Title: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 12:59:32 Quote Today's matchday programme lists Jed McCrory and Lee Power as the only directors of Swindon Town, with Gary Hooper as a "commercial consultant". http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/10369353.MATCHDAY_LIVE__Swindon_Town_v_Stevenage/Callum Rice's name is no longer listed, and the Advertiser understands he and Hooper are stepping down from the club's board. Documents on Companies House have not yet been processed to show Hooper and Rice off the board. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Nemo on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:02:14 Sounds a bit interesting behind the scenes, doesn't it?
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Flashheart on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:09:18 Ha ha ha
What now? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: tans on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:16:26 They are bleeding us dry soapy tit wank
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Red Frog on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:27:51 Another day, another change of plan. No more concerts or astroturf, but free matchday programmes courtesy of Arsenal.
Rumours of a pimp joining the board to help boost attendances... Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Honkytonk on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:29:56 Alternatively the programme could have a misprint.
Not that I think it does. Just putting it out there. Board's not doing itself many favours is it? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Ardiles on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:50:40 I'd heard a separate rumour that Rice had gone, and also Murrall. But the Murrall rumour was rebutted somewhere else.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Flashheart on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:52:19 I'd heard a separate rumour that Rice had gone, and also Murrall. But the Murrall rumour was rebutted somewhere else. Did they say why? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Ardiles on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 14:00:29 No. Simply that Murrall was likely to attend a fans' meeting in the next few weeks. Sorry. All a bit vague, I know.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 16:46:49 So is there anybody out there, who's got a handle on the Boardroom revolving door?
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: horlock07 on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 16:48:45 So is there anybody out there, who's got a handle on the Boardroom revolving door? Do revolving doors normally have handles. Oh and has anyone asked Jed on twitter yet? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: kerry red on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 16:49:03 Apparently, they are looking for a 2nd hand car dealer and someone experienced in Timeshare to invite onto the board.
Just to complete the set Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 17:04:30 Apparently, they are looking for a 2nd hand car dealer and someone experienced in Timeshare to invite onto the board. Just to complete the set We had a used car salesman back in the 70's through to the 80's....Maurice Earle, famed for Earle of Chippenham...ad always used to be in the prog, showing a very sexy Cortina. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: kerry red on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 17:06:10 I used to go to school with his son in Chippenham.
Be nice get an owner who is local and actually supports the club again Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 17:07:08 I used to go to school with his son in Chippenham. Be nice get an owner who is local and actually supports the club again Well SSW fitted that bill and it didn't work out too well. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: corner on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 17:08:17 As I understand a lot of players will be off this summer even if we don't get a lot for them weNEED to get them off the pay roll.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: kerry red on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 17:14:20 To be replaced by whom?
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: corner on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 17:25:13 To be replaced by whom? Youths and loans from the prem. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Notts red on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:34:27 Hooper has been told to stay away from the club after his part in the fracas a few weeks ago.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:35:00 Hooper has been told to stay away from the club after his part in the fracas a few weeks ago. "the fracas"? What? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Costanza on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:35:23 Fracas? Did I miss something?
Clearly I have! Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Notts red on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:43:36 "the fracas"? Hooper was escorted pissed up out of the executive lounge by our own stewards after abusing some Bury board members amongst others and punches were thrown. What? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:46:22 Is this just rumour that has spread today? I'd have thought something like that would have come out pretty sharpish after the Bury game.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: tans on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:47:06 Hooper has been told to stay away from the club after his part in the fracas a few weeks ago. He wasin the legends on tuesday Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: yeo on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:48:07 hahaha if thats true its brilliant,I was told Jed was a bit of a rough sort so stands to reason his mates would be brawlers ...
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Batch on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:48:24 Hooper was escorted pissed up out of the executive lounge by our own stewards after abusing some Bury board members amongst others and punches were thrown. Wait, that was true?! Fuckinghell. So Hall, Rice and Hooper offski and Power in? WTF! Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: tans on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:51:15 Wait, that was true?! Fuckinghell. So Hall, Rice and Hooper offski and Power in? WTF! The other week it was murrall. People need to make their minds up haha Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Notts red on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:51:37 Is this just rumour that has spread today? I'd have thought something like that would have come out pretty sharpish after the Bury game. No, It was hushed up for obvious reasons but did actually happen. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:53:00 oh well, there's nothing I disbelieve with STFC these days!
