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Don't worry about Blackpool, they're signing quality players now....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28819836

Bristol Rovers: their manager has clearly just completed the "Manager-jargon" course at St George's Park

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... eason.html

What a load of rubbish. On and off the field, by the sound of it...

Glyn wrote:Hereford:

http://mobile.herefordunited.co.uk/news ... 36226.aspx

intend to continue trading whilst insolvent (thus breaking the law) and apparently the Southern League (failing to learn the lessons of Salisbury/Truro/Kettering etc) actually WANT them to as they're such a good draw

Would you buy a season-ticket for a club which might yet go bust any time soon??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28837855

Nothing to worry about then.

For some reason the BBC have that in their "Conference" section!

Just paid a rare visit to the Southern League site (little local interest now - apart from Redditch, Rugby and Hereford, the Southern League seems to be very "Southern" these days!) to see what they have to say about Hereford. This seems to be the latest:

http://www.southern-football-league.co. ... e-chairman

The world's moved on a tad since then, but I gather the crowds outside protesting have been almost as big as those inside watching games so far this season

Del wrote:This is going a bit too far - indicating money is very, very tight!

http://www.torquayunited.com/news/artic ... 28421.aspx

Crisis averted

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines ... rquay.html

Hereford:

http://bullsnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08 ... n.html?m=1

Salisbury:

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... -days.html

If the Arab millionaires can't come up with the money, maybe there's a Prince in Nigeria who could help, if they'd only let him have their bank account details?

Glyn wrote:Salisbury:

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... -days.html

If the Arab millionaires can't come up with the money, maybe there's a Prince in Nigeria who could help, if they'd only let him have their bank account details?

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines ... ation.html

My heart continues to bleed for them. Cheats...

Salisbury saga contd:

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... otice.html

Any club which uses the words "going forward" deserves to go out of business

Rangers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29058834


I think we can begin to understand why they remain in financial difficulties

Kidder:

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... blems.html

Reading between the lines I rather suspect they wish a bid had come in for Chey during the window which just closed!!

Looks like a race between Salisbury and Hereford to see who's going to die first

Salisbury have two (more!) weeks

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines ... lding.html

but I think Bulls' deadline for payment of creditors is 5pm tonight

By the way, there was a debate on non-league football in Parliament yesterday in which Hereford's crisis was due to be mentioned

18 MPs turned up.

Mr Cameron is excused, he had even more important matters to attend to, but where were the others??

Rangers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29087653

Hereford granted a 42-day adjournment and all current football creditors are said (by my contact) to have been paid - they play in the FA Cup on Saturday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-he ... r-29110685

Quite a battle raging now between the Supporters Trust who are intent on forming a Phoenix club and some fans who have stuck with the current regime and are still attending games

What a mess

Glyn wrote:Hereford granted a 42-day adjournment and all current football creditors are said (by my contact) to have been paid - they play in the FA Cup on Saturday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-he ... r-29110685

Quite a battle raging now between the Supporters Trust who are intent on forming a Phoenix club and some fans who have stuck with the current regime and are still attending games

What a mess

More detail

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... ments.html

If I were a Herefordshire Council taxpayer I think I'd be asking some questions...

QPR heading for the Conference

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29129536

Potential crisis at NFU....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29135764

Glyn wrote: More detail

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... ments.html

If I were a Herefordshire Council taxpayer I think I'd be asking some questions...

Seems Herefordshire Council agree with me!

http://bullsnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09 ... n.html?m=1

Glyn wrote:QPR heading for the Conference

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29129536

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29224139

Can't see why they'd need a 40k-seater stadium in the Conference anyway....

Telford (on the field, anyway)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29237631


He's going to bring a couple of players in and move five or six out?


That'll sort it...



From Bucks Chat:

Watson's style of play does nothing to attract supporters, together with:
his poor decision to retain players who were in and out of the Conf North team, to play at Prem level;
the continual recruitment of ex-Scouseport mates;
his regular slagging off of named players on the radio;
the lack of urgent activity before the end of the transfer window.

What a shambles.

The only reason he is still with us is surely that we cannot afford to sack him

See, some clubs' fans don't like their manager, even after he's led them to promotion!

Latest (bonkers) press release from Salisbury, lifted from Devachat...

