FC United Thread

I'm all seriousness a few of you will know I opposed the stadium build (as a Moston resident at the time of the planning application) for a few reasons (and not because I am a blue) and one of the reasons was i could see the club folding and the stadium being a white elephant.
The club was built on sand with no solid foundations. They applied for money left right and centre to get grants for this community project and that community project.
Having worked in the voluntary sector for 20 years before emigrating, I know there are only so many applications you can apply for and only so many out there available to apply for. Eventually you run out of funding opportunities and when they happens you are fucked.
They were never going to survive on gate money alone. This club has existed via a hell of a lot of public money. How Alty or Abbey Hey would have loved a quarter of how much The Moston Rag Socks have received from the tax payer......
There are some genuine hard working volunteers who have put a lot of effort into the club but sadly they have been taken for a ride by those running the club who have self served themselves the past few years and bailed out when their little schemes were cottoned onto and their actions have fucked the whole club over.
 
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Wow it's absolutely unbelievable, do you think it's worth putting our principles aside for a couple years to get straight again? Don't get me wrong it's gut wrenching to even contemplate such drastic measures, but this is ours, and while is admirable people have started putting into the DF again, I'll be doing the same after Christmas. We're clearly in need of a cash injection. Maybe we need to cash in on Glynn's good form quickly too

Oh how the standard bearers of principles and non league football have fallen ycmiu
 
There home game in the cup was called off just after 2pm fans not happy also more money lost :) got to feel sorry for them lol

"how twitter reads...ref has a look, the ref spots ice, the lighting rig goes up, the game gets called off.

do we still have a full time groundsman & an assistant? do they not work a match day to notice the ice before the ref and therefore have more time to attempt to do something about it?"

"How much did we spend on those covers? How much do we pay the groundsman?

I'm fucking fuming."
 
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'Oh how the standard bearers of principles and non league football have fallen ycmiu''
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Non league football been around 120 odd years - Moston Rag Socks 12 years ......
standard bearers of principles.... the only principles the board members had was how much could they screw out of the club / members!

And yet the fans are falling for it again, being asked for more monthly donations, more buckets passed around, more raffles etc. Don't they realize they are just throwing good money after bad?
How many non league teams make a profit? It's flogging a dead horse after the previous board members ran away with the winnings.
As I said, some genuine fans with great intentions were involved but they got shafted big time by people with their own agendas and bulging pockets.
Punk football? Yes.... with Malcolm McClaren well and truly in charge! It's a swindle! Cash from Chaos!

Someone at Manchester city council should be sacked for getting involved with this club to the great financial extent that they did.
 
I always thought if it was a fans owned club that the finances would be transparent? How can a club who get 2500 for conference north matches be in danger of going under?
 
WNRH said:
I always thought if it was a fans owned club that the finances would be transparent? How can a club who get 2500 for conference north matches be in danger of going under?
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With the stadium being built fans were swept away under a ring of euphoria and took their eye off the financial ball and trusting that those running the club were doing so as appointed.
Sadly that trust was abused and I gather there were 6 paid employees on 30k or more.... all mates of prominent people within the club.
Ask yourself how many non playing staff to Alty, Curzon, Ashton United, Stalybridge and Hyde United employ?
Probably isn't 6 between them!

Also you can't give 3000 members access to full financial details including things like wages and how much sponsorships are worth etc otherwise it hinders you when renewing contracts if word is out how much the previous employer or sponsor paid etc.
 
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