DJsmallpaul
15-11-2004, 07:27 PM
This will be yet another sad day for football :nono:
I hope the people like Rupert Murdoch & other money grabbing snakes are proud of what they have done to our national sport :evil:
This Saturday Wrexham Football Club could be playing their last ever match and supporters right across the country are being asked to show their support for a club that fell into the hands of a property developer.
BBC presenter Adrian Chiles, a West Brom fan for his sins, said at the weekend, “You’re not a real fan if the plight of Wrexham doesn’t worry you”. He couldn’t be more right and they have become the latest club to suffer because they were bought out by someone who had other interests ahead of any connected with football.
In Wrexham’s case Alex Hamilton didn’t even reveal himself as the new owner but put former Chester chairman Mark Guterman in charge. Guterman had previously taken rivals Chester City into administration and out of the league.
To cut a long story short, Hamilton has given them a year’s notice to quit the ground and worse still hasn’t bothered to pay any tax bills which means that the Inland Revenue are taking them to the High Court.
We(Burnley) are at Brighton on Saturday, and before we decide to have a laugh at the state of their Withdean Stadium we should just consider how they go there in the first place. Yes, just they suffered just the same as Wrexham are now when Bill Archer bought the club and sold the Goldstone Ground, leaving them homeless.
Brighton fans continue to fight for a new ground at Falmer, this site supports them in that, yet they can find time to offer their help to other clubs.
As the Wrexham Supporters Trust fights for the future of their club, hopefully it will survive and the Trust will get control, Brighton fans have called for supporters to wear red this Saturday in support of the stricken North Wales club. You can help by doing just that if you are going to the Withdean this weekend, if you have nothing red to wear then take a red card to hold up.
Fans will be asked to stand for some fifteen seconds at kick off in support of Wrexham.
Adrian Chiles - you're not a real fan if this doesn't worry you
Fans United spokesman and life-long Brighton fan Nic Outterside said today, “It is 12 years since Aldershot FC went bust and in that time many other football clubs have gone to the brink. In many cases these crises have been due to mismanagement or sheer greed of club owners or chairmen.
“When we lost our ground – sold by our chairman Bill Archer to build a retail park – we came within inches of going out of existence. Even now our club is homeless and survives on a season by season basis.
“The danger of Wrexham folding is real and it would create a domino effect which could see many more towns lose their football clubs forever.”
If you cannot be at Brighton then maybe you would consider going to Wrexham and supporting them on the day, a Fans United Day, when you are asked to wear your own club colours.
Should you go you are asked to stand besides the Wrexham fans in your Claret & Blue to support them.
Next time you feel aggrieved at the way our club is being run just take a moment to think about clubs such as Brighton and Wrexham. And then count yourself very lucky that our club right now is in good hands.
These are very worring times for lower leauge clubs.
I hope the people like Rupert Murdoch & other money grabbing snakes are proud of what they have done to our national sport :evil:
This Saturday Wrexham Football Club could be playing their last ever match and supporters right across the country are being asked to show their support for a club that fell into the hands of a property developer.
BBC presenter Adrian Chiles, a West Brom fan for his sins, said at the weekend, “You’re not a real fan if the plight of Wrexham doesn’t worry you”. He couldn’t be more right and they have become the latest club to suffer because they were bought out by someone who had other interests ahead of any connected with football.
In Wrexham’s case Alex Hamilton didn’t even reveal himself as the new owner but put former Chester chairman Mark Guterman in charge. Guterman had previously taken rivals Chester City into administration and out of the league.
To cut a long story short, Hamilton has given them a year’s notice to quit the ground and worse still hasn’t bothered to pay any tax bills which means that the Inland Revenue are taking them to the High Court.
We(Burnley) are at Brighton on Saturday, and before we decide to have a laugh at the state of their Withdean Stadium we should just consider how they go there in the first place. Yes, just they suffered just the same as Wrexham are now when Bill Archer bought the club and sold the Goldstone Ground, leaving them homeless.
Brighton fans continue to fight for a new ground at Falmer, this site supports them in that, yet they can find time to offer their help to other clubs.
As the Wrexham Supporters Trust fights for the future of their club, hopefully it will survive and the Trust will get control, Brighton fans have called for supporters to wear red this Saturday in support of the stricken North Wales club. You can help by doing just that if you are going to the Withdean this weekend, if you have nothing red to wear then take a red card to hold up.
Fans will be asked to stand for some fifteen seconds at kick off in support of Wrexham.
Adrian Chiles - you're not a real fan if this doesn't worry you
Fans United spokesman and life-long Brighton fan Nic Outterside said today, “It is 12 years since Aldershot FC went bust and in that time many other football clubs have gone to the brink. In many cases these crises have been due to mismanagement or sheer greed of club owners or chairmen.
“When we lost our ground – sold by our chairman Bill Archer to build a retail park – we came within inches of going out of existence. Even now our club is homeless and survives on a season by season basis.
“The danger of Wrexham folding is real and it would create a domino effect which could see many more towns lose their football clubs forever.”
If you cannot be at Brighton then maybe you would consider going to Wrexham and supporting them on the day, a Fans United Day, when you are asked to wear your own club colours.
Should you go you are asked to stand besides the Wrexham fans in your Claret & Blue to support them.
Next time you feel aggrieved at the way our club is being run just take a moment to think about clubs such as Brighton and Wrexham. And then count yourself very lucky that our club right now is in good hands.
These are very worring times for lower leauge clubs.