How do you know some of them haven't already?

And the same amount could have been raised if the 800 had contributed £50 each.

If that 760 raised £100 each Donny would be up and running again.

My point is its always the same 30 or 40.The other few hundred or so just seem to want to sit back with their feet up, do nothing and hope somebody else sorts it out.And in the meantime come on here and moan about everything.

Also regarding your above quote, I along with quite a few other people have monthly direct debits paying into an account to help out.I have been doing for the last 18 months or so.So dont start questioning the efforts of the die hards my friend.

There is no point in throwing good money after bad.
If the club can exist until next season, hopefully unsaddled by a punitive points deduction to run from next season......anyone interested will come in then.....not now. Why give money to the Inland Revenue.
If they can't last until then.....better they go out of business......simple as that.

I would have thought that the club could have coped financially this year.....even though it was difficult. Without a backer it was obviously not possible with the level of management we had..

Surely it would be better for those 30-40 people to act now rather than accept the club potentially being lost forever? Growing the trust is a longer term project and from this growth you will find new people willing to be involved and help out. If the club disappears for good then nobody will have the chance to be involved.

I would strongly urge anyone who is interested in forming a trust to contact me as soon as possible on the details above and hopefully we can find a solution to this problem that doesn't involve rugby league disappearing from Doncaster.

Cheers

Laura

I m sorry folks, but rather than analysing another collapse of the club should nt we be looking at ensuring that it never happens again.

We can argue between ourselves on this site forever with the hope that another consortium or knight in shining armour comes along to save the club. Arguably if this happens there is a very good chance that some of the people who may have got us into this position would still be around.

And I believe we the supporters would find ourselves in this position again, after all, the likelihood is that these people will either not have club's best interest at heart or be capable of promoting the club properly and repairing its tarnished reputation.

I believe we should look at the possibility of a Supporters Trust either to take club forward alone, or as an independent body to work with any potential new owners to ensure some stability to make sure this never happens again.

So lets stop contemplating our navals or planning what we will do next summer on Sunday afternoons.

So come on you Dons

I admire your enthusiasm....but it won't happen.
As the meerkat says...'simples'.
There is no appetite for it anymore.
And I don't say this lightly.....if this is the level of governance of the Dons....what's the point?
I want the Dons to continue....but this 'rally round lads' stuff is just words.

I don't and I'm talking now and not the past. SO organise the tickets for the raffle and show me the evidence that you have sufficient numbers selling tickets and I will sell my £100.00 worth as long as if the scheme does not work the money raised goes to the development of Rugby League (Dave Marshall already has a development project) within Doncaster and does not sit in a bank account for ever and a day.

I know your post was made at just after five this morning-- but don't understand the part of your post that i've highlighted in your quote.

When has any monies raised by the fans of the Dons ever sat in a bank account for ever and a day?-------Never,as far as i'm aware.

your my hero

Ok so you have identified a potential way forward for the club , for it to succeed you need the support of all the fans [ so that is another problem and solution you have identified ]

So how do you get those 760 fans down to a trust set up meeting ?

You need a database of them all and you need to contact them all

When is your next home game ?

Out of the 30/40 who go on here or are within easy contact of those who post on here can you organise some of you to get down to the match and collect names,addresses and phone numbers of all your fans

Between the 30/40 all chip in to pay for a letter to be sent out and get every one of the 30/40 to ring 20 fans each

If they get a letter and a call after already being told why you want their details and they still dont attend or offer to help then basically you are bolloxed

But if you dont try you will not know

You need to be proactive [ hate that word ] with this or it might be too late and your last chance

All the best

Much of what you say makes good sense and I sincerely thank you for your concern but we recently called a meeting to update fans of the situation at the Club and only 40 people turned up which supports much of what Karlos has said.

The reality is that when you take off the travelling support, our regular support at home games (ignoring the Toulouse game with its freebies) is probably in the region of 600. Of those something like 40 or 50 have been involved in various activities such Supporters Trusts, Supporters Groups and other similiar committees and groups.

Each time something new is tried, you can gaurantee it will fall to some or many of those same people to try and make it happen.

The remaining 550 will attend on match day but appear to have little or no interest beyond that. Indeed a Club that once had a travelling support that was the envy of many of the lower division Clubs is lucky to get more than a handful at away games. There were about 50 supporters from Doncaster at Featherstone recently for a local derby which is 25 minutes away by road.

You make a number of valid points but the truth of the matter is that some of the things you suggest have been tried before either by the Club itself or groups of supporters and sadly it seems that [sizethe vast majority of people in Doncaster do not care if there is a Professional / Semi Professional Rugby League Club in the town.[/size

Agree with your last comment-but what's the alternative?
If a supporters trust is maintaning a RL team in Rochdale then its worth a shot-it may be your last chance.
The only proviso that i would recommend is that the existing management have absolutely nothing to do with the running of the club as i'd stake money on it been doomed to failure before its been given any chance if they are.
Keep RL going in Doncaster and every traditional RL area or else the games up.

Rochdale have less fans than Doncaster and their supporters trust has ensured that their team has survived. I would strongly urge one of you to contact the relevant people to set up your own trust whilst you still have the chance to do so.