| Hornets on Sunday 19:31 - Feb 24 with 299004 views | EllDale |
They’re tweeting that their “matchday operations” are being restricted for the home game against Barrow on Sunday for reasons that they don’t want to divulge at the moment.
The bottom line is that the crowd capacity is limited to 920 and there will be no cash admissions on the day.
Wonder what that’s all about? |  | | |  |
| Hornets on Sunday on 20:44 - Jul 22 with 2958 views | kel |
| Hornets on Sunday on 20:23 - Jul 22 by TVOS1907 |
Aren't you the headcase? |
Apparently.
I did afford myself a wry smile about a bloke who hides behind a username accusing others of, erm, hiding behind a username. As I said earlier, the bloke isn’t playing with a full deck. |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 20:55 - Jul 22 with 2926 views | D_Alien |
| Hornets on Sunday on 18:14 - Jul 22 by MoonyDale |
Unfortunately D.A in those moments when a clear head should prevail the PTSD kicks in, fight or flight is a choice but I don't do flight so all hell breaks out...It's strange because for many years I followed Hornets as well as dale and travelled all over the place supporting them...It's well documented even on here in one guise or another that the old guard and I did not see eye to eye after past naughtiness by the then board...I don't think anyone then connected to Hornets is still there now, even the lads n lasses I used to go with fell out of love with Hornets never to return, we were named Bandit supporters at the time for our opposition and for spilling the beans about their antics.....I hadn't seen or heard anything from anyone connected to Hornets for years until last weekend when I called into the San Remo cafe for a brew whilst waiting for Rocks Off vinyl store to open and sat there was the Son of a former director and one of the old guard...Never has a brew been finished so quickly and a seat vacated...Quite funny really...It seems like after a few years of settled RL at Spotland (Don't do COA) the dodgy times are back....Shame really..... |
I can sympathise with that MD
My ex father-in-law was prominent in the Hornets hierarchy (although never a director) but he wore the full blazer, shirt & tie to games. I could've easily gone into PTSD mode at times... |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 20:56 - Jul 22 with 2926 views | pioneer |
| Hornets on Sunday on 16:48 - Jul 22 by kel |
Oooh, was typing exactly the same as you posted. God only knows why the rugger lot can’t see it when it’s staring them in the face. |
The rugger lot can see it, which is why attendances have plummeted despite the success of the team. What we are hearing and seeing is whats left, mostly Mazeys cronies and a handful of delusional lleftover traditional hornets fans who have drunk the Koolaid. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:06 - Jul 22 with 2881 views | pioneer |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:02 - Jul 22 by EllDale |
He’s very much the face of the club isn’t he?
Never a mention anywhere of the coach.
And does anyone know any of his co-directors? Extremely anonymous chaps. |
The other directors (owners) are profiled on Hornets website…..cronies from his business dealings. I think one of them has (or had) links with sale sharks.
It looks to me like its gone to far to be rescued. lets just hope Mayfield can withstand the attack on them. A club that proudly represents the town. Something Hornets stopped doing under the previous co op ownership when they dropped Rochdale from the clubs name for a while. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:20 - Jul 22 with 2835 views | EllDale |
Looking at LinkedIn Peter Smith is the man who’s on the board of Sale FC which is a separate rugby union club from Sale Sharks.
Swinton RLFC share their ground at Heywood Road at the moment and it looks as though he was on the board at Swinton at the same time as Andy Mazey and so would have backed the Manchester Lions debacle.
No links whatsoever to Rochdale or to Hornets in particular whatsoever though. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:30 - Jul 22 with 2816 views | kel |
| Hornets on Sunday on 20:56 - Jul 22 by pioneer |
The rugger lot can see it, which is why attendances have plummeted despite the success of the team. What we are hearing and seeing is whats left, mostly Mazeys cronies and a handful of delusional lleftover traditional hornets fans who have drunk the Koolaid. |
You obviously know more than me on that so fair enough.
Speaking simply from my point of view, all this bad blood could have been avoided if Mazey showed a bit more professionalism given his position at Hornets. Unfortunately for him though, some of us worked him out on his first post on here given what he’d said in person to people elsewhere. His desperation to feel like Hornets revolve around him has seriously backfired given his massive gob both online and off. [Post edited 22 Jul 2022 21:30]
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| Hornets on Sunday on 21:30 - Jul 22 with 2814 views | downunder |
| Hornets on Sunday on 14:47 - Jul 22 by EllDale |
Interesting choice of name.
