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Former Billericay owner Glenn Tamplin takes over Romford FC

Pink Panther said:
They've paid a transfer fee for a 35 year old and he only signed a new contract for Lincoln in April, and apparently he lives at Stoke-on-Trent. How much must they be paying him to induce him to drop three levels? I thought the National League was supposed to have criteria governing the financial structure and spending of clubs? Did our officials get anywhere at the League AGM with raising the matter of other clubs evading taxes on players' wages, as was suggested at the open supporters' meeting? I really hope HMRC catches up with this shyster and it all goes spectacularly pear-shaped.

Why Matt Rhead is using Teddy Sheringham as inspiration
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Yeah it must be a lot. He nearly left Lincoln over the distance to Stoke and stayed after an agreement he could train there some of the week, so it's a big thing for him, and Billericay is twice as far. Some rumours of the fee being around £100k, I'd take that with a pinch of salt but it seems to be not insubstantial.
 
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:
Yeah it must be a lot. He nearly left Lincoln over the distance to Stoke and stayed after an agreement he could train there some of the week, so it's a big thing for him, and Billericay is twice as far. Some rumours of the fee being around £100k, I'd take that with a pinch of salt but it seems to be not insubstantial.
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You never hear of anyone in our division paying a fee of any size these days. The last one I can remember was Bi££ericay paying Hemel Hempstead £22k for Jake Robinson the week before the transfer deadline in March 2017 in a desperate attempt to gatecrash the promotion play-offs from mid-table. They could have had him for nothing 6 weeks later and they missed the play-offs anyway.
 
Lazy Llama said:
Yeah, this was the Tweet about Wes, first letter of each line...
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He put pen to paper in Hendon's bar on Tuesday night before our friendly with them. His weekly wage alone is approximately a third more than our entire bill for a week.

Some interesting other bits came out from Harry Wheeler as well which I'll pass onto Blitzwalker next week and you can ask him at your liberty when you next see him.

There's absolutely nothing sustainable about their budget this season and I firmly suspect at some point, once again, Tamplin's going to have a bit of a hissy fit.

They weren't that good on Tuesday - granted they had one or two trialists playing. Still very predictable and direct though, certainly beatable.
 
HFCJohn said:
He put pen to paper in Hendon's bar on Tuesday night before our friendly with them. His weekly wage alone is approximately a third more than our entire bill for a week.

Some interesting other bits came out from Harry Wheeler as well which I'll pass onto Blitzwalker next week and you can ask him at your liberty when you next see him.

There's absolutely nothing sustainable about their budget this season and I firmly suspect at some point, once again, Tamplin's going to have a bit of a hissy fit.

They weren't that good on Tuesday - granted they had one or two trialists playing. Still very predictable and direct though, certainly beatable.
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How Harry Wheeler seems to maintain this illusion that he is actually a good manager is truly beyond me.
 
Moroccan Sunset said:
How Harry Wheeler seems to maintain this illusion that he is actually a good manager is truly beyond me.
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Does he? I've never heard anyone outside Billericay suggest he's a good manager, although given the likely level of interference it may be hard to judge. He certainly didn't win many friends or admirers during his bizarre sojourn at Maidstone last season.
 
Took Gavin Gunning from us as well, not known as "Mad Gav" for nothing. Got a red in our playoff semi, tho tbf unlike many he's had, was a bit harsh. Would also be a grade above the league despite that and on a decent whack.
 
JimW said:
Took Gavin Gunning from us as well, not known as "Mad Gav" for nothing. Got a red in our playoff semi, tho tbf unlike many he's had, was a bit harsh. Would also be a grade above the league despite that and on a decent whack.
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I don't really know much about these people they're signing from Football league clubs. I didn't realise just how many players they've signed this summer until someone listed them all on another messageboard. On paper they look to have a stronger squad than Havant. If Paul Doswell was their manager, or to pick someone as an example who's actually available Steve King, you'd have them as clear favourites. But managers like that would never work for a clueless lunatic who can't stop interfering.

Alright Hamlet got Gavin Tomlin when he dropped out of League football and he was superb for over a year until he broke his leg, but he'd reached a natural end to that full-time professional phase of his career; he dropped another three divisions when he left us for Cray Valley, scored frequently and was a key player in their run to the Vase Final and winning the Kent League. Wholesale recruitment including the inducement of three or more players to leave Football League clubs by offering silly money is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Even if as individuals they're fully committed and professional in their attitude there's all sorts that can go wrong. They're wasting their talent for a start and (in different ways) I think it can be as challenging to drop two or three levels as it would be for someone from this division to adapt to playing in the Football League.
 
"winning the Kent League" ... Showing your age there my son. It stopped being called that in 2013 & is the SCEFL, the Southern Counties East Football League.
 
Dulwich Mishi said:
"winning the Kent League" ... Showing your age there my son. It stopped being called that in 2013 & is the SCEFL, the Southern Counties East Football League.
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I'm a traditionalist and that new name is too long, and I get it mixed up with whatever the Sussex League is called these days.
 
Pink Panther said:
I'm a traditionalist and that new name is too long, and I get it mixed up with whatever the Sussex League is called these days.
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Sussex County League is the same initials as the new one...Southern Combination League. Rumoured to be so they didn’t have to order new ties & blazer badges!:D
 
editor said:
I can't access the full statement. But I'm sure it's great.
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FYI if you haven’t seen it yet:

A statement on Billericay's website said: "We can now confirm that Harry Wheeler has been relieved of his duties and has left the club after a recent meeting with the owner.

"Differences of opinion have led to the decision and the owner feels changes needed to be made.

Jamie O’Hara will take control of first team duties and will look to immediately make his mark by looking at bringing in some young talented academy players to add to the good experience we have.

"From all at the club we wish Harry all the best for the future and we thank him for all his efforts and successes in his time here."
 
gnar182 said:
FYI if you haven’t seen it yet:

A statement on Billericay's website said: "We can now confirm that Harry Wheeler has been relieved of his duties and has left the club after a recent meeting with the owner.

"Differences of opinion have led to the decision and the owner feels changes needed to be made.

Jamie O’Hara will take control of first team duties and will look to immediately make his mark by looking at bringing in some young talented academy players to add to the good experience we have.

"From all at the club we wish Harry all the best for the future and we thank him for all his efforts and successes in his time here."
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Gave away my o’Hara signed Dulwich programme just this morning ☹️
 
Glen's pre-season strategy was to bring in seasoned pros. After 10 games it's changed to using academy players. After the 2-2 draw with Oxford on saturday is he going to sack himself and bring back Brennan who is pissing the league with Wealdstone? You are all #effinghaters ;)
 
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