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[King Joe]

sold 16,000 already, I think that's good going.

[Sausage Roll]

Steve Stone now a first-team coach at Burnley alongside Ian Woan. Just like the good old days!

[Widdow]

sold 16,000 already, I think that's good going.

Show some intent with quality signings it would go through the roof

[Sausage Roll]

If we do tease our away shirt today it'll have to go some to be nicer than the one Hull City just launched.

[Tricky]

If we do tease our away shirt today it'll have to go some to be nicer than the one Hull City just launched.

U'lls away kit is awful IMO

[Reds73]

anyone hasn't seen Joe Worrall's Facebook post about the eviction of his old club Hucknall Sports after 40 years on their site I'd encourage as many of you as possible to sign it.


Joes post below and the link to petition is below that

Dear All,

Those that know me know that I’m not a politically minded man. In fact all I really know is football….and that had to start somewhere.
As it happened, it started on Wigwam Lane Playing Fields in Hucknall under the safe, watchful eye of my volunteer manager at Hucknall Sports Junior FC. This is a story that is echoed, in principle, by pretty much every pro English footballer up and down this country. Grass roots is where it all begins.

You can imagine therefore my disgust when I heard about the Ashfield District Council’s plan to evict Hucknall Sports (Community Football Club) from their home on Papplewick Green; a site that they’ve occupied for over 40 years in order to accommodate a private, profit making company on their site.

Many will ask, particularly in the hype of the Euros, “Where the next Harry Kane or Raheem Sterling will come from if we don’t protect our kids playing fields and football clubs?” It’s a fair question, but for me it’s a secondary one!

What really matters is the 99.99% of kids that will never be a professional footballer.
For them, grassroots football isn’t a potential career path; it’s far more important than that. It’s where kids don’t have a phone in their hand or an iPad on their knee. Where there’s no WiFi and no PlayStation. It’s where they learn what being part of a team is all about, they learn to stay fit and healthy, they learn of accountability, how to win and lose graciously, how to dust themselves off and go again when things go wrong, how to support one another when it hits the fan. It’s not just the kids; a grass roots football club is where the lonely single parent makes new friends and gets support, it’s where the manager loves his lads or girls so much that they’ll postpone his/her holiday as to not miss a game, it’s where no matter how much life has thrown at you in the week, you can come, forget it all and cheer for something bigger than yourself for an hour or so. A grass roots football club, just like Hucknall Sports is the very heartbeat of a community.

Let’s forget the emotional attachment for a moment though. I grew up in these parts I went to school here, I played football here and I know this town. I know that, like any other ex-mining community or suburb, anti-social behaviour is rife among young people, in most cases, not because they’re bad kids, simply because there’s nothing for them to do.

I am then baffled why council, led by Ashfield Independents, an organisation allegedly with a sole purpose of making decisions in the interest of the community it serves, would think it’s a good idea or indeed even consider evicting a community football club, run solely by incredible volunteers, that has served over 6,000 children in this town, at no expense to them or the taxpayer, from its rightful home of in excess of 40 years. I’m no genius but I know that to provide youth services that are equivalent to what Hucknall Sports provide would cost them tenfold any income that they may derive from the development of the site or whatever they plan to do to it. Will they take responsibility for the inevitable increase in obesity in the town’s kids, vandalism and anti social behaviour? I suspect probably not. We don’t have to be psychic to see how this ends up and where it’s going do we?

This decision is short sighted, naive and above all depriving this town’s kids of the opportunity to play football and be part of something that only grass roots clubs can provide.

It’s bonkers, but it seems that as footballers in the modern era, we do have a voice and I believe that sometimes it’s right that we speak out against injustice and nonsense when we see it, whatever form it takes. We’ve seen the incredible efforts that Marcus Rashford has gone to to hold politicians to account for their decisions and actions and whilst this isn’t on that scale, I hope that I can use what profile I have to firstly encourage anyone who reads this and agrees with my points to stand up and be counted right now before it’s too late. Sign petitions, object to the panning application, email the council, chain yourself to the goal posts if you have to but don’t let this happen.
Secondly, for those that have influence within the council to search your conscience and find some integrity. It’s public land that belongs to the community, not a private company. Just do the right thing. It’s as simple as that. You got it wrong, put your hands up and fix it.

Ashfield Council, if this eviction notice stands, the inevitable fallout will solely be on you. This isn’t about politics. It’s about the community that you were elected to protect and be an advocate for. Please do the right thing!

On behalf of hundreds of kids, parents, grandparents and future generations…

Yours sincerely,

Joe Worrall

[Sausage Roll]

Teaser video for our shirt just out. Looks smart to me.

[Joe Baker Legend]

Away Kit launched....

[Joe Baker Legend]

[optimistic_red]

anyone hasn't seen Joe Worrall's Facebook post about the eviction of his old club Hucknall Sports after 40 years on their site I'd encourage as many of you as possible to sign it.


