Pilgrims' Patter
The Forum => The B-Ark => Topic started by: Patrick on February 11, 2010, 06:20:12 PM
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Jim Rodwell is the new Chief Executive of Notts County. He's been the spokesman for the takeover today, which is being led by former Lincoln City Chairman and Lincolnshire-based businessman Ray Trew. Could we see Sven Goran Eriksson leaving and good old Stevie Evans on his way in? Had to laugh about the due dilligence bit.
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:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
WTF!!!!
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Those poor Notts County fans, first they had all the problems with the takeover at the start of the season and now the possibility of Rob-well taking over and maybe giving the keys to safe to McFraud!! One of the County fans must REALLY have upset someone! :(
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I thought nobwell had slunk back under the rock from which he crawled.
A 100% total w@nker!
Sorry County you are on the way to oblivion
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....I had a wheel barrow, the wheel fell off. :-\
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I thought nobwell had slunk back under the rock from which he crawled.
A 100% total w@nker!
Sorry County you are on the way to oblivion
A bleak day for football, thats for sure.
And a bleaker one for Notts County.
What about the 'Fit & Proper' persons test?
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Unfortunately for County they are doomed with Robwell any where near the club. :-X
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What about the 'Fit & Proper' persons test?
That'll be an interesting one as the fuddy dudds at TheFA.com won't have forgotten how Robwell bent both us and them over and took us for a ride.
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....I had a wheel barrow, the wheel fell off. :-\
Did Robwell & Evans nick the bolts?
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What about the 'Fit & Proper' persons test?
That'll be an interesting one as the fuddy dudds at TheFA.com won't have forgotten how Robwell bent both us and them over and took us for a ride.
As he aint a direct owner i think he gets to wriggle out of it.
How ever if he does get collered and fails it. it wont be his foult it be the foult of other clubs mismanegment over the last ten years. WHAT A T**T.
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Good luck County fans-i've got a feeling you'll need it.......... :o
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About time Steve Evans returned to manage a football league club! New manager appointment soon :)
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Another bad for football!How could the FA allow this to happen?
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Just listened to Jims interveiw on radio Nottingham, now.........,where have I heard that before ???
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Earlier this evening I was tuned into Matchtalk the BBC Radio Nottingham football show. As it was discussing the latest in the Notts County saga it was unfortunate that I had just taken a swig of tea as it announced the new Chief Exe as Jamie Rodwell. Luckily I was stood over the sink so the resultant spray effect didn't do too much damage. Jamie went on to talk about sustainability, he'd previously been involved in football (Didn't mention too many details about his time at Boston :D). Last I heard he was selling air conditioning units in France! Now he's the Chief Executive of Notts County! It's a funny old game,Saint. Still he did finish third in Britain's Brainiest Footballers so he's got more knowledge about football than the last clown running Notts, Peter Trembling .
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I'm still in a state of shock that he has somehow managed to talk his way back into football. Surely someone in the Notts County takeover team was involved in football at the time our pathetic gravy train rolled into Meadow lane with our big time charlie players and incompetant backroom staff?
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He was selling large tellys for executive boxes aswell!
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Wonder if sotnick is ready to surface again
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"one of the first things to take care of with is HMRC". fook me.
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"one of the first things to take care of with is HMRC". fook me.
I bet they cant wait to see him again >:(
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Sad day 4 football when Robwell can walk back into league 2 when the whole league knows what a T**T he is... >:(
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Sad day 4 football when Robwell can walk back into league 2 when the whole league knows what a T**T he is... >:(
It appears on the face of it that the Notts Fans didn't infact know what a complete clown he was.
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Let's hope we can get a pre season friendly organised with him!At half time there could be a rematch between Rooster and Robwell!
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Jim is a good choice for the job. County have a big tax bill to sort out , after his time with Lavaflow surely he his on first name terms with most tax officials . Can also turn to his old mate for tax advice .
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Aren't there laws against this sort of thing?
I thought that as long as your name isn't Peter Ridsdale then if you are a chairman of a firm that goes bust then you can't become a chairman/director/chief executive of another company.
