| An open letter to Andrew Kelly 09:36 - Jul 3 with 46134 views | ColDale |
With all the issues that have taken place this year, Dale fans have never associated yourself with any of that. You can see that with your re-election vote at the AGM where 95% of supporters voted in favour of you. You are not seen in the same light as Bottomley and Rawlinson. Dale supporters know you for what you are — a proper Rochdale bloke who loves both the Club and the town.
Arguably, you’ve been the one constant at the Club in the past twenty years, the one constant through the most successful time in our 114 year history and from my dealings with you, I am well aware of all the work you have done that doesn’t reach the public domain — whether that be your work with the academy, or your work with both Hilly and Flicker throughout that time. This club would not be what it is had you not been involved.
We’re Rochdale, we’ve always been different. We’ve never had an owner in modern history. The likes of Cannon have tried but there’s been a Rochdale way that has seen us shine since the dark days of the 80’s where we almost dropped into non league. That Rochdale way has led to a succession of hard working individuals acting in the best interests of the Club — you as much as any of them — and that has seen us survive and prosper.
We’ve not had the debts of other clubs, we’ve not gone into admin unlike every other EFL club in the area. We’ve had the stadium rebuilt into what it is today, we’ve had the most successful time on the field in our entire history, and we’ve been a benchmark for every other club to follow. That’s come on your watch.
This weekend is the most important weekend in the history of the Club.
By the end of this weekend, we might be in a position where we have a single owner or pair of owners. That fantastic video that the club put out about “This is my club” that got me all emotional might need remaking.
What do we know about them? Practically nothing — one comes from Essex seems to have no trail whatsoever which carries it own set of red flags and the other comes from Worksop with a history in housing developments.
But we are at the stage where they are close to getting the keys to the club.
What else do we know? Well I believe that they’d already shown an interest and you’d knocked it back. They weren’t good enough for the club a few months ago, so why now?
We know we disagreed about MH and whether that was in the best interests of the club, but if MH wasn’t the answer, why are we going with people who were dismissed as tyre kickers previously?
You can understand the others for selling to them. They’ve not got the history you have, despite their claims. They’ve never been here for most of their lives, they’ve never put their own money in year after year. They are not what we would call proper Rochdale people. You are. You’ve always been “What can I do for this club?” rather than “What’s in it for me” and that is why you are so respected within the town/
I implore you not to sell your shares in the Club, and if you do there are alternatives that protect the best interests of the Football Club and give you the legacy that you richly deserve. You’ve done your time and nobody can blame you for wanting to enjoy your retirement. You’ve done far more than any of the rest of us would do, but there’s one thing left to do that will protect the Club you love and have done so much for.
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:34 - Jul 4 with 4743 views | ThreeLions |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 02:59 - Jul 4 by ThreeLions |
It's too late Curran and Rose have the necessary amount of shares needed to take over the club. I'm done with it. Whoever sold out to them you are shisters. RIP RAFC |
Never have I been so happy for a change in direction in such a short amount of time. I'm so bloody happy this was wrong now |  | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:35 - Jul 4 with 4721 views | TomRAFC |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:23 - Jul 4 by Shun |
My post a couple of hours ago clearly fell on deaf ears! |
The phrase "in the know" and "in the loop" are two different things.
I'm neither and the suspense is killing me but I'd rather wait and get correct information. |  |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:36 - Jul 4 with 4707 views | ThreeLions |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:23 - Jul 4 by Shun |
My post a couple of hours ago clearly fell on deaf ears! |
Take a deep breath and wait for confirmation. But things are looking a lot better than late last night. | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:46 - Jul 4 with 4571 views | alderleydale |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:24 - Jul 4 by SuddenLad |
Jesus, Joseph, Mary and the wee donkey. Supporting this club is like riding the worlds' most tortuous roller-coaster.
Every twist and turn brings a new and unexpected emotion. As long as it arrives safely at the right destination, all's well.
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Ffs Sudden please make a phone call
This is having a terrible affect on my failing health | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:49 - Jul 4 with 4498 views | electricblue |
John McGreal 2nd fav for the Dale job.........
Ex Swindon Town manager. |  |
| My all time favourite Dale player Mr Lyndon Symmonds |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:03 - Jul 4 with 4290 views | Stourdale |
Is it possible funds from the Cloughie estate have been used to save the club and purchase AK’s shares? | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:07 - Jul 4 with 4219 views | TomRAFC |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:03 - Jul 4 by Stourdale |
Is it possible funds from the Cloughie estate have been used to save the club and purchase AK’s shares? |
If A.K. hasn't sold, I'm sure enough donations could be made to the trust to fund the purchase. | |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:11 - Jul 4 with 4194 views | rochedale |
Can someone explain what is happening please? It’s all very cryptic. Where’s the info coming from? |  |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:14 - Jul 4 with 4141 views | D_Alien |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:07 - Jul 4 by TomRAFC |
If A.K. hasn't sold, I'm sure enough donations could be made to the trust to fund the purchase. |
Hmm... depends on what he's willing to sell for and that could be in relation to what he's been offered by those seeking to take control. I doubt it'll have been £2 a share... |  |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:21 - Jul 4 with 4036 views | Barrowdale |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:14 - Jul 4 by D_Alien |
Hmm... depends on what he's willing to sell for and that could be in relation to what he's been offered by those seeking to take control. I doubt it'll have been £2 a share... |
We really need an official explanation from the club TOMORROW.
Clearly some people have info that the majority dont but until I know
My visit to buy our 3 sc’s planned for tomorrow is on hold and I guess i’m not the only one.
