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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 14, 2020 20:59:18 GMT
Why not? I thought that was the rules of this forum. Or does that only count for the Al-Qadis? You mean the fake sheik, asset stripping fantasist? Love it. So you're happy the equity in the Mem has virtually gone? This from the posters who's suggested he can't even be bothered to get a season ticket next season the football is that good under the ALQ's leadership.
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Post by Big Jock on Jan 14, 2020 21:01:06 GMT
Your doing it again lads . . . . .
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 14, 2020 21:01:24 GMT
Why not? I thought that was the rules of this forum. Or does that only count for the Al-Qadis? You mean the fake sheik, asset stripping fantasist? Love it. You forgot the attention seeking popularity contestant who is desperate to be a social media star. Come on Hugo.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 14, 2020 21:01:51 GMT
Make up stuff you didn't say? You said you 100% trust the motives of the Supporters Club yet their representative was seemingly caught out causing trouble. Not really sure how that's me twisting anything you've said tbh. Like I said I 100% trust their (BRSC) motives. If this is simply a case of KM watering off the other shareholders and acting against the interests of the FC rather than against the interest of the FCs owners then I’m sure that the SC would have put another rep in place by now that would have been acceptable to the other shareholders. The way the SC have been represented on this forum by certain posters in the past, I'm not sure I would trust their motives.
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 14, 2020 21:02:29 GMT
Your doing it again lads . . . . .
I’ve had a stew and a few glasses of red. Zero 💩 given tonight.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 14, 2020 21:07:18 GMT
You mean the fake sheik, asset stripping fantasist? Love it. So you're happy the equity in the Mem has virtually gone? This from the posters who's suggested he can't even be bothered to get a season ticket next season the football is that good under the ALQ's leadership. I'll reserve judgement on BG for obvious reasons, but no I had made my mind up I no longer wanted to see any more of Coughlins brand of football, regardless of the results. I fail to see how that, or the lowering of the equity in the Mem has anything to do with this thread?? Masters and the SC have literally said NOTHING about the state of the club officially so it's fair to assume that either everything is ok, or he was sh** at representing SC interests.
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Post by glengas on Jan 14, 2020 21:17:08 GMT
So you're happy the equity in the Mem has virtually gone? This from the posters who's suggested he can't even be bothered to get a season ticket next season the football is that good under the ALQ's leadership. I'll reserve judgement on BG for obvious reasons, but no I had made my mind up I no longer wanted to see any more of Coughlins brand of football, regardless of the results. I fail to see how that, or the lowering of the equity in the Mem has anything to do with this thread?? Masters and the SC have literally said NOTHING about the state of the club officially so it's fair to assume that either everything is ok, or he was sh** at representing SC interests. Are they even being told though Hugo? There are ITK’rs telling us that Masters and Hamer were doing terrible things, but is there any scrap of evidence? In my 45+ years of following this club I have never seen such a circus at the top than I’m seeing now. Time for the owners to come out and say why they banned him and what Hamer did and what direction this bloody football club we love is going.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 14, 2020 21:20:18 GMT
I'll reserve judgement on BG for obvious reasons, but no I had made my mind up I no longer wanted to see any more of Coughlins brand of football, regardless of the results. I fail to see how that, or the lowering of the equity in the Mem has anything to do with this thread?? Masters and the SC have literally said NOTHING about the state of the club officially so it's fair to assume that either everything is ok, or he was sh** at representing SC interests. Are they even being told though Hugo? There are ITK’rs telling us that Masters and Hamer were doing terrible things, but is there any scrap of evidence? In my 45+ years of following this club I have never seen such a circus at the top than I’m seeing now. Time for the owners to come out and say why they banned him and what Hamer did and what direction this bloody football club we love is going. There is no proof of anything! Ever!! Thats always been my issue. Until such time that anyone backs up any claims then what should the default position be? It's all such a sorry state of affairs.
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Post by orgasmic on Jan 14, 2020 21:44:40 GMT
This is taken from a post discussing Ken and the SC a while ago...
With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month.
Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't.
As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site.
There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in.
He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand.
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I would add that I believe despite his position meaning he had complimentary passes for each game he still bought a season ticket every season. I think it has also be said that it was Ken who located the FM site, sought funding and set the wheels in motion to secure the future of BRFC. (Although I don’t know that bit for a fact so stand to be corrected).
