Thanks SO. Everyone seems to be very reticent about reporting what was said at the meeting. I thought it was an open mtg and hence don't really know why there is a reluctance to report. Would have been there but i had a previous commitment. Would really like to know more detail but get the feeling thats not going to be forth coming.

People involved and all that.

Any mention of the player Miller was quoted as "having moved fast to replace Handforth"?

Ok, thanks.

Yes......and he's dithering.

Sorry but just got in and not going to start putting things on till tomorrow, due me having to go to bed for work tomorrow, but to quickly answer some of the questions, the player Hasty does not look like he is coming and Peter Green has gone to Sheffield.


Will get together with Gary (Wanderer) and post on here hopefully tomorrow.

Thanks to all the people who turned up and also Carl Hall and Steve Miller for there input.

I would like to say a big thank you to the 40-odd people who turned out this evening and also to Carl Hall for putting himself in the firing line and Steve Miller for assisting in fielding some of the questions.

Also thanks to the Drum for the hospitality (particularly at fairly short notice).

I don't want to seem evasive (and yes it was a public meeting) but this forum is also open to others who are not supporters of our Club so we just need to think about how we word things at this difficult time.

Some of the news has broken on here anyway such as Pete Green going to Sheffield but I made a few notes during the meeting and will post some info tomorrow.

I was a ardent Dons supporter for years, but I stopped going at the start of this season. The downfall of the Dons started when they got promoted, and then the move away from Tattersfield. Ever since they have been on a downward spiral.

I think the current Chief Executive has taken on a poison chalice and is seriously struggling from a lack of experience. The supposed "consortium of backers" have been useless. Everyone can give advice because it's free, but and it's their lack of financial commitment that is particularly annoying. And remember who the figurehead was in putting this group together, in a fanfare of publicity.

It's a sad thing to say but maybe it would be best if the Dons folded now. It's obvious that the town doesn't want them.

Couldn't make it last night due to work commitments but have had some stuff few through, a lot of which was doing the rounds anyway (ie Pete)


Was it actually mentioned if the club was in or going towards adminsitration or is that just being assumed and the steps taking place are to prevent that

Nothing was mentioned on that score--and as far as i could make out any
talk of going into administration would be considered premature at this stage--thats my own personal take on it for what its worth.

Well I am ambivalent on this one.
A part of me says.....fook it...it's not worth it, but a bigger part says why shouldn't we have RL in Donny.

It has not been a downward spiral all the time since leaving Tattersfield...in 2000 we had one of the finest........if not the finest side the Dons have ever seen. That was when the 'house of pain' saying originated.
We can thank John Wright.
We won every single home game......bar one....wait for it....the crucial home play-off against Oldham....and we should have won that one too.
So a chance to kick on was squandered and it all fell to pieces.

Last year of course we gained promotion....we can thank Craig Harrison.
But even in that year we failed when it really mattered after a great start to attract the fans....because when it really mattered in the league in crucial games we should have won ...we lost. We lost three on the trot to Workinton and our two main rivals Barrow and Gateshead....which pitched us in with the likes of Keighley. And then we struggled the rest of the time to make fourth......that killed it for extra support....because for all the hype we clearly weren't consistently good enough.

It's clear than Donny can only succeed when two things are in place....someone to bankroll them and to be in a promotion spot (or money winning spot) all season long.
After those two are there then the club needs proper marketing and promoting and running.

If having teams of young rugby players playing on the pitch at half time can mean extra revenue because they bring their paying parents....let's have them every week.
The public need to see where our next generation of talent will come from.

The links with players have to improve on match days so that players can interact with fans and some sort of bond of belonging to the cub is established.....this is almost impossible to achieve at the Keepmoat...not least because of the high prices. Why stop for an extra hour at the Keepmoat when you can go to town and have a drink in Wetherspoons at a fraction of the price.

We don't need the Keepmoat until we are successful.....until such time we need a small ground where we can get some atmosphere going, beer prices at £2 a pint (and not Smiths) and a nice lounge where fans can mingle before and after the game with players.
Tattersfield rebuilt would be ideal.

Failing a big backer......we need to really concentrate on our reserve players and local youth and draw our players from there....but that means treating them right and nurturing them....which doesn't seem to be happening.

It's all a bit Mickey Mouse for me.....even though people are trying their hardest.....it's poorly run.

No matter what it won't be the end of Donny rovers. Rochdale are still alive aren't they? Keep the faith. With out supporters [ithen[/i the clubs are nothing.

Aye Donny Rovers are doing well they managed to do well in there first season in the championship.

Sadly thats the towns football side who have a wealthy backer who understands that sport is not a profitable business at our level and has stuck by the club, not done a moonlight flit on the day we gained promotion

It's not Donny Rovers we are worried about.