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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostWould a name change and move have saved the club?
Anyway, word is now another former (nicer) owner is looking at getting a Phoenix club started, in Ferriby, which would start next season only one division lower than they would have anyway, so all may not be lost. Still, a very sad day for all concerned. Hopefully these two meffs won’t be allowed anywhere near a football club of any kind of stature again.
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The NCEL have announced today that East Yorkshire Carnegie have successfully applied to be known as East Hull next season. Carnegie are a club who came into the NCEL from the Humberside League a couple of summers back and have had a low key existence in that time.
They've also had a change at board level, the guy who sounds to have been doing everything has left and been replaced by Jamie Waltham. He's the guy who was in charge at North Ferriby when they went bust. They already play at Dunswell Park (in the north of Hull). Which is where Waltham initially wanted to move North Ferriby to. Hmmmm.
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Ah, it appears not :
A new ‘phoenix’ football club in North Ferriby has been approved after an application to the FA was rubber stamped.
North Ferriby Football Club will play out of the Church Road ground next season and take the place of the now defunct North Ferriby United, who were liquidated last month due to unpaid debts.
The new club, led by former United chairman Les Hare with the backing of a number of high-profile local residents and businessmen, will begin life next season in the Northern Counties East League.
The board of the new club will discover at a meeting with the NCEL on May 14 whether they will start life in the Premier Division or Division One, with the hope being the new village side can gain entry into the NCEL’s top division.
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Originally posted by Simon G View PostAmazingly, I had dealings with Jamie Waltham in my previous job. He is not a nice bloke and him being behind this doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
For the record, East Hull are currently bottom of the league with 1 point and a goal difference of -55 after 14 games.
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He seems to have a bit of a reputation in that area. Whilst I was investigating his claim the Police seemed to want us to push for prosecution which, given it was minor insurance fraud, was very much against the status quo.
Having looked into his background at the time (we're talking a couple of years ago now) what you've just put does not surprise me in the slightest.
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Interesting. One of the other allegations I heard is that there are still (quite substantial) unpaid bills dropping through the door at Ferriby in respect of the oldco. Sounds like the place was left in a bit of a mess administratively as well as physically.
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