Regardless of what people think of the SC I think it’s sad that a man who clearly has the best interests of Bristol Rovers at heart and has given more time and energy to the cause than anybody else I’ve known of is pushed aside in this manner. Then I come on to gaschat to find people mocking his suit, haircut, lack of contact details etc. What a sh** fest that as fans we are more interested in his email address or suit than the above. Boggles the mind. In addition nobody seems to care that there is nobody of any description representing our views at board level and trying to do what’s best for the FC. Whether Ken was the best person at that or not, he was better than an empty chair. It also concerns me that there is no statement from the club. If they have a reason to remove our representative then let’s hear it.
For me the trust with the current board has gone. Financially they have been pathetic and personally they have made some decisions that rob the soul from the club. I’m falling out of love with it fast.
Anyway if people could be somewhat respectful to a man who has clearly done more for the club and community than any of us that would be great.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 14, 2020 21:49:05 GMT
Are they even being told though Hugo? There are ITK’rs telling us that Masters and Hamer were doing terrible things, but is there any scrap of evidence? In my 45+ years of following this club I have never seen such a circus at the top than I’m seeing now. Time for the owners to come out and say why they banned him and what Hamer did and what direction this bloody football club we love is going. There is no proof of anything! Ever!! Thats always been my issue. Until such time that anyone backs up any claims then what should the default position be? It's all such a sorry state of affairs. But G1981 and you as forum mods have taken it upon yourselves to cast aspirations on KM's character whilst not posting a shread of evidence to back them up, meanwhile you are making out Wael's doing a good job of running the club whilst we lose £m's every year and are producing football on the pitch the worse most of us have ever witnessed. What's going on when we lose a Chairman, a Club Legal Secretary and an FD all within the space of a few weeks, Wael's the captain of a ship seemingly sinking fast and all you and G1981 can do is gang up on an SC volunteer without saying what he's done which is apparently so wrong.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Jan 14, 2020 21:54:48 GMT
This is taken from a post discussing Ken and the SC a while ago... With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month. Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't. As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site. There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in. He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand. ................ I would add that I believe despite his position meaning he had complimentary passes for each game he still bought a season ticket every season. I think it has also be said that it was Ken who located the FM site, sought funding and set the wheels in motion to secure the future of BRFC. (Although I don’t know that bit for a fact so stand to be corrected). Regardless of what people think of the SC I think it’s sad that a man who clearly has the best interests of Bristol Rovers at heart and has given more time and energy to the cause than anybody else I’ve known of is pushed aside in this manner. Then I come on to gaschat to find people mocking his suit, haircut, lack of contact details etc. What a sh** fest that as fans we are more interested in his email address or suit than the above. Boggles the mind. In addition nobody seems to care that there is nobody of any description representing our views at board level and trying to do what’s best for the FC. Whether Ken was the best person at that or not, he was better than an empty chair. It also concerns me that there is no statement from the club. If they have a reason to remove our representative then let’s hear it. For me the trust with the current board has gone. Financially they have been pathetic and personally they have made some decisions that rob the soul from the club. I’m falling out of love with it fast. Anyway if people could be somewhat respectful to a man who has clearly done more for the club and community than any of us that would be great. So you're saying that it's Ken's fault we've got a 300+ page thread on the Fruit Market? He deserves banning just for that!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2020 22:00:58 GMT
This is taken from a post discussing Ken and the SC a while ago... With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month. Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't. As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site. There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in. He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand. ................ I would add that I believe despite his position meaning he had complimentary passes for each game he still bought a season ticket every season. I think it has also be said that it was Ken who located the FM site, sought funding and set the wheels in motion to secure the future of BRFC. (Although I don’t know that bit for a fact so stand to be corrected). Regardless of what people think of the SC I think it’s sad that a man who clearly has the best interests of Bristol Rovers at heart and has given more time and energy to the cause than anybody else I’ve known of is pushed aside in this manner. Then I come on to gaschat to find people mocking his suit, haircut, lack of contact details etc. What a sh** fest that as fans we are more interested in his email address or suit than the above. Boggles the mind. In addition nobody seems to care that there is nobody of any description representing our views at board level and trying to do what’s best for the FC. Whether Ken was the best person at that or not, he was better than an empty chair. It also concerns me that there is no statement from the club. If they have a reason to remove our representative then let’s hear it. For me the trust with the current board has gone. Financially they have been pathetic and personally they have made some decisions that rob the soul from the club. I’m falling out of love with it fast. Anyway if people could be somewhat respectful to a man who has clearly done more for the club and community than any of us that would be great. So much of this excellent post is indeed true. But......Ken has tried to be Machiavellian but he isn’t politically savvy enough to carry it off. And eventually this sort of behaviour was going to be found out.
