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Post by westwalessaint on Jun 29, 2014 19:19:38 GMT
Having read the Conference South Nomads (Chat forum), it looks like Salisbury are about to be history - will probably be confirmed by Friday. A sad day for their fans - caused by the usual unscrupulous owners who bought success on money they didn't have. Now they have someone who has come along and not even put in a penny. I feel sorry for the true fans. From Saints perspective, it looks like there will only be 2 down but with less games, where will this leave the price rise for Saints supporters? Perhaps all season ticket holders will get a free programme to off-set the loss of a fixture??
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Post by Saint on Jun 30, 2014 3:14:51 GMT
It's a damn shame to see any club tittering on the edge, and you have to feel for the fans, as mis-manageme has brought down another club.
Lots of questions being asked about the Conference in all of this... Why was there no fit and proper test for this apparent businessman who bought the club but has done nothing since? And also, why were Salisbury placed into the Conference South without even any sort of vote from the member clubs, despite Salisbury's dire financhial position being clear for all to see from the out-set?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2014 8:39:09 GMT
I'm guessing more people would want a price reduction rather than a free programme. Don't know for certain though, obviously!
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Post by cheshuntsaint on Jul 1, 2014 23:20:33 GMT
Salisbury City Football Club advisor Paul Smith has released the following statement. "During the last five days I have been trying to negotiate the return of Salisbury City football Club from Mr Outail Touzar the club’s 96 percent majority shareholder. The negotiations, which are documented were conducted through Touzar’s Dubai mobile via the social network site WhatsApp. As you can imagine these negotiations were tiresome and prolonged and extremely painful at times dealing with a man who appears to live on an entirely different planet to the rest of us. Following Mark Winter’s decision to reluctantly stand down the only option left open to us was to convince Touzar to stand down and sign over the shares he paid a £1 for and to date has seen him fail to invest a single penny in the club but withdraw £3,950 without explanation. The deeper we dug into Touzar the more we uncovered a trail of lies, deceit and deception. Needless to say it was imperative to keep him on side to safeguard the future of a club facing an uncertain future under his brief tenure. On Friday if we fail to lodge a £50,000 bond and pay football creditors around £27,000 the Conference will throw Salisbury City out of the League. That will inevitably be followed by a winding up order from the HMRC if we fail to pay an outstanding tax bill for £29,000. In opening negotiations with Touzar I had managed to secure funding to secure the future of the club from three key investors who were prepared to pay off the immediate debts and allow us to rebuild the club following the loss of the manager and key players. Unfortunately Touzar, whose motives seem to perplex many people, had other ideas. Even though he couldn’t raise a single penny, had failed to lift a finger since he took over. He still seemed to think he was sat on a very valuable asset despite the club facing an imminent demise. He tried to gauge the wealth of the three investors and demand proof of funding presumably so he could come up with ludicrous demands to relinquish his hold on the club. Yet even I couldn’t have envisaged what he was going to propose until he put his demands in writing this morning. Touzar wanted £100,000 for 60 percent of the club, to remain as chairman for at least 6 months and 35 percent of any commercial deals he bought into the club. He also wanted 35 percent of any deal that would see the club relocate from their current ground, and wanted Mark Winter, Michaela Menzel and Rae Hughes banned from any involvement in the club. Even more bizarrely given that the lawyers of Prince Khalid had threatened to sue Touzar because he had drawn up a playing contract while the club were under a transfer embargo and accused him of harassing the family for money, he demanded that the player could only sign for Salisbury City if he personally authorised it. Perhaps this will now confirm what many of us know and, others believe to be true, that this man is only driven by personal greed and has no interest in the well-being of the football club. Touzar would have you believe that his intentions were only honourable and the lies and deception are down to others. I will leave you to draw your own conclusions to that. When I replied to Touzar with understandable outrage he accused me of breaching a trust by discussing his offer and claimed it was merely a test. Furthermore this morning he sent out a series of emails to players and staff pleading with them to defer payments they were due while at no point has he made a single sacrifice monetary or other. He even complained that a £20,000 cheque from a passionate disabled fan hand been stopped preventing him from spending someone else’s money. Sadly it seems this is going to reach an inevitable conclusion and the likelihood is Salisbury City will fold. While the passionate fans will understandably be distraught at the prospect, I dare say its owner, Touzar, won’t lose a wink of sleep. We can only assume his only regret is that he couldn’t manage to fleece the club of more money than the £3,950 he managed to get his hands on. When it is more appropriate, we intend to be far more transparent about Touzar’s dealings with Salisbury City. But barring a minor miracle it’s fair to say his brief tenure at the club has been to oversee its complete annihilation." www.footballexclusives.co.uk/apps/blog/show/42441709What a sad state of affairs, I hope this doesn't happen to us especially if the price increase has a negative affect on the attendances and we have to cut the budget again. I guess the trust do have £10k saved just incase the owners leave....at least that'll pay for John Frendo's wages.....
