Absolutely - Jim R is not a business man. They had no plan to relocate from the Manor. Unbelievably there were some who genuinely believed we had a future at the Manor."Swissbloke" wrote:Jim said the money was there?
The GOF informed FOUL in a meeting in Oxford the total sum of money they had. It would have be able to cover the club for 1 season at the Manor. No more.
It was this lack of money that was clearly the issue with the GOF. The GOF was based on the hope and goodwill of local business. The Taxman would have ripped us apart within 18months.
I hate to think where we would be now if it had been the GoF - not saying that they didn't mean well in their own way though. If the hope and goodwill of local business had been the answer the club would not have gotten into the mess it did in the first place.
Remember the Milk Cup celebration meal 5 years ago when JR with microphone in hand stated that "those in FOUL were not true supporters". Perhaps those that stayed away for years were not true supporters, but hey this is all in the past now. Jim's a director and the club are moving forward with a manager and chairman we believe in, playing in a ground fit for purpose (shame there's an end missing) built by and owner by FK. That's about the size of it.
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