| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm 18:54 - Jun 1 with 63668 views | RAFCBLUE |
A beautiful evening this evening at Spotland for one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures of the season.
Team news when we have it, but the Board are expected to play a flat back 5.
Zoom is filling up nicely with many in attendance. |  |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 14:21 - Jun 2 with 5211 views | Brierls |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 13:51 - Jun 2 by 1907 |
I genuinely believe last night was one of those watershed moments that a lot of us will look back on with great pride & will be talked about in many pubs around the borough for many years to come.
A huge thanks must go to the Trust & Col for all their hard work in recent weeks which have enabled us to arrive at the turning point we are now at.
All I could think about throughout the 5 hour marathon last night was Bury.
Bury fans & shareholders sat in meetings very similar to what we experienced last night yet few chose to act in the decisive manner that the Dale family did.
Trevor Butterworth giving it to the board & calling them a shambles was amazing.
Graham Morris attempting to be a saviour of the club for the umpteenth time.
C E Lord holding the incompetent buffoons' to account & taking no prisoners with his questioning.
There's too many to mention but today is truly a proud day to be a Dale fan & everybody involved should rightly feel elated. |
I can only echo that. The final paragraph is particularly pertinent; with an emphasis on EVERYBODY involved.
The Dale Trust may have been the vehicle for securing the EGM, but the combined efforts of existing DT board members and a collection of individuals (some DT members, others who weren't) who worked their bollocks off is what delivered this result.
There may be run ins with people on here, there may be jousting on social media, but there is a common bond that exists within those of us that are dyed in the wool Dale fans. People will pull together. Thanks to those individuals involved, I feel this is just the beginning of increased involvement from a skilled and experienced fanbase. |  | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 14:41 - Jun 2 with 5082 views | JPSDale |
Match Report on Last Nights EGM
The majority of Shareholders lined up against a limp looking Board side. The ever hard working Trust set the tone early on, 4 motions dismissed within the opening minutes. This knocked the Board further onto the back foot, with Bottomley and Rawlinson in particular looking past their sell by date.
As the game progressed it was clear that class and integrity are indeed permanent, form ( and position) are temporary. Step forward JOHN SMALLWOOD, who with his action of resigning over various contracts / employment issues showed his integrity, then with a few deft comments showed his class by asking question of the Boards FD regarding numbers, Pockney was left floundering in his attempt not to let his Captain Bottomley down, but it was too late, Smallwood landed a critical blow for integrity and transparency - a lesson Pockney will need to learn very quickly if he is to survive at this level.
As the Shareholders retook control of the Club ( and the game) it was left to a long time Dale fan from a previous era to show the new boys and a few of the old boys how it should be done. The Overcoat men pondered, and sighed, but TRACKSUITMAN TREVOR BUTTERWORTH drove Shareholders forward with passion and intelligence. A man few have heard speak before as he keeps his words for behind closed doors, but bye heck, did the folk of Rochdale AFC see how things used to be run when BANGER BUTTERWORTH was around. The hairs on the back on my neck are still standing on end hearing him say " its not Man Utd, its Bloody Rochdale", " you should all be ashamed". A great performance from a classy man.
Butterworth was clearly riled by the Board and was more than up for the challenge, perhaps he was also showing the Overcoat Men that they were not the only players in Dales survival over many years
TRACKSUIT MAN, I salute you and your efforts, and I doff my Baseball cap to you
SMALLWOOD, with such levels of integrity you should be the new Chairman ! |  | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:00 - Jun 2 with 4943 views | RAFCBLUE |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 14:21 - Jun 2 by Brierls |
I can only echo that. The final paragraph is particularly pertinent; with an emphasis on EVERYBODY involved.
The Dale Trust may have been the vehicle for securing the EGM, but the combined efforts of existing DT board members and a collection of individuals (some DT members, others who weren't) who worked their bollocks off is what delivered this result.
There may be run ins with people on here, there may be jousting on social media, but there is a common bond that exists within those of us that are dyed in the wool Dale fans. People will pull together. Thanks to those individuals involved, I feel this is just the beginning of increased involvement from a skilled and experienced fanbase. |
To expand on your point, Briels, whilst the Dale Trust was the mechanism for fans having a voice I think I am right to say that the number of voices the Trust represented is many more than the shareholders and understandably, not every shareholder will always be a member of the Trust or vice versa.
Last night the Trust proved the value of a Trust in a football club as operates in other clubs.
