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Thread: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

  1. #26

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Des Parrot View Post
    Manager has just resigned.
    Needed to go. Club made the decision for him.

  2. #27

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
    Needed to go. Club made the decision for him.
    Really sorry to see the mess they are in. They had been making decent progress until covid hit.

  3. #28

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Former Labour leader View Post
    Really sorry to see the mess they are in. They had been making decent progress until coved hit.
    Clubs going in right direction off the field, sadly not the case on the field but it was always going to be a tough year starting again from scratch after 18 months.

    But as I said off field it’s looking up. Debts been more or less cleared, gates have increased post covid to pre covid, events at the club most weekends, 3G rented out most most nights / weekends. Hopefully next manager will get a little bit better budget next season.

  4. #29

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
    Clubs going in right direction off the field, sadly not the case on the field but it was always going to be a tough year starting again from scratch after 18 months.

    But as I said off field it’s looking up. Debts been more or less cleared, gates have increased post covid to pre covid, events at the club most weekends, 3G rented out most most nights / weekends. Hopefully next manager will get a little bit better budget next season.
    Why have they struggled more than most other clubs in their league?

  5. #30

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Remember seeing them play Orient in London in the eighties must have been in the third round of the FA cup. Went with a couple of Cardiff supporting mates. Lots of Merthyr fans in the pub god knows how they found it it was in the back streets of Leyton. We were able to show them the way to the ground as we played Orient regularly in those days and I lived in east London. We usually lost to Orient too. Think Merthyr drew the game and lost the replay in Wales. Not a bad side.

    Incidentally we went to the same pub for the infamous game when a team of mainly Orient reserves and trialists beat Wales. Had to take some piss taking from Orient fans after the match.

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    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Stan or Peter Thomas have more money than they know what to do with. And they’re from Merthyr. A match made in heaven

  7. #32

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    Quote Originally Posted by stan butler View Post
    Why have they struggled more than most other clubs in their league?
    They’ve had to start again from scratch after a season off. The other clubs didn’t have the season off. Plus they are running on a tight budget being fan owned with no backing from a money man.

  8. #33

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    Quote Originally Posted by light up the darkness View Post
    Stan or Peter Thomas have more money than they know what to do with. And they’re from Merthyr. A match made in heaven
    Rugby men. Ploughed it all into the rugby club.

  9. #34

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
    Rugby men. Ploughed it all into the rugby club.
    They threw a load of money at Cardiff Rugby Club. One wrote of the debt Cardiff owed him a couple of years ago.

  10. #35

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordi Culé View Post
    They threw a load of money at Cardiff Rugby Club. One wrote of the debt Cardiff owed him a couple of years ago.
    Yeah, I think the plan was used Merthyr as a feeder for Cardiff Blues. Not sure if that’s happened I don’t pay much attention to the rugby.
    My daughter goes up the Wern quite a bit, a couple of her friends plays for one of the junior sides, seems like a decent set up there.

  11. #36

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
    They’ve had to start again from scratch after a season off. The other clubs didn’t have the season off. Plus they are running on a tight budget being fan owned with no backing from a money man.
    Ah right.
    I thought the whole league had the season off.

  12. #37

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Dean Clarke is furious about his and his deputy's dismissal. In Twitter messages he has claimed that a management duo of Sir Alex Ferguson assisted by Pep Guardiola would have struggled to top 13 points from 30 league games played this season.

    He says he had to work within a player budget that was so small he could only sign the dregs of non-league football in England and Wales. Journeymen and lard-arsed fatsos.

    I was great, they weren't, he claimed.

  13. #38

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Organ Morgan. View Post
    Dean Clarke is furious about his and his deputy's dismissal. In Twitter messages he has claimed that a management duo of Sir Alex Ferguson assisted by Pep Guardiola would have struggled to top 13 points from 30 league games played this season.

    He says he had to work within a player budget that was so small he could only sign the dregs of non-league football in England and Wales. Journeymen and lard-arsed fatsos.

    I was great, they weren't, he claimed.
    If he was quoted calling some of the players he signed has lard-arsed fatsos maybe he's best not being a manager

  14. #39

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Quote Originally Posted by stan butler View Post
    If he was quoted calling some of the players he signed has lard-arsed fatsos maybe he's best not being a manager
    You're so gullible

    Its been a very amicable parting of the ways as he is very popular at the football club. Hes very well liked by the fans from his time as a player and thats probably what made it so difficult them having to let him know it was time to stand down.

    Hes received nothing but nice messages from the fans, even the ones who knew it was time for a change.

  15. #40

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Joe Morrell now becomes co partner of Merthyr Town

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60927449

  16. #41

    Re: Merthyr Town FC, what's going on there?

    Merthyrs current website is not very good. It is partly out of date and covered in adverts, making it difficult to navigate properly. Also their fan ownership model is rather strange. They appear to have about 180 ‘owners’ currently but the max ownership fee appears to be £519 a season, which means they are only putting in just over £90000 a year. Even adding in match day revenues and commercial activities, it is very difficult to run a club on that and progress, which must explain their current difficulties attracting players.

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