laticsrblue Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Chaddy14 said: The meeting next week will I presume give a chance for the currently anonymous group to give their (one) side of the case. ,, I can see an away game replacement for Saturday's Bolton game being announced next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, laticsrblue said: I can see an away game replacement for Saturday's Bolton game being announced next week. . Good shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Did anyone frequent the North Stand hospitality yesterday? How was it? Many there? Pies promising for next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamoafc Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, kowenicki said: Did anyone frequent the North Stand hospitality yesterday? How was it? Many there? Pies promising for next season? Decent pint. Took a while for people to come in but yeah there was a few in. Nice touch coffee tea and pies all free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 You’ve got to hand it to Blitz. Money key from the houses and kidney unit. Rent from Corney and now A/L every year since he left- holding out for top dollar on the OEC and ground. All with no liability for the football club. Thanks for memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseowl Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, kowenicki said: Did anyone frequent the North Stand hospitality yesterday? How was it? Many there? Pies promising for next season? Mentioned it earlier kow - I know it was a friendly but, to be honest, it was all a bit flat in the fans' bar and the attendance in there was certainly a lot less than I expected. The pies on offer were first class - particularly the chicken, leek and mushroom - absolutely delicious. I also called into the O2 as a comparison - was busier with a much better atmosphere - perhaps the £2 per drink did the trick (although only cider on draught - the beers/lagers were all cans). I don't know why but I expected the fans' bar to be elsewhere - it was in the Broadway suite, which I`ve been to before for weddings and meals etc. I had it in my head that it was a completely new unit - clearly, I`m going daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, wiseowl said: Mentioned it earlier kow - I know it was a friendly but, to be honest, it was all a bit flat in the fans' bar and the attendance in there was certainly a lot less than I expected. The pies on offer were first class - particularly the chicken, leek and mushroom - absolutely delicious. I also called into the O2 as a comparison - was busier with a much better atmosphere - perhaps the £2 per drink did the trick (although only cider on draught - the beers/lagers were all cans). I don't know why but I expected the fans' bar to be elsewhere - it was in the Broadway suite, which I`ve been to before for weddings and meals etc. I had it in my head that it was a completely new unit - clearly, I`m going daft. Cheers. When you say a lot less than you expected. Was it 50? 100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseowl Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I got there about 1.45pm and about 40 at the most. Probably more like 50 when I left for the O2 at 2.35pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbooth Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 53 minutes ago, wiseowl said: Mentioned it earlier kow - I know it was a friendly but, to be honest, it was all a bit flat in the fans' bar and the attendance in there was certainly a lot less than I expected. The pies on offer were first class - particularly the chicken, leek and mushroom - absolutely delicious. I also called into the O2 as a comparison - was busier with a much better atmosphere - perhaps the £2 per drink did the trick (although only cider on draught - the beers/lagers were all cans). I don't know why but I expected the fans' bar to be elsewhere - it was in the Broadway suite, which I`ve been to before for weddings and meals etc. I had it in my head that it was a completely new unit - clearly, I`m going daft. Didn't the FLG originally release video of the empty top floor with a view to it becoming the fans bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, League one forever said: You’ve got to hand it to Blitz. Money key from the houses and kidney unit. Rent from Corney and now A/L every year since he left- holding out for top dollar on the OEC and ground. All with no liability for the football club. Thanks for memories. Not forgetting his rallying support at Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, wiseowl said: I got there about 1.45pm and about 40 at the most. Probably more like 50 when I left for the O2 at 2.35pm Bar usually shuts at 2.30 in the O2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_blue Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: Bar usually shuts at 2.30 in the O2 Was open beyond then yesterday. I went in at 2.40 and still serving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 3 hours ago, oafc1955 said: For the good of the football club AL & the FLG need to get round a table and sort it all out ASAP, otherwise it’s going to escalate big time and develop into a Coventry type scenario and that’s the last thing we want!!! We all want that, but AL seems to be unable to accept it. Anyone who disagrees with him gets fired. The FLG wrote to him in May regarding the SLA, and he hasn't responded. If it were me and I thought they were asking too much, I would try and negotiate a better deal. He hasn't done that, he has just brushed them aside and closed the stand. On another point. I doubt the suspected FLG members spoken about on here have the millions needed to buy out Blitz and Gazal. Didn't Holroy go