the moving finger writes....

[Hookey]

Best wishes Unc & Nette, don't be a stranger!!!

[Lurchin Urchin]

Best wishes and thanks for everything!

[Guv]

Best of luck in the future Unc, its been one helluva ride...

[Kaiser Jnr]

hard to find the right words to reply to this kind of post...

 

It wont be the same visiting the Bridge and not seeing you two buzzing around the place...

 

AFC Hornchurch will miss you both... however do not forget that you both have laid the groundwork for the Urchins to return to the higher echelons of Non League Football...

 

I will continue to be an Urchins fan, and will continue to monitor their progress up the ladder... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

 

Good luck Unc & Nette for the future, wherever it may lie... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Be safe... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bisou.gif" alt="" />

[GazzaBTFC]

Oh wow!!! It's with a tear in my eye that I read that...

 

Dunno what to say but thanks for all the help you provided to the club four / three years ago and I wish you and your family well...Don't be a stranger Unc. If you get the chance, come down to New Lodge and have a beer...Sorry, glass of champers and a prawn sarnie <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.

 

Guy's, I wish Hx all the best for the future - maybe see ya next season...hopefully not...(promotion for BTFC nothwithstanding.... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[Richard Macey]

Has Uncle had a change of heart then ?

[Hornchurch "O"]

No, he's just got a desease called Urchinittus.

There is no knowm cure.

[Bridge]

Originally Posted By: Spuddy

Has Uncle had a change of heart then ?

[pabird]

Takes all sorts to run a successful non-league side and Unc is right in saying 5 years is time enough for change.

If a club can get five skilled and very active committed people to manage its affairs they can be well pleased.

Of course you must not have five clones and there are essential skills the five must carry, one must be severe in demanding money does not go out that is not covered by monies coming in, one must be (very) skilled at gaining sponsors and ensuring the club image is both protected and pushed in publicity terms and of course there has to be the socialising type who wipes all the sweaty brows and keeps the whole thing ticking over and then there is the person who keeps the food-drink-bar staff-bar cleaning peoples etc ticking over.

Throw in the football management team and the ground maintenance team and the five are going to be very busy.

Where the Hornchurch clubs strike it rich is when an UNC is prepared to commit so much time and personal cash etc in covering more than one of those jobs when the going gets tough.

Mind you I simply cannot bring to mind a picture of him committed to the garden?