Where to now for Bray Wanderers

**Roo69** · 03/10/2012, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Dove

Roo69. In my opinion you are right, and you are the man. Perhaps you could put your good self forward to harness a public meeting. Perhaps the Royal would gladly give over a room.

You are right, it should NOT be a bitching session, and to do that you should have clear agenda from the start, and perhaps use this to build up ideas.

You need to look at short term plan (season 2013) and Longer Term strategic plan (perhaps 3-5 years) that would include Stadium Development. You should take on board some of the suggestions made, such as getting a Third Level group involved to help shape the plan. The BTC needs to be on board, and you also need to run the idea of a Supporter joining the board.

Perhaps you could consider asking the President of the Club to join you at the meeting, as he seems to have had some contacts in the past on development ideas.

Any other ideas on how this could be shaped and driven?

Over to you all!!!!

I've tried with stuff like this before without success so i wouldn't be willing to put myself forward, i have feck all free time with work and helping run my own football club. I would guarantee that if this was to go ahead that the club/directors would attend

**starryknight** · 03/10/2012, 12:37 PM

Here is a link to that plan for Wanderers, done by the then Finance Director, wonder what happened to him?
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bno5lz

**Albatross** · 03/10/2012, 2:00 PM

Originally Posted by Albatross

A strategic plan was prepared for Bray Wanderers in 2009/2010 but a bit like a Government report it just gathers dust on a shelf.

This was part of the strategic document that was produced

LONGER TERM VISION

Building on the short term objectives outlined in this document, the Club has a longer term vision of what we should strive to achieve beyond 2012.

Bray Wanderers fielding a predominantly Wicklow/ South County Dublin side in the League of Ireland capable of winning the Premier Division by the year 2016.

Bray Wanderers being a consistently successful and top football club in Ireland, representing the country regularly in Europe.

Have a new Stadium and a Soccer Centre of Excellence, with pacification from all soccer bodies in the County, where all participating young players will aspire to playing with the Senior Soccer Team.

Have the Club and new facilities as a vibrant and key focal point for the community

Bray Wanderers should be widely recognized as among the best run and most progressive in the country.

Bray Wanderers should attain and maintain a strong financial position and be able to make a positive contribution / return to the community.

Bray Wanderers should provide leadership and strong support to a Wicklow Football Development Partnership.

**starryknight** · 03/10/2012, 6:13 PM

I hope he meant 'participation from all soccer bodies' instead of 'pacification from all soccer bodies', still given the problems between BW and Joeys you just neveer know it might need pacification.

**Albatross** · 03/10/2012, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by starryknight

I hope he meant 'participation from all soccer bodies' instead of 'pacification from all soccer bodies', still given the problems between BW and Joeys you just neveer know it might need pacification.

Microsoft grammar and spell check didn't work in this case although it could have been a Freaudian slip too.

**Albatross** · 03/10/2012, 8:33 PM

Where to now for Bray Wanderers?

It would appear they are going to Bray District Court, although not quite yet. Tomorrow's case has been postponed again but I suppose it's a matter of watch this space.

**starryknight** · 03/10/2012, 8:40 PM

What the ffff, who is going to court with BW, don't they know they havn't got a snowballs chance with them

**Captain2007** · 03/10/2012, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

I've tried with stuff like this before without success so i wouldn't be willing to put myself forward, i have feck all free time with work and helping run my own football club. I would guarantee that if this was to go ahead that the club/directors would attend

What about the Albatross as a leader, seems to know more about the running of the club then anyone else on this forum or maybe there would be a conflict of interest ?????

**starryknight** · 03/10/2012, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by Captain2007

What about the Albatross as a leader, seems to know more about the running of the club then anyone else on this forum or maybe there would be a conflict of interest ?????

Good idea, for leader for the revolution. What about the staff of Wanderers who must be following this debate, what do they think they are doing on the job, running to court wtf?

**KK77** · 04/10/2012, 8:40 AM

I second Roo69 for this role. His undoubted love and passion for all things Bray Wanderers make him the outstanding candidate for this role.

**peadar1987** · 04/10/2012, 9:54 AM

Roo's already done plenty for the club. It would be fantastic if he would take on something like this, but it's fair enough that he's reluctant to.

I think the club should have regular fans' forums, to be honest. There are 30,000 people in Bray, 130,000 in Wicklow. There are bound to be hundreds of great ideas knocking around there, it would be foolish of the club not to use a free resource like that.

On the person to take charge of this, obviously I'm not really ideal, I think it needs someone who the board can actually put a face to, but I'm in, and happy to do whatever I can from this side of the Irish Sea.

**starryknight** · 04/10/2012, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by peadar1987

Roo's already done plenty for the club. It would be fantastic if he would take on something like this, but it's fair enough that he's reluctant to.