For a start it's geographically incorrect as Balderstone is definitely south of the town centre.
There used to be a team in the local league called East Ward in the 1980's but they were based at the old Con club of the same name in Newbold.
They later moved and renamed themselves Newhey.
Most of their old committee and players are no longer around so I can't see any connection. |
My Father in Law was involved with starting East Ward, as was Mike Ratu. Both have passed on. A few of the players, from the originals, will be alive, but I agree with you in that it is unlikely there is a connection. |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:35 - Jul 22 with 2797 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:20 - Jul 22 by EllDale |
Looking at LinkedIn Peter Smith is the man who’s on the board of Sale FC which is a separate rugby union club from Sale Sharks.
Swinton RLFC share their ground at Heywood Road at the moment and it looks as though he was on the board at Swinton at the same time as Andy Mazey and so would have backed the Manchester Lions debacle.
No links whatsoever to Rochdale or to Hornets in particular whatsoever though. |
https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/former-swinton-chairman-andy-mazey-leading-
"A consortium led by ex-Swinton chairman Andy Mazey have made an approach to take Rochdale forward.
The consortium also includes former Swinton directors Tony Sheridan, Richard Heyes and Peter Smith.
No sign of Peter Smith as a Director at Companies House but he was involved in the consortium. |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 21:36 - Jul 22 with 2797 views | judd |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:30 - Jul 22 by downunder |
My Father in Law was involved with starting East Ward, as was Mike Ratu. Both have passed on. A few of the players, from the originals, will be alive, but I agree with you in that it is unlikely there is a connection. |
One of the coaches is an ex East Ward player. I think he's been pulling my leg re: the name |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 22:16 - Jul 22 with 2715 views | EllDale |
Portico Vine are advertising the game as being against Rochdale Hornets.
In a sense I hope the new team have a decent season if only because they could get some awful stick if they get battered every week. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 22:28 - Jul 22 with 2690 views | judd |
Here we go again with the same old BS
Big Doug
Posted 44 minutes ago
A story going about that the Dale manager is not a happy bunny. The lack of a suitable training ground being the number one problem. They have never had what any prfessional football club requires to train on. Given their financial situation there is little chance of one in the near future or ever. And we think that we have problems. I would have thought that trying to get rid of Hornets from Spotland would not help their financial problems
Of course the training facilities can be improved. Ask Bottomley how he fooked up at Hopwood Hall..
We train on the flattest, driest pitches in the Borough and the clubhouse has fine facilities for changing, showering and catering.
We also spent a good many seasons in a higher division training at the same facilities.
Next. | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 23:14 - Jul 22 with 2619 views | TVOS1907 |
| Hornets on Sunday on 22:28 - Jul 22 by judd |
Here we go again with the same old BS
Big Doug
Posted 44 minutes ago
A story going about that the Dale manager is not a happy bunny. The lack of a suitable training ground being the number one problem. They have never had what any prfessional football club requires to train on. Given their financial situation there is little chance of one in the near future or ever. And we think that we have problems. I would have thought that trying to get rid of Hornets from Spotland would not help their financial problems
Of course the training facilities can be improved. Ask Bottomley how he fooked up at Hopwood Hall..
We train on the flattest, driest pitches in the Borough and the clubhouse has fine facilities for changing, showering and catering.
We also spent a good many seasons in a higher division training at the same facilities.
Next. |
"A story going about"
Going about where? In his head by the sounds of it.
'That lot' really are odious people. |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 23:23 - Jul 22 with 2605 views | kel |
| Hornets on Sunday on 22:28 - Jul 22 by judd |
Here we go again with the same old BS
Big Doug
Posted 44 minutes ago
A story going about that the Dale manager is not a happy bunny. The lack of a suitable training ground being the number one problem. They have never had what any prfessional football club requires to train on. Given their financial situation there is little chance of one in the near future or ever. And we think that we have problems. I would have thought that trying to get rid of Hornets from Spotland would not help their financial problems
Of course the training facilities can be improved. Ask Bottomley how he fooked up at Hopwood Hall..
We train on the flattest, driest pitches in the Borough and the clubhouse has fine facilities for changing, showering and catering.
We also spent a good many seasons in a higher division training at the same facilities.
Next. |
Arf! That’ll be the Dopey Doug who said we won’t have a team for next season.
