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Post by cornishpasty on Jan 30, 2024 19:45:11 GMT
Whatever you think about wages in the Northern League, one thing I've learnt is to always take it with a pinch of salt when a player tells you what they've been offered elsewhere or what they're getting paid. Have to agree with this, players love adding a 20 or 30 quid on whenever you speak to them. :-)
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Post by Neil on Jan 31, 2024 7:27:51 GMT
Whatever you think about wages in the Northern League, one thing I've learnt is to always take it with a pinch of salt when a player tells you what they've been offered elsewhere or what they're getting paid. Have to agree with this, players love adding a 20 or 30 quid on whenever you speak to them. :-) We had a lad come in and cause chaos a few years ago. Told the other lads he was getting 120 quid a week when all the rest who had been there a couple of years were getting 40/50. Turns out he was getting 30 quid a week.
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Post by rodentcatcher on Jan 31, 2024 8:38:07 GMT
Have to agree with this, players love adding a 20 or 30 quid on whenever you speak to them. :-) We had a lad come in and cause chaos a few years ago. Told the other lads he was getting 120 quid a week when all the rest who had been there a couple of years were getting 40/50. Turns out he was getting 30 quid a week. Not sure why anyone would do that TBH. Hope you got shot of the lad in question sharpish.
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Jan 31, 2024 11:50:03 GMT
We had a lad come in and cause chaos a few years ago. Told the other lads he was getting 120 quid a week when all the rest who had been there a couple of years were getting 40/50. Turns out he was getting 30 quid a week. Not sure why anyone would do that TBH. Hope you got shot of the lad in question sharpish. There’s loads that inflate what they are getting. As you say don’t know why they do it. It’s when some players come in and tell you they have had a manager from another club offering them this and that . This unsettles the player . This type of crap never seems to be reported to the relevant fa hence the reason it is rife.
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Post by gabilonia on Feb 1, 2024 0:14:43 GMT
Not sure why anyone would do that TBH. Hope you got shot of the lad in question sharpish. There’s loads that inflate what they are getting. As you say don’t know why they do it. It’s when some players come in and tell you they have had a manager from another club offering them this and that . This unsettles the player . This type of crap never seems to be reported to the relevant fa hence the reason it is rife. It's bad crack to talk about money in a dressing room. That's why redcar at first fell apart
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Post by JayTheSynner on Feb 1, 2024 7:00:27 GMT
Not sure why anyone would do that TBH. Hope you got shot of the lad in question sharpish. There’s loads that inflate what they are getting. As you say don’t know why they do it. It’s when some players come in and tell you they have had a manager from another club offering them this and that . This unsettles the player . This type of crap never seems to be reported to the relevant fa hence the reason it is rife. Had this happen far too often in the past, and a couple of times this season. You tell people from the league and then let the FA know and absolutely nothing gets done abouut it. Its like you need the phone recording or to have recorded the conversation between manager and player yourself if it was in person.
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Post by Neil on Feb 1, 2024 7:41:24 GMT
There’s loads that inflate what they are getting. As you say don’t know why they do it. It’s when some players come in and tell you they have had a manager from another club offering them this and that . This unsettles the player . This type of crap never seems to be reported to the relevant fa hence the reason it is rife. Had this happen far too often in the past, and a couple of times this season. You tell people from the league and then let the FA know and absolutely nothing gets done abouut it. Its like you need the phone recording or to have recorded the conversation between manager and player yourself if it was in person. We had a player a season before last who'd signed with us, was then photographed playing for another club in pre season and uploaded to the club's facebook page two weeks in a row, and still nothing was done.
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Post by pooliehopper on Feb 1, 2024 13:56:37 GMT
I think if budgets were stopped, and clubs became strictly amateur, then population hubs would win out opposed to clubs in more remote areas. Heaton Stan and North Shields spring to mind. Along with Whickham and Birtley, perhaps even moreso as they're somewhat equidistant from Newcastle to County Durham.
Thornaby and Boro Rangers would also have very large areas to recruit from. If Synners remained in Stokesley I couldn't see them doing well.
