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Reply | Pitch inspection 10.30
at 20:55 22 Dec 2024
The thing that grates me 49th is the lack of respect for the paying customer. How many people travelled to the game yesterday and wasted their hard earned cash. Boston fans had two coaches booked. They must have known on Friday night that the pitch wasn't draining. The ref was Liverpool based and he miraculously appeared at the ground for a 10.30am inspection. He must have been asked to come early the night before as he wasn't based in a local hotel. Why would he have left home around 8.30am for a 60-90 minute journey unless somebody had asked him to do it the night before? Yet we are just expected to soak up a standard message that the game is off and we should expect to turn up when they can rearrange it . No apology, no suggestion on what they need to do. We know the £500k spent in the pitch in 2020 hasn't worked - so what is the plan. Why wasn't the refunded fees from the supplier of the pitch been used to at least buy some rain covers? This is the second fixture we have had to postpone and it has cost me almost £500 in accommodation and travel costs. I am simply taken for granted, as is everybody else. I want the Trust to fight for the fans. Not roll over and have my belly tickled.
Of course what I really want is the two Chairs to read the riot act to the Exec who thought the annoucement yesterday was acceptable with a detailed explanation of where the pitch is and what they can do about it. We are not a community/fan led club when the club can't be arsed. Is anybody going to take a chance on buying tickets ahead of the day for the Alty or Stockton games if it rains in the next 3 weeks? Of course not.
Rant over. What else is the Trust for if it isn't to be in the know and challenge on behalf of the fans in real time? And finally, I have never believed that Murray can be held accountable in his 'token' role on the Board. It has to be a paid exec who is responsible, and accountable, for fan engagement. The two Chairs need to be clear on what that looks like. [Post edited 23 Dec 15:45]
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Reply | Oi, Biffos
at 15:38 21 Dec 2024
The speed at which their rich owner is spending his cash means he won't be rich for much longer. Thier council paid for the pitch to facilitate the rugby club going back to Boundary Park. What could possibly go wrong? Anyway, £7m of accumulated losses in just over 2 years isn't sustainable. |
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Reply | Pitch inspection 10.30
at 11:37 21 Dec 2024
Same here - another 300 mile round trip and overnight stay for nowt. It is becoming too hard to follow Dale nowadays. And too ruddy expensive. The new Chair needs to reflect on whether he should allow McNulty to keep signing players when the basics can't be delivered. Some rain covers are needed if the pitch that cost more than half a million is really this bad. I note from the accounts that the money refunded from the supplier is peanuts compared to this fiasco - at least spend that on hiring some covers. |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 19:00 19 Dec 2024
Remember William Mocquet - wasn't with us long, but his pace down the wings was mesmerising. |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 10:31 18 Dec 2024
I think we all knew that by instinct, but that table brings it alive. Can Jim find a raw talent in non league somewhere that wants a chance to prove himself up top. Or do we have a good scholar that we can use for the last 20 minutes to have a go. No fear and all that. Bigger teams than Dale have been doing that a lot recently. |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 20:39 17 Dec 2024
But you have recorded £7m of accumulated losses since the shed builder takeover. Heavens knows what the playing budget is given you have higher income than Dale. It will all end in tears when Frankie runs out of cash. |
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Reply | Shareholders AGM 2024
at 08:52 15 Dec 2024
The shareholders have been asked to keep the accounts confidential and so I will respect that request. For all the disappointment on the way the AGM will be held, and the decision to stop auditing the accounts, the detail around costs and expenditure was more transparent than I think we have ever seen. You can see just how much the two relegations have cost us and how revenue from away fans has fallen now we are non league. I was also surprised that the playing budget last season was a low as it was. There is so much potential to drive income up through success on the field. When we compare the data from 4 years ago, it is chalk and cheese. But I certainly welcomed the transparency in the AGM pack. |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 08:40 15 Dec 2024
Disappointing really when you consider the manager has been backed with more cash beyond the planned budget to bring players in. As others have said, too many players and no consistency. Of course 6 points from the next two games and there will be smiles once again. But we shouldn't paper over the cracks. We are not entertaining to watch and we are not winning enough to drive punters into the ground. There's always next year. |
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Reply | Gateshead v Farsley
at 10:29 11 Dec 2024
Indeed that is better news. He was within a couple of miles of one of the best cardiac hospitals in the UK so he will be well cared for. |
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Reply | AGM Tuesday.
at 17:02 9 Dec 2024
It has moved to Monday 30th December at 10am in the Ratcliffe [Post edited 9 Dec 19:50]
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Reply | Dale vs Manchester United U21s
at 08:54 4 Dec 2024
Nice to hear a balanced view from somebody that was there. Also nice to see our best attendance of the season to date - recognising that many will have been there to see upcoming Man Utd players. But we have to find a way to attract the next generation and free tickets was a great initiative. Well done to the club. |
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Reply | From memory 25th anniversary
at 13:01 2 Dec 2024
But we were rewarded with a come back win with Callum Hiiginbothams impersonation of David Beckham if I have the right game in my head. |
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Reply | (No subject) (n/t)
at 21:07 1 Dec 2024
Aye and we all walked to Accrington to raise the money. It lashed it down. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Gateshead v Rochdale
at 13:32 25 Nov 2024
It is sunny and windy in Geordie land today. The Gateshead pitch should have dried nicely by tomorrow. But will be very cold at the game - forecast 2C. |
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Reply | Potential threat from the weather to Saturday's match
at 13:44 23 Nov 2024
That did make me smile. Even Backburn Rovers up the road with significantly more resources than we have couldn't get their game on today. When it rains on semi frozen sub soil, it doesn't drain quickly.
Our pitch is pretty good for a non league club. It has had more than £1m spent on it over the past 5 years. Owdum have had similar investment but theirs came from the council. We haven't got an open chequebook and to be fair we don't have many postponements anymore. We have to suck it up and move on. Pity this couldn't have been a Sunday 1pm kick-off with hindsight. |
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Reply | Potential threat from the weather to Saturday's match
at 10:32 23 Nov 2024
We'd be doing the same to be fair. Should remind them that if their fans knew how to behave it would have been a 3pm kick off and they could had another 700 seats too. Better chance of being on at 3pm. |
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Reply | Hopwood Hall
at 17:20 20 Nov 2024
But they are on the same site aren't they? |
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Reply | Hopwood Hall
at 15:00 20 Nov 2024
The Hopwood Hall college site already has substantial sports facilities - including pitches - and other professional football clubs have used the site in the past (I seem to recall Accrington Stanley and Barrow FC) but don't know why we didn't think they were good enough for us. Probably want total access and control during the day to be fair. |
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