SALISBURY CITY FC MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:INTERIM COACH,NEW RECORD,FRIENDLY MATCH AND FA NEW APPEAL
Posted on September 15, 2014 by otail

Salisbury City FC is pleased to announce that it has played its first match under its new ownership group led by Dubai based Moroccan businessman and current Chairman A.S.Outail M.Touzar, the match was the first one since end of last season Conference Premier Campaign took place Sunday in London against Iran All Stars team and in front of an invitation only crowd ended with a 3-0 loss but showed positive glimpses and great potential from a recently assembled squad including many Trialists with Conference football experience and some talented top EPL and Championship clubs Academy graduates. The match which was also a historical day since it was first time the youngest Chairman in English football recent history assumed the Head Coaching job on the interim after being appointed by the Club the day before and also played a part in the match,Mr.Outail M.Touzar became at age 32 youngest Club Owner/Chairman/Head coach/Player in the World,an achievement that was never done before and sure it will stand for many years to come,the record came in a match that follows a long and dramatic summer which saw the club getting relegated from Conference Premier and later harshly expelled from the Conference South a decision which the club is still taking all the necessary and available steps to overturn including the recent club request to the Football Association to go to Arbitration and apply its Rule K which the club and its legal advisors is very confident and optimistic it will finally bring justice to Salisbury.
Club Director and Shareholder Hasan Albaqali commented ” We are very happy that we finaly were able to play our first match this season,I first want to thank the players,the Coaches,the FA,the Wiltshire FA and everyone who made this possible,it comes as a result of a lot of work done behind the scenes by our Chairman Outail,his advisors and the Executive Management Team and we chose it to be the best way to show that everything is in place at Salisbury City FC in order to compete and play football this season,we had a long debate as to where we should play our first match and we decided it was best to play it away to show our fans that it is real and actually happening and to prepare the team for its next big match at the Ray Mac stadium in Salisbury very soon which we are planning to play with a surprise opposition and hopefully win and bring some long awaited joy to our fans and supporters”
Club Chairman A.S.Outail M.Touzar added “I dont know what to say,today is a historic day,since day one I always believed that the best way to silence critics is to let our actions speak for itself and no other action is better than finally putting Eleven men on the pitch and play football,for myself it is an honor to carry another record on my shoulder after accepting the club decision to appoint me as Interim Coach and make me youngest Chairman/Head Coach in the world also I had the Honor to participate in the match for few minutes and I will tell you a secret,the last time I played a football match was actually in Dubai couple years ago with global football legend Diego Armando Maradona in Dubai whom I send my regards to and since that day I decided that I will not play football again unless it is a very special occasion which makes it more memorable for me,now I want to Thank the players,the coaching staff,my partners Hasan,Rachid,Aziz and the others for making this day a reality and I would like to inform the fans that we have all the necessary ingredients for success,a good squad,qualified coaching staff to assist me until a full time coach in appointed and we have a series of top quality friendly matches in the works home and away,I understand most of the supporters had special bond with Coach Mikey and the the lads from last season but in football world,players and people come and go no matter how special they are but organizations has to always stay first”

Brilliantly nuts.

I have often heard him slagging off players on BBC Shropshire on my way home from keys park. Can't be good for morale.

cds wrote:Latest (bonkers) press release from Salisbury, lifted from Devachat...

SALISBURY CITY FC MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:INTERIM COACH,NEW RECORD,FRIENDLY MATCH AND FA NEW APPEAL
Posted on September 15, 2014 by otail

Club Chairman A.S.Outail M.Touzar added “I dont know what to say,today is a historic day,since day one I always believed that the best way to silence critics is to let our actions speak for itself and no other action is better than finally putting Eleven men on the pitch and play football,for myself it is an honor to carry another record on my shoulder after accepting the club decision to appoint me as Interim Coach and make me youngest Chairman/Head Coach in the world also I had the Honor to participate in the match for few minutes and I will tell you a secret,the last time I played a football match was actually in Dubai couple years ago with global football legend Diego Armando Maradona in Dubai whom I send my regards to and since that day I decided that I will not play football again unless it is a very special occasion which makes it more memorable for me,now I want to Thank the players,the coaching staff,my partners Hasan,Rachid,Aziz and the others for making this day a reality and I would like to inform the fans that we have all the necessary ingredients for success,a good squad,qualified coaching staff to assist me until a full time coach in appointed and we have a series of top quality friendly matches in the works home and away,I understand most of the supporters had special bond with Coach Mikey and the the lads from last season but in football world,players and people come and go no matter how special they are but organizations has to always stay first”

Brilliantly nuts.

For a man who doesn't know what to say that's one long statement!

Pitman1983 wrote:I have often heard him (Watson) slagging off players on BBC Shropshire on my way home from keys park. Can't be good for morale.

Maybe we should be glad that WM rarely cover our games...?

Glyn wrote:Telford (on the field, anyway)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29237631


He's going to bring a couple of players in and move five or six out?


That'll sort it...



From Bucks Chat:

Watson's style of play does nothing to attract supporters, together with:
his poor decision to retain players who were in and out of the Conf North team, to play at Prem level;
the continual recruitment of ex-Scouseport mates;
his regular slagging off of named players on the radio;
the lack of urgent activity before the end of the transfer window.

What a shambles.

The only reason he is still with us is surely that we cannot afford to sack him

See, some clubs' fans don't like their manager, even after he's led them to promotion!

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/top-stori ... efeat.html

Who keeps giving him the key?!

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