bust, mainly because they weren't paid all the money for building the stand?. Wood will have a few quid, but he's got three restaurants now, and they must have needed significant investment. As for Brooke and Broady I have no idea, but I can't see them having anything like the cash needed. There must be other, more wealthy people involved. Maybe that guy who recently joined the trust who works in finance in London is involved in some way. Unfortunately I didn't win the Euro lottery, so I can't join them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 The people's front of Judea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laticsrblue Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Jimbooth said: Didn't the FLG originally release video of the empty top floor with a view to it becoming the fans bar? They did - But I suppose on Sat and next Sat they didn't have any functions booked in the Broadway Suite so took the opportunity to let any fan in who wanted a pie and pint.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspectormorose Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 4 hours ago, laticsrblue said: I can see an away game replacement for Saturday's Bolton game being announced next week. Looking for a high ranking non league team to fill in at ours apparently, happened to be behind the scenes yesterday, not summat I normally do or have access to but that was what I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 2 hours ago, longtimeblue said: The people's front of Judea. splitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, inspectormorose said: Looking for a high ranking non league team to fill in at ours apparently, happened to be behind the scenes yesterday, not summat I normally do or have access to but that was what I was told. Only 'high ranked' non league team I can see who have no game next Saturday are newly promoted National League side Stockport County so this scenario could be plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchierich Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 5 hours ago, League one forever said: You’ve got to hand it to Blitz. Money key from the houses and kidney unit. Rent from Corney and now A/L every year since he left- holding out for top dollar on the OEC and ground. All with no liability for the football club. Thanks for memories. I always said it would take some time before we knew the full damage that the so called 3 Amigos have done to the club we love. They, and especially Blitz, were always in it for the money and when their property deal didn’t hit the jackpot they hoped for they asset stripped what they could, split the whole thing up into a few profit centres for themselves and sold off the tricky bit (you know, the actual football club) to a bloke they must have known was going to be in trouble from the start. in short, whatever you think of Al and his Brother I will always blame the 3 charlatans for the mess we are in, crooks the lot of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 40 minutes ago, Ritchierich said: I always said it would take some time before we knew the full damage that the so called 3 Amigos have done to the club we love. They, and especially Blitz, were always in it for the money and when their property deal didn’t hit the jackpot they hoped for they asset stripped what they could, split the whole thing up into a few profit centres for themselves and sold off the tricky bit (you know, the actual football club) to a bloke they must have known was going to be in trouble from the start. in short, whatever you think of Al and his Brother I will always blame the 3 charlatans for the mess we are in, crooks the lot of them I do hope someone hasn’t take on a load of debt to buy eventually buy him out... he’ll be pissing himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 4 hours ago, inspectormorose said: Looking for a high ranking non league team to fill in at ours apparently, happened to be behind the scenes yesterday, not summat I normally do or have access to but that was what I was told. Fylde or Stockport maybe from the connections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Fylde or Stockport maybe from the connections? Fylde are away at Altrincham, Stockport have a free weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 5 hours ago, al_bro said: On another point. I doubt the suspected FLG members spoken about on here have the millions needed to buy out Blitz and Gazal. Didn't Holroy go bust, mainly because they weren't paid all the money for building the stand?. Wood will have a few quid, but he's got three restaurants now, and they must have needed significant investment. As for Brooke and Broady I have no idea, but I can't see them having anything like the cash needed. There must be other, more wealthy people involved. Maybe that guy who recently joined the trust who works in finance in London is involved in some way. Unfortunately I didn't win the Euro lottery, so I can't join them. I heard a rumour that someone from a well known investments company (May be Morgan Stanley, but it was earlier this year when I was verbally told) is involved who does have capital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseowl Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I`ll be amazed if they don't have to raise the majority of the capital. Several big banks have departments specialising in football finance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, wiseowl said: I`ll be amazed if they don't have to raise the majority of the capital. Several big banks have departments specialising in football finance. Not at our level they don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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