brokeville Posted Monday at 19:32 Share Posted Monday at 19:32 1 hour ago, michael1 said: Hi there, I'm from Taranto in Italy and our football team is in third Italian League (Serie C). The club was about to go bankrupt and fail and suddenly Mark Campbell bought the team, giving us fans hope for the future and announcing that his goal is to bring us to Serie A. However, there's some uncertainty around the guy: I read he's tried to acquire many other football teams among which Falkirk. Could you tell me why he didn't acquire Falkirk in the end and whether to place my hopes as a fan in the guy? Thanks a lot. He didn’t acquire Falkirk because one of our supporters did his due diligence on him. It wasn’t hard to work out that things really didn’t add up. Thankfully it went no further. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted Monday at 19:42 Share Posted Monday at 19:42 1 hour ago, BPM said: From 2019 Posted in 2019? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Hillshaveyes Posted Monday at 19:44 Share Posted Monday at 19:44 8 minutes ago, AL-FFC said: I would be very afraid this was part of what we uncovered, I wouldn't say you are out the woods yet but best of luck to you, if you do a google search on the guy there are a lot of red flags about him: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/falkirk-linked-mogul-found-property-20796470 https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5853821/wannabe-falkirk-tycoon-140k-compo-snub-sex-pest/ Deluded fantasists like Campbell exist to prey on the desperate as we all know & as a fanbase we were desperate & wanted to believe in him despite the obvious red flags. Terrible that someone with the clubs best interest at heart took terrible abuse... unfortunately whistle blowers often do cause it's seen as pissing on a parade....thank god someone had the balls to swim against the tide 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted Monday at 19:46 Share Posted Monday at 19:46 On another note fair play to the lads in the Ultras and a good shout out from Sam North in footy adventures: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPM Posted Monday at 20:08 Share Posted Monday at 20:08 21 minutes ago, AL-FFC said: On another note fair play to the lads in the Ultras and a good shout out from Sam North in footy adventures: That fella is really good 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted Monday at 20:24 Share Posted Monday at 20:24 The BOOOOOOOing in that video is delightful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted Monday at 20:39 Share Posted Monday at 20:39 29 minutes ago, BPM said: That fella is really good It's when you hear the "so f*cking easy" and he is trying not to laugh. agree with you some of his coverage of the clubs are good especially non league he done one with Camelon Juniors not so long ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted Monday at 21:08 Share Posted Monday at 21:08 3 tickets left in the main stand for Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted Monday at 21:23 Share Posted Monday at 21:23 14 minutes ago, gav-ffc said: 3 tickets left in the main stand for Saturday. Brilliant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBairn Posted Monday at 21:23 Share Posted Monday at 21:23 (edited) 15 minutes ago, gav-ffc said: 3 tickets left in the main stand for Saturday. I can only see one 1 ticket left in Main Stand, in Block H Lower! Absolutely fantastic effort from everyone. Edited Monday at 21:24 by GunnerBairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestAl Posted Monday at 21:28 Share Posted Monday at 21:28 (edited) The recent YouTube interview by The S*n with Mr Glynn got me to thinking. As I’m want to do from time to time. John was keen to emphasise the vital role of Smudger in their 18 year management partnership. Remarkable in these modern blame culture days. Anyhoo….just how good are these two in putting staff in place which continuously improves the ability of the squad. And I dare say prior to Falkirk too. Glaringly good examples since arriving at TFS are Dylan Tait, Ethan Ross, Ross MacIver, Hendo at CB, Nicky Hogarth, Leon McCann. Plenty more too, as I never really recall Nesbitt being anyone’s idea of first name on the team sheet until midway through last season. And who knows at what level Adams will reach. I’m really looking forward to the development of Barney Stewart as a CF but I do think season 25-26 may be realistic as a starter as Keelan ( Adams) was 6 months in training with us before his amazing start to his Falkirk career. Not always error free but such a thrilling talent - his ball control, pace and passing is a delight to watch. Best management team at Falkirk. Just pips Jefferies & Brown for me and probably matches, with hindsight, what Alex Ferguson may have achieved if he’d been allowed to step up from Player/Coach when Willie C retired. Edited Monday at 21:30 by HonestAl 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted Monday at 21:31 Share Posted Monday at 21:31 1 minute ago, HonestAl said: And who knows at what level Adams will reach. I,ll leave this one to the professionals 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybowski89 Posted Monday at 21:45 Share Posted Monday at 21:45 Guess who's back? Latest video is up, Bairns! