK Dons supporters will be crying to their dads because I'm not there!

Let's be honest here, you're never going to convince me that I should go, and I wouldn't dream of trying to tell anyone that they shouldn't.

What you're doing is exactly what you're accusing others of though, which is to try to make yourself feel better about it.

There's genuinely no need mate. Go. Enjoy. Win! Tell me about it later in the pub!

Does anyone know when it will be confirmed what day the game will be played? I want to book my train tickets, whilst they are a still steal!

nunchuckas said:

Does anyone know when it will be confirmed what day the game will be played? I want to book my train tickets, whilst they are a still steal!

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Well, would think it will be Saturday 27th Jan. Unless of course it is selected for TV, but I would very much doubt it. Not exactly a big draw is it.

Esoterica said:

You, Tony and Last enjoying your pathetic little gloating giggle over Cov fans wanting to support their team? Massive difference between going to support a franchise rugby team who have moved into your city and supporting your own team, desperate for cash, in a cup tie where we get 45 percent of the money.

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I’ll be going to MK to support my team and will never set foot in the Ricoh to watch Wasps. Not sure what you’re going on about but it sounds suspiciously like bollocks to me.

Otis said:

Well, would think it will be Saturday 27th Jan. Unless of course it is selected for TV, but I would very much doubt it. Not exactly a big draw is it.

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Stranger things have happened.

Calista said:

Obviously I can't guarantee what they will do, but their ground is well suited to accommodating a very large away contingent. We took a lot there a few years back (a bore draw if I recall correctly), and we still had room to spare in the top tier.

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We took 7.5k when Robins was in his first spell we won 3-2

Londonccfcfan said:

Steve82 - Best title post thread - 10KtoMK Copyright it. Brilliant!

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stolen from Wolves

steve82 said:

They done it already have they? I'm no social media king.

They failed to hit the 10k for what ever reason, allocation maybe or fell short.

Let's give it a go see how many we can take and support the team.

* looks like wolves tried the #10k2MK..
F##k wolves.... we're CCFC and we'll do what we want!! #10ktoMK!!!!

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Allocation I think. They took 8800.

Bearing in mind we took near 7000 having just the bottom tier, there is room, it depends on police etc. There hasn't been any problems at Coventry matches this season away and obviously no protests this year.

Otis said:

Well, would think it will be Saturday 27th Jan. Unless of course it is selected for TV, but I would very much doubt it. Not exactly a big draw is it.

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Agreed, but I'm not going to risk booking train tickets before the date is confirmed. I was close to booking train tickets for Wycombe, but then had a last minute thought about checking when the 4th round is due to be played 'just in case' we beat Stoke. I actually feel quite smart, for once, now!