I do hope this paves the way for the Trust organisation to be allowed to play a more structural role rather than be seen as a stakeholder group that sits on the periphery and is seen as a nuisance by those running the club to be held at arms length. | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:00 - Jun 2 with 4942 views | 442Dale |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 13:57 - Jun 2 by kel |
A bury fan messaged me this earlier (I’m sure he won’t mind me sharing)
“I’m glad you lot have more about you than we did.” |
To this day it’s still quite sad that the Bury situation was allowed to develop by such a disjointed fanbase who had their own views and egos which got in the way of what mattered. There was a genuine amount of support from plenty of Dale fans as well who offered suggestions of how to progress whether that be challenging their own Supporters Trust to be more transparent and follow agreed processes or documenting all involvements with the club, and there were some Shakers fans who wanted to do this. But too few. Those at Forever Bury at the time who decided this wasn’t the sort of route they wanted to follow will look on today and realise how what happened to them never needed to reach the point it did. |  |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:27 - Jun 2 with 4754 views | RAFCBLUE |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:00 - Jun 2 by 442Dale |
To this day it’s still quite sad that the Bury situation was allowed to develop by such a disjointed fanbase who had their own views and egos which got in the way of what mattered. There was a genuine amount of support from plenty of Dale fans as well who offered suggestions of how to progress whether that be challenging their own Supporters Trust to be more transparent and follow agreed processes or documenting all involvements with the club, and there were some Shakers fans who wanted to do this. But too few. Those at Forever Bury at the time who decided this wasn’t the sort of route they wanted to follow will look on today and realise how what happened to them never needed to reach the point it did. |
The irony of that comparison 442 is that Forever Bury's biggest mistake was to entrust their shareholdings with individuals who did not have their best interests at heart whereas last night's events saw the complete opposite position.
There was a gentleman last night who made the point along the lines of "What happens if the shares are sold for £4m and we don't like the outcome? It's not as if a couple of Dale fans can then go an buy them all back."
Shareholders are the most powerful of all people in a business and they rightly call the shots. In our instance the crossover between shareholders who are fans and fans who would like to become shareholders is fortunately very high. | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:47 - Jun 2 with 4602 views | kel |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:00 - Jun 2 by 442Dale |
To this day it’s still quite sad that the Bury situation was allowed to develop by such a disjointed fanbase who had their own views and egos which got in the way of what mattered. There was a genuine amount of support from plenty of Dale fans as well who offered suggestions of how to progress whether that be challenging their own Supporters Trust to be more transparent and follow agreed processes or documenting all involvements with the club, and there were some Shakers fans who wanted to do this. But too few. Those at Forever Bury at the time who decided this wasn’t the sort of route they wanted to follow will look on today and realise how what happened to them never needed to reach the point it did. |
And there’s still groups of them at war with each other on twitter, including some who used to come on here and try to mock and belittle us. They can laugh all they want about our lack of trophies etc but I bet they’d give up all they won for last night to have happened to them. |  | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:54 - Jun 2 with 4561 views | RAFCBLUE |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 15:47 - Jun 2 by kel |
And there’s still groups of them at war with each other on twitter, including some who used to come on here and try to mock and belittle us. They can laugh all they want about our lack of trophies etc but I bet they’d give up all they won for last night to have happened to them. |
The sobering lesson in all of these lost clubs, including bury is once it is lost it is gone forever. There is no way back.
We are lucky (for now) that we have avoided that type of situation but should not, as a club or individuals rest on our laurels. | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 16:01 - Jun 2 with 4501 views | BillyRudd |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 13:29 - Jun 2 by 100notout |
Hard to disagree with that BR after last night. Call it loyalty, discretion or whatever you want, there’s no doubt in my mind he could have spilled the beans last night but he didn’t and that’s why I said misplaced. Maybe he was bullied/threatened/isolated and felt that he couldn’t stand up to his “seniors” Either way I think he’ll reflect on last night / last couple of years and think that he could have done better. What I would say is that in Kelly’s absence (said to be on medical grounds but that sounded a bit too convenient for me) TP stepped up to the plate and fronted it all - I still think he’s a good guy - my opinion.
As somebody said what was really disappointing but not surprising was that DB cowardly sat there without publicly stating the facts and let others try to gloss over it. Thankfully we could all see through it. |
Thanks for your reply 100. Sounds like a considered and sober assesment to me. I hope TP repays the faith you have in him. We really do need people we can trust in that boardroom going forward.
Up the Dale | | | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 16:21 - Jun 2 with 4385 views | 100notout |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 16:01 - Jun 2 by BillyRudd |
Thanks for your reply 100. Sounds like a considered and sober assesment to me. I hope TP repays the faith you have in him. We really do need people we can trust in that boardroom going forward.
Up the Dale |
I hope so too BR.
Of course opinions can change as mine did on DB - from wishing him the best and giving him the benefit of the doubt to realising that he was completely out of his depth and not fit to run a tombola stall! | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 16:42 - Jun 2 with 4272 views | fermin |
Surprisingly high percentage of Trust members in favour of the share issue resolutions (around 40% each). |  | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 17:18 - Jun 2 with 4086 views | dawlishdale |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 16:42 - Jun 2 by fermin |
Surprisingly high percentage of Trust members in favour of the share issue resolutions (around 40% each). |
Probably because they didn't fully understand the implications of what was being proposed, and simply wanted to back the club.
