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by Lord Elpus
Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:43 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Centenary celebrations.
Replies: 22
Views: 14748

Re: Centenary celebrations.

Yes I agree with everything said the club should go back to being called Hampton FC.I always thought it was the council that insisted the club included its name in the club name? To put it briefly, the board at the time wanted to try to attract more support and investment from the wider local area ...
by Lord Elpus
Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Centenary celebrations.
Replies: 22
Views: 14748

Re: Centenary celebrations.

Apologies in advance to Shepperton Supporter for turning his thread into a debate on the club name, but its a subject I'm passionate about and feel deserves a discussion in this our centenary year. I'm with Lord Elpus on this one. The name is an absolute disaster. Even the club itself often (embarr...
by Lord Elpus
Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:53 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Centenary celebrations.
Replies: 22
Views: 14748

Re: Centenary celebrations.

I'd love to see the club take the opportunity to change the name back to the plain old Hampton FC. Never liked the clumsy "and Richmond Borough" suffix. Personally, I think it would be a retrograde step to revert back to Hampton FC. Apart from some Spartan League wins in the 60s, nearly a...
by Lord Elpus
Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:36 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Centenary celebrations.
Replies: 22
Views: 14748

Re: Centenary celebrations.

Good point Shep. I'd love to see the club take the opportunity to change the name back to the plain old Hampton FC. Never liked the clumsy "and Richmond Borough" suffix. It would bring us back to our roots and disassociate us from the much more toff/rugby element. As for teams from each de...
by Lord Elpus
Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Managerial vacancy
Replies: 2
Views: 3316

Re: Managerial vacancy

No,.Gary's got his head screwed on...
by Lord Elpus
Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:11 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Podcast
Replies: 5
Views: 4865

Podcast

If anyone's listened to the podcast with Gary, Jacques and Phil Weller, which was hosted by Seb White this morning and put up this afternoon, it was a very professionally done and informative listen. Good to see the club is taking a pragmatic and realistic approach.
by Lord Elpus
Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: News of former players
Replies: 660
Views: 455227

Re: News of former players

Is this board the Woking News and Mail now??
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by Lord Elpus
Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:38 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Funding / continuation of season
Replies: 8
Views: 6555

Re: Funding / continuation of season

Suspending the season for two weeks is probably the only thing that could be done at the moment...but it is kicking the can down the road to some extent.
by Lord Elpus
Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:07 am
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: I am in
Replies: 20
Views: 13953

Re: I am in

I don't think there was a lot of moderation or attention being paid to the last forum towards the end by the guy who ran it. Guess that's why he's giving it up...
by Lord Elpus
Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:11 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: Forum name
Replies: 1
Views: 2978

Re: Forum name

Nope, I'm with you on that one Roger. Football is nothing without it's traditions.
by Lord Elpus
Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:21 pm
Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
Topic: New forum - snags/teething issues
Replies: 44
Views: 45351

Re: New forum - snags/teething issues

Yep, well done and thanks for setting this up so quickly. All looks nice and user-friendly.