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Riddler statement.

Riddler statement.

NORTHENDRTOPS said:
How do you know that? there was no social media then or PNE forum, and I was looking for my pen and paper but couldn't find them for lack of light. ffs this must be the one post which is really grasping at straws, another Bolton/ Bury fan.
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We only had 3 / 4 thousand fans then they had all stopped going so the ones who were left were die hards.
Going to Burnley away 1-1 maybe 150 200 went & only a couple of matches left & we all new that night we would have to apply for re election & singing We'll support you ever more.
A lot thought it was the end.
 
bowlandwhites said:
We only had 3 / 4 thousand fans then they had all stopped going so the ones who were left were die hards.
Going to Burnley away 1-1 maybe 150 200 went & only a couple of matches left & we all new that night we would have to apply for re election & singing We'll support you ever more.
A lot thought it was the end.
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I distinctly remember going on a Fishwicks doubke decker and it not being able to get up a hill on the way. Some had to get out and push if I remember right!

As a football club we were also trying to get uphill with antiquated materials.
 
Jack Daniels said:
JW did not sell Rovers to the Venkys which would have been quite a feat given he was 6 feet under.

His family who ran the JW Trust had a split within (some wanting the £££s) and eventually sold up.

Those horrible Venkys who gave Mowbray £7m for Bereton, £5m for Gallagher and £3.5m for Armstrong in the past couple of years.
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They are still not happy with venkys JD because there always in India & only very rare visit to matches.
Your right but but just same thing could happen at Pne .
 
wld said:
I distinctly remember going on a Fishwicks doubke decker and it not being able to get up a hill on the way. Some had to get out and push if I remember right!

As a football club we were also trying to get uphill with antiquated materials.
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We have come a long way since them days.
But in some ways it's not as enjoyable now with all the money & all seater stadiums .
When you went away it was the same old faces that turned up at every match.
We had some awful chairmen then.
 
bowlandwhites said:
They are still not happy with venkys JD because there always in India & only very rare visit to matches.
Your right but but just same thing could happen at Pne .
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Rovers fans have never been happy since 95/96 when they won the League (95 and happy) and then Shearer left (96 and moaning).

Although Souness reversed their miserable trend for one day only by beating Spurs in the LC Final.
 
jakehake said:
www.pne-online.net

Hemmings Out - Yes or No.

Not going to verbally abuse the man as some would but he needs to reduce the asking price and leave. Received £20M in transfer fees over the last year yet less than a quarter has been reinvested into the playing squad. Perpetually hasn’t backed the manager in chasing his number one targets...
www.pne-online.net www.pne-online.net
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Sorry Jake, must have missed that. Thanks for pointing it out but, it does prove the point. It is very far from ‘the general feeling on here’ that TH should take his cash and leave. I believe most accept that whilst they would love to see expensive players arriving, TH runs a sustainable club which is no bad thing at this time, and most are grateful.

Only 366 people bothered with the poll and of those 195 think TH should go! I think it would be reasonable to call 195 people as a percentage of the core attendees ‘insignificant’

The sad thing about this forum is that some believe it to be influential!
 
bowlandwhites said:
We have come a long way since them days.
But in some ways it's not as enjoyable now with all the money & all seater stadiums .
When you went away it was the same old faces that turned up at every match.
We had some awful chairmen then.
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Agree with most of this apart from the last line.
To be fair i cant think of any Chairman over the last 60 years who didn't have PNE's welfare at heart, but other than TH & to some extent Baxi none of them had any real wealth to invest.
 
Tuesday Nights said:
Sorry Jake, must have missed that. Thanks for pointing it out but, it does prove the point. It is very far from ‘the general feeling on here’ that TH should take his cash and leave. I believe most accept that whilst they would love to see expensive players arriving, TH runs a sustainable club which is no bad thing at this time, and most are grateful.

Only 366 people bothered with the poll and of those 195 think TH should go! I think it would be reasonable to call 195 people as a percentage of the core attendees ‘insignificant’

The sad thing about this forum is that some believe it to be influential!
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No 195 think he should stay. But yes it is an insignificant number
 
deepdaledreamer said:
Agree with most of this apart from the last line.
To be fair i cant think of any Chairman over the last 60 years who didn't have PNE's welfare at heart, but other than TH & to some extent Baxi none of them had any real wealth to invest.
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Tom Croft was a bit of a twat selling some shite land to North End to use as a coach park.
 
deepdaledreamer said:
Ok.
Don't profess to remember everything PNE related, when was he Chairman?
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I think he was a director during the 80’s, not sure if he was chairman though, probably was.


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It’s a strange old list, people I haven’t heard of and people like our Maurice and Deadly Derek who you would probably like to forget and others like Leeming and Woodhouse who personally I think got a rough ride.

Interesting about TJH, says he resigned in 1994 so I thought it must be out of date but it shows Craig joining in 2019, guess as owner he doesn’t need to be a director to sit at board meetings, maybe someone can enlighten us?
 
Walton said:
It’s a strange old list, people I haven’t heard of and people like our Maurice and Deadly Derek who you would probably like to forget and others like Leeming and Woodhouse who personally I think got a rough ride.

Interesting about TJH, says he resigned in 1994 so I thought it must be out of date but it shows Craig joining in 2019, guess as owner he doesn’t need to be a director to sit at board meetings, maybe someone can enlighten us?
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Although he supported the club financially during the consortium days, it wasn’t until the Baxi days that he really had to pump significant amounts into the club. Eventually, when Gray reduced his involvement and he got fed up with Shaw’s chairmanship and the wastefulness, particularly when Irvine was manager, he rendered his coup to own all the shares.
He has been involved in all 3 attempts to provide the club with financial stability over the decades and undoubtedly he now has compared to numerous other clubs. He has demonstrated his love and loyalty to the club for decades by providing this support.
Many would like him to put much more into the club, in addition to the £100 + million, and rising, which he has to date, but there is no doubt that the club would be in a far poorer state and position today without all the backing he has provided.
 
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Statement from the Riddler can roughly be interpreted as:

‘Same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old ad infinitum.......

Not really much point demanding more communication from the powers that be when you already know what essentially that communication will amount to? You better just get used to it, nothing is going to change.
 
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