FC United thread

Tueartsoverhead kick said:
Bloody Hell who's left

Statement to members from the FC United Board

The club has been notified that with effect from 5pm on Friday 6 May 2016 board members Mike Sherrard, Kate Ramsey and Des Lynch will resign from the board of FC United of Manchester.

In a joint statement, they said:

"It is with great regret that we have come to this decision. At the April board meeting, we all agreed to continue in post until an extraordinary general meeting could be held. We did so as we recognised the need for an EGM to form a new board, but wanted to continue supporting club staff in managing the day-to-day running of the club until that time.

“Since that meeting, however, we have witnessed a continuation and indeed escalation of the ongoing campaign to remove individual board members. The actions of some members, and non-members, fly in the face of the democratic principles our club is founded on and have no place in civilised society. We deplore the use of physical and cyber intimidation and have done our best to withstand it for many months, but enough is enough.

“The fact that staff members and volunteers alike have at various times come to fear for their own safety, and for the safety of their families, is appalling.

“In addition, the repeated leaking of confidential board discussions to those who are waging a campaign of hatred means that it has become impossible for the current board to operate in any meaningful way.

“We sincerely hope that the co-owners of this wonderful club find a way to overcome the challenges it faces, and that FC United continues to gain experience and so grow the movement of supporter ownership we all believe in."

Regards
The FC United of Manchester Board
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They must have renewed their united season tickets.

FuCUM, can't wait to see them go under.
 
Gaudion M said:
I propose we form a consortium of investors – the blue knights! The way this is going FCUM will be in administration within 12 months and at that point the assets will be sold to the highest bidder. That is where we step in with our generous bid – what we offer is a harmonious group of fans who will support the club although with a few changes notably in the colour of the kit to sky blue and the change in the name to FCCM! Ohh and £1 for the assets!
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Love it! Count me in
 
Children and Young People Services deal with youth offenders and sexually or physically abused children in the main.

I'd like to know the justification for taking a hundred and forty seven thousand pounds out of their budget to construct a football ground. £147,000 could pay for 2 social workers on 3 year contracts who actually go out and help children who are in sickening situations. They do this all day every day, the average case load in the North West for these departments are about 15 - 30 simultaneously depending on the borough. That's about ~1500 families give or take.

Instead it's building the main stand.

I'd like to know the justification for this.
 
Damocles said:
Children and Young People Services deal with youth offenders and sexually or physically abused children in the main.

I'd like to know the justification for taking a hundred and forty seven thousand pounds out of their budget to construct a football ground. £147,000 could pay for 2 social workers on 3 year contracts who actually go out and help children who are in sickening situations. They do this all day every day, the average case load in the North West for these departments are about 15 - 30 simultaneously depending on the borough. That's about ~1500 families give or take.

Instead it's building the main stand.

I'd like to know the justification for this.
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so true shocking

the board spent the club's money on themselves that was from charity funds and now are asking the fans to pay a £60 donation on season tickets sales hahahahaha. its just like me or you stealing a charity pot that is on the counter in your local shop. the press would be all over it people would be in up roar name and shame pictures all over the place
 
Damocles said:
Children and Young People Services deal with youth offenders and sexually or physically abused children in the main.

I'd like to know the justification for taking a hundred and forty seven thousand pounds out of their budget to construct a football ground. £147,000 could pay for 2 social workers on 3 year contracts who actually go out and help children who are in sickening situations. They do this all day every day, the average case load in the North West for these departments are about 15 - 30 simultaneously depending on the borough. That's about ~1500 families give or take.

Instead it's building the main stand.

I'd like to know the justification for this.
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It wasn't to build the stadium.
It used to be called the Youth Service and the council funded youth centres and outreach workers.
Now the council tenders out such work for other agencies to do the work and then the council can do away with the buildings, salaries and pensions etc.
So FC UM bid for the work and then deliver set projects receiving the funding along the way.
Commendable but highlights the flaw that the club oporate under. They claim to be a community club and all profits are ploughed back into the community. Clearly this is a lie as the club on the football side isn't making a profit and the work done on the community under the clubs name is entirely done so with public funding. Remove that and no community work is being undertaken.. The whole thing is a castle built with sand.
 
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Mad Eyed Screamer said:
It wasn't to build the stadium.
It used to be called the Youth Service and the council funded youth centres and outreach workers.
Now the council tenders out such work for other agencies to do the work and then the council can do away with the buildings, salaries and pensions etc.
So FC UM bid for the work and then deliver set projects receiving the funding along the way.
Commendable but highlights the flaw that the club oporate under. They claim to be a community club and all profits are ploughed back into the community. Clearly this is a lie as the club on the football side isn't making a profit and the work done on the community under the clubs name is entirely done so with public funding. Remove that and no community work is being undertaken.. The whole thing is a castle by built with sand.
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the moston community don't like them. never wanted them on broadhurst park. built on greenfields when there is many derelict land in north Manchester

your talk about a community club that's was built from a club in Trafford with there own council. a break away fans club that was not happy with the way united was being run in trafford and now they are not happy with how FCUM are being run in Moston Manchester with the fans as board members and taking the manchester city council money and spending it themselves

in the words of that great song writer justin Bieber

the moston community don't like you
and they like everyone hahahahhahaha but FCUM
 
I never got FCUM all I see it as is a huge vanity project that does little more than promote United by showing how great their club is.

Also I know it has been said before but there are established teams in the lower leagues that could do with some support such as tranmere rovers here in merseyside and I suppose Stockport county and bury in the greater Manchester area.

