Ani Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I will challenge that, it was always kept in good nick. Fresh paint every close season, no crumbling terraces and leaky roofs like a fair few grounds I have been on. Most seasons they cleaned the bogs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Most seasons they clean ALL THE BING from the bogs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I will challenge that, it was always kept in good nick. Fresh paint every close season, no crumbling terraces and leaky roofs like a fair few grounds I have been on. The leaky roof in the Lever End was there for that long it formed stalagmites on the seats underneath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Read somewhere that there's 300 non playing staff. Seems high for me that unless you are counting pint pullers etc. Garty Club shop x5 Ticket office x 8ish Pitch men x5 Th'announcer Reception bint Marketing mon Who else? Edit - this is in jest before someone thinks I'm being serious Edited December 9, 2015 by stevieb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Fudge Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Probably leaving myself wide open for ridicule here but apparently the Holdsworth deal is at the crossing the T's and dotting the I's stage.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Probably leaving myself wide open for ridicule here but apparently the Holdsworth deal is at the crossing the T's and dotting the I's stage.. Let's hope he doesn't miss anything from six yards.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blixa Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Before the premier that was also pre administration. Crowds comparison aside, if it is run well and the match day experience improved, why can't we aim for similar? Southampton's situation was almost a mirror image to ours. Read their wiki page, it's interesting. They fell on their feet in regards to an owner and dodged a bullet when a deal with some other consortium fell through prior to that. They also had a decent youth team - selling Oxlade Chamberlain for £15 million in league one probably helped them along the way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Read somewhere that there's 300 non playing staff. Seems high for me that unless you are counting pint pullers etc. Garty Club shop x5 Ticket office x 8ish NEVER Pitch men x5 Th'announcer Reception bint Marketing mon Who else? Edit - this is in jest before someone thinks I'm being serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Horwich Posted December 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2015 Read somewhere that there's 300 non playing staff. Seems high for me that unless you are counting pint pullers etc. Garty Club shop x5 Ticket office x 8ish Pitch men x5 Th'announcer Reception bint Marketing mon Who else? Edit - this is in jest before someone thinks I'm being serious There are probably 120 stewards and turnstiles Plus more matchday staff (ticket office) Id probably say 100 full time and 200 part time? Depends if hotel included Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffer cup 07 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Guess its everyone including hotel staff, stewards, ground staff the list goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Those two old bastards that mind the door at the hotel on match day. The dads army of doormen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Are the hotel and catering staff not employed by heathcotes rather than the club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Those two old bastards that mind the door at the hotel on match day. The dads army of doormen. one of them is a right humourless misery guts. I suppose if he isn't getting paid he will have a decent excuse now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffer cup 07 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Where did it all go wrong. In the last two years or so the club (ED) has bought the hotel and submitted plans for a large development on land next to the ground, to include offices and a free school. Now were probably a few days from administration. I'm sure ED and his money were involved in these developments, so was there a massive fall out at board level to make ED withdraw funding. It just doesn't add up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Lennon off to Reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Where did it all go wrong. In the last two years or so the club (ED) has bought the hotel and submitted plans for a large development on land next to the ground, to include offices and a free school. Now were probably a few days from administration. I'm sure ED and his money were involved in these developments, so was there a massive fall out at board level to make ED withdraw funding. It just doesn't add up. Oh my god. ED does not own bwfc lock stock and barrel. Fildraw>Moonshift>Burnden Leisure. Fildraw/Moonshift can't finance the Burnden leisure arm of their companies anymore or the whole lot will go caputt. Its either cut your leg off or die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 one of them is a right humourless misery guts. I suppose if he isn't getting paid he will have a decent excuse now. I go in every week always have a bit of banter with them and there good as gold with me now but you have to work at it with because they can be a bit miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyHillyBilly Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Are we still thanking Eddie and Phil for the great jobs they've done? We're on the verge going to the wall and some people think they're saints somehow. Surely the basic facts speak for themselves unlike the murky accounts. Bravo well done lads freedom if the town. The club belongs to the town and just hope the incompetent / bent haven't killed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2015 Southampton's situation was almost a mirror image to ours. Read their wiki page, it's interesting. They fell on their feet in regards to an owner and dodged a bullet when a deal with some other consortium fell through prior to that. They also had a decent youth team - selling Oxlade Chamberlain for £15 million in league one probably helped them along the way too. Disley will prob sell clough for 500k Boooo Disley out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted December 9, 2015 Site Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 Hilary Duvet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan.Kerr Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Most seasons they cleaned the bogs too. Whether they needed it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Hilary Duvet? The bed sheet brigade would definitely be out for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) My new best mate Nixon ????said that there's new interest with real money but it's early days yet. Now I wonder if it's that Wild rumour someone told me on Saturday? Edited December 9, 2015 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 My new best mate Nixon said that there's new interest with real money but it's early days yet. Now I wonder if it's that Wild rumour someone told me on Saturday? Early days? - the one thing we don't have is time, so hopefully this new interest can get things moving fairly quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 My new best mate Nixon ????said that there's new interest with real money but it's early days yet. Now I wonder if it's that Wild rumour someone told me on Saturday? Kim Wild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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