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Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Mon Nov 12 2012 11:21 am
by Glyn
Legg quits Llanelli
http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/ ... li-manager
You can't really blame him can you, the outlook is hardly optimistic
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Mon Nov 12 2012 12:20 pm
by Perton Pitman
I take it you used to open the batting then!
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Mon Nov 12 2012 2:10 pm
by Glyn
Perton Pitman wrote:Glyn wrote:0-1 is a cricket score. How many times...???!!!
I take it you used to open the batting then!
It has been known... as has 0-1 with me doing so...
Here's the core of a letter I had published in
When Saturday Comes last winter...
Oh dear. Your correspondent Jon Spurling, writing on "Christmas (goal) feasts" (WSC 299), refers to the "cricket scores piled up", citing 8-2 and 10-1 as examples.
It seems that he, together with many football writers, fails to realise that 0-0, 1-0 and 0-1 are also all cricket scores - and seen a lot more frequently than those he quotes.
Pedantic, me???
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 13 2012 12:33 pm
by Perton Pitman
I see Truro have given a chance to Luke McCormick. Beggars can't be choosers I guess (from both perspectives)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/conference
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 13 2012 1:48 pm
by Del
They made a big feature of it on our local BBC news last night.
Some fans said he has paid his debt to society and should be given another chance - others said they will boycott any Truro matches he plays in!
Personally IMHO - anyone who drink-drives, let alone kills 2 young lads in the process, deserves to serve more than 2.5 years of a 7 year sentence.
I bet the poor parents of his victims are fuming.
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 13 2012 3:02 pm
by Glyn
Del wrote:
Personally IMHO
Oh dear. Alert Text-speak Police (it's easily done, isn't it!)
But apart from that I agree with you
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 13 2012 3:18 pm
by Del
Glyn wrote:Del wrote:
Personally IMHO
Oh dear. Alert Text-speak Police (it's easily done, isn't it!)
But apart from that I agree with you
Not sure if that does qualify as text-speak ... IMHO has been around for a long time if my memory serves me well ... along with many others.
I can recall my Dad using those letters long before mobile phones came along ... along with MYOBP (
mind
your
own
business
please!)
Objection over ruled!
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 13 2012 3:20 pm
by Glyn
The plot thickens
http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/ ... witterfeed
Never mind, the FAW have the situation under control (and meanwhile they're earning interest on the money from UEFA!
)
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Wed Nov 14 2012 1:03 pm
by Glyn
Next! - Barry Town:
http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1154-nov ... heir-owner
Saw Ade Akinfenwa make his debut for them in the only game I ever saw at Oswestry Town (before they disappeared to reappear as part of the TNS "merger") - seems an awfully long time ago!
I think that was in the John Fashanu "we will be European Champipns" era, but don't quote me on that.
We did lock horns with them on several occasions, of course, before some bright spark invented the WPL...
http://www.hednesfordtown.com/opponents.htm
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Nov 15 2012 6:13 pm
by Glyn
This helps when you have financial difficulties...
http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/inde ... &nid=89344
... always assuming ESPN pay up more quickly than the FA do...
(Oh, and what a shock that ITV should choose the game they have chosen...
)
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 16 2012 12:56 pm
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 16 2012 1:26 pm
by Perton Pitman
In relation to Histon I can only say that i am surprised it has taken so long. For a number of years they were punching (hugely) above their weight given the gates they were getting.
I guess the frustration is that only the die-hards go to games when the chips are down.
The trend for financial meltdown is gathering pace - is it not time for the authorities at NL level to talk sensibly to each other about how to halt this trend. From the outside it appears that they stand by passively watching clubs surge through the leagues then end up in a complete hole a few years later.
The same will happen to Fylde at some point and perhaps St Neots
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 16 2012 1:31 pm
by Glyn
Perton Pitman wrote:In relation to Histon I can only say that i am surprised it has taken so long. For a number of years they were punching (hugely) above their weight given the gates they were getting.
