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Fleetwood chairman facing prison
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I wondered how they could afford Stockley & Marriott.2
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I think there is a lot more where that came from.Covered End said:I wondered how they could afford Stockley & the other forward they signed.0 -
wonder if half our squad is under investigation as well this seasonCovered End said:I wondered how they could afford Stockley & the other forward they signed.0 -
Normally pay in instalments. Don’t tell SandgaardCovered End said:I wondered how they could afford Stockley & Marriott.2 -
Another triumph for the EFL's fit and proper test!3
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I like my trips to Fleetwood, but it's the classic non league club elevated up the leagues thanks to the support of a generous owner, rather than because of its own resources.1
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whats a generous owner??killerandflash said:I like my trips to Fleetwood, but it's the classic non league club elevated up the leagues thanks to the support of a generous owner, rather than because of its own resources.4 -
Sharing a cell with Rufus1
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When i was there in October i got chatting to a couple of locals about him.
They said he isn't a nice man and you don't want to cross him, made his money from electrical and plumbing wholesale, they said if you owed him money he would get henchmen to turn up where the contractor was working and remove the goods they had from him if you were out of date on your account.
Others said he was a local guy made good and people were jealous of him..3 - Sponsored links:
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Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
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A bit like Wrexham then.killerandflash said:I like my trips to Fleetwood, but it's the classic non league club elevated up the leagues thanks to the support of a generous owner, rather than because of its own resources.
Progress as a football club normally costs money.2 -
You have something, you pay for it.Chippycafc said:When i was there in October i got chatting to a couple of locals about him.
They said he isn't a nice man and you don't want to cross him, made his money from electrical and plumbing wholesale, they said if you owed him money he would get henchmen to turn up where the contractor was working and remove the goods they had from him if you were out of date on your account.
Others said he was a local guy made good and people were jealous of him..1 -
In fairness it's pretty hard for a non-league club to rise up the leagues without investment.Chippycafc said:When i was there in October i got chatting to a couple of locals about him.
They said he isn't a nice man and you don't want to cross him, made his money from electrical and plumbing wholesale, they said if you owed him money he would get henchmen to turn up where the contractor was working and remove the goods they had from him if you were out of date on your account.
Others said he was a local guy made good and people were jealous of him..
Luton are obviously a rare exception over the past decade but then they were only in non-league because their previous owners fucked them.0 -
True but the contract world doesn't work like that if businesses didn't have accounts there wouldn't be any businesses.ElfsborgAddick said:
You have something, you pay for it.Chippycafc said:When i was there in October i got chatting to a couple of locals about him.
They said he isn't a nice man and you don't want to cross him, made his money from electrical and plumbing wholesale, they said if you owed him money he would get henchmen to turn up where the contractor was working and remove the goods they had from him if you were out of date on your account.
Others said he was a local guy made good and people were jealous of him..1 -
He was invited down to the swan pub in Charlton a few years back and did a speach there. I was there but in the bar downstairs.AFKABartram said:Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
Didn't he also buy every Charlton fan who made the trip, a beer in the social club attached to the ground a few years back.
Can you still but a matchday programme there for a £1. I went to the Fosu hat-trick game and it was a £1 then and they said it had been for years.0 -
Didn't the Fleetwood chairmans son get done a few years ago for football violence? Sure i remember talk about him potentially getting a banning order.
Sounds like a great family!0 -
Met him a few times, my son was /is a friend of his sons.AFKABartram said:Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
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He did, that’s when I first met him and a few fleetwood fans, still in contact with one of them regularlyChippycafc said:
He was invited down to the swan pub in Charlton a few years back and did a speach there. I was there but in the bar downstairs.AFKABartram said:Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
Didn't he also buy every Charlton fan who made the trip, a beer in the social club attached to the ground a few years back.
