StrongStyle Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 This is all that's wrong with football nowadays, sadly. Lower league teams with over 120 years of history could now disappear. Those fans will be lost to football if these clubs vanish from existence and for some, a way of life. This is proper lower league life and my heart goes out to the fans of Bury Football Club. Unfortunately, this is the tip of the iceberg and there must be others under the same pressure in financial terms. It may be the start of clubs at that level starting to fall apart, especially in League One and Two. That is before you get to the likes of some clubs with long histories in Scotland who basically need to stay up every season to keep the lights on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Has anyone on the board been involved in some way in a fan run club? Irrespective of the level I'm looking for useful information on setting one up, top tips and pratfalls etc. Failing that, if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent online pieces or even names of people who have set them up so I can hound them instead, that would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 48 minutes ago, Guy Bifkin said: Has anyone on the board been involved in some way in a fan run club? Irrespective of the level I'm looking for useful information on setting one up, top tips and pratfalls etc. Failing that, if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent online pieces or even names of people who have set them up so I can hound them instead, that would be cool. Clapton Community Football Club is a relatively new club not far from me; they're co-operatively owned by the local community, and they're doing pretty well by all accounts. https://www.claptoncfc.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 55 minutes ago, Guy Bifkin said: Has anyone on the board been involved in some way in a fan run club? Irrespective of the level I'm looking for useful information on setting one up, top tips and pratfalls etc. Failing that, if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent online pieces or even names of people who have set them up so I can hound them instead, that would be cool. Exeter City, the finest club in Devon (no, the world), are supporter-owned and run, the Supporters Trust are usually quite happy to chat to people: https://www.weownexetercityfc.co.uk/ Supporters Direct may also be able to help: https://supporters-direct.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted August 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 The greatest footballing partnership of our lifetime comes to an end as Chris Smalling is set to join Roma on loan. Jones and Smalling should be a World Cup winning duo by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 29, 2019 Author Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 12:56 AM, Shy Dad said: I assume because they've actually been able to field a team, use their facilities and somewhat run as a club. Hereford had the same a few seasons back, the 14 days are a standard closing period to explore every avenue, as it looked with Bury that even with a 14 day extension the club would have failed to field a further three games in that time I guess it was a case of it was safer to just expell them. It'll be interesting to see where any phoenix club lands league wise. Hereford was a case of being non league to shoot us down as far as logistically possible without making it difficult for clubs in our division to be able to host games with our away support, Bury could easily be placed straight back in at the NL North next year if a supporters club led team and renting the ground from the council came into play. Jester Shitty ended up back in the Evo-Stik as a phoenix, so that could be an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 29, 2019 Author Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Guy Bifkin said: Has anyone on the board been involved in some way in a fan run club? Irrespective of the level I'm looking for useful information on setting one up, top tips and pratfalls etc. Failing that, if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent online pieces or even names of people who have set them up so I can hound them instead, that would be cool. Wrexham are supporters trust owned hough several of our supporters are getting annoyed with this as we're still playing level 5 football after all these years. Personally i think it's amazing we still have a club as we were in Bury's shoes in 2011 (thanks Robbie Savage!) http://www.wrexham.com/sport/wrexham-fans-raise-100k-day-save-club-948.html We're profitable now and we're now looking at redevelopment of our old Kop end and a new training ground after being forced to sell the old one. We've got a long lease now on our ground after Asset Strippers tried to fuck us over countless times for it, offering us safety. We're getting an average of about 5300, the highest in the league, even more than Notts County so the following is there. Just unfortunately every season some monied wanker tinpots with tiny attendances throw money at their club, go up, and will soon be in the shit in a few years fucing over their original fans. Just need to get out of this fucking league. It's the hardest to get out of. And fuck all you premier league wankers. Can't wait til you all burn. Edited August 29, 2019 by PowerButchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted August 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Guy Bifkin said: Has anyone on the board been involved in some way in a fan run club? Irrespective of the level I'm looking for useful information on setting one up, top tips and pratfalls etc. Failing that, if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent online pieces or even names of people who have set them up so I can hound them instead, that would be cool. Kfogg's Grandad is probably Chairman for a few, so worth giving him a shout. Edited August 29, 2019 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in our Champions League group. Happy with that, mostly for the fact we aren't being lugged over to the arse end of Serbia this year round. At this stage, there's no point making City play in the group stage. It'd be easier for everyone if UEFA just gave them a bye into the quarter finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, AdamTH17 said: Happy with that There's a first time for everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Devon Malcolm said: There's a first time for everything! I'd like to think I'm one of the fairly optimistic ones when it comes to our fanbase! If we're winning... Sometimes... Edited August 29, 2019 by AdamTH17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 BELGRADE FOR SPURS! Thats a lovely tie. “Oooooh, we’re flying to Serbia” Fuck off. We’re playing Red Star Belgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Undisputed highlight of the evening has to be the bloke representing Slavia Praha completely creasing himself upon seeing they were in a group with Barcelona, Inter and Dortmund. The kind of spirit you love witnessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted August 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 Who did Arsenal get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 I missed the draw, I was rewatching Eric Cantona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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