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: nochee on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 22:56:48 The other week it was murrall. People need to make their minds up haha It was Murrall. Pissed up bossy cock by all accountsTitle: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Berniman on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 23:02:40 Fuck me, we have been reduced to a soap opera of a club again.
We'll be fighting at Wembley next like the cockney scum... Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: tans on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 23:05:20 It was Murrall. Pissed up bossy cock by all accounts But it was hooper apparently soapy tit wank, wish people could get the story straight Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: nochee on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 23:07:20 But it was hooper apparently soapy tit wank, wish people could get the story straight Paolo was steaming too by all accounts, he had wes in a headlockTitle: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Dr Pierre Chang on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 23:08:57 Hooper was escorted pissed up out of the executive lounge by our own stewards after abusing some Bury board members amongst others and punches were thrown. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:Superb. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 23:21:24 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: [url width=333 height=250]http://i.imgur.com/gTqoXHf.gif[/url]Superb. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Honkytonk on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 23:50:03 Hooper was escorted pissed up out of the executive lounge by our own stewards after abusing some Bury board members amongst others and punches were thrown. This is a joke right? Please someone confirm it's a joke? It stinks of bollocks to me if it's being touted as 'fact'. Oy, Morsehead, I know you're there, lurking. Ask Jed this next time you speak to him will you? Just make sure you're on your toes in case he lunges for you. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: joteddyred on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 00:33:41 This was floating around a month or so ago, but as Tans said, I was under the impression it was Murrell. Rice was in the Legends Lounge after the game today.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: WR5 on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 00:40:37 The Bury game was when my boy was mascot and we did not see or hear anything, that's not to say it didn't happen and to be fair we were only about for half an hour after the game.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Flashheart on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 08:51:15 He was trying to fight with policemen in the car park as well.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Bogus Dave on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 08:55:02 I heard he did a poo in the exec toilet and DIDN'T flush
Title: Re: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Batch on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:00:35 Didn't flush or couldn't flush.. The floaty truth will out.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: ibelieveinmrreeves on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:00:54 Didn't wash his hands either, apparently.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:07:51 So, can we take it from the bollox on here that this is a bit of Norwegian trolling?
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: ronnie21 on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:08:26 He was trying to fight with policemen in the car park as well. I heard that Flash, had to send two riot vans in just to calm him down!!!!! :pint: :pint:Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:14:18 So, can we take it from the bollox on here that this is a bit of Norwegian trolling? no, the first post was just taken from Sam's matchday stuff on the Adver.Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:20:59 no, the first post was just taken from Sam's matchday stuff on the Adver. I see, so it still may be true, all very strange. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: sonicyouth on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:22:02 or it could be a printing error, who knows?
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:22:08 Fuck knows what's going on behind the scenes at the moment. All a bit of a shambles really. And people wonder why so many are so cautious about this board.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:24:52 or it could be a printing error, who knows? Have cre8 started doing the program? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Stegenfreud on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:29:10 I heard the Murrell bury board booze rumour a day after the game and thought people were just stirring so ignored it. However if it has surfaced again maybe there is some truth to it?
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Flashheart on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 09:43:48 Random
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:10:49 Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Frigby Daser on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:25:16 I heard that Murrall hit Hooper and that was why both may be on their way....
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: kerry red on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:57:48 I heard it was actually a Chinese Burn followed by a very hard pinch
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Frigby Daser on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 16:46:17 Or that he just said 'Ni' in his general direction.
