No, I'm not referring to the Spain tour which keeps getting bumped on this message board by various trolls, who seem to ignore the fact that if it was a conspiracy it now involves complicity by the following, who have all confirmed in print that it happened: Bob Blackburn, Kevin Hainsworth, John Dean, Dave Cameron, Carl Ruffer. Oh, and the local newspaper.
But the rest of us can continue to get bored by the likes of FCUM fan and U2 guitarist "The_Itch", who has a blog which I and possibly three other people have read. Mr Itch seems absolutely obsessed with Bob as there are far more posts about him than there are about the red rebels themselves.
The Itch doth protest too much, methinks.
However, if we are looking for a real embarrasment to football in general, and non-league football in particular, take a look at this thread
http://www.conf-north.com/fora/viewtopic.p...=120876#p120876
For me, I have had no problem with FCUM or their fans and I dare say neither has any other Avenue supporter.
But maybe The Itch would like to stop obsessing about this club and consider his own for a minute?
Full Version: A real embarrasment
Superb, Robert, absolutely superb 
| QUOTE (Robert Terwilliger @ Jul 27 2008, 08:26 PM) |
| No, I'm not referring to the Spain tour which keeps getting bumped on this message board by various trolls, who seem to ignore the fact that if it was a conspiracy it now involves complicity by the following, who have all confirmed in print that it happened: Bob Blackburn, Kevin Hainsworth, John Dean, Dave Cameron, Carl Ruffer. Oh, and the local newspaper. But the rest of us can continue to get bored by the likes of FCUM fan and U2 guitarist "The_Itch", who has a blog which I and possibly three other people have read. Mr Itch seems absolutely obsessed with Bob as there are far more posts about him than there are about the red rebels themselves. The Itch doth protest too much, methinks. However, if we are looking for a real embarrasment to football in general, and non-league football in particular, take a look at this thread http://www.conf-north.com/fora/viewtopic.p...=120876#p120876 For me, I have had no problem with FCUM or their fans and I dare say neither has any other Avenue supporter. But maybe The Itch would like to stop obsessing about this club and consider his own for a minute? |
So why did you post this then? Were you there? Did you see all this mither?. Thought not.
i have commented on it, robert. fear not.
and you're not far wrong about 3 visitors a day, mind. but still, it;'s theraputic to get it off my chest.
" No, I'm not referring to the Spain tour which keeps getting bumped on this message board by various trolls, who seem to ignore the fact that if it was a conspiracy it now involves complicity by the following, who have all confirmed in print that it happened: Bob Blackburn, Kevin Hainsworth, John Dean, Dave Cameron, Carl Ruffer. Oh, and the local newspaper."
quite right. which makes it all the worse, don't you think.
oh, and keep an eye on the local paper. they're up to speed now.
and you're not far wrong about 3 visitors a day, mind. but still, it;'s theraputic to get it off my chest.
" No, I'm not referring to the Spain tour which keeps getting bumped on this message board by various trolls, who seem to ignore the fact that if it was a conspiracy it now involves complicity by the following, who have all confirmed in print that it happened: Bob Blackburn, Kevin Hainsworth, John Dean, Dave Cameron, Carl Ruffer. Oh, and the local newspaper."
quite right. which makes it all the worse, don't you think.
oh, and keep an eye on the local paper. they're up to speed now.
by the way, a real embarrassment is not being able to spell embarrassment. rather than, you know, a bunch of tamworth fans kicking off about nowt.
http://www.tamworthfans.co.uk/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=5290
http://www.tamworthfans.co.uk/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=5290
Hi Itchy
still abit sore that we signed your 2 best strikers, I'd like to write a blog but am too busy working for a living and supporting a family. You ought to try it then you might realise how sad you are
still abit sore that we signed your 2 best strikers, I'd like to write a blog but am too busy working for a living and supporting a family. You ought to try it then you might realise how sad you are
hi 'soccerates' (great name)
1. i do work for a living. i'm a freelance journalist, so the blog is work, kinda.
