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Droylsden

Post by H1987 » Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:31 am

Resign from the league and cup. Basically suggesting they'd like to return in future but they can't afford to operate this coming season.

Very sad. First of many, I suspect.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by spen666 » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:12 am

H1987 wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:31 am
Resign from the league and cup. Basically suggesting they'd like to return in future but they can't afford to operate this coming season.

Very sad. First of many, I suspect.
It is very sad. I guess if they survive as a club, they would now have to enter pyramid at step 6 in say 2021/22 season at earliest

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Re: Droylsden

Post by darlo2001uk » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:21 am

And FC Romania have folded apparently.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by EDJOHNS » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:22 am

H1987 wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:31 am
Resign from the league and cup. Basically suggesting they'd like to return in future but they can't afford to operate this coming season.

Very sad. First of many, I suspect.
Far from being the first. I named 4 on the Coronavirus post in off topic yesterday, but going down the steps I have heard of about 15 that have either gone completely or asked to be placed lower in the structure in the hope they can survive.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by LoidLucan » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:33 am

God that horrible, nasty FA Cup night there still sticks in the mind.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by Quaker85 » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:53 am

I seem to remember them making some pretty disparaging comments about us that night!


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Re: Droylsden

Post by lo36789 » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:59 am

Horrible news. Dave Pace could be hard work but the moment you got off the pitch he was one of the most genuine people you could come across the same for his brother who was heavily involved.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by LoidLucan » Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:13 am

Wasn't he an associate of the infamous Stephen Vaughan, later of Chester notoriety.
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Re: Droylsden

Post by jjljks » Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:23 am

Must hurt when only a few miles away, their Premiership neighbours have millions to spend, a tiny % of which would save a grass roots club.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by spen666 » Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:53 am

darlo2001uk wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:21 am
And FC Romania have folded apparently.
Not so clear on them.

Announcements they have died, been revived and no one knows. It seems the founder/ manager has left, but a new committee are trying to ensure club survives

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Re: Droylsden

Post by LoidLucan » Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:02 pm

Droylsden were kicked of the FA Cup the year they beat us, 2008. They subsequently beat Chesterfield but Pace fielded a player who was banned, Sean Newton, now at York. He scored two goals but shouldn't have been on the field and they were chucked out.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by The_Ozzman_Cometh » Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:35 pm

Droylsden F.C.
3h ·
Club Statement
Droylsden FC have as of today resigned from the Northern Premier League and will also take no part in Cup Competitions this season
In a letter sent to the Northern Premier League Chairman Dave Pace described the decision as the most difficult he has ever had to make.
However the disruption caused by the Covid-19 crisis has left him with no alternative.
The closing of the social club and its function rooms since the start of the pandemic, the main income source with no indication of any restart on viable trading terms along with a loss of income from the club’s main sponsor has left the club with no visible alternative income stream during the crisis.
“The club may hopefully survive this crisis and continue into the future in less challenging circumstances than we find ourselves in during the present”
The club will be making no further statement at the present time
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Re: Droylsden

Post by Mister e » Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:50 pm

I believe what is happening proves we also need paying fans back into stadiums as soon as possible. Regardless of this pandemic we are going to have to learn to fight back if this means wearing face coverings for the foreseeable future so be it. But if we continue the way we are now they might not be enough clubs to play against when we finally get back underway.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by quaker4life » Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:04 pm

LoidLucan wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:33 am
God that horrible, nasty FA Cup night there still sticks in the mind.
So does the time we played them in the EvoStik North, unfortunate scenes to say the least.

It was certainly a bizarre situation which eventually led to their expulsion!

https://sportslens.com/droylsden-v-ches ... ear/19787/
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Re: Droylsden

Post by darlo2001uk » Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:40 pm

Mister e wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:50 pm
I believe what is happening proves we also need paying fans back into stadiums as soon as possible. Regardless of this pandemic we are going to have to learn to fight back if this means wearing face coverings for the foreseeable future so be it. But if we continue the way we are now they might not be enough clubs to play against when we finally get back underway.
A sense of priority needed here, I feel.

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Re: Droylsden

Post by LoidLucan » Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:51 pm

quaker4life wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:04 pm
LoidLucan wrote:
Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:33 am
God that horrible, nasty FA Cup night there still sticks in the mind.
So does the time we played them in the EvoStik North, unfortunate scenes to say the least.

It was certainly a bizarre situation which eventually led to their expulsion!

https://sportslens.com/droylsden-v-ches ... ear/19787/
That is a classic tale. I particularly liked the bit about 2-0 down, three-quarters of the match gone and the floodlights mysteriously failed at the Butcher's Arms :D

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