Scroll down the rugger board a bit further to see his level of intelligence over being conned into buying a live stream for a game nobody cares about. Fooking dimwit. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 00:03 - Jul 23 with 2560 views | Sandyman |
| Hornets on Sunday on 23:23 - Jul 22 by kel |
Arf! That’ll be the Dopey Doug who said we won’t have a team for next season.
Scroll down the rugger board a bit further to see his level of intelligence over being conned into buying a live stream for a game nobody cares about. Fooking dimwit. |
Dormant Doug STILL hasn't answered the question of what the capacity of the Main Stand is, that he got spectacularly wrong a couple of months ago.
A strange little man with a head full of disinformation. |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 08:57 - Jul 23 with 2386 views | HullDale |
Morning, The Hornet!
"They are barely keeping the lights on in reality and aren’t helping themselves at all by doing what they are to Hornets either financially or in terms of the wider community as it all starts to unfold and go public as it now seems to be.
If they ever do recover and get to a position to be able to address things like training facilities they will likely need council support in some way or another I’d imagine.
The harsh reality is you wont endear yourself to senior councillors and politicians by being riding rough shot and hurting 151 year old community organisations in the town such as Hornets as they are doing.
While a pocket of deluded AFC fans on their propaganda forum will try and desperately control the narrative and divert away from facts, it would appear they are living each day with no significant investment, a huge legal threat still hanging over them, and at serious risk. All the while they are scratching for cash whilst the best they can hope for is staying in the football league again it would seem. As you say we think we’ve got problems…….
A 'pocket of deluded fans' adds up to over 88,000 views on here where Hornet / Glory / Andy are being exposed for what they are doing... compared to 2000 views on the Hornets forum of a thread that is mainly The Hornet talking to himself. |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 09:10 - Jul 23 with 2361 views | judd |
| Hornets on Sunday on 08:57 - Jul 23 by HullDale |
Morning, The Hornet!
"They are barely keeping the lights on in reality and aren’t helping themselves at all by doing what they are to Hornets either financially or in terms of the wider community as it all starts to unfold and go public as it now seems to be.
If they ever do recover and get to a position to be able to address things like training facilities they will likely need council support in some way or another I’d imagine.
The harsh reality is you wont endear yourself to senior councillors and politicians by being riding rough shot and hurting 151 year old community organisations in the town such as Hornets as they are doing.
While a pocket of deluded AFC fans on their propaganda forum will try and desperately control the narrative and divert away from facts, it would appear they are living each day with no significant investment, a huge legal threat still hanging over them, and at serious risk. All the while they are scratching for cash whilst the best they can hope for is staying in the football league again it would seem. As you say we think we’ve got problems…….
A 'pocket of deluded fans' adds up to over 88,000 views on here where Hornet / Glory / Andy are being exposed for what they are doing... compared to 2000 views on the Hornets forum of a thread that is mainly The Hornet talking to himself. |
Duplicitous in the extreme. Banging on about community cohesion whilst forming a new amateur team in the town instead of developing links with the well established and run Rochdale Mayfield.
Some of the financial nonsense he spouts is not too dissimar to what Curran was spouting last summer.
Strikes me that the same imbeciles source is still at it.
Game of golf, anyone? [Post edited 23 Jul 2022 9:11]
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| Hornets on Sunday on 09:17 - Jul 23 with 2338 views | TVOS1907 |
| Hornets on Sunday on 08:57 - Jul 23 by HullDale |
Morning, The Hornet!
"They are barely keeping the lights on in reality and aren’t helping themselves at all by doing what they are to Hornets either financially or in terms of the wider community as it all starts to unfold and go public as it now seems to be.
If they ever do recover and get to a position to be able to address things like training facilities they will likely need council support in some way or another I’d imagine.
The harsh reality is you wont endear yourself to senior councillors and politicians by being riding rough shot and hurting 151 year old community organisations in the town such as Hornets as they are doing.
While a pocket of deluded AFC fans on their propaganda forum will try and desperately control the narrative and divert away from facts, it would appear they are living each day with no significant investment, a huge legal threat still hanging over them, and at serious risk. All the while they are scratching for cash whilst the best they can hope for is staying in the football league again it would seem. As you say we think we’ve got problems…….