2. i don't have a fmily. i have a girlfriend however, but thanks to the sexual revolution she is more than capable when it comes to supporting herself.
3. hey, we're all sad, just in different ways. you chose to converse with me on an internet forum. that's pretty sad too.
4. it's probably best we don't get personal, don't you think?
1. i do work for a living. i'm a freelance journalist, so the blog is work, kinda.
2. i don't have a fmily. i have a girlfriend however, but thanks to the sexual revolution she is more than capable when it comes to supporting herself.
3. hey, we're all sad, just in different ways. you chose to converse with me on an internet forum. that's pretty sad too.
4. it's probably best we don't get personal, don't you think?
Hi Itchy
You must be just miffed cause we did sign your strikers
and they both look the business too in the PSFs
Freelance journalist eh, can't stop to argue no must get my crew together to go through some stuff for our next space shuttle mission. enjoy yourself pal. 2 clubs one soul and all that
You must be just miffed cause we did sign your strikers
and they both look the business too in the PSFs
Freelance journalist eh, can't stop to argue no must get my crew together to go through some stuff for our next space shuttle mission. enjoy yourself pal. 2 clubs one soul and all that
oh come now, that's not the only reason you can't stop and argue, is it?
i mean, there's the supplies for the space shuttle mission, and then there's the lack of basic cognitive reasoning ability, and also literacy difficulties.
still enjoy yourself, pal. god speed, and all that.
i mean, there's the supplies for the space shuttle mission, and then there's the lack of basic cognitive reasoning ability, and also literacy difficulties.
still enjoy yourself, pal. god speed, and all that.
Itch, don't you think "Andy K" was being a tad ironic with his comment
| QUOTE |
| Have you thought about doing one on the friendliest away support following FCUM's visit. Was top notch i thought. |
in his previous posts he was referring to you all as Manc c**ts!
can't we be both?!
| QUOTE (the_itch @ Jul 28 2008, 10:23 AM) |
| by the way, a real embarrassment is not being able to spell embarrassment. rather than, you know, a bunch of tamworth fans kicking off about nowt. http://www.tamworthfans.co.uk/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=5290 |
Well, Itch, I thought as a crack journalist you might have realised that "Andy K" is no doubt the same "Andy K" that gave your club all that grief on the link I posted. I imagine he is being sarcastic
However, although you were wrong about phantom teams and football actually being played, obviously it has now come out that you were 100% right about Patterson. So for that reason I am going to award you a big gold star and forget about telling you not to be so obsessed with Avenue.
Instead I'm going to turn my ire to Messrs Blackburn and Hainsworth.
I am someone who has defended your right to reply in whatever way you choose to some of the stupid, crass comments we see on here. But I expect you to speak the truth.
Whatever possessed you to come up with such a stupid scam? The supposed justification in the T&A is cringe-making.
How quickly my own words came back to haunt me.
Thanks to your rank stupidity, the club (most importantly), but also me and several other fans have been made to look like complete t*****s.
I hope you're happy
PS for The Itch. The blanked-out word contains a double "S" in the middle. I hope I've got the spelling right?
cheers robert. good work with the spelling.
though, if i may interrupt briefly, i never said i was a 'crack' journalist. indeed, i may not even be any good at all. but hey, we've all got to earn a crust.
also, my obsession is more bobby blackburn based than bpa based. but let's not split hairs.
though, if i may interrupt briefly, i never said i was a 'crack' journalist. indeed, i may not even be any good at all. but hey, we've all got to earn a crust.
also, my obsession is more bobby blackburn based than bpa based. but let's not split hairs.
QUOTE (Robert Terwilliger @ Jul 28 2008, 12:59 PM)
| QUOTE (the_itch @ Jul 28 2008, 10:23 AM) |
| by the way, a real embarrassment is not being able to spell embarrassment. rather than, you know, a bunch of tamworth fans kicking off about nowt. http://www.tamworthfans.co.uk/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=5290 |
Well, Itch, I thought as a crack journalist you might have realised that "Andy K" is no doubt the same "Andy K" that gave your club all that grief on the link I posted. I imagine he is being sarcastic
However, although you were wrong about phantom teams and football actually being played, obviously it has now come out that you were 100% right about Patterson. So for that reason I am going to award you a big gold star and forget about telling you not to be so obsessed with Avenue.
