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13 April 2007, 03:50 PM
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What a shame, sorry to hear that 
You never know that rich benefactor could pop up at the last minute, you need a Dave Whelan figure, he only got back into football because the then owners of Wigan asked him to pay the £383.00 wage bill for the week when they were back in the old Div 4, he was forced to watch the game he was paying the wages for and a short time later splashed £600,000 on buying the club, the rest is history as they say.
I got this from the Whelan interview on Simon Mayo's 5Live show, i'm not an anorak
and a very interesting interview it was.
You never know that rich benefactor could pop up at the last minute, you need a Dave Whelan figure, he only got back into football because the then owners of Wigan asked him to pay the £383.00 wage bill for the week when they were back in the old Div 4, he was forced to watch the game he was paying the wages for and a short time later splashed £600,000 on buying the club, the rest is history as they say.
I got this from the Whelan interview on Simon Mayo's 5Live show, i'm not an anorak
and a very interesting interview it was.
13 April 2007, 04:13 PM
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This all started back in the late 90s. We had a chairman who was hell bent on promotion to Division 2 (as it was then), so he overspent massively. We did reach the playoffs in that year but lost quite heavily to Torquay United. I was there 
Anyway we have never really recovered since then. We have had a few bad chairmen, I won`t mention names. As you may know, you have to balance the books at lower league level unless you become a cropper.
If the worst does come to the worst, we`ll just set up another club.
Taking heart from this Telford United went the same way and reformed as AFC Telford and are now getting gates of approx 2000 from what I`ve read.
So I hope it doesn`t come to this, but it maybe a blessing in disguise who knows?
I`ve seen this coming, it was only a matter of time.
Anyway, I`ll keep you all informed of whats happening.
Thanks for your support
Anthony
Anyway we have never really recovered since then. We have had a few bad chairmen, I won`t mention names. As you may know, you have to balance the books at lower league level unless you become a cropper.
If the worst does come to the worst, we`ll just set up another club.
Taking heart from this Telford United went the same way and reformed as AFC Telford and are now getting gates of approx 2000 from what I`ve read.
So I hope it doesn`t come to this, but it maybe a blessing in disguise who knows?
I`ve seen this coming, it was only a matter of time.
Anyway, I`ll keep you all informed of whats happening.
Thanks for your support
Anthony
13 April 2007, 06:20 PM
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14 April 2007, 07:15 AM
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What a shame, sorry to hear that
You never know that rich benefactor could pop up at the last minute, you need a Dave Whelan figure, he only got back into football because the then owners of Wigan asked him to pay the £383.00 wage bill for the week when they were back in the old Div 4, he was forced to watch the game he was paying the wages for and a short time later splashed £600,000 on buying the club, the rest is history as they say.
I got this from the Whelan interview on Simon Mayo's 5Live show, i'm not an anorak and a very interesting interview it was.
You never know that rich benefactor could pop up at the last minute, you need a Dave Whelan figure, he only got back into football because the then owners of Wigan asked him to pay the £383.00 wage bill for the week when they were back in the old Div 4, he was forced to watch the game he was paying the wages for and a short time later splashed £600,000 on buying the club, the rest is history as they say.
I got this from the Whelan interview on Simon Mayo's 5Live show, i'm not an anorak
and a very interesting interview it was.
Good news for the time being, hope it all goes smoothly for you all.
14 April 2007, 02:38 PM
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Well he didn't mention them in the interview, Blackburn and Wigan only
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This is never a good thing to see. I have been a fan and son of a board member of a Conference club for 18 years and hate to see smaler clubs go to the wall
I hope the supporters can get something together by way of a team for the town which can be the platform to a resurrection
Good luck - dont give up.
I hope the supporters can get something together by way of a team for the town which can be the platform to a resurrection
Good luck - dont give up.
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