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« Reply #7245 on: Monday, April 28, 2025, 21:14:44 » |
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Maybe they could do a sponsorship deal with the airline...
Jersey and Guernsey both have rugby teams who play at national level so whilst travel is obviously a significant cost it appears to be doable...
Jersey had a team in the Rugby Championship and won it in 2022-23 but then went into liquidation in October 2023. There is an amateur team which play in the 5th tier of English Rugby. |
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« Reply #7246 on: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 05:11:47 » |
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Jersey had a team in the Rugby Championship and won it in 2022-23 but then went into liquidation in October 2023.
There is an amateur team which play in the 5th tier of English Rugby.
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« Reply #7247 on: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 10:57:42 » |
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Accrington Stanley closing their Academy because The board of directors blamed "significant financial challenges" facing the EFL club following "restrictions on the use of club facilities" and the "imposition of significant tax increases on jobs". It said this has resulted in "substantially raised costs for what is already a loss-making business". https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/accrington-stanley-announces-closure-football-31586732 |
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Nemo
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« Reply #7248 on: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 11:00:06 » |
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To be fair, it must be very hard to run Accrington's academy, there are so many higher league clubs locally that will poach anyone half decent. We have a fair catchment area to work with.
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« Reply #7249 on: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 11:41:55 » |
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I was speaking to someone in the game, ex-pro and Manager now running a club over here and looking to invest/seeking partnerships (guess why I spoke to him, and no, doesn't like the look of our ownership mess and price tag). He mentioned how he thought lower league clubs will stop running youth programs in the near future because the top league teams have built youth factories. He saw the future in the multi club model for those teams and lower league clubs taking the leftovers, which seems pretty much where we are headed.
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« Reply #7250 on: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 13:03:06 » |
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Andy Holt really does love the attention, he's also throwing his toys about to anyone who will listen about the Council serving enforcement notices on them for various uses of the corporate suites etc at the ground threatening to take his ball home on a daily basis, I used to quite like the insights he gave, but have recent concluded that he is merely an attention seeking twat! |
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Boydy
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« Reply #7251 on: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 13:11:13 » |
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Yup, used to think I'd love to have open & honest owners like Holt & MacAnthony. But they're both utterly insufferable now.
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« Reply #7252 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 12:21:22 » |
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All this "TIFO" bollocks. Since when is football about having a huge banner, flares etc. in the home end? Load of shite, continental nonsense. Same as all the planks wearing the same clothes or balaclavas.  |
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« Reply #7253 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 12:49:21 » |
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All this "TIFO" bollocks. Since when is football about having a huge banner, flares etc. in the home end? Load of shite, continental nonsense.
Very European innit? Can't say it bothers me either way. Same as all the planks wearing the same clothes or balaclavas. In fairness you couldn't tell they were on the same team if they didn't......oooh wait |
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Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG
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« Reply #7254 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 15:04:34 » |
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All this "TIFO" bollocks. Since when is football about having a huge banner, flares etc. in the home end? Load of shite, continental nonsense. Same as all the planks wearing the same clothes or balaclavas. Yeah, not really a fan. Looked good when we had massive flags on poles for a few big games but the authoritites get a bit shirty about that sometimes. |
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Boydy
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« Reply #7255 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 15:13:42 » |
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I'm a fan of a good TIFO. 90% of TIFOs now aren't good
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Mr Stevens
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« Reply #7256 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 18:53:45 » |
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Bristol City in the play-offs! Come on Sheffield.
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Take your chips and fuck off home.
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« Reply #7257 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 19:46:26 » |
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Bristol City in the play-offs! Come on Sheffield.
Dreadful refereeing decision and they are down to 10 men for half the game. |
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Mr Stevens
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« Reply #7258 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 19:53:39 » |
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Dreadful refereeing decision and they are down to 10 men for half the game.
I thought it was absolutely the correct decision on both counts (but I wouldn't pretend to be neutral on the matter). |
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Take your chips and fuck off home.
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« Reply #7259 on: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 19:54:36 » |
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Dreadful? Really? Pen and red for me
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