Fylde (a)

[downthelane]

Good luck today lads - you can do it.

[adycrean]

Whatever the outcome - we cannot fault the effort and application of Snapper, Danny and the players over the last 2 months. They have restored some real pride and fighting spirit to our club.

No easy task given the off the field incompetence

[Brooksiders Return!!]

Totally agree, the management and players have done a sterling job, its a rare situation where a team is fighting relegation, and no-one can place any blame on the players or management. Good luck Snap, Danny and the team. All you can do today is give it your best shot.

[B*ue dragonstander]

Took lead after two minutes but 2 - 1 down at half time. Gainsborough level in the city of sh£te

[jimbo]

Can anyone paste a link to live radio coverage, I'm having problems finding it
Please

[B*ue dragonstander]

It's on 738am and online

[B*ue dragonstander]

City now 2-2 and trinity 2-1 down. Going down the last kick of the season by the look of it

[Croc]

FCUM 3-1 now

[simples]

squeaky bottom time

[B*ue dragonstander]

That didn't last long. City 3-2 down now

[zeke]

Gainsborough losing 5-1.


A draw will suffice !!!!!!

[zeke]

Bugger 4-2

[jimbo]

Thanks for the info
4-2 ugh

[B*ue dragonstander]

4-2 bum! Sounds looks the players have given everything and not been able to convert a number of excellent chances

[Croc]

Pardon my French - but I hope Hampson is ****ing proud of himself...

[B*ue dragonstander]

Result 4-2 to the champions. I guess we won't know if relegation is confirmed for a week or two depending on the position of clubs further down the pyramid?

[zeke]

Apr 29, 2017 15:58:00 GMT B*ue dragonstander said:

Result 4-2 to the champions. I guess we won't know if relegation is confirmed for a week or two depending on the position of clubs further down the pyramid?

Or until Hampson comes up with a cunning plan?

[B*ue dragonstander]

Wouldn't be surprised if he leaves in the near future.

[rushwickdon]

At least there is another cup to play in this season now.........the fun and games of the AGM Cup

[ac]

Have to agree with the above. This is not a reflection on the players or management. They've tried their best and we can't doubt their commitment or effort.

[Noboddy aka Lord Ealing]

What will it take to force Hampson and co to resign and leave the club? Why are they staying? Are the shareholders who have consistently voted against reform now ready to seek a new direction? Or are they still looking to hold on in order to squeeze the last drops of cash from the club?

[jupu]

Many of us predicted relegation before the season even started. We were right. That it came down to the final game and without a home win since November is the only surprise.

Assuming we have a future, how long will it be before we find out who our new manager will be, what league we're playing in, what this "break even budget" means?

[B*ue dragonstander]

It's a shame we didn't operate break even budget from 1990 onwards. We would then still have a home.

[wr4wolf]

Sad day for the City and sounds like the boys gave it a good go today. Don't think we actually have a bad side, 10th best defence in the league and there can't be many relegated teams that have ever been able to say that. It is clear the problems lay at the other end of the pitch which just makes the Hughes decision even stranger.

The problem isn't this season it's the previous 30! That said the way that Hampson & his cronies have run the club since we left the Lane is woeful. Surely he is considering his position now and has to go?

[Brooksiders Return!!]

If he goes, in fact if they all go, who is going to take their place? The club may well now be past the point of no return, no-one quite knows that yet, but some have made educated guesses, and looked at the accounts, and figured that it ain't worth continuing. Maybe a couple of years ago, maybe even 12 months ago there was still a chance, but its doubtful now.
You're right, if the club had really wanted to stay in this league, they'd have locked Lee Hughes in a cage and only let him out on match days, and doubled his wages for the last few games. But they didn't, they simply allowed the leading scorer, and team talisman, to walk away. That tells you everything you need to know about the real ambitions of the board this season. Does anyone really think that if we'd actually won today, we'd be playing Conf North football still next season?

[richwidd]

Apr 29, 2017 16:07:30 GMT B*ue dragonstander said:

Wouldn't be surprised if he leaves in the near future.

