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Post by bidefordgas on Nov 14, 2022 15:04:11 GMT
Club secretary with twenty years service has left the club. Usual rumours circulating, sacked etc and the likes of Graham Coughlan etc have already responded to his leaving thanking him for helping him when he was at the club.
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Post by curlywurly on Nov 14, 2022 15:46:24 GMT
It is probably to his credit that not many of us know David Sams or the work he has done behind the scenes to keep the wheels of the club on track. I really hope that there is a transition plan and we can get an experienced and efficient administrator in place to fill the role. Plenty of opportunity to mess up if we don't get it right.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2022 15:53:43 GMT
Can you remember the days when clubs were docked points for fielding ineligible players? Thank goodness club secretary's have improved and this is now a rare event.
Good luck for the future Dave, you did a great job as can be seen by so many professionals commenting on your LinkedIn page.
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Post by Sir Trevor B'Sol on Nov 14, 2022 16:15:30 GMT
Best wishes for the future Samssy.
In a key position for so many years and rarely in the public eye.
Shows how good a job you have done.
Thanks for such good service.
A different sort of Saturday afternoon now?
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Post by darkbluegas on Nov 14, 2022 16:42:29 GMT
It is probably to his credit that not many of us know David Sams or the work he has done behind the scenes to keep the wheels of the club on track. I really hope that there is a transition plan and we can get an experienced and efficient administrator in place to fill the role. Plenty of opportunity to mess up if we don't get it right. Gordon Bennett!! the days of the glamour club secretary are long gone
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2022 16:47:37 GMT
It is probably to his credit that not many of us know David Sams or the work he has done behind the scenes to keep the wheels of the club on track. I really hope that there is a transition plan and we can get an experienced and efficient administrator in place to fill the role. Plenty of opportunity to mess up if we don't get it right. Gordon Bennett!! the days of the glamour club secretary are long gone Good old Gordon, hiding unopened VAT demands in the loft at Hambrook hoping they would just go away.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 14, 2022 17:32:44 GMT
Hmmmmmm......🤔
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Post by tbonegas on Nov 14, 2022 21:31:52 GMT
Bring back Peter Terry.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2022 21:56:26 GMT
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Post by horfield on Nov 14, 2022 22:11:25 GMT
Latest odds on Dave Sams replacement as club secretary. Gorringe's wife's best friend 10-11 Georgia Barton Evens Stephen Vaughan Jnr 15-8 Stephen Vaughan Snr 3-1 Curtis Warren 5-1 Joe Anderson 7-1 Derek Hatton 9-1 Daniel Gee 12-1 Eddy Jennings 14-1 Corporal Gibson 16-1 Chauffeur Mardam Bey 18-1 Other scousers 33-1
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Post by peterhooper57 on Nov 15, 2022 9:25:21 GMT
Not a great look, the fella puts in a shift, and then for whatever reason he is gone? Who is behind all this upheaval? next thing the club will be forcing through the unnecessary change of the club's badge based on the pirate, with some under 7s clip art, hang-on hmm.
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Post by Midsomer Murderer on Nov 15, 2022 10:21:47 GMT
Nothing like someone leaving for the conspiracy theorists to get excited - Still, provides entertainment I suppose
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Post by philbemmygas on Nov 15, 2022 12:36:54 GMT
I only spoke to Dave on Saturday at the final whistle, really nice bloke!
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 15, 2022 13:18:34 GMT
I guess we don’t know the circumstances of his leaving.
Whatever, I hope it was amicable and of his choice. 21 years is a long spell and tells me that he is a very competent secretary. I do know it is a very technical role with lots of rules and regulations to navigate around. One of those roles where they are never appreciated until they are not there and the job is being done by someone who does not know or understand what has to be done. One of the reasons secretaries often do a role as assistant so they can learn the regulator nature of what they have to do. Someone coming into the role without that experience could find themselves struggling.
I hope the club have a process to appoint the right person. The person who is appointed will tell us a lot about what is happening. I’m surprised that we’ve had to wait for the local press to tell us that it was happening (or perhaps sadly, I’m not!) I would have expected to have had someone shadowing such an important role before David Sams left to ensure some continuity. Not the role that can be left vacant for weeks I would have thought.
UTG!
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Post by The Equaliser on Nov 15, 2022 14:39:57 GMT
Not a great look, the fella puts in a shift, and then for whatever reason he is gone? Who is behind all this upheaval? next thing the club will be forcing through the unnecessary change of the club's badge based on the pirate, with some under 7s clip art, hang-on hmm. The reason he’s gone could be he has decided to go a different path in his career, people do not need to think everything is a negative when someone leaves. Good luck to David, and thank you for your efforts.
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Post by yorkclosegas on Nov 15, 2022 14:49:18 GMT
Cheers Dave and all the very best for the future,I will never forget all the good favours in the past,Stuart the taxi driver .
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 15, 2022 15:53:18 GMT
Not a great look, the fella puts in a shift, and then for whatever reason he is gone? Who is behind all this upheaval? next thing the club will be forcing through the unnecessary change of the club's badge based on the pirate, with some under 7s clip art, hang-on hmm. The reason he’s gone could be he has decided to go a different path in his career, people do not need to think everything is a negative when someone leaves. Good luck to David, and thank you for your efforts. After 21 years at Rovers it seems odd timing to decide on a career change mid season. The fact the club has made no announcement hardly suggests he left on good terms.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Nov 15, 2022 15:59:37 GMT
Could be 101 decides why he’s chosen to leave. Some which reflect poorly on the club, some the individual, but many more which are completely innocent for both parties.
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Post by The Equaliser on Nov 15, 2022 16:30:15 GMT
The reason he’s gone could be he has decided to go a different path in his career, people do not need to think everything is a negative when someone leaves. Good luck to David, and thank you for your efforts. After 21 years at Rovers it seems odd timing to decide on a career change mid season. The fact the club has made no announcement hardly suggests he left on good terms. The ‘no announcement’ you refer to suggests nothing, but you and others are assuming it’s negative on the club. Maybe David did something wrong and had to leave and the club aren’t saying anything as respect to a long serving employee.
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Post by pucklegas on Nov 15, 2022 16:38:42 GMT
Cheers Dave and all the very best for the future,I will never forget all the good favours in the past,Stuart the taxi driver . Do you do Gaschat discount? 😂
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