Bury's new financial trouble?

orfc wrote: If only there was someone who sat on both fa and efl boards, they'd be well placed to offer some perspective on this.

www.efltrust.com/our-board/
www.efl.com/-more/all-about-the-efl/efl-board/
www.thefa.com/about-football-association...e-are/the-fa-council

According to some, all done free of charge, out the goodness of his own heart and because nobody else would do it. What a jolly good bloke John is!

I can't imagine how awful it must be to live in a world where doing something for nothing is seen as a failing. You must be very unhappy

He's feeding his ego plus I would imagine a decent expenses account. Are you certain he's not getting a salary ?

It's a voluntary post. If he took money it would be a conflict of interest as he then has to represent the interest of his paymaster.
He's also very well thought of, that's why he keeps getting reelected.

Markovitch wrote: It's a voluntary post. If he took money it would be a conflict of interest as he then has to represent the interest of his paymaster.
He's also very well thought of, that's why he keeps getting reelected.

Yes agree, he is very well thought of by those in the FA/EFL - says it all really

To everyone else he is just a ******* **** ****** ******** **** *** ****** ***

Markovitch wrote: He's also very well thought of, that's why he keeps getting reelected.

So he knows how to schmooze the FL board, that doesn't automatically correlate into him being suitable or good at performing the role.

He maybe without salary but he certainly isn't performing the role for 'free'.

The fl board don't elect him, the clubs do

So he can schmooze club boards then.
Needlessly pedantic Marko.

Marko will defend the failing board of Carlisle United. End of.

Markovitch wrote: It's a voluntary post. If he took money it would be a conflict of interest as he then has to represent the interest of his paymaster.
He's also very well thought of, that's why he keeps getting reelected.

I thought he kept on getting re-elected because nobody else is willing to do it? Make your mind up, which is it?

He is on 5 football boards across both the FL and the FA. Really don’t know whether he gets paid for his FL roles but he definitely does for his FA roles, and very handsomely.

He's not a Carlisle United fan as he claims, spend a couple of minutes in his company and it’s evident he’s not a football fan. He’s a fan of John Nixon. He’s used CUFC to further his own career and now he’s where he wants to be he’s dropped the club like a stone, why else do you never hear of him anymore?

Lummy once said “Carlisle United has done more for JN than JN has done for Carlisle United”. I think this sums him up perfectly, an absolute leech, a parasite.

Markovitch wrote: I can't imagine how awful it must be to live in a world where doing something for nothing is seen as a failing. You must be very unhappy

As happy as I’ve ever been thanks Markovitch. Happy I’m not as naive and gullible as you.

Glad to hear it Frank, and you certainly make me laugh

franksidebottom wrote: He is on 5 football boards across both the FL and the FA. Really don’t know whether he gets paid for his FL roles but he definitely does for his FA roles, and very handsomely.

He's not a Carlisle United fan as he claims, spend a couple of minutes in his company and it’s evident he’s not a football fan. He’s a fan of John Nixon. He’s used CUFC to further his own career and now he’s where he wants to be he’s dropped the club like a stone, why else do you never hear of him anymore?

Lummy once said “Carlisle United has done more for JN than JN has done for Carlisle United”. I think this sums him up perfectly, an absolute leech, a parasite.

Top post! You've got him sussed 100%.

Its quite evident he isn't on my christmas card list, I can't stand the bloke and people like him that use whatever means possible to climb the pole without necessarily having the skills to do it. Narcissist I would say.

If you speak to people at pirelli there'll tell you what he was like. No people skills and would shit on his own doorstep to get what he wanted. He was hated there amongst staff, i'm sure he left because of ill health.

Agree again, the bloke isn't a Carlisle fan, knows very little about football (but thats improved) and just uses the club as you say Frank for his own purposes.

His wife... Wow!

He can do as much FA work as he wants, i'm sure he does a good job but remember he only has those positions due to being associated with Carlisle United.

Considering half this board choose a hill or b&q over Brunton Park on a Saturday bit harsh calling him not a fan.
And Franks not a fan!! He supports Sunderland, evidence of knowing nothing about football if it were required.