Joes post below and the link to petition is below that

Dear All,

Those that know me know that I’m not a politically minded man. In fact all I really know is football….and that had to start somewhere.
As it happened, it started on Wigwam Lane Playing Fields in Hucknall under the safe, watchful eye of my volunteer manager at Hucknall Sports Junior FC. This is a story that is echoed, in principle, by pretty much every pro English footballer up and down this country. Grass roots is where it all begins.

You can imagine therefore my disgust when I heard about the Ashfield District Council’s plan to evict Hucknall Sports (Community Football Club) from their home on Papplewick Green; a site that they’ve occupied for over 40 years in order to accommodate a private, profit making company on their site.

Many will ask, particularly in the hype of the Euros, “Where the next Harry Kane or Raheem Sterling will come from if we don’t protect our kids playing fields and football clubs?” It’s a fair question, but for me it’s a secondary one!

What really matters is the 99.99% of kids that will never be a professional footballer.
For them, grassroots football isn’t a potential career path; it’s far more important than that. It’s where kids don’t have a phone in their hand or an iPad on their knee. Where there’s no WiFi and no PlayStation. It’s where they learn what being part of a team is all about, they learn to stay fit and healthy, they learn of accountability, how to win and lose graciously, how to dust themselves off and go again when things go wrong, how to support one another when it hits the fan. It’s not just the kids; a grass roots football club is where the lonely single parent makes new friends and gets support, it’s where the manager loves his lads or girls so much that they’ll postpone his/her holiday as to not miss a game, it’s where no matter how much life has thrown at you in the week, you can come, forget it all and cheer for something bigger than yourself for an hour or so. A grass roots football club, just like Hucknall Sports is the very heartbeat of a community.

Let’s forget the emotional attachment for a moment though. I grew up in these parts I went to school here, I played football here and I know this town. I know that, like any other ex-mining community or suburb, anti-social behaviour is rife among young people, in most cases, not because they’re bad kids, simply because there’s nothing for them to do.

I am then baffled why council, led by Ashfield Independents, an organisation allegedly with a sole purpose of making decisions in the interest of the community it serves, would think it’s a good idea or indeed even consider evicting a community football club, run solely by incredible volunteers, that has served over 6,000 children in this town, at no expense to them or the taxpayer, from its rightful home of in excess of 40 years. I’m no genius but I know that to provide youth services that are equivalent to what Hucknall Sports provide would cost them tenfold any income that they may derive from the development of the site or whatever they plan to do to it. Will they take responsibility for the inevitable increase in obesity in the town’s kids, vandalism and anti social behaviour? I suspect probably not. We don’t have to be psychic to see how this ends up and where it’s going do we?

This decision is short sighted, naive and above all depriving this town’s kids of the opportunity to play football and be part of something that only grass roots clubs can provide.

It’s bonkers, but it seems that as footballers in the modern era, we do have a voice and I believe that sometimes it’s right that we speak out against injustice and nonsense when we see it, whatever form it takes. We’ve seen the incredible efforts that Marcus Rashford has gone to to hold politicians to account for their decisions and actions and whilst this isn’t on that scale, I hope that I can use what profile I have to firstly encourage anyone who reads this and agrees with my points to stand up and be counted right now before it’s too late. Sign petitions, object to the panning application, email the council, chain yourself to the goal posts if you have to but don’t let this happen.
Secondly, for those that have influence within the council to search your conscience and find some integrity. It’s public land that belongs to the community, not a private company. Just do the right thing. It’s as simple as that. You got it wrong, put your hands up and fix it.

Ashfield Council, if this eviction notice stands, the inevitable fallout will solely be on you. This isn’t about politics. It’s about the community that you were elected to protect and be an advocate for. Please do the right thing!

On behalf of hundreds of kids, parents, grandparents and future generations…

Yours sincerely,

Joe Worrall

That is awesome from Joe.

[Tricky]

anyone hasn't seen Joe Worrall's Facebook post about the eviction of his old club Hucknall Sports after 40 years on their site I'd encourage as many of you as possible to sign it.


Joes post below and the link to petition is below that

Dear All,

Those that know me know that I’m not a politically minded man. In fact all I really know is football….and that had to start somewhere.
As it happened, it started on Wigwam Lane Playing Fields in Hucknall under the safe, watchful eye of my volunteer manager at Hucknall Sports Junior FC. This is a story that is echoed, in principle, by pretty much every pro English footballer up and down this country. Grass roots is where it all begins.

You can imagine therefore my disgust when I heard about the Ashfield District Council’s plan to evict Hucknall Sports (Community Football Club) from their home on Papplewick Green; a site that they’ve occupied for over 40 years in order to accommodate a private, profit making company on their site.

