Gillingham have announced that the club's caterers have pulled out of a contract to supply food at the Priestfield Stadium. Centerplate pulled out this week claiming the club would not renegotiate terms on a deal it inherited as part of their takeover of the much despised Lindley Catering. The ten year deal was due to run to 2021, with the club saying the matter is in the hands of lawyers while they try to get some catering service running for their home game this weekend.
Torquay were battered 5-1 at home to Braintree last night in a defeat called 'embarrassing' by Chris Hargreaves, with fans calling for the former Bull to quit as manager. The Gulls recorded their lowest gate of the season, 1,103, as they slipped to 17th in the table after just one draw in four League games since their two-legged loss to Wrexham in the FA Trophy semi-final.
Yeovil chairman John Fry has blamed Football League rules for the club's likely second successive relegation. Fry says the club needs to have average attendances of 5,000 to compete for players in League One under wage capping rules, but their 4,000 gates mean that relegation is likely. Fry says their £1.4m playing budget is 14th highest in the division and fears that the ban on 'emergency' loan players expected to start next season will cripple smaller sides:
"We need to formulate a new football strategy and build a team around affordable 'home grown' young quality players. We need to start planning immediately for these changes, however, we are not in the best position to be facing these sort of changes right now. It cannot be a coincidence that other West country clubs have already started to feel the effects of SCMP (Salary Cost Management Protocol) such as Cheltenham, Torquay, Hereford and Bristol Rovers. If supporters want to continue to see top class football at Yeovil and other football clubs in the West Country they are going to have to understand what the directors are facing with that of the increase in player costs in this part of the country and the effects of SCMP on squad budgets."
Torquay were battered 5-1 at home to Braintree last night in a defeat called 'embarrassing' by Chris Hargreaves, with fans calling for the former Bull to quit as manager. The Gulls recorded their lowest gate of the season, 1,103, as they slipped to 17th in the table after just one draw in four League games since their two-legged loss to Wrexham in the FA Trophy semi-final.
Yeovil chairman John Fry has blamed Football League rules for the club's likely second successive relegation. Fry says the club needs to have average attendances of 5,000 to compete for players in League One under wage capping rules, but their 4,000 gates mean that relegation is likely. Fry says their £1.4m playing budget is 14th highest in the division and fears that the ban on 'emergency' loan players expected to start next season will cripple smaller sides:
"We need to formulate a new football strategy and build a team around affordable 'home grown' young quality players. We need to start planning immediately for these changes, however, we are not in the best position to be facing these sort of changes right now. It cannot be a coincidence that other West country clubs have already started to feel the effects of SCMP (Salary Cost Management Protocol) such as Cheltenham, Torquay, Hereford and Bristol Rovers. If supporters want to continue to see top class football at Yeovil and other football clubs in the West Country they are going to have to understand what the directors are facing with that of the increase in player costs in this part of the country and the effects of SCMP on squad budgets."