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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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Reply | Wealdstone match thread
at 10:48 17 Nov 2024
If CO went to so much effort to market the club to investors/sponsors he should be pretty disappointed with the football served up on the day. As the owner, he will know not to interfere with day to day football matters, but he has been backing JM beyond the original playing budget in recent weeks, and he should remind JM what he expects for that investment - effort, application, honesty and integrity - as a minimum. I feel sorry for CO. His family's ownership should have lifted all the doom and gloom and help rally the town to support the team again. But it hasn't really. For us to be sustainable as a club, we need another 1000 through the gate every week. We need to be winning football matches and playing football that we enjoy watching. I know the fanbase is split on this, but we have the talent and we know the team can do it when set up properly. Jim is a lovely man, and the players seem to love him. But some tough love needs to come from elsewhere.
As for next Saturday, it would be helpful to hear what the club is doing to ensure the game is going ahead - like extra frost covers hired etc etc Especially as so many exiles will need to be leaving home at 7 or 8 in the morning. |
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Reply | AGM change
at 09:30 14 Nov 2024
The club is majority owned by the Ogdens. The AGM is a legal requirement and actually has a small and limited agenda. Of course shareholders can turn up in force and ask questions related to the business under AOB. But one of the impacts of our new ownership model is that the minority shareholders now have little impact. You can't always have your cake and eat it.
Of course engaging with the fans is critical to the club and regular forum sessions are helpful. The majority of fans are not shareholders and would miss out if the AGM was the place to air views. And as for the Trust holdings, we have a Trust member on the Board. Whilst I joined others in buying shares when the club was in a mess, I don't feel they are worth anything now and have come to accept that. |
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Reply | Sutton match thread
at 18:51 9 Nov 2024
Have you ever said anything nice or constructive on this board or you just come on to chastise fellow fans from time to time? |
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Reply | Hospitality
at 11:22 4 Nov 2024
So they gave it five stars overall, based mainly on value for money, with the lowest score of 3 for the food. He made the observation that the seats had poor leg room and is the reason I don't like it. But as we shared last month when people were unhappy - no other club has an offering at the price level of Dale. For a season card holder, for £35 more you get a two course meal, half time cake, a programme and access to speaker and player of the match award. Oh and a decent bar. [Post edited 4 Nov 11:42]
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