Clubs in trouble

[Percy McCarthy]

What a pity that the most powerful union in the country also has the most despicable members.

Oh I don't know. The National Union of Students are a pretty nasty lot.

Granted they're not very powerful. What would their bargaining tool be? Threaten to start work?

[pdiddybaby]

I believe that only two players offered to take a salary cut. I bet my boots one was David James.

David James may possibly have been one, seeing as he already agreed to waive the clause in his contract that should have seen him automatically be offered a new contract once he had played a certain number of games (and was almost certain to pass it this season), but I don't want them to offer to take a pay-cut. I want one to be enforced.

If they can sack 83 staff members, they can let a few footballers go too. It's not like they've been performing particularly well anyway.

He didn't just offer a pay cut.....

James is a quality person, did a column in the Observer, bright, literate and gave the fee to charity

[inside right]

I remember going down to Chester Citys Sealand Road ground when Villa came down in a cup game
Docherty had to come over to the Villa fans in the Sealand Road end to appeal to them to stop fighting as it was delaying the kick off.

Spent many happy days in my youth down at Sealand Road Eric Barnes the chairman in those days stitched them up with the usual ground move sold the ground to build a new Morrisons on which never came they then spent a few years at Moss Rose Macclesfields ground playing in exile eventually a ground was built down by the council tip which does sit half in and out of Wales you couldnt get much further away from the City which
seems about how the powers that be thought about the club

[Dave Cooper please]

Weymouth are on the brink (again), will probably be wound up next week owing at least £1.4 million.

[pauliewalnuts]

Weren't Weymouth once owned by Ian Ridley, the journalist?

I seem to remember seeing some documentary about it. He had Claridge as his manager, IIRC.

[Dave Cooper please]

Oh, and a snippet on Chester I heard today, if a reformed club can keep the Deva (council owned so there's a chance) they might apply to join the Welsh League rather than right down the English pyramid.

[pdiddybaby]

Oh, and a snippet on Chester I heard today, if a reformed club can keep the Deva (council owned so there's a chance) they might apply to join the Welsh League rather than right down the English pyramid.

as Aldershot, Wimbledon and Newport have all shown it can be done through the pyramid, why Wales, no future there

[cdbearsfan]

I doubt they'd do that might just be an idle threat to persuade the relevant authorities to let them back in in the highest division possible.

[dave.woodhall]

I doubt they'd do that might just be an idle threat to persuade the relevant authorities to let them back in in the highest division possible.

The authorities tend not to give a toss about teams like Chester. They go in the LoW they get a good chance of being in Europe.

[inside right]

No way they would go in that crappy LOW
North West Counties is there starting ground

[JJ-AV]

What a pity that the most powerful union in the country also has the most despicable members.

Oh I don't know. The National Union of Students are a pretty nasty lot.

Granted they're not very powerful. What would their bargaining tool be? Threaten to start work?

Work?! I'm only 20 - far too young for that! ;-)

[cdbearsfan]

I doubt they'd do that might just be an idle threat to persuade the relevant authorities to let them back in in the highest division possible.

The authorities tend not to give a toss about teams like Chester. They go in the LoW they get a good chance of being in Europe.

Maybe. But don't most Chester fans hate the Welsh? Can't see it happening. There's no point giving up any hope of playing proper league football just for the privilege of losing eight nil to the fifth best team from Estonia or Finland every year.

[Guy M]

I believe that only two players offered to take a salary cut. I bet my boots one was David James.

David James may possibly have been one, seeing as he already agreed to waive the clause in his contract that should have seen him automatically be offered a new contract once he had played a certain number of games (and was almost certain to pass it this season), but I don't want them to offer to take a pay-cut. I want one to be enforced.

If they can sack 83 staff members, they can let a few footballers go too. It's not like they've been performing particularly well anyway.

He didn't just offer a pay cut.....

James is a quality person, did a column in the Observer, bright, literate and gave the fee to charity

I normally take great pleasure in booing David James whenever we've played him since he flapped like a budgie in the FACFinal that never happened and then left us for that big club West Ham... but if that's true, then I'll have to reconsider my plan to do so when I go to Fratton Park next month.

[Dave Cooper please]

I doubt they'd do that might just be an idle threat to persuade the relevant authorities to let them back in in the highest division possible.

The authorities tend not to give a toss about teams like Chester. They go in the LoW they get a good chance of being in Europe.

Maybe. But don't most Chester fans hate the Welsh? Can't see it happening. There's no point giving up any hope of playing proper league football just for the privilege of losing eight nil to the fifth best team from Estonia or Finland every year.

I thought the same, but the rumour came from someone who is generally very clued up about these things, ach, we'll wait and see.

[pdiddybaby]

I believe that only two players offered to take a salary cut. I bet my boots one was David James.

David James may possibly have been one, seeing as he already agreed to waive the clause in his contract that should have seen him automatically be offered a new contract once he had played a certain number of games (and was almost certain to pass it this season), but I don't want them to offer to take a pay-cut. I want one to be enforced.

If they can sack 83 staff members, they can let a few footballers go too. It's not like they've been performing particularly well anyway.

He didn't just offer a pay cut.....

James is a quality person, did a column in the Observer, bright, literate and gave the fee to charity

I normally take great pleasure in booing David James whenever we've played him since he flapped like a budgie in the FACFinal that never happened and then left us for that big club West Ham... but if that's true, then I'll have to reconsider my plan to do so when I go to Fratton Park next month.

he also rejects the big time charlie lifestyle, drives 'sensible' cars, very much a family man, learnt those painful lessons at Liverpool

I have the ultimate respect for him, Milner and Bullard as people and footballers