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I thought he left about a month ago.   


https://www.kltown.co.uk/2025/06/30/news-josh-hmami-departs/


June 30, 2025.  8:27 am


Apparently joining Halifax.

Quote from: kenny r on June 28, 2025, 01:48:36 PM
Community  Community  Community.  Sweet words indeed.

Indeed Ken.

Hopefully words will result in action soon.

Today's word is:

Community.



Obvious choice for Captain, but not too sure where the title of pillar of the community comes from. 🤣

He's not been living in this community for the past two years and when your main claim to fame is being Captain of a NLN team, I think there's a lot of work to do before that title becomes a reality.

https://premium.lynnnews.co.uk/sport/clunan-confirmed-as-linnets-captain-9423347/

Quote from: MARCUS ROSE on June 26, 2025, 06:48:21 PM
Don't forget Lynn's are higher due to the DCMS loans payback £1.

Good point.

Has Bal included that in his calculations?

Has he identified where this money is currently being held?

If he keeps looking down the back of the Sofa, you never know, he could even find an envelope with FOTL's written on it!

Quote from: Coastal linnet on June 26, 2025, 11:18:16 AM
Alfreton
Bedford
Buxton

at which point I got bored.
Three teams without illusions of grandeur!
Mr Cleeve was right to draw comparison with London Zoo prices. After all Eagles, Seals and Tigers will be coming to the Walks!

And he's still very much around, even if he's being very quiet at the moment.

Quote from: Bluescottie on June 26, 2025, 09:51:37 AM
According to search engines, adult standing:-
Kings Lynn £18
AFC Fylde £18
Kidderminster Harriers £18
Chester £19 & £22 (Depending which part of the ground you stand)

Now can I have the list of all the clubs that charge between £10 & £12

Maybe, as it's you that's asking the question, you should consider researching it yourself.

By the way.....welcome back.

Quote from: Bluescottie on June 25, 2025, 10:17:04 PM

Quote from: little John on June 25, 2025, 08:39:38 AM
Probably the most expensive in the league!
Every where else it is £10-12

Can you name all the clubs in the league that you can get in for £10-12. I'll wait for the list of 23 Clubs.

Similar theme.

Are there any Clubs at this level that have any higher admission prices than us? 

Quote from: Squire of Langham on June 22, 2025, 08:10:32 PM
Retaining the Premier seating is a clear indication that Cleeve is still lurking.  I was hoping to watch the team when returning to the town which i do monthly.  However I'm not paying £25 to watch NLN (i can sit and watch EFL2 for £19 in a cantilever unobstructed view stand).

As has been previously mentioned in this thread General admission concession pricing at Lynn will again be the most expensive in NLN. Macclesfied are charging £15 to sit for concessions which is where Lynn should be.  Come on Lynn wake up, it's not too late to reverse concession pricing for 2025/6.

Quote from: little John on June 25, 2025, 08:39:38 AM
Probably the most expensive in the league!
Every where else it is £10-12

It seems to me that the main priority at the moment is for Jo to get his money back (that's if he's even entitled to do so). From the little the supporters know, it all appears to be geared up for that.

It will be difficult enough to do this anyway, so presumably Bal is expecting the supporters to foot the bill for previous reckless spending by keeping the admission price high. What we mustn't forget is that Jo and Bal have been here for a while now and when some of this reckless spending was taking place (in particular Jo)! Indeed it could be said that if Jo had not been so reckless with his money, 700k of the debt would not be there (I understand that this amount is contested anyway).

In fairness to Bal, at least we haven't seem any ludicrous comparisons in an attempt to justify these high costs. Wasn't the cost of visiting London Zoo used previously?   

Quote from: Mallard on June 24, 2025, 09:40:41 AM

The mystery stand Sponsor will hopefully stay onboard under the new regime ( I nearly said that with a straight face).

Presumably Bal must be happy with the source of this income otherwise he would have met with his legal obligation and made a money laundering report.

Presumably, nothing to see here!   

Quote from: peter on June 24, 2025, 08:21:28 AM
Thank you for all this information but again I ask. Where is the money coming from?

Quote from: MARCUS ROSE on June 22, 2025, 09:11:56 PM
Move along. Nothing to see here

If only!

Email just gone out to Trust members.

Very Cleeve like in my opinion with "conjecture and conspiracy theories" quote.

Appears to be a deflection job by the author, as no such things being mentioned on here. Of course if there was, it would be down to the Trust committee deciding to take the road they have, with all the secrecy involved.

This is an email to the Trust members. Would they like to try again?

The fact is that the Trust HAVE got things to report and really should do so.

