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Quote from: Amsterdam Alty on April 08, 2024, 04:30:33 PM

This was an incredibly dumb move, and I don't want to let my distaste for the guy who runs BoA affect how I feel about this. It was terrible, no question the lad should at the very least miss this chance to see Alty promoted.

I just don't get how this had to be public? Have a word with the club, know they will be able to deal with it in house and be done with it or at least keep it somewhat private. Instead an Alty fan who goes home and away is publicly shamed.

It makes me delighted that he will be back filming NLS games at sports centres again rather than getting to feel big time on the coat tails of a loudmouth with a few bob to waste.

He absolutely deserves to be publicly shamed - it was a disgraceful thing to do - the fact that he didn't think he was being filmed doesn't matter one iota.

Totally agree, if you're going to be at a football match at this level in 2024 then there will be cameras everywhere. Mobile phones, social media, YouTube TNT, you name it. Poor behaviour is always more likely to be shown far and wide these days. It was a dreadful thing to do, our club's reputation has been damaged in public and so the response needs to be public from our club too.

We've had over 2,000 for Maidenhead, Dorking and Woking. Two of those matches had United at home on the same day and the other was a Tuesday night. Those are tremendous attendances all things considered and I've no doubt the Oldham crowd will be huge. Very short memories indeed...

It's worth reading the history of how York's stadium came to fruition and it was an extremely painful and expensive journey getting there. They also had the advantage of building on the site of existing stadium along with all the added retail, cinema and community stuff. It's a focal point for the whole city and it's surrounds. There's no way the same could be applied in our case.

I genuinely don't see why we need to do anything mega drastic at our ground such as turning the pitch, buying allotments etc.  A massive can of worms and not just in terms of money. The EFL minimums are achievable and it would be easier and cheaper surely for Trafford to support with upgrading what we have than try something completely new?

Quote from: Amsterdam Alty on February 06, 2024, 07:23:30 PM

We need a bigger solution than just fixing the pitch.

Trafford Council should have been bending over backwards to bring Sale home, now is the time more than ever with a future football league club in the borough.

The new hybrid turfs that are at old Trafford, Wembley etc. can easily handle the rigours of rugby and football.

Time to get serious about a new home. It's already not going to happen overnight.

Do not disagree if a genuine cost / benefit analysis proves to be positive....otherwise, why should Community Tax payers support private sports clubs ?

Totally agree with that. Bear in mind too that Sale Sharks currently play right by the border between Trafford and Salford so bringing them "home" would be a very expensive piece of symbolism. Moving us miles away from our community and support base would be a disaster and rip up all the good work done to build up the crowds.

Quote from: HashtagAlty on January 23, 2024, 09:30:49 PM

Quote from: Wilmslow Alty on January 23, 2024, 05:34:07 PM

How bad is the debt? Likely to be recouped with promotoin?

Despite big cup runs its multi millions.

How do you know this Hashtag.....what is your source ?.....Accounts are not public....or speculation based on wage bill

Chesterfield's accounts are in the public domain, they are legally known as CFC 2001 Ltd and on Companies House. A quick look at the most recent accounts for 2021/2 showed they lost about £2.4m but a share issue and probable writing off of debts has made them solvent. Will be interesting to see where they are up to as of last summer when the accounts are published.

Quote from: rorysgrandad on December 06, 2023, 02:06:21 PM

Quote from: Amsterdam Alty on December 06, 2023, 12:33:38 PM

Quote from: CRT Butty on December 06, 2023, 11:25:16 AM

Quote from: rorysgrandad on December 06, 2023, 08:22:34 AM

Maybe didn't fancy the Q & A and being quized about what he does.🤥

I am puzzled by what a CEO is, and  does.

Would you prefer the term "Managing Director" They are in essence the same role?

Top dog in the building reporting to the board that owns the company. Buck should stop with them in terms of business decisions that adhere to the running operations.

I get that in retail ie Tesco and Sainsbury's etc but in a none league football club with modest turnover I think it's financially prudent to satisfy the criteria with one of the chairman fulfilling the role as they must have been doing pre CEO and will continue to do so now.

With respect, we're no longer an old school non league operation. We're a full time, professional football club that costs well over a million quid a year to run within a full time, national competition. The title of CEO might be a bit grand but there's no way you could have a chairman doing a full time CEO job like that at this level

Trafford are already spending £20m plus on doing up the leisure centre so the notion of them then doing a massive new complex elsewhere would be dead in the water to be honest.

It's a nice idea in theory but you'd have the massive costs, politics and protests of paying off allotment holders, having to build new roads (Golf Road would be totally unsuitable in its current form), unhappy neighbours, green belt activists etc.