Lets hop our club is safe and if turns out have DB’s prints on the sh itshow then i’ll throw myself on my sword and admit he properly twirled me! |  | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:25 - Jul 4 with 3987 views | seasidedale |
I may be a bit niave with regards Twitter ect, but where are we getting the info from that Jarvis, Curran ect have got enough shares | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:26 - Jul 4 with 3968 views | SuddenLad |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 15:46 - Jul 4 by alderleydale |
Ffs Sudden please make a phone call
This is having a terrible affect on my failing health |
'Three Lions' sums it up adequately. |  |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:29 - Jul 4 with 3907 views | James1980 |
Is it too late to prevent the other AK's shares being transferred? | |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:31 - Jul 4 with 3886 views | 1907 |
Bottomley needs to pay what he’s done to our club.
The scumbag needs to be held accountable, no slinking off into the sunset. | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 17:45 - Jul 4 with 3387 views | Brierls |
Thank you for doing the right thing, Andrew!
For other shareholders that have agreed to sell their shares, but have not yet completed the transfer, I ask that you cancel that sale. There will be buyers who are Dale fans or have an affiliation or affection for the club and town. Sell to them and avoid a situation where your name and reputation is forever tarnished by actions that put the immediate future of the club at risk. |  | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 17:53 - Jul 4 with 3300 views | SuddenLad |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 17:45 - Jul 4 by Brierls |
Thank you for doing the right thing, Andrew!
For other shareholders that have agreed to sell their shares, but have not yet completed the transfer, I ask that you cancel that sale. There will be buyers who are Dale fans or have an affiliation or affection for the club and town. Sell to them and avoid a situation where your name and reputation is forever tarnished by actions that put the immediate future of the club at risk. |
Amen to that... | |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 18:06 - Jul 4 with 3163 views | fermin |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 16:11 - Jul 4 by rochedale |
Can someone explain what is happening please? It’s all very cryptic. Where’s the info coming from? |
Likewise for me. About day ago it seemed there was news about internet conmen trying to 'buy' shares (I had an email from the club about this the other day) and now I log on to see a thread about Andrew Kelly being asked to save the club from some more dodgy chancers and all sorts of stuff about someone called Mandy. Where has all this info about shares being transferred come from and what has Andrew Kelly said recently? |  | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:07 - Jul 4 with 2567 views | boromat |
Sounds like a rollercoaster of a day and I'm still not quite sure what situation we find ourselves in. I get the feeling now that A.Kelly is confirmed to not be selling his shares and this hopefully means any overall majority can not be held by the incoming parasites. What I'm more unsure of is if that also means any other private transactions have therefore also broke down or they've still bought shares in the club and are a major shareholder.
Intrigued to see what communication comes out of the club and Trust tomorrow. | |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:34 - Jul 4 with 2397 views | kel |
I received a veiled threat on Twitter today by somebody who seems to be very much in support of the named people sniffing around the club. They deleted it rather quickly but not before I got a screenshot. As I’ve said previously many times, the internet always remembers so it’s in the hands of GMP now.
Must be my lucky weekend for threats over the internet. |  | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:37 - Jul 4 with 2364 views | boromat |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:34 - Jul 4 by kel |
I received a veiled threat on Twitter today by somebody who seems to be very much in support of the named people sniffing around the club. They deleted it rather quickly but not before I got a screenshot. As I’ve said previously many times, the internet always remembers so it’s in the hands of GMP now.
Must be my lucky weekend for threats over the internet. |
The Terry Mccrypto account by any chance? That account has now been deleted. | |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:38 - Jul 4 with 2355 views | TVOS1907 |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:34 - Jul 4 by kel |
I received a veiled threat on Twitter today by somebody who seems to be very much in support of the named people sniffing around the club. They deleted it rather quickly but not before I got a screenshot. As I’ve said previously many times, the internet always remembers so it’s in the hands of GMP now.
Must be my lucky weekend for threats over the internet. |
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:38 - Jul 4 with 2353 views | kel |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:37 - Jul 4 by boromat |
The Terry Mccrypto account by any chance? That account has now been deleted. |
Yes. Silly boy didn’t do it in time though. | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:42 - Jul 4 with 2308 views | kel |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:38 - Jul 4 by TVOS1907 |
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Kav | | | |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:44 - Jul 4 with 2289 views | Brierls |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:07 - Jul 4 by boromat |
Sounds like a rollercoaster of a day and I'm still not quite sure what situation we find ourselves in. I get the feeling now that A.Kelly is confirmed to not be selling his shares and this hopefully means any overall majority can not be held by the incoming parasites. What I'm more unsure of is if that also means any other private transactions have therefore also broke down or they've still bought shares in the club and are a major shareholder.
Intrigued to see what communication comes out of the club and Trust tomorrow. |
I’m not sure how share purchases of volume work, whether there’s a cooling off period of sorts where money sits in an account before being released, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see some (if not all) of these deals fall through if Andrew Kelly has decided not to sell his shares.
If I was aiming to gain a majority shareholding in a club I have no attachment or affiliation to, so I could do as I wish without challenge, my worst case scenario would be ending up with less than 50% of shares.
What do you think Mr Curran? [Post edited 5 Jul 2021 0:58]
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| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:47 - Jul 4 with 2253 views | TomRAFC |
| An open letter to Andrew Kelly on 20:34 - Jul 4 by kel |
I received a veiled threat on Twitter today by somebody who seems to be very much in support of the named people sniffing around the club. They deleted it rather quickly but not before I got a screenshot. As I’ve said previously many times, the internet always remembers so it’s in the hands of GMP now.
Must be my lucky weekend for threats over the internet. |
Dodgy people with a vested interest in the club always do themselves proud on the internet. | |
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