25/26 SEASON START - UPDATE

We hope that you’re all having a good summer and are eager to get right behind the team again!

 

 

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who purchased something from us or donated to us in any way at the open day, it makes a huge difference to what we can achieve.

 

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We’re so eager to get going again this season but it is important to open and transparent with you all in terms of what you can expect from us this season.

 

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We love contributing in anyway that we can towards the club especially with the matchday displays but unfortunately it isn’t sustainable to keep going how we are, certainly not without more help, especially after matches. For example, on a typical matchday we arrive at the stadium at 10:00 and sometimes won’t leave until 18:00.

 

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There have been several challenges which we have struggled to overcome such as flags being left by the pitch, in the stands, or in some cases covered in beer and/or water. The knock-on effect is that more time is required from us both pre/post-match as well as our equipment requiring more maintenance and in some cases the need to be replaced, at a cost.

 

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Last season was also a bit ad-hoc in figuring out what we could manage with the number of volunteers we had available whilst we also became a bit too reliant on displays that were far too similar and unmanageable, as explained above.

 

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To make things more manageable we are scaling back what we do and instead looking to target certain matches throughout the season for our bespoke and more impactful displays.

 

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The South Stand will once again become our primary focus, particularly S1 which will hope will become a hub for our custom-made flags of all sizes. However, we will retain a presence in all the home stands before the start of each match with the large wavers.

 

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The smaller wavers aren’t going anywhere but these will be predominantly utilised in reduced numbers in the South Stand which will help to protect and extend their usage.

 

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However, we will still be able to significantly scale up our displays across each stand should the occasion call for it whilst we will also review this change in approach should we get a consistently larger number of volunteers.

 

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The codes for our EFL and Premier League fantasy football leagues for the upcoming season are now available for purchase via our website; these will be sent to you via separate emails as soon as we can, good luck to everyone who participates!

 

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We have already purchased and erected a brand-new banner in S5 for this season, and we will also be ordering some brand-new flags for the South Stand in near future too.

 

We are also hoping to create more bespoke displays than ever before this season, subject to funds, so watch this space!

 

 

Up the U’s

The BWA