Dorchester Manager Phil Simkin May Have To Play For His Side - At The Age Of 60!

[Zippy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24366757

 

Madness indeed!  

 

I had thought that Dorchester Town had built themselves a good platform,once they became a community-owned club, but it appears that they have the same sort of problems as when Eddie Mitchell was in charge of them.

 

How did it all go wrong for them?  

 

Rumours are that Bath City might take demotion back down to the Southern League as well, due to a lack of money.  The Chairwoman there, Manda Rigby, blames the ground for the losses but I am not sure that alone constitutes a good reason as to the lack of money there.

 

 

[missunderstood]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24366757

 

Madness indeed!  

 

I had thought that Dorchester Town had built themselves a good platform,once they became a community-owned club, but it appears that they have the same sort of problems as when Eddie Mitchell was in charge of them.

 

How did it all go wrong for them?  

 

Rumours are that Bath City might take demotion back down to the Southern League as well, due to a lack of money.  The Chairwoman there, Manda Rigby, blames the ground for the losses but I am not sure that alone constitutes a good reason as to the lack of money there.

If they was so desperate for players they could always sign some half decent local youngsters. Nice bit of publicity for the club though.

[Zippy]

I think the problem is that they can't sign players - well not until they have shipped some of their current players and taken care of their debts.

 

Plus, there is no guarantee that any new players would play for less than the Conference standard wage (£200 upwards).  One of the UKFF lads (David Pitt) demanded £170 to play for Havant & Waterlooville last season!

[Eastside Urchin]

It's annoying as a club relegated last season when so many of these clubs clearly had problems back then.

They should of cut their cloth in the summer,same as farnborough and bath.

Ok I may have rose tinted specs on but clubs should realise when they simply are running into bad times and take steps then to keep the club afloat.

Saying that, they are a nice bunch down there,very down to earth people and I wish them well but this latest idea is a publicity stunt , if you are short of players then blood some local youngsters

[missunderstood]

It's annoying as a club relegated last season when so many of these clubs clearly had problems back then.

They should of cut their cloth in the summer,same as farnborough and bath.

Ok I may have rose tinted specs on but clubs should realise when they simply are running into bad times and take steps then to keep the club afloat.

Saying that, they are a nice bunch down there,very down to earth people and I wish them well but this latest idea is a publicity stunt , if you are short of players then blood some local youngsters

I think the problem is that most clubs, including my own, live in hope that a moneyman will come in and give the club shed loads of cash. It rarely happens, and when it does it all to often ends in tears.

[Zippy]

The problem is without a money man/woman, who will fund the club?

 

Until all clubs can legally be registered as charitable status (think about it - charities offer a service... NSPCC offers to help children at risk of abuse, Crimestoppers offers to help assist the police... a football club offers the service of helping to train footballers and enable them to play regularly) then I suspect you will always have a club in crisis.

 

I am all for greater community involvement, but the problem is getting people down to the grounds in the first place.  Most people would only go and watch a local team if they drew Manchester United in the FA Cup!

 

To quote Rowan Atkinson... 'Where were you b*stards last week?!'

[Big J R]

Oh, these years of austerity !!!!

[missunderstood]

The problem is without a money man/woman, who will fund the club?

 

Until all clubs can legally be registered as charitable status (think about it - charities offer a service... NSPCC offers to help children at risk of abuse, Crimestoppers offers to help assist the police... a football club offers the service of helping to train footballers and enable them to play regularly) then I suspect you will always have a club in crisis.

 

I am all for greater community involvement, but the problem is getting people down to the grounds in the first place.  Most people would only go and watch a local team if they drew Manchester United in the FA Cup!

 

To quote Rowan Atkinson... 'Where were you b*stards last week?!'

The clubs should fund themselves using all the ingenuity at their disposal. Most businesses put something back into the community by employing people, and no-one in their right mind thinks they should be given charitable status, so why should football clubs be afforded that luxury.

[Big J R]

I can't understand why some half-decent players expect so much money to play in non-league.

 

Surely they should want to play for love of the game ?