1. Dawley day at the Bucks Head
22nd October 2010
Dawley Supporters Group

2. The AFC Telford United Peer Review said ‘Set up local
supporters groups’

3. The
Supporters
trust
launched
the idea

4. The Dawley supporters rose to the
challenge

5. They defined their territory

6. Set 22nd October as Dawley Day
and produced a poster

7. Put it up in pubs

8. Community centres

9. Approached local organisations for sponsorship

10. Researched local history and found ‘Fatty’ Folke

11. Looked for and found a modern day equivalent

12. Found other giants of Dawley and the folk lore that went
with them

13. Found a local pig

14. Created a new game – ‘pig on the wall cross bar challenge’

15. Visited local Junior football teams

16. Lawley and Lightmoor Comets

17. Who play at Lightmoor, Lawley and

18. And
Dawley
in the
shadows
of the
new
Phoenix
field

19. Signed up their Chairman

20. And all his teams

22. Invited Ryan Young down for some practice

23. He kept a clean sheet

24. And stood proud with his new team mates

25. On the day itself – people arrived for 10.30

26. Kitted up and ready for action

27. Plenty of planning went on

28. Then things kicked off

29. But all in good spirit

30. The new five a side courts looked great

31. Plenty of competition

32. What a shot!

33. No where to hide

34. Apart from behind the special guest!

35. Then for the tour

36. Away changing rooms

37. Plenty to celebrate

38. What we hoped AFC Telford would look like

39. What it looks like

40. The man in control

41. Telford United

42. The manager showed his appreciation

43. When are you going to revert to 4-4-2?

44. Bobby tells it how it is

45. Every one agrees with Bobby

46. The dynamic duo

47. Who is the daddy?

48. Make yourselves look as big as you can

49. Bobby has a plan

50. A special game to keep the kids interested

51. ‘I’ve got my eye on you’

52. Look there I am

53. Ryan in the thick of it

54. What’s for dinner?

55. Sausages

56. And chips

57. Isn’t it just

58. Team talk

59. Who is your role
model?

60. Rooooooooooney

61. ‘ Can I be captain?’

62. ‘We need to be pushing further forward’

63. ‘My main tip to you goalie is always try and make yourself look big
and tuck your shirt in’

64. A bit like this

65. Mark and Luis Bradley came all the way from Bradford to see Dawley day

66. We
showed
them
around
and they
thought
what we
were
doing was
‘very
special’

67. Queues to get in!

68. Tickets with bar codes to see who had turned up

69. Dawley expects

70. Special
programme
for the day

71. The shop
did extra
trade

72. Shirts
sold well

73. Even George Cadbury turned up - with a bucket of chocolates

74. The pig
was
placed on
the cross
bar

75. Lawley & Lightmoor paraded their specially made banner

76. Special water
from Loam
hole dingle
was on sale

77. There was even a football match played

78. Against Gateshead

79. But the real entertainment came at half time

80. ‘Fatty’ used
all his agility
to keep this
one out

81. Luke won the gift voucher from Dawley Meats with an expertly placed chop

82. The celebrities celebrated with Celebrations

83. The Dimensions folk got a close up view

84. Telford scored

85. More celebrations – with George Cadbury not in sight

86. What a day

87. When can we come back?