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Reply | Boreham Wood (away)
at 16:30 10 Jul 2025
Fair enough. Hopefully Jim can find another Jack Kingdon from the development squads that we can loan in later in the season if needed. |
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Reply | Boreham Wood (away)
at 13:54 10 Jul 2025
I am sure the club announced that the prize money more than covered the cost of hosting a game and it allowed the club to offer free or very heavily discounted tickets to encourage new fans down to the stadium. On top of that, the club also keeps the revenue generated on the night. Only Jim knows whether it was a distraction or not. We have already been told that our pitch will struggle again in winter if it is wet ..... not sure why we would want to risk it to be honest.
No coincidence that the top two clubs last season (Barnet and York) declined to join the competition to avoid distraction from the league. |
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Reply | Boreham Wood (away)
at 23:15 9 Jul 2025
and Yeovil and Altrincham have followed suit too. I am sure more will make announcements in due course. |
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Thread | Wonderwall dedicated to the memory of Paul Hazlehurst
at 18:26 9 Jul 2025
Does anybody know what has happened to the Wonderwall this summer. I went past on Tuesday and it looked so sad as it hasn't been replanted this year. I am not criticising as I know it would have taken some effort and needs volunteers. But I just don't remember seeing a call for help in Spring and it does look desperately sad given the large dedication sign. I also recognise that its is pretty inaccessible for many people who might volunteer. [Post edited 9 Jul 18:27]
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Reply | Horrendous news
at 10:03 3 Jul 2025
Very sad. So young and leaves a young family |
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Reply | CAB meeting notes via the Trust site
at 10:05 2 Jul 2025
The Ogden family spent £125k as a one-off investment, at no cost to us, to help reduce the running costs of the club by c£80k a year. When they bought the club they said their priority was to make us financially sustainable. I am grateful tht somebody has the wisdom and financial clout to invest for the long term. |
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Reply | Congratulations to TVOS
at 17:13 8 Jun 2025
Well done TVOS for another award. Always a good read.
Not sure I want us to keep winning fair play awards...at least when we were a league club it came with a cash prize. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices Frozen 25/26 season
at 20:46 1 Jun 2025
It might be a good time to update the fanbase on how many have been sold. Those undecided may be swayed if the numbers are looking good. |
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Reply | NL playoff final
at 12:33 30 May 2025
Owdum have managed to sell 21,000 tickets which is a good number. They were still on sale through to the 12pm deadline today so all the fuss about the allocation has gone away. They always had enough for everyone that wanted one. I hadn't realised that they haven't played at Wembley for 35 years.
So disappointed that we didn't get there and have our own day out in London once again. Never mind, onto next year. |
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Reply | Halifax pitch
at 08:40 28 May 2025
This sounds like a similar approach taken at Boundary Park last season - although the council paid the lions share of that cost. Hope it works for Halifax - remember we spent a similar amount on a similar type of pitch and our issue was the drainage yet again. We can't afford that type of investment every 3 years so we need a better long term fix with the drainage.
The owner of Huddersfield Giants has offered to buy the Shay from the council so that they can play there too for 6 years whilst they redevelop their own facilities. He will also invest in other facilites around the ground such as screens etc. The council had accepted the offer but it is now on hold for some reason [Post edited 28 May 9:13]
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Reply | NL playoff final
at 13:50 25 May 2025
Its not the end of the world. Owdum have been given an extra 9,000 tickets if they are sold with a coach package. They have pre-booked 50 coaches so are not expecting to sell that allocation out. If they want those 9,000 seats in full they'll need to hire 180 coaches. Up to the fans if they want to go. I think we took 17,000 to our play-off game and we had 88 coaches booked.
As for the other ticket holders you can still travel to the other 2 overground/underground stations on the opposite side of Wembley. The Chiltern line from Birmingham stops at Wembley for those prepared to get to the midlands.
Southend have issued a statement today to suggest that the capacity restriction may be lifted as TFL tries to add additional services to other stations nearby.
This has been an issue for lots of Wembley events - not just the NL playoff. When Newcastle got to the League Cup final the East Coast mainline was closed and they wouldn't delay the rail works. [Post edited 25 May 13:53]
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Reply | Election of new Trust main board director
at 10:23 24 May 2025
To be fair BD, the level of detail the shareholders were given for the last financial year was so detailed nobody could suggest the club wasn't transparent. Long may that continue - although I do recognise that the annual report and accounts is backward looking and is somewhat out of date by the time it is issued.
It might be a good idea for the Board to write an end of season communication to fans to provide an update on how they see the season that has just finished, whether they had budgeted for a Wembley visit, plans for the pitch, how season tickets are selling, plans for any capital investment beyond the pitch (if any) ahead of the new season. And of course how they see the playing budget and recruitment for next season. Daleys are realistic about what can be done, but knowing how the summer will pan out might just help with season ticket sales. |
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Reply | Bye Hendo
at 08:14 24 May 2025
He was very clear himself that that would be his plan when he hosted the dinner last Oct/Nov. He talked about his focus on new business ventures (including building a hotel) and that he wouldn't go into management. Maybe he has surprised himself with his performances over the second half of the season. He is certainly fit enough. |
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Reply | Pitch
at 14:21 22 May 2025
Hornets last home game this coming Sunday before they play away until 3rd August. So that leaves 8 weeks for pitch works. What has happened to the end of season Ian Henderson testimonial game? Or is this likely to happen in August as part of the pre-season activities? |
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Reply | York v Oldham
at 16:53 21 May 2025
You are right Dale fans wouldn't be so concerned if we had won our games. So you are right to defend the actions of your fans. Did you get a ticket given that York is much nearer to Hull than Owdum is. An easier journey for you and all that |
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Reply | Election of new Trust main board director
at 16:40 21 May 2025
He or she can represent the fanbase strongly and that may sometimes lead to tension in the Board room. But you can't forget that a Board Director has legal responsibilities to shareholders and other stakeholders. They will see many things and will need to make a judgement call that some fans might not like. They can't side with the fans alone in matters that might create financial insecurity.
The post holder is on a hiding to nothing. The job profile precludes most people and prevents the postholder from enjoying watching Dale in their own way given the matchday duties. Why would anybody want to do it? Would it be cynical to suggest that the job profile is deliberately written so that nobody can apply? Or do the Ogdens want a Trust representative to respect the recent past and the upcoming regulations? The CAB afterall can be disbanded, or people replaced, at the behest of one man, so having a longer term Trust rep might be helpful. |
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Reply | Play off tickets on sale tomorrow
at 00:21 13 May 2025
York sold out all of their home end within hours of the tickets going on sale for their game next week. Forest Green are selling theirs too. Nothing like being prepared. |
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