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Cherries chairman applauds fans' generosity

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010 in


AN initiative aimed at toppling the Dean Court debt mountain has prompted almost £7,000 to be raised in less than a fortnight.

The AFC Bournemouth Dedication Scheme – which calls on supporters to donate money towards clearing the club’s outstanding liabilities – was officially launched earlier this month.

Chairman Eddie Mitchell, who reported on March 5 that Cherries’ debts stood at £846,924, revealed last month that the club faced a date in the High Court on March 31 for a winding-up petition issued by HM Revenue and Customs over arrears of £314,000.

In a bid to counteract the financial problems, the club unveiled details of the dedication scheme, which offers donors a possible cash return when Cherries sell assets, should the debts be cleared.

The new idea was given a mixed response by supporters, but 12 donors have come forward, seven via the scheme, to raise a total of £6,895. Two of them, Dean Tever-sham and Gary Bartlett, gave £500 apiece, and one un-named benefactor handed over £4,000.

Mitchell told the Echo: “It’s absolutely fantastic, especially those individuals that have made the journey to the club to actually pay money into the club.

“We were sat here last week and somebody came in and put in £1,000. They didn’t want to be mentioned – they just love the club. I think there’s an awful lot of people out there who feel that way. The scheme is something that’s going to go on for a considerable amount of time and it’s not something that has got a closing date. It’s just there if people want to join in.”

For further information on the scheme, visit the Dean Court club shop or contact 01202 726325.

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High Treason says...
7:53am Sat 20 Mar 10

Amazing how the extremely wealthy Mitchell has spun a yarn to persuade surfs to part with their hard earned money. I wonder how many never told their wives who could have found a more pressing need for the cash. Footie fans somehow lose all common sense when it comes to supporting their club.

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ted1952 says...
8:00am Sat 20 Mar 10

Personally think Mitchell should match up each donation that comes in - and not as a loan either!

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Frank2010 says...
8:01am Sat 20 Mar 10

How can Mr Mitchell say "its fantastic" when just 12 mugs have coughed up some cash, with 7 of them being through his development company. The two names mentioned are sub contractors that he uses I am told!! Why has he chosen to mention them or was that part of the payment deal I wonder?
It is YOUR club Mr Mitchell and you should run it with your funds and not expect others to bail your loss making company out.

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nonnogeppetto says...
8:36am Sat 20 Mar 10

It is about time that this club was run professionally and profitably running it on donations is not the way forward. In any other business the product/service would rigorously marketed with the view to increase sales and that may well mean offering heavily discounted prices. Fill Dean court with kids and give their parents a 50% discount after all what is the point of having empty seats on match days. We have only few home matches left, we are still well placed in the league and still the attendances are falling. Of course we are not playing Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea etc but surely there is a lot more to be done in marketing the club isn’t there? I don’t come across publicity for home games or hype about the possibility of promotion etc as far as the Town is concerned football is dead unless you were a surfer!!!!!!

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afcblee says...
8:40am Sat 20 Mar 10

I thought EM said he would never allow the club to get the begging bowl out? We will not beg he said!

The more I read about EM the more I get frustrated.

When will our house be put in order!!!

UTC against Grimsby :-)

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alasdair1967 says...
8:45am Sat 20 Mar 10

well mr mitchell put your money where your mouth is along with the rest of the board and match the fans money, penny for penny pound for pound

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jamyjames says...
8:50am Sat 20 Mar 10

I give charity to Haiti not Millionaires.

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AFCB92 says...
9:03am Sat 20 Mar 10

£7,000 in two weeks is not going to get even close to getting rid of our debt

I've been a big supporter of EM but now I'm starting to get annoyed. He thinks £7,000 in two weeks is a good result. Far from it. We've only got 11 days until our day in court and I somehow don't think this scheme is going to bring in another £200K.

EM, put your money where your mouth is. At least put the money in so the club can stand on one leg, if not two.