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Post by orgasmic on Jan 14, 2020 22:02:21 GMT
This is taken from a post discussing Ken and the SC a while ago... With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month. Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't. As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site. There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in. He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand. ................ I would add that I believe despite his position meaning he had complimentary passes for each game he still bought a season ticket every season. I think it has also be said that it was Ken who located the FM site, sought funding and set the wheels in motion to secure the future of BRFC. (Although I don’t know that bit for a fact so stand to be corrected). Regardless of what people think of the SC I think it’s sad that a man who clearly has the best interests of Bristol Rovers at heart and has given more time and energy to the cause than anybody else I’ve known of is pushed aside in this manner. Then I come on to gaschat to find people mocking his suit, haircut, lack of contact details etc. What a sh** fest that as fans we are more interested in his email address or suit than the above. Boggles the mind. In addition nobody seems to care that there is nobody of any description representing our views at board level and trying to do what’s best for the FC. Whether Ken was the best person at that or not, he was better than an empty chair. It also concerns me that there is no statement from the club. If they have a reason to remove our representative then let’s hear it. For me the trust with the current board has gone. Financially they have been pathetic and personally they have made some decisions that rob the soul from the club. I’m falling out of love with it fast. Anyway if people could be somewhat respectful to a man who has clearly done more for the club and community than any of us that would be great. So you're saying that it's Ken's fault we've got a 300+ page thread on the Fruit Market? He deserves banning just for that! Not one for the blame game but that thread started after Wael mentioned it in an interview!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 14, 2020 22:10:20 GMT
"So much of this excellent post is indeed true. But......Ken has tried to be Machiavellian but he isn’t politically savvy enough to carry it off. And eventually this sort of behaviour was going to be found out."
The way BoD are leaving it would well be it's Wael who's the loser in the long run, after all I doubt he'll be around if the club is ever bought, whereas I'm sure the SC will be still around.
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Post by gregsy on Jan 14, 2020 22:14:57 GMT
"So much of this excellent post is indeed true. But......Ken has tried to be Machiavellian but he isn’t politically savvy enough to carry it off. And eventually this sort of behaviour was going to be found out." The way BoD are leaving it would well be it's Wael who's the loser in the long run, after all I doubt he'll be around if the club is ever bought, whereas I'm sure the SC will be still around. Can anyone else solve this riddle.... I'm stuck....
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Post by madgas on Jan 14, 2020 22:26:49 GMT
This is taken from a post discussing Ken and the SC a while ago... With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month. Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't. As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site. There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in. He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand. ................ I would add that I believe despite his position meaning he had complimentary passes for each game he still bought a season ticket every season. I think it has also be said that it was Ken who located the FM site, sought funding and set the wheels in motion to secure the future of BRFC. (Although I don’t know that bit for a fact so stand to be corrected). Regardless of what people think of the SC I think it’s sad that a man who clearly has the best interests of Bristol Rovers at heart and has given more time and energy to the cause than anybody else I’ve known of is pushed aside in this manner. Then I come on to gaschat to find people mocking his suit, haircut, lack of contact details etc. What a sh** fest that as fans we are more interested in his email address or suit than the above. Boggles the mind. In addition nobody seems to care that there is nobody of any description representing our views at board level and trying to do what’s best for the FC. Whether Ken was the best person at that or not, he was better than an empty chair. It also concerns me that there is no statement from the club. If they have a reason to remove our representative then let’s hear it. For me the trust with the current board has gone. Financially they have been pathetic and personally they have made some decisions that rob the soul from the club. I’m falling out of love with it fast. Anyway if people could be somewhat respectful to a man who has clearly done more for the club and community than any of us that would be great. Again- failure to see how someone can do good and bad at the same time. The supporters club have clearly done good stuff. However as the board they are not beyond approach. As the representative of the fans- the lack of formal communication has been diabolical. EDIT: I believe neither Wael or Ken mean bad for the football club. Unfortunately neither have kept us informed of how they believe the club should be run.