Instead I'm going to turn my ire to Messrs Blackburn and Hainsworth.
I am someone who has defended your right to reply in whatever way you choose to some of the stupid, crass comments we see on here. But I expect you to speak the truth.
Whatever possessed you to come up with such a stupid scam? The supposed justification in the T&A is cringe-making.
How quickly my own words came back to haunt me.
Thanks to your rank stupidity, the club (most importantly), but also me and several other fans have been made to look like complete t*****s.
I hope you're happy
PS for The Itch. The blanked-out word contains a double "S" in the middle. I hope I've got the spelling right?
Sorry you feel like that Mr T, but as we said,
1. THE SQUAD WENT TO SPAIN
2. THE SQUAD DID PLAY BOTH TEAMS AS STATED
3. THE SCORELINES WERE CORRECT
4. THE TEAM NAMES WERE CORRECT ( except the spelling by the T&A Banus )
5. AND A CERTAIN LIAM PATTERSON DID PLAY
The only grey areas were:-
Rory Patterson and The teams we played were NOT Uk league 6 as we were led to believe.
And as for The Itch or The Scratch, heres my appology FCUK OFF !!!!!
Kind Regards BB
the scratch isn't me, by the way. i don't do rebranding.
"fuck off." eh? that's exactly the sort of response i'd expect from you, mr blackburn.
did you not think to google the names of the teams? i mean, a quick search for 'sotogrande football' brings up loads of pages about, errr, golf.
still, the truth is out now, and i understand why you're angry with me. no one likes being made to look stupid.
and grey areas? give me a break. they weren't grey areas. they were lies.
(you forgot to mention stefan brookster as a 'grey area')
"fuck off." eh? that's exactly the sort of response i'd expect from you, mr blackburn.
did you not think to google the names of the teams? i mean, a quick search for 'sotogrande football' brings up loads of pages about, errr, golf.
still, the truth is out now, and i understand why you're angry with me. no one likes being made to look stupid.
and grey areas? give me a break. they weren't grey areas. they were lies.
(you forgot to mention stefan brookster as a 'grey area')
| QUOTE (the_itch @ Jul 28 2008, 01:03 PM) |
| also, my obsession is more bobby blackburn based than bpa based. but let's not split hairs. |
I have nothing more bad to say to you.
But. That sentence might have been more sincere if you hadn't posted this just now on the FCUM forum:
"i can't stand the bastards"
Let's not be two-faced, hey?
the club, not the fans.
| QUOTE (the_itch @ Jul 28 2008, 01:15 PM) |
| the scratch isn't me, by the way. i don't do rebranding. "fuck off." eh? that's exactly the sort of response i'd expect from you, mr blackburn. did you not think to google the names of the teams? i mean, a quick search for 'sotogrande football' brings up loads of pages about, errr, golf. still, the truth is out now, and i understand why you're angry with me. no one likes being made to look stupid. and grey areas? give me a break. they weren't grey areas. they were lies. (you forgot to mention stefan brookster as a 'grey area') |
Mr Itch`y or is it Mr Sratch`y you prefere my dear boy, " Crack Reporter " im not angry with you at all, i pity low life like yourself coming on our forum whiter than white, then posting on the FC site " i hate them Bas****ds its only football please dont make me an obsession, words of advise you will come second !!!! are you so eaten up by the fact I took your strikers, maybe you should change alliance to BPA if you wish to pay homage to RP on a weekly basis rather than scorning my every move, time to move on now Itchy you`ve accomplished your mission ( in your world, anyway)
The up-side is anyway, you got us nearly a full page in the T & A, how goods that and for free !!!!! and we`re even on the bill boards outside the newsagents !!!!
