Diamonds Aftermath Part Two - Rushden & Diamonds FC

The best thing they can do is give up the ghost, and stop clutching at the straws of phantom Japanese investment, or keeping their fingers crossed, or whatever they are doing at the moment, and go cap in hand to the current landlords at Hayden Road.  Even if this means going on their knees and begging Rushden and Higham Town FC to be allowed to return to the town and all merge together as one "big club."

The new club could, theoretically, be called, Rushden Rangers and Higham Town and Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds Football Club. 

If it was, the supporters would definitely have to think twice before starting the chant, "Give me an R...."

Diamonds Aftermath Part One - Imraan

Imraan, please, please do not see the imminent demise of the Direones as an opportunity to stick two fingers up to Pickering and the Council.  There's a very real reason that there's no club playing there anymore - the ground is a millstone around the neck of any club wanting to play there!

I don't believe for a second that you want to be the man who killed the Poppies.

I don't believe for a second you will go against the wishes of the vast majority of Poppies supporters and move our club out of town.

If nothing else, the Direones debacle has shown in the starkest terms possible the desperate need to run a club sustainably.  No more binge spending in August, followed by hideous cost cutting when it becomes clear we are not going to win the FA Cup!  Work out the budget.  Stick to it.  Treat the supporters with a bit of respect and not merely a hindrance to be addressed periodically. 

Build some bridges with the Council and the landlord.  Stop playing at football club chairman and actually be one, even if that includes doing some of the boring stuff, like ensuring the club is run properly.  Football isn't all about clinching that player on the phone and punching the air, on nailing down an agent in last few seconds before the transfer window closes.  It sometimes means making sure the club office has ink toner in the photocopier.  Boring, but necessary - particularly if we need to fax confirmation of that last minute signing to the FA......

Saturday 11th June 2011

Where are all the diehard Diamonds fans headed now? 
Back to Bedford?  MK Dons? Cobblers?  Us????

"Diamonds expelled from the Conference."

Five words. 

Start to finish in under twenty years. 

Kinda shocked. Just assumed they would be saved.  Kudos though to Glenn Hoddle for reading the previous article.

Want to celebrate, but too stunned.

Weird, eh?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13738222.stm

Oi Hoddle! NO!

Glenn, in between stints as one of the most talented footballers of your generation, you've made some serious blunders.

Surely you remember THAT mullet?

We still haven't forgotten "Diamond Lights", although, God knows, we wish we could.

"I want you to support John Fashanu down the channels"

Surely even you must cringe when recalling blaming people's infirmities on past lives?

And your decision to play Eileen Drewery as centre forward during a World Cup qualifying campaign must surely rank as one of the least shrewd managerial decisions of recent years? 

Admittedly, not as bad as the England managers who allowed David Batty to rack up over 40 international caps, but still pretty bad!  And then the same England bosses (including yourself) somehow orchestrated Carlton Palmer ending up with twice as many England caps as Matt Le Tissier, so there were plenty of questionable decisions all round!

But this latest foolhardy adventure concerning yourself, a bunch of teenage boys and the near expired corpse of Rushden & Diamonds is A STEP TOO FAR!

 Do the decent thing and let that poor, raddled, dying club quietly end its suffering and shrug off it's mortal coil once and for all.  It is the Christian thing to do.

Name and Shame

At a time of the year when Poppies news is just about nil (bar the insubstantial rumourmonging of former club employees and other 5 minute wonders on Poppynet) it's heartening that Corby Town can still help fill out a blog.  And opening up the naming of this year's brand new ground to the public is far too good an opportunity to pass up for a Poppies fan!

When this was discussed on the local radio, all the obvious, banal names were trotted out, such as the Jimmy Kane Stadium, the Steelworks Stadium, or even, God-forbid, the Corby CITY Stadium!

Surely we can do better?

Our suggestions may be equally obvious, but hopefully not quite so banal!  Lets start with the ones that capture the unique flavour of Corby... What about the IRN BRU Stadium?  Or the CARELESSLY DISGUARDED HYPODERMIC Stadium?  Or perhaps the RAMPANT ARSONISTS Stadium?

Maybe we should celebrate the best of Corby?  The PRIMARK Stadium?  The TWELVE YEAR OLD MOTHERS Stadium?  The GIVE US ALL THE MONEY BECAUSE OUR STEELWORKS WERE CLOSED DOWN BY AN EVIL ENGLISH TORY GOVERNMENT Stadium?

How about the equally popular, slightly more sectarian suggestions?  The BOBBY SANDS Stadium?  Or the WILLIAM OF ORANGE Stadium?  Perhaps it can change between WEE PARKHEAD and WEE IBROX on alternate home games?  The only downside here is that it might half their already meagre support.

Does anyone else have any other suggestions?  Beyond of course, the JEALOUS POPPIES WHO DON'T HAVE A POT TO PISS IN Stadium....

Packing them in at the STADIUM OF SHITE!

 

Update from Guy

Hi Lads


Have decided to look around for my next contract.  Despite almost singlehandedly getting Torquay into League One I may move on for a bigger and better challenge.  We missed out in the final to Stevenage the other week, and I don't know if I need to go and see an optician, but I could have sworn I saw Beardo playing for the opposition!  Obviously I was mistaken!  Just imagine, Beardo playing in League One, whilst I'm without a club!  Ha Ha!

Anyway, I've put a link below to my stats page, just in case any Championship scouts pop on here to read this stuff.

http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-transfer-list?name=FullName&page=1

Click onto my link - there's lots of good stuff about me!  By the way, how much longer d'you reckon I'll be able to get away with giving my age as 32!

I'll drop you a line when the bidding war has ended, and I know who I'm playing for next season.

Cheers for now.

Guy (32, ha ha - love it!)

Democracy runs rampant at FIFA!

Here's to me!

Sepp Blagger was celebrating this morning winning his won fourth term as "Theifa" President.  Although the vote is not due until later today Sepp has reported that he has won 372 of the 208 association votes and secured 32 of the 22 delegate nods.

Declaring this a "Great day for democracy as well as my own bank account", Blagger personally acknowledged several countries for their unswerving loyalty.  He singled out Lilliput, Pimlico, Oceana and The Duchy of Grand Fenwick for special thanks.  He also suggested that Atlantis's lack of football pitches, or indeed land, would not necessarily count against them during the bidding process for 2026.