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AFCB1223 says...
9:10am Sat 20 Mar 10

12 people out of approx 5000 have donated. In my opinion that sums up what the fans actually feel about this scheme. EM continues to speak to the echo about his begging scheme and still has no intention of putting his own money or the money of the other directors in. He has has got some front, I'll give him that.
As for the sponsored walk, well done to all of you, but I'm not knocking on my neighbours doors.

Q. What's the sponsored walk for?

A. Oh it's for a good cause. It's for a millionaire who lives in Sandbanks. He doesn't want to put his own money into his business. So if you could help out please as your contribution will go towards helping him become a multi-millionaire.

Good luck to EH and the team today.

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alasdair1967 says...
9:22am Sat 20 Mar 10

im seriously worried that the stirling efforts on the field of play will be all in vain ,due to the boards attitude and inability to raise the funds they had a 6 figure investment on the table to sponser the northstand which fell through rightfully so after there due diligence the problem is who wants to invest in a club when the directors themselfs are adament they are not going to put funds in as i said before 850 k to them is like 850 pounds to you and me

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Bournemouth person says...
9:43am Sat 20 Mar 10

I hope many more donate to the scheme. I would like to mention the car raffle, I think the draw is at next week's Accrington match. Tickets are only £1 each and it all helps and someone will win the car..so good luck!
Hope the lads do well at Grimsby today. UP THE CHERRIES!

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Square Old Codger says...
9:43am Sat 20 Mar 10

It's unrealistic to expect the Board to put in more money, they aren't billionaires, just moderately wealthy men who are putting a lot of time and effort in, They have from the very first made it clear that they don't have the spare cash to bail the Club out. Like them or not, they are what we have got and I haven't seen a queque of other "investors" waiting to come in and take their place. The present set up doesn't make any sense to me, even if we survive the Court appearance in ten days time ,just how do we survive the Summer when the income has been spent is a mystery. It may be that EM does have a master plan and or mystery investor(s) pending, I hope so!! In the meantime the Board should be considering initiatives, like Kids for a quid to fill the ground for the remaining fixtures. It is incidently, our Club, not theirs!

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afcb1965 says...
9:56am Sat 20 Mar 10

I think you sum it up well, it's our club not their's. how many times has it got to said, em said from the start that he wouldn't be pumping money in, if you don't want a club to support carry on and do nothing.

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KENETHOMEROD says...
9:57am Sat 20 Mar 10

If i was Mitchell i would not brag about two of his contractors putting money in plus two others making £6,000 , so that means eight people paid the other £895.
Surely that shows nobody is interested in his SCAM. Why not get out now Mitchell before its too late. Ask for you £75,000 back and run back to Dorchester where you still have a hold on them. As for good old Jeff i suppose he is still looking for some cash , how much do you want Jeff ???

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sea poole says...
9:59am Sat 20 Mar 10

Mugs? How many people buy lottery tickets to win millions? How many people buy cigarettes? How many people get drunk, spending their money? That's a choice. If you're calling them 'mugs, I guess, in many ways, most people are 'mugs.' I've put some monies into the club -not a huge amount, but a gesture as my way of trying to help our club. Guess, I'm one of your so-called mugs, but I really don't care

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AFCB1223 says...
10:01am Sat 20 Mar 10

Square Old Codger wrote:
It's unrealistic to expect the Board to put in more money, they aren't billionaires, just moderately wealthy men who are putting a lot of time and effort in, They have from the very first made it clear that they don't have the spare cash to bail the Club out. Like them or not, they are what we have got and I haven't seen a queque of other "investors" waiting to come in and take their place. The present set up doesn't make any sense to me, even if we survive the Court appearance in ten days time ,just how do we survive the Summer when the income has been spent is a mystery. It may be that EM does have a master plan and or mystery investor(s) pending, I hope so!! In the meantime the Board should be considering initiatives, like Kids for a quid to fill the ground for the remaining fixtures. It is incidently, our Club, not theirs!
It is our team, the one we all love to support. Contrary to your statement though, it is however THEIR club, not ours.

