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[quote=Robin post_id=372553 time=1750975881 user_id=71] I'm confused by the point here, a new stand a) will bring in revenue on non-match days and b) increased attendances. This will make us more competitive. You can spend a few million on players but if the ground stays as it is it's unsustainable....

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MK were taken over by a middle eastern investment group that want to bring premier league football. Yes they spent a huge fee for Collins but they also offered offered Dan Crowley a rumoured £4k a week in wages in January to get him out of Notts County and offered £150k for an aged Crewe defender. ...

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Not qualified to comment upon the above chicken first or egg first argument, but as regards Mr. Garlick, I've taken a look at a Burnley fans website and opinion on him is divided: https://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=81896&hilit=Garlick All agree that the first few y...

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When Lisa took on the Bays over 10 years ago, she transformed it from a sleepy pub to an all singing and dancing, through hard work, customer satisfaction and good social skills + good live music. The new landlord took over, and showed no interest at all, even allowing the druggies back in, I even ...

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Forest Green Rovers have appointed former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage as their new manager, after Steve Cotterill was sacked last week. Savage, who played for Leicester, Derby, Blackburn and Birmingham among others during his career, has been managing non-league side Macclesfield FC since 2024. ...

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Have to say, [the Albion] is also my go to in there! Lisa transformed the Bayshill after years of grumpy Fred and is now doing a good job in the Albion. A couple of times recently when I passed the Bayshill, it was closed when you might have expected it to be open (was open the rest of the time, mi...

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Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said the deal would "protect future generations of British Gibraltarians and does not in any way affect our British sovereignty". "Now is the time to look beyond the arguments of the past and towards a time of renewed co-operation and understa...

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Might it not simply be that these sales/releases reflect that the Board is trying to get the books into the best possible shape financially, so as to get the best possible price from any new Investor(s)?

Leaving said Investor(s) to deal with assembling a decent squad post-purchase?

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[Seppala] has money and did acquire Coventry, we are probably appealing because of the growth potential if an owner gets it right and the face we have no debt. Just read this interview she gave in 2017, only the second one she gave in the decade SISU had owned the club (to that date): https://www.c...

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As for Wymans Brook - the river Chelt runs culverted through the town centre, so I don't think doing similar to the Brook would be a barrier to development if the pie is big enough to warrant it, and those three sites together probably make a big enough pie. The Chelt will have been culverted when ...

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Would be interesting to know what % of those that attend, would actually use a fanzine type of facility before and after a match. As opposed to those that turn upon time for the match starting and leave as soon as it is over. Purely because they have no interest on having a drink or something to ea...

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Heard an interesting story about Dale Vince the other day. As some of you will know, the Cotswold Canals Trust is working hard to restore the Stroudwater Navigation, much of it completely abandoned and unusable, with a view to joining up eventually with the Thames & Severn Canal. The CCT is a ch...

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Obv I have no idea whether Ms. Seppala is interested in investing in CTFC or not. But I would say two things: 1. She hardly covered herself in glory at Coventry City, nor ever got the fans on her side; and 2. If her net worth is somewhere between £50m-£100m (and tbf, whoever wrote that article doesn...

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Anyhow, re this discussion about Volunteers vs Paid Professionals, imo it shouldn't be an either/or. For an outfit of CFTC's size at least, they surely need a Board to provide direction (the word "Director" is key), with an Executive to manage the club's progress in that direction. With th...

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Carlisle have a full-time CEO. They also have a bigger fan base than us and more 'history', for sure. I'd be willing to bet they had a bigger playing budget, too. He's sure helped steady their ship All Carlisle's example shows is that you can have the "right" set-up, but still fail. Where...

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I know I will get flamed for board bashing but this is a just another in a line of board mistakes I'm afraid. If the release clause is $150,000 that's due inexperience/poor performance by the person who pulled together that contract. Same as selling Alfie May for £250k, claiming that's all we could...

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The FA has released the full figures for the top five division clubs spending on Agents Fees for the above period. For CTFC, the figure was £47.9k, 18th lowest in Lge Two. Bottom clubs were Bromley (£27.5k), Accrington (£28.4k) and Crewe (£39.6k). Top spenders were Fleetwood (£284.4k), Port Vale (£2...

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I've been in "Safe Standing" areas loads of time and you stand throughout, otherwise you'd never see. (Though it's nice to get a sit-down at H-T) Basically it's a way for the top clubs to offer standing, yet comply with games which have to be all-seater, eg European games (you can bolt the...

