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[Scamperdale]

Incidentally I believe Sheffield FC also spent a short time playing at Owlerton Greyhound Stadium..

They played at Abbeydale Park when I lived in Sheffield. Shamefully, neither I nor to the best of my knowledge any of my family ever attended one of their games. Which is akin to those who do all their shopping at Tesco moaning about the loss of Corner Shops

Are football teams affiliated to the FA in the lower divisions (Conference, Northern Premier etc) in receipt of any financial support from the FA i.e the equivalent of a ‘levy’ payment, or do they go it alone?

‘Two tier’ racing has been mooted by some, so perhaps the BHA etc should explore football’s financial and regulatory structure if we are to keep all 60 Rules racecourses extant over what appears to be a rather bleak-looking near future

Point to point on the flat?

A few quid to get in, a pie van by the winning post & no pandering to pocket talkers. Sounds good to me.

Non league clubs receive funding from the FA for ground improvements & some for youth projects but I don’t think they get any for day to day operations.

It tends to be clubs that are overly ambitious that come a cropper. Rushden & Diamonds and Boston United spring to mind along with Crawley Town (fingers crossed!)

[yeats]

Mark Johnston’s view on things –

Sept 1st

"I opened the Racing Post this morning and thought it was Sunday. For a change it was full of interesting things to read. Only when I reached the "Declare Today" section and found four pages of entries at six meetings did I realise that it was, in fact, Thursday.

The piece on downgrading of British racing and the drain of good horses to Hong Kong was, for once, impartial and told as it is. There was no attempt to blame the decline in our racing on tariffs, to suggest that all in the garden is actually rosy, or that rich owners will always be willing to pay. They told us that the drain has been going on for several years and that the drastic increase took place before tariffs were ever thought of.

Good horses and, in many cases, their owners are leaving Britain for other racing jurisdictions and there is one, very simple, reason: our racing is seriously underfunded and getting worse. Tariffs were an attempt to stop the free-fall and they have had a significant positive impact. They cannot be blamed for the lack of prize money or the downgrading".

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