https://gtfc.co.uk/brief-update-from-the-board-michael-chapman/
Cant believe that nobody has posted a tribute to this stalwart after 19 years of unselfish and devoted service to gtfc
I'm not quite sure how the club and team will cope with his departure


One or 2 unkind voices have opined its 18.5 years too late, but I'm sure this will become a very long thread as posters pay tribute and list the achievements at the club for which he is responsible

Who?  ;)

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

Who?  ;)

You're obviously not a true fan😉

He had a couple of good horses , Ei Ei and Cromwell back in the day. I will be forever grateful to him for those quadrupeds.

How will the club survive without these irrelevant dinosaurs…

Quoted from male private Nale

He had a couple of good horses , Ei Ei and Cromwell back in the day. I will be forever grateful to him for those quadrupeds.

Cromwell, some Market Rasen memories there

Extensive "obituary" there in that statement 🤣.

Probably his best horse was Non Vintage who finished 4th in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival back in the day.but typical of MC he over raced it(just like all his horses)

Quoted from marinernige

Probably his best horse was Non Vintage who finished 4th in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival back in the day.but typical of MC he over raced it(just like all his horses)

To say some of his horses recently has raced is pushing it I think.

Watched a couple of races with his horses in and they have basically just ambled along and get pulled up before they have even completed one circuit!

Kind of says it all when all people reply with are about his horses.

👋

Does he still have that pond?

Quoted from Davec

To say some of his horses recently has raced is pushing it I think.

Watched a couple of races with his horses in and they have basically just ambled along and get pulled up before they have even completed one circuit!

Agree with that, even his runner today "Fast Deal" was beaten at Market Rasen today by 32 length, price 100/1, managed 5th place with a £350 place money.

I would say this will be gratefully received to cover stable costs.

To say he is a " racehorse trainer" with his record since the start of the 2018 season being 83 runners with only one winner and that being in 2018
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He's described by Aldi_01 as being one of the "irrelevant dinosaurs" very true words in both his questionable professions.

Wow. GTFC really put some effort into that incredibly long and detailed story didnt they?

I heard a while back that he loaned the club £50k years ago and that's why he stayed on the board because if he left, he wasn't entitled to it back in a hurry due to the rules that the club changed having got burned by Ramsden I think it was.

Looks like that got paid when 1878 rolled in as the Directors loans were £1,550,000 in 2020, nil in 2021 with £1,500,000 being owed to Fenty.

Either way, I don't actually know what he did or brought to the table.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I heard a while back that he loaned the club £50k years ago and that's why he stayed on the board because if he left, he wasn't entitled to it back in a hurry due to the rules that the club changed having got burned by Ramsden I think it was.

Looks like that got paid when 1878 rolled in as the Directors loans were £1,550,000 in 2020, nil in 2021 with £1,500,000 being owed to Fenty.

Either way, I don't actually know what he did or brought to the table.

A ‘yes’ for Fenty…nothing more…

I worked with someone who had a horse with him.

It ran once only, in a 3 mile race, and was pulled up after a mile. Kind of sums up his impact at GTFC.

Wasn’t it him that killed John Lennon ?

Quoted from grimps

Wasn’t it him that killed John Lennon ?

You’re thinking of the Chapman that actually did something…

Quoted from aldi_01

You’re thinking of the Chapman that actually did something…

19 years as a director of the club; something many of us would love to do and all he gets is 2 short sentences announcing his departure. Almost 24 hours later, nobody has actually offered any input as to what he offered. Sums up why we've been so poor for so long to be honest.

Quoted from aldi_01

A ‘yes’ for Fenty…nothing more…

I think you'll find he was anything but a yes man.

Quoted from pen penfras

I think you'll find he was anything but a yes man.

Contributed less than that? Jeez…and we wonder why the club has been on life support…

Quoted from pen penfras

I think you'll find he was anything but a yes man.

With your superior inside knowledge pen, perhaps you could illuminate us as what he did actually do in those 19 years? Coz 3 pages in we still haven't heard anything positive


Ps the invisible mr chapman obviously has 2 friends on here, given that most critical posts have got 2 red crosses!

