- Aug 16, 2006
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That's a lovely post. All the best to you and the club and congratulations on the incoming windfall!Great gesture this. Thank you on behalf of the club. I’ve been supporting them since 1964. The way things stand, we have made money from the cup but this is about equal to income that we have been deprived of because of the closure of the clubhouse. 180 seater and 80 seater lounge used for wedding receptions, bar takings etc. Each year is a struggle. Last season we made £4000 profit and we breathed a sigh of relief as we have no rich benefactor. Every pound is hard earned. Re the Third Round, the FA has not said yet if the losing team will receive any money as in previous rounds. The money we receive from gate receipts will also be rather small compared with what it might have been.
Crosby is in a relatively affluent part of Liverpool, on its northern edge but it’s a real struggle to compete with Liverpool and Everton. Our average attendance last season was 466. Our fans are as passionate about Marine as any club in the city.
One of our most famous players was John Lacy. If you know your history you will recall he played for Spurs in the early 1970s and is still involved ....corporate hospitality director someone told me yesterday.
Some of the comments on here are quite nasty and as a non League club I think undeserved. However, regardless of these opinions, and everyone is entitled to them, I think everyone from your club will enjoy the day. You’ll be given as good a reception ...even better ..than if it was Everton or Liverpool. Mourinho has already shown great humility in his comments on the Spurs tv site. It is gestures like this that cement friendships between clubs. We have a long, proud history. However, playing Tottenham Hotspur will be our proudest moment and a day that people will talk about well into the next hundred years of Marine FC. Thanks again and I will do my best to promote this gesture of goodwill because the intention only paints Spurs’ fans in a good light. I have passed on the bank details to the organiser and thanked him on behalf of our chairman. Any Spurs fan coming to our ground in the future will be given a fantastic reception. We wish you could attend and hope we don’t get stuffed!