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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 13:14:32 GMT
It’s not about isolating everybody do nobody gets it, it’s minimising the spread and slowing it down. While it’s “only” the old and sick that will die it’s been shown in China and Italy what horrendous strain will be put on health services, and if they can’t cope a lot more will die that need to.
And given the average age of our crowd if it spread on the terraces we’d have just me and Joel left!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 13:24:51 GMT
A lot of clubs in the national league have had to call games off regardless of the league’s stance.
Bromley-Chorley is off because a Chorley player woke up with symptoms. Could have passed it to teammates already who could pass to anybody at the ground if it went ahead. Mad that the league has allowed such a situation.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 18:10:04 GMT
Not sure about dragging the season thru to April 2021 stumps... Trevor, that wasn't my suggestion and I don't see how it would work. Your point about supermarkets is a valid one - more people, certainly in the course of a day, than you are going to get at a non-league footy game and in a more confined space - particularly in the mass scramble for the last toilet-roll... Perhaps they want all the loo rolls to throw at the footy matches like they used to
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Post by finbarr_in_z on Mar 14, 2020 18:49:27 GMT
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Post by colash on Mar 14, 2020 18:51:37 GMT
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Post by thebishop on Mar 21, 2020 9:12:01 GMT
Another weekend with zero football.I,like no doubt others,do wonder what our financial situation is atm.Dire ? No news isn’t always good news but some reassurance would be good ,do we need to consider crowd funding appeal.Does the club qualify for any of the relief announced yesterday by the chancellor,eg are we regarded as a leisure business forced to close down,with business loans available with 12 month deferred interest,deferred vat and tax liabilities,upto 80% of salaries paid etc.Maybe further information and advice from the Isthmian league could clarify the situation for all teams involved....
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Post by finbarr_in_z on Mar 21, 2020 22:59:12 GMT
And given the average age of our crowd if it spread on the terraces we’d have just me and Joel left! .....& me at the other end of Twitter. I've been self isolating from the club for 30 years By the way we're on the Non League Paper front page again
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Post by pellatt on Mar 23, 2020 10:54:22 GMT
In reply to a recent post regarding financial information, we can meet all our financial obligations for March, but then it will get very tough indeed. With no income whatsoever, there are still monthly bills for utilities, rent, basic pitch maintenance to prevent the pitch deteriorating to an extent where we couldn't restart football, and these have to be paid whether we are playing or not.
We are looking at every government initiative that may apply to us, but please remember that there is always a longish gap, between an announcement, and implementation, except for delaying VAT and PAYE payments, which are self administering.
With initiatives like loans and deferring VAT and PAYE, we have to be very careful not to accumulate debt that overwhelms us when football re-starts. We are a not for profit organisation in all but name, so any debt cannot be covered by future profits.
Everyone at the club is absolutely determined that Folkestone Invicta F.C. will get through this if we all pull together.
In the meantime look after yourselves and your families, and we will update you as and when there is further news.
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Post by gerryhan on Mar 23, 2020 11:25:31 GMT
Thanks for that Jim.
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Post by harryl on Mar 24, 2020 9:33:31 GMT
The thought of the club slipping back into dept would be heartbreaking .Jim has done a fantastic job with the administration and we are very lucky to have Paul, hes been a fantastic chairman we all appreciate what he has done for our club since he has been here, but he hasn,t got a bottomless pocket, so if it starts to go tits up then perhaps us supporters can help out with the financial side of things as we have in the past, after all it is our club,(just a thought).
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Post by invictasaint on Mar 24, 2020 12:27:23 GMT
P'raps the stockpilers could sell their collection of loo rolls, pasta, tinned goods and paracetamol and donate the proceeds. Would clear their larder as well as their conscience.......as if !!
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Post by colash on Mar 24, 2020 14:28:33 GMT
For those who have made donations via the donation button on the website the club is very grate full. Thank you.
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Post by thebishop on Mar 24, 2020 14:40:04 GMT
As has been said we seem to be ok til end of March then into the unknown.Cant see much happening til June and even then how will the outstanding fixtures be sorted,Will out of contract players be here.Im sure the usual faithful will do what they can but some financial plan needs looking at but difficult with so many things in the air.I suppose there will be the regular expenses ie rent,rates,insurance etc which can be forecast.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 16:04:46 GMT
Step 5 and 6 are finished for the season. Yet to decide on what they do about promotion/relegation.
