Linnets' Fans' Forum

Quote from: samsdad on December 13, 2024, 10:22:26 AM
As for threatening libel for asking questions (elsewhere not from yourself), this forum never fails to amaze.

Its not really the forum!

Shouldn't that read ......................."some people on this forum never fails to amaze".   

Quote from: samsdad on December 13, 2024, 10:22:26 AM

I for one want a club I can support, be a part of and feel involved in - being made aware of the goings on, the plans (to a point - more the clarity then of course being involved). It would be nice to turn up on a Saturday see Lynn play, read the comms from the club and that be it rather than second guessing everything going on and wondering whether to believe what we hear.

It will happen, although the only way you can be sure of the clarity you mention is by being involved, even if that's only via elected representatives who would have a legal obligation to be "open and honest".

Quote from: A Well Wisher on December 12, 2024, 12:05:55 PM
I overheard someone say "This town doesn't deserve a football club". I can certainly sympathise with that statement

I disagree with that.

Of course the Town deserves a football Club, although I think it should be more of a case of what kind of Club the supporters really want.

I think its quite obvious now that the majority of the Town does not care for the dream that some have of league football, but that's different than not deserving a Club.

For a very few supporters its the ambition of playing at a level that the Club can't afford (as long as someone else pays for it).

For others it an ambition to have a Club that really is part of the community, plays at a level it can afford, and not to keep repeating these boom or bust scenario's.

And for the majority, they don't give a sh*t as long as they can watch 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon (at whatever the level the Club is at) without putting their hands in their pockets other than for the entrance fee.

They then head off home and wait for the next home game.

Quote from: fenlander on December 11, 2024, 12:11:50 PM
There is no good, financial reason, for a club to intentionally inflate an attendance figure.

To be fair to the person that made the original post, I don't believe they suggested anything regarding finances and them being linked to the attendance.   

Quote from: Nemesis on December 10, 2024, 10:06:57 PM
Clubs usually include the number of tickets sold which would include season ticket holders whether they are there or not.
I believe some leagues also includes complimentary tickets whether regardless of whether they are taken up.

400 to 500 hundred is a lot of season and complimentary tickets!

An 83rd minute goal secures all 3 points for the Linnets at The Walks.

Kings Lynn 1 v Scarborough 0.

Att: 811 (apparently).


Lynn move up to 2nd in the table.

Quote from: MARCUS ROSE on December 07, 2024, 11:11:58 AM
So that's why the post was deleted.

Do you mean the new investor that came on board?



EDP article today:

"There was some consternation last week when I put a post on my personal LinkedIn page about an opportunity to invest in King's Lynn Town and then removed the post later.

Situations in football are very fluid and can change quickly. The opportunity to invest in the club was there when I posted, and very shortly after was taken; as a club we are always open to investment and no doubt always will be, in the same manner that many other football clubs at all levels will also be.

There has always been a small number of people that have peddled misinformation about me and my intentions, so it is worth clearing these points up.

I have put in significant investment into the club over the years and I am quite prepared to write all this money off. My wife told me just before I penned these words that, "The club is like a child to me, it is far more than just a business".

She is, of course, right. The club to me is bigger than any individual and I always have the interests of the club close to my heart. Delia Smith at Norwich City stood aside when she felt the time was right, writing off a fortune in the process, and I am sure that Norwich felt like a child to her at times as well. Clubs are precious things.

The point that I am making is that I always have the club's best interest in mind and will never be an obstacle to the club in its journey for success.

I am proud of our achievements. We have a wonderful manager in Adam Lakeland who knows and 'gets' football and is a gentleman to work with. I love engaging with Adam and chatting football with him. I am sure that he does not agree with all my views or points, but he probably understands why I make them. He is without doubt the best manager that I have ever worked with.


His assistant, Sam Walker, is another great guy, and I am delighted to spend time with him whenever I can and listen to his experiences. He is a top person. I am pleased that we have such a strong academy and education program as well as a charity that is making in-roads into the community. When I first started, we were lucky to have 10 children in the stadium - now we have hundreds at every game and watching pupils at KES school last week on a school visit leaving wearing their Lynn bobble hats and scarves filled me with pride.

Commercially, revenue is up 10-fold since I took over and we have sold a huge number of players to all levels of the footballing system.

When I walked into The Walks nine seasons ago if I had said at my first press conference that we would be playing, in the FA Cup, Port Vale, Portsmouth, Doncaster Rovers, Walsall and Stevenage and have over 4,000 fans at home against York City in what turned out to be a promotion decider, I would have been ridiculed. But these things came to pass.

In essence, we have achieved a lot together, but I fully understand that in football we must always look to the future and I will continue to explore ways to help the club grow and "level up".


We have now won two home games in succession with Kidderminster Harriers being dispatched 4-0 in a result that was kind to our visitors.

The team that the manager has built has come together and is playing some wonderful football, which is very pleasing on the eye. I will continue to support him as we push towards promotion. The focus should be on the players and getting behind the boys as we play Scarborough Athletic this afternoon.

Getting shirty

One of the most annoying deals that the National League signed is to make clubs wear New Balance numbers and letters on the back of our shirts. These numbers cost a fortune, and every season New Balance never have a complete stock in the UK of every letter, meaning that what should be a simple job becomes a complete mess.

