Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:53 pm  

After reading the telegraph and argus tonight this paints a picture than has been portrayed by the club and in particular the chairman who says to the fans do not panic. The fact is and whilst I have been watching the cougars in various guises it is not the first time under the chairman we have been served with a winding up order. The club gave no indication of voluntarily going into administration which I feel is treating the fans who at end of the day are paying hard earned money with contempt. The result will without doubt mean points deducted making a hard season harder for the players. With all this in mind and to give the club and new directors a chance of salvaging the damaged reputation the chairman should now RESIGN. I have praised the club and chairman when things go well but also critical when required. An extremely cheesed off supporter.

Re: Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:54 pm  

girl power wrote:

After reading the telegraph and argus tonight this paints a picture than has been portrayed by the club and in particular the chairman who says to the fans do not panic. The fact is and whilst I have been watching the cougars in various guises it is not the first time under the chairman we have been served with a winding up order. The club gave no indication of voluntarily going into administration which I feel is treating the fans who at end of the day are paying hard earned money with contempt. The result will without doubt mean points deducted making a hard season harder for the players. With all this in mind and to give the club and new directors a chance of salvaging the damaged reputation the chairman should now RESIGN. I have praised the club and chairman when things go well but also critical when required. An extremely cheesed off supporter.

Just out of interest as I neither know your Chairman or his history of running your club , is there anybody else willing to commit to running it if he was to go ?

Re: Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:00 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Just out of interest as I neither know your Chairman or his history of running your club , is there anybody else willing to commit to running it if he was to go ?

Our chairman is a local man, Neil Spencer.

He was instrumental in resurrecting the club back in 2001 when we folded the first time and I believe has been the chairman since then.

Rumour has it there are new directors coming on board but nothing official from the club as yet.

Re: Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:09 pm  

Stealth Comic wrote:

Our chairman is a local man, Neil Spencer.

He was instrumental in resurrecting the club back in 2001 when we folded the first time and I believe has been the chairman since then.

Rumour has it there are new directors coming on board but nothing official from the club as yet.

So a ' good ' bloke then , a RL person , as there is not really any other reason to get involved with running a lower league club , my accountant replied to me when I told him I was considering joining the BOD of Leigh , " are you stark raving mad " , he was right , the old adage " you dont have to be mad to work here , but it helps " should have been born from RL

Re: Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:33 pm  

Starbug wrote:

So a ' good ' bloke then , a RL person , as there is not really any other reason to get involved with running a lower league club , my accountant replied to me when I told him I was considering joining the BOD of Leigh , " are you stark raving mad " , he was right , the old adage " you dont have to be mad to work here , but it helps " should have been born from RL

Rightly or wrongly there are people who would dispute your opening phrase.

When the new club formed in 2001, Neil Spencer had an approach and attitude that wound up many loyal and long term fans.

Some might argue that he saved the club but to what end?

Re: Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:54 pm  

Dreamer wrote:

Rightly or wrongly there are people who would dispute your opening phrase.

When the new club formed in 2001, Neil Spencer had an approach and attitude that wound up many loyal and long term fans.

Some might argue that he saved the club but to what end?

As I said I dont know him , but if he has managed to keep your club [ it is ' your ' club not his ] running for 8 years then he must be a reasonably decent person in my experience , the real bad ones either sell the ground after 2/3 years or dissapear as soon as there is nothing to be made out of it

Re: Time to go : Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:02 pm  

Starbug wrote:

As I said I dont know him , but if he has managed to keep your club [ it is ' your ' club not his ] running for 8 years then he must be a reasonably decent person in my experience , the real bad ones either sell the ground after 2/3 years or dissapear as soon as there is nothing to be made out of it

I was not attacking Neil or anyone else for that matter, but someone must be accountable for the situation we are in.

Re: Time to go : Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:19 am  

Assuming we do go into administration again under the chairman I see his position as untenable under the circumstances, no doubt Neil has done a good job keeping the club going up to a point. but I as a fan cannot see how further involvement will ingratiate the fans, I can opnly speak for myself.

Only the other week in the press we were told we are better prepared for promotion, what a load of tosh this turned out to be.

Apart from the fans I feel sorry for Barry and the playeers whom I will continue to watch and support but we all deserve a full explanation as to how the debt occured and from what time period.

Re: Time to go : Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:58 am  

girl power wrote:

Apart from the fans I feel sorry for Barry and the playeers whom I will continue to watch and support but we all deserve a full explanation as to how the debt occured and from what time period.

Agreed.

I have a hunch on this, but hopefully it will come out in the wash.

Re: Time to go : Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:23 pm  

Rightly or wrongly there are people who would dispute your opening phrase.

When the new club formed in 2001, Neil Spencer had an approach and attitude that wound up many loyal and long term fans.

Some might argue that he saved the club but to what end?

When Neil and Colin 'saved' the club, who did they do it for?

They registered a company 'Keighley Cougars 2001 Limited' before the old Cougars was liquidated.

At the time I suggested to Neil that a 'Community' club be formed and offered to invest some of my hard-earned money into it but heard nothing. However, it was too late - Neil and Colin had 'saved' the Club and were the only Directors and shareholders.

It's a pity that a true Community Club wasn't formed with a truly democratic Board accountable to shareholders.

Let's hope that some good will come of this and that the current squad is not lost to other clubs especially as Barry has spent both time and effort in building it from nothing.