And what about that "fit & proper" test the FA brought in?
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http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/latest-national-sport/Eriksson-leaves-Magpies.6066947.jp
Sven resigns but is remaining as joint Life President.
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It makes me wander where the actual power lies or more specifically how much Rodwell has? As a CEO you'd expect him to pretty much have carte blanche, I suppose it depends how much Ray Trew wants to get involved in the daily running of the club. If he has I wouldn't be surprised to see Ev*ns/Raynor and/or Sotnick involved in some way. I pity the County fans and there's only 1 way this is going (although on the plus side if they don't f*ck County totally we may have a Conf North derby against them in a year or 2).
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If you are interested there is an article titled " Does anyone remember Boston United", It is on Notts County Football Club, link " Notts County Mad", a Mr Daniel who wrote this article certainly does, surely FA.com will also.
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If you are interested there is an article titled " Does anyone remember Boston United", It is on Notts County Football Club, link " Notts County Mad", a Mr Daniel who wrote this article certainly does, surely FA.com will also.
The link is: http://www.nottscounty-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/does_anyone_remember_boston_united_494596/index.shtml
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Intresting to note that there is already talk of going into administration.
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hello pilgrims... Notts fan in peace.
could you shed some light on Jim Rodwell saga? what happened etc?
all the best for the rest of the season
Granthampie
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Welcome Granthampie
To tell all that happened would need a night to write it.
Players unpaid for half the season,
Unpaid rent
Unpaid bills.
Funny public limited companies that all ran from the same address.
Loans shunted backwards and forwards then hidden under the carpete.
Out standing debts at one point this was to over 27 different places including other clubs.
1.1mil in tax someone forgot to pay.
Was part of the party that decidded to put the clubs life in the melting pot bassed on planning permission with no buisness paper work.And when it got turned down Somehow him and his cronnies managed to stop everythink.
Missing gate money.
Missing receipts.
but his pockets was getting lined nicely.
Add to that wanting to move Boston town fc just so they could slap some houses on there ground.
+pluse many many other things but i think you get the pitcher that with this guy about there is always a good possibility your club will get screwed big time
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They weren't all that bad. OOOOps, sorry, forgot to take my medication for rose tinted glasses syndrome. Now for the straight jacket and I'll probably wake up in the shower.
Seriously though, I think the question Notts County fans should ask is "What has our club got that is of value to some people with very dubious (questionable to some others) credentials".
Is the ground worth more with other developments on it ?
Could the club be better used as a money washing facility ?
What could the real motivations for such a takeover be ?
It will be interesting to see if there are any telling new staff appointments.
Maybe we have them wrong and they have good intentions to revive the club, time will tell. Must go, the white van is here.
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To be fair to Robwell, he was merely a puppet for the clowns behind him that were raping the football community and the local community for all they could get. However it may well have been his signature that signed the club into a cva that made no reference to the football club or Boston town staying in existance which would have wiped both senior clubs out of the town if completed. Not to be trusted as his friends are very dangerous people.
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To be fair to Robwell, he was merely a puppet for the clowns behind him that were raping the football community and the local community for all they could get. However it may well have been his signature that signed the club into a cva that made no reference to the football club or Boston town staying in existance which would have wiped both senior clubs out of the town if completed. Not to be trusted as his friends are very dangerous people.
I guess you have a point with your first few sentences, Althou has they say the puppets are only as good as the once that pull the strings. Id guess it could be a lot worse if certain names also start popping up(wich they could well start doing yet)
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hhmmm... doesn't look good does it? There's already talk of administration and Robwell looks like some sort of underworld crime baron.
I honestly despair with football nowadays... we just seem to attract complete megalomaniacs who want a little toy to play with for a while before they throw it out of the pram.
Thanks for the info fellas... keep the faith!
Granthampie
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If the new party hae gone in with genuine intentions to appoint Rodwell shows appallingly bad judgement . Looking forward to Mon to see who his cronies are . May surprise MAGPIES fans , but nothing these people do surprises us at Boston. One plus for Rodwell he may bring in a mate who is a great chief scout.
