Nobody else has said so yet, so I will say that it is a bit unfair to take a swipe at Brian Flynn for having a "free seat in the gantry"......Most, if not all those in the gantry, are doing 'media' work for the club and its supporters i.e Radio Robins and Alty TV.
Mick,
Some people will no doubt disagree with my thoughts on this issue but here goes....
I would make a notable exception regarding Mark from Alty TV (whose laudable work editing and producing highlights goes on well after the final whistle has sounded), however, I would expect the likes of Brian Flynn and John Edwards to have purchased season tickets regardless of their media work for the club.
If that is, indeed, the case, then I apologise for my use of the term 'free' in a previous post.
It has, of course, since been established that Flynny does not have access to an armchair in the gantry.
This is without question one of the saddest posts I have read on this forum in all the years I have taken part in it.
I don't know John Edwards very well, however my meetings with him have always been pleasant and he seems to be getting more and more involved as I believe he has taken early retirement. I know he is a well respected journalist and just the kind of person we need to assist with the growing press demands of the Conference.
However I do know Brian very well as a friend of 20 years and a business partner of the last 3-4. I have personally seen the 20-30 hours a week he puts into our football club, from driving on his own to away games to get there early and stay late for after match interviews, to TASC chairman stuff, organising press requests, being the MC for club events and programme articles, getting to the ground at 11:30 for home games to other stuff that seems to fall in his lap.
You know this Cult and you do good stuff yourself so you know how the whole volunteer thing works. There are many more like Brian, without them our club would not even have a chance of staying in this league.
You'll allow Mark Bennett to get in free (rightly, absolutely different class with the Alty TV stuff) but "the likes of Brian Flynn" should pay?
Salt of the earth is Flynny, I never ever thought I would hear anyone speak of him in that manner. If someone had just told me you wrote that, I wouldn't have believed it.