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PaulGodfrey

York had planned a pitch inspection originally but due to improved weather decided that it was no longer necessary. They were, rightly, being extra cautious given the distance our supporters have to travel. Unfortunately the message informing us that the pitch inspection was no longer needed didn't ...

PaulGodfrey

Just to clear it up, there was no need for a pitch inspection. As of this moment (11.10am) the pitch is fine and has been all morning. If anything changes we will update via official site, Twitter etc.

PaulGodfrey

Pitch is fine at the moment but rain forecast tomorrow then supposed to be dry again Saturday. Will depend upon how much rain we get tomorrow and whether any of it carries over to Saturday. Best thing probably is to keep up to date with the official website and official Twitter.

PaulGodfrey

The Board said no for two weeks while we recovered from the cup disaster and then signed THREE loan players!

PaulGodfrey

I wasn't involved with the kit this time (it coincided with the youth audit) but I'm not sure if it cropped up because the ruby was always meant to be a temporary thing (a bit like Arsenal did for their last season at Highbury). Down the years the main reasons for staying with Errea have been busine...

PaulGodfrey

Just a bit of historical perspective: The 'ruby' kit was brought in as a one-off to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary and was only supposed to be used for a single season. Because we were successful that year we ended up keeping the colours for another two seasons. The historical case for ruby ...

PaulGodfrey

There is a room behind the home dressing room with a door onto the corridor. I have to go through there to get to my office and quite often people congregate around there after the game (Academy coaches, medical staff etc). Sometimes they are asked to wait outside in the corridor until the manager h...

PaulGodfrey

Pitch inspection was scheduled for 9.15 but the ref arrived early and it didn't need long to make a decision.

PaulGodfrey

Yes, that is Dennis (over Paul Collicutt's left shoulder as you look it rather than the other chap between them). What a great day that was. And some interesting haircuts there. Thankfully mine is not captured on the picture either...

PaulGodfrey

The missing three are all well known: 1) Very quick winger who had a couple of loan spells. Now at a higher division club 2) Central defender who had one season with us and played nearly every game. Now at another League Two club 3) Played in the game at Morecambe last week! In addition, there are t...

PaulGodfrey

Looks like there are three left to get. Let me know if you want clues (I'll have to work out who they are first!)

PaulGodfrey

Does anyone want to try naming all 200 players or shall we just post a list so you can see who they are? There are also two other players since we've been in the Football League who only played in cup competitions.

PaulGodfrey

Unbeaten league run (Football League) - 16 games (season 2001-02)
All time unbeaten league run - 20 games (season 1994-95)

PaulGodfrey

It's becoming increasingly obvious that someone, somewhere is making up rumours and circulating them around in order to undermine the club.
A bit of simple mathematics can dispell this one. 4K per week = £208K per year. That's 10% of our annual turnover on one employee. Not really feasible, is it?

PaulGodfrey

Just to be clear on the investment - the money has been spread over a period of time and is used only for signing players. However, as the money is invested in shares this does not appear on the profit and loss account. Therefore, we make a £150K loss on signing players which, in cash terms, is then...

PaulGodfrey

Yes, the cap is applied to the current year only and embargoes can be applied at any time. Clubs are allowed to carry profits over but only if their P&L is in the positive (despite making two years profits ours is still down from many years previous). I don't know the ins and outs of every club ...

PaulGodfrey

The League are quite strict on it and brought in a new measure a couple of years ago to stop clubs from exaggerating their commercial income. The percentage has also gone down to 55. We'll be alright but in the past couple of years we've not even had to think about it due to the cup runs and play-of...

PaulGodfrey

Nobody is ruling out further loan signings but the main issue at the moment is the League Two salary cap. Having been knocked out of the cup we have to be a bit more selective and more vigilant in terms of making signings that will fit within the allowance. It was more to do with timing - being care...

