Daniel Parlow leaves York City this summer as he is not being offered a new contract, after around 11.5 years service, during which time he's made it into the club's top 10 all-time appearances list and become the only player ever to win the Clubman of the Year award three times. However, the club are refusing to give him a testimonial or any kind of other benefit function because those years were served in two spells, neither of which were of an unbroken 10 years, which is the Football League stipulation for qualification for a testimonial. Most of Dan's time was served in our non-league period anyway though, and in non-league the stipulation is only 8 years, and Dan's first spell at the club ran to 9. Indeed, David McGurk, another stalwart of our first Conference spell, DID get a testimonial match and benefit dinner for having done 8 years, so they're not even being consistent with their own application of these "rules".
This appears to be just the latest PR own goal by a club hierarchy that consistently seem intent on doing all they can to anger and alienate the fans (indeed, the Supporters' Trust have won more points by announcing they are going to arrange a benefit match and a few other things for Dan instead), and it seems particularly mean-spirited given that it looks like Dan's professional career may well now have been finished by the severe concussion injury he got while playing for us this spring.
Any other examples of players being similarly discarded after such dedicated service without much or anything in the way of recognition or reward?
This appears to be just the latest PR own goal by a club hierarchy that consistently seem intent on doing all they can to anger and alienate the fans (indeed, the Supporters' Trust have won more points by announcing they are going to arrange a benefit match and a few other things for Dan instead), and it seems particularly mean-spirited given that it looks like Dan's professional career may well now have been finished by the severe concussion injury he got while playing for us this spring.
Any other examples of players being similarly discarded after such dedicated service without much or anything in the way of recognition or reward?
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