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 14, 2020 22:37:56 GMT
There is no proof of anything! Ever!! Thats always been my issue. Until such time that anyone backs up any claims then what should the default position be? It's all such a sorry state of affairs. But G1981 and you as forum mods have taken it upon yourselves to cast aspirations on KM's character whilst not posting a shread of evidence to back them up, meanwhile you are making out Wael's doing a good job of running the club whilst we lose £m's every year and are producing football on the pitch the worse most of us have ever witnessed. What's going on when we lose a Chairman, a Club Legal Secretary and an FD all within the space of a few weeks, Wael's the captain of a ship seemingly sinking fast and all you and G1981 can do is gang up on an SC volunteer without saying what he's done which is apparently so wrong. I have said KM through the years has done many a noble deed. I cant argue with any of it. But why stain that record? Why put all of that at risk and for what? The promise of a VPship or a place on the board with the club under new ownership? Was that the kind of legacy he wanted? To be remembered as some kind of hero? If so, that chase has just ended with a very public rebuke and a tarnish of his own reputation. You attack me like Im making all this up, but he really has done it to himself. Do you really think that they would ban him without any evidence or foundation? I think not.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Jan 14, 2020 23:13:17 GMT
But G1981 and you as forum mods have taken it upon yourselves to cast aspirations on KM's character whilst not posting a shread of evidence to back them up, meanwhile you are making out Wael's doing a good job of running the club whilst we lose £m's every year and are producing football on the pitch the worse most of us have ever witnessed. What's going on when we lose a Chairman, a Club Legal Secretary and an FD all within the space of a few weeks, Wael's the captain of a ship seemingly sinking fast and all you and G1981 can do is gang up on an SC volunteer without saying what he's done which is apparently so wrong. I have said KM through the years has done many a noble deed. I cant argue with any of it. But why stain that record? Why put all of that at risk and for what? The promise of a VPship or a place on the board with the club under new ownership? Was that the kind of legacy he wanted? To be remembered as some kind of hero? If so, that chase has just ended with a very public rebuke and a tarnish of his own reputation. You attack me like Im making all this up, but he really has done it to himself. Do you really think that they would ban him without any evidence or foundation? I think not. They would ban him though if he was working in a way that he believed was good for BRFC but the owners believed wasn’t so good for them.
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Post by orgasmic on Jan 14, 2020 23:19:36 GMT
This is taken from a post discussing Ken and the SC a while ago... With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month. Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't. As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site. There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in. He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand. ................ I would add that I believe despite his position meaning he had complimentary passes for each game he still bought a season ticket every season. I think it has also be said that it was Ken who located the FM site, sought funding and set the wheels in motion to secure the future of BRFC. (Although I don’t know that bit for a fact so stand to be corrected). Regardless of what people think of the SC I think it’s sad that a man who clearly has the best interests of Bristol Rovers at heart and has given more time and energy to the cause than anybody else I’ve known of is pushed aside in this manner. Then I come on to gaschat to find people mocking his suit, haircut, lack of contact details etc. What a sh** fest that as fans we are more interested in his email address or suit than the above. Boggles the mind. In addition nobody seems to care that there is nobody of any description representing our views at board level and trying to do what’s best for the FC. Whether Ken was the best person at that or not, he was better than an empty chair. It also concerns me that there is no statement from the club. If they have a reason to remove our representative then let’s hear it. For me the trust with the current board has gone. Financially they have been pathetic and personally they have made some decisions that rob the soul from the club. I’m falling out of love with it fast. Anyway if people could be somewhat respectful to a man who has clearly done more for the club and community than any of us that would be great. Again- failure to see how someone can do good and bad at the same time. The supporters club have clearly done good stuff. However as the board they are not beyond approach. As the representative of the fans- the lack of formal communication has been diabolical. EDIT: I believe neither Wael or Ken mean bad for the football club. Unfortunately neither have kept us informed of how they believe the club should be run. FWIW I think the current board are a bit sh** and also think the SC is a bit sh**. Not a fan of banning without explaining why and posters mocking someone who has clearly done a great deal of good for the club and community.
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Post by orgasmic on Jan 14, 2020 23:22:50 GMT
But G1981 and you as forum mods have taken it upon yourselves to cast aspirations on KM's character whilst not posting a shread of evidence to back them up, meanwhile you are making out Wael's doing a good job of running the club whilst we lose £m's every year and are producing football on the pitch the worse most of us have ever witnessed. What's going on when we lose a Chairman, a Club Legal Secretary and an FD all within the space of a few weeks, Wael's the captain of a ship seemingly sinking fast and all you and G1981 can do is gang up on an SC volunteer without saying what he's done which is apparently so wrong. I have said KM through the years has done many a noble deed. I cant argue with any of it. But why stain that record? Why put all of that at risk and for what? The promise of a VPship or a place on the board with the club under new ownership? Was that the kind of legacy he wanted? To be remembered as some kind of hero? If so, that chase has just ended with a very public rebuke and a tarnish of his own reputation. You attack me like Im making all this up, but he really has done it to himself. Do you really think that they would ban him without any evidence or foundation? I think not. At a total guess I would say he has been working hard trying to do what he thinks is in the best interest of BRFC. The link to the other forum has a known poster claiming he believes they could easily be sued for their actions which would imply Wael and co haven’t necessarily acted correctly themselves. I don’t think the SC will sue and I’d wager that’s the gamble they took before issuing the ban.
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