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: fatbasher on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 18:13:05 I heard it was actually a Chinese Burn followed by a very hard pinch Isn't that asianist, by attributing a certain torture method to a particular country/race? Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: kerry red on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 20:06:21 Never did understand what was particularly CHinese about it
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 21:01:57 The fighting stuff is true - not sure who is who though? One of them drove home drunk after being kicked out too. So classy
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: joteddyred on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 21:15:57 You couldn't make it up really. What the hell have we got landed with running the club? A total bunch of knobheads by the looks of things :(
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: mrverve on Sunday, April 21, 2013, 22:16:13 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: WR5 on Monday, April 22, 2013, 10:20:16 not sure if I have this right but it appears that Jed has 2 different directors numbers ( and spellings of his name)
Short name: Gerard McCrory Date of Birth: 05/06/1970 Director ID: 908185233 Short name: Gerrard McCrory Date of Birth: 05/06/1970 Director ID: 909013626 :hmmm: Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: JanTheMan on Monday, April 22, 2013, 10:28:54 You couldn't make it up really. What the hell have we got landed with running the club? A total bunch of knobheads by the looks of things :( It sounds like our post match entertainment is more akin to a gypsy wedding. I've tried to reserve judgement until now as i wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it does appear we have a 'total bunch of knobheads' running/ruining our club. We'll probably still go up though, which is when said 'bunch of knobeheads' become 'absolute cunts'. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, April 22, 2013, 12:21:10 not sure if I have this right but it appears that Jed has 2 different directors numbers ( and spellings of his name) Short name: Gerard McCrory Date of Birth: 05/06/1970 Director ID: 908185233 Short name: Gerrard McCrory Date of Birth: 05/06/1970 Director ID: 909013626 :hmmm: It's just what has been put on the forms (probably not be Jed). There's also Gerard Martin McCrory, Gerrard Martin McCrory and Jed McCoy. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: WR5 on Monday, April 22, 2013, 12:47:48 It's just what has been put on the forms (probably not be Jed). There's also Gerard Martin McCrory, Gerrard Martin McCrory and Jed McCoy. fair enough Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Monday, April 22, 2013, 13:17:14 Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: DRS on Monday, April 22, 2013, 13:44:40 Do they have a pot to piss in? who knows but by the time this season finishes they have ran a club with a 250k a month budget,been faced with legal cases from all angles and lets face it they were the only ones who stepped in and saved us from admin and worse,make no mistake we would be fucked if they did not take over.So yes while i agree cutting budget etc may seem bad i dont sed what other option we have.Like most i am sceptical but like always i think rather than slate them it is only fair to be grateful that they saved our season tbf
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Power to people on Monday, April 22, 2013, 15:40:46 I'd like to know that they have the money to take us forward and not have to rely on loans, player sales etc etc to get us through the next season, let alone close season.
I dont think anyone expects us to be able to spend the sort of money we did with Black running the show but equally it would be good to know that the wage bill and spend etc for next season and future is not going to mirror that of a conference team or worse as the new owners do not have enough money to sustain the losses a club at this level incurs, and it would be good to be able to pay fee's for required players and not rely on freebies. Dont get me wrong I'm obviously grateful Jed stepped in but it does seem secretive and a lack of info, hopefully after meeting TrustSTFC & Supporters club this week they may have their eyes opened and be more forthcoming. It does seme every week at the moment that there is something happening of the field that does not sound good. Jed & Co have a long way to go to gain the trust of supporters, a bit of honesty would be a good starting point. Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: ronnie21 on Monday, April 22, 2013, 15:49:03 Of course there is another scenario. Power has come in and is matching Jed's financial input, it could well be that the others cannot match it or get anywhere near it, Power says fork out your cash or get out, and they had no choice!
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Peter Gibbons on Monday, April 22, 2013, 17:27:03 Never did understand what was particularly CHinese about it Getting back on topic, I was amused to find this on Wikipedia: Quote Indian or Chinese burn This is a prank done by grasping the victim's forearm firmly in both hands, and then twisting the hands in opposite directions about the victim's arm, causing the tender skin to stretch, making it red and sore.[2] Known primarily as an "Indian burn" or "Chinese burn" or even "snake bite" in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, "buffalo skin" in India, "snake bite" or "Indian rub" in Canada, or "Indian rug burn" in the United States (except in some midwest states such as Wisconsin where it is known as a snakebite), "Indian burn" in France, "policeman's glove" or "hundred needles" in Hungary, "barbed wire" in the Netherlands, "needles" in Romania and Bulgaria and "Brennessel" ("stinging nettle") in Austria, Switzerland and the southern parts of Germany, "thousand needle stings" in the northern parts of Germany, "thousand needles" in Sweden, "Nettle" in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia, "French cuff" in Denmark, "kuuma makkara" (hot sausage) in Finland and again "snakebite" in Flanders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_pranks#Indian_or_Chinese_burn Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: @MacPhlea on Monday, April 22, 2013, 17:38:21 They fail to mention the Suarez burn where you grab someone's arm with your upper and lower jaw and bite it in opposite directions!
Title: Re: Rice and Hooper step down as directors? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, June 3, 2013, 09:06:47 Well it took a while for this to be confirmed.
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