I lived there for nigh on 20 years. Bags of footballing history but I don't really feel sorry for County as they've brought this on themselves.
What was the name of that idoit that wanted to buy us but then bought them and stated this off? His name escapes me??
Ray Trew?
I just feel sorry for the city of Nottingham, a medium-sized provincial town that is home to two league clubs with more history than half of the rest of the league combined, both of which are now in perpetual crisis thanks to a succession of moronic owners.
Older fans will know better than me but...a strong Nottingham Forest has historically been extremely bad for Lincoln City right, in terms of attracting fans? Certainly there's lots of Lincoln based Forest fans of a certain age, who would have been lured down the A46 by Cloughie, European Cups and the like.
Older fans will know better than me but...a strong Nottingham Forest has historically been extremely bad for Lincoln City right, in terms of attracting fans? Certainly there's lots of Lincoln based Forest fans of a certain age, who would have been lured down the A46 by Cloughie, European Cups and the like.
Ray Trew also moved our very successful Lincoln ladies team (although independent of City) to Notts.
That did happen, but I also remember Clough bemoaning the fact the people of Nottingham were not supporting his club by choosing to go and watch Taylor's Lincoln instead. A golden age for the floating supporter.Older fans will know better than me but...a strong Nottingham Forest has historically been extremely bad for Lincoln City right, in terms of attracting fans? Certainly there's lots of Lincoln based Forest fans of a certain age, who would have been lured down the A46 by Cloughie, European Cups and the like.
Not quite true (or Trew), I'm afraid. As controversial as the original move may have been, Alan Hardy closed Notts County Ladies, not Ray Trew. Secondly, there was a very good reason why he did: in keeping with the majority of women's football, it was catastrophically unprofitable. The Ladies team had accumulated a legacy debt of half a million pounds to that point, and would have cost another half-million every season just to run it; the estimated income for the 2017-18 season was just £28,000. That is crazy economics, and could not have been sustained in Nottingham, Lincoln or anywhere else.Was disgraceful how he was allowed to steal our brilliant ladies team (and then bankrupt them). Shameful of the FA to allow it to happen too (a la MK Dons).
Not quite true (or Trew), I'm afraid. As controversial as the original move may have been, Alan Hardy closed Notts County Ladies, not Ray Trew. Secondly, there was a very good reason why he did: in keeping with the majority of women's football, it was catastrophically unprofitable. The Ladies team had accumulated a legacy debt of half a million pounds to that point, and would have cost another half-million every season just to run it; the estimated income for the 2017-18 season was just £28,000. That is crazy economics, and could not have been sustained in Nottingham, Lincoln or anywhere else.
The club has now been re-started under the name Notts County Women, playing at a much lower level and seeking to be self-sufficient.
It's costing him a lot more to keep the men's club running at the moment with a lot less successNot quite true (or Trew), I'm afraid. As controversial as the original move may have been, Alan Hardy closed Notts County Ladies, not Ray Trew. Secondly, there was a very good reason why he did: in keeping with the majority of women's football, it was catastrophically unprofitable. The Ladies team had accumulated a legacy debt of half a million pounds to that point, and would have cost another half-million every season just to run it; the estimated income for the 2017-18 season was just £28,000. That is crazy economics, and could not have been sustained in Nottingham, Lincoln or anywhere else.
The club has now been re-started under the name Notts County Women, playing at a much lower level and seeking to be self-sufficient.
I haven't seen the quotes, but there is also the issue of whether anything he says, or intimates, that relies on his knowledge of confidential agreements between individuals and the club, could be in breach of the GDPR Data Protection Laws.