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Post by charlie1 on Jun 19, 2012 15:57:36 GMT
As a parent of the very young under's team...im baffled by some of these comments...as of yet, i know that our team have yet to decide whether to go as MYFC or stay with Mildenhall Town (we are actually having a meeting tomorrow to discuss). I am disappointed, as are many of the parents, to have been put in this situation, being made to 'choose'. And that there now seems to have been many problems between youth and town but only brought to the attention of the parents last week and being told to make a decision within a couple of days, basically 'like it or lump it'. Before any decision was made by the youth management, a meeting should have been called to say "this is what may happen, what are your feelings", not "the decision has been made, this is what is going to happen". So i think comments on here regarding "shame on you the youth side for leaving town" is slightly unfair as it was not our (parents/boys) choice, it was managements and the parents knew nothing about this until last week. I am so angry that whatever has happened between town and youth has made our kids have to, possibly, no longer play for town because one person has decided to break away without discussing with us first. I know that there are slight concerns in staying with town regarding the money side but as no one has EVER explained what our money at the beginning of the season goes to, maybe this is something that someone could discuss with me further privately. Like i said, we want to stay as Town so as far as all youth sides have left is wrong as our meeting with our manager is tomorrow, so none of my teams parents have decided anything as of yet so if someone could come back to me before tomorrow night who could possibly explain things with us rather than us having to 'lump it'..it would be most grateful
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Post by betfairbill on Jun 19, 2012 16:23:04 GMT
Tuttut, I would like to say that you have a real good job with the team you took o, and if you remember, it was me who suggested to you to think about doing another side (on the way back from the Lincoln Utd nightmare I think), after Pete Lawlors team ran their course. As fo money, which is what this is all about we have been told, the club coffers have not been swelled by the youth section. the lads may pay £10 each for their junior membership, but only once in 7 years at least, has any of this gone to the main club. Honestly that is the long and really very short of it. The firework night has been dealt with, that function was entirely to raise money for the development fund....its just someone volunteered his youth setup to do the kitchen, and then tried to say that the kitchen money was for the youth. Ryan Townsin was the person who originally organised the event, and to be fair Rob helped out an awful lot too, but he then wanted to allow all of the youth section in for nothing, and basically turn it into a youth event. The sponsored walk was also for the development fund.....however Rob was trying to bargain for a percentage for the youth section...to be honest, if it was for the youth section, fair enough, self help is good, and we would not have been upset. You come down the club enough, and you can see the benefits that will accrue to the whole setup if we can get improved facilities. As for end of season dos at the club, we have told Rob for 2 years that the youths can use the club for end of season dos....he had an idea that he wanted to get everybody there from all the teams for one do...well we all now that that would not be feasible. It si good of you to come on here Steve and express your views, but I don't beleive that you or any of the managers or parents have been basically treated like mushrooms. I really can't beleive that anybody seriously thinks that we at the club wanted to take money out of the youth section.....
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Post by betfairbill on Jun 19, 2012 16:31:22 GMT
Charlie1, I am afraid i have no real idea what your subscription goes to....we do not take any of it, and have no control over it. i know that in theory the money should go through the youth treasurer, Tracey Houghton, For anyone else reading this, not just Charlie1..............THE MAIN CLUB HAS NOT TAKEN ANY OF THE YOUTH SECTIONS MONEY IN THE LAST 7 YEARS except 1 year when we got £5 for each junior. I would know, i have been the treasurer for all this time, and I don't tell lies!
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Post by charlie1 on Jun 19, 2012 16:43:45 GMT
See this is the thing, we have been told/led to believe that mildenhall town takes money off the youth sides...all getting ridiculous and we feel like we are getting blamed for 'leaving' town when actually, it has been nothing to do with the parents!
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Post by betfairbill on Jun 19, 2012 17:12:39 GMT
I can only tell you what i know, I can't tell you who to beleive. It really should not be about money anyway should it?
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Post by kopite on Jun 19, 2012 17:14:36 GMT
Betfairbill just one question i did post on the first couple of pages so have been keeping interest on the thread. your remarks about subs and you have been told before how sometimes its a nightmare getting money in from some teams are you saying in a loose way that money doesnt make it into the team account as that is a very bold statment in my view that should only be said on what u actually no and not what people say. Hi Charlie1 i can tell you when i was envolved subs were usually between £85 to £95 per season if you say your a young team u8 or 9 and just starting out your money would include a kit all printed, maybe rainjacket, league registration fee, pitch hire, training hire dome etc, balls, match balls, training equipment, membership fee, maybe if you do refreshments that can help towards trophies end of season event, trust me list goes on.
