Featherstone - trouble at mill?

[DoubleD]

What’s going on at Fev? 

Handley not happy and resigning and a winding up petition in motion……is this just Vickers up to his usual?
 

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/championship-chairman-resigns-as-varying-agendas-slammed-in-exit-statement

[Fevrover]

1 minute ago, DoubleD said:

What’s going on at Fev? 

Handley not happy and resigning and a winding up petition in motion……is this just Vickers up to his usual?
 

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/championship-chairman-resigns-as-varying-agendas-slammed-in-exit-statement

It's all on the Fev forum.

[RigbyLuger]

Funny thing is Vickers is guaranteed to get another job in RL and no-one will understand why.

[Fevrover]

19 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:

Funny thing is Vickers is guaranteed to get another job in RL and no-one will understand why.

We WERE warned!

[LeytherRob]

48 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:

Funny thing is Vickers is guaranteed to get another job in RL and no-one will understand why.

Literally every position he’s held in RL has been mired with controversy, usually these kind of figures at least have some sort of redeeming quality but I have no idea how he’s enjoyed the career he has.

[The Blues Ox]

I saw the statement and thought the wording was odd. Thanked all of the sponsors and most of the players and fans.

[Damien]

 

 

Edited September 24 by Damien

[sentoffagain2]

   Never dull at Fev it's like having a girlfriend you can't trust.

[Ainley Top]

Who is Vickers and what is his 'past'?

[Griff]

14 minutes ago, Ainley Top said:

Who is Vickers and what is his 'past'?

Bless you for your innocence.

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Ainley Top said:

Who is Vickers and what is his 'past'?

Where do we start  ?

[BadlyOverdrawnBoy]

3 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Where do we start  ?

By answering the question.

[Fevrover]

1 minute ago, BadlyOverdrawnBoy said:

By answering the question.

Got to be careful what we say,we fans were warned when he came he'd messed up at Salford and Toronto. Anyway i shall leave it at that,its bad enough as it is.

[LeytherRob]

2 hours ago, Ainley Top said:

Who is Vickers and what is his 'past'?

Well, he left Salford Council under a hugely controversial cloud (google is your friend on that one) then proceeded on a career path of Salford Red Devils (money issues), Toronto Wolfpack (money issues) and Featherstone Rovers (money issues).

 

[Mark]

8 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

Well, he left Salford Council under a hugely controversial cloud (google is your friend on that one) then proceeded on a career path of Salford Red Devils (money issues), Toronto Wolfpack (money issues) and Featherstone Rovers (money issues).

 

And Swinton (money issues) 

[LeytherRob]

3 minutes ago, Mark said:

And Swinton (money issues) 

Completely forgot about that one, so much so I had to google it and the first thing I found was allegations of data protection breaches, with SRD fans alleging to start getting emails about Swinton without ever signing up to any mailing lists

[gazza77]

Shouldn't the title of this thread be "Featherstone - Trouble down t'pit"?

[Fevrover]

30 minutes ago, gazza77 said:

Shouldn't the title of this thread be "Featherstone - Trouble down t'pit"?

What pit ?  

[RigbyLuger]

Unless there's a really wealthy person who wants to invest, how can a club the size of Featherstone continue to run, with all the competing clubs around?

[RBKnight]

6 hours ago, RigbyLuger said:

Unless there's a really wealthy person who wants to invest, how can a club the size of Featherstone continue to run, with all the competing clubs around?

Fev's problems are pretty specific - they are still recovering financially from the failed 2023 promotion campaign, and suffered a sharp drop in crowds last year. That was turning round on the field this season under Paul Cooke, but it appears - reading between the lines - that plans to sort the financial hole have been stymied by internal politics at the club (the club own land around the ground earmarked for development).

There can't be much doubt that the club have looked shoddily run for the last couple of years, which I know annoys and angers a lot of Fev fans. The recent closing of a stand on H&S grounds, due to business activity in a commercial let underneath, is a classic example.

Really hope Fev can get this sorted, but rumour has it that Cooke and assistant Ged Corcoran have walked with Paddy Hanley too.

[Ainley Top]

21 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

Well, he left Salford Council under a hugely controversial cloud (google is your friend on that one) then proceeded on a career path of Salford Red Devils (money issues), Toronto Wolfpack (money issues) and Featherstone Rovers (money issues).

 

Which begs the question, how do these people keep getting employed with such records? Wood and Rimmer are two others who come to mind.

[JohnM]

17 hours ago, Fevrover said:

What pit ?  

Whippet?

[JohnM]

23 minutes ago, Ainley Top said:

Which begs the question, how do these people keep getting employed with such records? Wood and Rimmer are two others who come to mind.

That is a VERY good question.

[Fevrover]

57 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Whippet?

Don't see many now or flat caps,times are a changing lol.

[Griff]

31 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Don't see many now or flat caps,times are a changing lol.

Don't see flat caps ?

I see hundreds every time I visit.