With Premier League club fans argue the toss over whether £850million was enough to spend in a transfer window, Hereford United and Salisbury City fans are being torn apart by owners that collectively didn't break a fiver to 'buy' their clubs.
The following has been posted on the 'official' Salisbury City site, the site run by the Moroccan businessman that not only owns the club but is also now Head Coach...
...and player:
Salisbury City FC is pleased to announce that it has played its first match under its new ownership group led by Dubai based Moroccan businessman and current Chairman A.S.Outail M.Touzar, the match was the first one since end of last season Conference Premier Campaign took place Sunday in London against Iran All Stars team and in front of an invitation only crowd ended with a 3-0 loss but showed positive glimpses and great potential from a recently assembled squad including many Trialists with Conference football experience and some talented top EPL and Championship clubs Academy graduates. The match which was also a historical day since it was first time the youngest Chairman in English football recent history assumed the Head Coaching job on the interim after being appointed by the Club the day before and also played a part in the match,Mr.Outail M.Touzar became at age 32 youngest Club Owner/Chairman/Head coach/Player in the World,an achievement that was never done before and sure it will stand for many years to come,the record came in a match that follows a long and dramatic summer which saw the club getting relegated from Conference Premier and later harshly expelled from the Conference South a decision which the club is still taking all the necessary and available steps to overturn including the recent club request to the Football Association to go to Arbitration and apply its Rule K which the club and its legal advisors is very confident and optimistic it will finally bring justice to Salisbury.
Club Director and Shareholder Hasan Albaqali commented ” We are very happy that we finaly were able to play our first match this season,I first want to thank the players,the Coaches,the FA,the Wiltshire FA and everyone who made this possible,it comes as a result of a lot of work done behind the scenes by our Chairman Outail,his advisors and the Executive Management Team and we chose it to be the best way to show that everything is in place at Salisbury City FC in order to compete and play football this season,we had a long debate as to where we should play our first match and we decided it was best to play it away to show our fans that it is real and actually happening and to prepare the team for its next big match at the Ray Mac stadium in Salisbury very soon which we are planning to play with a surprise opposition and hopefully win and bring some long awaited joy to our fans and supporters”
Club Chairman A.S.Outail M.Touzar added “I dont know what to say,today is a historic day,since day one I always believed that the best way to silence critics is to let our actions speak for itself and no other action is better than finally putting Eleven men on the pitch and play football,for myself it is an honor to carry another record on my shoulder after accepting the club decision to appoint me as Interim Coach and make me youngest Chairman/Head Coach in the world also I had the Honor to participate in the match for few minutes and I will tell you a secret,the last time I played a football match was actually in Dubai couple years ago with global football legend Diego Armando Maradona in Dubai whom I send my regards to and since that day I decided that I will not play football again unless it is a very special occasion which makes it more memorable for me,now I want to Thank the players,the coaching staff,my partners Hasan,Rachid,Aziz and the others for making this day a reality and I would like to inform the fans that we have all the necessary ingredients for success,a good squad,qualified coaching staff to assist me until a full time coach in appointed and we have a series of top quality friendly matches in the works home and away,I understand most of the supporters had special bond with Coach Mikey and the the lads from last season but in football world,players and people come and go no matter how special they are but organizations has to always stay first”
Hopefully somebody else unfit to run a football club won't get any ideas from this...