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Reply | Online Ticketing Issues
at 20:02 26 Oct 2024
Well I'm a complete computer retard and I've managed to buy two seats together at the first attempt without any problem, even though I'd forgotten my password and had to reset it. Plus I've printed off the bar code thingy and the whole thing took about 6 minutes.
It just goes to show there's always someone worse off than yourself. [Post edited 26 Oct 20:08]
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Reply | Trust chair steps down.
at 23:04 27 Sep 2024
Farewell Chair. As I said to you once, this club has a strange habit of throwing up great individuals at the right time for the right reason. The Main Stand is named after one!
You're not in that league though, but you've stepped up at the right time and done a marvelous job. As a fan, thank you. |
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Reply | Sir Peter makes his debut
at 20:16 31 Aug 2024
Bonus Question Answer perhaps....
99-00 season. Parkin's first.
4 clean sheets in first five League games.
No idea on kits. Don't give a shite! |
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Reply | Sir Peter makes his debut
at 17:33 31 Aug 2024
That Ferguson looks alright. Doesn't miss much in the air. An ugly old fashioned uncompromising Centre Back.
Best home performance in ages and we should have had 8. |
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Reply | Aaron Morley
at 13:57 31 Aug 2024
Mark Howson, who was born in Morley, has just signed a one year contract extension at Middlesbrough. [Post edited 31 Aug 17:30]
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Reply | Semis
at 13:33 11 Jul 2024
I'm not sure it was the wrong decision if going by the letter of the law.
I agree in the spirit of football it wasn't a penalty, but how many times do you see a full back clear the ball up the line only for his follow through foot to catch the boot of an opponent who is trying to block the clearance?
That's always a booking (wrongly in my view). So yesterday's attempted Dutch block would've been a free-kick anywhere else on the pitch. In which case the penalty was technically the correct call, even though it just felt wrong.
I'd also point to Peter Cavanagh's red card at Boston years ago, which from memory, he received for raising his studs in a challenge. Yesterday's Dutch lad who caught Kane committed a challenge far worse.
Football is broken! |
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Reply | Meet The Board Tonight
at 22:10 3 Jun 2024
I spoke to the young lad later on and he said, "I've been coming to forums for a few years now, and on this occasion I became overwhelmed by the top table not bullshitting me with lie after lie like the previous few years. It made me pass out in shock." |
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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 18:18 10 May 2024
Fantastic news. The last few years have been wearisome and worrying. Thank God they're gone.
There's no guarantees the Ogden family will be the second coming but, all of their statements so far are free from the bull shit which usually accompanies takeovers elsewhere that we've seen. There's no bones being thrown to supporters, no confident predictions, no claims to be lifelong fans etc. In fact there is nothing resembling the out and out lies some of our former Directors/employees were guilty of spewing out every time they opened their mouths.
Their rhetoric so far has been understated, quietly delivered, and is unflappable and a bit deadpan. You only have to listen to SPO on you tube to quickly ascertain that he's all of the above, measured, and not prone to the sort of extreme mood swings that we'd often associate with football people.
A breath of fresh air. |
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Reply | Away Attendance Today
at 23:16 23 Dec 2023
Given the amount of people who cheered in the Main Stand when our goals went in, there were easily over 1400 Daleys there. Blokes on their sponsor's balcony were going bonkers when we equalised. I've never seen any of them before, anywhere, so they might have been fakes.
Interesting to listen to rugby talk in the home stands. Most folk know I think rugby is a shit sport watched by shit people, but the narrative spun by their locals was that Fiji had been denied a Spotland International by our Board. I put them straight, but shit rugby people don't change no matter which county they are from.
Still, a good football turnout, better than anything shit rugby could muster. [Post edited 23 Dec 2023 23:19]
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Reply | Tonight's AGM
at 12:22 22 Dec 2023
Our Board need to remember it was the fans putting their predecessors under a level of scrutiny which triggered the run of events which ultimately led to them becoming Directors.
Not only should they remember, they should be reminded. Every day. |
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Reply | Boreham Wood game being shown in Ratcliffe
at 22:09 18 Sep 2023
I think it's incumbent on as many Dale fans as can to turn up. When some fans say they feel out of touch with the club and the hierarchy, they give bullets to be fired at them when events like this aren't supported.
Obviously not everyone should come, as I want a good seat and to be served quickly!
And the Trust deserve thanks for enabling the game to be shown. |
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Reply | RIP Dale Superfan
at 15:03 17 Sep 2023
A great shame. Dale through and through. RIP Mavis |
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Reply | Match Thread: Dale vs Barnet
at 21:02 16 Sep 2023
Excellent game today. Didn't yawn once.
It might be a misinterpretation on my part but our energy levels seemed better to the end - in recent seasons we have tapered off towards the end of games often conceding. On the 75 minute mark I thought this would inevitably happen again, but the opposite occurred.
Recently Hendo got a little stick on here for being offside (at Kiddy?) which I thought was harsh as we don't see how often he is on-side when making his runs. Not seen the highlights yet, but can't wait to see the timing and bend on his run to enable our late goal. He almost made the pass. I didn't even bother looking at the lino as sometimes you just know class when you see it! |
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Reply | EGM
at 22:24 2 Aug 2023
I think from 1994 through till relatively recently, Dale owned 45% of the Stadium Company which owned the ground. Therefore, I'm not sure how loans were given out 8 times by former Directors to Dale who also put a charge on something they didn't own. I suspect had that been the case, some of us older fans would have been aware of it at the time, especially shareholders, for whom this will be a surprise to hear your allegations in 2023. I'm not saying you're wrong though.
In any case, loans from previous Board members were usually recouped from Cup runs, or were converted into shares, or were simply written off.
There is an anecdote from the early 2000's when following the cup run that ended at Wolves, the then Chairman was seen treating himself to a takeaway in the confines of a Littleborough takeaway having earlier enjoyed a few pints at The Sun. When questioned about his lavish speculation on a takeaway, he remarked, "I'm feeling flush. I've got the fooking money the fooking club owes me after our fooking cup run!"
I doubt the current Chairman would embrace that style about doing things in such a way. He might wish to reconsider. He might also think we won't have another Dawson or a cup run. |
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Reply | EGM
at 18:06 1 Aug 2023
Same here. It's really poor from the club. I've always had every other email due on time.
EDIT: Have emailed the COO, but I really shouldn't have to. [Post edited 1 Aug 2023 18:11]
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Reply | EGM
at 10:32 29 Jul 2023
A rollover prize is the biggest con in weekly draws. It's designed never to be won but therefore gives a headline prize when recruiting.
As I understand it, there maybe a draw where there are a million unique numbers available for £1 per week. The draw may have 10,000 players per week.
Therefore the chances of the jackpot being won are 10,000 in 1,000,000. I'm willing to be corrected if my ancient knowledge has been usurped by that evil modernity! |
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Reply | EGM
at 18:13 28 Jul 2023
I agree with most of that, but you have now said a couple of times that the Trust should run a version of Goldbond. Have you any idea how many hours per week are required by x number of people with expert knowledge of the industry to achieve a successful Weekly Draw?
To expect a small group of volunteers to achieve that on a part time basis is extraordinarily naive.
Borrowing is not the answer however. The writing was on the wall ages ago in a Christmas message where the Chairman boasted we employed 138 people. Even on wages of £100 per week, that's nearly £0.75m a year. Draw your own conclusions. |
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