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Frank2010 says...
10:04am Sat 20 Mar 10

sea poole wrote:
Mugs? How many people buy lottery tickets to win millions? How many people buy cigarettes? How many people get drunk, spending their money? That's a choice. If you're calling them 'mugs, I guess, in many ways, most people are 'mugs.' I've put some monies into the club -not a huge amount, but a gesture as my way of trying to help our club. Guess, I'm one of your so-called mugs, but I really don't care
Well if you are happy funding a multi millionaire to make more money for himself then carry on. You Sir are definitely a mug.

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Frank2010 says...
10:07am Sat 20 Mar 10

AFCB1223 wrote:
Square Old Codger wrote:
It's unrealistic to expect the Board to put in more money, they aren't billionaires, just moderately wealthy men who are putting a lot of time and effort in, They have from the very first made it clear that they don't have the spare cash to bail the Club out. Like them or not, they are what we have got and I haven't seen a queque of other "investors" waiting to come in and take their place. The present set up doesn't make any sense to me, even if we survive the Court appearance in ten days time ,just how do we survive the Summer when the income has been spent is a mystery. It may be that EM does have a master plan and or mystery investor(s) pending, I hope so!! In the meantime the Board should be considering initiatives, like Kids for a quid to fill the ground for the remaining fixtures. It is incidently, our Club, not theirs!
It is our team, the one we all love to support. Contrary to your statement though, it is however THEIR club, not ours.
Wealthy men. Did you not see Piers Morgan with Mr Mitchell??? You don't have that sort of money to splash about just by being moderately wealthy. Download Seven Developments accounts to see how well off Mr Mitchell is and you might change your mind

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Ferndown Steve says...
10:29am Sat 20 Mar 10

It seems every post, by all the usual suspects I have the displeasure to read on this messageboard, are always having a kick at Eddie Mitchell and The Board.

What do you all think this negativity will gain ? - None of you, I assume, have any financial means, or business acumen to help this club, or if you had you would do, or have done, something positive about it by now !.......

I also assume you all "enjoy" taking out your frustrations on EM, to the extent where I, for one, am getting utterly bored reading all this drivel, day after day, following up The Echo news snippets to fuel your fires !...
Whatever sails your boat !.....I suppose....sad really !!....

In my opinion, to try and balance the views, he has done a good job with the task in hand - I feel really sorry for all the pessimism and negative thoughts you all appear to "spout" on a daily basis - I`d rather you go away and support another Club !....

I`m looking forward to promotion this season to Div One with EM at the helm, possibly additional new investors on The Board and bigger crowds enjoying Eddie Howes style of play - I`ll await all the usual put you downs and moans following my rant....on the other hand I may not bother reading anymore or commenting on all the "speculation and tittle-tattle" !!.....

Up the Cherries

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devon exile says...
10:34am Sat 20 Mar 10

the idea this scheme was LAUNCHED is laughable, this does not appear to have been promoted or pushed by the club, this board who a lot of supporters had big hopes for at the beginning of the season are now showing they have little ambition but to survive on a day to day basis but have the nerve to ask fans to purchase their season tickets in advance

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alasdair1967 says...
10:34am Sat 20 Mar 10

the problem is ferndown steve yet again the fans are being asked to bail the club out when the board have stated they will not put any money in themselfs so in my opinion its the fans money that will go down the pan not the boards if and ONLY if administration rears its ugly head again and under the current climate i fear it might!

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merrycherry says...
10:59am Sat 20 Mar 10

Ferndown Steve wrote:
It seems every post, by all the usual suspects I have the displeasure to read on this messageboard, are always having a kick at Eddie Mitchell and The Board. What do you all think this negativity will gain ? - None of you, I assume, have any financial means, or business acumen to help this club, or if you had you would do, or have done, something positive about it by now !....... I also assume you all "enjoy" taking out your frustrations on EM, to the extent where I, for one, am getting utterly bored reading all this drivel, day after day, following up The Echo news snippets to fuel your fires !... Whatever sails your boat !.....I suppose....sad really !!.... In my opinion, to try and balance the views, he has done a good job with the task in hand - I feel really sorry for all the pessimism and negative thoughts you all appear to "spout" on a daily basis - I`d rather you go away and support another Club !.... I`m looking forward to promotion this season to Div One with EM at the helm, possibly additional new investors on The Board and bigger crowds enjoying Eddie Howes style of play - I`ll await all the usual put you downs and moans following my rant....on the other hand I may not bother reading anymore or commenting on all the "speculation and tittle-tattle" !!..... Up the Cherries
Well said......

