Thetownend.com

Full story on OS

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1060895,00.html

Wonder if this has anything to do with the so called investment?

Edit: Teach me to not read the article properly.

Bye bye Dunwoody.

Ominous is the word.  Some nice consultancy fees headed to Dunwoody methinks.  Obviously I'm sure th club heavily researched and selected the best company for the job though.

we're becoming increasingly insular.

The way I read this story is that STFC are taking over the design from Dunwoody, not the other way around. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the new Head of Design turns out to be a former Dunwoody employee.

you SPIN me right round baby right round.....

Ditching Dunwoody before they get investigated?

That's the only way to read the article.  STFC have ditched dunwoody group, fair enough.

Ooops... my morning coffee has not kicked in yet.  :oops:

It seems to me as people are jumping ship before the brown stuff starts hitting the fan.

Sorry I entirely misread the article (damn having to try and work at the same time).  My suspicions still lead me to believe that some parts of Dunwoody must be involved, or maybe I'm too suspicious.

Dunwoody are jumping ship to avoid being dragged into the inevitable sh1tstorm that is about to commence this Saturday!

Wont work though

Either that or distancing themselves to then reapproach the club with investment loosly disguised uner the D460 pseudonym?

Dunwoody already completely withdrew from the club back in 2002 or 2003 IIRC.  How can they possibly pull out if they don't do any work for us :wink:

I think it's a job for Sussex  :wink:

Can a mod change the topic of the title to STFC Take Over All Publishing please!

How can we ditch Dunwoody when there owner runs the club, yet more spin I see.

Perhaps it has something to do with DTI investigations and conflicts of interest...

I wonder if Dunwoody weren't making any money (as they pay the club to produce the programmes and then keep the sales).  Better to shift it back into the club.  Diamandis is still running the club so it'll make very little real difference I guess.  Plus Dunwoody pretty much cover the marketing of the club, as well as produce ground development plans (clearly their Architectural team is kept under wraps from the outside world).

Surely the damage would be done, just shows how stupid they consider the average supporter to be.

anyone applied to be head of design apart from Mikey D?

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  i cant contain my laughter. You are a comical genius

I think I might apply......I think I have a lot to offer with my colouring in skills and join the dot ability, not to mention how good I am at felt pictures!

One can't help but feel that the current board would snap my arm off with those kind of skills!!

 :wall:

I remember when Dunwoody last "completely withdrew" from STFC after sustained pressure from the Trust asking questions about Sandy Gray and Nick Prescott among others being on the boards of both companies. IIRC we were slated then for "causing" Dunwoody to pull out - even though they didn't.

here we have Sir Seton's thoughts on that subject at the time :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2002/10/31/173719.html

Not sure if anyone noticed but Mark D has just been browsing the forum...wonder if he'll post.  Sorry to post this here but didn't really need a thread of its own.

"Finally I am informed the trust's directors have indicated that they have the resources to take over the future funding of the club.

If this is the case my family are happy to hand over free of charge to the trust our holding in both the New Co. and the Old Co, providing we are repaid in full the money lent to both companies in the last few years."

Priceless!

Can someone copy and paste the statement in here pretty please

Ideal job for Flammable. He could do his weekly cartoon!

For some reason Si I can't copy/highlight the text  :?

I may withdraw cash from STFC

From the Swindon Advertiser, first published Thursday 31st Oct 2002.

My family and I have, for a very long time, been loyal and dedicated supporters of Swindon Town Football Club.

During which, we have each year, underwritten the trading shortfall to keep the club alive.

However, in light of the Supporters Trust's continual negative criticism I must question my family's future financial commitment.

Words cannot express the anger and hurt we feel at the unfounded, and misinformed comments expressed in public by the trust's directors.

They have, over the last nine months, through their naivete successfully undermined the efforts of both the board of STFC and that of my business associates in our attempt to secure a future for the club.

Furthermore, my family and I are disturbed by the outrageous suggestion that the sole purpose of forming the New Company, Swindon Town FC Lt., was to, sometime in the future, strip the club of its assets. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Also the trust's directors claim the board of STFC have not kept them up to date and informed.

I made it perfectly clear, when I met them earlier this year, of my total confidence in our strategy to secure a future for the club.

I understand also that the board has had in the past held meetings with trust's directors in an attempt to keep them informed of our progress.

Solely as a result of the trust's directors' behaviour the club has regretfully lost the services of Dunwoody Marketing.

As a consequence of which, my family is again under pressure from the board to fund the financial void and provide banking and credit facilities in addition to monies we have previously committed.

Quite frankly, I must question the wisdom of doing so in light of the trust's continual vitriolic aggression.

I suggest, therefore, that Tony Norris, Andy Radcliffe and Leigh Collett give me an undertaking to refrain from further unwarranted attacks on the STFC board and its associates.

I understand that, according to the trust, I turned down an offer £2 million from a third party to buy my family's shares. This is totally untrue and indeed another example of malicious gossip.

Finally I am informed the trust's directors have indicated that they have the resources to take over the future funding of the club.

If this is the case my family are happy to hand over free of charge to the trust our holding in both the New Co. and the Old Co, providing we are repaid in full the money lent to both companies in the last few years.

SIR SETON WILLS

A loyal and dedicated

supporter of the "Robins"

Archive Home
From the Swindon Advertiser
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk
© Newsquest Media Group 2002

Me too, maybe it's some facility they've added to the new site?

I can. Strange

Ooops. I did the wrong one  :oops:

I'm applying for a laugh.

IE doesn't let you copy text from the OS, but you can with Firefox.

Can someone write out my CV for me? I think this is why I don't get a proper job. I suck at applying for them.

If there is something we have all learnt from the Tony Blair era it is the message of SPIN.  This latest statement regarding publishing must rank with the all-time finest ever produced by Tony and his crew.  When we get the statement that the Dunwoody employees have left the club - for good - then we can start to move forward.  I, for one, am not holding my breath!! :scribe:

Have to wait till friday soapy tit wank  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Don't we have a couple of graphic and web designers that log on here? Whatever happened to Trisero?

I'm here, as part of my presentation recommending that Mikey D does a column called ' THE CUNT FUCKWIT WRITES UTTER SHITE ' with a nice graphic portaying MD being shafted by a clown and a regular feature called ' LIES FROM THE BOARDROOM ' in which each week we receive a statement from a different board member contradicting the statement before (oh shit they've already done that)

I don't think that is why you can't get a proper job  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

This one is priceless....do they really think the average fan is that stupid  (having read again the responses to the Diamond Mike article recently resurected on thisis)  maybe they have a point.

    Micky is probably having to downsize since Dunwoody went tits up, so will just shift some staff over to STFC.....

    Certainly, if nothing has changed by the start of the season, then some sort of organised boycott of programmes and merchandise should be attempted.

Maybe dunwoody are stopping producing programs full stop. Didn't qpr kick them into touch? Maybe it is now an unprofitable venture.

I think there might be a bit of strateg involved in this move in an attempt ot head off exactly that.

There was a lot of talk on the boards at the end of last season about boycotting the programme as Dunwoody pay the club a fixed fee, and then make their money on the profit from sales.

Mikey boy has obviously decided to rid himself of that risk.

I can see they might go for that. I like the way you're sticking to an existinig formula but giving it a bit of a twist

Correct, they owed QPR big time!