- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,498
Chaps/ladies of NSC
Got the email below from my Plymouth supporting buddy this evening, asking if I wouldn't mind posting on NSC, so in the interest of football solidarity, here you go
Glad to see them win today, would be a damn good show if they could stay up in the circumstances. And send Swindon & Wednesday down in the meantime
The other night at the Withdean we were bowled over by the*empathetic response to our situation. The expressions of good will from*Albion fans, both individually and collectively,*were overwhelming. In today's cynical and self centered world you*made us, and this old FSA activist in particular, very proud. The*way the club itself was supportive*was particularly poignant. We couldn't see them, well you can't see anything*at Withdean*can you!!, but I like to think that the*board members present that evening squirmed a little awkwardly*in their seats as at half time your PA announcer read out Richard Vaughan's email criticising them. Not many clubs would openly criticism their guests, good on you Albion.
*
Football is bigger than these people, bigger than the*Bellotti'*and Archers. We'll go on, just as you have so wonderfully well since them. We may be*experiencing*difficult times right now but we're doing so with a steely determination*to stay alive primarily*and stay up too if we can, what's more we're trying to do it with a smile on our faces. However, we could use a little help.********
*
Fans on PASOTI (Plymouth Argyle*Supporters on the internet) are organising a hardship fund to help the back office staff at Home Park who have been working without pay now for some months. These men and women are as blameless as*the fans for*the situation we find ourselves in. The actions of our multi-millionaire owners*in not paying the bills is an embarrassment to us all but of*particular*shame is the failure to pay the core workers at the club.
*
I don't mean the players, they*enjoy*the protection of the PFA and the FA's ridiculous*policy of protecting football creditors. I*mean the tea ladies, the ticket office girls,*the*driver of the team bus*and the shop workers etc. You will all be able to identify with people such as these, every club has them, the backbone of the operation, the unsung heroes of*football.*For these people their mortgages don't go away*and their bills don't stop just because*the selfish and miserly actions of their employers happen to leave*them penniless. They have*already seen*Christmas through with no pay but*now*we have been brought into administration they also face immediate redundancy.*
*
Every day however they have come to work. As fans of the club we have seen no*drop in*service, no bitterness, no idleness just a stiff upper lip and the occasional tear when*the brave face can't hold it any longer. We have already organised a fund which was paid around Christmas to help them, we can't come close to paying them all their wages but every little helps as they say. Following*the slide into administration the chances of these men and women being paid any time soon*has*reduced*still further.
*
There is a lot of good will towards our club, it's manifested itself in many ways from many clubs,*and our gratitude for the expressions of help and support know no bounds. If we could ask for one thing though at this time it would be for the wider football community to assist us in assisting our own. We're not asking you to do anything we're not doing ourselves.*If you need more incentive feel free have a look at the clip on this link to the BBC Sport website, it was recorded the day before we went*into administration and the staff stopped work to deliver this message. Could you conduct yourself with such dignity and composure*having worked unpaid for months?, I know I couldn't................
*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/9413142.stm*
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A link on how to donate online*can be found below.*I reiterate, this will NOT go to playing staff and certainly NOT towards the clubs debts. This is organised by the fans,*the club can't touch it. You*won't be propping up our*failed regime, just showing*a little bit of solidarity to the sort of people who make all*clubs work the way they do.**
Plymouth Argyle Football Supporters - PASOTI - View topic - Staff Hardship Fund (It's STILL coming in!!)
Thank you for your time and, if minded, thank you for anything you can give,*it's*VERY much appreciated.
*
Now go and win the league, we'll see you in the next life!. *
Got the email below from my Plymouth supporting buddy this evening, asking if I wouldn't mind posting on NSC, so in the interest of football solidarity, here you go
Glad to see them win today, would be a damn good show if they could stay up in the circumstances. And send Swindon & Wednesday down in the meantime
The other night at the Withdean we were bowled over by the*empathetic response to our situation. The expressions of good will from*Albion fans, both individually and collectively,*were overwhelming. In today's cynical and self centered world you*made us, and this old FSA activist in particular, very proud. The*way the club itself was supportive*was particularly poignant. We couldn't see them, well you can't see anything*at Withdean*can you!!, but I like to think that the*board members present that evening squirmed a little awkwardly*in their seats as at half time your PA announcer read out Richard Vaughan's email criticising them. Not many clubs would openly criticism their guests, good on you Albion.
*
Football is bigger than these people, bigger than the*Bellotti'*and Archers. We'll go on, just as you have so wonderfully well since them. We may be*experiencing*difficult times right now but we're doing so with a steely determination*to stay alive primarily*and stay up too if we can, what's more we're trying to do it with a smile on our faces. However, we could use a little help.********
*
Fans on PASOTI (Plymouth Argyle*Supporters on the internet) are organising a hardship fund to help the back office staff at Home Park who have been working without pay now for some months. These men and women are as blameless as*the fans for*the situation we find ourselves in. The actions of our multi-millionaire owners*in not paying the bills is an embarrassment to us all but of*particular*shame is the failure to pay the core workers at the club.
*
I don't mean the players, they*enjoy*the protection of the PFA and the FA's ridiculous*policy of protecting football creditors. I*mean the tea ladies, the ticket office girls,*the*driver of the team bus*and the shop workers etc. You will all be able to identify with people such as these, every club has them, the backbone of the operation, the unsung heroes of*football.*For these people their mortgages don't go away*and their bills don't stop just because*the selfish and miserly actions of their employers happen to leave*them penniless. They have*already seen*Christmas through with no pay but*now*we have been brought into administration they also face immediate redundancy.*
*
Every day however they have come to work. As fans of the club we have seen no*drop in*service, no bitterness, no idleness just a stiff upper lip and the occasional tear when*the brave face can't hold it any longer. We have already organised a fund which was paid around Christmas to help them, we can't come close to paying them all their wages but every little helps as they say. Following*the slide into administration the chances of these men and women being paid any time soon*has*reduced*still further.
*
There is a lot of good will towards our club, it's manifested itself in many ways from many clubs,*and our gratitude for the expressions of help and support know no bounds. If we could ask for one thing though at this time it would be for the wider football community to assist us in assisting our own. We're not asking you to do anything we're not doing ourselves.*If you need more incentive feel free have a look at the clip on this link to the BBC Sport website, it was recorded the day before we went*into administration and the staff stopped work to deliver this message. Could you conduct yourself with such dignity and composure*having worked unpaid for months?, I know I couldn't................
*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/9413142.stm*
******
A link on how to donate online*can be found below.*I reiterate, this will NOT go to playing staff and certainly NOT towards the clubs debts. This is organised by the fans,*the club can't touch it. You*won't be propping up our*failed regime, just showing*a little bit of solidarity to the sort of people who make all*clubs work the way they do.**
Plymouth Argyle Football Supporters - PASOTI - View topic - Staff Hardship Fund (It's STILL coming in!!)
Thank you for your time and, if minded, thank you for anything you can give,*it's*VERY much appreciated.
*
Now go and win the league, we'll see you in the next life!. *