Quoted from forza ivano

With your superior inside knowledge pen, perhaps you could illuminate us as what he did actually do in those 19 years? Coz 3 pages in we still haven't heard anything positive


Ps the invisible mr chapman obviously has 2 friends on here, given that most critical posts have got 2 red crosses!

I don't know what he did, but I do know that he had his own opinion and it often wasn't in line with Fenty. Don't think he turned up to many board meetings in the later years, so he probably had little influence on anything for a while.

Quoted from forza ivano

With your superior inside knowledge pen, perhaps you could illuminate us as what he did actually do in those 19 years? Coz 3 pages in we still haven't heard anything positive


Ps the invisible mr chapman obviously has 2 friends on here, given that most critical posts have got 2 red crosses!

Seems to me that Mr/Mrs Penfras has to be very careful not to incriminate themselves with their replies!  ;D

Quoted from pen penfras

I don't know what he did, but I do know that he had his own opinion and it often wasn't in line with Fenty. Don't think he turned up to many board meetings in the later years, so he probably had little influence on anything for a while.

So literally served zero purpose…challenged Fenty so much he didn’t turn up. Not come out, publicly and resign highlighting what many of us knew but instead, sat on the board and did nothing…

as someone else said i think the brevity of the announcement, after 19 years on the Board, speaks volumes

non-runner, move on

Quoted from GrimRob

non-runner, move on

Winner…… something he avoided like board meetings evidently.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I heard a while back that he loaned the club £50k years ago and that's why he stayed on the board because if he left, he wasn't entitled to it back in a hurry due to the rules that the club changed having got burned by Ramsden I think it was.

Looks like that got paid when 1878 rolled in as the Directors loans were £1,550,000 in 2020, nil in 2021 with £1,500,000 being owed to Fenty.

Either way, I don't actually know what he did or brought to the table.

Interesting that not one of those knowledgeable posters have commented or corrected this.

In the last couple of decades, most board members have been visible in some way, even if for a dispute with our former principal funder, or an infamous incident at a fans forum, or for winning money, investing  and ending up at Alfreton.   But this guy, wow, I have no idea who he is. I mean I heard he is involved in horses but to my knowledge I've never met him.  No proper explanation as to why he was involved.

I would have rather have had 19 fans on the board for a year each instead than him for 19 years.

If it say getyourfactsright three times does he emerge and explain all?

There was another sentence on the original report.

Michael will be sadly missed by all board members as he made a lovely cup of tea when he did attend.

What happened to that other idiot we had here, elsom or something

We are on the fourth page now and the closest we've got to establishing what he offered was that he often disagreed with Fenty but never turned up to put those views across.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

We are on the fourth page now and the closest we've got to establishing what he offered was that he often disagreed with Fenty but never turned up to put those views across.

Which basically means he offered nothing. Any sane town fan disagreed with Fenty but we probably visited blundell park more times than Chapman.

I know nothing about him and don’t wish to post negatively about him until I do. What a pity Fenty has selective posting, it would be nice to get the inside knowledge on him.

Quoted from realist

I know nothing about him and don’t wish to post negatively about him until I do. What a pity Fenty has selective posting, it would be nice to get the inside knowledge on him.

I would agree with that if he was a new director,  let's wait to find out about him etc.

The guy spent 19 (nineteen) years as a director, and as far as we know(let's face it hard core mariners fans,  some like myself have dedicated hours of volunteering to the trust or the club or fanzines and certainly forums) he did little or nothing.

it's telling no one has anything good to say, but I found something, his longevity as a director gives us an example of what not to allow happen ever again to our club and its board!

Quoted from pen penfras

I think you'll find he was anything but a yes man.

How do you know what went on in the boardroom?

Quoted from grimsby pete

There was another sentence on the original report.

Michael will be sadly missed by all board members as he made a lovely cup of tea when he did attend.

😆

The late Swin would have said, he was surplus to requirements after the Trust got a place on the board. 😉

[not my view before anyone gets upset]