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Incoming ..... another club teaser
at 19:42 2 Jun 2025

Remember that post about needing prolific strikers being shown to be wrong?

Well with this one, we can look at the fact that Rochdale got more points, scored more goals and won more games than the three clubs below them but not the three clubs above them. Crucially, Oldham won the games that mattered and Rochdale didn’t. Neither did York, Forest Green, Halifax and Southend.

In the biggest game that mattered, Rochdale scored three goals.

Would Dale fans have been happy watching their side play like Oldham have since Christmas if it meant winning promotion? In that period, prior to the play offs, they had scored 26 goals in 25 games.

There are different ways to win promotion from this division. Dale need to find one of those ways.
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NL playoff final
at 18:47 1 Jun 2025

Definitely. The 46 game season is about securing a top seven spot. Only if you’re constantly challenging for the top spot will results matter every single week. Mellon backed himself through a run when fans had had enough, talking about getting a point here and there was all part of getting into the playoffs.

Then the real business began. He’d stumbled across a team that included players who’d hardly played (Garner got 5 goals in 4 games after starting against Ebbsfleet on the final day), and they all of a sudden looked like they’d never lose.

Ask any Oldham fan how bad some of their games have been this season, they’ll have all forgotten now anyway. So when it comes to style of play, tactics, good games, bad games, squad building and everything else, the main thing that affects mood are moments in the matches that matter. And the final result.

If it’s an entertainment business, there wouldn’t have been as many season ticket holders at Boundary Park next season. But as it’s a results business, you can bet they’ll be selling another couple of thousand after today.
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NL playoff final
at 17:55 1 Jun 2025

Results business.
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NL playoff final
at 17:51 1 Jun 2025

As soon as Oldham were designated the home side and were allowed to change those socks, the rest was inevitable.
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NL playoff final
at 14:10 1 Jun 2025

There’s a picture of Oldham’s dressing room on Twitter with the kit all laid out. They’re in white socks for no reason again.

Game over.
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Incoming ..... another club teaser
at 16:20 31 May 2025

Our three permanent forwards last season scored 40 league goals between them. Barnet won the league with a forward who got 18 and Kabamba who got 10 before he left. Their second top scorer was ex Oldham midfielder Mark Shelton with 12.

They scored 97 goals in total. Proof that getting goals from all over the pitch puts a team in with a good chance of winning the league.

One of Southend or Oldham will be promoted, both scored less goals than Dale last season.
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 12:18 31 May 2025

Then that looks to be the threshold met. Hopefully the Trust will now call a meeting without requiring the formalities of an EGM having to be arranged.

If not, please could it be confirmed are we sending full details of names for the next stage to Wozz/someone else?
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 21:39 30 May 2025

One more to add please.
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 17:24 30 May 2025

Hope that any posters who are Trust members have seen this thread and recognise how valuable the Trust have been in acknowledging and representing different views down the years. On this subject it’s no different and, in the longer term, may be just as important.

Even if you can’t attend a meeting or may agree with recent developments, any support towards achieving clarity is beneficial to the Trust, the fanbase and the club itself.
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 16:51 29 May 2025

Has 33 been clarified as the amount required?

Worth reiterating what has already been said: the Trust can announce a meeting before any need to having to arrange an EGM. There can only be positives from listening to and addressing supporters concerns.
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at 16:17 29 May 2025

https://www.daletrust.co.uk/2024/07/trust-membership-2024-25-season/

“… our official season runs from the 1st of July 2024 through to the end of June 2025.”
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 22:53 28 May 2025

At the bottom of articles on their website, including the one added today, the membership number is mentioned:

“ 836 Memebrs in total as of 11/02/25”

It doesn’t breakdown the amount of adult members, so the Trust would have to confirm that.
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at 19:47 28 May 2025

Another +1 please.
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RIP Graeme Crawford
at 18:27 28 May 2025

Sad news. Was one of the first keepers I saw at Dale.

Not sure if it was mentioned on here, but Trevor Jones who was involved in the backroom staff under many managers through the 80s and 90s also passed away a few weeks ago.

He was a really good bloke who did loads for local football in the town as well.
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 16:11 28 May 2025

Apologies, as soon as this was posted got another confirmation.

+1 more.
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Add your name to the list in support of a Trust EGM regarding main board rep
at 16:08 28 May 2025

+2 others to the total so far please.
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Election of new Trust main board director
at 14:32 28 May 2025

It would be a real shame if there was an insistence by the Trust that the EGM rules need to be met before a meeting is called.

They could do that now(as they could have previously) by announcing a meeting anyway. If they do nothing to acknowledge that some fans would welcome the discussion until set criteria are met, it only serves to create a wider divide between the organisation and the supporters they represent.

It would be to the Trust’s great credit if they could communicate this in the next day or so.
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Election of new Trust main board director
at 10:32 28 May 2025

Could be wrong, but from memory when this was questioned in the past, it requires 5% of the membership (adult members?) to call an EGM. If people wish to be added to that list could they PM you with their names?
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Election of new Trust main board director
at 09:57 28 May 2025

Those alarm bells should be ringing, but what are they going to do about it?

Your last paragraph will become irrelevant if supporters don’t have faith or want a relationship with the Trust.
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Election of new Trust main board director
at 08:58 28 May 2025

I’m happy to add my name to a list if you’re collating one.
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