Taking WTFC to Court?

[alcoblade]

personally i think it is pathetic.. mind you i thought sueing west ham was pathetic as well.. it just brings shame on the club

shame, and £25 million pounds. Give me "shame", every time.

UTB

 

[sitwell]

At a meeting of the club i'm involed in last night, I was told one of our officials sons is signing for Worksop, going straight in to the 1st team squad. I was told by his father that the minimun payment they make for a match appearance is £350.
If that is true then they are not so badley off after all.

Not true Keiron my lads mate is on £150 per game or £75 if he stays on the bench. Unfortunately he's only made the bench so far apart from a friendly where 10 minutes in he broke his leg.

 

[Bert]

Jim, thta's why they're going to court. They haven't been able to reach an agreement.

Though given the amount concerned, i'd hardly think it worth the lawyers fees.

Lawyers fees?

Balls to the No Win No fee arseholes, it's a straightforward case for the Small Claims Court, Lawyers not required, Bert has taken plenty of people there in his time and always done without hired help.

If the money is owed, and the fact that the Worksop chairman has offered to part pay suggests it is, United will easily win their case.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

Don't get carried away with the notion that Worksop are some small time lovable village club ,they have been run by small time crookes on the make in the past with a series of dodgy characters from board members ,managers and players involved. They still don't have a home ,their ground is owned by Parramores ,a club based outside the worksop area and they rent it for matches. I know a player who has warmed the bench on many occasions and collected his £75 match fee without a hope in hell of getting a game but his 'face fits' ,I have far better players at Kiveton. Football is rife with corruption from junior level to the biggest in the world and they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

Would that be Kiveton of the CML that you are involved with, Sitters?

 

[sitwell]

Yes mate although I look after the under 18s at the moment. Desperate for a decent keeper if anyone knows one.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

Be sure to sound me out when you visit Stonelow to step infront of the Dronfield Town juggernaught - I might even stretch to a cup of tea!

 

[FlyingFjortoft]

Sorry for my lack of knowledge but am I right in thinking Dronfield Town are top of their league? and if so, what are the criteria for promotion, is it automatic or do you need to opt in or do you need to pass criteria etc etc

 

[FleaPitBlade]

We are. We'd have to apply for the next 'step' league and acceptance therein is based on certain ground grading criteria. We dont meet them at present - we're working on it, but we need to find somewhere in the region of £50,000 to make it happen. (floodlights being the main expense)

 

[FlyingFjortoft]

We are. We'd have to apply for the next 'step' league and acceptance therein is based on certain ground grading criteria. We dont meet them at present - we're working on it, but we need to find somewhere in the region of £50,000 to make it happen. (floodlights being the main expense)

Well good luck!

 

[sitwell]

Same as us ,thinking of getting into the floodlight business 22 k we were quoted ,and the council have suddenly hit us with an 8k annual charge for cutting the grass ,so we've told them to bollocks. Good business for someone to get into atm , cutting grass for football clubs.
We played Sheffield FC in Dronfield last week at Gosforth school ,the all weather pitch is impressive.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

Gosforth was a colaboration of Dronfield Town, AFC Dronfield and Dronfield Rugby, who all combined to make that happen. A real standing example of what grassroots sport can provide to a community. The whole project was funded by grants and small scale local benifactors and is set up as a not for profit business. The three clubs still pay Gosforth Fields Ltd to train/play on the pitches as much as the council would charge to play on a school, but every penny is plowed into the upkeep and improvement of the facilities.

We took control of our pitches on a 10 year rolling lease from the council at Stonelow. win win for both sides, the council lose the hassle of the maintenance etc, we get to do it properly at a fraction of the cost with security on any improvements we make to the surfaces. Really worth asking your council if they'd consider it.

We were quoted 32k for the lights. But we have the not so cheap problem of having to divert a 3phase electricity cable onto the site and a 3m high accoustic/light spill barrier to erect as part of a planning condition which has put nearly 20k onto the bill. We can get 15k from the football foundation but the rest we have to raise ourselves.

Its no different at the bottom of the ladder than it is at the top, if you want to go places the key to it all is £££

 

[boo radley]

We are. We'd have to apply for the next 'step' league and acceptance therein is based on certain ground grading criteria. We dont meet them at present - we're working on it, but we need to find somewhere in the region of £50,000 to make it happen. (floodlights being the main expense)

Same as us ,thinking of getting into the floodlight business 22 k we were quoted ,and the council have suddenly hit us with an 8k annual charge for cutting the grass ,so we've told them to bollocks. Good business for someone to get into atm , cutting grass for football clubs.
We played Sheffield FC in Dronfield last week at Gosforth school ,the all weather pitch is impressive.

Seems I was mis informed sitters about how much they would be paid.
As for floodlights, I'm sure your have both had a certain company from sutton in ashfield to quote amoungst others? they are the most expensive. Floodlighting is not as hard to install as people believe. I do appreciate the difficulty with needing a 3 phase supply though.

 

[Mad Mick]

Thats how legal disputes work. United think they are right, Worksop think they are right. No-one knows for certain what a Court will think. If Worksop lost the court case, not only would they have to pay the £3000, they would have to pay legal costs. If United lost the case, they would not get the £3000 and would have to pay Worksop's legal costs.

It can therefore make perfect commercial sense for both parties to agree on payment of a lesser sum, even if both are convinced they are right.

Wouldn't they be able to use the small claims procedure?