I saw elsewhere that Dover Athletic are inviting former league players who's contracts haven't been renewed to come and play at the Crabble ground. Don't know how much they are looking to pay these former profesional footballers, but if that's true, it makes a lot of the complaints from Dover about being skint look a little bit unlikely. Probably did have problems paying the players, but now are looking to pay big wages. Anyone on here know more about this?
I saw elsewhere that Dover Athletic are inviting former league players who's contracts haven't been renewed to come and play at the Crabble ground. Don't know how much they are looking to pay these former profesional footballers, but if that's true, it makes a lot of the complaints from Dover about being skint look a little bit unlikely. Probably did have problems paying the players, but now are looking to pay big wages. Anyone on here know more about this?
Or knowing that players would use them as a stepping stone and could retain some decent players in the process.
I saw elsewhere that Dover Athletic are inviting former league players who's contracts haven't been renewed to come and play at the Crabble ground. Don't know how much they are looking to pay these former profesional footballers, but if that's true, it makes a lot of the complaints from Dover about being skint look a little bit unlikely. Probably did have problems paying the players, but now are looking to pay big wages. Anyone on here know more about this?
Or knowing that players would use them as a stepping stone and could retain some decent players in the process.
That would be a possibility. My questioning referred to whether they could do that financially, after being 'forced' to lay off players and drop out of the national league. I'm happy to be corrected on this as I don't know the full story, but to me it's a poor look.
Nat League play offs will see the return of a former EFL club .. should be two good games .. before the season I fancied Notts Cty, now, under Jim Gannon Simon Rusk and with me ol mucker Paddy Madden doing the biz, it's sunny Stockport for me .. the final is 20th June, day before midsummers .. and football is still a winter game lol
EDIT I must keep up, Gannon was sacked a while back. Simon Rusk (not Farleys) is now the manager
The price of a match ticket at the play-off final at Ashton Gate is £41.00, no concessions plus £1.50 booking fee a ticket, not per transaction, also Bristol City are charging £30.00 for car parking at the ground. Surely a better venue could have been chosen for the final, a 550 round trip for Hartlepool fans, impossible to travel by train on the day with a 14.00 KO, less than a 200 mile round trip for Torquay fans.
The price of a match ticket at the play-off final at Ashton Gate is £41.00, no concessions plus £1.50 booking fee a ticket, not per transaction, also Bristol City are charging £30.00 for car parking at the ground. Surely a better venue could have been chosen for the final, a 550 round trip for Hartlepool fans, impossible to travel by train on the day with a 14.00 KO, less than a 200 mile round trip for Torquay fans.
That is a disgrace - surely a ground in the Midlands would be better - say, Hawthorns or Villa Park
So much for all the guff after the announcement of the ESL that football is about the fans, but then again we all knew that was hot air
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Come on you Broms!!!
EDIT I must keep up, Gannon was sacked a while back. Simon Rusk (not Farleys) is now the manager
Currently Torquay 2-2 Notts County
Both decent away days, a shame one has to lose.
Surely a better venue could have been chosen for the final, a 550 round trip for Hartlepool fans, impossible to travel by train on the day with a 14.00 KO, less than a 200 mile round trip for Torquay fans.
So much for all the guff after the announcement of the ESL that football is about the fans, but then again we all knew that was hot air