Can you still but a matchday programme there for a £1. I went to the Fosu hat-trick game and it was a £1 then and they said it had been for years.
we invited them down to the liberal the home game and Andy came in for a drink as well
They were a bit taken aback at the amount of “Herbert’s/risk” fans we seemed to have that they were trying to recruit for their trip to Millwall 😂1 -
We go up to that area every year and did the weekend of the game i mentioned earlier. Always friendly and never have any trouble and as you say they are decent enough to forge friendships.DA9 said:
He did, that’s when I first met him and a few fleetwood fans, still in contact with one of them regularlyChippycafc said:
He was invited down to the swan pub in Charlton a few years back and did a speach there. I was there but in the bar downstairs.AFKABartram said:Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
Didn't he also buy every Charlton fan who made the trip, a beer in the social club attached to the ground a few years back.
Can you still but a matchday programme there for a £1. I went to the Fosu hat-trick game and it was a £1 then and they said it had been for years.
we invited them down to the liberal the home game and Andy came in for a drink as well
They were a bit taken aback at the amount of “Herbert’s/risk” fans we seemed to have that they were trying to recruit for their trip to Millwall 😂
The fosu hat-trick game that i went to, the Monster raving loony party were having their conference (lol) in blackpool and came into the pub, was a great atmosphere in there.2 - Sponsored links:
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Wrexham are a much bigger club though. Even without the Hollywood money, they're the sort of club who you would have expected to return to the EFL eventually.ElfsborgAddick said:
A bit like Wrexham then.killerandflash said:I like my trips to Fleetwood, but it's the classic non league club elevated up the leagues thanks to the support of a generous owner, rather than because of its own resources.
Progress as a football club normally costs money.
Fleetwood were well down the leagues when Pilley took over0 -
Aren't you thinking of Andy Holt (Accrington) on that one, mate? AH deffo did that. Maybe this guy too, but first I heard of that. I heard of the beer at their social club story thoughChippycafc said:
He was invited down to the swan pub in Charlton a few years back and did a speach there. I was there but in the bar downstairs.AFKABartram said:Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
Didn't he also buy every Charlton fan who made the trip, a beer in the social club attached to the ground a few years back.
Can you still but a matchday programme there for a £1. I went to the Fosu hat-trick game and it was a £1 then and they said it had been for years.3 -
You maybe right, but i thought it was the guy who bought all the beers for our fans at an away game.PragueAddick said:
Aren't you thinking of Andy Holt (Accrington) on that one, mate? AH deffo did that. Maybe this guy too, but first I heard of that. I heard of the beer at their social club story thoughChippycafc said:
He was invited down to the swan pub in Charlton a few years back and did a speach there. I was there but in the bar downstairs.AFKABartram said:Weren’t you pally with him at one stage @DA9 ? Or was that another chairman?
Didn't he also buy every Charlton fan who made the trip, a beer in the social club attached to the ground a few years back.
Can you still but a matchday programme there for a £1. I went to the Fosu hat-trick game and it was a £1 then and they said it had been for years.
https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/3428241
Turns out you were right again lol1 -
Yes, CAST arranged for Andy Holt of Accrington to speak at The Swan: https://www.castrust.org/2019/01/a-story-of-pies-pints-and-reluctant-owners/1
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I think Wrexham were out of the professional game for 15 years, so still suggests the Canadians dough was responsible.killerandflash said:
Wrexham are a much bigger club though. Even without the Hollywood money, they're the sort of club who you would have expected to return to the EFL eventually.ElfsborgAddick said:
A bit like Wrexham then.killerandflash said:I like my trips to Fleetwood, but it's the classic non league club elevated up the leagues thanks to the support of a generous owner, rather than because of its own resources.
Progress as a football club normally costs money.
Fleetwood were well down the leagues when Pilley took over1 -
Fleetwood Town Football Club acknowledges the sentencing in the court case involving former club chairman, Andy Pilley.
The club would like to reiterate convictions are against individuals and not Fleetwood Town FC, or any of the businesses associated with them, and will continue to operate as normal.
Fleetwood Town remain in communication with the EFL and will be making no further comment at this time.
https://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/news/2023/july/pilley-statement/
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Waterford Football Club acknowledges the sentencing in the court case involving owner Andy Pilley.
The club would like to reiterate convictions are against individuals and not Waterford FC, or any of the businesses associated with them, and will continue to operate as normal.
The club will make no further comment at this time.
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Great spot!0
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Big story our end and at one stage he was in to buy BFC off the Oystons. Nasty piece of work and you have fear for the future of Fleetwood FC.1
