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On This Day in 1967
The Dons' lead at the top of the Southern League Premier divison table was cut as they lost a Good Friday encounter at Romford, 1-4. On a bone hard pitch, David Hyde fired the visitors ahead from a 12th minute free kick but from then on it was lagely one-way traffic. The following Monday the Essex side completed the double with a 4-1 win at Plough Lane and they went on to lift the title on the final Saturday of the campaign.
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Trigs - Let 'em attack all they like, they can feel insulted too for all I care. There's either a right way to do things or there isn't.
24th Mar 2026 18:28:46 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I see that Rochdale play York on last day of season - Rochdale on 94 pts & York on 92 pts at top of National League. Could be a tasty match if still that close (3rd place on 76 pts)
24th Mar 2026 17:26:48 
[82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Good luck with that line of questioning Pete. It’s not that I disagree - I have zero trust in the people running the trust or our votes and elections - but the attack puppies will be out acting insulted that someone might think that it needs checking.
24th Mar 2026 17:13:07 
[195.lo.gg.ed] 
It should be independently verified, but when we pick independent people they tend to end up being anything but.
Silly question but, who gets to check last night's sums? Not suggesting anything murky, but surely it would be only right and proper to be verified independently, rather than taking someone's word for it.
24th Mar 2026 17:05:08 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
must be some kind of record that result being declared so quickly. Just sayin', it usually takes them months.
Alan - IOW. If this goes wrong, I will have every name engraved in my brain, just like I do the FA Cup winners of 1988. And for different reasons.
24th Mar 2026 17:04:16 
[89.lo.gg.ed] 
to lose a club twice would be rather foolish.
Alan IoW - I'm more inclined to believe that the current hierarchy would have preferred not to have 50+1 and kept the model as is/was, but they've also seen the spreadsheets...
24th Mar 2026 16:22:01 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
Still quite a sizeable number voted against it.
Repd - you could be right, those that have pushed for this, will be remembered particularly if the poo hits the spinny thing later down the line.
24th Mar 2026 16:15:30 
[51.lo.gg.ed] 
Will need to be at the races in the literal last chance saloon.
Spit, 50% +1 is what the FSA define as fan ownership, so yes we can.
24th Mar 2026 16:15:03 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Russ - "what we are really doing is selecting which minority investor we are going to screw over in a few years". Think it's more likely we'll just go for a full sale in that scenario
24th Mar 2026 16:14:49 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
The vote result today proves that when it comes to it, people put the viability of AFCW above everything else.
Oooh Robbie Earle would be alright.
24th Mar 2026 16:01:14 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
But really, if this is just a can kicking exercise as it doesn’t solve underlying financial performance, what we are really doing is selecting which minority investor we are going to screw over in a few years when we go into administration and they lose their stake entirely.
TF - "These are our values. If you don't like them, we have others".
24th Mar 2026 15:57:35 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
StD - ironically it might strengthen the DT. Though it will now need to be a bit more business like
I think the “share our values” filter may reduce the number of people interested in donating money ;-)
24th Mar 2026 15:49:37 
[185.lo.gg.ed] 
Unless those values aren’t what us fans might assume they are…
Can we still claim to be fan' owned at 50.01.?
24th Mar 2026 15:43:32 
[82.lo.gg.ed] 
Not in my book, although im gappy to sell out
OI - I wouldn't be surprised if an investor is somebody who's put money into us before.
24th Mar 2026 15:20:53 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
50+1 kind of became inevitable when the John Green consortium put money in and nobody batted an eyelid.
I hope people look past "Robbie Earle" or the equivalents in other groups and actually examine what is on offer.
24th Mar 2026 15:15:36 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Haven't we been told a fair few times since 2002 that we've had plenty of people interested in buying a stake in the club?
24th Mar 2026 15:04:26 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
Considering how much owning/running a football club costs, it's interesting how many investors look to buy into them.
At the risk of sounding completely stupid, am I correct in thinking that this result means that there is a slightly better chance of us being able to bring in some money to the club from outside investors (subject to a successful second vote…)? I know that my level of understanding of financial and company matters is pretty shallow, but I suspect that I’m not alone, and I quite like simple straightforward explanations of these things…
24th Mar 2026 14:46:48 
[172.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
We also get to vote on any individual offer so if you don't like it you can vote against
24th Mar 2026 14:06:35 
[31.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I don't think the question was asked, OI, but it is a good one. The specifics of whichever offers come in are going to be absolutely crucial. I hope we have someone commercially savvy negotiating them.
24th Mar 2026 13:55:36 
[195.lo.gg.ed] 
Would suggest maybe invite someone independent and suitably qualified to lead this. I won't suggest this to the club because they'll take offence and I don't mean any.
With the broadcast issues, I didn't hear whether anyone asked about providing 'working capital' as well as investment in shares. Does anyone know? That is the issue for me, just payment for shares kicks the can down the road for a year or two and providing 'working capital' may give too much power through threats to stop.
24th Mar 2026 13:33:10 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
“ Resolutions 1 and 2 will now proceed to the confirmatory vote at the second SGM on Wednesday 8th April. At this meeting, both resolutions require a turnout of 50% of total membership and a two-thirds majority of votes cast”
24th Mar 2026 13:11:49 
[104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Maybe you're right RK! Am not sure. Interesting times ahead anyway :-)
24th Mar 2026 13:09:10 
[89.lo.gg.ed] 
Lets see if that Robbie Earle consortium puts their money where their mouth is!
Don’t know how to feel about this to be honest. Gutted about the 15% threshold been removed. It’s not far fetched to fear that someone will soon own 49.99% of my club.
24th Mar 2026 13:08:56 
[104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Yes RK it will be fascinating to see what sort of folk come in with what sort of offers. And hopefully all handled transparently rather than the last time around.
24th Mar 2026 13:07:16 
[195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I think it's simple majority Hash?
24th Mar 2026 12:55:56 
[31.lo.gg.ed] 
Gives the DTB some hope but a long way to go. As such, also gived Wup folk some hope in that we could attract investors who will later be interested in ownership