Joined: Feb 02 2002 Posts: 21765 Location: In the Wild West of Leeds, where the Buffaloes Roam
manxviking wrote:Might I suggest you contact the Trust in Widnes committee for advice on this? We never had the desire to run the club but they can point you in the right direction. It isn't easy and our committee members have taken a lot of flak, but it could be what the Dons need.
Alternatively, we set our trust up with the intentions of running the club. It isnt easy, but when faced with a choice of club and hard work or no club whatsoever. the choice was easy.
Feel free to give us a shout. either myself or Cliff Spracklen would come and talk to you guys.
Don't dismiss the trust idea. It would give you guys the create some stability, and the club could never be sold for pirvate gain again.
'The people of Doncaster have failed to support their club, and it is easy to see why when the marketing budget is perhaps scant due to the stringent measures put in place by the Dons to ensure they are financially stable'.
Joined: Feb 12 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: At The New Stadium
WANDERER wrote:An interesting quote from the article above ....
'The people of Doncaster have failed to support their club, and it is easy to see why when the marketing budget is perhaps scant due to the stringent measures put in place by the Dons to ensure they are financially stable'.
Another interesting quote from the article above-
Reportedly, they are approximately over £80,000 into the red, a figure which has seen their entire squad on the cusp of being sold.
SOLD!!!!--If only a fee had been involved in any of the transfers
Joined: Aug 11 2003 Posts: 2603 Location: Living the dream in Doncaster
And quotes of gates lower than expected, they said they were budgeting on 700 at the beginning of the season and most of the sensible fans knows that we have beat that number on quite a few occasions this year, so how many freebies have been given, or what was the true figure that they budgeted for?
How as the debt gone from £40000 to around £80000, i know some of the players were on contracts from last year but a lot are on playing terms only.
we must have saved in the region of £40000 - £50000 from Bauer, Green, Handforth, Briggs and Haley going, who i presume were contracted players.
DRAGONFAN wrote:Another interesting quote from the article above- Reportedly, they are approximately over £80,000 into the red, a figure which has seen their entire squad on the cusp of being sold.
SOLD!!!!--If only a fee had been involved in any of the transfers
Perhaps I did not word it correctly. You should be entitled to some sort of fee, surely, though?
rugbyman wrote:And quotes of gates lower than expected, they said they were budgeting on 700 at the beginning of the season and most of the sensible fans knows that we have beat that number on quite a few occasions this year, so how many freebies have been given, or what was the true figure that they budgeted for?
How as the debt gone from £40000 to around £80000, i know some of the players were on contracts from last year but a lot are on playing terms only. we must have saved in the region of £40000 - £50000 from Bauer, Green, Handforth, Briggs and Haley going, who i presume were contracted players.
it will never happen but i for 1 would like to see the budget and see where all the money budgetted for has gone! ive said it before someone or some people have seriously done wrong at our club AGAIN and i know fans from other clubs are saying nice things on here but people of doncaster are either vexed off or laughing at us!
rugbyman wrote:And quotes of gates lower than expected, they said they were budgeting on 700 at the beginning of the season and most of the sensible fans knows that we have beat that number on quite a few occasions this year, so how many freebies have been given, or what was the true figure that they budgeted for?
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Is there an appeal to help the Dons?
You should be entitled to some sort of fee, surely, though?