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If the new party hae gone in with genuine intentions to appoint Rodwell shows appallingly bad judgement . Looking forward to Mon to see who his cronies are . May surprise MAGPIES fans , but nothing these people do surprises us at Boston. One plus for Rodwell he may bring in a mate who is a great chief scout.
We could be saying all this and it could yet be all rosses lol.right gotta go i forgot to take my tablets.
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Poppy Close and Hubberts Bridge!
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Sven-Goran Eriksson has pointed the finger at Munto Finance for failing to back up their promises to make Notts County a success.
The former England manager joined the Coca-Cola League Two club last summer as the figurehead of Munto Finance's ambitious takeover.
Eriksson's appointment was seen as an indication of the intent of the Swiss-based Middle East consortium, with high-profile signings Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel following.
However, after failing to deliver on their claims Munto Finance effectively pulled the plug on the plan in December to leave County facing an uncertain future with debts of around £1.5 million.
The former England manager walked away from the role just seven months into a five-year contract following the club's takeover by Ray Trew.
Eriksson admitted: "I did feel personal responsibility. I know some of the players wouldn't be there if I was not, of course I feel that.
"I feel very sorry for the players and the fans. I tried as hard as I could to find people who could help us, I've been to Norway, to Sweden, to Spain, to London many, many times to find investment."
Eriksson admitted he has been left disappointed by Munto Finance, who promised to inject a level of investment which would propel the world's oldest Football League club to the Barclays Premier League within five years.
He continued in The Guardian: "What's disappointing about these people is that they just disappeared without saying anything. Without any message to the players, to the fans, to the staff. Just gone."
"Sometimes things go wrong in football. You can lose games, own-goals, you can buy the wrong players. But you do it in the right spirit and you do it honestly.
"People will not like it but they will understand. But when they disappear like that it's morally very, very bad. This is why I am talking about it."
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688 at Creepy today, looks like Steve and the Gang have woven their magic on the local populous like they did here........
Word is Mark Coopers the man for Notts, lets hope Nobwell remembers his old mate eh?
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688 at Creepy today, looks like Steve and the Gang have woven their magic on the local populous like they did here........
Word is Mark Coopers the man for Notts, lets hope Nobwell remembers his old mate eh?
is that all they got at home ???
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If the creepies only got 688 for a home match they soon going to be heading up hsit creek with the size of contracts that Jimmy Crankie hands out.
If there is not a plan in place he will no doubt be adding Robwell to his speed dial and reminding him of when they were a double act.
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Makes you laugh how fans moan, they had a supporters trust but wanted to live the dream, what would they prefer a club out of business or a consortium.
Moan moan moan
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Makes you laugh how fans moan, they had a supporters trust but wanted to live the dream, what would they prefer a club out of business or a consortium.
Moan moan moan
A club with Jim Rodwell working in it and a club out of business are technically the same thing. ::)
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I, like most other supporters, was very disillusioned with the way that Jim Rodwell ran our club to the ground during its final season in the Football League - almost to the point of driving us out of business.
As we feared the worst during that summer of 2007, I started to contemplate what I would do with my Saturday afternoons if Boston United ceased to exist. Being a football supporter I decided that I'd have to find another club. At that point the thought of following Notts County did actually cross my mind. For me, Meadow Lane is a relatively easy run, parking is straight forward and I was used to League Two prices. But with players like Alan White, Austin McCann, Lawrie Dudfield, Gary Silk, Lee Canoville and Jason Lee in the Notts squad at that time, the biggest selling factor would have been the fact that it wouldn't have felt like I was supporting a totally new team.
If Boston had ceased to exist during that summer, my opinion of Jim Rodwell would have been even lower than it is now. And if I had become an adopted Notts supporter, how exactly would I be feeling right now? I could not personally line Rodwell's pockets again, so would now be looking in protest for a third different club to support in the space of four years!