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Bournemouth person says...
11:11am Sat 20 Mar 10

I hope everyone who loves the club will continue to help in whatever way they can, that way we are keeping the dream alive.

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lionheart says...
11:18am Sat 20 Mar 10

Nono-As for the remaining matches being kids for a quid, I believe, and someone will correct me if I'm wrong, whilst a club can hand out free tickets to swell the gate there is a Football League rule that only a certain number of home games can be at reduced prices for home supporters. I think it's four a season, otherwise if any more games are sold on this basis the offer has to apply to away fans as well.

I'm a fan of long standing and imho it is fair game that EM and the board of directors continue to get flak.

If you buy a business knowing it is carrying a high level of debt, hence you're buying it at a discount, you don't normally turn round to your customers and ask them to pay off the debt so you have a more valuable asset that you can sell on.

How do we know that Mostyn and Murry haven't had some of their alledged loans repaid from ST sales income. Perhaps EM would categorically deny this in this paper!

As to today good luck to Eddie and the boys. Six of the remaining points can come back from Lincolnshire. I sincerely hope three come back today in addition to the box of cod!

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Julian1967 says...
11:47am Sat 20 Mar 10

As i mentioned on the echo live blog forum recently,that i have nothing against Eddie Mitchell as a person but as a Chairman i have no respect for him at all and i am asking Mr Mitchell to do the club the best favour it can and hand in is resignation as soon as possible!!!!!I feel that Mr Mitchell and the board are running the club like a circus and i wonder if their do actually dress up as clowns.I want my club to be run by those that really care and which are not giving us the merry go round,with different stories each time on the running of the club affairs.Mr Mitchell comes accoss as being a shrewd business guy,that is looking for the next buck,just to get by.Look at his photo's and you can work out his body language.
I am postive the club will get by and move forward but it will take heck of a long time to get out of this financial
mess and i admire those that donated the money so far,but £7,000 is not a massive amount for the club's kitty and this will be wasted on paying off the debts that we were promised had been paid off.
This scheme is just something that is not workable!!!Another thing that bugs me,is that Eddie Mitchell says the club belongs to the fans,but in my thoughts i feel that it does not belong to the fans but to Eddie Mitchell,and his board!!!

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lionheart says...
12:35pm Sat 20 Mar 10

All this dedication money and sponsored walk money will effectively be used in legal fees to get the court to unfreeze the club's bank account to make payments. The current board should be ashamed of themselves.

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Monsieur Cherry says...
12:55pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Jeff wants more than the 1 pound coin you were offering Ken!

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Laurie H Marsh says...
12:55pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Well done people.
All of that hard earned money has reduced the debt by, wait for it, 0.82%!
So if you do the same thing another 121 times the club will be debt free.

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nonnogeppetto says...
12:56pm Sat 20 Mar 10

lionheart wrote:
Nono-As for the remaining matches being kids for a quid, I believe, and someone will correct me if I'm wrong, whilst a club can hand out free tickets to swell the gate there is a Football League rule that only a certain number of home games can be at reduced prices for home supporters. I think it's four a season, otherwise if any more games are sold on this basis the offer has to apply to away fans as well.

I'm a fan of long standing and imho it is fair game that EM and the board of directors continue to get flak.

If you buy a business knowing it is carrying a high level of debt, hence you're buying it at a discount, you don't normally turn round to your customers and ask them to pay off the debt so you have a more valuable asset that you can sell on.

How do we know that Mostyn and Murry haven't had some of their alledged loans repaid from ST sales income. Perhaps EM would categorically deny this in this paper!

