OAFCMIKE Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnew...tadium_collapse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Doncha just love local authorities and QUANGOs. The picture is marked "115-year-old Boundary Lane". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskedOwl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/NewsU...2283557,00.html just when things start to look good on the pitch. Failsworth isn't happening IMO. BP can't sustain us. We are in trouble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I really feel for Simon Corney, especially as he has put so much personal time and money into it. From my untrainined and far away eye, it does seem like yet another Council cock up, very amateurish. Clearly the devil is in the detail of the report. I just hope there is a silver lining to this cloud. I'd really like Deigo's view on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I believe the key is in the detail: They say the council were 'not fully informed' in bringing the swap forward, slammed the consultation process for being 'weak' and said 'conflicts of interest were not properly managed'. A properly run process would probably see the swap being approved, so it might be a case of 'do it properly and come back'. Hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I believe the key is in the detail: They say the council were 'not fully informed' in bringing the swap forward, slammed the consultation process for being 'weak' and said 'conflicts of interest were not properly managed'. A properly run process would probably see the swap being approved, so it might be a case of 'do it properly and come back'. Hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hairy arseholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Personally hope TTA sue the council for all their worth after this (which I believe they could do as they bought the Lancaster club under the impression that they would be allowed to develop on the adjacent land). Either way, this is not good. We have no future at BP, Failsworth apparently now dead in the water... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardy Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hairy arseholes. Not in keeping with the thread but i like the wayward thinking of the above statement, shows what can be done when you put your mind to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Personally hope TTA sue the council for all their worth after this (which I believe they could do as they bought the Lancaster club under the impression that they would be allowed to develop on the adjacent land). Either way, this is not good. We have no future at BP, Failsworth apparently now dead in the water... Is it something the club themselves are doing wrong? How times can you plans up? Just asking like…… Oldham the town doesn't deserve a football league club, let's move to Tameside….their Council has been in place for years and seen as far more progressive and ambitious…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 To be fair it wasnt really us who :censored:ed this up, rather the incompetence of the council? it was the council who identified the site, and TTA bought the lancaster club on the basis that Oldham Council told them they would be ok to develop on the plot? And you know what, as much as it has been laughed off in the past, a move to tameside could be the only way this football club would have a future, cos it sure as aint got a future in Oldham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takemeanywhere Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 There isn't a place called Tameside. It's a Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. These towns all have football clubs (two in Ashton) and a couple of them are only three promotions from the football league. How arrogant would we be to turn up with our football club? Thankfully, as far as I know, a move out of the borough of Oldham is not even being considered and neither should it. We're Oldham Athletic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_lead Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Like those who are personally funding the interim period before we become a viable buisness I am gutted. This simply extends the period we remain in the red and at risk of going under. The reasons given however are basic challenges that the club should and hopefully did put to the Council. In all my dealings with councils you second guess their incompetence and make sure all areas are covered because it is you that carries all the risk. The quoted reasons are cringingly embarrassing for someone. And before the anti Failsworth brigade start cheering, could you put forward the solution that will bring assured viability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_R Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 There isn't a place called Tameside. It's a Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. These towns all have football clubs (two in Ashton) and a couple of them are only three promotions from the football league. How arrogant would we be to turn up with our football club? Thankfully, as far as I know, a move out of the borough of Oldham is not even being considered and neither should it. We're Oldham Athletic. What he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losesome Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 turn the lancaster club into a mosque - soon get planning permission for a new ground then !!!!!!!!! Just proves what i have always said - counsellors are only that because only a council would employ them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc-lover Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Is Daisy Nook in Oldham ( desperately trying to find an emoticon for " clutching at straws" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Boundary park can't provide that future sic Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 There isn't a place called Tameside. It's a Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. These towns all have football clubs (two in Ashton) and a couple of them are only three promotions from the football league. How arrogant would we be to turn up with our football club? Thankfully, as far as I know, a move out of the borough of Oldham is not even being considered and neither should it. We're Oldham Athletic. Unless we can find a rich arab and quickly, Oldham Athletic has no future in the metropolitan borough of Oldham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Why? Because there is no money to redevelope it, whatever money we would have been able to put into building a new stadium was reliant on selling the land at BP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Because there is no money to redevelope it, whatever money we would have been able to put into building a new stadium was reliant on selling the land at BP Forgive me but where are options D,E & F? Maybe we should sell those houses already half built. Re-build a mini-lookers and go back to status quo circa 2005. Worked well enough then. Success might be around the corner, build when we go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I'm just waiting for the announcement that SC finds working with Oldham Council untenable and says "I'm out!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slurms mckenzie Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Like those who are personally funding the interim period before we become a viable buisness I am gutted. This simply extends the period we remain in the red and at risk of going under. The reasons given however are basic challenges that the club should and hopefully did put to the Council. In all my dealings with councils you second guess their incompetence and make sure all areas are covered because it is you that carries all the risk. The quoted reasons are cringingly embarrassing for someone. And before the anti Failsworth brigade start cheering, could you put forward the solution that will bring assured viability. As a member of the anti Failsworth/Newton Heath brigade, unfortunately, there is no solution, as all of TTAs eggs were put in one basket. Lookers was inexplicably knocked down and they've already sold off a chunk of BP. I would guess that the only hope now is if SC can attract new investors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Forgive me but where are options D,E & F? Maybe we should sell those houses already half built. Re-build a mini-lookers and go back to status quo circa 2005. Worked well enough then. Success might be around the corner, build when we go up. How many times were we told by Simon Corney though that there 'was no plan B'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takemeanywhere Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 As a member of the anti Failsworth/Newton Heath brigade, unfortunately, there is no solution, as all of TTAs eggs were put in one basket. Lookers was inexplicably knocked down and they've already sold off a chunk of BP. I would guess that the only hope now is if SC can attract new investors. No they haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_lead Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 turn the lancaster club into a mosque - soon get planning permission for a new ground then !!!!!!!!! Think you've posted on the wrong site. Keep this sort of comment on the neandertal sites where the majority will find it amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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