This is a sad day for football. Lots of friends at Farsley, my nephew (Andy Shields) played for them in recent years.
Palmer is Farlsey through & through but he has been let down from a procession of tossers who have scalped the club all the way down the line. RIP Farsley. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:54:56 +1300 > Subject: [LU] Non LUFC: Au revoir, Farsley > > END OF THE LINE AS CELTS LAID TO REST > By Ian Whiting, from The Bradford Telegraph and Argus > > Farsley Celtic's fate was confirmed when their demise was ratified on > Wednesday. > Celts fans had been praying for a death row-style reprieve after the club's > administrator repeatedly refused to accept the only offer to keep the club > open > as a going concern. That bid was tabled by Farsley life-president John Palmer > and John Farrell, who were heading a consortium of local businessmen. They > have > been the only serious contenders to rescue the club. In a week of claim and > counter-claim, the man placed in charge of the administration process > defended > his stance. The bottom line is that after all the arguments have settled > down, a > 101-year-old football club will be laid to rest. Reactions and recriminations > will be ongoing but one thing clear is that Farsley's scheduled home game in > the > Blue Square North against Hinckley United on Saturday will not be going > ahead. > The club may have folded but there is already talk of a bid by the > Palmer/Farrell consortium to buy the Throstle Nest ground back. That would > facilitate a reforming of the club and an application to join the UniBond > League > Division One North has already been mooted. FC Halifax Town went through that > process when they were forced to reform and other former Football League > clubs > such as Bradford Park Avenue, Accrington Stanley and Barrow have also > followed > the same route back into the game. > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
