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Post by bigcbeat1 on Dec 21, 2023 20:13:13 GMT
Seems to me like certain people at the top just want the club finished. While else would they alienate the junior team? Why would they immediately resign without even sending a polite appeal? RCA made a similar appeal and while they're struggling it seems some new people have came onboard. 2 days (around Christmas no less!) Is just not enough time to form any plan. I noticed on the charity gov website that the current people in charge were appointed in 2023...make of that what you will. 30k of debt I’m told . Awful
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Post by lovingnonleague on Dec 21, 2023 21:19:32 GMT
Seems to me like certain people at the top just want the club finished. While else would they alienate the junior team? Why would they immediately resign without even sending a polite appeal? RCA made a similar appeal and while they're struggling it seems some new people have came onboard. 2 days (around Christmas no less!) Is just not enough time to form any plan. I noticed on the charity gov website that the current people in charge were appointed in 2023...make of that what you will. 30k of debt I’m told . Awful Horrendous. Absolutely stinking. Wrap up and start again somewhere next season.
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Post by kentrebel on Dec 21, 2023 21:30:56 GMT
30k of debt I’m told . Awful Horrendous. Absolutely stinking. Wrap up and start again somewhere next season. To be honest, £30k doesn't sound too much but I suppose it depends on yearly turnover which I have no idea about at all. When my club (then at step 4) were in trouble some years back we owed £180k, mostly to the brewery who we were tied to for bar sales, and our average crowd was 200 or so
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Post by sikirk on Dec 21, 2023 21:50:29 GMT
Seems to me like certain people at the top just want the club finished. While else would they alienate the junior team? Why would they immediately resign without even sending a polite appeal? RCA made a similar appeal and while they're struggling it seems some new people have came onboard. 2 days (around Christmas no less!) Is just not enough time to form any plan. I noticed on the charity gov website that the current people in charge were appointed in 2023...make of that what you will. 30k of debt I’m told . Awful Sounds alot at that level, north ferriby were wound up with debts of less than 20k. Then again whos it owed to, past directors/comitte men in loans, utility companies, hmrc?
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Post by barryross on Dec 22, 2023 11:47:59 GMT
Silence is deafening at the moment,I still live in Brandon and have heard nothing.couple of things,people are saying the club have only given two days notice this is not true,at least two weeks ago a statement was sent out.secondly when that statement was sent out there was an avalanche of people that have nothing to do with the club and have never been involved saying it's a disgrace,they should be doing this they should be doing that,the apathy in the village has been there for years,no one is interested til the shit hits the fan,where have they been? .I was involved for over 40 years,seen Brandon win many leagues and cups but the crowds have been poor even when they won the Northern League Championship.Sadly it looks like the end,there is a thriving youth set up in the village that was attached but they left earlier in the season due to an individual.hioefully they can come to the fore again and maybes start up in that wearside league div 2.the community now have a chance to make something happen.
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Post by footy on Dec 22, 2023 11:59:59 GMT
Why did the junior set up leave?
it’s not like there are kids pitches at the ground that they used.
Surely they are to blame for this as the club has lost any income that came from the juniors.
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Post by footy on Dec 22, 2023 12:05:05 GMT
Wouldn’t be suprised to see Bernard and his shit show playing out of the ground next season or one of the other local homeless teams.
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Post by sikirk on Dec 22, 2023 12:49:49 GMT
Wouldn’t be suprised to see Bernard and his shit show playing out of the ground next season or one of the other local homeless teams. Dont think the council will touch fatboy with a bargepole. The comittee should have all walked from durham and taken over brandon, closer to durham than durham city are and they are peeing against the wind at city
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Dec 22, 2023 19:41:27 GMT
Silence is deafening at the moment,I still live in Brandon and have heard nothing.couple of things,people are saying the club have only given two days notice this is not true,at least two weeks ago a statement was sent out.secondly when that statement was sent out there was an avalanche of people that have nothing to do with the club and have never been involved saying it's a disgrace,they should be doing this they should be doing that,the apathy in the village has been there for years,no one is interested til the shit hits the fan,where have they been? .I was involved for over 40 years,seen Brandon win many leagues and cups but the crowds have been poor even when they won the Northern League Championship.Sadly it looks like the end,there is a thriving youth set up in the village that was attached but they left earlier in the season due to an individual.hioefully they can come to the fore again and maybes start up in that wearside league div 2.the community now have a chance to make something happen. I think you called it earlier in this thread Barry. Plenty having plenty to say about the rights and wrongs but not a lot willing to act on saving Brandon. You must be gutted mate. Crying shame what’s happened. You did a grand job over the years I’ve know you but there’s only so much you can do . All the best mate.
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Post by barryross on Dec 22, 2023 20:33:44 GMT
Colin I am gutted I started watching them when I was 7 I'm now close to 60,still remember the good old days on a Sunday,and great days in fa cup.such a shame,but it looks like in the end in this format.hopefully someone local will pull something together even if it means starting over again.
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Dec 22, 2023 20:51:28 GMT
Colin I am gutted I started watching them when I was 7 I'm now close to 60,still remember the good old days on a Sunday,and great days in fa cup.such a shame,but it looks like in the end in this format.hopefully someone local will pull something together even if it means starting over again. Hope so Barry
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Post by kingsway12 on Dec 22, 2023 21:05:52 GMT
Something else in the mix, whether this is right i cannot be 100% sure, though the debt and possibly further is related to a lost court case earlier this year with a company that installed the new floodlights, i have researched myself and it appears this is the case, maybe other's can clarify further ?
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Post by footy on Dec 23, 2023 12:09:22 GMT
They are listed in the fixtures as playing on 30th December, maybe they have been saved?
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Post by brutus on Dec 23, 2023 12:53:43 GMT
Something else in the mix, whether this is right i cannot be 100% sure, though the debt and possibly further is related to a lost court case earlier this year with a company that installed the new floodlights, i have researched myself and it appears this is the case, maybe other's can clarify further ? I wouldn't have paid them either, some of the worst floodlights in the league with huge areas uncovered.
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Post by footy on Dec 23, 2023 13:44:54 GMT
Surely the FA came back and checked they were fit for purpose
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