oafc1955 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 God knows why they would be looking to move to the A J Bell….Their progress over the last few years has been phenomenal, they are once again, amongst the favourites for promotion, have had another pretty impressive summer of recruitment, and yet after 18 months without live football could only muster up less than 2000 fans for their opening game of the season against Leyton Orient!! Neville is hoping to regularly attract around 15000 within 5 years……Good luck to him but I don’t think he has a prayer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: God knows why they would be looking to move to the A J Bell….Their progress over the last few years has been phenomenal, they are once again, amongst the favourites for promotion, have had another pretty impressive summer of recruitment, and yet after 18 months without live football could only muster up less than 2000 fans for their opening game of the season against Leyton Orient!! Neville is hoping to regularly attract around 15000 within 5 years……Good luck to him but I don’t think he has a prayer!!! The nearest equivalent I can think of is Wigan - and they pulled it off for quite a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: The nearest equivalent I can think of is Wigan - and they pulled it off for quite a while Exactly what I was thinking. If the team is successful new fans will be attracted and surely its only a matter of time before they are successful throwing all that money at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 7 hours ago, astottie said: Exactly what I was thinking. If the team is successful new fans will be attracted and surely its only a matter of time before they are successful throwing all that money at it. Aye. If Bournemouth can go from the foot of league two to the prem, without the backing Salford have got- then so can they. Just a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, League one forever said: Aye. If Bournemouth can go from the foot of league two to the prem, without the backing Salford have got- then so can they. Just a matter of time. Except Bournemouth don't have 2 Premiership giants on their doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 8 hours ago, oafc1955 said: God knows why they would be looking to move to the A J Bell….Their progress over the last few years has been phenomenal, they are once again, amongst the favourites for promotion, have had another pretty impressive summer of recruitment, and yet after 18 months without live football could only muster up less than 2000 fans for their opening game of the season against Leyton Orient!! Neville is hoping to regularly attract around 15000 within 5 years……Good luck to him but I don’t think he has a prayer!!! Bearing in mind they weren't mustering 200 fans 10 years ago then the progress is remarkable. Obviously the financial doping/leg up massively helps here. Its an aggressive target no doubt about it but I think they will be 1 division higher up by then minimum and their attendances are only going 1 way. They might not get 15000 every week but they are going to have a bloody good go at getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, GlossopLatic said: Bearing in mind they weren't mustering 200 fans 10 years ago then the progress is remarkable. Obviously the financial doping/leg up massively helps here. Its an aggressive target no doubt about it but I think they will be 1 division higher up by then minimum and their attendances are only going 1 way. They might not get 15000 every week but they are going to have a bloody good go at getting it. Mustering 200 fans……..200!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, GlossopLatic said: Bearing in mind they weren't mustering 200 fans 10 years ago then the progress is remarkable. Obviously the financial doping/leg up massively helps here. Its an aggressive target no doubt about it but I think they will be 1 division higher up by then minimum and their attendances are only going 1 way. They might not get 15000 every week but they are going to have a bloody good go at getting it. Not sure where they are going to come from. Non -attending Utd or City “supporters “ ? People who don’t have any allegiance to any club? is there another 13000 who will be enamoured enough to go? Wigan had a bigger base level of support- just look at their non league days- and no PL teams within 4/5 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatjoe1 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, oafc1955 said: Mustering 200 fans……..200!!!! I vaguely remember them being on a special Football Focus special, quite a few years ago. It was the FA cup qualifying rounds. There average was around 100, on a good day. They were in the North-West Counties. Am i right in think that FC United still have a bigger fan base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Bobledgersheart said: Except Bournemouth don't have 2 Premiership giants on their doorstep. …and Bournemouth broke the financial rules to get there. Would Saint Neville do that? (Of course he would) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 5:18 PM, League one forever said: Aye. If Bournemouth can go from the foot of league two to the prem, without the backing Salford have got- then so can they. Just a matter of time. Bournemouth might not have the backing of Salford, not everyone in the PL has Salford’s backing, but they had some serious financial backing. They got a rich Russian owner who spent money to get them promoted from League 1 (or 2) and the Championship (as @kowenickisays breaching FFP rules in the process). They spent £800k on a striker while in League 1 and he ended up barely playing for them. With the backing they had they were bound to get promoted to the Championship eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Just now, rudemedic said: Bournemouth might not have the backing of Salford, not everyone in the PL has Salford’s backing, but they had some serious financial backing. They got a rich Russian owner who spent money to get them promoted from League 1 (or 2) and the Championship (as @kowenickisays breaching FFP rules in the process). They spent £800k on a striker while in League 1 and he ended up barely playing for them. With the backing they had they were bound to get promoted to the Championship eventually. Oh deffo. I was only comparing the financial clout needed to climb the leagues. There is absolutely no way any club is going from league two to PL without massive money being put in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 i see Rochdale's takeover has been blocked by the EFL after the prospective owners refused to co-operate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Dave_Og said: i see Rochdale's takeover has been blocked by the EFL after the prospective owners refused to co-operate That's a good way to take over a club!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Another shady character about to get his hands on (part of) a football club... Apparently he's closely linked to Bassini too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 15 hours ago, Gaz_Oafc said: Another shady character about to get his hands on (part of) a football club... Apparently he's closely linked to Bassini too View from a Charlton fan. Avoid him at all costs. Fraudster with no money. The police had to evict him when fans called him out. He threatened to sue the supporters trust but it called his bluff and he backed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Lower league football and shady characters… it’s almost as if they know the EFL are a bunch of morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 21 hours ago, Gaz_Oafc said: Another shady character about to get his hands on (part of) a football club... Apparently he's closely linked to Bassini too This is the problem. Fans have no control over who buys into their club. We could end up with a similar character owning OAFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Dave_Og said: View from a Charlton fan. Avoid him at all costs. Fraudster with no money. The police had to evict him when fans called him out. He threatened to sue the supporters trust but it called his bluff and he backed off. Surely then he won't be able to takeover the football club then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 50 minutes ago, GlossopLatic said: Surely then he won't be able to takeover the football club then. Apparently (if what I've read is correct), then him buying 25% is under the % that the EFL start doing the checks on, not that the checks seem to be worth the while anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gaz_Oafc said: Apparently (if what I've read is correct), then him buying 25% is under the % that the EFL start doing the checks on, not that the checks seem to be worth the while anyway. EFL “don’t worry about looking for loopholes - we will provide them for you oven ready” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Gaz_Oafc said: Apparently (if what I've read is correct), then him buying 25% is under the % that the EFL start doing the checks on, not that the checks seem to be worth the while anyway. He's Bassinis mate seems like a right gangster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penrhyn Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Oliver Crankshaw has left Bradford City AFC to join National League side Stockport County for an undisclosed fee. The winger has signed a three-year contract at Edgeley Park, having joined the Bantams from Wigan Athletic in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick26 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Keith Hill in at Scunthorpe according to Sky Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 1 hour ago, mick26 said: Keith Hill in at Scunthorpe according to Sky Sports. That will probably boost their hopes of survival but won’t help our chances too much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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