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The Dale Cooperative
at 12:09 4 Jan 2024

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Society_of_Equitable_Pioneers

As happened in our town over 175 years ago, is this now what our beloved club needs? A group of like minded people to buy then donate a small amount of shares or their share holding into one pot to create ‘The Dale Cooperative?

We have a vast amount of expertise in our fanbase and a willingness to help improve our clubs finances and between us we need to figure out a way to make this happen. I’d see this as a fund raising arm of the football club, to assist the club where possible, but to also be able to step in should the worst happen.

I would hope that the Cooperative could work with the BoD and Dale Trust for the benefit of the club, but also to gain enough shares to help to protect our club, then to have a bigger say in the future of our club. The Trust do wonderful things, but I feel that we now need something more to help them save our club.

Also on a separate thread I saw how it was suggested that opening the club less may help, my personal opinion is that we need to do the exact opposite, we need the clubs various facilities to be utilised everyday. We do however need to reduce our staff costs, maybe the cooperative would take over the club shop/lotteries and refreshment kiosks.

My final thought which would perhaps help us recreate the successful Stockport model of getting people into the ground (fill the Wilbutts), is linked to some kind fans offering to pay more for a season ticket, would the club consider offering a community season for say £25/50 where fans could buy one of these and they would pay for free tickets for the community/school kids/local teams etc?

I’m sure the more articulate of you and those with more business acumen could expand on these thoughts/ideas, I just think we need to try something and would happily do what I can to help.

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Planning for D day v Waiting for D day!
at 19:45 30 Jul 2023

With the developments over the last few days (even perhaps the last few years), I have never benn more certain than within the next few years, we will be asking our wonderful Dale Trust, to take over our beloved Dale.

I suppose the question that I am asking is, do we wait for this, or can we plan for this?

If fans could commit even £10/week, could this money be banked for ‘D day’ or would it have to be earmarked for shares?

As the major shareholder in the club, I would hope that some sort of ‘emergency fund’, could be built.

The comfort of ‘The Rochdale Division’, ‘A well run community club’ and now ‘we own our own ground’ is all sadly about to disappear.

I’ll, contribute what I can, but would like to know the best difference that I can make.

Neville Neville somehow convinced Forever Bury to give their shares to their ‘saviour’ Stewie Day!

I am not a shareholder, I could have done much better supporting our Trust, but will pledge to do so, especially with regard to The Trust running our club.

[Post edited 30 Jul 2023 19:47]

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