BTW, are you the same guy who reports for the " Daily Sport " that Elvis is alive & well and working in Netto`s ???
Dont bother responding, coz i wont be answering anymore of your drivell,
PS dont forget to watch the new series of " Secret Millionaire " in September, you never know who could be on the programme donating to another wothy cause.....
Kindest & Sincere Regards,
The General.
Itch - Surely as a journalist you would know to refer to the club in the singular. I think you have been caught out and were referring to the us (the fans) plural, as "bastards".
| QUOTE (Steampigs @ Jul 28 2008, 03:48 PM) |
| Itch - Surely as a journalist you would know to refer to the club in the singular. I think you have been caught out and were referring to the us (the fans) plural, as "bastards". |
think your right on that one, he`s just another jealous plastic manc, who does not do rebranding
ha ha fool, i aint getting on no plane
QUOTE (THE GENERAL @ Jul 28 2008, 03:08 PM)
| QUOTE (the_itch @ Jul 28 2008, 01:15 PM) |
| the scratch isn't me, by the way. i don't do rebranding. "fuck off." eh? that's exactly the sort of response i'd expect from you, mr blackburn. did you not think to google the names of the teams? i mean, a quick search for 'sotogrande football' brings up loads of pages about, errr, golf. still, the truth is out now, and i understand why you're angry with me. no one likes being made to look stupid. and grey areas? give me a break. they weren't grey areas. they were lies. (you forgot to mention stefan brookster as a 'grey area') |
and we`re even on the bill boards outside the newsagents !!!!
I don't think that's really something to brag about considering WHY we are on the billboards.
Mr Itch`y or is it Mr Sratch`y you prefere my dear boy, " Crack Reporter " im not angry with you at all, i pity low life like yourself coming on our forum whiter than white, then posting on the FC site " i hate them Bas****ds its only football please dont make me an obsession, words of advise you will come second !!!! are you so eaten up by the fact I took your strikers, maybe you should change alliance to BPA if you wish to pay homage to RP on a weekly basis rather than scorning my every move, time to move on now Itchy you`ve accomplished your mission ( in your world, anyway)
The up-side is anyway, you got us nearly a full page in the T & A, how goods that and for free !!!!! and we`re even on the bill boards outside the newsagents !!!!
BTW, are you the same guy who reports for the " Daily Sport " that Elvis is alive & well and working in Netto`s ???
Dont bother responding, coz i wont be answering anymore of your drivell,
PS dont forget to watch the new series of " Secret Millionaire " in September, you never know who could be on the programme donating to another wothy cause.....
Kindest & Sincere Regards,
The General.
4/10 - do better
The up-side is anyway, you got us nearly a full page in the T & A, how goods that and for free !!!!! and we`re even on the bill boards outside the newsagents !!!!
BTW, are you the same guy who reports for the " Daily Sport " that Elvis is alive & well and working in Netto`s ???
Dont bother responding, coz i wont be answering anymore of your drivell,
PS dont forget to watch the new series of " Secret Millionaire " in September, you never know who could be on the programme donating to another wothy cause.....
Kindest & Sincere Regards,
The General.
4/10 - do better
So there we have it a jobless manc with a grudge based on us signing their 2 best players. that just about says it all.
man, you're good. i can see why you named yourself after one of history's great thinkers.
to clear something up though. you signed our best player, rory 'liam' patterson. but we released stuart rudd, as he didn't figure in our first team plans. our next best player, who bob tried to sign (if he can be believed) is jerome wright. he turned you down and signed on with us for another year.
still, where's the grudge? i'm a loving hippy at heart. i'll even buy you a pie and a pint out of my giro when we're at your gaff. peace and love, brother soccerates.
to clear something up though. you signed our best player, rory 'liam' patterson. but we released stuart rudd, as he didn't figure in our first team plans. our next best player, who bob tried to sign (if he can be believed) is jerome wright. he turned you down and signed on with us for another year.
still, where's the grudge? i'm a loving hippy at heart. i'll even buy you a pie and a pint out of my giro when we're at your gaff. peace and love, brother soccerates.