The wording on the resolutions was complex, and certainly not easy to understand. | | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 19:51 - Jun 2 with 3704 views | boromat |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 17:18 - Jun 2 by dawlishdale |
Probably because they didn't fully understand the implications of what was being proposed, and simply wanted to back the club.
The wording on the resolutions was complex, and certainly not easy to understand. |
Yes it was difficult and it only became more clear to me from RAFCBLUEs analysis. | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 20:17 - Jun 2 with 3591 views | nordenblue |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 14:02 - Jun 2 by swindondale |
Thanks for digging out that info Pioneer.
Certainly having the shareholdings spread so widely makes any take over far from a straightforward process (as last night's events showed). |
Having just listened to the last podcast,Col to his credit couldn't have been more transparent and explains it all regarding the split of share holders very very well, for someone who was/is allegedly pretty close with Bottomley he's been asking some very difficult questions of him, massive credit must go to him too for last night's result... | | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 23:50 - Jun 2 with 3082 views | rochedale |
You’d have thought the club would have brought out a statement of some kind today. I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall(s) today inside the stadium offices. I wonder what is going on and what the statement, if any, will say… |  |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 23:56 - Jun 2 with 3065 views | pioneer |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 23:50 - Jun 2 by rochedale |
You’d have thought the club would have brought out a statement of some kind today. I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall(s) today inside the stadium offices. I wonder what is going on and what the statement, if any, will say… |
Somebody needs to explain it to GR because he never seems to know what is going on at the club. | | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 00:05 - Jun 3 with 3045 views | D_Alien |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 23:56 - Jun 2 by pioneer |
Somebody needs to explain it to GR because he never seems to know what is going on at the club. |
You're not wrong, but not much point anyone wasting their breath now |  |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 02:50 - Jun 3 with 2930 views | Shun |
Would anyone ITK care to speculate on what this means for Chris Dunphy’s potential return? |  | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 02:56 - Jun 3 with 2928 views | Shun |
Also I’ve just seen a Councillor Edward Lord say how proud he feels to have played a part in last night’s events. Can’t say I’m too familiar with him. Is he a Dale fan? | | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 08:11 - Jun 3 with 2710 views | LeeBrookfield |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 11:27 - Jun 2 by LeeBrookfield |
We should all listen to The Price of football podcast tomorrow, we are first on the list.
Worryingly enough they talk about Matt Southall and Glenn Thomas as investors.
Thomas was at the head of Bury's demise with Stewart Day and the guy who brought in Steve Dale. Highly recommend people google him.
As for Matt Southall 'Football agent'? You may remember put an expensive penthouse and range rover on Charltons costs while getting his collar felt and a £21,000 fine for doing illegal things with the clubs status [see link below]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53449265
If these are the two Bottomley or anyone else is touting as new investors, Lord help me. |
Kieran Maguire has confirmed on the price of football podcast, he has been contacted by people in the media confirming Matt Southall and Glenn Thomas interest in Rochdale and are being looked on favourably by the board.
Buckle in, this will be horrific if this board get their way, could be the end of our club and I don't think I am exaggerating sadly.
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 08:48 - Jun 3 with 2591 views | electricblue |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 08:11 - Jun 3 by LeeBrookfield |
Kieran Maguire has confirmed on the price of football podcast, he has been contacted by people in the media confirming Matt Southall and Glenn Thomas interest in Rochdale and are being looked on favourably by the board.
Buckle in, this will be horrific if this board get their way, could be the end of our club and I don't think I am exaggerating sadly.
UpTheDale |
This is quite alarming to know that the board are even talking to these nomarks.
Quite obvious that the board do want out and to even consider Southall and Thomas smacks of desparation.....
If Altman changed their initial offer would they be looked at in the same manner... |  |
| My all time favourite Dale player Mr Lyndon Symmonds |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 08:49 - Jun 3 with 2589 views | 442Dale |
Embarrassing and shameful. | |
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| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 09:05 - Jun 3 with 2511 views | kel |
If the board even entertained the idea of a bloody phone call from either of those two then it proves once and for all that their claims about wanting the best for the club are absolute bollocks.
Fans, my arse. | | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 09:12 - Jun 3 with 2484 views | Mundell |
Matt Southall is a known charlatan and con man, allegedly. I’m amazed he’s got the nerve to remain on the football scene given the shenanigans at Charlton, where he lied through his teeth from day one, allegedly.
Needs to be avoided at all costs. | | | |
| AGM / EGM /AGM / EGM Match update thread - kick off 7pm on 09:37 - Jun 3 with 2398 views | dawlishdale |
Hopefully; even our shambolic Board wouldn't entertain speaking with these two.
I have a feeling that it is designed as a message to the shareholders who voted off DB and GR on Tuesday.
Of course... any such takeover would almost certainly not pass the shareholders, and thus, it's not going anywhere. | | | |
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