A couple of non league snippets

[Reading Rebel]

16 minutes ago, Sir Rebel1965 said:

On the subject of limited budget it looks like the season ticket pricing policy of the club may well limit Neil and Jon's playing budget.

 

Slough Town FC are by far the lowest price season tickets announced so far, as can be seen from the table below.

 

So of those listed the other teams will have an average income from each season ticket of £238 early bird / £284 full.

 

Club	Early bird	Full
Slough	195	230
Ebbsfleet	225	250
Farnborough	220	276
Eastbourne	N/A	275
Chippenham	255	275
Hungerford	210	N/A
Braintree	270	300
Bath	240	275
Welling	225	N/A
Dover	250	331
Weymouth	250	290

Surprised to see that Braintree are the dearest early bird season ticket and second dearest full ticket. 

I suppose only time will tell if the decision to keep our prices the same will bring in the punters.

It has to be said that I don't think we're helping ourselves with the lack of any good news to persuade those sitting on the fence.

 

[Reading Rebel]

2 hours ago, Sir Rebel1965 said:

So SG do you have your £10,000 ready?

 

The ground and buildings would be at least £5,000,000 and we have 500 fans so ONLY £10,000 each!!!!!!!!

Didn't the ground cost 8 million when it was built?

[Sir Rebel1965]

1 hour ago, Reading Rebel said:

Didn't the ground cost 8 million when it was built?

Was just using £5M to make the sums easy.

 

Also I doubt that 500 could afford that so lets say only 400 - so that would only make it £20,000 each - so not a problem.

[Guest Wycombe Rebel]

4 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

Should the ground be put up for sale, I would hope that a co-ordinated effort by management and fans would ensure that it be purchased.

Think your hope is very wishful thinking SG!

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

of course our cause is not being helped by all the bad vibes being kicked about on here either?

[RebelVilla]

On 26/05/2022 at 16:46, 3spirit said:

Slough have signed Mr Blobby, Boris Johnson's hairdresser, Harry Hill, Jake The Peg with the extra leg, Grayson Perry,Johnny Depp, and left back in the changing room Prince Andrew.?

Sounds like good signings.

Mr Blobby will be a useful big man at the back, hopefully he will not give away silly penalties though. Boris Johnson's hairdresser should be a snip at the price we have paid for him, Jake the Peg will be able to tackle well with the extra leg, never heard of Grayson Perry though. Johnny Depp is used to beating the opposition, perhaps Prince Andrew has been brought in to play in the hole.

[SloughFlyer]

42 minutes ago, HEAVY TRUCKER said:

of course our cause is not being helped by all the bad vibes being kicked about on here either?

Disagree HT and ill tell you for why. 

This forum is probably filled with (realistically) 10-15 diehard STFC fans that post on a regular basis. Don't know about you, but negative, positive or otherwise we will buy a season ticket, 50/50 tickets, golden goals, programmes, sponsor matches, pay for parking, buying food and drink at the club on match days etc, etc.

I strongly doubt that anyone not fully interested in the club  would even be bothered to look for a forum, let alone go through all the posts and be effected by anything we say.

For the club officials etc that are on here and genuinely bless us with responses to our (mostly) genuine and honest questions and comments, they will correct us all (and have) when we are wrong but always show understanding to the points made. 

If anything, I suspect the "negativity" raises some good questions for the club and fans to look at and start to work on.

[3spirit]

I'm not negative about the season ahead. My glass is still half full.

It would have been nice to have heard about a couple of our signings by now but it isn't the end of the world that we haven't. I don't believe Arbour Park will be sold off, and if it is, we[all Slough fans] should discuss it when it happens. No point being a doom laden about it now.

I think we should stay positive because our club still have our knowledgable, good guy managers in place.They could easily have left by now, if they thought Slough Town FC were a lost cause but they haven't, so why fret when we are still months away from a National South league match.Let's wait and see how our squad pans out.

I'm still optimistic that Bakes and Unders can find some worthy new players, to add to what we already have, and in some ways I like upsetting the odds ie against teams like Dartford and Havant who splash the cash, and flash Harry teams like Farnborough,who want to storm the division. 

[Sir Rebel1965]

Agree with the posts by Slough Flyer and 3Spirit, that there needs to be honest discussion on here, rather than bury our heads in the sand and hope the problems go away.

 

If you catch a problem in its infancy, it is easier to deal with, rather than once it has grown and established itself beyond the point that it cannot be cured.

 

What we don’t want to return to is the days of Martyn Deaner where he would always promise an answer in two weeks, and when that two weeks was up it was then another two weeks.

 

Continued silence or delay will lead to speculation.

[Jon Underwood]

Announcements coming in next 24 hours  on last season’s squad but for any new signings you’ll have to wait a little longer!

We’ll always announce anything as soon as we are able. Thanks for your patience! 

[GlenSTFC]

Liam Ferdinand had signed for Farnborough.

[Rebellier]

2 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

Liam Ferdinand had signed for Farnborough.

Who hasn't?

[GlenSTFC]

9 minutes ago, Rebellier said:

Who hasn't?

They could have a squad of 24 if the players they’re awaiting to hear back from sign and of course they may still sign others. Surely a squad of 20 is sufficient otherwise you have a lot of unused/unhappy players and of course throwing money away.

[SloughFlyer]

2 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

They could have a squad of 24 if the players they’re awaiting to hear back from sign and of course they may still sign others. Surely a squad of 20 is sufficient otherwise you have a lot of unused/unhappy players and of course throwing money away.

They seemed to get a bit of a relationship with Leatherhead after Luke Tuffs took over later in the season. I guess if they have some players "spare" they could use Leatherhead as a "reserve team". 

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

one mans perceived problems  are another mans fresh air?

[Reading Rebel]

4 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

Liam Ferdinand had signed for Farnborough.

Glad he hasn't signed for us.

I might be proved wrong but I don't think he is a good enough striker for the NLS.

[Shredding Green]

On 29/05/2022 at 13:07, Sir Rebel1965 said:

So SG do you have your £10,000 ready?

 

The ground and buildings would be at least £5,000,000 and we have 500 fans so ONLY £10,000 each!!!!!!!!

IMO it is unlikely that Arbour Park will be put up for sale.

But if it was, I would be extremely disappointed if for no other reason than finance, the board and fans just sat there and let someone else buy the ground.

Should the ground be put up for sale, I would be delighted to contribute £10,000 as long as that contributed to the deal being satisfactorily completed.

 

[Sir Rebel1965]

Great news SG.

 

So you and the Trust, with their rainy day money which they were set up to provide for, will be able to buy the ground.

[Reading Rebel]

17 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

IMO it is unlikely that Arbour Park will be put up for sale.

But if it was, I would be extremely disappointed if for no other reason than finance, the board and fans just sat there and let someone else buy the ground.

Should the ground be put up for sale, I would be delighted to contribute £10,000 as long as that contributed to the deal being satisfactorily completed.

 

SG, it's madness to even consider the purchase of AP.

The figure of £10,000 per person will be a drop in the ocean to what in reality would be required. 

Edited May 31, 2022 by Reading Rebel

[Guest Wycombe Rebel]

16 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

IMO it is unlikely that Arbour Park will be put up for sale.

But if it was, I would be extremely disappointed if for no other reason than finance, the board and fans just sat there and let someone else buy the ground.

Should the ground be put up for sale, I would be delighted to contribute £10,000 as long as that contributed to the deal being satisfactorily completed.

 

£10k and a return? Or just donation? 
 

Not for me in this World!

Arbour Park is on the Disposalable Assets List SG so it is up for sale!

Edited May 31, 2022 by CookhamRebel