BarnsleyGull wrote:
Thanks for your support mate.
I'll let you know into a bit of insight when the club shouted out for an engineer to help with the stadium issues I called down out of curiosity to see how serious it was, after talking to Neil who was helping with the health and safety we had a walk round and we discussed ways to get this sorted over the months, I personally spent a hell of a lot a time after doing my shifts at work prepping sometimes in the pissing rain under sheeting with the van doors open for weekend work where others joined me to get this resolved taking time off work too to oversee testing on the barriers.
I did this because I loved the club and still do but they was in a financial mess, in return me and Neil was offered a chance to set up the brewery in the corner and verbally negotiated rent which wasn't over the top but gave us the opportunity in which we was grateful for, however we had said the waste skips needed moving and it was promised but it was then left to us at cost £500 to do this as well as the cost of altering the building too suit needs.
one thing I didn't get was a decent electric rate and we recon every brew was costing us £25-£30 we did over 100 brews so work that out, this was reduced after talking to Chris explain I was struggling to continue paying such a high rate, on match days we even helped out in the bar saving on staff wages unpaid and the club took a percentage on our pints sold.
there's no bitterness in what I wrote but the club are not in the same mess as they were and it should be up to them now to promote them selves without the need of fans having doing it.
I am not patronizing anyone Poptart and if you want to contribute by all means do but I think I contributed enough in the past years or so to at least have an opinion and if you think the past performances of the last two years are going to promote new custom then so be it
you're welcome BG