Comments for Mansfield Town Blog http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog An independent Mansfield Town blog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Next up: Hayes & Yeading by jake speight http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/next-up-hayes-yeading/comment-page-1/#comment-145 jake speight Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:59:58 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=518#comment-145 [...] Ben ... came off to be replaced by Blair Sturrock, Jake Speight was moved onto the right wing. ...Next up: Hayes & Yeading | Mansfield Town BlogA preview into tomorrows game at Church Road. With team news and a look at Hayes and Yeadings season [...] [...] Ben … came off to be replaced by Blair Sturrock, Jake Speight was moved onto the right wing. …Next up: Hayes & Yeading | Mansfield Town BlogA preview into tomorrows game at Church Road. With team news and a look at Hayes and Yeadings season [...]

]]> Comment on Paul Heckingbottom joins Gateshead on loan by Armstrong heads to Forest Green Rovers | Mansfield Town Blog http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/paul-heckingbottom-joins-gateshead-on-loan/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Armstrong heads to Forest Green Rovers | Mansfield Town Blog Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:23:53 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=338#comment-115 [...] in the team again, it looked like Holdsworth was deciding which player to keep. A few days later Paul Heckingbottom joined Gateshead on loan and with no replacement coming in the left back slot looked to be [...] [...] in the team again, it looked like Holdsworth was deciding which player to keep. A few days later Paul Heckingbottom joined Gateshead on loan and with no replacement coming in the left back slot looked to be [...]

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by Nathan Auty http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Nathan Auty Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:12:36 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-109 It's a case of 'save' the current club and spend years tumbling down the leagues trying to pay off CRIPPLING, and might I add possibly hidden surprises debts, or start again possibly one division lower than the current club will end up very soon, debt-free, and with strong links to the local community, by the fans, for the fans. The AFC Telford United blueprint benchmark. We know it'll be a hard slog, but we're prepared. It’s a case of ’save’ the current club and spend years tumbling down the leagues trying to pay off CRIPPLING, and might I add possibly hidden surprises debts, or start again possibly one division lower than the current club will end up very soon, debt-free, and with strong links to the local community, by the fans, for the fans. The AFC Telford United blueprint benchmark.

We know it’ll be a hard slog, but we’re prepared.

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by West Country Stag http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-107 West Country Stag Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:06:26 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-107 Our club , Mansfield Town are a caring club that if possible they will do their best to help out in any way possible .. If thats seen by the fans of Chester as negativity , then ok , roll over & let your club die .... we took years in getting rid of the cancer in our club & was bought out by 4 genuine Stags fans ( who run their own businesses ) there's got to be somebody out there with genuine feelings for the club. If you get expelled from the league , you will spend years in the wilderness ( lets see how loyal your fans are then . RANT OVER ..... GOOD LUCK ( you are going to need it ) Our club , Mansfield Town are a caring club that if possible they will do their best to help out in any way possible ..
If thats seen by the fans of Chester as negativity , then ok , roll over & let your club die …. we took years in getting rid of the cancer in our club & was bought out by 4 genuine Stags fans ( who run their own businesses ) there’s got to be somebody out there with genuine feelings for the club.
If you get expelled from the league , you will spend years in the wilderness ( lets see how loyal your fans are then .
RANT OVER ….. GOOD LUCK ( you are going to need it )

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by RRRR http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-105 RRRR Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:49:19 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-105 ...also, in one of the few matches we were WINNING this season (against the 4th from bottom team we had to catch), a supporters pitch invasion 10 minutes from the end caused it to be ABANDONED (jokingly actually, there were only a dozen or so on the pitch, a number the - unpaid it seems - police could've ejected, surely) Ask yourselves though, HOW desperate a situation does it have to be for hardcore lifelong supporters of a lowly team (just down the road from Liverpool and Manchester) to take such measures? VERY VERY VERY DESPERATE is the answer. So please, given that every team we play (with 8 or so youth team players off the local park) will trounce us anyway, what's the benefit from keeping us in an agonising living death? We ARE the case for football euthenasia. OK, Luton and Wimbledon will benefit, but that's about it where it counts, up top …also, in one of the few matches we were WINNING this season (against the 4th from bottom team we had to catch), a supporters pitch invasion 10 minutes from the end caused it to be ABANDONED (jokingly actually, there were only a dozen or so on the pitch, a number the – unpaid it seems – police could’ve ejected, surely)
Ask yourselves though, HOW desperate a situation does it have to be for hardcore lifelong supporters of a lowly team (just down the road from Liverpool and Manchester) to take such measures? VERY VERY VERY DESPERATE is the answer.
So please, given that every team we play (with 8 or so youth team players off the local park) will trounce us anyway, what’s the benefit from keeping us in an agonising living death? We ARE the case for football euthenasia. OK, Luton and Wimbledon will benefit, but that’s about it where it counts, up top