QUOTE (red cat @ Jul 29 2008, 05:20 AM)
It gives me no pleasure to say that you are not the first, and certainly not the last club to be taken over by some money grabbing shark, that! in a nutshell is what Bob Blackburn is,and you lot can't see the wood for the trees that he has put in front of you.
This type of corrupt Bastard is only in it for the money..... and that usually means selling your existing ground for housing with a promise of a new multi million ground elsewhere........ with new housing around it,,,,,, he is a house builder for christs sake and thats what they do.
Get real!, with your small crowds do you really think for one minute you are going to get a 20k stadium and the success that goes with it.
Well!! only the thoughtful will see beyond his obvious money making ways.
QUOTE (johnxl @ Jul 29 2008, 06:36 AM)
I DONT AGREE WITH WHAT THE GENERAL AND HIS BOARD??????HAVE DONE WITH THIS SPAIN TRIP ,OR IN FACT THE WAY THEY ARE HANDLING IT AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SUSSED OUT,A SIMPLEE APOLOGY WOULD GO A LONG WAY,BUT THAT WONT BE COMING.
BUT COME ON WHERE WERE WE GOING BEFORE BOB TOOK OVER,WE HAVE SECURED PROMOTION,GOT PROBABLY OUR STRONGEST SQUAD FOR QUITE SOME TIME,AND A NEW GROUND IN THE PIPELINE,THINGS HAVE GOT OUT OF HAND WITH WHAT WAS A SILLY AND CHILDISH PRANK,WHICH AT THIS LEVEL WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE FOUND OUT FOR WHAT IT WAS.
RED CAT.........HORSFALL IS OWNED BY THE COUNCIL AND IS IN TRUST FOR SPORTS USE ONLY,SO YOUR ARGUMENT AS TO WHY BOB IS IN IT DOESNT STAND UP,BOB HAS PURCHASED LAND AWAY FROM HORSFALL TO BUILD US A STADIUM,AND I FOR ONE HAVE FAITH IN HIM TO DO JUST THAT,AND I DONT CARE IF HE PUTS A HOUSE OR TWO THERE EITHER{BUT AGAIN THE LAND IS SPORTS USE,SO I DONT THINK THAT ARE HIS INTENTIONS ANYWAY}BOB ,IF YOU TALK TO HIM IN PERSON IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BPA,HIS WAY OF DOING THINGS MAY NOT BE THE NORMAL WAY, BUT HE DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO DO,AND AS I SAID IN ANOTHER POST,I JUST THINK THIS SPAIN MULLARKEY STEMS FROM HIS PROMISE TO HAVE A TOUR OF SPAIN PRE SEASON,GOING PEAR SHAPE BECAUSE OF SQUAD COMINGS AND GOINGS,ETC,AND RATHER THAN JUST TAKING WHO WAS AVAILABLE ON THEIR JOLLIES KEPT UP THE FARCICLE STORY AND IT SNOWBALLED,THE ONLY FAULT I CAN SEE IS THAT BOB DIDNT WANT TO SHOW HE HAD FAILED TO DELIVER ON THE DEAL,COME ON BOB,PLEASE JUST APOLOGISE THE FANS WILL FORGIVE YOU IM SURE
Ok John as seen as you are one of the few who talk sence on here, i am very sorry onbehalf of myself, kev and JD for letting this what started out as a prank about RP and the Hatrick in Spain, as stated earlier the games were played against teams stated albeit lower standard than we were led to believe, as for the hand full of supporters who have taken this episode into orbit, that is their decision and i can do no more with that, as for the others then if you trust and believe in me and other Board members then actions speak louder than words.... and further more can a line now be drawn under this matter and turning our attention to winning the league....
