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Post by creaner on Feb 22, 2017 6:34:11 GMT
Chairman speaking on BBC H&W breakfast program today. Not The Today program!
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Post by Noboddy aka Lord Ealing on Feb 22, 2017 9:34:00 GMT
If WCFC move to Sixways then Perdiswell will be deemed an unnecessary development by anyone who has to make a decision, like planners; councilors; directors etc. They'll use it as a means of sidestepping the issue. Hampson will be hailed as a hero for bringing the club "home" and the club will slip into an even deeper coma.
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Post by Woodenose on Feb 22, 2017 10:23:48 GMT
But the move to Sixways (if it happens)might only be for a season or two, it might help to bring in a little extra revenue from advertising and perhaps a few more supporters through the gates. Who knows.So Perdiswell would still be needed
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Post by rob on Feb 22, 2017 10:50:25 GMT
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Post by steves on Feb 22, 2017 11:50:06 GMT
If he thinks the way forward is as a community owned club, why did he and the board block that?
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Post by althom on Feb 22, 2017 11:51:59 GMT
So Hampson is now saying that he is fully behind a Community club and is all for the Perdiswell new ground bid! The Question has to be why he, and the rest of the current Board, have not been pro-active in everything that the trust have been trying to achieve, reference the last EGM vote, and the perceived lack of interest in the new ground bid. Plus the freezing out of the Trust Board members when they were on the Club Board.
Only now when the club is in turmoil is Hampson speaking out!
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Feb 22, 2017 12:12:41 GMT
Add to that, if he is so keen on Perdiswell, then why has he been in conversation with the City Council and Worcester Rugby Club about brokering a deal to move up there? He's put more effort into an impossible move to Sixways than he has into Perdiswell. Go on to the club website, and check out just how many articles and news stories there are promoting Perdiswell.
Six months ago the club Board actively rejected the plans by shareholders to allow the club to move towards community ownership. The Chairman has dismissed community ownership as unworkable on many occasions. And Hampson doesnt rule out Sixways, listen to what he says, at the moment the cost "may" be too high for the club in order for it to retain its long term liability. So if a deal could be done at Sixways? And what does he mean when he says that they "wholeheartedly support" the Perdiswell planning application? It's there own planning application, it would be bizarre if he were to say "I don't fully support my companies planning application!" And he is wrong about what a Community Asset Transfer is, if this was achieved at Perdiswell, the city council could not provide the land for free. That's simply not true, and Hampson would do well to clarify that statement.
There was nothing in that interview that gives any reassurance.
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Feb 22, 2017 12:44:37 GMT
Some people will be bought in by what he said. He was only asked three questions, He gave a stock answer to the Sixways question and left it open, he gave a strangely committed question to the question of raising funds via a community ownership model (even though he screwed up the CAT part) although this fits into the "jam tomorrow" category of stuff that he's put off before and will do again, and completely dodged the only question that really needs an answer. He gave no indication of the size of the losses this year. No surprise there really.
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Post by Woodenose on Feb 22, 2017 13:29:55 GMT
Some people will be bought in by what he said. He was only asked three questions, He gave a stock answer to the Sixways question and left it open, he gave a strangely committed question to the question of raising funds via a community ownership model (even though he screwed up the CAT part) although this fits into the "jam tomorrow" category of stuff that he's put off before and will do again, and completely dodged the only question that really needs an answer. He gave no indication of the size of the losses this year. No surprise there really. Having listened again I don't think that Mr H knows what to do |
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Feb 22, 2017 13:32:38 GMT
Agreed, I think he meant to say "all losses are manageable, but not palatable" I'd be even more concerned if he really did mean that "no losses are manageable"!!
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Post by Noboddy aka Lord Ealing on Feb 22, 2017 14:29:08 GMT
"I don't think that Mr H knows what to do"
So why is he chairman?
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Post by Noboddy aka Lord Ealing on Feb 22, 2017 17:19:45 GMT
Actually, having thought about this, maybe we should give Hampson the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he's had a re-think? It takes guts to change tack, if he's genuine then I welcome his change of direction. We all want what's best for WCFC. It would be a breath of fresh air if this was a new dawn, a time when club; Trust and supporters can all pull in the same direction.
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Post by creaner on Feb 22, 2017 17:38:32 GMT
Actually, having thought about this, maybe we should give Hampson the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he's had a re-think? It takes guts to change tack, if he's genuine then I welcome his change of direction. We all want what's best for WCFC. It would be a breath of fresh air if this was a new dawn, a time when club; Trust and supporters can all pull in the same direction. Well said Lord Ealing. Wise words from the red benches. |
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Post by adycrean on Feb 22, 2017 17:48:23 GMT
If you take his words at face value, in that:
- Perdiswell is the only viable ground option we have
- The Board is fully behind it
- Sixways isn't a feasible option
- as a club we have to work within our means and ring fence what funds we have left
- community ownership is the best way forward to allow the raising of funds
Then these are the things most folks on this board have been advocating for some time.
May be a cliche, but this whole effort becomes a lot easier (and more pleasant) if everyone acts with the same purpose and end goal. Let's assume positive intent and build on this
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Post by oxford on Feb 22, 2017 19:21:46 GMT
Nothing would be nicer than playing at Sixways? I can think of many things.The horror of being stuck in one little corner of that place with nowhere to stand and thousands of empty seats looking at you just doesn't bear contemplating.
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Post by lancashirelad on Feb 23, 2017 14:11:25 GMT
He claimed it would cost to much to rent Sixways - however I thought WW did not want us there anyway - or have they changed their minds? Back to costs, does anybody know - roughly - what the rent would be for WCFC to play home-games at Sixways? |
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Feb 23, 2017 15:26:08 GMT
That would depend on two things , how much Worcester Rugby would charge, and also how much of that would be paid by the football club.
I listened to Hampsons interview, and I didn't hear him rule out Sixways. It'll always be on the table, if the figures stack up.
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Post by jupu on Feb 23, 2017 19:26:49 GMT
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Post by alwaysnextyear on May 16, 2017 0:48:39 GMT
Interesting revelation about leasing at Sixways from the former editor of the Worcester News, Kevin Ward " I organised and chaired talks between Worcester City, Worcester Warriors, the local university, councils & MP in 2010/11 when I was editor of the Worcester Evening News to attempt to find a solution to City's ground problem. Wasn't made public at the time at the request of those involved. A ground share with Warriors was never on the table - it made no sense commercially for the rugby club. But there was land available at Sixways that the rugby were willing to lease to the football club. Construction costs for a stadium were the issue. My job then moved back to Newport and the initiative seemed to die a death. It's very sad to see one of the great names of non-league football (once beat Liverpool in the FA Cup) in such a sorry state. www.weareexiles.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44047 |
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Post by dragon on May 16, 2017 9:02:42 GMT
An old mate rings to give me the news that City will be playing at Sixways next season for certain. I ask him if the stadium is technically in Worcester or Droitwich and he opines that some of the land attaching to main ground is
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Post by dragon on May 16, 2017 9:07:20 GMT
An old pal phones to say that word at Sixways has it that City will be playing there next season. I suggest that we won`t quite `be coming home` as I seem to remember Droitwich was the planning authority when the building took place. Does anyone know the facts of the matter ?
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Post by dragon on May 16, 2017 9:10:36 GMT
Sorry about repetition, page froze on me. My mate`s view is that the land belonging to the Warriors bestrides both authorities !
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