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by RRRR http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-104 RRRR Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:36:04 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-104 Surely there cannot be anyone involved in the Conference who would vote to keep Chester alive in its present form, or under this ownership. But that the Mansfield owner should make his statement to the contrary is all that's wrong with football at every level - secretely ALL supporters rejoice in the demise of a rival, proportionally few actually genuinely wish others well. And to to truthful, I don't have huge sympathy for the likes of Portsmouth, Leeds, West Ham etc (as club owners, I don't mean the supporters) for overspending hugely in order to get the edge on rivals, thus securing success (and ongoing Prem riches) at other rival teams expense. But PLEASE consider this about the Chester City situation - virtually ALL of its own supporters are pleading with the authorities and rivals for them to help kill the current club off - and are OFFICIALLY boycotting all home games (season ticket holders only turning up) - how often does THAT occur? We've had a seriously 'fishy' situation going on with ownership of the club, owners who (again) claim vast debts are owing, mostly tio them (since an August clean start, over £700,000? yet these owners appear to have paid few, if any, bills during this time, so how does that math work out?). Part of why we ended up with a killer 25pt (rather than 10pt) administration deduction this season was because the government agencies didn't believe the previous debt that the same owners said we had (£4 million to them, plus £290,000 to other creditos) was proven - and yet the very same people were allowed to buy the club back? The same family were in charge of Barrow during a previous demise. There's clearly far more beneath the surface, but no one of any enforcement power seems interested... in little clubs. Surely there cannot be anyone involved in the Conference who would vote to keep Chester alive in its present form, or under this ownership. But that the Mansfield owner should make his statement to the contrary is all that’s wrong with football at every level – secretely ALL supporters rejoice in the demise of a rival, proportionally few actually genuinely wish others well. And to to truthful, I don’t have huge sympathy for the likes of Portsmouth, Leeds, West Ham etc (as club owners, I don’t mean the supporters) for overspending hugely in order to get the edge on rivals, thus securing success (and ongoing Prem riches) at other rival teams expense. But PLEASE consider this about the Chester City situation – virtually ALL of its own supporters are pleading with the authorities and rivals for them to help kill the current club off – and are OFFICIALLY boycotting all home games (season ticket holders only turning up) – how often does THAT occur?
We’ve had a seriously ‘fishy’ situation going on with ownership of the club, owners who (again) claim vast debts are owing, mostly tio them (since an August clean start, over £700,000? yet these owners appear to have paid few, if any, bills during this time, so how does that math work out?).
Part of why we ended up with a killer 25pt (rather than 10pt) administration deduction this season was because the government agencies didn’t believe the previous debt that the same owners said we had (£4 million to them, plus £290,000 to other creditos) was proven – and yet the very same people were allowed to buy the club back? The same family were in charge of Barrow during a previous demise. There’s clearly far more beneath the surface, but no one of any enforcement power seems interested… in little clubs.

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by Ean chester fan http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Ean chester fan Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:13:34 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-103 the owner of chester has run up depts totaling£ 700,000 and thats only from when we went into addmin and the company changed into his son owning it that was aug09 now the players have not been payed for about 3 months the rent on the ground to the council has not been paid club staff have not been paid the coach compy haven't been paid and the police and the likes of you chairman wish to keep us in the bsp why??? we can not forfill our match's we have i think 8 players and to get the man out we the fans are boycotting ,now you must know how much that hurts the fans.. we also have hmrc after us on 10th march so we may be liquidated vote to kick us out and we the fans will form a club to be proud of owned and run by the fans like afc telford so tell your friends to get this message out there the owner of chester has run up depts totaling£ 700,000 and thats only from when we went into addmin and the company changed into his son owning it that was aug09

now the players have not been payed for about 3 months
the rent on the ground to the council has not been paid
club staff have not been paid
the coach compy haven’t been paid
and the police

and the likes of you chairman wish to keep us in the bsp why???

we can not forfill our match’s
we have i think 8 players
and to get the man out we the fans are boycotting ,now you must know how much that hurts the fans..
we also have hmrc after us on 10th march so we may be liquidated

vote to kick us out and we the fans will form a club to be proud of owned and run by the fans like afc telford

so tell your friends to get this message out there

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by Nath Auty http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Nath Auty Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:09:40 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-102 Perhaps if you read up on our sitauation your opinion may be changed. Whatever matches we play from now on (and that's a big IF...) will result in three points for the opposition anyway, so why try to safeguard the points you've gained against us when it will prove fruitless in the long run? The Conference will be made to look ridiculous now. Why they put it a vote, I'll never know. Perhaps if you read up on our sitauation your opinion may be changed.

Whatever matches we play from now on (and that’s a big IF…) will result in three points for the opposition anyway, so why try to safeguard the points you’ve gained against us when it will prove fruitless in the long run?

The Conference will be made to look ridiculous now. Why they put it a vote, I’ll never know.

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by m1cksut http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-101 m1cksut Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:04:41 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-101 ungrateful gits. if you had turned out to suport your club you wouldnt be in quite such a mess. and we speak from a position of knowledge, we had our own robber baron in charge for 15 years. ungrateful gits.
if you had turned out to suport your club you wouldnt be in quite such a mess.
and we speak from a position of knowledge, we had our own robber baron in charge
for 15 years.

]]> Comment on Mansfield Town vote to keep Chester in the BSP by MPW http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/2010/02/mansfield-town-vote-to-keep-chester-in-the-bsp/comment-page-1/#comment-100 MPW Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:53:37 +0000 http://www.alwaysamber.co.uk/blog/?p=475#comment-100 Chester City FC is already dead, the club will not be able to finish the season. The fans know it, the Conference know it. So why make it more difficult for yourselves dragging it out even longer. I would have thought your board would have been more sympathetic, considering the situation your were in not so long ago. Chester City FC is already dead, the club will not be able to finish the season. The fans know it, the Conference know it. So why make it more difficult for yourselves dragging it out even longer. I would have thought your board would have been more sympathetic, considering the situation your were in not so long ago.

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