EZ Teamsports Limited operate under license from New Balance and this week they went into liquidation, owing our club the best part of £2,000. I have been complaining about this issue for years and asking the league to allow us to print everything ourselves, but my requests have always fallen on deaf ears, even though many clubs in the National League have suffered with similar issues.  I do hope going forward that the league will learn from this debacle and allow simplicity to rule. I do not know why deals are done that bring in little revenue and give us logistical headaches especially when the companies chosen are simply not up to the job".

Your Local Paper columnist Mark Hearle reflects on what has been happening at The Walks in his latest weekly column.


"The Linnets probably produced their best performance of the season last week when they dispatched National League North high flyers Kidderminster Harriers by a 4-0 margin at The Walks.
However, before, during, and after the game, much of the terrace talk was taken up with chairman Stephen Cleeve's social media post, made a few hours before the Tuesday evening kick-off, in which he appeared to make either part or all of the club available for sale if the right person or offer came along.
All of the chat should have been about Adam Lakeland and his squad.
To add further mystery to an already cloudy-looking situation, the post was removed the same evening but not before it had been saved and shared by many Lynn fans, wondering what was happening.
From a club perspective, the timing wasn't the best, and that's being polite.
I'm sure Lakeland would have been less than pleased to have been made aware of such things when he should have been preparing his side for a big match and his chairman appeared to be attempting to test the water on either a part or full sale of the football club.
It was only a couple or so weeks ago that the chairman was enthusing about the Linnets achieving 'global branding', with many plans in the pipeline to stabilise the club's financial base for the future also being mentioned, so to see this kind of statement has left many with any interest in the club confused.
To date, the club or the chairman have not commented on either the statement's contents or its withdrawal after posting which has only served to add more fuel to a fire that continues to smoulder before igniting fully.
In truth, the club's media hands are tied on the matter.
The statement came from the chairman's account and not the club's so the club as such has nothing to comment on as it stands. As well as that, a football club's media team can only issue any kind of statement or information when they are told something, and as of yet they appear to have not been told anything. The problem is that, in this instance, silence isn't golden and it's down to Mr Cleeve to clear up the mess his post has created and fill in the supporters with the full picture, not just half of it".

Royston Vasey FC.

All local!  😄

Quote from: Mallard on November 29, 2024, 09:57:27 PM
I just hope  it doesn't involved a sale of any assets. Wasn't it just after Christmas that Adam Crowther was sold to Southend?

I can't see a repeat of last season. This squad is only just strong enough as it is without losing someone.

Management will be well aware of that.

Quote from: Mallard on November 29, 2024, 07:56:40 PM
Great offer has come through from the Club

December games are now on sale with a special Black Friday offer giving you £10 off  all adult and concession tickets if you buy a package ticket for both the Scarborough match onSaturday 7th December and Alfreton onSaturday 14th December meaning that 2 standing match tickets will cost you just £14 each!


Great deal for the fans  this, unless you are a season ticket holder.

That's a VERY good deal.

Chairman must be in the Christmas spirit already.   

It's not the usual way he goes about things, and with Jo and Bal supposedly coming fully on board soon and the additional revenue that should bring in, I do wonder why this is being done now. 

Quote from: A Well Wisher on November 29, 2024, 08:47:35 AM

Quote from: Linnet465 on November 28, 2024, 07:27:39 PM

B & G that's the sensible approach but when people with lots of reddies come along they turn it upside down and fans expect more especially when the the new money promises or has a vision.
Logically with the current attendance Step4 is probably our level.

Step 4?! We're a much bigger club than the vast majority down at step 4. Step 2 is our level for me at the present moment and we should try to maintain that. Even at step 3 we are one of the more larger clubs.

As disappointing as it is, it would seem that financially we can't afford this level.

Quote from: kieranuptoon on November 28, 2024, 09:25:02 PM

Quote from: Mallard on November 28, 2024, 09:18:20 PM
Kieran whatever you may think about ambition how do you fund a playing staff of in excess of £1m on gates of a 1000. ? You do the math and let's us know the answer.

There is one club in the National League that turn a profit. The fact football clubs lose money isn't a new and fresh idea.

Kieran, surely that's the point and what people are saying is actually wrong. Nobody said it's a new or fresh idea, in fact quite the opposite. People are getting sick and tired of a few people playing Russian roulette with the Clubs they have supported, some for decades.

It's hardly justification for Chairmen to saddle Clubs with debt and risk it's very survival.

I'm sure it is a fact, but surely you don't think it's right and how it should be? 

Quote from: Mallard on November 28, 2024, 09:18:20 PM
Kieran whatever you may think about ambition how do you fund a playing staff of in excess of £1m on gates of a 1000. ? You do the math and let's us know the answer.

Well Mallard, I keep trying to make it add up and have done for a long time.

I keep coming up with the same answer..........you don't.

I'll listen to anyone that has got the answer though.

Quote from: Quinn Upstone on November 27, 2024, 07:01:06 PM
I can't believe they played well when I wasn't able to go... anyone fancy paying me to stay away for the rest of the season ??? Price negotiable...

Kidderminster forums have some good comments. 

"We were so poor we made an average team look good".

Also complaining that they haven't got a decent striker so don't know where the goals are going to come from.

Football fans may support different teams, but it sounds as if most think along the same lines.