tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post4733522199813673780..comments2023-09-03T16:22:22.284+01:00Comments on Addick's Championship Diary: Charlton offer ray of hope to KetteringWyn Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329889984642264422.post-70598421550328362612011-06-27T10:18:46.349+01:002011-06-27T10:18:46.349+01:00Very strange goings on at Kettering & Rushden ...Very strange goings on at Kettering & Rushden Wyn. Diamonds are to appeal about their demotion & have foreign investors who will come to their rescue if they are succesful. Without the money being in place, it is difficult to see that their expulsion will be overturned by the Conference.<br /><br />If it is, then Kettering's move to Nene Park will be off. At the meeting to decide Kettering's future on 18 June, Imran Ladek sprang his bombshell re staying at Rockingham Road. The rent would go up if the Poppies were to gain promotion (which is hardly likely), so to stay in the town, Ladek wanted 600 pledges of £10 per month for several years. Surprisingly, these pledges were not required if the club relocated to the more expensive Nene Park.<br /><br />Ladek also promised to keep the name of the club as 'Kettering Town FC' as long as attendances remained above 1000. Seeing as they have dwindled to 1300 or so it is unlikely that this will be achieved for any length of time unless the club are successful.<br /><br />As an outsider looking in, with no feeling either way for either club, it seems like an elabaorate plan to force through the already mooted merger. Indeed, names such as Rockingham Forest FC are already being bandied about locally.Kettsnoreply@blogger.com