News Update

[Margate Football Club]

The Club has parted company with both its Manager Barry Ashby and player coach Paul Smith, with immediate effect.

 

The decision was reached over the weekend after discussions regarding changes the Directors required to be made to personnel, which Barry Ashby refused to implement.

 

Whilst the Club seeks to appoint a new Manager, Director of Football, Terry Yorath will assume full control of first team affairs.

 

Up the Gate!

 

[Iris's Tea Hut]

Here we go again....

[BlueGate Alan]

yep

[ooh!!bodyform]

OMG LOL how many managers have we been through in the last few years think experience is needed badly now and a little stability

[BlueGate Alan]

Well you certainly wont get a more experienced manager then Terry I guess?

 

Best of luck to Barry and Smudger though, I will for one miss them, both nice blokes.

[ooh!!bodyform]

agree with you alan but looks like terry is just short term

[Iris's Tea Hut]

....Juande Ramos is available....

[BlueGate Alan]

Yea could be Jon, time will tell

[Coffin Ender]

A 'top heavy' management structure meant less money for the team. With us needing to strengthen the team, this move was always likely to happen...

 

 

 

[StuyRandall]

well i have to say its a bit of a waste of money, bringing them in for just a couple of months. the board must have known that we would struggle this season, so to sack them just seems absurd to me...

 

if it is as Coffin Ender suggests, then thats their fault for hiring a billion managers in the first place...

 

 

[AncientBlue]

Sorry about that, considering the circumstances they were working under. Wish them both well in the future.

[BlueGate Alan]

Just spoke to one of our players they were surprised at news too!

[blue balls]

Expect to see Southall appointed as no 2. Crippling financial climate apart at least we have plenty of experience on the non playing side now. Surely they have some contacts out there to improve our squad!

[Iris's Tea Hut]

This really is a shame. I would think that he was always going to be given the full season no matter what, but can only assume that he wanted to show Smith the loyalty that he deserved, so can understand his stance.

 

However, I can also understand that if the board thought the best way to make further savings (therefore extra money for the Revenue) was to axe Smith, then so be it.

 

I think the club needs to make it perfectly clear now that Yorath is there for the season come what may, and that no other exits will be forthcoming this season (assuming Smith has already gone). That way, we can try and settle the team down, get a striker in and hope that coincides nicely with a positive

result in court...

 

Up the 'gate!

[dannyriding]

I wish BA and Smudger all the best for the future, but have to add it was only a matter of time!!! Maybe TY can use his little black book to bring in some EX stars, maybe bring some new supporters with new blood. All this could not have come at a worse time though, as I feel this will also affect the players as well.

[Ian_Sanderson]

I dont think this is a suprise to die hard fans, Terry Yorath was always Keith Pipers choice as Manager,this was mentioned on this Forum back in May 2008.

I wish BA and PS all the Best in what ever they decide to do.

[Jeff Trice]

"...after discussions regarding changes the Directors required to be made to personnel" - is it just a coincidence that Mo Takaloo was at the ground on Saturday and Barry Ashby didn't appear to know who he was ? Presumambly Mo was invited to Hartsdown but it didn't look like BA had done the inviting.

[margateshot]

As if we wer'nt short of players as it was, we have now lost the most experienced defender at a time when we most need him.

[BlueGate Alan]

I was told by one of the players that Barry had been talking to Mo all week, so not sure where that came from Jeff, maybe he just hadn't met him?

[Number6]

Amazing. What exactly were they expecting from him? Looking at how many fairly good players left and how the club replaced them, i think he has done reasonably well.