Edited to say, come on then Frank, put your money where your mouth is. How do you know about all these roles and that he gets paid? Because you just made that up and its not true, is it? Tut tut Frankie

I know about all these roles because it’s on the Internet, the EFL website no less. Here’s a link as proof

www.efltrust.com/our-board/

The one it doesn’t mention is the league two rep at the EFL which is common knowledge.

As for the source of information with regards his salary at the FA, do you really think I’m going to post it up on here and risk someone getting the sack just to prove a point to an internet nerd?

Finally with regards to not being a fan, we can meet at Leyton Orient in a few weeks to discuss your flawed notion that supporting a team who’s not very good equates to not knowing much about football.

What do you mean you’re not going? Smart fan...

The efl trust is a charity. The trustees are unpaid. Google their accounts, its in note 6. The total trustees expenses were 1300£ in total across all trustees for a whole year. So now you are going to slag the man off for doing unpaid work for a charity? When you do what exactly? Nice Frank, nice.

You are not going to tell us because someone is going to get the sack?! Aye right. You are just making crap up as usual. Politics of envy

I didn’t say someone is going to get the sack, I said RISK someone getting the sack it’s there in black and white, even you are going to struggle to argue with that. I really don’t know how confidential the information is or what stance his bosses would take if he was named so why risk it just to prove a point to argumentative nerds like you? Once again you’re showing your naivety by thinking I was going to put a name up on here.

Why are you talking about him not being paid for EFL work when I specifically said I didn’t know about his EFL roles, but he was definitely paid for his FA roles? (I refer you back to the second sentence of post #412). You do know the two are separate organisations?

Once again you’ve ended up in the minority saying everyone else is wrong, would you never stop to think that perhaps it’s you who’s wrong?

Anyway, Orient, yes or no?

And I asked you how you knew that he was getting paid, and you again played the I can't tell you card, its a secret. He doesn't get paid Frank.


And just think about it. If you hired a lawyer and you found he was being paid by the prosecution as well you would ditch him immediately. He is not allowed to be paid, its an immediate conflict of interest and the fa has half a dozen ethics, remuneration and oversight committees that would pick it up in seconds.

Go look at fifa forward development plan, pillar 3,section b. Its all in there, the rules for member organisations.

Nixon is a successful, influential, respected man. Your posts smack of envy because you will never be asked to participate. Arguments, I know but I can't tell you where from make you sound like a 5 year old.

And I won't be at orient because I'm working abroad. Remember how you made some comment about me posting at 3am. That's because it's not 3am, it's 10am where I am

Read somewhere that Chichester Town got the bye. They are the lowest ranked team in the draw and have offered some of their £36k prize money to Bury. Hope its true

Kazakhstan. Came up on my feed from wsc. But I was in the queue at the airport so I didn't get the chance to check it. I take it its not true? Shame

It's on the BBC as well. The bye is the first round so they got it on the Monday gone. Prize money 36k

No you have got something right for a change Marko it’s just that it’s old news.

Markovitch wrote: Read somewhere that Chichester Town got the bye. They are the lowest ranked team in the draw and have offered some of their £36k prize money to Bury. Hope its true

Chichester should keep all the money. I'd give Bury [censored] all!

He was lucky to get any wages. He only started three league games last season!

Never been the same since he turned vegan.

We should offer him a contract because he’s better then what we have and he can cover both centre back and both full backs.

When he first came he was excellent scoring goals and everything but it faded a bit. As you say better than what we've got. That hiding up Edinburgh maybe affected him.

But would only sign on the proviso he gets some Cranston's sausages into him.

Yeah wouldn't be a daft idea to get him in on even 3/4 month deal till end of Jan ....some of these players weren't let go by CU because they weren't doing it. Nobby, think he'd had a punctured lung which kept him out at Bury for part of last season...then foot injury but fit now according to Colmans piece.

I`d wish `em all the best, hope they can resurrect a Bury FC.

I wouldn't follow a phoenix club if Carlisle United folded.

nobbyblue wrote: I wouldn't follow a phoenix club if Carlisle United folded.

Not even the night games.

He’s already got a season ticket for Banana Grove FC