As to today good luck to Eddie and the boys. Six of the remaining points can come back from Lincolnshire. I sincerely hope three come back today in addition to the box of cod!
Fair enough if the FL dictates that only so many tickets can be discounted thats fine but my other point about the fact that here we have a team at the verge of being promoted (hopefully automatically) but there is very little enthusiasm about the TOWN the only thing people get fed is the negative fionancial situation of the club every other article here is about 'wind-ups' and debts but very little about success on the pitch. My point was about getting some elevation for what is achieved on the field and get people to rally around the team. Anyone who might be thinking about coming to the remaining matches gets the feeling that is is a waste of time because according to these latest articles they will think that we are doomed.

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sea poole says...
1:50pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Frank -I'd rather be a 'mug' (hopefully an educated one) than a negative cynic, who has not demonstrated any capacity to help the club, quite 'frank'ly

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djd says...
1:51pm Sat 20 Mar 10

We all have to ask the question, do we want the club to continue or not ??
If we want to watch football at Dean Court, probably in League One next season, then we have to do what it takes to keep the game going at Dean Court.
Whoever was Chairman, someone would belittle him . We have E.M. If someone can do the job better and has the money, please step foward.
I can't see a stampede of investors coming forward.
Failing that, forget football and close the gates.
What do you want ?????

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afcblee says...
2:33pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Seapoole and djd: very well said, this forum is full of negative t••sers!

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Julian1967 says...
3:19pm Sat 20 Mar 10

afcblee wrote:
Seapoole and djd: very well said, this forum is full of negative t••sers!
Well what did i say lol..At least Eddie Mitchell has a few fans of his left.

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Frank2010 says...
3:46pm Sat 20 Mar 10

sea poole wrote:
Frank -I'd rather be a 'mug' (hopefully an educated one) than a negative cynic, who has not demonstrated any capacity to help the club, quite 'frank'ly
Sea poole. Please can you inform me how an educated man like you can get sucked into this ridiculous scheme.
If your local garage was owned by a multi millionaire and this business was losing money and he owed the tax man would you just step in and bail him out, especially knowing he could write a cheque out to clear his debts but just wont.
I dont think you would.
Remember it was Mr Mitchell who bought the club knowing all the debts and what was needed to break even. Surely an educated man such as yourself should be asking about the huge overheads at AFCB and why an unqualified CEO is paid in excess of £50k per year just because he is Mr Mitchells son in law?

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noel1 says...
4:04pm Sat 20 Mar 10

The point Mr Mitchells supporters on this page seem to be missing is that you make donations, or dedications, to CHARITY, but you INVEST in a business.

AFCB is a business and if Mr Mitchell doesn't think it's worth investing in why should I?

The business belongs to Mr Mitchell and his fellow board members and so the responsibility for clearing it's debts is theirs.

Like many others I think it is utter cheek for him to ask the supporters to reduce the debts of the business and thereby increase it's value - which he will realize when (and if) he can sell it on as a going concern.

If he wants our money he should give us shares in return.

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marmite man says...
5:05pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Mitchell is certainly playing on the emotions of supporters.
He does not deserve anyone bailing him out!!
Look at his history then decide. How many companies has he been associated with who have gone bust, including himself. He has left a lot of people broke and Mitchell owing them a lot of money while he lives it up in Sandbanks. Bankcrupcy cleared his debts time after time. HMRC are no fools and this time I hope they have him -good and proper! The only sad thing is that he has used AFCB because the supporters have been daft enough to believe hm.
If he gets through all this he will keep YOUR money sell the club and make a lot of profit out of YOU!!!
Don't let him.

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High Treason says...
5:07pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Bournemouth person wrote:
I hope everyone who loves the club will continue to help in whatever way they can, that way we are keeping the dream alive.
Dream on because its just that, a dream. Wake up to reality, look at the books and spend your money wisely.

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marmite man says...
5:13pm Sat 20 Mar 10

djd wrote:
We all have to ask the question, do we want the club to continue or not ?? If we want to watch football at Dean Court, probably in League One next season, then we have to do what it takes to keep the game going at Dean Court. Whoever was Chairman, someone would belittle him . We have E.M. If someone can do the job better and has the money, please step foward. I can't see a stampede of investors coming forward. Failing that, forget football and close the gates. What do you want ?????
There was someone else who wanted to buy the club but Mostyn advised Baker to sell it to Mitchell.

