Daaaaaad! Posted February 19, 2021 Posted February 19, 2021 @PowerButchi @Guy Bifkin I may be completely misreading this, but it seems like Spencer here is being a real dick. I only know vague selections of what’s going on so wasn’t sure how to interpret further. Am I right or am I reading it wrongly? Because so far it reads to me like he’s brought his little YouTube project into the nonleague system and is now bitching at the other clubs as if he’s king shit. I assume the leadership he is referring to is the National League, but it still seems off.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 19, 2021 Author Moderators Posted February 19, 2021 As a Wrexham supporter, I'm going to have to get used to pelters. But the likes of Stephen Cleeve who's been trying to furlough players for the entire season, and teams which have spent a shitload and now can furlough and play kids as there's no relegation. It's absolute shit. The entirity of Non League should be written off, and I say that as a massive supporter of a form team ran by millionaires. It should never have started as "Elite sport" anyway, which the NL wanted. Why?
Fog Dude Posted February 19, 2021 Posted February 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, PowerButchi said: It's absolute shit. The entirity of Non League should be written off, and I say that as a massive supporter of a form team ran by millionaires. It should never have started as "Elite sport" anyway, which the NL wanted. Why? Last summer the NL board lobbied for it to be classed as élite rather than 'recreational' sport so that they could hold the play-offs because BT Sport give the clubs involved money to stage those for TV, thinking everything would then magically be fine again by October and they'd be allowed crowds again. Which divisions below the sixth tier were for a bit but with no promotion, it looks like those leagues will now be declared null and void too.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 19, 2021 Author Moderators Posted February 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, Fog Dude said: Last summer the NL board lobbied for it to be classed as élite rather than 'recreational' sport so that they could hold the play-offs because BT Sport give the clubs involved money to stage those for TV, thinking everything would then magically be fine again by October and they'd be allowed crowds again. Which divisions below the sixth tier were for a bit but with no promotion, it looks like those leagues will now be declared null and void too. But the BT Sport money is nigh on fuck all. It's only £7k per game for the home team when live games are shown (when many teams can make more streaming as you lose the right to stream when BT show the game) and the contract money over the course of the season is about a penny more than peppercorn rent.
Fog Dude Posted February 19, 2021 Posted February 19, 2021 Yeah, I'd never claim that the National League's thinking back in July makes any sense, even for the sake of short-term finances. That's just the only reasoning I've read anywhere as to why it wasn't classified as non-élite sport.
Paid Members Statto Posted February 21, 2021 Paid Members Posted February 21, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 11:02 PM, PowerButchi said: As a Wrexham supporter, I'm going to have to get used to pelters. But the likes of Stephen Cleeve who's been trying to furlough players for the entire season, and teams which have spent a shitload and now can furlough and play kids as there's no relegation. I used to go to King's Lynn quite a bit with my uncle when I was a kid. He's still a massive Lynn fan. It'd be lovely to have another league club in Norfolk. For these reasons I'd love Lynn to continue the upward trend they've been on. But Cleave is a vile creature. So I hope it happens without him.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 23, 2021 Author Moderators Posted February 23, 2021 Are there many better sights than David Speedie being throttled?
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 23, 2021 Paid Members Posted February 23, 2021 "Speedie became a spectator." Bloody love John Helm.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 23, 2021 Author Moderators Posted February 23, 2021 Apt that one of the biggest shithouses in football history is playing for Kool Keith's boys there.
Keith Houchen Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 I was at a game where he was sent off for headbutting someone. Hall of fame moment.
Magnum Milano Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 I was just saddened this wasn't ex-Chester City's Gary Bennett, then I could have regaled you with my tale of when him and David Flitcroft (brother of Garry) turned up at Blimpers (shit club in Chester) on Student night. Bennett admittedly looked sheepish, realizing he was easily the oldest person in there and wondering why on earth he had come, but Flitcroft was trying it on with various of the student girls with no success whatsoever.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 23, 2021 Author Moderators Posted February 23, 2021 "Chester City's". Pah!
METAL ON METAL Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 I went to school with Gary Bennett’s illegitimate love child. Bennett never even acknowledged him, to my knowledge. He’s an absolute bellend is Gary. He also provides truly turgid commentary of our matches on BBC Newcastle now.
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