It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in
possession of a good majority on Kettering Borough Council must be in want of
screwing over Kettering Town Football Club.
No matter the colour of rosette, or any previous held views on the Poppies, having a "kettering.gov" email address turns even the most even-handed public official into a Poppies-hater. Add to this, the trough-snufflers the council employ all fear that KTFC exist solely to empty the Council's coffers into funding a promotion push.
But why has this schism between Council and Club become so marked? Even the most cursory look at how other local councils in Northamptonshire interact with their premier football clubs throws into the starkest relief how badly our council treats us. They are happy to throw funds at f*cking volleyball and help support just about any other cause in the Borough, but the merest mention of the Poppies has them pleading poverty.
Not only that, but they have also seemed to actively try to destroy us. Remember when they blocked any chance of us moving to Cohen's Yard because of the poor access, only to then turn around and fund new traffic access to the site when they thought they could make money from the site. A site that, several years later, despite being well-appointed is home only to empty dead-end dirt roads and head-high stinging nettles. Or the time they tried to highjack the club's proposed deal with Asda to get new council offices built for them free of charge? Not only did they f*ck the Poppies up, they managed to b@llocks up their own plan too.
This hate is all the more puzzling in light of the fact THE CLUB HAVE NEVER ASKED THE COUNCIL FOR ANY MONEY. Whilst Northampton and Corby Councils can't write cheques quick enough to help the teams that share their name, our council wouldn't even politely ask the Pickerings to consider allowing us to bid for Rockingham Road should they ever try to sell it again! Our council build wall after wall of legalese crap to justify thwarting our very existence.
Well, that all ends this Wednesday when we march on Bowling Green Roadand torch the place
and put all the councillor's heads on spikes peacefully hand over a petition.
Under an alphabet soup of initials a C.I.C are looking for an A.C.V. on R.R. from K.B.C. P.D.Q. There's nothing more certain than the council successfully wriggling out from any responsibility, and happily letting Rockingham Road fester and overgrow for the rest of time, but letting them know our frustration and eye-balling our elected officials as they glibly dismiss us will be worth it.
I hold out few hopes of success for this endeavour but happily applaud the efforts of Poppies fans who have stood up and actually done something, rather than sit at home mewling fearfully about daring to challenge the council on this matter. Forgetting the important fact that WE employ council officers and WE elect our councillors. They damn well should listen to the people they are supposed to serve!
“People shouldn't be afraid of their Council. KBC should be afraid of their people.”
And now I've managed to misquote both Jane Austen and Alan Moore in one blog, it's time to sign off with an amusing image.
No matter the colour of rosette, or any previous held views on the Poppies, having a "kettering.gov" email address turns even the most even-handed public official into a Poppies-hater. Add to this, the trough-snufflers the council employ all fear that KTFC exist solely to empty the Council's coffers into funding a promotion push.
But why has this schism between Council and Club become so marked? Even the most cursory look at how other local councils in Northamptonshire interact with their premier football clubs throws into the starkest relief how badly our council treats us. They are happy to throw funds at f*cking volleyball and help support just about any other cause in the Borough, but the merest mention of the Poppies has them pleading poverty.
Not only that, but they have also seemed to actively try to destroy us. Remember when they blocked any chance of us moving to Cohen's Yard because of the poor access, only to then turn around and fund new traffic access to the site when they thought they could make money from the site. A site that, several years later, despite being well-appointed is home only to empty dead-end dirt roads and head-high stinging nettles. Or the time they tried to highjack the club's proposed deal with Asda to get new council offices built for them free of charge? Not only did they f*ck the Poppies up, they managed to b@llocks up their own plan too.
This hate is all the more puzzling in light of the fact THE CLUB HAVE NEVER ASKED THE COUNCIL FOR ANY MONEY. Whilst Northampton and Corby Councils can't write cheques quick enough to help the teams that share their name, our council wouldn't even politely ask the Pickerings to consider allowing us to bid for Rockingham Road should they ever try to sell it again! Our council build wall after wall of legalese crap to justify thwarting our very existence.
Well, that all ends this Wednesday when we march on Bowling Green Road
Under an alphabet soup of initials a C.I.C are looking for an A.C.V. on R.R. from K.B.C. P.D.Q. There's nothing more certain than the council successfully wriggling out from any responsibility, and happily letting Rockingham Road fester and overgrow for the rest of time, but letting them know our frustration and eye-balling our elected officials as they glibly dismiss us will be worth it.
I hold out few hopes of success for this endeavour but happily applaud the efforts of Poppies fans who have stood up and actually done something, rather than sit at home mewling fearfully about daring to challenge the council on this matter. Forgetting the important fact that WE employ council officers and WE elect our councillors. They damn well should listen to the people they are supposed to serve!
“People shouldn't be afraid of their Council. KBC should be afraid of their people.”
And now I've managed to misquote both Jane Austen and Alan Moore in one blog, it's time to sign off with an amusing image.
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