He left the ground well before the end with the players (and the fans) doing their best to make a fight of it.

Keep walking Hapless & take that F#%wit Wilcox with you.

[wr4wolf]

When Tyler got it back to 2-2 it did actually cross my mind what Hampson would be thinking if City did actually survive?

Jem - you are much closer to the club than many of us but where does the club go now? What options do we have? Have we just got to wait until the money runs out, see the club die a painful death and then hope there are enough people prepared to come together and start a phoenix club?

[B*ue dragonstander]

The differences between city and other resurrected clubs like Hereford, Farsley, Wimbledon etc are that we don't have a ground and / or the fan base to fund a successful club at a meaningful level of the semi pro game. It would mean restart at a very modest level where we might be the best supported club and have the opportunity to go through the leagues in measured way where modest success would see support growing as fans want and will follow a successful side. If today we were a fan run club winning the West Midlands regional. League at our own ground then I reckon there would have been a four figure crowd and everyone would have had a great 👍 time

[Brooksiders Return!!]

To be honest, even when I was on the Board, I wasn't close enough to the club to be able to know the answers to those questions. And that's the reason why I left the Board, along with Rob and Mike. We weren't party to information about what was going on. Meetings were held that we weren't invited to, and when we were able to present our plans, we might as well have been presenting to tubs of lard, they'd switched off completely. I'll never forget when Mike tried to present the survey info that Luke Cox had done , free of charge, getting together a wealth of info on how fans viewed the club, how they travelled, what they thought of match day experiences etc, and a few minutes in, Hampson dropped his pen on the desk and declared "meeting over" It was one of the most disrespectful actions I've ever seen.
I do know a fair bit more than I can actually say at the moment, one reason being that even though I'm not on the Board, I am still subject to certain confidentiality. And that in itself is a bit of a joke! When I was on the Board, there was an instance when accusations were being bandied around that there was a "snitch" in the boardroom leaking out information. Certain board members sent emails out (the only time they ever bothered to communicate with us) saying how disgraceful it all was and that they couldn't sit on a board with a "snitch" in fact the words back stabber were used a few times. They wanted said backstabber to resign, and they genuinely thought that it was me, or Rob, possibly Mike, but they thought me or Rob. In the last few months, I've still been getting info on whats happening in the Boardroom, as it appears other have too. You see, the leak is still in the Boardroom! We never resigned because.....it wasn't us! That gives you the idea of what level this Board operate on.
In terms of where we go? I do think there will be some clarity in the next two to three months, there is work going on behind the scenes, but the reality is this. WCFC Ltd. is a business losing around £150,000 per annum, it has no assets, it has some money in the bank but no-one is quite sure how much. In its present state, WCFC Ltd. needs someone like Fylde benefactor David Haythornthwaite to step in, and be prepared to lose a personal £500,000 to get the company on an even keel again. Under the present constitution, he could only do that in the form of a loan to the club, and lets be honest, who in their right mind would loan £500,000 against a business losing so much money every year, a turnover of £300k and no assets?
I've pitched the situation hypothetically to a couple of VC's that I know, both said the same thing "get out of there, and if you want to start again, buy anything left over, like the name, and/or the league position etc. from the receivers"
BTW Bradford Park Avenue saw this situation coming at their club, and their benefactor Gareth Roberts had the foresight, and philanthropic approach that the best way to maintain BPA was in the community. He gifted over £250,000 shares to the new CBS (he now has 1 equal share like everyone else) and BPA are not, and cannot be dependent upon him. They've cut their cloth to suit, and its given them a chance. We had that chance at WCFC, the Board said No!

[B*ue dragonstander]

At a certain level football clubs are run for the players and coaches to enjoy the game. Where spectators pay to watch then clubs must be run in the best interests of those supporters. Where that is not the case or it is even suspected that it is not then the existence the club loses meaning. The only reason for the existing club to survive is to see through the planning application. Those who do not have the interests of the supporters as their top and only reason to be can do what they like with the limited company that bears the name of the club but they can never own worcester city football club. That belongs to the true supporters and always will.