South Durham is an interesting one, as while Bishops would have the best gates, they'd have lots of local competition in Shildon, West Auckland and Newton Aycliffe. That's a rather low populated area, in comparison to Teesside/Tyneside, yet has four clubs that are in very close proximity.
Esh, Brandon and to lesser extent Tow Law would have to hope they could recruit from Durham or perhaps parts of Derwentside in Tow Law's case.
I think Northallerton and Penrith would really struggle, relatively remote with no big population hub.
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Post by handifan on Feb 1, 2024 19:47:46 GMT
According to the OP… Surely it would be bishops? From the local football I’ve seen I think Chris Hardy is the best manager at that level. His teams are always very well organised which is the sign of a really good manager/coach. Bishops have more pull than any other team in the northern league although the point made by others is good - population centres will have an advantage - but even within the national hotbed of football which is the North East, South West Durham is the hotbed of north east football.
They fucked up building their new ground in another town and in a bog next to a supermarket but apart from that, I think bishops would do best.
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 1, 2024 20:32:25 GMT
According to the OP… Surely it would be bishops? From the local football I’ve seen I think Chris Hardy is the best manager at that level. His teams are always very well organised which is the sign of a really good manager/coach. Bishops have more pull than any other team in the northern league although the point made by others is good - population centres will have an advantage - but even within the national hotbed of football which is the North East, South West Durham is the hotbed of north east football. They fucked up building their new ground in another town and in a bog next to a supermarket but apart from that, I think bishops would do best. What Town do you think Heritage Park is in? It is on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland, actually probably classed as Bishop Auckland 😄 BA is a town. Shildon is the next closest town.
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Post by handifan on Feb 2, 2024 5:47:30 GMT
According to the OP… Surely it would be bishops? From the local football I’ve seen I think Chris Hardy is the best manager at that level. His teams are always very well organised which is the sign of a really good manager/coach. Bishops have more pull than any other team in the northern league although the point made by others is good - population centres will have an advantage - but even within the national hotbed of football which is the North East, South West Durham is the hotbed of north east football. They fucked up building their new ground in another town and in a bog next to a supermarket but apart from that, I think bishops would do best. What Town do you think Heritage Park is in? It is on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland, actually probably classed as Bishop Auckland 😄 BA is a town. Shildon is the next closest town. When was the last time you looked at a map? Hermitage Park is in St Helen Auckland. The village of Tindale Crescent is to the north east, and beyond that, Bishop Auckland, West Auckland is to the west of St Helen Auckland. HP is not in Bishop Auckland. It’s really not difficult to find any number of sources on line giving the precise location. Give it a shot.
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 2, 2024 8:30:44 GMT
Handifan - I have just looked at a map and Evenwood is nowhere near Spennymoor
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Post by Terrierdave on Feb 2, 2024 9:45:22 GMT
Seems to be right at the very edge of what could be called Bishop Auckland - the Tescos and Sainsburys which are just as far west are still addressed as Bishop Auckland. Or do you class Greenfields Road as the boundary?
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Post by handifan on Feb 2, 2024 11:51:12 GMT
Handifan - I have just looked at a map and Evenwood is nowhere near Spennymoor Great, we have established you can look at a map so that’s progress. Bishop Auckland boundary is with Tindale Crescent. The shopping bit including Sainsbury’s is not even in Tindale Crescent which itself is just a few streets and WMC etc. The shopping centre including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, M&S, HP etc is all in St Helen Auckland.
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 2, 2024 12:06:54 GMT
Handifan - I have just looked at a map and Evenwood is nowhere near Spennymoor Great, we have established you can look at a map so that’s progress. Bishop Auckland boundary is with Tindale Crescent. The shopping bit including Sainsbury’s is not even in Tindale Crescent which itself is just a few streets and WMC etc. The shopping centre including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, M&S, HP etc is all in St Helen Auckland. Yes, so Heritage Park is not in another town as your original post alluded to. St Helen Auckland is not a town. Nearest town to St Helen Auckland is Bishop Auckland. Happy with our outstanding ground, Heritage Park, being on the very edge of the town, Bishop Auckland. Credit on this occasion, goes to Handifan for turning yet another thread into a Bishop Auckland one :0
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