Shipley Ram

I knew him from Saint & greavies and just thought he was a comidic old player, then I saw some old footage and realised how truly magnificant he was as a player.

Apart from Mel Morris. 

Here’s the whole thing on YouTube if you’ve not been able to listen to it:
 

Think i have persuaded the other half to go and she's a red dog!!!

It seems to me he saw a gray area and went for it big, the fact it took an appeal to ask us to restate shows it's not clear cut. You are right he would be hoping a promotion would sweep this all under the carpet. Cheating is a very emotive word, I really think he thought he had found a gap in the laws he could use, with the stadium he was right. With the ammortisation he was nearly right.
The unforgivable aspect to this is him taking his bat home and stopping funding the club a couple (?) of years ago, and running up huge debts. He may be right about the EFL charges scaring off takeovers, but if we had not been charged and still had no takeover we would be in a similar position to what we are now, in the crap.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9416587/Steve-Gibsons-chauffeur-mistakenly-sent-tycoons-wife-Polly-text-calling-f-nuts.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9416587/Steve-Gibsons-chauffeur-mistakenly-sent-tycoons-wife-Polly-text-calling-f-nuts.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9416587/Steve-Gibsons-chauffeur-mistakenly-sent-tycoons-wife-Polly-text-calling-f-nuts.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9416587/Steve-Gibsons-chauffeur-mistakenly-sent-tycoons-wife-Polly-text-calling-f-nuts.html

They whole youth system has been set up by the wealthy clubs so they can poach the top prospects for peanuts. They used the argument that it's best for England if the top prospects get the best training. We poach smaller clubs prospects and big clubs poach ours. This is why some clubs just don't bother with a youth  setup.
 

Blame Bristol City, this rule was introduced after they nearly went bust and got out of it by bullying their best paid players to tear up their contracts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38750475

I knew him from Saint & greavies and just thought he was a comidic old player, then I saw some old footage and realised how truly magnificant he was as a player.

They whole youth system has been set up by the wealthy clubs so they can poach the top prospects for peanuts. They used the argument that it's best for England if the top prospects get the best training. We poach smaller clubs prospects and big clubs poach ours. This is why some clubs just don't bother with a youth  setup.
 

They whole youth system has been set up by the wealthy clubs so they can poach the top prospects for peanuts. They used the argument that it's best for England if the top prospects get the best training. We poach smaller clubs prospects and big clubs poach ours. This is why some clubs just don't bother with a youth  setup.
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Nice work @sageI woke up despondant but this (and B4's posts) have fired me up. Im in, I won't be able to get the train home, unless I leave at half time, so I'll have to stay at my mum's house. The last time I had this sort of feeling about a game was Ted's testimonial.
My Mrs is struggling to get the whole tribal thing, but the tribe has called. COYR
 

Goosebumps as the crowd erupted at full time.

Nothing especially original to add but just open-mouthed at this decision. I never liked the big spending but I did respect Mel at the time for seemingly funding it - never foresaw a situation where 'one of our own' would stick us into administration though & the decisions he took then are now seen through a very different perspective.
Pretty telling the club statement mentions June 2019 as being the point where he was looking for a buyer. Smacks very much of 18/19 being a 'death or glory' punt after which he wanted out - very poor behaviour indeed as no proper investor/buyer was going to be interested in the club after such an expensive season with no legacy & plenty of FFP strain. He then exacerbated this by bringing in Rooney, making a mess of the Keogh dismissal & like many poorly run businesses, was vulnerable to a major event like Covid to bring everything to a head.
Obviously a lot of anger quite rightly aimed at Mel but my disdain for the EFL just dropped to the floor - a disgrace to the traditions of the world's oldest professional league & utterly unfit for purpose. Its high time the Government's Department for Culture, Media & Sport opened an inquiry into their management of the League & their suitability for continuing in that role - not just our experience but their already disgusting track record as evidenced by Wigan, Bury & Macclesfield. Their weasel statement about us 'not meeting the criteria' for an emergency loan facility that every other club in our division was given access to was utterly contemptable & entirely predictable.
What next? Well, I would imagine Rooney will be leaving at some point in the next 7 days - either in disgust or in agreement with the administrators. Then a zombie season knowing what our fate on the field is going to be whilst desperately scrambling for a new owner before January - will a new owner want to buy now or towards the back end of the season knowing there's no point funding a loss making club destined to go down? From a cold, calculating perspective I think buyers may keep their powder dry for a few months
And what of us, the fans? Firstly, lets show our defiance by continuing the vocal support we've enjoyed this season - whatever we suffer off the field, they can't silence us at the matches. Secondly, there may be some talk of Supporters Trust looking to buy out the club - please don't close minds to this. I've got no experience of dealing with Ramstrust but now is the time to put aside historical differences & consider how we can move out of these cycles of boom & bust. I'm convinced its a viable option.
Finally, its been a terrible evening but we will come back from this. In whatever form, whenever it is - keep the faith. COYR ?