Lilian Greenwood, MP for Nottingham South, has taken to Twitter with a thread regarding her meeting with Alan Hardy in wake of the recent happenings at Notts County.
You don't need us at Pride of Nottingham to recap exactly what's been happening with the club.
Let's face it, you as much as us are most likely sick to the back teeth of constantly hearing about how our beloved club, rich in tradition and history, has lurched from one humiliation to the other.
Anyway, here is each message:
A thread: I met NCFC Chairman, Alan Hardy, earlier today. I’m disappointed that he refused to meet representatives of supporters’ groups directly. I told him that fans are angry, worried about the future of the Club they love & feel communication has been inadequate.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
I’m afraid that whilst I put your questions to Mr Hardy, the answers I received will not provide you with the assurances you wanted.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
He told me that:
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
- There is still no definite buyer
- He has no money left to pay staff
- He has a duty to sell the Club to the highest bidder - as long as the buyer will satisfy the FA’s fit and proper person test - which in his view is primarily about financial sustainability
His view is that anyone wanting to run the Club successfully needs to find a way for it to be self-sustaining.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
In relation to Lifeline, he said that yes the Club needed to pay Crawley ticket money but that the Lifeline money was used to pay the Club for the pitch renovation. Suggestion was there was a cash flow issue but clear Lifeline spent on the pitch.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
He denied that there are any problems with the training pitch, which he said has never been closed and is used by the team, the Academy and for girls training every week.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
He said there was no connection between the introduction of IT infrastructure to provide WiFi at the ground & enable contactless payments eg for half-time drinks and the decision to pay £50k to use Ticketmaster for online ticket sales.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
He said that all Ticketmaster sales (eg for Theatre Royal) incur an admin fee and that there was no fee to purchase tickets at the window.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
I appreciate that these answers don’t provide the assurances you were seeking. I have also written to the FA and the City Council as we agreed and will be seeking a proper answer to the Disabled Supporters Association’s questions about safe access at Meadow Lane.
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
Really sorry if this prompts further questions but I’m off to an event (which started 5 minutes ago!) so I can’t reply to any notifications this evening. Will try to answer anything I can in the morning. I emailed the supporters’ groups I met last week with same info as in tweets
— Lilian Greenwood (@LilianGreenwood) 28 June 2019
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