Comments on: English Club to be Renamed After a Soap Opera?

By: MANSFIELD FAN

MANSFIELD FAN — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:13:14 +0000

Hello, mansfield are now one of the favs to go
up back to the league where we belong next season, we are now owned by 3 long life supporters who together are actually filthy rich, also in 2009 we’rre unbeaten at home. LONG LIVE MANSFIELD TOWN

By: Bath Screen

Bath Screen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:58:36 +0000

This sort of stuff really gets my gut. Thing is we can play it on the Tv companies etc etc but at the end of the day it’s “our” fault for empowering the b*stards in the first place.

By: Pitch Invasion » Non-league football » From Leigh RMI to Leigh Genesis

Pitch Invasion » Non-league football » From Leigh RMI to Leigh Genesis — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:16:59 +0000

[...] forward thinking revolutionary who craved and demanded progress. He surfaced again recently when he attempted to buy Mansfield Town, and rename them Harchester United, the fictional team from Sky TV’s ‘Dream Team’ series. Harchester had a greater [...]

By: M Anderson

M Anderson — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:39:06 +0000

Mr. Batchelor has, as they say, form. Of his many ill-fated schemes included renaming the club York City Soccer Club to attract American interest.
Batchelor has confessed to asset-stripping companies, making £120,000 out of York City (having bought it for £1 eighteen months earlier) before its collapse.

This John Batchelor geezer sounds like a right plum. He shouldnt be allowed to own anything let alone an historic football club. The bloke is a free loading parasite. If you think this bloke is bad you should go to this link and read it right down to the bottom.

http://www.yorkcityfc.com/articles/brucey_ourclub.php

The wacker who owned York before Batchelor was a %^&*! I hope Batchelor isnt as bad for Mansfield as he was for York. If I were a Mansfield fan id make sure this idiot didnt come anywhere near my club.

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Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:00:49 +0000

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By: alex

alex — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:33:11 +0000

I like this quote: “One club has been on the television for 10 years and the other one hasn’t.”

Uhh, yeah, except for the mere two times they’ve been shown on BBC1 this season in the FA Cup. The man’s a joke but he’s still a “fit and proper person” in the FA’s eyes because he’s only taken one club into administration. You have to take down two to be considered a bit iffy, you see.

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Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:50:33 +0000

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By: papa bear

papa bear — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:57:33 +0000

I love it. Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake aren’t sounding so bad now are they MLS fans? What a joke.

I demand that the Philly expansion team be named “FC As The World Turns” and Seattle be named “General Hospital United” they have a certain immediacy to them.

By: historyman

historyman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:19:13 +0000

I liked his line about ‘not attracting negative thinkers.’ What he doesn’t understand is that football in England would collapse if it weren’t for the power of negative thinking! Week in, week out, fans continue to go to games knowing that their team is likely to get beaten.

Sadly, I fear that we’re going to hear more and more of these stories in the future.

By: smallandtall

smallandtall — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:59:02 +0000

John Batchelor is a wanker!!!!!!!