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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 13:45 4 May 2014
£1,743 collected around the ground yesterday. Thank you so much for your generosity! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 18:04 2 May 2014
The supporters have been, as always very generous, loyal and committed to raising the funds to help solve the situation we are in.
I personally find that now premier league matches are more accessible via streaming etc. Grassroots football and lower league football has struggled. Is it also right that for one mans weekly pay (Rooney and others) a football club with 90 years of history closes down. This is no excuse for our own situation and I understand the economic argument that some have, that says if we can't meet our debts when due we shouldn't be operating.
Since relegation from the football league, we've had a drastic cut in funding, I don't know the exact figure but close to £800,00 per season I'd guess and when a club is only turning over £2-2.5 million, this is a very significant amount.
The supporters trust is working very hard to get an offer together to take over the club, whether this will be accepted by the board I don't know. They have know received pledges of funds totaling a 6 figure amount.
The staff are also working very hard, most of which haven't been paid for months. They deserve a lot of credit for all their hard work.
We have fundraising events going on at the moment and these will continue! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 17:31 2 May 2014
A number of Hereford United supporters will be at your match tomorrow with a collection raising funds to help keep our club afloat during the close season.
I'm very pleased to report that we have won our fight to stay in the Skrill Premier, but we've still got a long way to go. The next tax bill is due in about 6 weeks and we are still unable to pay creditors.
Do look out for our supporters tomorrow around the ground and any donations would be warmly received!
G. |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 15:44 3 Apr 2014
Yeah, I believe his agent is from Ledbury and a Hereford United supporter, that coupled with the tweets he recieved led him to help out. |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 17:53 2 Apr 2014
This is great news, I have a lot of uni commitments at the moment but hope to make it back even if it's just for the day.
I'll drop you a PM on Friday to let you know if i'll be there, I should be. If I am i'd love to meet you all before the match to thank you. My season tickets for the Meadow End, you're welcome to join me, my family and friends there.
Djalili has done a great job for us, he wants to raise between £15-20,000. I'm sure that's about the right figure. |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 13:03 2 Apr 2014
Thanks, everyone at the club is working very hard, along with the supporters and football fans across the country to make sure that the funds will be raised by Monday. Will post an update towards the end of the week, fingers crossed with very good news! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 00:46 2 Apr 2014
Time really does fly when you're having fun!  [Post edited 2 Apr 2014 0:47]
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 17:36 1 Apr 2014
Thanks, it's been tough since Turner left. Keyte has his heart in the right place but it seems to me that he wants to do everything at once and then there isn't enough to cover the shortfall.
Turner managed a side on a shoestring budget, he understood that you need the cash to get by and was reluctant to spend on anything unless it was absolutely necessary. In my eyes this is the correct way to do it.
It seems to me, and this is only my opinion, that Keyte has put in his own amount of money, a significant amount of money, to re-fit the supporters club, buy the ground leases back and develop a youth team. Yes, the youth team have done great, yes the supporters club is making a profit and yes the leases are worth having but has this come at a cost of lack of spending on the pitch and no more funds left to balance the books, I believe so!
I'd rather have no youth team, no leases from the council and just the one bar and have a good league side. This expenditure, coupled with the fact that we lost nearly £900k of football league funding from our relegation means that he is now unwilling to put any more funds in to the club.
Turner did a great job in charge, and for saving the club. Will Keyte do the same and fund the difference on the Tax if the supporters can't meet the cost. I'm not sure.
Cheers for the support Wernjack! Who do you play for now? |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 17:12 1 Apr 2014
Chairman says we have £20,000 in the 'fighting fund'. Personally I think there is more than that with the donations and takings from last weekend and the events so far this week but we'll have to wait and see. Fingers crossed we make it to £78,000 or that someone can put in a loan to cover it.
The supporters and staff are doing all they can, they've been amazing so far. Lets hope this fund raising and generosity continues. |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 16:22 31 Mar 2014
UPDATE:
£8,800 donated to the club so far, thanks for your donations and support.
Trust has received nearly £2,500 in donations.
Our attendance was over 1,000 more than the average on Saturday, lets hope this can be repeated this weekend.
After seeing our plight on Twitter, Omid Djalili will be performing a save Hereford United comedy on Sunday 6th April with all funds going direct to the club. A great gesture!
Club historian Ron Parrott among others will be on BBC Midlands Today news at 6:30pm tonight.
Tickets for our match on April 5th against Woking can be bought online now for those that want to come and show support. I'd love to see some Swansea shirts in the crowd!
http://www.idsports.net/shop/Hereford-United-FC-Tickets/
All the best and thanks again for your support.
HUJ |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 23:05 29 Mar 2014
Thanks, have the numbers of the other supermarkets in Hereford ready to call in the morning. Will call around some of the local businesses too.  |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 21:53 29 Mar 2014
£650 raised in Tesco, they'll be collecting for us again tomorrow!
£500 raised by a supporters short walk around the city.
£2,000 + raised by the Trust so far
£3,500 from donations to the clubs official website as of yesterday
Not sure as of yet what was raised today at the club through gate money and sales, guessing around £15,000.
Same again next weekend and fundraising in the week and it may start to look a bit healthier! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 17:15 29 Mar 2014
It's looking very bleak after that loss at home this afternoon. Just hope we can pull out a good performance in the next few matches, can't let it go to the last game of the season against Aldershot away.
Those that aren't travelling to Hull on the 5th, it would be great to see you at Edgar Street! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 17:09 29 Mar 2014
Thanks Builthjack, haven't heard how much was raised there but a great effort by all. A few raised £500 with a bucket collection through the city center before the match. Think we must be near 5k now overall. Still a very long way to go to reach the target.
Feel sick with that 0-1 loss, both Dartford and Aldershot below us gaining ground with wins. It just doesn't look like we are going to score.
Great to hear the Swans won 3-0, fantastic result against Norwich! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 22:44 28 Mar 2014
Thanks bonymine! I'm sure the 10/15 lads soon disappeared when they heard there were 3,000 of you about.
Still the same good old ground today, we even have potted plants on the roof of the dugout! |
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Reply | HELP SAVE HEREFORD UNITED!
at 22:37 28 Mar 2014
Just checked the date, it was 13th July 2010. Hereford scoring in the 20th and 52nd minute.
You've done amazingly well over the past decade and it's a credit to the hard work of your fans and supporters trust. Goes to show that when done correctly a supports trust, owning shares and having a say in the running can work out for the best!
We'll fight and keep on fighting, the faith and belief will not falter! |
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