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MK was my fourth CTFC game attended this season (3 x homes + Swindon away). I enjoyed the others, but God Saturday was hard work - no real quality on either side, apart from the occasional individual touch. Fair result.

Oh well.

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Got an email from the club reminding me of this game today, and on an impulse, decided to spend a rare free Saturday morning/afternoon at Swindon. (Eight quid return train ticket helped, too!) I know I've been to The County Ground once before, but it was probably in the mid-80's, so I can't remember...

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Not much to add to the above, except that the train station is to the South West of the town - a brisk 20 to 25 mins walk to the centre. While Whaddon Road is to the North East of the town - another 15 mins walk from the centre. So if time permits, I'd suggest breaking the journey up, in the middle ...

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Ihearye wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 20:41 Disconcerting that they seemed to have turned up in the away end despite it being moved to a Tuesday, but we have the usual gaps in the CF , by those scared of the dark

BBC has the crowd at 4,454, with 1,053 of them Walsall.

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Interesting, if hardly earth-shattering, article by Miguel Delaney in today's Independent on the increasing American ownership of, and interest and investment in, EFL football clubs, including below the Championship - currently 19 of the 72 are US-owned/controlled: https://www.independent.co.uk/spor...

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I recall Chris Wilder, who has managed at every level up to and including the Premier League, saying that the NL is the hardest of the lot to get out of, and that was years ago. And with the ever-improving standards in the NL, both on and off the pitch (eg stadia, crowds etc); nearly all NL clubs be...

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When I sat in the old main stand I could always pick out the scouts. Soon as the player they were watching was subbed off they disappear down the stairs a bit quick :D Thereby depriving themselves of the benefit of seeing how the team reacts without the target on the field i.e. improve or fall away...

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Yes, I think clubs such as Cardiff buy prospects like Kyle Joseph and Kion Etete for 500k ish on the basis that if 1 in 10 comes good and earns them 10-20 million they're well in profit Peterboro are the kings of that game - eg £350k to Newcastle for a young, unwanted Ivan Toney, sold to Brentford ...

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Be interesting to see the attendance... barely 2k there by the look BBC gives it as 1,605 - lowest of the night in 10 x Lge Two games. Probably couldn't have expected any more given all the circumstances, but still, that's pretty shocking. Bradford had 15,083 (190 away) vs Morecambe; Chesterfield 7...

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I never for the life of me understand why we have the ball in the opposition half, don't see a way forward, and so end up going all the way back to the keeper, who then 9/10 times just hits it long, where we have a less than 50% chance of winning the ball back. May as well just hit it forward in ho...

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Anyone got the stats for our average season attendances at Whaddon Road since we joined the EFL in 1999? Breakdown with home support and away support would be good too. Not sure whether this is entirely reliable, but Googling gives this: http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/chl...

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I saw Vince at Paddington Station one weekend just before Xmas (nice to see he uses eco-friendly public transport btw). He was with some lassie who looked about 20 years younger than him. He could have been showing his neice or Goddaughter around London, I suppose, but if not, he doesn't seem to hav...

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This (interested) outsider didn't think his comments particularly disrespectful or exceptional.

And in my observation, Cheltenham is as much a rugby town as a football one, with most of the town's football fraternity following other teams, esp the Premier League.

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For a 9th(?) tier team in a small town, Newent Town FC seem to be very progressive: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/gloucestershire-football-club-eyes-expansion-9862826 https://www.rossgazette.com/sport/football/exciting-plans-to-grow-the-daffs-756541 Though if I'm honest,...

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It's nothing to do with the 3pm blackout (that's TV only) - it's simply because the club charge for online commentary and no-one will pay for it if they can get it for free through the BBC. Fair point, well made. 8-) Though if given a choice between paying for an online radio commentary, or popping...

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Given sounds is on the net, do you know why you need to be in the county to pick up ghe commentary? Am almost sire i have listened to radio Ulster on it from cheltenham (?) May be my memory You can listen to it anywhere, but not football at 3pm on a Saturday due to the blackout. If I have radio Glo...

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And yet, the Prem clubs can find space in the window for a two legged League Cup semi final but not the possibility of a cup replay in the third round. It's quite honesty a disgrace. I think your anger is displaced. For one thing, the Lge Cup is run by the EFL, not the Prem Lge (or their members). ...

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