A 'pocket of deluded fans' adds up to over 88,000 views on here where Hornet / Glory / Andy are being exposed for what they are doing... compared to 2000 views on the Hornets forum of a thread that is mainly The Hornet talking to himself. |
And it's "riding rough shod", although that little bit makes no sense.
While I can't profess to know much about our finances, we have reduced our squad considerably, brought in several players who, from what I've seen so far, will improve its quality and, presumably, we have gained financially from Rotherham (Rathbone) and Wigan (Humphrys) being promoted, along with maybe further payments from Blackpool (Beesley) and Bolton (Morley). | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 09:24 - Jul 23 with 2331 views | kel |
Not read it yet but is he still “hiding behind a username” like he accuses others of has he found a pair of bollocks and identified himself?
I’m guessing the latter. Bottle job. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 09:58 - Jul 23 with 2296 views | James1980 |
| Hornets on Sunday on 08:57 - Jul 23 by HullDale |
Morning, The Hornet!
"They are barely keeping the lights on in reality and aren’t helping themselves at all by doing what they are to Hornets either financially or in terms of the wider community as it all starts to unfold and go public as it now seems to be.
If they ever do recover and get to a position to be able to address things like training facilities they will likely need council support in some way or another I’d imagine.
The harsh reality is you wont endear yourself to senior councillors and politicians by being riding rough shot and hurting 151 year old community organisations in the town such as Hornets as they are doing.
While a pocket of deluded AFC fans on their propaganda forum will try and desperately control the narrative and divert away from facts, it would appear they are living each day with no significant investment, a huge legal threat still hanging over them, and at serious risk. All the while they are scratching for cash whilst the best they can hope for is staying in the football league again it would seem. As you say we think we’ve got problems…….
A 'pocket of deluded fans' adds up to over 88,000 views on here where Hornet / Glory / Andy are being exposed for what they are doing... compared to 2000 views on the Hornets forum of a thread that is mainly The Hornet talking to himself. |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 10:37 - Jul 23 with 2227 views | blackdogblue |
Just read the Hornets thread and it is indeed laughable at as it is so deluded..
They need to remember they are just a small club near Mayfield 😀 |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 13:44 - Jul 23 with 2049 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 08:57 - Jul 23 by HullDale |
Morning, The Hornet!
"They are barely keeping the lights on in reality and aren’t helping themselves at all by doing what they are to Hornets either financially or in terms of the wider community as it all starts to unfold and go public as it now seems to be.
If they ever do recover and get to a position to be able to address things like training facilities they will likely need council support in some way or another I’d imagine.
The harsh reality is you wont endear yourself to senior councillors and politicians by being riding rough shot and hurting 151 year old community organisations in the town such as Hornets as they are doing.
While a pocket of deluded AFC fans on their propaganda forum will try and desperately control the narrative and divert away from facts, it would appear they are living each day with no significant investment, a huge legal threat still hanging over them, and at serious risk. All the while they are scratching for cash whilst the best they can hope for is staying in the football league again it would seem. As you say we think we’ve got problems…….
A 'pocket of deluded fans' adds up to over 88,000 views on here where Hornet / Glory / Andy are being exposed for what they are doing... compared to 2000 views on the Hornets forum of a thread that is mainly The Hornet talking to himself. |
I'm genuinely concerned over the last seven days that The Hornet might be cracking up and having some form of breakdown.
The Hornet is the only person I've seen in the last six months quote how supposedly bad our finances are since Andrew Curran, David Bottomley, Alexander Jarvis and then Matthew Southall were doing the same in 2021 as part of a failed hostile takeover aimed at destablising the club so that it could be asset stripped.
Remember this from August 2021:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/businessman
"The club is certainly not a 'cash cow, far from it. It's got no money and without significant investment, the club will run out of money before the end of the year."
In the real world, the club updated that it ended June owning the ground outright and mortgage free:
https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2022/june/statement_070622/
It's funny how the same lies are seemingly peddled.
Then you move onto the clash between football and rugby fixtures over a number of upcoming weekends in July and August.
Today, we have a home friendly against Port Vale and Hornets play tomorrow against the London franchise team.
People who are going up today and pay £10 to get in and had a few cheap beers in the Ratcliffe in the sunshine are very unlikely to go vs London tomorrow and pay £16 to do so.
So say we'll get a crowd of say 1,500 for a friendly vs Hornets will struggle to get anywhere near filling the available 920 spaces tomorrow and London won't bring any paying spectators. Say they get 400 tomorrow then Mazey and Co are doing well.
