Bobfoc Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 There's a very easy and very crap joke there. I'll show restraint for once. In seriousness, this saddens me, and I have no connection with the club at all. I do think that we're heading closer and closer towards a Football League club ceasing to exist in the near future. If the FA were ever to adopt a system in which Premier League "B" teams could play in the lower divisions, you could probably say goodbye to several clubs quite quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 The EFL are a pile of wank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 24, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Quote A Twitter user who claimed to be an anonymous Championship footballer intending to come out as gay has appeared to reverse his decision after admitting he is “not strong enough to do this”. Having previously declared his intention to hold a press conference on Wednesday where he would reveal his identity after a series of tweets that had detailed his experiences, the user @FootballerGay posted two messages on Tuesday evening before deleting the account which had amassed more than 50,000 followers. “I thought I was stronger. I was wrong,” read the first, quickly followed by a more detailed explanation before the account was deleted. “Call me all the names under the sun, belittle me and ridicule me, a lot will, and I can’t change that, but I’m not strong enough to do this. Just remember that I’ve got feelings, without coming out I can’t convince anybody otherwise, but this isn’t a hoax. I wouldn’t do that.” Former England striker Gary Lineker and Burton Albion forward Marvin Sordell were among those to express publicly their support for the player, who is believed to be under the age of 23 and currently playing at a Championship club. Justin Fashanu remains the only British male player to have publicly come out while playing in the Football League, in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 https://onefootball.com/en/news/notts-county-to-ask-juventus-for-a-favour-116-years-in-the-making-en-26478085?variable=20190725 Quote Notts County to ask Juventus for a favour 116 years in the making Notts are in dire financial straits at the moment with club employees not having been paid since the end of the season. New owners are expected to be announced soon, but in the meantime, Lilian Greenwood MP is set to write to Juventus on the club’s behalf, and ask for help paying for the new jerseys. The Member of Parliament for Nottingham South will write to Juve this week and ask to repay a favour that first began in 1903. At that time, Juve abandoned their previous pink kit and asked their English player, Tom Savage, if he had any friends back home who could help with getting new shirts. He did, at Notts County, who sent a bundle of their black and white stripped shirts to Turin, with the Bianconeri using the colours ever since. The two teams have gone on to share a common bond, and back in 2011 it was Notts who opened Juve’s new Allianz Arena by playing the first ever match there. Ooops, just realised this is the wrong thread Sorry Bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 The rate things are going, having a team to wear the shirts would be nice. It looks very much as though at least administration is on the horizon, and possibly worse. This has been on the cards since the Munto scam, and it wasn't far away in the years before then. Whether it's as a phoenix club in the bottom division or a withering husk elsewhere, Notts will still be my main team. I've mentioned before that I wish Forest well, and I might post in here to talk about them from time to time, but they don't have the emotional pull Notts do for me. While I'm here, I'll give a lot of credit to Neal Ardley and the rest of the Notts staff and players. They haven't been paid for the last couple of months, and have been told that they won't be this month, but they've kept going despite it all. Ardley hasn't blown me away with his tactical nous, but he's shown himself to be a decent person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Speaking of Forest, they're holding a collection before their match against Real Sociedad to raise money for the unpaid Notts County staff members. That's nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 26, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Bury face threat of expulsion from EFL if they cannot pay debts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bobfoc Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Apologies for my repeated use of this thread, but Notts County have finally been taken over by Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz, two Danish brothers who own a statistical website called Football Radar. They're not outstandingly wealthy, but that doesn't matter right now. What matters is that the club is still in existence and that Alan Hardy can now sod off. Again, I know this isn't EFL news, but I had to share it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Hey, I got relegated to the League Three thread and got out of it. There is light at the end of the tunnel! But good news! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLiam Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 Ryan Shawcross broke his leg. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 Arsenal fans actively taking joy out of it on social media are pretty awful, irrespective of the history there. I’ve seen the injury, and it looks awful. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLiam Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 Oh, I would agree. I’m not taking joy from it persé. What goes around, comes around as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szumi Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 That leg break is probably why Ramsey left you guys for a bigger and better club too, I bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Being happy or sarcastically sympathetic for someone when they suffer a horrendous injury like that is really, really poor in my opinion. He doesn't deserve that nor does anyone else in football. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted July 29, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Bury's opening match of the League One season against Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday has been suspended, but Bolton Wanderers' away fixture at Wycombe Wanderers can go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 The most Wigan thing ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 He's no Boiler Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 2, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Looking forward to the new Grimsby mascot being announced as a piece of battered haddock, @Rich @GA! Also - happy new season day everyone! Luton vs. Middlesbrough is on Sky Sports Football tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddar Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Luton v Middlesbrough has been great so far, 2-2 at Half Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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