I guess the frustration is that only the die-hards go to games when the chips are down.
The trend for financial meltdown is gathering pace - is it not time for the authorities at NL level to talk sensibly to each other about how to halt this trend. From the outside it appears that they stand by passively watching clubs surge through the leagues then end up in a complete hole a few years later.
The same will happen to Fylde at some point and perhaps St Neots
Great minds... I've just made a similar point on Facebook to the person who alerted me to the Histon article...
Until or unless clubs stop living beyond their means and league administrators start carrying out proper financial checks - BEFORE seasons begin and/or clubs are admitted to their leagues - the current epidemic for clubs in crisis will grow apace...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 16 2012 1:35 pm
by Perton Pitman
I see Hereford are to get more TV money as a result of their 2nd round FA Cup tie being televised. Are Hereford still living on the back of their win over Newcaslte 40 years ago? Shouldn't ESPN be doing more to spread the money around clubs at lower levels?
Personally I think the whole thing is a bit unfair
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 16 2012 5:29 pm
by Glyn
Perton Pitman wrote:I see Hereford are to get more TV money as a result of their 2nd round FA Cup tie being televised. Are Hereford still living on the back of their win over Newcaslte 40 years ago? Shouldn't ESPN be doing more to spread the money around clubs at lower levels?
Personally I think the whole thing is a bit unfair
I'm afraid TV companies couldn't give a hoot about morals, they just go for the game with the highest likely viewing figures, hence ITV going for the MKD/Wombles game, and when the 3rd round draw is made they will always tend to choose an "all-Premier-League" game (which we can see any time on Sky or MOTD) rather than for example a Championship at home to Prem game which would probably be much more interesting...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 16 2012 7:37 pm
by Glyn
Here's another way of getting your club into a crisis...
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Ex-ba ... story.html
(Innocent until proven guilty, of course...)
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Sat Nov 17 2012 10:51 am
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 20 2012 1:17 pm
by Glyn
Ian Ridley (ex of Weymouth) resigns as Chairman of St Albans City as he "feels unable to agree and implement the owners' proposed 20% price increase mid-season"
Hmmm... next on the crisis list?
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 20 2012 1:52 pm
by Glyn
Eastleigh v Truro off, pitch waterlogged.
Hope they've postponed it early enough to save Truro a wasted journey...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 23 2012 1:08 pm
by Glyn
Glyn wrote:Perton Pitman wrote:I see Hereford are to get more TV money as a result of their 2nd round FA Cup tie being televised. Are Hereford still living on the back of their win over Newcaslte 40 years ago? Shouldn't ESPN be doing more to spread the money around clubs at lower levels?
Personally I think the whole thing is a bit unfair
I'm afraid TV companies couldn't give a hoot about morals, they just go for the game with the highest likely viewing figures, hence ITV going for the MKD/Wombles game, and when the 3rd round draw is made they will always tend to choose an "all-Premier-League" game (which we can see any time on Sky or MOTD) rather than for example a Championship at home to Prem game which would probably be much more interesting...
Not just FA Cup money which is keeping the Bulls afloat
http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/inde ... &nid=89559
Well done the fans. I'm sure our fans would be as generous if a crisis ever arose....
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Nov 23 2012 1:12 pm
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Sat Nov 24 2012 9:45 am
by Scott
Wonder if they have finished the large seated stand behind the goal yet. I remember when we went to them on a Thursday night that they went around asking for cash donations at half time in order to help them out.
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Sat Nov 24 2012 12:02 pm
by Glyn
Carl Heggs takes over - good luck to him, he'll need it!
http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/hegg ... um=twitter
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 27 2012 1:47 pm
by Del
Completely broke one minute - now looking to employ an 'expert' on a high wage no doubt!!
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plymout ... story.html
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Nov 27 2012 3:36 pm
by Perton Pitman
Lee Ashcroft resigns as Kendal manager. Seems like they are finding it hard to operate at this level given their financial state at present