rusty redeyes
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Just heard that Dick Knight, Albion Legend, has been "asked, forced, pressured" into leaving his role within the AITC!
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Dick Knight
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Willy Dangle
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Is that paid role?
Lord Bracknell
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Not for the first time. The Club apparently want to take full control of AITC.
B.W.
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Really? Source?
Not Andy Naylor
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No idea if it's paid, but I have heard the same.
B.W.
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Why? Cost cutting?
dougdeep
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It isn't paid.
Lord Bracknell
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It certainly wasn't about cost cutting when they first tried to edge Dick out. It was about control.
TBH that's no great surprise, is it? AITC are a very visible and active link with the city and county, and much as I appreciate everything Dick Knight has done for the club... might it not also benefit from a younger, more dynamic leader?
rusty redeyes
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I wouldn't have thought it was paid, and though I won't disclose my source, they had access to tickets for games and sat not a million miles away from the bench
TrickyOne
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TBH i spent a day up at the Amex last year with a whole year 10 group of students who were doing an employment/team building day which was run by AITC and it was very poor, very little organisation, empty promises of meeting the players and tours. I do appreciate that they do an amazing job within the community but maybe they might need some more professionals running certain areas and tbh Dick is getting on!!!!!
CliveWalkerWingWizard
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Dick is not the only victim - TB can be a ruthless man, it is a disgrace what has happened to AITC.
rusty redeyes
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The way I understand it is he was asked, pressured and then FORCED
B.W.
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To clarify - assuming this latest rumour is true, do you think the club want control of AITC so they can cut costs?
joeinbrighton
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Presumably Dick Knight's role at AITC is as an unpaid trustee, rather than taking a direct lead in planning in volunteers' itineraries!
I'd imagine this is down to control. AITC is using the Albion 'brand' and that brand identity is going to become more important to the club as it plans to establish itself as a top flight club in the next few years. The Brighton hierarchy probably want to take more control over what it is doing so that they are consistent with their own objectives/mission and all those other usual corporate business plan words.
Dave the OAP
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That would back up my conversation with him on the seafront a couple of weeks ago.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Heard that a long time ago, trying to get AITC ran in a more professional cost effective way rather than a home for ex players etc
Icy Gull
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From what I gather he was pretty dictatorial and forceful about having his own way when he was in overall charge here so I guess what comes around goes around?
Beach Hut
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Much like when Junior did a years apprentice with them