PaulGodfrey

OK, my last post on the subject for now as I'm going to be extremely busy in the youth department for the next three days. I received a few rumours from people by PM yesterday and had to be at the training ground today so took the opportunity to discuss them with the manager, a couple of staff membe...

PaulGodfrey

As an organisation we need to know what people are saying about us. My request for information was never confined to one individual but with regard to the club generally. I think we are transparent as a club - we don't have anything to hide. I signed Billy Jones' contract cancellation form and as fa...

PaulGodfrey

I'm off to the training ground now as we have a very busy week with the ISO youth audit. However, if anyone has any rumours they are concerned about then PM me and I will look into them. I will respond as far as I can. Clearly if some of them are of a personal nature then it will be difficult to res...

PaulGodfrey

Sometimes it can be a case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. Sometimes employees see or hear something and it's not the full story or not the accurate story. By the time the information is passed on through three or four people it becomes changed even more. I've had a couple of PMs so f...

PaulGodfrey

Personally I think it would be very interesting and useful to know what all these rumours are. I've heard a couple of rumours lately and they have been untrue but if anyone has any more then it would be handy for the Board to know what information is being passed around. I'm open minded about it all...

PaulGodfrey

I haven't said that any player was on "twice the wages" of another (someone else may have speculated on that but wouldn't know the details). However, to answer Taxidave's point a lot of the saving in 'paying players up' comes in tax and national insurance. This makes it possible to reach a...

PaulGodfrey

That was 2,292. Another really low one was Southend United when we offered half-price admission - 2,226

PaulGodfrey

That Morecambe match above was an away game - our last ever visit to Christie Park. The lowest crowd for a League game at home since we got into the Football League is 2,035 vs Morecambe on 16th August 2011 The lowest crowd for any match since we got into the Football League was during our first sea...

PaulGodfrey

Should just add that we as a club have no control over this at all - we don't make the law. What we've tried to do is warn people of the potential risks involved so that at least they are informed. The police have been in touch with us this week and, to quote them directly: "at Court, the start...

PaulGodfrey

My apologies to vcinthestand but I think he might have got the wrong end of the stick here. Earlier in the week the chairman got together with the commercial department and sent out a letter to local businesses reminding them that we have sponsorships, conferencing facilities and other commercial op...

PaulGodfrey

This idea was given full consideration by the Board a couple of years ago. However, it was not pursued for the reasons given above. It was decided to focus on selling season tickets, which have held up very well and increased slightly over the last couple of years. Many clubs are moving away from di...

PaulGodfrey

I saw both play for Cheltenham but not Wimbledon, who I only saw play a handful of times. I had a mate at university who supported the Wombles and I travelled with him occasionally when Cheltenham weren't playing. Steve C was there part of the time but I think he was injured whenever we went. Leo ma...

PaulGodfrey

At that Wimbledon v West Brom game the PA announcer asked the visiting fans not to jump up and down shouting "boing boing Baggies" as they were in a temporary stand that might break! Cheltenham Town played the old Wimbledon club on eight occasions in the Southern League during the 1960s (t...

PaulGodfrey

This isn't the same ground they used to play on (that is now apartments) but the Wimbledon greyhound stadium is on the same road a little further up. Only went to Plough Lane once and it was a bit like Oxford's old ground The Manor - a former Southern League ground that had stretched to its limits i...

PaulGodfrey

I'm not aware of any openly gay managers or players in the history of the club (which is surprising because statistically there must have been some). I really cant believe that Paul you must lead a very sheltered life.We see an ex manager regularly at Whaddon Road with his partner I genuinely have ...

PaulGodfrey

Should clarify that effectively what we did was leave it up to the individual players whether they wanted to wear the laces or not. We will see if any do tomorrow. I'm not aware of any openly gay managers or players in the history of the club (which is surprising because statistically there must hav...

PaulGodfrey

I unwrapped the packaging when it arrived and can tell you that it was very much driven by the betting company. So much so that I didn't even see any mention of Stonewall on there. Either way, we received an email from the Football League earlier in the week stating that while they support equality ...

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