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moosey_club
April 23, 2021, 8:55pm
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Hundreds of thousands were written off if I remember correctly. When Fenty finally accepted Great Coates was never going to happen years too late. I’ll try to dig out the details when I can be arsed. They weren’t hidden in the accounts. They were in plain sight.


In my head ,  squirrelled away, unfortunately for me
... ....I am sure I can recall JF saying £1m ....almost sure he said "of his own money" .
Could be wrong though.
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£800k was the figure I had in my head.


Through the door there came familiar laughter,
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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Actually it was £573,796 in the 2007 accounts.

Not a million or even 800k, but a tidy sum nonetheless. Spent on achieving nothing.


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Actually it was £573,796 in the 2007 accounts.

Not a million or even 800k, but a tidy sum nonetheless. Spent on achieving nothing.


Selling false hope to everyone who dared to dream that we'd have a new ground and a bright(er) future

Like donkeys following carrots we never even came close  
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We don’t my know what pursuing Peaks Parkway cost us. Apart from time and a distraction of effort by the leadership.

I don’t think the PP scheme was ever viable. You could never build enough houses, and the stadium on there, let alone any other commercial enabling development to fund the stadium enough to make it affordable. Which is why those skateboarders tried to find other sites which could be built on. A friendly surveyor could have worked that one out pretty quickly.

I don’t believe they’ve ever put any figures on the other revenue streams Fenty kept saying we’re missing out on.


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Selling false hope to everyone who dared to dream that we'd have a new ground and a bright(er) future

Like donkeys following carrots we never even came close  


Not everyone believed what they were being spun , plenty realised the principal funder didn’t have the wealth or contacts to make the new stadium happen.
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Many of us didn’t believe a word that ever came out of Fenty’s mouth but sadly, too many did and bizarrely some still do...


'the poor and the needy are selfish and greedy'...well done Mozza
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Not everyone believed what they were being spun , plenty realised the principal funder didn’t have the wealth or contacts to make the new stadium happen.


But plenty did believe St John and shot down anyone who had the temerity to criticise him.


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But plenty did believe St John and shot down anyone who had the temerity to criticise him.


I think a lot of people just love the club that much the fear of losing it was to much and therefore were happy to take in what was being fed to them.
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In my head ,  squirrelled away, unfortunately for me
... ....I am sure I can recall JF saying £1m ....almost sure he said "of his own money" .
Could be wrong though.
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Is that part of his 'own money' he's getting back or some other 'own money' he put into the club. 🤔

The clubs a shambles ain't it, I wonder if a league table was published this season based on fan donations to the club would we be top of the league yet still placed 24th?

Anyone know
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