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Rushden & no Diamonds left

Rushden & Diamonds have been denied entry to the
Evo-Stik Southern Premier.

The Northamptonshire side were expelled from the Conference earlier in
the summer
for financial reasons.

The Diamonds have now also failed to satisfy Southern Premier officials of
their ability to compete in their competition next season.

In a statement the
league said
the club had "failed to meet the conditions for entry into the
league by the due date of 6 July".

The blow is the latest in a series of crippling events for the Diamonds who,
after being ejected from the Conference, were put into administration on Wednesday

Comments

  • I went to their first ever home game in the football league. Absolute arse end of nowhere it was. Train broke down on the way home and missed last orders too.
  • A group of Rushden & Diamonds fans have taken steps to
    make a "phoenix club" to replace the extinction-threatened side.

    Adminstrators have been appointed to
    distribute the Diamonds' assets ahead of their impending liquidation.

    The new team would be called AFC Rushden & Diamonds and have opened up
    trials for youth players.

    Jon Ward, one of the supporters leading the project, told
    BBC Radio Northampton
    : "It'd be something to watch mid-week and momentum for
    2012."

    The group are holding youth trials with a view to entering into the Northants
    Senior Youth League for the 2011/12 campaign.

    AFC Rushden & Diamonds then aim to launch a senior side a year later.

    "We have met with the Senior Youth League and they have got to check it with
    the members," added Ward.

    "But they said they don't see any reason why we wouldn't be accepted.

    "We are getting registered with Northamptonshire FA and working with
    Supporters Direct to get us constitutionalised.

     

    "We're a group of fans, not used to running or setting up football club, and
    we're finding obstacles.

    "But it's certainly exciting. A lot of fans want to look to the future and
    draw a line under the past."

    Fans' group SaveRDFC have backed the launch of a phoenix club, wholly owned
    by the supporters, since June.

    After Rushden & Diamonds FC were expelled from the
    Conference
    , the professional side entered
    administration on Wednesday
    .

    Before administrators were appointed the crisis club had applied for entry
    to the Evo-Stick Southern Premier, which was denied.

    The open trials for AFC Rushden & Diamonds are being held on Tuesday 12
    July at Raunds Manor School from 1945 BST, and at Raunds Town FC on Saturday 16
    July from 1000 BST

  • What's happened to the ground?

    Was pretty decent from memory.
  • edited July 2011

    Kettering Town have finalised a "heads
    of
    agreement" with the landlord of Nene
    P
    ark to use the ground next season.

    The
    a
    rrangement is not binding, but the
    club have instructed solicitors to start drawing
    up a
    lease to play
    a
    t Rushden &
    Di
    amonds' home.

    Town have written to the Football
    Conference requesting that up to five league matches a season can remain at their
    current Rockingham Road home.

    They will also keep youth games there
    until the lease ends in 2013.

    Landlord Keith Cousins repossessed
    the ground two weeks ago.

    The Diamonds are fighting a
    winding-up petition, with a hearing adjourned until Monday, 4
    July
    a
    nd
    a
    re
    a
    ppealing against the Conference's decision to
    expel them from the league.

    Kettering chairman Imraan Ladak has said the majority of
    their f
    ans have backed the move to the
    home of
    their riv
    als.

    He told BBC Radio Northampton
    earlier in June: "I don't know
    whether we can agree a sustainable
    deal at Nene Park.

  • Cheers.
    What a mess.
  • Cheers.
    What a mess.


    If I remember, the Doc Martens state of the art factory is/was next door to the ground, as you say, in a one horse Northants town. DMs are now made in Vietnam or somewhere out east, and I don't mean Basildon.

    When Max Griggs, the R&D and Doc Martens owner lost a lot of money as DMs went out of fashion, both the football club and the DM brand went to pot.

    Same old story. A little club suddenly given cash and when the cash runs out the debts still hung around.

  • Looks like Diamonds are not forever.
  • Sounds like Max Griggs has put the boot in...............................

    I have worn and owned doc martens boots for the last 30yrs but must say the quality has suffered since they moved it abroad. Shame as they seem to be having a bit of a revival with the kids.
  • Sounds like Max Griggs has put the boot in...............................

    I have worn and owned doc martens boots for the last 30yrs but must say the quality has suffered since they moved it abroad. Shame as they seem to be having a bit of a revival with the kids.
    I have a couple of pair. The quality is good and they are so comfortable and hard wearing. Just a shame that such a sophisticated factory is rusting alongside a deserted football ground while far east slave labourers churn out profits for  British shareholders.. 
  • Dilapidated ground, moving into rivals stadium 10 miles away. Rings a few bells. Yet their fans are surprisingly willing for the move on the whole it seems. Having been to Rockingham Road a couple of times, i'll be sorry to see it abandoned. Found it refreshingly old school, but therein lies the problems. Only a 2 year lease currently remaining, and an 'unco-operative landlord' making it costly and difficult to maintain.

    Further background details here, for those interested http://www.poppiesfans.com/2011/06/kettering-could-be-headed-for-nene-park/
    And
    http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk/story.php?story_id=792
    http://www.poppynet.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11147
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  • I know John Ward, the supporters of the club are gutted.

    Such a shame.
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