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The club is aware of unwelcome interest in Moses Ashikodi. We can confirm that the player is vital to our plans for next season. We have no intention to sell the player who is commonly regarded as the best striker outside the football league. Any further approaches to the player aimed at unsettling him will be reported to the authorities. Any enquiries about any player under contract must be made directly to the Chairman.

BartonRaz wrote:I just laughed out loud when I read the following....

The club is aware of unwelcome interest in Moses Ashikodi. We can confirm that the player is vital to our plans for next season. We have no intention to sell the player who is commonly regarded as the best striker outside the football league. Any further approaches to the player aimed at unsettling him will be reported to the authorities. Any enquiries about any player under contract must be made directly to the Chairman.

I could name about 50 strikers in non-league i'd rather have in my side than Moses Ashikodi, including JP Marna who probably feels like a bit of a donut if he's read that.

6.The club has use of all facilities at Nene Park excluding the sports centre.

davealbon wrote:

BartonRaz wrote:I just laughed out loud when I read the following....

The club is aware of unwelcome interest in Moses Ashikodi. We can confirm that the player is vital to our plans for next season. We have no intention to sell the player who is commonly regarded as the best striker outside the football league. Any further approaches to the player aimed at unsettling him will be reported to the authorities. Any enquiries about any player under contract must be made directly to the Chairman.

I could name about 50 strikers in non-league i'd rather have in my side than Moses Ashikodi, including JP Marna who probably feels like a bit of a donut if he's read that.

The only person who regards Moses Ashikodi as the best striker outside the football league is Moses Ashikodi.

The bit that caught my attention was:

6.The club has use of all facilities at Nene Park excluding the sports centre.

That's not what HT said at the Trust meeting, or what KC said at the forum. Both implied that they would be taking on the stadium ONLY, and KC was on about leasing the training pitches to other parties, including GHA. If they are taking the whole lot then presumably KC will be charging them the same rent as he did the Beasants i.e. £250k pa. Good luck to them affording that!

EDIT: Plus the £863 it costs to run Nene Park every day, which is the £1000 quoted by HT minus the £50k pa (£137 per day) for the S&E centre.

White Diamond wrote:Do you think they have realised yet they have a constant reminder that they are the cuckoos in our nest with the address being Diamond Way?!!

Trek wrote:

White Diamond wrote:Do you think they have realised yet they have a constant reminder that they are the cuckoos in our nest with the address being Diamond Way?!!

I thought of the cuckoo analogy the other day ;) Furthermore KC may wish that the stadium remain to be known as Nene Park. Diamond Way has been registered with the highways authority and the name is carved on the stone retaining wall as a permanent reminder to all those Ploppies travelling from the direction of K*ttering.

If you look around the ground, from the doors to the carpets, bars etc. it's going to be impossible to air brush out completely, without a lot of expense, the fact that KTFC are playing in the home of their former bitter rivals. ;)

UttoDiamond wrote:
Will they be known as the "Cuckoos" from now on then? ;)

Two of Diamonds wrote:"K*ttering Town FC retains its name"

Now what were we told at the meetings ? Oh yes, a good chance there would (at some point) be a change of name. This was one of the points made to entice Rushden & Diamonds fans to continue to watch football there.

WIMBLEDON have confirmed that they will be playing under the same name when they move to Milton Keynes next summer.

Reports had suggested that only the club's current nickname 'The Dons' would be kept.

However, chairman Charles Koppel (pictured) has stated that they will begin next season with Wimbledon FC on their shirts.

"It remains Wimbledon Football Club, that is our history and the tradition of the club. There has been a lot said about the name," said Koppel.

"However, the difficulty in finding an appropriate location should not take away from the history of the club and its supporters.

"When we looked at stadiums for Wimbledon we took a 25-mile radius from Plough Lane and contacted every local authority in that radius and every one wrote back to us and said 'no'.

"Milton Keynes was a last-gasp effort, the alternative was to close the club."

Meanwhile, The Dons have handed pro contracts to five academy players - Dean Lewington, Nico Herzig, Wade Small, Malvin Kamara and Lee Worgan.

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