At this point I think we should all say (again) a massive and sincere thank you to Mssrs Blackwell, Pierpoint, Newton, Kempster and Cook for everything that they have done for the club during that summer and since. We will always be grateful.
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Richard, you missed out Chalker...... ;)
Echo what you say 100% though.
I was contemplating ground hopping if the worst had come to pass, as it is I'm brassic at the moment so that would have been on the back burner too! Hopefully I can get back on my feet in the next 18 months or so and start going away again....mind you a season ticket is my first priority!
Looking at the pictures Ken took yesterday it looks like the support is back to those who used to travel in the 90's before McFraud rolled up plus a few young un's......I wonder where all those ever so loyal, shout the loudest so they must be great fans got to, because I've not seen any at York St or in any away pictures for a good few years now.
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I see that the current caretaker manager at Notts has agreed to stay in charge until the end of the season. Does that mean that a certain rotund Scotsman will be managing them next season?
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Pete's back in form over at Impstalk:
http://www.impstalk.co.uk/ (http://www.impstalk.co.uk/)
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It was interesting to hear the interview which the new Notts County supremo Ray Trew on last night's BBC "Late Kick Off" programme (Midlands area). For anyone whose interested in watching it, it's available for the time being via BBC i-Player:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qcpcv
The interviewer asks Mr Trew about his choice of Chief Executive, and his reply states categorically that Jim Rodwell was not to blame for the demise of Boston United.
If this is the case, then I can only deduce that Mr Trew blames Boston's problems entirely on Steve Evans. And if he is (ahem) true to his word, then surely he can't look to appoint Evans as Notts County manager at any stage in the future?
Watch this space.....
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Just listened to the Trew clip.
Maybe he blames Sotnick for everything? That would leave St*v* *v*ns in the clear for the County job in the summer.
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He may have tried to hide that smug face behind a stupid (however very well kept) beard, but seeing Crazy Jim on the box stills makes me feel a little bit sick and a little bit more angry.
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Well, Trew sounded less than convincing to me and I reckon that there could be a scenario in the making at Notts County that we have seen before, even been part of.
Trew stated emphatically that Rodwell had no part in the demise at Boston United. What he did not offer forward was any evidence to back up his bold statement. A cynic might ask, what did you expect him to say?
He stated that the debt at Notts County now stood at £6 million, now that is a fair wedge to find when you are not the main attraction in town.
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I think Trew and Rodwell will be gone in 8 weeks.
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And Magpies’ new executive chairman Jim Rodwell said: “It’s not what we know that worries us, it’s what we don’t know.
“The accounts are in such a state it’s difficult for anybody to be able to put a finger on the level of debt.
“Our accountants are going through the process at the moment.”
As well as their existing debts, County are now struggling to cope with a crippling wage bill.
Keeper Kasper Schmeichel, 23, earns £18,000-a-week after arriving from Premier League Man City last summer.
The club are so desperate to sell Schmeichel they have even been touting him to Russian clubs, whose transfer window is still open.
County’s new hierarchy also want to move top scorer Lee Hughes, who earns £4,500-a-week, onto Scottish club Hearts.
While even striker Karl Hawley, 28, earns £3,000-a-week plus an extra £1,000 per appearance and per goal.
Taken from "The Mirror"
Surely Robwell will know all the nooks and crannies that they could have hidden the debt by now
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Brilliant quote from Robwell!Did he get that from our present chairman?
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Three grand a week striker? Which clown would sanction that in the fourth teir off English football? Next you'll be saying there is a permacrock 36 yr old midfielder on a three year deal at £1900 per week?
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Three grand a week striker? Which clown would sanction that in the fourth teir off English football? Next you'll be saying there is a permacrock 36 yr old midfielder on a three year deal at £1900 per week?
Sod the strickers. 18k a week for a keeper :o Do they realise that there is half decent lower end prem keepers getting less than that.
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Three grand a week striker? Which clown would sanction that in the fourth teir off English football? Next you'll be saying there is a permacrock 36 yr old midfielder on a three year deal at £1900 per week?
Sod the strickers. 18k a week for a keeper :o Do they realise that there is half decent lower end prem keepers getting less than that.
