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Maidstone kicked out

Eastside Urchin

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Reports are coming through that Maidstone have been kicked out of ashford town,leaving them with no ground to play at this season.

Ashford have pulled out of ryman 1 south and gone to Kent league which means chatham are now back in the south and both north and south are back to 22 teams

 

you couldn't make it up

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SEVEN TEARS BOY Newbie

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Bugger, had them away the same weekend as the Thanet half marathon.

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A return to Sittingbourne would be nice, it's only on the way to Margate after all.

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Maidstone United Football Club had entered into an agreement for the installation and broadcasting of commercial satellite television which appears to have happened illegally as no satellite viewing licence has been obtained by MUFC from Sky. The commercial satellite television company concerned contacted Don Crosbie, Ashford Towns Chairman and steps have been taken to prevent further infringements of the same kind from occurring to safeguard the club and its supporters position. We understand that the penalty for infringement is a fine of up to £5,000 per occurrence

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So the Ryman Prem, at the time of writting, has now gone from 23 clubs to 21. To think that some idiot from Maidstone was slagging the other officials from Maidstone off on Has Been Hill saying he was the only only business man there and the others did not have a clue.

 

Run a business, they could not run to the gents for a p!ss.

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The two statements on http://www.ashfordtownfc.co.uk/general_news.html are:

 

ATFC Statement

 

 

 

Due to pressure from the Football Association, the current boardroom deadlock had to be brought to an end. It has been well publicised that my fellow director has sought to wind up the football club, which would have taken ATFC out of existence. As I am sure everyone is fully aware, I have worked tirelessly in the background to find a solution to the deadlock but I refuse to be blackmailed or bullied into paying extortionate monies that were not legally due. Therefore legal proceedings have now been served with an aim of settling the financial issues that surround the true legal ownership of the freehold at Homelands. These proceedings are now in court so I cannot comment further.

 

After weeks of meeting with the club's solicitors and advisors it is with regret that, to save our football club from extinction, we have asked the court to appoint an independent administrator to hopefully resolve the deadlock and allow the club to continue to play football. We have been advised, because of the seriousness of the situation, that relegation would probably have been the penalty for our demise so, rather than suffer mid-season, we have been advised to resign from the Ryman League with immediate effect and apply for Kent League registration. This scenario has been bubbling on and I am disappointed by the timing of this announcement. The Ryman League announced the news earlier today, ahead of when we intended to release it to you supporters. I apologise about this but please understand that there was nothing I could do.

 

I would like to add that this decision has not been taken lightly but it has been made with the survival of our football club in mind. There has been much speculation, regarding the financial problems of the football club, so I would like to stress that my fellow director has not financially supported ATFC for some 18 months. The problem is not a financial one. It is an FA requirement that all decisions made are a majority decision at board level and, as we have a deadlock situation at this level, this could not be tolerated for another season.

 

There has also been plenty of speculation regarding the groundshare agreement with Maidstone United Football Club. I can only comment that the decision was taken with legal advice due to the serious nature of the fraud and ATFC could not be an accessory to the crime. Of course we would welcome free commercial Sky Television, as any business would, but this is totally unethical and something that we are fully against as a club. Hence the reason for ending the agreement.

 

I would like to end this statement by assuring you supporters that I have your best interests at heart. Our football club has suffered dearly over the last couple of years but I genuinely feel that we are close to ending this sorry saga and putting Ashford Town on a much stronger financial footing.

 

Please keep showing your support and backing the club.

 

Let's take it onwards and upwards.

 

Don Crosbie

Chairman

Ashford Town Football Club

 

 

 

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MAIDSTONE UNITED FC LTD / SKY TV STATEMENT

 

 

 

On Friday 16 July 2010 Ashford Town Football Club served notice upon Maidstone United Football Club that the licence to ground-share the Homelands Stadium had been terminated with immediate effect.

 

The background to this matter is subject to legal proceedings and therefore Ashford Town Football Club cannot comment in detail at this stage save as to say that due to infringements regarding the illegal showing of the commercial satellite television without the necessary licences for the past year at the Homelands Stadium.

 

Maidstone United Football Club had entered into an agreement for the installation and broadcasting of commercial satellite television which appears to have happened illegally as no satellite viewing licence has been obtained by MUFC from Sky. The commercial satellite television company concerned contacted Don Crosbie, Ashford Towns Chairman and steps have been taken to prevent further infringements of the same kind from occurring to safeguard the club and its supporters position. We understand that the penalty for infringement is a fine of up to £5,000 per occurrence

 

Don Crosbie today commented that he as “personally disappointed by the situation which has left him and the club with no option” he added that “I am saddened that we have been forced to take such a stance.”

 

 

 

Needless to say we wish Ashford Town all the best.

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