theoriginalhedge Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 15 hours ago, Caledonian1 said: sorry I didnt hear that....need to look back on this thread. Sounds like a mental plan ETA...fair enough had a wee look back and as i suspected you were taking the piss. So no answer on how they intend to finance these players from English and Welsh football. No honestly, that was the talk after they got humped from the Broch. Their new manager is seemingly full time and wants at least half of the squad initially full time as well. Like you I have no idea how they are going to finance it all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 A guy coming to play with experience in the Cymru Premier and Conference North should be decent...but then you have to ask, why is he dropping down a couple of levels to come to Fort William. The less said about the Warrington pub team the better I think. Fort William's policy of playing English boys from Tier 8/9 from the pyramid has, charitably, not worked. Quite a surprise to see the new coach persisting with it. Some of the players they signed from that level are farcically bad. Only really Darren Brew looks like he has played football about Sunday league level before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Ivo den Bieman said: A guy coming to play with experience in the Cymru Premier and Conference North should be decent...but then you have to ask, why is he dropping down a couple of levels to come to Fort William. The less said about the Warrington pub team the better I think. Fort William's policy of playing English boys from Tier 8/9 from the pyramid has, charitably, not worked. Quite a surprise to see the new coach persisting with it. Some of the players they signed from that level are farcically bad. Only really Darren Brew looks like he has played football about Sunday league level before. Haven't seen them this season but some who have thought that some the English players have been pretty good, not enough to stop the team getting regularly thrashed though obviously. If they've managed to persuade a few more to stay up here for a few months and actually train together you never know, they only need 3 wins plus whatever Strathspey manage in the rest of the season, which won't be much from what I've seen of them. Edited January 2, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Another one in from the 9/10th tier of English football. Be interesting to see how this unfolds/how long they hang about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Think it's more like 15th tier where New Street FC is concerned. The Warrington & District League feeds into the Liverpool County Premier League which is 11th tier and has three divisions overall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 17 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Think it's more like 15th tier where New Street FC is concerned. The Warrington & District League feeds into the Liverpool County Premier League which is 11th tier and has three divisions overall. Definitely read the wrong team when searching them. Wonder how long it’ll be until they get a game now with a mix of weather/covid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Another game off this weekend I see - so that's 18 games to be played in 15 Saturdays, or probably more like 19 if the fixtures after mid-April are against those outside the top teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 31/12/2021 at 21:28, invergowrie arab said: They are signing lads who won't be earning anything different from lads at Lochee or Carnoustie. Its only for 4 months too. A sponsor working on a hotel refurb or clearing some trees would see to it. Sounds like you were spot on.. Quote “The club’s going on to full-time training." “The attitude of the lads is really good, they’ll be training and playing five of the seven days and they’ll have part-time jobs alongside that.” https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/3811482/the-old-fort-williams-gone-chairman-john-trew-on-a-new-era-for-lochaber-side/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 The Fort Chairman has quite the twitter feed. https://twitter.com/johntrew1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 It's all going to end in tears isn't it. Short term sponsorship deals with local breweries, part-time jobs (for four months?) and exciting new revenue streams like a local lottery (suspect that will not be the xuccess they hope)...I still dont get it. They must be picking up un-attached and unemployed lads who are probably not even getting a game for their local north west counties amateur team.....what's in it for them? No budget boost Despite the influx of players who will be committing a great amount of time to Fort, Trew says the playing budget at Claggan Park has not been increased. “The playing budget is exactly the same as what the old manager had,” he said. “But behind the scenes the board and committee are accessing revenue streams and raising money that wasn’t there before. “For the playing budget nothing has changed – it’s still being done on a shoestring. “But we’re hoping to raise more revenue by being more active in the community and getting the community to support us.” New streams of income To increase revenue Fort William have been seeking player sponsors and have also started a club lottery. Trew said: “It all makes a difference and it all adds up. We’re getting player sponsors again. “When was the last time that was done at the club? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 10 hours ago, welshbairn said: The Fort Chairman has quite the twitter feed. https://twitter.com/johntrew1 So which one is he from the P&B Covid thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said: Short term sponsorship deals with local breweries, part-time jobs (for four months?) Coincidentally he runs a firm manufacturing brewing equipment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 10 hours ago, welshbairn said: The Fort Chairman has quite the twitter feed. https://twitter.com/johntrew1 The state of that. I don't think new manager and signings would appreciate his numerous pro-Trump and anti-BLM Tweets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqy Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 05/01/2022 at 11:52, welshbairn said: The Fort Chairman has quite the twitter feed. https://twitter.com/johntrew1 You can tell he's a headbanger by the fact he's retweeted Matt Le Tissier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Feet Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Why are BBC coming to the Glebe on Saturday to cover Fort William? Hey oh, maybe cause they have signed someone who cut david beckams grass at some point? Who knows.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco8326 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 56 minutes ago, Cold Feet said: Why are BBC coming to the Glebe on Saturday to cover Fort William? Hey oh, maybe cause they have signed someone who cut david beckams grass at some point? Who knows.... The way we have been playing lately maybe hoping to see forts first win of the season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Rossco8326 said: The way we have been playing lately maybe hoping to see forts first win of the season Even in the circumstances Brechin found themselves on Saturday - missing players, thin bench, stuck in Darkest Shire wondering if they'd get out alive - they should still be battering six shades of Sunday out of Fort. Lossie put four on them, and that was against a team of better players with games under their belt. Some of this lot ain't seen a proper game of football in weeks. If ever. Edited January 14, 2022 by Jimmy Shaker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Cold Feet said: Why are BBC coming to the Glebe on Saturday to cover Fort William? Hey oh, maybe cause they have signed someone who cut david beckams grass at some point? Who knows.... Morbid curiosity similar to somebody rubber necking a car crash would be my guess. First game with the new hybrid full-time approach is mildly newsworthy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonTheFort Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 On 30/11/2021 at 18:45, Jimmy Shaker said: A fascinating appointment. Like with the rube who scored a panenka penalty* and later had to miss games due to media commitments, it’ll get them some rake of publicity. We did wonder what they’d try next. Still, it might stop them whining about their pitch for five minutes. * - the consolation goal in a 5-1 loss. SH7??? Scotty Hunter. What ever happened to him? The last I heard was he was single handily taking over the club putting thousands in the bank and turning the fort into a national and international super-power with 6 figure sponsorship deals and sky sports segments lined up before John Robertson and members of the FWFC board and management colluded to end his career. The man , the myth , the legend. Not only one of the greatest goals Claggan Park ever seen , but the entire Highland League has ever seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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