They bought a half decent lower end prem keeper, and needed to offer more for having to play away at Accrington and Macclesfield instead of Old Trafford.
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Quick bit of maths......
£18,000 a week = £936,000 per year
Average contribution of each spectator at every game is £15 (admission) * 23 (number of games) = £345
Minimum crowd required every game just to pay for goalie is 936000/345 = 2713
Average crowd so far this sesaon = 7517
2713/7517*100 = 36.
Over one third of the gate money is required just to pay the keeper?
Can't see where the debt has come from?
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Quick bit of maths......
£18,000 a week = £936,000 per year
Average contribution of each spectator at every game is £15 (admission) * 23 (number of games) = £345
Minimum crowd required every game just to pay for goalie is 936000/345 = 2713
Average crowd so far this sesaon = 7517
2713/7517*100 = 36.
Over one third of the gate money is required just to pay the keeper?
Can't see where the debt has come from?
Being a fan of facts and figures, thats some great figures!
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Its as if Trew is saying Robwell did as he was told therefore not guilty or culpable. What utter utter tosh are we to believe he was so niave that he didn't know or control what Evans was doing as a Chairman......or is that his strength for Trew, he makes a convienient well paid fall guy ...again?
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(http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/sp/empics/20100215/16/3617496445-soccer-ray-trew-notts-county-press-conference-meadow-lane.jpg)
Is it a caption competition?
Is wee crazy jimmy saying...
"If they want us to pay any bills while I'm in charge they can whistle, just like this"
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Perhaps Rodwell will fit in well at Notts County. After all, magpies are known to be opportunist scavengers.
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(http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/sp/empics/20100215/16/3617496445-soccer-ray-trew-notts-county-press-conference-meadow-lane.jpg)
Is it a caption competition?
Is wee crazy jimmy saying...
"If they want us to pay any bills while I'm in charge they can whistle, just like this"
Or is he saying "The fans can whistle goodbye to their club"?
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Look at the eyes, look at the eyes,
A beard aint no disguise,
It dont make you wise,
Evans for manager wont be a surprise,
Or a building site is where the future lies.
Sorry, run out of time and rhyme, I'm a poet and didn't know it. Can anyone continue ?
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Here's todays bit from the Guardian's Digger column:
Rodwell's rocky road
As Ray Trew, Notts County's new owner, considers whether to place the club into administration over the mountain of debt he fears is on the horizon, the decision looks set to impinge heavily on the career of the club's new chief executive, Jim Rodwell. Under the Football Association's fit and proper person test, no one may be "a director of at least two football clubs that have each entered into an insolvency event" while the individual was serving on the board "during any five year period commencing on or after 1 February 2005". Rodwell, a 39-year‑old former lower-league full-back, was the chairman at Boston United when it entered into a company voluntary arrangement in 2007. If County do enter administration, Rodwell would have to remain out of football boardrooms at least until after the 2011-12 season – which given that he inherited the Meadow Lane mess seems a little harsh.
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Does mrs robwell want a place on the board? Or mummy robwell?
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"harsh" ! nothing compared to all the shit JB,CS,Chesnuts and all of the BUFC fans have experienced since his departure!
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Harsh - be f@cked, he deserves every bit of sh@t that comes his way, him, Evans (spit) and Sotnic should all be banned from anything to do with a football club! >:(
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(http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/sp/empics/20100215/16/3617496445-soccer-ray-trew-notts-county-press-conference-meadow-lane.jpg)
Is it a caption competition?
Is wee crazy jimmy saying...
"If they want us to pay any bills while I'm in charge they can whistle, just like this"
Jim has just let one rip, and is nonchalantly whistling as Trew's nostrils start to twitch :-\
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Great to see that loyalty still exists in the game. SE has revealed to the Crawley News that he turned down Notts County to complete the job at Crawley. But he did indicate he is friends of County owners and could not rule out a move in the summer.
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Great to see that loyalty still exists in the game. SE has revealed to the Crawley News that he turned down Notts County to complete the job at Crawley. But he did indicate he is friends of County owners and could not rule out a move in the summer.
