agreed, its fine for the professional game but the amateur game for me has always been about a few decent local lads with the occasional fallen pro playing for beer money from the same set up from a near by village and town with a very occasional decent FA cup/VAse Trophy run. Which league they are in is less important and occasionlly you willget the odd team that gets a bit of cash and progresses Hornchurch, Canvey, crawley Weymouth etc... then often fades away as the wideboy cockney backer pulls out but Wimbledon have sustainable funds far in excess of that.
If thats being ost then its pretty sad. I am fond of non league football, I knew up pretty much next to farsley Celtic's ground and as a kid used to climb through the hole in the fence and watch the games and occasionally chat to the linesman. I'm looking forward to next season as it will be the first time they have been in a national league so I will make a point of going to Ebbsfleet, Woking (managed by Frank Gray) Aldershot etc... and some of the more local games to me. Another point before I go misty eyed! My son is going to be 10 - I was going to start taking him to more games this season to make sure he doesnt lose his leeds sympathies - Should I take him to Millwall? its the closest game to our house but of course probably th most risky >From: "Tim Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LU] From Sq Ball re Voting >Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:51:09 +0100 (BST) > >I believe it's called Capitalism Matt! Sadly we have no alternative these >days since Labour sold their soul back in the mid 90's and became Tory >light, socialism is rapidly being confined to the history books and the >greed is good ethos of the 80's is firmly instilled within society! >I'm not going to complain though, if any of these so called investors come >forth and do indeed have zillions of spondoolicks which they wish to >invest in our beleagured club, thus giving us a transfer kitty 872 times >more than anyone else in League 1, good on 'em I say! (Providing we spend >it well and win the League by 32 points) > > > > The fact is that AFC W have steam rollered their way through the >normally > > tranquil world of non league sometimes paying 10 times more in wages >than > > other teams hence cherry picking the best from each team making it > > impossible for other clubs to compete. > > > > Now its fair enough in some ways because they belong at a higher level > > based > > on support backing etc... but to simply wander into the combined >counties > > league and ryman etc.. and pick off the best players from each team or > > import players who belong several rungs up based on money (I know this >via > > an aquaintance from Banstead Athletic) is actually more pronounced and > > uncompetetive than what Chelsea have done over the last few years. > > > > Now if I was an AFC W fan I wouldnt complain at all but I work round the > > Surrey area and know some of the teams who have witnessed this and (of > > course many of them have benefited fom an extra thousand on their gates > > one > > a season which is the other side of it if they had the grounds to cope >in > > the first place) > > > > I personally have nothing against AFC Wimbledon but its not really > > understood in football as a whole that their fairytale has had its >victims > > along the way. > > > > Plus as well as an extremely large fish in a small pond they seem to >have > > side stepped a large points deduction which others have been massively > > punished for similar things. > > > >>From: "Paul Cundell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "'Matthew Anderson'" > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]> > >>Subject: RE: [LU] From Sq Ball re Voting > >>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:16:07 +0100 > >> > >>Matt A wrote: > >> > >> > Also AFC Wimbledon are the Chelsea of Non league massively > >> > over paying > >> > buying success (or not as the case may be) they deserve to be > >> > treated with > >> > as much contempt as MK Dons! > >> > > >> > >> > >>How so? > >>You're arguments are usually very reasonable so I thought I should >remind > >>you that AFC Wimbledon are the remnants of the theft of their supporters > >>original club. > >>They don't deserve to be treat with contempt, they have already been > >> treat > >>with the greatest contempt by their original clubs owners and the > >> Football > >>League. They are attempting to recreate something that the business >suits > >>believed could be bought and sold just like everything else. > >>Milton Keynes are treat with contempt because instead of starting at the > >>bottom - like Farsley Celtic, FC United or AFC Wimbledon - they > >> railroaded > >>their way into the football league by stealing Wimbledon's franchise. > >>Milton Keynes have even stolen Wimbledons history, they claim they won > >> the > >>FA Cup - pretty sure it's Wimbledons name on the cup though. > >> > >>Cheers > >>Paul > >> > >> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Txt a lot? 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