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The Ogden Family
at 14:11 25 Mar 2024

Fantastic news.
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The Exiles are back in town…..
at 23:13 24 Mar 2024

1 year into a 2 year deal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65576165
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Matthew Southall
at 00:10 22 Mar 2024

Southall never owned a single share in RAFC, never mind 25%. He was invited in by an Alexander Jarvis viz a viz "a deal that went wrong". The rest is a matter of historical record. Southall was eventually declared bankrupt.

As long as kel has achieved his aim, that'll do.
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Matthew Southall
at 00:02 21 Mar 2024

Astonishing none of his many nom de plume's are absent from this thread.
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Refwatch: Eastleigh v Rochdale
at 00:04 17 Mar 2024

After four games of well below par performances, it's great to see such a comprehensive result and, by all accounts, this Dale team at their best. Just what supporters need when things are difficult off the pitch. A big well done to Jim and the players. More of the same please!
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New Trust Statement..
at 00:35 16 Mar 2024

A much appreciated update and good to hear Dale Trust are seriously involved on behalf of their members and all fans. Thank you. A situation us fans and shareholders are not used to but we have to embrace it. Best wishes to all for a successful conclusion and never forget: RAFC comes first in all of this.

UP THE DALE
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Dale Trust Meeting With WSH LLC
at 00:21 15 Mar 2024

442Dale - Brilliant. NAIL ON HEAD moment.

Prior to the 7th March EGM, we had the club Chairman all over the media telling the "liquidation" narrative. As the EGM commenced, said chairman was threatening a board meeting Friday morning to liquidate the club and possibly no game v Oxford City on Saturday. The world, and his wife, the shareholders, Dale fans and surely the National League knew we were about to go bust, from his mouth.

How do the National League rules address such a scenario? The rules of the league we compete in say:

"2.18 If during the course of a season the Board decide that the organisation and management or finances of a particular Club fall below the standards appropriate to membership of the Competition, the Competition Secretary shall be instructed to warn the Club at once that it may be excluded from membership of the Competition at the end of that playing season. Such a Club shall have the right to appeal to The FA within 14 days of the date of notification of the Board’s decision."

Those are the rules. You can find them here. https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/downloads/rules

Now, I doubt we'll know if such a warning has occurred, but the RAFC chairman has most definitely invited it. How will that affect our status as a National League or even National League North club? (Same rules apply). Technically, our rules unaware chairman is guiding us towards the 7th tier by blagging our potential liquidation to suit his desire for shareholders to vote in favour of 7th March EGM resolutions. We'll see how that pans out but if the NL are on the ball, so to speak, it's possible.

Unless the "liquidation" scenario was poppycock designed to fool shareholders. We'll see.
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The Football Club LLC - Plans for Rochdale
at 16:51 14 Mar 2024

An impressive read with good motivation behind it. However, as with WSH, the source of funding seems vague, with references to outside capital, possibly.

Both bidders will need to be more concrete with proof of funding to satisfy the National League rules as the minimum requirement.
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Dale Trust Meeting With WSH LLC
at 11:19 14 Mar 2024

FYI: From national league rules: Transfer as a Going Concern
2.9.1 In the event that any Club which resolves to transfer its membership of the Competition from one legal entity to a different legal entity, other than in the circumstances shown at 2.9.2 below, the Board will use the following minimum criteria in deciding whether to approve that transfer:
(a) The shareholders or members of the Club have voted to agree to the transfer of the Club’s membership to the new entity.
(b) All Football Creditors in the Club must be paid in full or transferred in full (with each creditor’s consent) to the new entity, and evidenced as such.
(c) All other creditors in the Club must be paid in full or Secured or transferred in full (with each creditor’s consent) to the new entity and evidenced as such.
(d) The proposed new entity has provided financial forecasts to The FA and the Competition showing its ability to fund the Club for the next twelve (12) months or to the end of the Playing Season following transfer (whichever is the longer) and that evidence of funding sources has been provided.
(e) The FA must have given approval for the transfer to take place.
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Dale Trust Meeting With WSH LLC
at 10:54 14 Mar 2024

..and no cast iron guarantees about where the money is coming from.
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TVOS Preview: Rochdale v Woking
at 01:02 13 Mar 2024

That was inexplicable. Utterly gormless game management by the "head coach".

Almost every game, he NEVER leaves a man up as an outlet when we're defending a corner to take advantage of a long clearance or to hold the ball up whilst others run (walk, sorry) up to counter attack. Daft.
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TFC respond to WSH exclusivity
at 00:11 13 Mar 2024

Agreed.
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TVOS Preview: Rochdale v Woking
at 23:38 12 Mar 2024

Will take the 3 points all day long, but for the fourth game in a row, Dale were abysmal.
Unorganised, lightweight in the challenge, inept on the ball and generally clueless. It has been awful to watch of late and the finger points firmly at the manager's inability to train, set up and organise a team of professionals. Again. You can't moan about the tactics because there aren't any. Well done Rodney and Hayes, as individuals.
A win's a win
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TFC respond to WSH exclusivity
at 18:16 12 Mar 2024

Shareholders are seemingly being misled. Do we need to call another EGM as a matter of urgency?
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Exclusive period with WSH
at 17:31 12 Mar 2024

There have indeed been shady board members in the past.
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Exclusive period with WSH
at 13:18 12 Mar 2024

https://www.daletrust.co.uk/2024/03/the-trust-has-been-made-aware-of-a-short-per
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Salford looking for investment......
at 08:56 11 Mar 2024

Chesterfield losing over £2million a year..

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/sport/football/promotion-to-efl-for-chesterfie
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This is awful
at 03:10 11 Mar 2024

You're not wrong...

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=5&season=21
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This is awful
at 20:18 9 Mar 2024

What happens on training days at Platt Lane with a supposedly professional set up?

Again, we're watching players in blue and black that look like eleven strangers who are decent enough players with no clue what to do.

McNulty is Mr Likeable and his media has been good. The football he has offered us recently apart from two decent spells in two games has been down there with the worst ever, considering we are in the lowest league RAFC has played in in living memory.

We are in the same league as Oxford City on merit. They may well be bottom of the league and played like it, but they looked far better than us.

I had fears about giving Big Jim the job at the end of last season. A few decent results and it looked like I was wrong. He did OK in difficult circumstances. After today, 5 points gained from the last 27 available and the relegation zone not too far away. Make your own minds up. Talk about background "noise" in post-match interviews is plausible, but not an excuse for not doing what he is paid to do. Produce a decent footballing side and boy, is he not doing that right now.
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All 5 resolutions passed
at 21:59 8 Mar 2024

Administration is not what shareholders were advised would happen in the document pack sent to them prior to the EGM.
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