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Just for fun while it's a bit quiet.
Let's suppose your ship came in this week and the biggest Euromillions jackpot ever was all yours to play with. You can do as you have always dreamed and own the club you have supported and loved since being an infant. What would you do?
Apart from hot Bovril and better toilets, how would you take the club forward? Where would you locate a new ground? Or would you re-vamp the BP you have cherished all these years? Is there a manager you would entice to Grimsby? Are there players you think could get the club straight out of the Conference and up the leagues? What would be your realistic ambition for the club?
To be fair, hot Bovril and better toilets would be a huge step forward. If money really was no object I would build a "Fishing heritage" stadium on the docks; new stadium to be shaped like a trawler and have the Buckley stand as the home end, and a Bill Shankly stand and a Mcmenemy stand. The stadium restaurant would serve the finest fish dishes known to man with porthole windows overlooking the pitch, and the site would include wet fish shops and something like Steels world famous fish and chip shop. I would get the best manager money could buy, and get him to change his name by deed poll to Buckley, and then buy players to play the Buckley way. Fentys benign loans would be paid back at 50 pence a week, and he would become the clubs new official handyman complete with uniform and oversize gloves. Prices would be subsidised to ensure 15k went every week. I reckon my plan is a winner but the only trouble is I don't even play the lottery which is a shame.
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February 26, 2015, 9:16pm |
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Make JF an offer for his shares/debt.
Clear every penny of other borrowing.
Talk to Paul Fletcher( former CEO of Burnley & Bolton) and one of the most knowledgable people I know about football and football clubs. Taking advice on board I would pay top dollar for the best, forward thinking exec I could find.
Push on with the stadium
Incentivise fans over pricing, I.e. Sell 4000 season tickets at one price & 5000 season tickets @ a lesser price.
Every 5 yr old in the area to get a free Town goody bag contains something like a shirt or track suit top but various smaller items. Set up reward schemes for them to attend with their family.
Everything would be geared towards developing a real community club
Huge investment in the academy, including facilities, residential hostel for youth team. Attract the best local kids and the best youngsters released from Prem clubs. Look into the Southampton model for youth set up Training ground revamp with emphasis on sports science, strength and conditioning coaches
Enough money provided to be top budget in the league but again more would be provided if the fans show their commitment with season tickets shirt sales etc.
No involvement in what players we sign as that isthe managers job!
All good fun but I will never win the lottery
All that and free entry to the Fishy Pontoon Buster Game ( present Fishy members only ) with a £50,000 prize pot.
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MuddyWaters |
February 26, 2015, 9:34pm |
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BIGChris for FIFA president!
After he's been chair of GTFC and taken us to Champions League glory.
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February 26, 2015, 9:35pm |
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In the first year of taking over, I would give EVERYONE a free season ticket, to make a small compensation for the excrement people have had to put up with over the last 15 years or so.
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moosey_club |
February 26, 2015, 10:05pm |
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1. Register myself as a player. 2. Make myself captain. 3. Sign friends and family as players. 4. Re-name the ground. 5. Have one season pretending to be a footballer.
6. Sell the club the next season for £1 to suitable interested parties which would include £30m funding for the new owners to develop the club.
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February 26, 2015, 10:21pm |
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The 1st and most important job of anyone taking control, would be to rid us of Lord Fenty once and for all. He is solely responsible for the clubs 10 year decline and where this club currently is. The sooner he is gone the better, so please someone win euro millions and invest in GTFC, so the good times can at last return that JF has taken away.
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MuddyWaters |
February 26, 2015, 10:28pm |
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The 1st and most important job of anyone taking control, would be to rid us of Lord Fenty once and for all. He is solely responsible for the clubs 10 year decline and where this club currently is. The sooner he is gone the better, so please someone win euro millions and invest in GTFC, so the good times can at last return that JF has taken away.
You'll get loads of red crosses for radical views like that
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gaz57 |
February 27, 2015, 12:44am |
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1. Register myself as a player. 2. Make myself captain. 3. Sign friends and family as players. 4. Re-name the ground. 5. Have one season pretending to be a footballer.
6. Sell the club the next season for £1 to suitable interested parties which would include £30m funding for the new owners to develop the club.
Numbers 1,2,3 and 5 makes me think your real identity is Mike Lyons.
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Abdul19 |
February 27, 2015, 12:52am |
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I'd appoint 80sglory as manager.
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Green27 |
February 27, 2015, 7:33am |
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Build a training ground with the best facilities.
Buy all the houses behind the Main Stand rotate the pitch 90 degrees use the Findus as an end stand and build larger stands either side and construct a covered grass bank at the end with heaters lots of heaters.
Every summer plan a huge summer beach football tournament for local and national teams to compete in.
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