Very odd unless they’re expecting higher leagues to follow soon. No league can restart for a new season until the leagues above them have finished. Neither can they make a real decision about promotion or relegation without knowing what other leagues are planning to do.
And to reiterate we are 3rd behind cray in a PPG scenario by 0.002 points. That’s having postponed our home fixture against them 2 times to fit in a velocity trophy game that Basildon couldn’t get on.
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Post by benyoung1981 on Mar 24, 2020 16:26:05 GMT
Step 5 and 6 are finished for the season. Yet to decide on what they do about promotion/relegation. Very odd unless they’re expecting higher leagues to follow soon. No league can restart for a new season until the leagues above them have finished. Neither can they make a real decision about promotion or relegation without knowing what other leagues are planning to do. And to reiterate we are 3rd behind cray in a PPG scenario by 0.002 points. That’s having postponed our home fixture against them 2 times to fit in a velocity trophy game that Basildon couldn’t get on. How very disappointing. I wonder why they’ve taken that decision now and not given themselves more time? So frustrating if we miss out on promotion by that ridiculous margin! More importantly what will no gate receipts or any other form of income mean for so many clubs by calling it off now? They’ll be serious question marks about who will even be around to compete in the next season whenever that may be!
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Post by finbarr_in_z on Mar 24, 2020 17:58:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 18:59:24 GMT
There is no more time , weeks are now months and probably a year or more. Social isolation only slows the spread and there is no vaccination to stop the spread or cure people. It has been said that more testing and tracing of contacts of those infected will reduce the spread but our glorious leader and his yes men want to take the belated easy route of crowd control. They had several weeks to study the Far East reaction but chose to do nothing . What price Brexit now ? The club without income will struggle to cope but could supporters bridge the gap without putting their own situation in jeopardy??
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Post by stumpy on Mar 24, 2020 19:09:54 GMT
I wonder why they’ve taken that decision now and not given themselves more time? I think the main reason is the need to draw a line under clubs' expenditure, particularly on paying players, which can't happen until the season has finished.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 19:28:32 GMT
Yes it appears clubs would rather write off a handful of games rather than have to pay players longer. Can’t say I know if that is really of benefit to them but I’d guess it is given that’s what they want to do.
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Post by simondo on Mar 25, 2020 14:03:44 GMT
I was waiting for the BBC/ITV, the Guardian, the Mirror or even The Independent to blame the Coronavirus on Brexit, but absolutely nothing!!!!! Meanwhile, back at the ranch! Another vote to write the season off and start afresh. It may not be ideal, but it is by far the most sensible and pragmatic avenue.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 14:28:50 GMT
As a Brexit trade deal will depress our economy (as nearly everyone says!) will it be a very good idea , given that we are told the world economy will be in a worse state than 2008 ? Was my meaning , but as you say a bit off topic !!!
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Post by stumpy on Mar 25, 2020 19:14:01 GMT
As a Brexit trade deal will depress our economy (as nearly everyone says!) will it be a very good idea , given that we are told the world economy will be in a worse state than 2008 ? Was my meaning , but as you say a bit off topic !!! A bit off topic, as you say, but we haven't got any football to talk about. I would have thought that, whichever way you voted in the referendum, any sane person would agree that it is ridiculous to even think about sticking to the current time scale when no negotiations are taking place between anyone about anything and are not likely to until the coronavirus issue has settled down. It would be economic madness - suicide is probably a better word - simply to drop out on a given date just because that's what you said you were going to do. Whatever Boris is, I don't think that he's stupid and, just as he decided against dying in a ditch last October, he will at some point decide that it's not wise to jump off a cliff either, only this time taking all of us with him. (Incidentally, I voted leave, and began to regret it within weeks.)
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Post by ian on Mar 26, 2020 10:33:30 GMT
Why post it ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 12:29:50 GMT
All part of the coronavirus pandemic debate , the economic downturn and length of lockdown plus no gathering of people will drag on so no football for the foreseeable plus the impact of a hard Brexit at the end of this year to compound the economic misery .So no one will have any spare money plus the country will have to pay back all the cash which is being spent to mitigate the pandemic etc .
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