Many will ask, particularly in the hype of the Euros, “Where the next Harry Kane or Raheem Sterling will come from if we don’t protect our kids playing fields and football clubs?” It’s a fair question, but for me it’s a secondary one!

What really matters is the 99.99% of kids that will never be a professional footballer.
For them, grassroots football isn’t a potential career path; it’s far more important than that. It’s where kids don’t have a phone in their hand or an iPad on their knee. Where there’s no WiFi and no PlayStation. It’s where they learn what being part of a team is all about, they learn to stay fit and healthy, they learn of accountability, how to win and lose graciously, how to dust themselves off and go again when things go wrong, how to support one another when it hits the fan. It’s not just the kids; a grass roots football club is where the lonely single parent makes new friends and gets support, it’s where the manager loves his lads or girls so much that they’ll postpone his/her holiday as to not miss a game, it’s where no matter how much life has thrown at you in the week, you can come, forget it all and cheer for something bigger than yourself for an hour or so. A grass roots football club, just like Hucknall Sports is the very heartbeat of a community.

Let’s forget the emotional attachment for a moment though. I grew up in these parts I went to school here, I played football here and I know this town. I know that, like any other ex-mining community or suburb, anti-social behaviour is rife among young people, in most cases, not because they’re bad kids, simply because there’s nothing for them to do.

I am then baffled why council, led by Ashfield Independents, an organisation allegedly with a sole purpose of making decisions in the interest of the community it serves, would think it’s a good idea or indeed even consider evicting a community football club, run solely by incredible volunteers, that has served over 6,000 children in this town, at no expense to them or the taxpayer, from its rightful home of in excess of 40 years. I’m no genius but I know that to provide youth services that are equivalent to what Hucknall Sports provide would cost them tenfold any income that they may derive from the development of the site or whatever they plan to do to it. Will they take responsibility for the inevitable increase in obesity in the town’s kids, vandalism and anti social behaviour? I suspect probably not. We don’t have to be psychic to see how this ends up and where it’s going do we?

This decision is short sighted, naive and above all depriving this town’s kids of the opportunity to play football and be part of something that only grass roots clubs can provide.

It’s bonkers, but it seems that as footballers in the modern era, we do have a voice and I believe that sometimes it’s right that we speak out against injustice and nonsense when we see it, whatever form it takes. We’ve seen the incredible efforts that Marcus Rashford has gone to to hold politicians to account for their decisions and actions and whilst this isn’t on that scale, I hope that I can use what profile I have to firstly encourage anyone who reads this and agrees with my points to stand up and be counted right now before it’s too late. Sign petitions, object to the panning application, email the council, chain yourself to the goal posts if you have to but don’t let this happen.
Secondly, for those that have influence within the council to search your conscience and find some integrity. It’s public land that belongs to the community, not a private company. Just do the right thing. It’s as simple as that. You got it wrong, put your hands up and fix it.

Ashfield Council, if this eviction notice stands, the inevitable fallout will solely be on you. This isn’t about politics. It’s about the community that you were elected to protect and be an advocate for. Please do the right thing!

On behalf of hundreds of kids, parents, grandparents and future generations…

Yours sincerely,

Joe Worrall

That is awesome from Joe.

First and foremost, I applaud Joe for still maintaining a connection to his grass roots and still caring enough to do something about it.

Secondly, Ashfield District Council will have to change the land use of the site from Green Open Space to Industrial and as a result, could be open to a judicial review should anyone or group of people have enough cash to make a legal challenge. I am sure there is plenty of brown field sites in the area that could be considered before a Green open space.

It amazes me that people stand under the Independent ticket to win elections for their local community, then once elected, form an Independent Group, which then becomes a political party and goes entirely against the reason for standing as an Independent in the first place!! But that digresses from the point Joe is making and the stand he is taking.

Finally, the link above isn't working as I couldnt get on to the website to sign the petition. I will therefore go onto Joes Twitter account and sign it from there.

[Paplane]

anyone hasn't seen Joe Worrall's Facebook post about the eviction of his old club Hucknall Sports after 40 years on their site I'd encourage as many of you as possible to sign it.


Joes post below and the link to petition is below that

Dear All,

Those that know me know that I’m not a politically minded man. In fact all I really know is football….and that had to start somewhere.
As it happened, it started on Wigwam Lane Playing Fields in Hucknall under the safe, watchful eye of my volunteer manager at Hucknall Sports Junior FC. This is a story that is echoed, in principle, by pretty much every pro English footballer up and down this country. Grass roots is where it all begins.

You can imagine therefore my disgust when I heard about the Ashfield District Council’s plan to evict Hucknall Sports (Community Football Club) from their home on Papplewick Green; a site that they’ve occupied for over 40 years in order to accommodate a private, profit making company on their site.

Many will ask, particularly in the hype of the Euros, “Where the next Harry Kane or Raheem Sterling will come from if we don’t protect our kids playing fields and football clubs?” It’s a fair question, but for me it’s a secondary one!

