Dawley day at the Bucks Head 22nd October 2010
Dawley Supporters Group
The AFC Telford United Peer Review said ‘Set up local supporters groups’
The Supporters trust launched the idea
The Dawley supporters rose to the challenge
They defined their territory
Set 22nd October as Dawley Day and produced a poster
Put it up in pubs
Community centres
Approached local organisations for sponsorship
Researched local history and found ‘Fatty’ Folke
Looked for and found a modern day equivalent
Found other giants of Dawley and the folk lore that went with them
Found a local pig
Created a new game – ‘pig on the wall cross bar challenge’
Visited local Junior football teams
Lawley and Lightmoor Comets
Who play at Lightmoor, Lawley and
And Dawley in the shadows of the new Phoenix field
Signed up their Chairman
And all his teams
Invited Ryan Young down for some practice
He kept a clean sheet
And stood proud with his new team mates
On the day itself – people arrived for 10.30
Kitted up and ready for action
Plenty of planning went on
Then things kicked off
But all in good spirit
The new five a side courts looked great
Plenty of competition
What a shot!
No where to hide
Apart from behind the special guest!
Then for the tour
Away changing rooms
Plenty to celebrate
What we hoped AFC Telford would look like
What it looks like
The man in control
Telford United
The manager showed his appreciation
When are you going to revert to 4-4-2?
Bobby tells it how it is
Every one agrees with Bobby
The dynamic duo
Who is the daddy?
Make yourselves look as big as you can
Bobby has a plan
A special game to keep the kids interested
‘I’ve got my eye on you’
Look there I am
Ryan in the thick of it
What’s for dinner?
Sausages
And chips
Isn’t it just
Team talk
Who is your role model?
Rooooooooooney
‘ Can I be captain?’
‘We need to be pushing further forward’
‘My main tip to you goalie is always try and make yourself look big and tuck your shirt in’
A bit like this
Mark and Luis Bradley came all the way from Bradford to see Dawley day
We showed them around and they thought what we were doing was ‘very special’
Queues to get in!
Tickets with bar codes to see who had turned up
Dawley expects
Special programme for the day
The shop did extra trade
Shirts sold well
Even George Cadbury turned up - with a bucket of chocolates
The pig was placed on the cross bar
Lawley & Lightmoor paraded their specially made banner
Special water from Loam hole dingle was on sale
There was even a football match played
Against Gateshead
But the real entertainment came at half time
‘Fatty’ used all his agility to keep this one out
Luke won the gift voucher from Dawley Meats with an expertly placed chop
The celebrities celebrated with Celebrations
The Dimensions folk got a close up view
Telford scored
More celebrations – with George Cadbury not in sight
What a day
When can we come back?
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