For starters. What exactly is being renegotiated with regards to DCMS loan? Hopefully a community organisation will not support any attempt to get the taxpayer to fund any part of this loan. Club took the loan, Club should pay it back.  I hope the Trust don't say they are not aware of what TSI are proposing as they really should know this kind of thing if there is to be a workable relationship going forward.

The 700k "loan" . Nothing is secured against the club or Blue and Gold Holdings, so exactly what legal arrangement is in place that allows Jo to claim this back? What hold, financial or otherwise, does Bal have over Cleeve on this point?

Hopefully the Trust won't say they don't know, as they do! If they think that's not worth reporting, then I don't know what is.

I informed the Trust months ago that DCMS would have to approve any change in Directors, unless the loan was repaid. I was told that wasn't the case. From previous comments I honestly don't think Bal was aware of this condition when the takeover was first considered.

The email states that Bal will inform Companies House once the takeover is complete! It's not about ownership, it's about who controls the Club (as has been said numerous times). They need to register any person that has an interest in controlling the Company. They don't need to own any shares or even be employed by the Club. We now learn that Jo and Bal have had control for a considerable period of time but if there was any doubt before, there can't be now that the POA is in place.

TSI and Bal control the Club and they need to register as PSC. That's not conjecture or a conspiracy. It's fact.

Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on June 22, 2025, 01:12:10 PM

Quote from: Pink on June 22, 2025, 12:57:06 PM


Also, I could be wrong but I got the impression that training was to be based at Lynnsport and The Walks rather than the more expensive Ely option.

Not heard that one.

If true and it works, makes sense.

Correct Pink. Good spot!

Apparently they have managed to secure four slots a week at two hours a time.

Quote from: Mallard on June 22, 2025, 01:27:23 PM
So if the committee of the Trust have agreed to a NDA then how many people have had full sight of all the facts ( I use the word closely) ?  I'm a little confused ( it doesn't take much) but how can the representatives of the full membership agree to a NDA which is affect keeping the full facts away from the people they have been elected to represent ?   

Is any of that anywhere near  legal ? Could the full information be forced to be made available under the freedom of information ?

Not directly, but if they are in anyway dealing with a public body, such as the council (IE organisations that are subject to FOI), then yes.

Supporters Trust recommend that Trusts operate under the FOI criteria, but it's not mandatory. I have asked the Trust committee for certain information, but my request was completely ignored. On another occasion I was informed "I'm limited to what I can tell you".  I'm not saying anything here that I haven't said to Trust Directors but how a Trust (open and honest), who's first obligation is to its members, can even contemplate entering into an NDA is completely beyond me. At the very least the members should have been consulted prior to the Trust entering a NDA (IE been given permission). Going forward, with some very important decisions to be made, how will members now know they have the full story, or that important points have been left out at someone else's discretion? 

Bal refusing to enter into negotiations without a NDA being signed is a lame excuse. That's not the way to commence a working relationship. If he wanted access to 95k then he's hardly the one that should be allowed to dictate terms.

Is the NDA a two way thing? Is it time limited? We just don't know.

The Trust committee should be representing the members and their views and be putting  forward their opinions and ideas for negotiation (not just the committee members). Sadly we haven't had the opportunity to do that. All we have had is a chance to vote on things that the Club and Trust Committee had decided they were going to put forward to Trust members and allow them to vote on.

I just don't see that's the right way to go about things when a Trust is involved.

There's more I could add on this subject, as it has already had repercussions, but I'll refrain from doing so at the moment.

The Trust committee have done a tremendous job over the past 14 years, in particular the Chairman who has held it all together despite continual sh*t and abuse from certain sectors (who have now been proven to be so, so wrong). Sometimes assisted by others, even if its only to the extent of making sandwiches. He should be thanked for that. Without his efforts I'm sure the Trust would have folded by now. I've fully supported his efforts both financially (via contributions to Trust via sponsorship, raffles etc), and morally.

I just can't support the Trust entering a NDA resulting in them not being able to report back to their members. I just find that crazy and even bizarre! I can't understand the logic behind it. I think the current  lack of information proves a point, and I don't subscribe to the bog standard answer of there being nothing to tell us (and again, due to the NDA how would we know?). Why should Bal have the right to vet whats being reported to the Trust members?

A NDA is hardly conducive when it comes to a Trust committee communicating with it's members, which surely must be one of, if not the, most important things when it comes to running a Trust.  Is this what we can expect in future, if and when the Trust becomes financially involved with the Club?

Of course if they wanted to, they could always withdraw from the NDA.