I think the club should have regular fans' forums, to be honest. There are 30,000 people in Bray, 130,000 in Wicklow. There are bound to be hundreds of great ideas knocking around there, it would be foolish of the club not to use a free resource like that.

Nice idea but Roo and Albatross would be wasting their time. I hear on the grapevine that there has been a lethal purge in BW over the past few months.
The Slevins have gone.
The financial controller and company secretary have gone.
Other directors have gone.
A group of investors have gone.
And no statement from BW on any of this.
It is hard to imagine that all these people were doing bad things in Wanderers.
When you loose so many people in a short period of time from a club you could rightly guess that something has happened to set off this reaction and that someone there is pulling the strings and dictating how the ship is going to be run. Hard to look at the funny side of it but that is one big lot of people who ended up blindfolded and walking the gangplank.

**Roo69** · 04/10/2012, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by KK77

I second Roo69 for this role. His undoubted love and passion for all things Bray Wanderers make him the outstanding candidate for this role.

I'm in complete agreement with you, I am an outstanding candidate.

**Dove** · 04/10/2012, 1:26 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

I'm in complete agreement with you, I am an outstanding candidate.

Roo69, go for it. To take a line from WW1, 'YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU'

**KK77** · 04/10/2012, 2:58 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

I'm in complete agreement with you, I am an outstanding candidate.

The only one!

**lowflyingseagul** · 05/10/2012, 10:01 AM

i'm going to the arctic circle next month , i could look for a roman abramovich type

**Albatross** · 05/10/2012, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by lowflyingseagul

i'm going to the arctic circle next month , i could look for a roman abramovich type

Originally Posted by starryknight

Nice idea but Roo and Albatross would be wasting their time. I hear on the grapevine that there has been a lethal purge in BW over the past few months.
The Slevins have gone.
The financial controller and company secretary have gone.
Other directors have gone.
A group of investors have gone.
And no statement from BW on any of this.
It is hard to imagine that all these people were doing bad things in Wanderers.
When you loose so many people in a short period of time from a club you could rightly guess that something has happened to set off this reaction and that someone there is pulling the strings and dictating how the ship is going to be run. Hard to look at the funny side of it but that is one big lot of people who ended up blindfolded and walking the gangplank.

I wouldn't go there an oligarch type appears to be running the show, everyone obeys or gets sent to Siberia and the train is already full.

**KK77** · 05/10/2012, 3:22 PM

Originally Posted by starryknight

Nice idea but Roo and Albatross would be wasting their time. I hear on the grapevine that there has been a lethal purge in BW over the past few months.
The Slevins have gone.
The financial controller and company secretary have gone.
Other directors have gone.
A group of investors have gone.
And no statement from BW on any of this.
It is hard to imagine that all these people were doing bad things in Wanderers.
When you loose so many people in a short period of time from a club you could rightly guess that something has happened to set off this reaction and that someone there is pulling the strings and dictating how the ship is going to be run. Hard to look at the funny side of it but that is one big lot of people who ended up blindfolded and walking the gangplank.

Have the Slevins 100% gone? I heard awhile back that they planned to leave alright but heard nothing since. I do know they had become sick and tired of funding Bray. Totally understandable when they have families to support while certain other person/s have hole/s burning in their pockets but are way cuter than foxes to part with it for the love of Bray.

**churchtownroad** · 06/10/2012, 9:17 AM

I am looking for a copy or two for the Bray Wanderers v Reading match programme from 2 Sept 2012..Anyone with a spare copy please ?

**starryknight** · 06/10/2012, 8:19 PM

Originally Posted by KK77

Have the Slevins 100% gone? I heard awhile back that they planned to leave alright but heard nothing since. I do know they had become sick and tired of funding Bray. Totally understandable when they have families to support while certain other person/s have hole/s burning in their pockets but are way cuter than foxes to part with it for the love of Bray.

I agree 100% with your comments. The Slevins have been among the greatest contributors to Wanderers. No individual has given more time, commitment, encouragement, fundraising and money than then they have. They kept the balance in the place and brought in new life and funds just when the club needed it. But believe it or not some people resented what they were doing with the club.

On a different topic. Here is a short imaginary exercise for you lads and lassies reading this forum to give your opinion on.

Imagine you are running a small football club.
You love the club and you will do anything to see it continue.
But there are ongoing money problems in the club. Somehow every time you look at the books there are always more costs than income.
You are given an offer from someone. It is a promise (only) to sort out the money problems for the club but to get this you must shaft some of your friends (Lets say in this fantasy you will have to set up your friends to loose something that cost then a lot).
Ok what are you going to do. Here are your possible options.

A. Shaft the friends and maybe get the promise to finance the club delivered.
B. Keep the friends and run the risk of the club going bust.

And there is one other option:
C. Keep the friends and expose the manipulator.

Just throwing it out there for you all to give a vote on.

Churchtownroad - try the club for a copy of the programme, there might be a bunch lying in a cornor there.