What really matters is the 99.99% of kids that will never be a professional footballer.
For them, grassroots football isn’t a potential career path; it’s far more important than that. It’s where kids don’t have a phone in their hand or an iPad on their knee. Where there’s no WiFi and no PlayStation. It’s where they learn what being part of a team is all about, they learn to stay fit and healthy, they learn of accountability, how to win and lose graciously, how to dust themselves off and go again when things go wrong, how to support one another when it hits the fan. It’s not just the kids; a grass roots football club is where the lonely single parent makes new friends and gets support, it’s where the manager loves his lads or girls so much that they’ll postpone his/her holiday as to not miss a game, it’s where no matter how much life has thrown at you in the week, you can come, forget it all and cheer for something bigger than yourself for an hour or so. A grass roots football club, just like Hucknall Sports is the very heartbeat of a community.

Let’s forget the emotional attachment for a moment though. I grew up in these parts I went to school here, I played football here and I know this town. I know that, like any other ex-mining community or suburb, anti-social behaviour is rife among young people, in most cases, not because they’re bad kids, simply because there’s nothing for them to do.

I am then baffled why council, led by Ashfield Independents, an organisation allegedly with a sole purpose of making decisions in the interest of the community it serves, would think it’s a good idea or indeed even consider evicting a community football club, run solely by incredible volunteers, that has served over 6,000 children in this town, at no expense to them or the taxpayer, from its rightful home of in excess of 40 years. I’m no genius but I know that to provide youth services that are equivalent to what Hucknall Sports provide would cost them tenfold any income that they may derive from the development of the site or whatever they plan to do to it. Will they take responsibility for the inevitable increase in obesity in the town’s kids, vandalism and anti social behaviour? I suspect probably not. We don’t have to be psychic to see how this ends up and where it’s going do we?

This decision is short sighted, naive and above all depriving this town’s kids of the opportunity to play football and be part of something that only grass roots clubs can provide.

It’s bonkers, but it seems that as footballers in the modern era, we do have a voice and I believe that sometimes it’s right that we speak out against injustice and nonsense when we see it, whatever form it takes. We’ve seen the incredible efforts that Marcus Rashford has gone to to hold politicians to account for their decisions and actions and whilst this isn’t on that scale, I hope that I can use what profile I have to firstly encourage anyone who reads this and agrees with my points to stand up and be counted right now before it’s too late. Sign petitions, object to the panning application, email the council, chain yourself to the goal posts if you have to but don’t let this happen.
Secondly, for those that have influence within the council to search your conscience and find some integrity. It’s public land that belongs to the community, not a private company. Just do the right thing. It’s as simple as that. You got it wrong, put your hands up and fix it.

Ashfield Council, if this eviction notice stands, the inevitable fallout will solely be on you. This isn’t about politics. It’s about the community that you were elected to protect and be an advocate for. Please do the right thing!

On behalf of hundreds of kids, parents, grandparents and future generations…

Yours sincerely,

Joe Worrall

That is awesome from Joe.

First and foremost, I applaud Joe for still maintaining a connection to his grass roots and still caring enough to do something about it.

Secondly, Ashfield District Council will have to change the land use of the site from Green Open Space to Industrial and as a result, could be open to a judicial review should anyone or group of people have enough cash to make a legal challenge. I am sure there is plenty of brown field sites in the area that could be considered before a Green open space.

It amazes me that people stand under the Independent ticket to win elections for their local community, then once elected, form an Independent Group, which then becomes a political party and goes entirely against the reason for standing as an Independent in the first place!! But that digresses from the point Joe is making and the stand he is taking.

Finally, the link above isn't working as I couldnt get on to the website to sign the petition. I will therefore go onto Joes Twitter account and sign it from there.

Its very strange what's going on. The planning app was originally to take a couple of regular open football pitches and enclose them with fencing, build a 3g pitch and also a classroom. After a bit of objection the applicant then said the fence was an error on the application and there was no intention for the site to be fenced off.  Now the local football team, Hucknall Sports, has been told they can no longer play on the pitches. They've been down there using them for as long as I can remember and I'm nearly 50. If you've ever played football as a lad then the chances are you've played down there. There's been no official word from the applicant or the council as to how this new pitch will be funded or how the whole thing is going to work but presumably anyone is not just going to be able to turn up and use the 3g pitch, it'll be charged for in some way, or used by a club for their own private use, or maybe both. It's all very strange and reeks of political shenanigans. So much so that Mark Spencer the MP is now getting involved. There's hundreds of objections from the locals.  If the council came out and said we're building a 3g pitch for the community to use for free then it'd be great, but they havent and so everyone's assuming they've done a deal/favour with their mates as the applicant was involved politically with them in the past. It's all well dodgy.