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Post by stan on Jun 19, 2012 17:23:47 GMT
Charlie1, Rob oficially resigned his post as youth coordinator on june 11th. anything that was heard by others prior to that was really hearsay unless they heard it directly from rob. I agree it's unfair for you to have to make a decision within two days but as you point out that decision was made by the youth management. Perhaps a club meeting should have taken place to be fair to all... I hope your meeting tomorrow night results in your team opting to stay with MTFC. Gooner perhaps 'allowed' was not right word, but we do charge under 16s above five who are not club members or players with the youth section.
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Post by betfairbill on Jun 19, 2012 18:00:16 GMT
Welcome back Kopite....I have modified the post because I don't know about the youth money, and really never wanted to get invoved in that side of things!
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Post by kopite on Jun 19, 2012 18:35:45 GMT
Thank you betfairbill as you said you have now modified your post, could you see how misleading to parents or anyone reading the post, with what was said suggesting how hard it was to get money into some team accounts this was told you by "Reg B and Sheryl H". I'm only saying this if any new people reading these forums, the thread would make sense it the question I asked. If I was being honest i feel it's getting very personnal and my only concern it's becoming a MTFC v MYFC which is in my view not a nice thing. There has been a few people including myself who try to maybe show the views from the Youth only to be shot down with NO, NO, NO etc. Mildenhall is big enough to have more than 1 Youth organisation and as long as Boy's have teams to play in, i'm all for that.
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Post by kopite on Jun 19, 2012 21:51:15 GMT
Re: Don't You Think « Reply #22 on Mar 9, 2012, 4:34pm » When as a club the seniors embrace the youth section i think you will really flourish. At present i know its felt ( and probably rightly so ) that the youth section is there for grant purposes only. When they do any fund raising whats the incentive for them if the senior club just takes the money. It might be a good idea to implement a % share. Perhaps 35% of raised money for their control and use and 65% to the parent club. 65% for doing nothing yourselves seems a good shout to me. 35% encourages them to all take part. When it goes to their control it only means they will buy stuff direct themselves and not have to ask the club to pay anyway. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged
Re: Don't You Think « Reply #24 on Mar 11, 2012, 1:22pm » I believe the main rift between the seniors and youth football is finance. The youth teams run various fund raising events, seek sponsorships for themselves rent there own pitches and raise the club money. They cost the club nothing and show a profit each year. Why do they need the parent club? Perhaps someone could sell me the benifit they get from being called Mildenhall Town Youth. The reason local reserve teams are finding it hard to attract players i believe could be born out of the tag RESERVE. That suggests a player is not good enough, second rate, a back up only. Perhaps if the reserve team was called Mildenhall City or Yellows or Old Boys etc they would have attracted a full more committed player. Perhaps thats why people have gone to play for West Row or Barton Mills better to be a first team player there than a reserve player at Mildenhall. Just a thought
Just a couple of quotes from the thread "Don't you think"
So people did agree with some of the Youth views once upon a time
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Post by sharon on Jun 19, 2012 22:15:00 GMT
I write this as a parent. My son has played for Mildenhall Town for several seasons and enjoyed it. He will now be playing for Mildenhall Youth. He is not affected by the change from Town to Youth he will have the same manager and same team mates and he is still happy to be playing football. Mildenhall has room to have more than one youth set up. This all seems to be getting out of hand and revovlving around money in one way or another. People being personal and hiding behind user names should use their real names when posting At the end of the day as long as your child is happy does it really matter if they play for Town or Youth. It's all getting rather petty and needs to stop and let the boys play football !!!!!!!!
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Post by betfairbill on Jun 19, 2012 22:47:29 GMT
KOPITE, you need to pull your references to RB and SH..you have no info on this, and therefore should not refer to it.. You are inferring things that can't be substantiated.
The main rift betweent he main club and the youth is not finance...this is something that has been conveniently propogated by certain parties to ca
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Post by stan on Jun 19, 2012 22:49:01 GMT
Sharon, I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. You’ve stated that your child will be playing for the same set up as he was before but under a different name so why change it for the sake of one person? The club will still promote and support a youth section...
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Post by kopite on Jun 19, 2012 22:58:06 GMT
Betfairbill i was just quoting what you wrote before modifying your post on post 62 that is what you stated so that is what may me respond in post 65.
My quotes in post 69 were from a post by gooner
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Post by betfairbill on Jun 19, 2012 23:02:24 GMT
We are going to have a youth section that is part of MTFC,,,we are not blaming anyone. It is a free world. I modified my post because it was not right to bring in other people, I am confident in my knowledge, but if you want to find our for yourself, you know who to ask.
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