They are due to refund 20% of the season ticket price to their fans now they have been relegated. Apparently they are now appealing to the fans that if they do this, it could tip them into administration....Are they just trying to steal the fans' hard-earned cash?
Desperate.
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Stupid.
Weegie. Whats your source on this one?
Personally I feel sad for the club and fans if its true.
Really didn't believe they'd go down, did they?
Doubt many of the fans who saw the performance on Sunday would choose not to take the refund...
Mind you, Southampton minus 10 points, Norwich minus 10 points, they may as well give us the trophy now!! :-)
If I'd seen that spineless performance on Sunday, I think I probably would.
But then again, Henry is probably right, as football fans are generally soft touches in such circumstances. Shame Charlton didn't do it at Christmas...
If Charlton did that to me I would demand my money back.
That is a scandalous way to treat their fans. Whats happened to all the money in the meantime.
They should have retained a 20% buffer to cover this possibility.
Nah, the 3rd Division title will be won by Exeter City or Tranmere Rovers.
You heard it here first.
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Boos and jeers for board and Gunn at Norwich fans' forum
CHRIS LAKEY, EDP SPORT
Last updated: 05/05/2009 08:15:00
Furious Norwich City fans vented their anger at senior club officials - and manager Bryan Gunn - last night during a stormy long fans' forum.
Chairman Roger Munby and chief executive Neil Doncaster were booed and jeered by most of a 600-strong audience at Carrow Road still struggling to come to terms with the club's relegation to League One.
Chants of "sack the board" greeted them even before they spoke, with Doncaster facing calls to quit or take a reduction in salary.
Doncaster's first attempt to answer one question from the floor was delayed by more than a minute as fans made their feelings known.
Munby was forced to shout to make himself heard on several occasions as the club's most senior officials struggled to keep order.
Joint majority shareholders Delia Smith and husband Michael Wynn Jones - who had a brief meeting with the media after Sunday's fateful 4-2 defeat at Charlton - were absent, with Doncaster's explanation that they were in London prompting howls of derision. Gunn wasn't immune either and had running battles with a number of individuals in the audience, leaving him clearly angry at the reaction he was receiving.
The board are due to begin a series of meetings tomorrow to determine where the club goes now, and those talks will include discussions on the managerial position, with Gunn's contract due to expire now that the season is over.
Gunn has made it clear he wants to keep the job, but the difference of opinion among the supporters last night provoked some sharp reactions. "I am capable of managing this club. Ok?" said Gunn when his credentials were questioned.
At one stage he suggested one heckler should be handed a trophy for the "snide remarks" he was making as Gunn struggled to complete his answers.
City fans are unlikely to know after tomorrow's first meeting just who next season's manager will be.
"We need to make sure we make the right decision, that we don't make any knee jerk decisions," said Doncaster.
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Or had the wit to take out insurance.
The sensible thing to do is to ask fans to hold off reclaiming the 20% back and offer that sum as an incentive against a 2010/2011 ST if they get promoted, just as we offered a free ST in the event of promotion back to the Premiership.
Norwich should offer fans a free season ticket the year after, when they get promoted
......... to the Premier, eventually.
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Hmm he's name is Doncaster, which is almost Geordie land. I wonder if he smiles alot..
To have banked season ticket revenue for 2009/10 to the tune of 17,000 season ticket holders by May 2009 and then to say we are not in a position to give you back the 20% we promised on relegation is an absolute disgrace. To hold their own fans who have coughed up early on this to ransom is appalling.
Of course we dont know its true.
If Richard Murray and Derek Chappell or any other consortia tune in dont ever think of doing that to us. No way.
Agree with Imiss on this one. Disgraceful if true.
Still there are morons at most clubs
Distance between Doncaster and Newcastle is 205 miles or 329.85 Kilometers
Distance between London and Doncaster is 151 miles or 242.96 Kilometers
Doncaster, almost Geordie land. ....... ?
As you can see Doncaster is much nearer London than Newcastle....... ?
Geography not your strong point, BFR .....?
Back to school you go.
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He would from me if he pulled a stunt like this one.
Fancy the fans demanding the CEO either resigns or reduces his (probably) ridiculously high salary. Whatever next.
£200k doesn't go far in the current climate does it?
Hmmm, just about, BFR ......so you are right there.
But it'only 39 miles from Nottingham. for example - and Nottm Forest is a Midlands club.
Oh sod it .... agreed, then. Doncaster are closet Geordies.
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The Charlton Takeover thread has a link to an article about the potential withdrawal of the 20% relegation discount.
I want to see how this one pans out.