Next weekend the same pattern comes out, we play a home game vs Crewe - another bumper crowd and you'd expect say 3,000 Dale and Crewe fans combined for the first game of the season.
Hornets will be, at best, 1600 and their initiatives are giving a lot of those tickets away and even that will be a push given that it is school holidays and Sunday 3pm kickoffs are not the most convenient when people have other plans.
I noticed too, that Hornets have also moved one of their August games to a Sunday when we are playing Crawley on the Saturday and that pattern will be the same that weekend. A good home football crowd on the Saturday and then asking the paying Hornets punter to come against Wales Raiders on the Sunday afternoon. How many people will pay £16 to see Hornets play a scratch Welsh franchise?
Perhaps there is genuine worry on the Hornets side of the limited number of fans that will come on Sunday's when Dale have played at home on a Saturday.
The obsession of The Hornet is reaching the point of understanding of what the real agenda is here?
I think on such low crowds and with no RFL funding available that times are really hard. Costs are going up for everyone and Mazey and Co will be no exception. Clearly all things have been significantly tightened up post-Bottomley.
If (and it is an if) promotion to the Championship is not achieved either automatically or via the playoffs then Hornets have to survive through this winter before the game begins again next Spring. The RFL have committed to keeping League 1 next season as is:
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/rfl-put-finalised-2023-plans-102412122.html
Simply put, fail to get out of League 1 and they're then visiting Cornwall, South Wales, London and the Midlands again for another year with no RFL funding coming their way and on low average crowds.
On the subject of Councillors, I might have missed it but I can't actually think of one local councillor that actually actively spoke out publicly in support of the club during the hostile takeover and certainly not in a way that I can find online.
Tony Lloyd MP, the Labour member for Rochdale on the other hand is a listed shareholder of the club and spoke up for the club last year on numerous occasions and comes to games. In that MEN article:
Mr Lloyd continued: "It is not obvious who would be the ultimate owners of the club were the hostile takeover attempt to succeed and nor, as far as I understand, have the would-be owners made their case to the club.
"They certainly have not made their case to the supporters and the people of Rochdale. This is not only not reassuring, it is unacceptable.
"I look to the EFL to give the supporters and the people of Rochdale assurance that the EFL will pursue its own duty of care, to guarantee the best outcome for Rochdale AFC as part of the Football League.
In the meantime The Hornet continues to endear himself on a twice daily basis to 2,000 RAFC Season ticket holders in a way that David Bottomley, Matthew Southall and Alexander Jarvis did by peddling s*ite. Dale fans have this uncanny ability to see through people peddling s*ite.
It's another cracking marketing campaign bringing Dale fans closer together for the new season and in a few weeks, we'll be talking about Ian Henderson breaking the all time goalscoring record and not a third tier RFL side. | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 14:21 - Jul 23 with 1960 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| Hornets on Sunday on 13:44 - Jul 23 by RAFCBLUE |
I'm genuinely concerned over the last seven days that The Hornet might be cracking up and having some form of breakdown.
The Hornet is the only person I've seen in the last six months quote how supposedly bad our finances are since Andrew Curran, David Bottomley, Alexander Jarvis and then Matthew Southall were doing the same in 2021 as part of a failed hostile takeover aimed at destablising the club so that it could be asset stripped.
Remember this from August 2021:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/businessman
"The club is certainly not a 'cash cow, far from it. It's got no money and without significant investment, the club will run out of money before the end of the year."
In the real world, the club updated that it ended June owning the ground outright and mortgage free:
https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2022/june/statement_070622/
It's funny how the same lies are seemingly peddled.
Then you move onto the clash between football and rugby fixtures over a number of upcoming weekends in July and August.
Today, we have a home friendly against Port Vale and Hornets play tomorrow against the London franchise team.
People who are going up today and pay £10 to get in and had a few cheap beers in the Ratcliffe in the sunshine are very unlikely to go vs London tomorrow and pay £16 to do so.
So say we'll get a crowd of say 1,500 for a friendly vs Hornets will struggle to get anywhere near filling the available 920 spaces tomorrow and London won't bring any paying spectators. Say they get 400 tomorrow then Mazey and Co are doing well.
Next weekend the same pattern comes out, we play a home game vs Crewe - another bumper crowd and you'd expect say 3,000 Dale and Crewe fans combined for the first game of the season.
