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

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

[...] Mansfield Town to make Dream Team a reality? (Pitch Invasion) [...]

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.

By: When Life Really Imitates “Dream Team” « The Five Billion Person Party

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

[...] by steigs on March 28, 2008 Courtesy of Pitch Invasion, why not just rename your team Harchester [...]

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!!!!!!!

By: Out of the frying pan « Gary Andrews

Out of the frying pan « Gary Andrews — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:24:06 +0000

[...] now colourful John Batchelor wants to buy the club and rename it Harchester United. For those who’re wondering why Harchester, it was the name of a fictional football team on [...]

By: Wyre Forest Red

Wyre Forest Red — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:06:36 +0000

Well, I suppose that the only thing you can say in favour of this fella is that he’s honest. That makes him marginally better in my book than a Hicks, Gillette or Glazer when they come out and say that they are “soccer” fans. It’s up to the fans and people of Mansfield now to try and come up with a counter bid to stave off this attempt.

Perhaps the FA could do something decisive and come quickly out to state that there could not be a name change (thought new clubs or changes to names had to have a geographical context anyway?). I won’t be holding my breath waiting for them though.