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Oh dear another sad moment in club v fans probably irraetreavable after being played out very publicly on here and the Face-clap site which unsurprisingly offers an alternative view .
This matter should/could have been handled very differently and very quietly.This is a product of Babs and co surrounding themselves with sycophants as aired elsewhere on Bru and people within the club not being able to accept at times a different viewpoint.
It has spoilt tomorrow for me already before a ball is even kicked.
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Full facts and information needed.
There appears to be a grain running through the club which doesn’t like criticism.
All the people who saved the club are to be applauded and those having put there own money in deserve recognition and credit for that.
But it doesn’t make them right, nor does it mean we less well off are less passionate about our club or less correct on some things.
If true I hope the situation can be rectified sensibly.
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Nice to see you on here Ironrob, did the club put you up to it?
The fans on here tend to be long serving and loyal to Scunthorpe United FC, the club itself is their priority and not any individual who may own, manage, work for or play for it.
Neither do they take kindly to being preached to about their club by ‘five minute fans’ who appear from nowhere and eventually disappear even quicker.
Some of your predessors however have slated other supporters and other supporter groups, especially Stuart, Jerry and Earl.
The club is not helping your cause either by hand-picking supporter representatives and not engaging with others who may offer challenge or new ideas.
For the record, of all the owners, of all the managers, of all the staff, of all the players and of all the celeb supporters, we on Bru are still here and still supporting and will be until are toes are pointing up!
Just like we are sitting now waiting for the accounts, waiting for plans for the future and worrying if our club is safe and will still be safe going forward, just as we have done for the past x amount of years, 50 plus in my case.
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Stuart played in some of the poorest teams the Iron have ever had, but along with others as individuals they could play football.
Stuart was a true gent and always had time for the fans, but more importantly he gave 100% wherever ever he played, and he played in almost every position except keeper.
Was a neighbour of staffy on Goodwood Drive.
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I’d have him back tomorrow, he would have scored a bag full at NLN and we would have been champions.
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Luke Michael
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Some good sentiment and salient points being aired on this thread.
Surely questions should be raised or concerns muted.
The CEO is employed by the board and fresh out of college as a CEO, I don’t know enough about his contribution thus far or non- contribution (according to some supporters).
His employment is down to one of our directors meeting him along his educational path and believing him worthy.
Geoff Gadie resigned as a director on 25th June 2025. We now have another person appointed vice-president again known to one director.
Several knowledgeable local businessmen are grateful for the club being saved as are we the ordinary and everyday fans are.
However they are raising their eyebrows over a lack of business plan and the fact that several income streams are still not under the clubs own umbrella i.e catering and bars.
The club was saved by generous donations from many quarters certainly among the more affluent fans and supporters with their own
businesses.That pot is running dry and some of those aforementioned are critical about what they see as a one way street, with the club taking but not giving back.
Some businessmen who helped have been pushed out altogether, whether that was justifiable or not again I cannot say.
We have been saved yes, and we are grateful yes, but one failing was of us being critical of previous owners and aiming criticism their way, but not really pushing them for important information.
So yes after nearly two years, where is the business plan for sustainability, where are the accounts for the previous 656 days, and what is the mission statement for our club with a realistic timetable to achieve it?
No it does not mean I am ungrateful nor does it mean I am anti-board or anti any single one director. Nor does it mean I wish to know the ins and outs of recent history.
What it does mean is I am interested in the future longterm security of our club, and what if as an ordinary fan I can do to help and assist or even know if I can help make a difference to secure that future.
At the moment outside of four people we are mushrooms, being kept in the dark and very possibly being fed on shit.
Business plan and accounts please as we are entitled as stakeholders.
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4231 and 2323 sound like an advert found in a central London telephone box.
Or so they tell me !
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man and man to pig and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Eric Arthur Blair Arsenal fan.
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656 days, well done to Michelle and the team of directors.
It would be nice to have had a shareholders meeting in that time and had the forward business plan broadly outlined to see that our club is sustainable.
Two aspects the previous two owners failed miserably to do, be transparent and inclusive to supporters.
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I saw Alan O Meara play he was without doubt the worst keeper ever
Len Bond was on loan from Bristol City, O Meara came in until Glen Letheran was signed on loan from Leeds.
O Meara was so bad, Ron Ashman brought Geoff Barnard out of retirement to replace him whence Letheran went back
I my memory of 50 years ago serves correct!
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Rory is a good keeper, played in extremely poor Iron Teams subsequently lost his confidence and got shot to pieces by fans.
Good luck to him, Fitzsimmons was going to be hard to replace whoever wears the gloves, certainly better than Maison though.
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Looks like Unity sold us a googly by saying the kit launch was this week.
Still filming for the launch and no sign of the kit in the shop.
Pretty poor again really missing the school holiday period when people like to go away with the new shirts for the coming season.