Hornets will be, at best, 1600 and their initiatives are giving a lot of those tickets away and even that will be a push given that it is school holidays and Sunday 3pm kickoffs are not the most convenient when people have other plans.
I noticed too, that Hornets have also moved one of their August games to a Sunday when we are playing Crawley on the Saturday and that pattern will be the same that weekend. A good home football crowd on the Saturday and then asking the paying Hornets punter to come against Wales Raiders on the Sunday afternoon. How many people will pay £16 to see Hornets play a scratch Welsh franchise?
Perhaps there is genuine worry on the Hornets side of the limited number of fans that will come on Sunday's when Dale have played at home on a Saturday.
The obsession of The Hornet is reaching the point of understanding of what the real agenda is here?
I think on such low crowds and with no RFL funding available that times are really hard. Costs are going up for everyone and Mazey and Co will be no exception. Clearly all things have been significantly tightened up post-Bottomley.
If (and it is an if) promotion to the Championship is not achieved either automatically or via the playoffs then Hornets have to survive through this winter before the game begins again next Spring. The RFL have committed to keeping League 1 next season as is:
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/rfl-put-finalised-2023-plans-102412122.html
Simply put, fail to get out of League 1 and they're then visiting Cornwall, South Wales, London and the Midlands again for another year with no RFL funding coming their way and on low average crowds.
On the subject of Councillors, I might have missed it but I can't actually think of one local councillor that actually actively spoke out publicly in support of the club during the hostile takeover and certainly not in a way that I can find online.
Tony Lloyd MP, the Labour member for Rochdale on the other hand is a listed shareholder of the club and spoke up for the club last year on numerous occasions and comes to games. In that MEN article:
Mr Lloyd continued: "It is not obvious who would be the ultimate owners of the club were the hostile takeover attempt to succeed and nor, as far as I understand, have the would-be owners made their case to the club.
"They certainly have not made their case to the supporters and the people of Rochdale. This is not only not reassuring, it is unacceptable.
"I look to the EFL to give the supporters and the people of Rochdale assurance that the EFL will pursue its own duty of care, to guarantee the best outcome for Rochdale AFC as part of the Football League.
In the meantime The Hornet continues to endear himself on a twice daily basis to 2,000 RAFC Season ticket holders in a way that David Bottomley, Matthew Southall and Alexander Jarvis did by peddling s*ite. Dale fans have this uncanny ability to see through people peddling s*ite.
It's another cracking marketing campaign bringing Dale fans closer together for the new season and in a few weeks, we'll be talking about Ian Henderson breaking the all time goalscoring record and not a third tier RFL side. |
I agree with the vast majority of that, however I know of at least two regular WMG stand regulars who are local Councillors, Sultan Ali, who brings children along with him and Sean O'Neill. Don't know if they are shareholders, but think both are ST holders. |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 15:58 - Jul 23 with 1845 views | kel |
Might have a pop down if work allows. I’m sure The Hornet will be happy for the opportunity to show he’s not hiding behind a username and a keyboard warrior. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 16:24 - Jul 23 with 1782 views | Me1 |
| Hornets on Sunday on 15:58 - Jul 23 by kel |
Might have a pop down if work allows. I’m sure The Hornet will be happy for the opportunity to show he’s not hiding behind a username and a keyboard warrior. |
Mate. Did you know by naming people you are breaking your own rules ? | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 16:29 - Jul 23 with 1767 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 14:21 - Jul 23 by foreverhopefulDale |
I agree with the vast majority of that, however I know of at least two regular WMG stand regulars who are local Councillors, Sultan Ali, who brings children along with him and Sean O'Neill. Don't know if they are shareholders, but think both are ST holders. |
Didn't know that foreverhopefulDale
No sign of either on the shareholder list available from Companies House so must just be paying fans like anyone else, which is refreshing.
You'd hope that all local councillors in the town would get behind the club, especially at a time of an attempted hostile takeover.
The fact that there might be active councillors amongst the fanbase continues to deride The Hornet's view that "you wont endear yourself to senior councillors and politicians ".
The truth is that the club has been one of a number of good national adverts for our town over the last ten years with games against Manchester United, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and six years in League One, employing over 100 local people and bringing visitors to Spotland that bring about £1m of economic value to the town per annum.
You wouldn't understand that though if you were an out-of-towner. | |
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