JRFC Aftermath
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- Aug 5, 2013
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That's a lovely way of saying Jim Rushe threatened to sue us and we shit ourselves because we have no (legal) money?!
C.J. you know less about your club than you do right from wrong,the other Witton Albion was 1887 not 1876,and by the way you can not take the history from someone else and claim it as your own,that's why the dates on your Stand's are wrong.As far as raking up old ground tell that to the families who are suffering from the effects of drugs,not old ground to them.
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Bloody hell Toddy, pot , Kettle and Black comes to Mind
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LOL Blackie are you deliberately trying to antagonise them
We (the old we not JRFC) blocked them from coming into the top flight which they have never forgotten and will they will reply that we stayed in the top flight for years by over spending and that this was 'mis-management' and to be fair there is some truth in this or else 'The Walrus' and 'JRFC' may never have happened!
Didn't Witton decline to accept an invitation to join the league first and that's how Vics got in? When it was a success they changed their minds but being a new league (the first national non league) I remember there was a feeling of protecting the club's who had taken the risks hence no relegation in the first season and the 'one club only from a town' ruling. It also centred on Boston Unt as Boston FC also wanted to join.
As for mismanagement both clubs have been there and suffered, in the end Vics have come off worse.
These days I look at the posts and laugh at the 'wind ups' and join in but I have to say I despair at the genuinely held (by some on each side) beliefs and grudges etc about old history between the club's when it seems as if football in mid cheshire is slowly dying. Look at all the hype over last season's cup final derby. The fact is lump the average gates of WA, '74, Vics and Winsford together and you probably have less than the average home gate of Vics 10 years ago. In this day and age clubs need to work together.
Still, it keeps the forums active. ☺
As for mismanagement both clubs have been there and suffered, in the end Vics have come off worse.
These days I look at the posts and laugh at the 'wind ups' and join in but I have to say I despair at the genuinely held (by some on each side) beliefs and grudges etc about old history between the club's when it seems as if football in mid cheshire is slowly dying. Look at all the hype over last season's cup final derby. The fact is lump the average gates of WA, '74, Vics and Winsford together and you probably have less than the average home gate of Vics 10 years ago. In this day and age clubs need to work together.
Still, it keeps the forums active. ☺
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And the revenue rolling in
I'm inclined to agree with you Pete. Regardless of which colour scarf you wear, the sad reality is local football isn't as popular as it once was. In fact (and others with an eye on the history books can perhaps confirm?) the combined aggregate gate of Albion, Vics and Winsford is now probably lower than the NPL/Cheshire League days of the early 1970's even? Whatever the success of the clubs, aside of dusting off their rattles for the FA Cup, the crowds aren't going to be returning in numbers and we do need to work together if we* are to survive.
* 1874 rather than Vics
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I'm not trying to David......just seem to have a natural talent for it!LOL Blackie are you deliberately trying to antagonise them
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As I recall we were regularly pulling in 4 figure crowds at the start of the NPL in the late 60s, and even the heady delights of the Floodlit League brought out reasonable crowds. But of course nowadays it's so much easier to flop in front of the telly and bask in the glory of overpaid global superstars every single day of the week - as long as you fork out for Murdochvision - and in those days I think it was easier to get youngsters enthused about local live football without the distractions of Playbox & co.
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Also noticed they were short on numbers today only naming 3 subs
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Heard a rumour from an unreliable source that Derek has told the contract players to find new clubs as JRFC can't afford to pay them.
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Just proof of just how far they have been living beyond their means. The hangers on have been happy to accept a winning team without worrying how it's all being funded. If they had tried to build bridges rather than running a closed club they might at least be in a stronger position.
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