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by MellowYellow
21 Feb 2024, 22:21
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH
Replies: 98
Views: 18554

Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH

CornishGull wrote: 21 Feb 2024, 19:46 More likely he's after Clark Osborne's job. Spencer Day is a property developer whose only previous experience of football management was at Chertsey Town, a club he actually owned. At Farnborough he has loaned the club £1 million.
Spencer Day was once known as Spencer Trethewy, the 19 year old yuppie who joined the board of the original Aldershot FC with a fraudulently obtained £200,000 loan. He eventually did jail time for fraud.
If that's the case maybe Clarke Osbourne is planning to be our next manager. :O
by MellowYellow
21 Feb 2024, 12:00
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH
Replies: 98
Views: 18554

Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH

Some quotes from Farnborough manager Spencer Day in post match interview:

Torquay: "a fabulous club"; "a very big, big, club"; "big time, pro-time club"; "Torquay have got some fabulous players", "a really good side", "they have got so much quality"; "a really, really strong side".

Always good to have someone taking a look from the outside in.
by MellowYellow
20 Feb 2024, 22:10
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH
Replies: 98
Views: 18554

Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH

tufcyellowarmy wrote: 20 Feb 2024, 21:50 On a serious note. The commentator on the livestream was in my opinion excellent tonight. Very fair and unbiased. Well done sir !!
I thought he was auditioning to host a quiz show.

As for the game, we were tight and compact but there was no creativity. Given the team was chosen from the best squad we can muster it appears evident that mid-table is the most we can expect this season.
by MellowYellow
18 Feb 2024, 19:36
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH
Replies: 98
Views: 18554

Farnborough v Torquay United Tue 20TH

I think the play-off's is now a lost cause. Nonetheless, surely a full-time outfit must have learnt something from 5 egregious losses in a row in a tin-pot league.

Farnborough 1 - 3 TUFC
by MellowYellow
18 Feb 2024, 17:30
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024
Replies: 156
Views: 24843

Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024

Brewers boy wrote: 18 Feb 2024, 16:10 Full time / Part time?
Do you pay players more for their skill or because they can train more often?
This could have a thread of its own. There should be massive difference in mentality (although not it appears at Torquay). When you’re a full-time footballer it’s your livelihood, it’s your living, the mortgage and bills have to be paid. At a part-time level it’s a wee bit extra money ( a second income) at the end of the month on top of their job and a love for the game. Train Tue/Thurs ready for Sat's game - it's almost a hobby. This difference is why Yeovil are running away with the League and why we are currently a disgrace to football.
by MellowYellow
18 Feb 2024, 14:22
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: #OneClub #OneProtest
Replies: 34
Views: 4590

#OneClub #OneProtest

Start with delivering 11 bags of manure to the training ground to let the players know what the fans think of their performance. Should cause a stink!
by MellowYellow
18 Feb 2024, 00:02
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Bottom of the form table
Replies: 15
Views: 2529

Bottom of the form table

Bristol_Gull wrote: 17 Feb 2024, 21:57 There is definitely something strange going on, as I’m sure Clarke Osborne wouldn’t tolerate the same level of under performance in his other businesses,
100% correct. So why is Osbourne convinced he's onto a winner. It is evident that football side of the business is not his key financial driver.
by MellowYellow
17 Feb 2024, 23:35
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Bottom of the form table
Replies: 15
Views: 2529

Bottom of the form table

hector wrote: 17 Feb 2024, 19:52 Actually in 12th position.
Correct a community club fully owned by its supporters sit above us.

https://www.tonbridgeangels.co.uk/news/ ... t%20£25.00.
by MellowYellow
17 Feb 2024, 18:04
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024
Replies: 156
Views: 24843

Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024

WestLondonYellow wrote: 17 Feb 2024, 17:53 I thought initially what you were getting at was that because Worthing won being a man down, we shouldn’t be too up in arms about losing to Braintree and having a man advantage.
Bristol Gull nailed it "Shows the void in quality for supposed promotion contenders". I would add there appears no promotion hunger in this team
by MellowYellow
17 Feb 2024, 17:24
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024
Replies: 156
Views: 24843

Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024

WestLondonYellow wrote: 17 Feb 2024, 17:17 And this is relevant how exactly?
As relevant as Ryan Hanson being not good enough to play for us but good enough to play for a club above us in this tin-pot league.
by MellowYellow
17 Feb 2024, 17:14
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024
Replies: 156
Views: 24843

Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024

Worthing had two players sent off and still managed to win 4-1 away to Weymouth
by MellowYellow
14 Feb 2024, 20:33
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: **23rd March v Hampton & Richmond** - Big Protest Day
Replies: 66
Views: 6740

**23rd March v Hampton & Richmond** - Big Protest Day

Admiral wrote: 14 Feb 2024, 20:15 https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/20 ... -been-sold

“A previous takeover deal fell through in July after Gaming International failed to agree a deal with Torquay to buy the freehold of their ground Plainmoor”.

Says all you need to know…
And for good reason. The basic rule of law is that you cannot sell what you do not own.
by MellowYellow
14 Feb 2024, 20:10
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: **23rd March v Hampton & Richmond** - Big Protest Day
Replies: 66
Views: 6740

**23rd March v Hampton & Richmond** - Big Protest Day

Forest gull wrote: 14 Feb 2024, 18:50 Regarding a phoenix type club, how much did it cost FC United of Manchester to set up etc? Anyone know?
The provisional development for building a stadium and community facility was £3.5 million

See link for how they proposed to raise the capital:

https://fc-utd.co.uk/files/documents/FC ... %20Doc.pdf


Edit: It appears to meet spiralling costs of the new stadium additional loans were taken out and total cost of completion was £6.3 million nearly double what was envisaged.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... 0k-8188428
by MellowYellow
14 Feb 2024, 19:48
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: **23rd March v Hampton & Richmond** - Big Protest Day
Replies: 66
Views: 6740

**23rd March v Hampton & Richmond** - Big Protest Day

WestLondonYellow wrote: 14 Feb 2024, 17:22 He is a very cunning, cold and astute operator, and this is like a game of chess, we are trying to catch up and cannot see the whole board, while he is 20 moves ahead of us.
Characteristics that are typical of most successful entrepreneurs who have navigated their way to the top.

I get the drift that our owner acquired the club for reasons that may not be appropriate but the root cause of our demise started with a consortium of 10 business men who were not prepared to put their own money into the money drain and put their shares in the club up as collateral to borrow £150,000 from Uncle Clarke, then relinquished control to avoid going into administration. So in effect Uncle Clarke rescued the club from the brink of extinction albeit for financial reasons. At least Uncle Clarke has given a ‘cast iron guarantee’ that the club won’t leave Plainmoor unless there is a ready-to-go new stadium to move into. It will be for the Council to hold him to that guarantee should events move forward namely, build it first and leave the freehold under the protection of the council.

Aside from the usual retort 'he has not built one yet' one can also ask the question where were all the Phoenix club advocates 7 years ago when they could have taken over the club for less than the price of a starter home.

The challenges of maintaining our club ought to be looked at from all angles. While many may see a situation from one angle, others will see it from another. Somewhere in there will be a middle ground where everyone's opinions are respected. On that note, I will concede that Uncle Clarke has achieved the impossible feat of uniting an entire fanbase behind one opinion: hating him.
by MellowYellow
14 Feb 2024, 18:18
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024
Replies: 156
Views: 24843

Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024

Form guide (last 6) shows Braintree 4th and Torquay 22nd. I am going with underdogs with a record that could be misleading.

Braintree 0 - 2 TUFC

Ever the optimist.