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Scored on his Huddersfield debut.

Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on January 15, 2025, 08:57:07 PM

Quote from: dillydilly on January 15, 2025, 08:49:34 PM
Dilly was only seeing if anyone is operating such a thing as a raffle, or any other money-raising initiative.  It's not a raffle that the question is about.  I'm "asking for a friend" who might have an interesting proposition, but he needs to know if there is anyone to contact....

Sorry, when you asked if anyone was organising raffles, I thought you meant "is anyone organising raffles"?



Who to contact?

All the people involved with running the club are named on the Clubs website.

With the exception of Joe and Bal ??

Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on January 11, 2025, 01:23:20 PM

Quote from: Hello Kitty. on January 11, 2025, 12:36:47 PM
The game being off must hit the club very hard with the loss of the money.i hope the club has got it covered as not a lot coming in this month without todays game being off.On the good side it probably means one less lump in the mattress to worry about

Exactly the reason other revenue streams need to be in place, so as not to be so reliant on match day income.

It's not rocket science and should have been the first thing put in place, and not come as an after thought.

Afterthought seems to be the norm rather than the exception. Reactive rather than proactive?

Seemingly, on his way to Huddersfield on a permanent basis.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-huddersfield-agree-deal-to-sign-luton-town-star-joe-taylor/?callback=in&code=ZTRLYTRKYWYTNDKZNC0ZZJNMLTK4OTUTNTYYYMEWMDIZMWM0&state=13afa311eb5d4e958b743c6d80432472

Quote from: gs50 on January 03, 2025, 10:08:19 AM
All rumours.

If there were more transparency there wouldn't be so many rumours ?

KLTFC to a certain extent reflects the state of the country. Over my quite lengthy lifespan a quality that we once took for granted has disappeared almost to the point of extinction....'common sense'......Doing the logical, sensible and to paraphrase Basil Fawlty, the bleeding obvious.!

Quote from: Hello Kitty. on December 31, 2024, 05:23:30 PM
That's a very poor result.Scunthorpe haven't been that good at putting the ball in the net recently so to concede 3 against them in first half is very disappointing.Adam can't blame the supporters this week so it could be the turn of the pitch which looked more like Hunstanton beach

Well it surely can't be the fault of the players and manager?

Quote from: Pink on December 27, 2024, 12:42:23 PM
This post is partly in response to AL questioning what the fans want. Well who knows whether AL, ever looks at this forum...we certainly know the media team do, so may.be things get passed down.......

I suspect AL may have been informed that the club is a sleeping giant , when he took over. Possibly also, if you get success on the pitch, crowds will come..eg York, more than 4,000.

However, I believe there are some strong requirements attached for any of this to even be partly true. Obviously what follows is just my take on things:


Firstly apart from maybe the solid core of 700 or so, supporters or would be supporters want to know what they are actually supporting before they commit on a regular basis......what is the plan, what is the intention, will the club be solvent going forward, if it did get promoted, could it actually afford to go up and stay up. If none of this information is available, then what is there to buy into or support ?

Secondly, fans at Lynn are used, in recent times to the club being up there....2 years ago 2nd on 93 points, 2 previous years National League, previous year, won the NLN. To get the crowd building you need consistent home performances....entertaining attacking football and wins, coupled with some pricing offers. There have been a number of false starts this year....start of a decent run, so crowd turns up in decent numbers and then a really disappointing performance when they are there. Those extra few hundred that were there on Boxing Day were there for the experience and/or to give it a try again........they weren't excited by the performance and therefore weren't vocal and probably won't be there again until there has been another decent run......that's just the way it works.

If AL rather naively believed the club to be a 'sleeping giant' he obviously failed to undertake even rudimentary due diligence. Just a little research may well have called that belief into question? Perhaps though the remuneration and an opportunity to manage a full time team were the determining decision making motivators?

Indicative of a club that has no idea how to develop a rapport with its 'customers!'

Bal? Or is he the new investor - or both. Is Mr Cleeve still the sole owner and / or the primary decision maker. Who knows?? The smoke and mirrors become increasingly murky. Such a contrast with the playing side.

Marriott was an used sub on Saturday against F Green.

Quote from: dillydilly on December 16, 2024, 09:41:35 AM
I feel that SC has done a great job since he has been here, even a miraculous job for a club which has never progressed as far as most of its opponents from the day the Main Stand was opened, to put a time relevance to my point.  I believe the lack of further ground development has caused disinterest in the club for locals and beyond, because we haven't reached the level to attract them.  But SC has kept us in with a chance of progress, even now....

Fully agree with your comments regarding 'ground development ' but the club many years ago regularly competed at the highest level of non league and that with a part time team. Then though there was no autonomic right of promotion to what is now division two.

It's good news that certain sensible and logical initiatives are now being taken but i am still dismayed by the seeming smoke and mirrors policy towards those who both support and have a life long interest in the club. It is not necessarily about intricate detail but i would genuinely love to know the extent of Joe's involvement and whether we have another investor on-board. In similar vein, who is running the commercial side, is there going to be a supporters club etc etc Is that all too much to ask? It would appear so.

Well said B& G. You have expressed the views of more than a few !

Quote from: A Well Wisher on December 12, 2024, 12:05:55 PM

Quote from: Quinn Upstone on December 10, 2024, 06:09:54 PM
I was at the match and I don't believe that the gate was anywhere near that figure, and neither did the crowd. The chap I sit near to and I regularly try to guess the attendance. We're usually not far off. This time I said 300 and he said 450. A long way off and we just looked at each other and laughed. So did most of the people sitting around us.

But, a genuine question, what would be the purpose of inflating the attendance ?

I was there Saturday and I know what 300 and 450 looks like at the Walks (I was there during the Setch days in the Southern League when crowds got bad) and there was definitely more than 300 and 450. I was guessing around the 650-700 figure. 811 is still an absolutely shocking number for this club. I overheard someone say "This town doesn't deserve a football club". I can certainly sympathise with that statement

Anyway, let's all back the boys on Saturday 

Maybe there are reasons other than apathy for attendances not being what the could and perhaps should be ?