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dade Posted Monday at 22:11 Share Posted Monday at 22:11 1 hour ago, BPM said: Mark Campbell maybe directly didn't cost us money but We had 1000 fans willing to back a fans buyout and they were sidelined for this guy. It is probably the worst decision ever made at this club (and that is quite a high bar). That decision set us back 3 years and cost the club a massive amount of money. Could you imagine where we would be now, given the last two years had the fans bid been successful? Remember then it was the same people who have steered the club in the last 3 years (yes it is nearly 3 years) who were fronting the fans bid. Yeh it was a terrible decision. You do wonder where we’d be without the poor financial management, bad managerial choices, bullying behaviour, threatening fans with legal action etc etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted Monday at 22:14 Share Posted Monday at 22:14 29 minutes ago, Raybowski89 said: Guess who's back? Latest video is up, Bairns! Well done Ray. Always great to listen to Bairns talking about our team 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBairn Posted Monday at 23:06 Share Posted Monday at 23:06 1 hour ago, GunnerBairn said: I can only see one 1 ticket left in Main Stand, in Block H Lower! Absolutely fantastic effort from everyone. Now gone! I think that's a home sellout. We're gonna need another stand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted Monday at 23:14 Share Posted Monday at 23:14 There's a lot to think about for the club here. The reality is the only way to resolve this short term is to cut away allocations and Hooe the remaining appetite from our fans equates to half of the North Stand. By doing that, TFS would be sold out almost every week as almost everyone in the league would sell half the NS as an away allocation. I don't think there's many scenarios where you can lose out. You can guarantee away clubs 900 ish tickets I take it.... Only a select few games will be much more than that, and so you only need sell out + maybe 200 extra to make it a worthwhile endeavour. If we are still.in the hunt Post Xmas, it will probably become a no brainer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dade Posted Monday at 23:26 Share Posted Monday at 23:26 11 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: There's a lot to think about for the club here. The reality is the only way to resolve this short term is to cut away allocations and Hooe the remaining appetite from our fans equates to half of the North Stand. By doing that, TFS would be sold out almost every week as almost everyone in the league would sell half the NS as an away allocation. I don't think there's many scenarios where you can lose out. You can guarantee away clubs 900 ish tickets I take it.... Only a select few games will be much more than that, and so you only need sell out + maybe 200 extra to make it a worthwhile endeavour. If we are still.in the hunt Post Xmas, it will probably become a no brainer Can we not accommodate fans on the East side of the stand behind fencing, similar to what we had to endure at Edinburgh City? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted Monday at 23:46 Share Posted Monday at 23:46 18 minutes ago, Dade said: Can we not accommodate fans on the East side of the stand behind fencing, similar to what we had to endure at Edinburgh City? I guess there would be at least SOME work involved. What turnstiles do they use? Where do they go for a pie or a piss? How do you prevent them just wading into the South (or the North) or the pitch. Thing with the North is we don't need to do anything at all. We've already done it before 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted Monday at 23:56 Share Posted Monday at 23:56 36 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: There's a lot to think about for the club here. The reality is the only way to resolve this short term is to cut away allocations and Hooe the remaining appetite from our fans equates to half of the North Stand. By doing that, TFS would be sold out almost every week as almost everyone in the league would sell half the NS as an away allocation. I don't think there's many scenarios where you can lose out. You can guarantee away clubs 900 ish tickets I take it.... Only a select few games will be much more than that, and so you only need sell out + maybe 200 extra to make it a worthwhile endeavour. If we are still.in the hunt Post Xmas, it will probably become a no brainer Don't think we can guarantee away fans 900 seats. The stand holds 1800 odd I believe and we would need a large unoccupied section down the middle for segregation purposes. If we only had maybe two or three hundred Falkirk fans wanting tickets it may work, but not if 900 of us wanted in there. That said the likes of Morton, Hamilton, QP and Livingston won't bring many, although I was surprised at the number of Livi fans that turned up. A good few more than they used to bring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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