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Post by pooliehopper on Jun 9, 2024 22:33:35 GMT
PR nightmare 🙈 decided to disband all women's and girls teams!
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Post by cornishpasty on Jun 10, 2024 1:08:20 GMT
Wasnt this Thornaby Town, different club, different league?
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Post by windy1970 on Jun 10, 2024 5:29:42 GMT
Wasnt this Thornaby Town, different club, different league? Nope, it’s definitely Thornaby FC. The chairman has sent a damming message out on X/Twiiter, that he’s fully against this action and what he thinks about those who have pushed it through |
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Post by cornishpasty on Jun 10, 2024 5:57:32 GMT
Wasnt this Thornaby Town, different club, different league? Nope, it’s definitely Thornaby FC. The chairman has sent a damming message out on X/Twiiter, that he’s fully against this action and what he thinks about those who have pushed it through Apologies then my bad, I know one of their players and he told me it was the other. |
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Post by eastdurhamhopper on Jun 10, 2024 8:00:25 GMT
I have seen comments from some of the sponsors of the club also pulling out.
Absolute disaster for the club due to a totaly shameful decision.
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Jun 10, 2024 8:22:49 GMT
I have seen comments from some of the sponsors of the club also pulling out. Absolute disaster for the club due to a totaly shameful decision. How to wreck a club in one easy lesson. What an own goal. Looks like all the girls and ladies have had offers to take all teams and volunteers into their clubs. Can’t see a good end to this. |
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Post by Mr Tside on Jun 10, 2024 9:51:19 GMT
I am not on the club board I am mearly a fan of the club.
Some of the committee have voted an action which may well now kill the club before the season has started.
These people have as I understand have now all resigned from the commitee and handed back their keys etc.
Sponsors are dropping the club left right and centre. Teams we had pre season games with are canceling it.
We have international footballers, MPs and members of the House of Lords asking questions.
Whatever the reasons were the public has sided rightly with the girls and womens sides.
I cant see how even if this is back tracked now and the women girls etc all come back into the fold the situation will improve.
I fear we will lose a northern league team before the season starts unless significant changes take place this week.
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Post by cornishpasty on Jun 10, 2024 10:30:12 GMT
There has to be a specific reason or, reasons for this, any one any ideas?
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Post by lovingnonleague on Jun 10, 2024 10:33:30 GMT
There has to be a specific reason or, reasons for this, any one any ideas? Something to do with staffing according to Beth meads outburst on twitter. Looking at the aftermath this could be curtains for Thornaby. |
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Post by eastdurhamhopper on Jun 10, 2024 10:53:49 GMT
I am not on the club board I am mearly a fan of the club. Some of the committee have voted an action which may well now kill the club before the season has started. These people have as I understand have now all resigned from the commitee and handed back their keys etc. Sponsors are dropping the club left right and centre. Teams we had pre season games with are canceling it. We have international footballers, MPs and members of the House of Lords asking questions. Whatever the reasons were the public has sided rightly with the girls and womens sides. I cant see how even if this is back tracked now and the women girls etc all come back into the fold the situation will improve. I fear we will lose a northern league team before the season starts unless significant changes take place this week. This is scary. A club with a lot of history potentially gone because of an absolutely idiotic decision from a small group. I don't think anybody actually wants to see the club fold but those who made the decision should never be involved in football again. Or any community based organisation for that matter. |
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Jun 10, 2024 11:03:31 GMT
I am not on the club board I am mearly a fan of the club. Some of the committee have voted an action which may well now kill the club before the season has started. These people have as I understand have now all resigned from the commitee and handed back their keys etc. Sponsors are dropping the club left right and centre. Teams we had pre season games with are canceling it. We have international footballers, MPs and members of the House of Lords asking questions. Whatever the reasons were the public has sided rightly with the girls and womens sides. I cant see how even if this is back tracked now and the women girls etc all come back into the fold the situation will improve. I fear we will lose a northern league team before the season starts unless significant changes take place this week. BBC are already all over it. There’s an interview with the ladies manager on BBC Sounds |
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Post by cornishpasty on Jun 10, 2024 11:27:02 GMT
Why would the club fold? I understand womens football is a huge growth area and brings in lots of grants/funding, but, surely they ran for a long time before the ladies started there? Or am I wrong, again  |
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Post by lovingnonleague on Jun 10, 2024 11:33:56 GMT
Why would the club fold? I understand womens football is a huge growth area and brings in lots of grants/funding, but, surely they ran for a long time before the ladies started there? Or am I wrong, again I think it's the bigger picture. Because they've knocked the ladies section on the head there's a few main sponsors pulling out and certain members of the committee have handed there keys back. Not looking good for the new season is it. |
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Post by Mr Tside on Jun 10, 2024 11:42:45 GMT
As above, nearly the whole committee have gone. Sponsors want nothing to do with the club right now. The opinion amongst the public is akin to that of Jimmy Saville. If the women wont come back who in their right mind would want to pay to watch a club with this over their heads let along volunteer to keep ot going?
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Post by rodentcatcher on Jun 10, 2024 12:59:20 GMT
Are / were the ladies teams self funding? If a decision was made to part ways with the ladies section of the club due to funding issues then not sure why this is such a huge deal?!
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