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Reply | Books about Rochdale AFC
at 18:27 16 Dec 2022
Forward with the Dale - A History of Rochdale AFC, Brian Clough, 1981
The A-Z of Rochdale FC, Darren Phillips, 2000
In a similar vein to Joe Thompson's book as not just about the Dale you could also add -
Tony Collins - Football Master Spy, Quentin Cope and Sarita Collins, 2016 |
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Reply | Gannon
at 09:55 22 Jan 2021
Suggestions that it's a difference in 'culture' between Gannon and the new-ish owners. Needless to say, message board, club facebook etc gone into meltdown. |
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Reply | Bye Kwadwo?
at 10:44 21 Jan 2021
Kwadwo feature in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jan/21/kwadwo-baah-rochdale-ballboy-fa
“I’ve heard quite a few rumours about other clubs being interested but that’s not really important to me right now,” Baah says. “What’s important is carrying on playing at Rochdale, scoring more goals and getting more recognition. There are certain areas I need to improve on but there’s more to come and I can show people what I’m made of. |
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Reply | Should Dominic Cummins resign?
at 09:49 28 May 2020
It was reported as a group of 'up to 100' . When the police, in response to calls concerning a large group, turned up they found 15 people socially distanced into family groups and took no action. |
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Reply | Should Dominic Cummins resign?
at 09:07 28 May 2020
It's not the first time that Tahir Ali MP has been mentioned in this thread. I think one key issue about Tahir Ali is that he recognised his actions which, while looking to make a contribution to the rules around attendance at funerals which were and still are causing a great deal of upset across the whole of society, were misguided and issued an unreserved apology.
One issue the Stephen Kinnock and Tahir Ali cases both raise is the politicising of police forces across the country. It is not the job of the police to assign 'guilt' (if indeed any existed) and name and shame politicians. There are due processes for that in Parliament and in the judicial system - it should not be left to the personal political preferences of individual senior police officers. |
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Reply | Council loan to Stadium Co
at 19:04 27 May 2020
Well, since you asked nicely
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No, couldn't do that. Much preferred the 2014 promotion do personally - managed to get inside for that one. |
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Reply | Council loan to Stadium Co
at 18:52 27 May 2020
That's a bit harsh. There's more than one version of that on You Tube.... |
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Reply | Should Dominic Cummins resign?
at 18:43 27 May 2020
Apologies for misinterpreting your finely nuanced post.
Or in Heather Wheeler speak "Fook me, I've dropped one there". |
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Reply | Council loan to Stadium Co
at 18:25 27 May 2020
We're an important asset to the Borough. It sez so. And tbh, there's been times over the last decade or so when it felt like we were the only bit of good news in the Borough. |
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Reply | Should Dominic Cummins resign?
at 18:23 27 May 2020
Hopelessly misguided political attack.
I personally hope that Asia and the Pacific appreciate the efforts of Heather Wheeler, the Conservative MP for South Derbyshire who is the Minister for Asia and the Pacific who will be a far bigger cost to the taxpayer than Mr Kinnock. The Labour Party don't get to choose Ministerial roles - that is a role of the Government of the day.
Ooooh, she's got a foul mouth on her https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/12/mp-caught-saying-oh-fing-hell-when-zoom-call-comm |
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Reply | Council loan to Stadium Co
at 18:06 27 May 2020
I was interested by the "£52m in the bank". Having looked at the Council's budget setting papers I think this sum is made up of general reserves of £17m and a 'Budget Carry Forward Reserve' of £34.6m. General reserves or balances are held as contingency or emergency funding against known risks in the Council's budget. The Council's statutory 'Chief Finance Officer' has a legal responsibility to report to the Council on the adequacy of these reserves which are also subject to comment and review by the District Auditor. Yes it is money in the bank, but it is an emergency fund that the Council is obliged to hold. The remaining £34.6m is accounted for in the 2020/21 Council budget, the submitted papers showing an anticipated balance of zero in the Reserve on 31st March 2021 - this is money that may have been in the bank on 1st April 2020 but which was set against planned expenditure in 2020/21. So the £52m in the bank is a something of a misrepresentation. It's all in here - no clues, you can find it yourselves - I had to. http://democracy.rochdale.gov.uk/documents/g5149/Public%20reports%20pack%2026th-
The Council's investment in the Manchester Airport Group is just that, an investment that produces an annual dividend - this can be used to keep Council Tax low or can be invested in local services. Given Covid, this years anticipated dividend will probably have been hammered.
Why does Council Tax keep going up - unless you've been living under a stone you would have noticed that for the last few years Council Tax increases have included a government sanctioned 2% increase ring fenced for social care support where the costs are spiralling as a result of our ageing population and the lack of a coherent national approach to the care of the elderly which has been so sadly exposed in recent weeks. And talking of the last few weeks, Council finances have been hammered - despite some additional funding from government, local authority income has been hammered and additional costs incurred due to additional social care requirements, additional public health responsibilities etc leading to warnings of Council bankruptcies appearing in the media. The government backtracked on saying everything would be paid for, saying that the pain needed to be shared - so wait for next years Council Tax increases and reductions in services.
In terms of security on the loan, the loan was to the Stadium Company and so could only be secured against the ground which is the only asset of the Company. I would assume that the loan is relatively insignificant against the value of the ground and the football club's guarantee was sought, or maybe offered, in order to protect the principal asset. In reality, forcing the sale of the ground for a modest sum would have been in no-ones interest and counter to the stated purpose of granting the loan - the protection of an important asset to the Borough. |
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Reply | Covid and the mentality of some!
at 07:57 27 May 2020
Sometimes ridicule can be as powerful a weapon as reasoned argument. The Cummings mask skit is reflecting back what society's likely response is to be. The driving blind headline is ridiculing the ridiculous. The problem is whether the readership of The Star will appreciate the subtleties of that front page. |
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