I wonder why - was it because the other buyer had a notion that Mostyn wasn't the full shilling and was just staying around to pick up his loans'?
Confidentiality clauses have stopped you and me from revealing the truth of the other proposed buyers but believe you me there WERE other buyers. Maybe one day Baker will reveal the truth as to why he changed his mind at the last minute and gave the club to Mitchell.

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KENETHOMEROD says...
6:20pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Maybe Baker had NO choice ? Remember he was buying the club off Mostyn with monthly payments. He had only made two payments , so just like you and i buying a Car on HP the Product was not his to sell until he had paid in FULL. Mostyn as always pulled the strings and as non of the potential buyers were prepared to give good old Jeff a penny he conned Mitchell into thinking that he could make money out of the Club. LOL

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AFCB1223 says...
6:21pm Sat 20 Mar 10

MITCHELL OUT.......NOW...

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winton50 says...
7:05pm Sat 20 Mar 10

The Em fan club ask what we want from them

Well hows this for a start - Eddie Mitchell bought his 250,000 shares in the club for £1 each. Now it seems to me that if his pound buys a share then every supporter who turns up with cash should be entitled to a share for every pound. Then it really would be our club

Why won't he do it? because it would dilute his power of course!

He's happy for us to pay of HIS debts, he just doesn't want to give us anything for it

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Julian1967 says...
8:43pm Sat 20 Mar 10

AFCB1223 wrote:
MITCHELL OUT.......NOW...
looks like a postest on the way lol.

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AFCBade says...
9:27pm Sat 20 Mar 10

winton50 wrote:
The Em fan club ask what we want from them

Well hows this for a start - Eddie Mitchell bought his 250,000 shares in the club for £1 each. Now it seems to me that if his pound buys a share then every supporter who turns up with cash should be entitled to a share for every pound. Then it really would be our club

Why won't he do it? because it would dilute his power of course!

He's happy for us to pay of HIS debts, he just doesn't want to give us anything for it
Share scheme is the only way forward if we want to raise this money from outside the Board. Why not put 40% of share capital with the fans. EM can keep control but fans will feel they own a piece of the club. It will create investment funds and this is what the club needs.

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KENETHOMEROD says...
9:35pm Sat 20 Mar 10

Winton50 - who said Mitchell paid £250 k for his shares ? I was told that his wife Brenda wrote a cheque out for £75k ?
He may have 125,000 shares and his wife Brenda also has 125,000 but that does not mean he paid the full value ?
How much do the clowns want to walk away ? or are we going into Admin whilst still having a CVA in place ?

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psal says...
9:55pm Sat 20 Mar 10

KENETHOMEROD wrote:
Winton50 - who said Mitchell paid £250 k for his shares ? I was told that his wife Brenda wrote a cheque out for £75k ? He may have 125,000 shares and his wife Brenda also has 125,000 but that does not mean he paid the full value ? How much do the clowns want to walk away ? or are we going into Admin whilst still having a CVA in place ?
Maybe his ex misses wants to start dipping her hand in her purse as well then, cos if your right he wants us to pay for her business as well. The plot thickens lol.

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elvispresleysking says...
11:23pm Sat 20 Mar 10

psal wrote:
KENETHOMEROD wrote: Winton50 - who said Mitchell paid £250 k for his shares ? I was told that his wife Brenda wrote a cheque out for £75k ? He may have 125,000 shares and his wife Brenda also has 125,000 but that does not mean he paid the full value ? How much do the clowns want to walk away ? or are we going into Admin whilst still having a CVA in place ?
Maybe his ex misses wants to start dipping her hand in her purse as well then, cos if your right he wants us to pay for her business as well. The plot thickens lol.
(Total cost of Chairman's share acquisition from previous and current Directors £185,000)

Taken from the financial statement EM released on 5th March!