Speaking to the Press today Evans said: "I had a long conversation With (Notts' chief executive) Jim Rodwell on Sunday and he was looking for someone to take over until the summer.
"I said I wanted to stay here and said put someone else in charge and if you are still interested in the summer come back and we'll talk about it."
Bet that makes Coterrril feel better
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SE has revealed to the Crawley News that he turned down Notts County to complete the job at Crawley.
Is "complete the job" Evans speak for bankrupting the club? ;)
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What kind of spineless people are in charge at Crawley?
Managers have been sacked by their clubs this season for trying to engineer a move to another club and yet Evans comes out and brags about it.
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What kind of spineless people are in charge at Crawley?
Managers have been sacked by their clubs this season for trying to engineer a move to another club and yet Evans comes out and brags about it.
"brags about it"that doesnt even come close to what he and his buddys did at boston and still walked when he was ready.in the real world scum like evans and his lowly brother an rodwell shouldnt be a topic on a football forum cos they shouldnt have anything to do with it.
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I think we all know who's running the show at Crawley.......
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Not a show but more like a circus!
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SE has revealed to the Crawley News that he turned down Notts County to complete the job at Crawley.
Is "complete the job" Evans speak for bankrupting the club? ;)
"Give me 6 months to get me families money and any other I can out of the club, and to prepare which players I'm taking with me or which I'm leaving on stupid contracts ......then I'll be with you Jim."
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Evans makes the Guardian's Digger column again....when does this 'what goes around comes around' thing kick in? I want to see him fall on his arse not feature in broadsheets.
When Digger asked Notts County about Steve Evans's claim that he had been offered the manager's job by the chief executive, Jim Rodwell, the club's new owner Ray Trew sought swiftly to distance his club from Evans, who was given a suspended jail sentence for tax fraud relating to secret playing contracts at Boston United. Rodwell and Evans are old chums after a partnership as director of football and manager, respectively, at the Lincolnshire club. "Whilst Mr Evans continues to maintain contact with the chief executive, who is a personal friend, their conversations have not involved any talk of offering Mr Evans a position here at Notts County."
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Evans makes the Guardian's Digger column again....when does this 'what goes around comes around' thing kick in? I want to see him fall on his arse not feature in broadsheets.
When Digger asked Notts County about Steve Evans's claim that he had been offered the manager's job by the chief executive, Jim Rodwell, the club's new owner Ray Trew sought swiftly to distance his club from Evans, who was given a suspended jail sentence for tax fraud relating to secret playing contracts at Boston United. Rodwell and Evans are old chums after a partnership as director of football and manager, respectively, at the Lincolnshire club. "Whilst Mr Evans continues to maintain contact with the chief executive, who is a personal friend, their conversations have not involved any talk of offering Mr Evans a position here at Notts County."
Well, somebody is a little liar then because the special one, as he likes to be known now, is telling all and sundry a completely different tale.
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Dear Jimbo',
Just in case you or your wackos are watching and if you're still up to finishing the little episode in the White Hart hotel in Lincoln after the CVA rubbish and while you still seem to relish the business model of taking the gate receipts and sod the creditors, I've come out of retirement. I've got plenty of time, loads of cash and a few thugs (drug running, shooters, all that Eastend carry on).
I'm just waiting for the Scotsman to join you. And Gee, you're still a big girl's blouse. How's Charlie?
Lots of love etc xxx
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Dear Jimbo',
Just in case you or your wackos are watching and if you're still up to finishing the little episode in the White Hart hotel in Lincoln after the CVA rubbish and while you still seem to relish the business model of taking the gate receipts and sod the creditors, I've come out of retirement. I've got plenty of time, loads of cash and a few thugs (drug running, shooters, all that Eastend carry on).
I'm just waiting for the Scotsman to join you. And Gee, you're still a big girl's blouse. How's Charlie?
Lots of love etc xxx
Nice first post, straight for the jugular
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Nice to see the Roo back ;)