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Post by Saint on Jul 2, 2014 2:16:39 GMT
This is a very extreme situation, and clearly mistakes were made with the appointment of Touzar.
Although we have our own difficulties, I'd like to think that in future, we won't fall into a situation this desperate and farcical.
Must be gut-wrenching for the fans to see their club dying in front of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 8:05:24 GMT
On What'sApp? What is the world coming to...
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Post by Boomer on Jul 2, 2014 12:27:57 GMT
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Post by Saint on Jul 4, 2014 16:47:23 GMT
Salisbury have been expelled.
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Post by cheshuntsaint on Jul 4, 2014 20:23:16 GMT
So I'm assuming that means the season ticket prices will be lowered accordingly.
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Post by Hatboy on Jul 4, 2014 21:00:58 GMT
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Post by westwalessaint on Jul 4, 2014 21:12:49 GMT
The season ticket prices are unlikely to change now. However, it could be compensated in other ways e.g. free entry into cup games, free programme, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 0:10:11 GMT
The season ticket prices are unlikely to change now. However, it could be compensated in other ways e.g. free entry into cup games, free programme, etc. According to my O-Level maths, that's £12.60 per game if you go to all 20 home games. £13.26 per game if you miss just one home game. £14.00 if you miss two, £14.82 if you miss three home games, and £15.75 if you miss four. Better not, recentconvert. Or Norwegian Branch Including free entry into cup games (for example up to the 1st round of the Trophy / FA Cup) sounds like a good idea, westwalessaint. Like I said before, I wouldn't be a fan of a free programme myself...
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Post by Saint on Jul 11, 2014 12:50:00 GMT
Non League Show @nonleagueshow 37s @conferencefooty reject an application from Lowestoft Town FC to be placed in Conference South division
Non League Show @nonleagueshow 59s "The Directors declined the request & confirmed the constitution of Divisions for season 2014/15 will not be subject to any further change "
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Post by COYS on Jul 11, 2014 17:40:29 GMT
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Post by westwalessaint on Jul 11, 2014 21:17:18 GMT
Well if they're let back in the Connie South on appeal, at least there will be a full amount of games in the league. I wonder if the decision to give season ticket holders free admission to friendlies will be rescinded??
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2014 9:33:33 GMT
Looks like Salisbury May have finally been chucked out of the division... No official confirmation just yet though.
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Post by yellowalf on Aug 5, 2014 10:26:01 GMT
Looks like Salisbury May have finally been chucked out of the division... No official confirmation just yet though. Indeed it does - here's a link to a report from the Salisbury Journal: www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/sport/salisburycityfc/scfcnews/11387327.Board_outraged_with_FA_and_Conference_as_appeal_is_rejected/and a very strongly-worded entry on their facecbook page: www.facebook.com/SalisburyCityFCThe latter is certainly not designed to make the peace - here's the opening paragraphs: Salisbury City are being monumentally stitched up by the FA and Conference which will ultimately lead to the demise of the football club. We were due to go before an independent appeals panel at 12pm tomorrow to challenge the Conference boards decision to throw us out of the league. Yet barely 24 hours before our case was due to be heard the independent chairman objected to our appeal on the grounds we were not the legal owners and therefore had no right to appeal. The FA, who had taken the unprecedented step of hearing and appeal from two sets of owners because privately they claimed they feared being sued by a fraudulent Moroccan owner whose only contribution to the club was to walk off with £4,000 of fans money, have now cut off all communication with the club and their legal advisers.Tell it like it is!
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2014 10:28:55 GMT
Thanks for posting it Yellowalf!
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2014 16:16:54 GMT
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Post by westwalessaint on Aug 5, 2014 16:45:35 GMT
I guess that means only 2 will go down from Connie South then? Or will the reprieve be to the team 3rd from bottom from either the Connie South or North with the highest number of points??!! Hope that makes sense?
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Post by Saint on Aug 5, 2014 16:49:34 GMT
Only two go down.
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