Gone_Shrimping wrote:I have sent a "tweet" to Richard Askam who does the North West Sport on BBC local news asking him to do a feature on Morecambe FC's problems with their owner.
SouthernFriedShrimp wrote:I've just had a go at that 'The Price of Football' podcast.
If you want to save listening to half an hour of Kevin Day sniffing while Kieran talks about football finances, the section concerning Morecambe starts at about 33:28.
There are then a couple of minutes of waffle before a general update of what's going on at the club.
The piece ends after about six minutes with Kevin describing the dangers of seaside clubs being sold off so the land can be used to build hotels, and Morecambe is called a "very quaint town". Hmm.
It's getting some 'national' attention anyway.
SouthernFriedShrimp wrote:I've just had a go at that 'The Price of Football' podcast.
If you want to save listening to half an hour of Kevin Day sniffing while Kieran talks about football finances, the section concerning Morecambe starts at about 33:28.
There are then a couple of minutes of waffle before a general update of what's going on at the club.
The piece ends after about six minutes with Kevin describing the dangers of seaside clubs being sold off so the land can be used to build hotels, and Morecambe is called a "very quaint town". Hmm.
It's getting some 'national' attention anyway.
Gone_Shrimping wrote:SouthernFriedShrimp wrote:I've just had a go at that 'The Price of Football' podcast.
If you want to save listening to half an hour of Kevin Day sniffing while Kieran talks about football finances, the section concerning Morecambe starts at about 33:28.
There are then a couple of minutes of waffle before a general update of what's going on at the club.
The piece ends after about six minutes with Kevin describing the dangers of seaside clubs being sold off so the land can be used to build hotels, and Morecambe is called a "very quaint town". Hmm.
It's getting some 'national' attention anyway.
Have you got a link to that , can't seem to find it !
Gone_Shrimping wrote:Have you got a link to that , can't seem to find it !
SouthernFriedShrimp wrote:It just shows other people out there do have some idea of the state of things at the club, and publicises it a bit more.
CityShrimp wrote:Was the meeting going to be live streamed? No sign of a link on the Trust website or any of the social media channels…
Keith wrote:It sounds like a decent turn out at the Shrimps Trust meeting, which was good, with about an extra fifty or so following the Zoom meeting. The Zoom was appreciated, but unfortunately, it was at times really challenging to hear, depending upon where the microphone was. Hopefully, if there are future meetings, this will be repeated, but with better audio.
There was quite a lot of anger in the room, which was misplaced, but I think that was out of frustration with the situation generally.
Unless I missed it, my interpretation of the outcome was, the Trust have faith in the board (I think we all agree) to run the club as effectively as possible. They said that the owners have taken what they can out of the club, so they can't [for example] just dip-in and take any surplus cash. Therefore, they encouraged people to buy season tickets, as this money is safe from the owners' grasp, and urgently needed revenue for the club.
Beyond that, there is little to be done at the moment, we have to sit and wait to see what happens with the sale. Someone spoke [from Blackpool Supporters' Trust?] who said that the EFL see themselves as organisers of the competition rather than regulating owners, so changes to the oversight in football will be welcomed by the EFL.
Personally, I would like to see, under the Trust banner, a letter/email writing campaign to the Secretary of State for Culture Sport & Media, making them aware of the situation at Morecambe, encouraging removal of regulating powers from the EFL and approving a new body, pointing out the 'loophole' that there isn't a time limit for documents being presented to the EFL and making clear the direct connection between Morecambe FC & Worcester Warriors. I think this would have 'achievable goals', in that, nothing in reality would change, as there is nothing they can do to force the situation, and we wouldn't be asking them to do anything beyond there powers, but it would be a 'newsworthy story', and raise our profile.
I'm not sure what the conclusion is in terms going forward, beyond encouraging everyone to buy season tickets and join the Trust if you haven't already, or re-join, if one of the hundreds who didn't renew?
twosheds wrote:Just binned an email to The Rt. Hon. David Morris MP to ask him to use his influence to help get this all resolved....let's see what reply I get...
Keith wrote:twosheds wrote:Just binned an email to The Rt. Hon. David Morris MP to ask him to use his influence to help get this all resolved....let's see what reply I get...
Is he 'Right Honourable'? How did that happen? I'm pretty sure he's only 'Honourable'?
Bonus points for knowing the difference!
As I mentioned previously, I think we should all be writing to The Secretary of State for Culture, Sport & Media, Rt Hon Lucy Frazer, copying David Morris and local & national media, asking her to 'ensure the EFL make a swift resolution to this ongoing situation, before irreversible damage is done to the football club, as has happened with Worcester Warriors Rugby Club'. I think a coordinated letter writing campaign would be best led by the Trust, with a 'copy & paste' email. The demands of any letter must be 'achievable', so nothing that is beyond her power, but, that puts the situation in the media.
Old Man Kensey wrote:It is looking like another week is going to pass without any sort of news from any source.
How long do we wait before we call a second meeting?
An announcement from the club on Season Ticket sales would be good. Even if sales are poor it could be used as a rallying call for people to get behind their club.
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