We had a similar thing with AFC Liverpool although I don't think the remit was the same for both clubs. AFC Liverpool was set up for fans who had been priced out of premier league football, but as I have said there are established clubs on merseyside much higher in the football pyramid who would not only welcome fans but would appreciate there cash such as Southport, Marine and Tranmere rovers.
 
Gewa
SAXON_GB said:
I never got FCUM all I see it as is a huge vanity project that does little more than promote United by showing how great their club is.

Also I know it has been said before but there are established teams in the lower leagues that could do with some support such as tranmere rovers here in merseyside and I suppose Stockport county and bury in the greater Manchester area.

We had a similar thing with AFC Liverpool although I don't think the remit was the same for both clubs. AFC Liverpool was set up for fans who had been priced out of premier league football, but as I have said there are established clubs on merseyside much higher in the football pyramid who would not only welcome fans but would appreciate there cash such as Southport, Marine and Tranmere rovers.
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Great post - I recall South Liverpool before they folded.
Formby, Prescot Cables and Burscough too.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Gewa

Great post - I recall South Liverpool before they folded.
Formby, Prescot Cables and Burscough too.
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I think AFC Liverpool play at Prescott cables ground and I also remember the old south Liverpool stadium too young to remember the team; it is now a train station South Liverpool parkway.

There is a team South Liverpool but I believe they play in the Sunday league home ground on Jericho lane.
 
More unrest and cock ups over in Moston......

It seems the Liar Walsh's incompetence has broken new ground this season. Whilst trying to get to grips with just how desperate a financial situation the club is really in, someone thought they'd better try and source some sponsorship and see whether current backers were commited to the club for next season.

After hearing what was going on Walsh bravely clambered out of his sickbed
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to provide the SP on mxdata, the main sponsor. He assured people their contract had been for £15,000 this season and that they'd commited to another £20,000 for next. Nice deal Andrew, well done.

Only once someone who's actually half competent at FC contacted mxdata they discovered a very different story: yes, mxdata had promised £15,000, but that was over this season AND next season. The £20,000 was a theoretical figure that they would commit to if they extended the deal beyond May 2017 meaning - even on "sick" leave - Walsh has manage to blow a £12,500 hole in next season's budget and £7,500 hole in this.

It gets better...

Not only had mxdata not committed to the figures Walsh had claimed, they hadn't even signed a contract for the figures they had committed to. And not only that, they hadn't yet - as of this month - paid a single penny for the season just gone, 2015-16. And due to the on-going disruptions and scandal they weren't even sure they wanted to carry on with the sponsorship.

All in all it means that of the £35,000 Walsh claimed to have secured from mxdata the amount the club has actually received is precisely zilch, and is unlikely to extend much beyond £7,500. This brings Walsh's deficit on this one, solitary budget line to an incredible £27,500 from 2015-17.

Reminder: Walsh is still being paid around £37,500 p/a by FC United members, despite having skived off work since at least March 22nd.

Yet still the Board have not made any moves to place Walsh on gardening leave; to take control of access to his FC email account (to check details of such sponsorship deals are as claimed by mxdata, if nothing else); or to call him to account for his disgraceful pisstaking GMR appearance.

Meanwhile, FC United is running a £50,000 overdraft facility with no sign of being able to pay it back, meaning the club potentially could be under the bank's control by August, with Community Shareholders losing all their investments.
 
Tueartsoverhead kick said:
More unrest and cock ups over in Moston......

It seems the Liar Walsh's incompetence has broken new ground this season. Whilst trying to get to grips with just how desperate a financial situation the club is really in, someone thought they'd better try and source some sponsorship and see whether current backers were commited to the club for next season.

After hearing what was going on Walsh bravely clambered out of his sickbed
icon_rolleyes.gif
to provide the SP on mxdata, the main sponsor. He assured people their contract had been for £15,000 this season and that they'd commited to another £20,000 for next. Nice deal Andrew, well done.

Only once someone who's actually half competent at FC contacted mxdata they discovered a very different story: yes, mxdata had promised £15,000, but that was over this season AND next season. The £20,000 was a theoretical figure that they would commit to if they extended the deal beyond May 2017 meaning - even on "sick" leave - Walsh has manage to blow a £12,500 hole in next season's budget and £7,500 hole in this.

It gets better...

Not only had mxdata not committed to the figures Walsh had claimed, they hadn't even signed a contract for the figures they had committed to. And not only that, they hadn't yet - as of this month - paid a single penny for the season just gone, 2015-16. And due to the on-going disruptions and scandal they weren't even sure they wanted to carry on with the sponsorship.

All in all it means that of the £35,000 Walsh claimed to have secured from mxdata the amount the club has actually received is precisely zilch, and is unlikely to extend much beyond £7,500. This brings Walsh's deficit on this one, solitary budget line to an incredible £27,500 from 2015-17.

Reminder: Walsh is still being paid around £37,500 p/a by FC United members, despite having skived off work since at least March 22nd.

Yet still the Board have not made any moves to place Walsh on gardening leave; to take control of access to his FC email account (to check details of such sponsorship deals are as claimed by mxdata, if nothing else); or to call him to account for his disgraceful pisstaking GMR appearance.

Meanwhile, FC United is running a £50,000 overdraft facility with no sign of being able to pay it back, meaning the club potentially could be under the bank's control by August, with Community Shareholders losing all their investments.
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Wow, what qualifications did this guy have for the job? Sounds more like a Ponzi scheme than a football club! I can’t believe that a Bank gave them a £50k overdraft – I can absolutely guarantee that will be withdrawn at some point in the next 12 months!

First meeting of the Blue Knights sometime late July then!
 
Some of us have contributed...My Hound, made a large deposit in Broadhurst park a few weeks ago....it was not bagged.
 
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