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northstandregular says...
6:56am Sun 21 Mar 10

Why do the Eddie Mitchell fan club seem unable to grasp the fact that if he left it would have absolutely no effect on AFCB whatsoever (other than what he trousered on his way out.) He's repeatedly said he won't invest any of his own money (which any of us could have done had we taken over for one pound), he's borrowed next years income (which any of us could have done), he's got the begging bowl out (which any of us could have done). But the most nauseating thing he's done by far is to play on the emotion and goodwill of loyal fans and ask them to give up their own time to 'walk for charity,' that 'charity' being the company he saw the books of before he made a CONCIOUS decision to buy, thus taking on the debt the company is saddled with, it was HIS choice. It annoys me when people accuse people such as myself of being negative or fair weather when the simple truth is he wants someone else to pay for his gamble of owning AFCB. The reality is he's run up 300K debt since November after telling us how fantasticlly well he was doing and he's also employed two family members that there can be absolutely no justification for. Until he offers to match pound-for-pound in an independent bank account ran by an independent solicitor, or he offers shares it's nothing more than a scam and i'm surprised that people want to even consider arguing the contrary. Eddie, do us a favour, don't pee down our backs and tell us it's raining.

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Frank2010 says...
9:28am Sun 21 Mar 10

I have heard this morning that a certain Sean Brookes is now employed at AFCB. This was Mr Mitchells failed manager at Dorchester who he was paying over £70k per year plus car etc etc. How much is he paying him now??? Brookes along with Neill Blake and now his son Thomas are all employed and what is this all costing the club??? I think Mr Mitchell should come clean about these 3 people and inform the supporters what they do and what they are paid. Mind you, I expect this would change every time he opens his mouth.
When will all the Mitchell backers here realise that he wants to use your money for his gamble in buying the club. If it goes bust, like most of his companies do then it will be you and your monies that will lose out. Mr Mitchell won't, as he will make sure of that.
I would also point out that if all of you supporters for Mr Mitchell take a look at DTFC forums and see what they made of him. He was a hated man with websites dedicated to forcing him out. He nearly bankrupted them, messing companies about with payments and forced the manger into playing his son, who was not up to the mark. Not the sort of 'great' Chairman you all claim!

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bisadave says...
5:30pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Ian Wadley obviously doesn't read the responses to his stories. When the scheme was (re)launched I asked where the details were. I still haven't seen any on this website or the clubs website.

We all know that we give them our money and they may give us some back if they sell assets in the future, but is that the sum total of the small print? Is there no structure to this 'scheme'? No terms and conditions? No rules or anything even remotely legally binding?

Mr Wadley - do your job and try and find out a bit about the subject you are writing and if possible, share that information with us. If it actually exists!

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KENETHOMEROD says...
5:34pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Forget it Fank 2010 is does not matter what people say some people will never smell the coffee. Remember all them that thought Savi / Baker were ok !
Some still think Mostyn saved the Club lol. It does not matter how you explain it they are wearing blinkers.Admins on its way.

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molbol says...
5:49pm Sun 21 Mar 10

KENETHOMEROD wrote:
Forget it Fank 2010 is does not matter what people say some people will never smell the coffee. Remember all them that thought Savi / Baker were ok !
Some still think Mostyn saved the Club lol. It does not matter how you explain it they are wearing blinkers.Admins on its way.
Admins on it's way then Keith is it? And what do you think should be done to avoid it?

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nonnogeppetto says...
7:12pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Is the money that is being donated 'gift-aided-!! (before you come here and put me right the question is only in gest!) or will the HMRC be asking for their share % i.e. is it classified as revenue? because if it is they will be issuing yet another wind-up order!!!

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northstandregular says...
9:47pm Sun 21 Mar 10

molbol wrote:
KENETHOMEROD wrote: Forget it Fank 2010 is does not matter what people say some people will never smell the coffee. Remember all them that thought Savi / Baker were ok ! Some still think Mostyn saved the Club lol. It does not matter how you explain it they are wearing blinkers.Admins on its way.
Admins on it's way then Keith is it? And what do you think should be done to avoid it?
I didn't think you worked on Sundays Mr Blake errrr sorry, Molbol.

