24-10-2018, 17:55
AFC Mansfield was I think set up as a reaction against Mansfield's misrule, but now it seems to be forging its own identity AND the old Mansfield are going along much better than us at the moment.
When you set up a team you may have aims and ambitions, but you can't KNOW what you are going to become. A few years down the line Chesterfield South End could have its own identity and at the Proact Dave Allen could be years-dead, control could have passed elsewhere and the fans could be singing again. The point is that the worst a new club could do to Chesterfield in the early days would be two take away two or three hundred supporters, who were probably totally disenchanted anyway. By the time the new club became any kind of rival everything at the Proact could be different - and even Brexit might have got sorted one way or another. Time passes and it changes everything in its path. And yes a new Chesterfield South End might be the ideal place for us to send our developing young players to gain experience. The two clubs don't have to end up as bitter enemies tearing the town apart. How great would it be to have a home match every week with a team worth supporting? Chesterfield South End? Chesterfield Revolution maybe - the Magpie from the coat of arms signifying the Revolution House....... Juventus shirts with a flash of green and purple added?
When you set up a team you may have aims and ambitions, but you can't KNOW what you are going to become. A few years down the line Chesterfield South End could have its own identity and at the Proact Dave Allen could be years-dead, control could have passed elsewhere and the fans could be singing again. The point is that the worst a new club could do to Chesterfield in the early days would be two take away two or three hundred supporters, who were probably totally disenchanted anyway. By the time the new club became any kind of rival everything at the Proact could be different - and even Brexit might have got sorted one way or another. Time passes and it changes everything in its path. And yes a new Chesterfield South End might be the ideal place for us to send our developing young players to gain experience. The two clubs don't have to end up as bitter enemies tearing the town apart. How great would it be to have a home match every week with a team worth supporting? Chesterfield South End? Chesterfield Revolution maybe - the Magpie from the coat of arms signifying the Revolution House....... Juventus shirts with a flash of green and purple added?