If all the signs are correct then BFC will be sporting different kits next season, the annual firesale is on in the clubshop and kits that were retailing around the forty pound mark are suddenly far cheaper.
This year this point of the season causes a little more of a pang of disappointment than most, as I feel that this year?s offerings from Surridge have been far superior to anything that the lads have worn for many a season, simple and brilliantly inderstated, and I fear that it will herald the end of the historic Chocolate and Sky Blue kit that has been so successful and, despite some contributions to the official moan board, hugely well received by the faithful.
Ever since ?Bury?s own? Gemma Atkinson appeared, wedged into a medium childs prototype on Soccer AM last summer, we couldn?t get enough of the kit, it was one of the fastest ever sellers of a new shirt and for much of the season was far more successful on the pitch too.
If this is the case that it?s days are numbered, I fear Surridge will be missing a trick to show they are aware of the club?s historical colours, appease the traditionalists and maybe even cash in on the impending 125th anniversary which will happen in the 2009-10 season. Evidence shows that the first two kits were the halves kit (marketed for many seasons by TOFFS), followed by a striped version. Both of these could keep the chocolate & blue theme running in the change kit, keeping us nicely historic up to the big anniversary.
The cynic in me wonders if they are slightly grumpy at having finished second in the scarf stakes with the success of Forever Bury?s simple choccy and blue bar scarf and that a potential change of colours would make these items obsolete. Hopefully that is just me being a cynic as I have been impressed with the efforts made by Surridge this season to provide an excellent service to the Shakers fans, of course not every item in the shop appeals to everybody, but the range and prices have been a very acceptable return to common sense.
Recent history suggests that Surridge are a firm that listens to opinion and takes on board suggestions, hopefully the success of the Brown and Sky kit will not be a one season wonder but a step in the right direction for years to come.
Welcome back to WWYATS?
The last printed Where were you at the Shay? was a celebration edition following Stan Ternent's championship in 1997. It was never meant to be the last one, it just sort of happened that way. We'd laughed and moaned through several seasons and when all of a sudden you've been to Wembley and then had two consecutive promotions it seemed a little churlish to keep complaining.
Of course if we'd known what was to follow we'd have probably kept going, two seasons in the (real) 2nd division - now the Championship to those of you under 15 - the fall of Hugh Eaves, SOS, administration, BASE (remember them?), relegations, not to mention the combined mismanagement of Messers Warnock, Preece, Barrow and Casper have all gone without the barbed but considered comment of WWYATS?
In the world of the internet it is difficult, if not verging on the impossible, to produce a football fanzine that is reactive to current issues and come up with a different view, as dozens of people will have posted their thoughts on the message board(s) of their choosing within moments of them becoming common knowledge.
Hopefully this blog will allow the old team to sharpen its claws again, without the need to stand outside Gigg Lane in all weathers working out if we've broken even on the latest edition, and maybe even allow a new contributor or two to raise their head and have a say. The old favourites will be resurrected and a few new ones developed, and there'll be an opportunity for some WWYATS? gold with some classics from the old fanzines posted up for your enjoyment again.
Thanks for visiting, please pop back regularly and enjoy the blog.
Up The Shakers.
Of course if we'd known what was to follow we'd have probably kept going, two seasons in the (real) 2nd division - now the Championship to those of you under 15 - the fall of Hugh Eaves, SOS, administration, BASE (remember them?), relegations, not to mention the combined mismanagement of Messers Warnock, Preece, Barrow and Casper have all gone without the barbed but considered comment of WWYATS?
In the world of the internet it is difficult, if not verging on the impossible, to produce a football fanzine that is reactive to current issues and come up with a different view, as dozens of people will have posted their thoughts on the message board(s) of their choosing within moments of them becoming common knowledge.
Hopefully this blog will allow the old team to sharpen its claws again, without the need to stand outside Gigg Lane in all weathers working out if we've broken even on the latest edition, and maybe even allow a new contributor or two to raise their head and have a say. The old favourites will be resurrected and a few new ones developed, and there'll be an opportunity for some WWYATS? gold with some classics from the old fanzines posted up for your enjoyment again.
Thanks for visiting, please pop back regularly and enjoy the blog.
Up The Shakers.
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