I am not in this for the money nor ever have been nor never will be, i personally donated circa £10k a month to fund BPA with donations from kev and JD aswell and will be giving BPA even more this season to fund another promotion fight and again the year after... one thing i will guarantee is that i will bring success to this club and i will get them back into football league status as previously mentioned despite all the mocking and piss-taking this fuels my determination even more and anyone who knows me, knows i play hardball and will fight tooth and nail to achieve what i say, i will do... as for the ones who will never believe a word both me and the board say, then again that is your human right but i will prove you wrong aswell...
RE: the Phoenix Park Site, this was a commercial move i took with the purchase to ensure BPA have no one to answer to and our future success is in our own hands and not hampered by red tape, we looked at the purchase of Horsfall but this would be a long slog, we looked at going back to Little Horton, this again would have been too expensive, we looked at the Odsal Sporting Village and that was nor ever will be a non starter as latest press have proved.
So i went out and found this was the perfect site... after 2 meeting with LCC and Metro Rail for sighting a new station on there things turned out better than expected... and again despite all the pisstakers, this makes me even more determined and another thing i will guarantee BPA WILL BE PLAYING ON THERE INSIDE THE NEXT TWO YEAR....
On a final note, i am personally sorry for any upset caused...
Yours Bob
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VENI, VIDI, VICI
Ok, speaking for me, apology accepted..
All clubs have a % of idiots in them, unfortunately for them as FCUM have quite a few fans they're quite simply going to have more people turning up to matches and acting like idiots than most. However, fortunately for them they don't have a chairman acting like an idiot... Bob Blackburn can't be too stupid if he's a multi-millionaire but posting in such a brash way on a fans' forum? Plans for a 20k seater stadium for a club that very rarely breaks 1k people through the gate? League football in 4/5 years or whatever it is? A faked tour to Spain?
Jesus. Bloody. Christ. As another Boston fan I was chatting too the other day said "it makes Boston United look like a tea party!"
Jesus. Bloody. Christ. As another Boston fan I was chatting too the other day said "it makes Boston United look like a tea party!"
| QUOTE (Adam-BUFC @ Jul 29 2008, 09:30 PM) |
| All clubs have a % of idiots in them, unfortunately for them as FCUM have quite a few fans they're quite simply going to have more people turning up to matches and acting like idiots than most. However, fortunately for them they don't have a chairman acting like an idiot... Bob Blackburn can't be too stupid if he's a multi-millionaire but posting in such a brash way on a fans' forum? Plans for a 20k seater stadium for a club that very rarely breaks 1k people through the gate? League football in 4/5 years or whatever it is? A faked tour to Spain? Jesus. Bloody. Christ. As another Boston fan I was chatting too the other day said "it makes Boston United look like a tea party!" |
Yes, he's doubled the gates, improved all the facilities, won the league, spend's 10K a week on the club of his own money, we have a thriving youth section at the club.
The club's in the guardian, people now know we are back in business - what an idiot !
Good job your CEO is no fool ehh, i mean you wouldn't want Bob running your club.
We'll give you a wave as we pass you
PS - Won a boat load of cash backing your lot to win the league the other year, thanks.
PPS - think Eastwood Town will be a team to watch this year
| QUOTE (Jez @ Jul 29 2008, 09:39 PM) |
| Good job your CEO is no fool ehh, i mean you wouldn't want Bob running your club. |
No. I wouldn't.
Steve Evans doubled our gates, won us two leagues and most of his fellow cronies claimed to have remortgaged their houses to invest money in to the club. And no Boston fan who took an interest in much beyond the pitch wanted him running the club.
| QUOTE (Adam-BUFC @ Jul 29 2008, 09:30 PM) |
| As another Boston fan I was chatting too the other day said "it makes Boston United look like a tea party!" |
No it doesn't Adam. Get a grip.
5 years of brown envelopes, cheating the taxman, cheating the Football League and the Conference, the manager shooting his mouth off every week, investigatons, criminal proceedings, convictions, huge unpaid debts, CVAs made during football matches.....
I would think Boston supporters are pleased that another club is in the spotlight for a change.
But let's not get into a debate about about the moral equivalency between what the officers of your club have done - and someone stupidly telling the press a guy scored a hat trick when he didn't.