The Football News Thread 2020/21

[Tony Towner]

could have had a nice career actually..but gives hope on feeling for a club..not all about money

It's all about nobody else wanting him for the price Villa want. He would have gone to Spurs 2 years ago and stropped that they wouldn't let him and was desperate to go to Utd this.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Smith just confirmed there were no bids for him. So no decision to be made, he's just costing them more money for the same thing.

 

[Kenny]

Macclesfield Town Football Club has been wound up in the High Court over debts totalling more than £500,000.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

How on earth could they owe an ex-manager £173,000? And I've never heard of John Askey.

 

[Tony Towner]

How on earth could they owe an ex-manager £173,000? And I've never heard of John Askey.

When they eventually pay him, I'm sure he'll say I thank you

 

[White Wolf]

How on earth could they owe an ex-manager £173,000? And I've never heard of John Askey.

Managed them for five years to be fair. I thought Askey did an excellent job in his time there - got them promoted and won the FA Trophy on a tiny budget (smallest in the league I think) due to all the financial problems. Saw a few games and his side played some nice stuff.

 

[Lupo]

Neil Warnock has tested positive and has to self isolate

 

[Banjo]

Neil Warnock has tested positive and has to self isolate

Whilst I have not seen evidence to back this up, Warnock strikes me as a classic anti-masker, "the virus is a con", tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist.

 

[Lupo]

Whilst I have not seen evidence to back this up, Warnock strikes me as a classic anti-masker, "the virus is a con", tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist.

Warnock was said to be surprised at the news as he's never even been tested :icon_lol:

 

[YoungWolf]

https://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/lates...0/september/support-for-macclesfield-town-fc/

He need a thread of his own tbh

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Hmmm. Is that the spewings of the actual owner? Who is a complete shitehawk and 99.99% to blame for Bury going pop.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Neil Warnock has tested positive and has to self isolate

But what was the test, wrong answers only!

 

[NoodleWolf]

But what was the test, wrong answers only!

Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

 

[Johnny75]

How on earth could they owe an ex-manager £173,000? And I've never heard of John Askey.

He's current Port Vale manager.

I did my UEFA B license with John Askey.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Nice little club Macc. But this has been on the cards for a long, long, long time. It's horrible to say but they're just not sustainable. Hardly anyone round there is interested.

 

[BillyDee]

I think the current situation will see a few clubs go. It's probable that some would have gone over the next few years anyway, this country sustains more levels of professional football than others, and i suspect this will just speed up the inevitable.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

This is a total guess, so apologies if it's completely wrong. My guess is that Askey was on a twelve month rolling contract and that £173,000 became due when they fired him. Or perhaps he had longer left to run on a fixed term contract with a lower annual rate of pay.

Either way, I just cannot comprehend how a club at that level could give a manager a contract where they could potentially owe that much. There just isn't enough money floating around the lower divisions.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They'd not been paying him properly for a long time and he was due bonuses when he got them promoted (money I don't think they ever budgeted for as by rights, they should have been nowhere near).

Also some people promise a lot of things and never deliver.

 

[The Bear]

20,000 people in Chicago's stadium to watch their NFL game.

Time we got the fans back in.

 

[Tredman]

Not overly keen on using the US as a good example thanks.