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Julian1967 says...
10:37pm Sun 21 Mar 10

northstandregular wrote:
molbol wrote:
KENETHOMEROD wrote: Forget it Fank 2010 is does not matter what people say some people will never smell the coffee. Remember all them that thought Savi / Baker were ok ! Some still think Mostyn saved the Club lol. It does not matter how you explain it they are wearing blinkers.Admins on its way.
Admins on it's way then Keith is it? And what do you think should be done to avoid it?
I didn't think you worked on Sundays Mr Blake errrr sorry, Molbol.
lol....God hope its not Mr Blake lol.

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northstandregular says...
1:02am Mon 22 Mar 10

To answer Mr Blakes question directly, the thing that should have been done to avoid our inevitable admin would be for someone to invest some money into the club, something EM had no intention of doing. If you buy into a buisness with massive debt, invest practically nothing and run up more debt paying the previous debt in the process, the inevitable c onsequence is admin. I'm not sure what is so hard to understand about that, it's nothing personal, it's fact. As for Mr Molobol/Blake, one should always reply to the post and not the poster because when you direct your comments at the poster and not the message, you've lost the argument/debate.

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molbol says...
8:26am Mon 22 Mar 10

I haven't lost a debate/argument although i am losing the will to live going over the same old ground.

I'm tiring of repeating myself but i will try once more; so let's get it straight - I, like many, am also not happy with certain aspects of the club and the way it's run (contrary to your beliefs).

However, like you and many others i do not have the answers. We can all come on here spouting about whats wrong, thats easy - what isn't so simple is coming up with a solution. EM has made it clear isn't going to chuck money into the club so there is no point keep banging on about it - The club either needs to find a wealthy benefactor who's willing to throw money away or us as fans will have to continue doing it (if we want a club). So unless you, Julian 1960 something or Kenny have or know of someone prepared to do that, no end of moaning is going to change anything is it? Criticism' as long as constructive, is never a bad thing; however we see precious little of that on here.

I just love the club and until someone comes along and is able to improve the situation i will support whatever regime is in charge. Someone daftly posted a statement 'Eddie Mitchell Out'. I'm surprised the dissenters haven't got a petition up yet. If he walks away all i ask is what then?

Whether these comments are directed at the post or the poster i couldn't give a monkeys really. I am entitled to an opinion the same as everyone else.

PS - I have to work on Sundays to justify the extortionate salary that i'm allegedly on.

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marmite man says...
11:08am Mon 22 Mar 10

molbol wrote:
I haven't lost a debate/argument although i am losing the will to live going over the same old ground. I'm tiring of repeating myself but i will try once more; so let's get it straight - I, like many, am also not happy with certain aspects of the club and the way it's run (contrary to your beliefs). However, like you and many others i do not have the answers. We can all come on here spouting about whats wrong, thats easy - what isn't so simple is coming up with a solution. EM has made it clear isn't going to chuck money into the club so there is no point keep banging on about it - The club either needs to find a wealthy benefactor who's willing to throw money away or us as fans will have to continue doing it (if we want a club). So unless you, Julian 1960 something or Kenny have or know of someone prepared to do that, no end of moaning is going to change anything is it? Criticism' as long as constructive, is never a bad thing; however we see precious little of that on here. I just love the club and until someone comes along and is able to improve the situation i will support whatever regime is in charge. Someone daftly posted a statement 'Eddie Mitchell Out'. I'm surprised the dissenters haven't got a petition up yet. If he walks away all i ask is what then? Whether these comments are directed at the post or the poster i couldn't give a monkeys really. I am entitled to an opinion the same as everyone else. PS - I have to work on Sundays to justify the extortionate salary that i'm allegedly on.
MAYBE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED PURCHASER WILL TRY AGAIN BUT WITHOUT MOSTYN AROUND TO THROW ANOTHER SPANNER IN THE WORKS.

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bmthmark says...
10:10am Wed 24 Mar 10

I think EM should sell his top of the range car to help the club.

Also he has the numberpate 'Ed1' - or something like that. He can sell that while he is at it :)

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