The "Trust" is about as effective in bringing change as a group of green haired lesbians chained to fence. Not their fault but the club is now in a worse position than when they moved into Sixfields 25 years ago.
Unfortunately barring a few, most Cobblers fans (as wonderful as they are) are seen from the outside as frankly a bit odd, beer bellies and tank tops with egg down their front, and that's just the ladies. A successful meeting would be deemed as six pints of real ale and a game of crib.
What I'm getting at is for all the endless words on here and well meaning "Trust" meetings it is never going to engage the general public of the Town, the last time the Town was really behind the football club was during the Atkins period and if a superb stand had emerged after the first Wembley visit some inertia may have been gained but DC saw to that and finished the club for a generation.
I'm sorry but serious change for NTFC will never happen unless something incredibly bold happens that excites the potential customer base and in that I mean people without egg down their tops who have money to spend. I'm just a supporter but friends of mine have sponsored the club, the facilities for corporate guests are diabolical, they would never have invited other business clients along for risk of being ashamed, that's a huge issue.
The whole Sixfields area has massive potential and why DC/KT got involved but it appears to have been managed by the primate section of London Zoo. The council would be better off spending £500k in commissioning Norman Foster than chasing the skint DC in court. A bold iconic landmark development that creates media attention would recoup their losses quicker than wasting time in court. Melly has quite rightly pointed out getting funding for projects is harder than ever, for bang average projects yes, but for something more remarkable, a breathtaking new development it can draw a different level of interest.
I'm a proud Northamptonian but if you return to the town after years away it's shocking, you realise just how backward and risk averse the planners and the council really are so that will never happen, more Travelodge than Marriott.
Titanic just deck the chairs the on rearrange.
That's probably what I actually wanted to say. Bit harsh on our female fan base.
