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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 14:00:54 GMT 1
hello all,
My name is Jan, 27 years of age and I am from Belgium. Truth be told, I am a rather new Shrews fan. I always was more interested in the lower English football leagues than in any other league. I used to be an avid Football Manager player, so over the years I learned a lot about the teams in the English Football League. I took my time to find myself a club to give my full support to and after many years of reading, checking results, watching The Football League Show etc, here I am. Shrewsbury Town Football Club feels to be the closest to my heart to follow. Why I cannot really say, it just feels the best. The club is on the up again, has a nice stadium, a solid fanbase, beautiful colors, great players, a nice history. It just feels right.
I hope to be accepted by you all, to have nice and interesting conversations about the Shrews, but also about football in general and above all, I really hope to be paying my first ever visit to Shrewsbury and the Meadow this season.
Should you have any questions, please ask away.
Cheers,
Jan
Up The SHREWS!!
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Post by siabod on Oct 23, 2014 14:06:36 GMT 1
Welcome, hope you have a good trip to Shrewsbury and see a good match.
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Post by Wychers on Oct 23, 2014 14:08:23 GMT 1
Welcome to the club Jan! Let's hope you bring a lot of luck and good fortune to us, starting with three points on Saturday against Portsmouth and the downfall of Chelsea on Tuesday! No doubt you can get to watch the game in Belgium, so shout loudly at your screen. Floreat Salopia
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Post by roberto02afcct on Oct 23, 2014 14:11:51 GMT 1
Welcome aboard the salop express. Next stop league one. All aboard!!
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Post by Catalyst Cartel on Oct 23, 2014 14:17:33 GMT 1
Big welcome Jan, great to see our world wide fan base expanding. I think although im not sure you might be the first Belgian in our expanding group of world wide fans.
I think it would be great to map out our world wide fan base and see where everyone lives that supports our club outside Shropshire. As far as I know we have London, Scotland, Wales, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy, Holland, Spain, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, several African nations and now Belgium. Im sure there are plenty more places.
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Post by Catalyst Cartel on Oct 23, 2014 14:20:38 GMT 1
Well if your in Belgium might be worth looking at one of our away fixtures around the London area as its easily done on the Eurostar. You may even get home before us :-).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 14:30:09 GMT 1
Welcome to the club Jan, you've made a good choice!
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Post by shrewder on Oct 23, 2014 14:30:53 GMT 1
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Post by bobbytheblock19er on Oct 23, 2014 14:38:18 GMT 1
What part of Belgium do you come from ? Was there in august! Great place ! Do you follow a Belgian team ?
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Oct 23, 2014 14:57:36 GMT 1
Congratulations Jan! Of all the clubs, you picked the right one
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Post by ssshrew on Oct 23, 2014 15:10:55 GMT 1
Welcome. We shrews fans come in all shapes and sizes and opinions just take us as you find us. We all mean well.
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Post by wimbledonshrew on Oct 23, 2014 15:19:53 GMT 1
Welgekomen
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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 23, 2014 15:35:22 GMT 1
I'm sure you will get a warm welcome when you come to visit the theatre of dreams. Very nice to have you aboard the good ship STFC.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 15:45:04 GMT 1
Is that a Picture of Gigg Lane?
Edit: It's since been changed
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:00:03 GMT 1
That's the correct SHREWSbury's ground!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:04:06 GMT 1
If you had to choose a County that resembled Belgium the most then Shropshire could be the best match.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:04:20 GMT 1
thank you all for the nice welcome messages so far! Attending games near London would be the easiest indeed, but my feeling tells me the first ever game of the Shrews I attend should definitely be a home game at the Meadow. I am from Limburg, in the east of Belgium, I do not support a team, as I am now I full-on Shrews fan, but I do follow my youth team Esperanza Pelt in Fourth Division C and Lommel-United in Second Division. I know, axlerose, saw it too and changed my profile picture for the better!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:12:22 GMT 1
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Oct 23, 2014 16:14:53 GMT 1
Welcome Jan.I guess you are our first 100% Belgian, but I'm a 50%er as my Mum is from Geraardsbergen in East Flanders.
My avatar shows my affection for Flanders as I'm wearing my 'Champion of West Flanders' cycling jersey, which just happens to be in Town colours.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Oct 23, 2014 16:31:04 GMT 1
Welcome!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 16:58:50 GMT 1
Welcome!
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Post by MartinB on Oct 23, 2014 18:48:59 GMT 1
Welcome. Not sure how you plan to travel to England. One option is to fly into Stansted and a lift from there can be arranged providing there is enough notice
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Post by jamo on Oct 23, 2014 19:10:34 GMT 1
Ummm ! Been here before haven't we ?
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Post by El Presidente on Oct 23, 2014 19:11:42 GMT 1
Hello Jan, really pleased to pick up fans from the continent. Now, we hear you Belgians are good at solving mysteries...can you work out why our away form is so poor!?
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Post by El Presidente on Oct 23, 2014 19:12:58 GMT 1
Ummm ! Been here before haven't we ? What happened to that Arsenal fella?
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Post by callum on Oct 23, 2014 19:25:21 GMT 1
Ummm ! Been here before haven't we ? What happened to that Arsenal fella? The new shrew wasn't it? Wonder what happened to him?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 19:26:11 GMT 1
Ummm ! Been here before haven't we ? well I am here to stay! STFC is my team. I realise that it might take time for some to believe that, but I am going to show them Mysteries isn't really our trade, but I think our away form might be due to (lack of) motivation and maybe underestimation. Whenever I am going to make the trip to Shrewsbury, I intend on doing this by car. It is a 7,5 hour drive, but that way I also see a bit of England and I can make it into a weekend trip in the town.
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Post by SouthStandShrew on Oct 23, 2014 20:14:48 GMT 1
What happened to that Arsenal fella? The new shrew wasn't it? Wonder what happened to him? The guy off eBay?
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Post by El Presidente on Oct 23, 2014 20:16:24 GMT 1
The new shrew wasn't it? Wonder what happened to him? The guy off eBay? Yarp... Thought he'd be well up for our match this Tues...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 20:45:22 GMT 1
Yarp... Thought he'd be well up for our match this Tues... Are you allowed out to play?
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