Chuck a trade tickets

So if you have a crowd of 500 and you need 4,000 to break even the EFL will compensate you for that loss?

I was once wisely advised to do a + and - comparison when faced with a major decision. ( pros and cons etc.)
Now apply this to fenty and that scummy competition being discussed.
Jf , to state the blindingly obvious isn't terribly popular, and supporting the Checkatrade ain't exactly helping.
So  imagine a scenario where he accepted the fans argument and said right, I understand 'my constituents' concerns and I will vote against the present format. In the meantime, whilst I can't condone the boycott, could I please ask fans to buy £10 of gtfc merchandise even if they don't attend a game.
I don't see too many minuses in that scenario and 1 helluva lot of plusses

Quoted from Helgy

So if you have a crowd of 500 and you need 4,000 to break even the EFL will compensate you for that loss?

Imagine it’s slightly more technical than that and will relate to your operating costs (i.e. stadium costs, staffing, etc) when hosting games, but yes. Won’t be a case of the EFL finding Akinde’s weekly £4K and pen bonus as that’s not a cost directly related to the competition.

There was a big hoohah about it because the EFL had kept this a secret between themselves and the clubs until one of our directors blurted it out at the fans’ forum last year to save his bottom.

After that hit the press, the EFL sneakily updated their rules and regs on their website to reflect what they had never acknowledged before.

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If the costs of hosting the game / any loses are covered they why should I be bothered about giving my money to the club for this match. The EFL can cover the loss of my non attendance. I'll be having an extra 5 tickets in the half time bonanza draw the following match instead.

If the club had voted against this, and still fulfilled their fixtures, they would have got more sympathy and probably more fans though the gate. I can see why lower league clubs accept the money on offer, as it must be a daily grind keeping a small club afloat, but they must realise that this is how people with serious dosh get their way, by slowly chipping away at the edges. The unacceptable eventually becomes acceptable, and then they will up the ante at some point. Lower league clubs are vulnerable and say they will never vote for the inclusion of 'B' teams on a more permanent basis, but there will be an amount of money that would eventually start to change their minds. The big clubs have that money and more.

Quoted from ginnywings

Lower league clubs are vulnerable and say they will never vote for the inclusion of 'B' teams on a more permanent basis, but there will be an amount of money that would eventually start to change their minds. The big clubs have that money and more.

Like that old story about Winston Churchill/GB Shaw (it's always one or the other) at a dinner party.

WSC/GBS to attractive woman: My dear will you sleep with me for a million pounds?
Woman: Erm, why yes Mr Chruchill/Shaw
WSC/GBS: Would you sleep with me for a shilling?
Woman: Certainly not! What kind of a woman do you take me for?
WSC/GBS: We established what kind of woman you are with my first question. Now we're just haggling over the price.

Its the thin end of the wedge ...
GTFC didnt consult with the trust and sneaked the YES vote in..
Shaun Harvey LIED to the clubs and changed the format after the vote
Its not even Under 23's ...FFS there were 30-40 yr old reserve players playing
For the benefit of developing the next wave of English talent ...again high numbers of foreign players in those squads
We havnt won a fking game in the competition yet
The anti competition view is BULLYING
A good chunk of Premiership teams (who this format was supposed to be for) dont even enter a team anyway

Oh whats that ? Its only £5 .... well in that case ....







FCK OFF !! I have a long memory and some principals.

Here's a challenge then; can we get more fans at Clee Town's FA Cup replay on the same night?

The thing that makes me laugh about all the boycott crap about the Checkatrade Trophy that over the last few years theyve changed the format a few times over the years why haven't ppl spat their dummies out before now!!!
Just to finish I'll be there home and away watching Town play in whatever competition it is!!

Regarding the argument that League clubs would have to vote in favour of including 'B' teams to enable it, well, they had to vote in favour of the Elite Player Performance Plan as well. They did so because otherwise, they would lose all support for their academies. Simple blackmail on the part of the Premiershite clubs and the League clubs capitulated.

Now, if Town's academy unearths a future world-beater, one of the big academies will swoop in to nick him for pennies. A maximum of 20-odd thousand I seem to recall?

The Premiershite care about nothing but the bottom line - their ideal would be a Premiership 1 and 2 comprising the biggest clubs (i.e. those with the most revenue potential) with no promotion/relegation into these teams and screw the rest of us. In fact, it is the prospect of a PL2 which means that the League rolls over and tickles and shows its belly to give them everything they ask for. The League can survive with the Championship under their purview. If the biggest Championship join a PL body, we'll all be at non-league level before long.