| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage 17:47 - Mar 24 with 11961 views | JakeITFC |
https://www.nytimes.com/athlet
On Tuesday morning, Ipswich declined to comment on the record, although a club source said Farage was not formally invited to attend Portman Road.
They say it was a private tour — booked through Portman Road Events — and they had no knowledge at the time of booking that it was for the leader of Reform.
The same source stressed that there was no official club involvement, nor was he there to meet a senior official during his visit, which they said lasted around 30 minutes. That version of events was reported by other sections of the UK media.
But evidence provided by a Reform source contradicts this version. The Athletic has seen a message sent by an associate of a senior club figure to a Reform official asking for a meeting with Farage during his visit to the town. |  | | |  |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:27 - Mar 24 with 1592 views | nrb1985 |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:22 - Mar 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Yeah. Bloke that’s overseen not only the biggest successes we’ve had for decades, but the biggest transformation in the club off the field since the Cobbolds.
Yeah, that’s him done. |
Lol.
Dreadful take. |  | | |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:27 - Mar 24 with 1593 views | Camul123 |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:17 - Mar 24 by lowhouseblue |
is there any evidence of the 'fanbase being divided'? what proportion of the 'fanbase' (a) know and (b) agree with you? does this go any further than a storm amongst 40 odd posters on twtd? |
You've read the Title line of your post I take it?
"The Atlantic ..." | | | |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:28 - Mar 24 with 1578 views | FrimleyBlue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:26 - Mar 24 by Libero |
You’ve hit the nail on the head there, it’s the active lies being told and the insult to supporters intelligence that’s the real danger.
FWIW I don’t think Ashton should be sacked, but I’d like to know the actual ins and outs of how exactly this came to be. |
He shouldn't be sacked but as the other person says, he must be ceo with a chairman over him. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:29 - Mar 24 with 1552 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:17 - Mar 24 by lowhouseblue |
is there any evidence of the 'fanbase being divided'? what proportion of the 'fanbase' (a) know and (b) agree with you? does this go any further than a storm amongst 40 odd posters on twtd? |
Is this a whoosh type comment? |  | | |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:32 - Mar 24 with 1510 views | Dubtractor |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:17 - Mar 24 by lowhouseblue |
is there any evidence of the 'fanbase being divided'? what proportion of the 'fanbase' (a) know and (b) agree with you? does this go any further than a storm amongst 40 odd posters on twtd? |
Well colour me shocked, here is Lowhouseblue taking a contrary view to those he views as the leftist mob on TWTD.
Pretty impressive head in sand stuff too, seeing how very clearly this has divided our support both on here and on other social media. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:33 - Mar 24 with 1476 views | GlasgowBlue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:32 - Mar 24 by Dubtractor |
Well colour me shocked, here is Lowhouseblue taking a contrary view to those he views as the leftist mob on TWTD.
Pretty impressive head in sand stuff too, seeing how very clearly this has divided our support both on here and on other social media. |
Oi!!! Less of the Leftist if you don't mind. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:35 - Mar 24 with 1468 views | Dubtractor |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:33 - Mar 24 by GlasgowBlue |
Oi!!! Less of the Leftist if you don't mind. |
Well that sort of sums up my point tbh!
It's clearly not just a handful of agitator types that are pissed off about this, and a cursory view of the board would make that clear. | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:43 - Mar 24 with 1397 views | bicester_blue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:29 - Mar 24 by Matt_Netherlands |
Is this a whoosh type comment? |
Has to be! 1 million people via ‘x’ alone have read the statement. | | | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:51 - Mar 24 with 1288 views | lowhouseblue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:32 - Mar 24 by Dubtractor |
Well colour me shocked, here is Lowhouseblue taking a contrary view to those he views as the leftist mob on TWTD.
Pretty impressive head in sand stuff too, seeing how very clearly this has divided our support both on here and on other social media. |
neither here or town social media are terribly representative of very much at all in truth. active posters are very small and untypical minority. if you start to believe that twtd is just an ordinary slice of public opinion you'll end up with a very distorted view of the world. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:52 - Mar 24 with 1279 views | ElderGrizzly |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 17:56 - Mar 24 by Zx1988 |
I'd guess either the Chairman or CEO. |
Ashton you assume given he was signing a shirt for “Mark” |  | | |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:53 - Mar 24 with 1260 views | Dubtractor |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:52 - Mar 24 by ElderGrizzly |
Ashton you assume given he was signing a shirt for “Mark” |
I think you missed his (quite good) joke. | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:54 - Mar 24 with 1249 views | lowhouseblue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:43 - Mar 24 by bicester_blue |
Has to be! 1 million people via ‘x’ alone have read the statement. |
and reading a statement is the same as sharing your opinion? | |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:54 - Mar 24 with 1245 views | ZedRodgers |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:22 - Mar 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Yeah. Bloke that’s overseen not only the biggest successes we’ve had for decades, but the biggest transformation in the club off the field since the Cobbolds.
Yeah, that’s him done. |
I’ve long suspected that Mark Ashton is a snidey charlatan type - basically ever since I heard him tell the story about photographing some washing up without even a morsel of self-awareness.I also think he’s consistently gaslit the fan base over “stepping up” to buy more shirts etc., as if the club’s financial stability depends on sucking an additional few grand out of the working classes. So I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that he has lied about this.
It’s possible to think all this while still acknowledging the success he has brought the club. And it’s also possible to compute all of it and still arrive at the position that nobody should have free rein to lie and manipulate their way through their career without any accountability. If you hand somebody a free pass for this sort of thing, you’re heading down a dangerous road. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:02 - Mar 24 with 1148 views | baxterbasics |
All this talk of Ashton being fired is way off the mark in my opinion.
I reckon the Gamechanger crew couldn't give less of a monkeys. *Unless* there turns out to be financial ramifications, like sponsors pulling out. Then they might notice.
In the US, money talks. The big corps will 'go woke' when it suits the bottom line, then turn on a pinhead the minute the wind changes. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:02 - Mar 24 with 1147 views | Reuser_is_God |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:26 - Mar 24 by Libero |
You’ve hit the nail on the head there, it’s the active lies being told and the insult to supporters intelligence that’s the real danger.
FWIW I don’t think Ashton should be sacked, but I’d like to know the actual ins and outs of how exactly this came to be. |
In my opinion there is no way Ashton would’ve sanctioned this.
He’s too concerned about commercial revenue to have let something like this happen that could seriously scupper that side of the club. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:05 - Mar 24 with 1104 views | Zx1988 |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:02 - Mar 24 by Reuser_is_God |
In my opinion there is no way Ashton would’ve sanctioned this.
He’s too concerned about commercial revenue to have let something like this happen that could seriously scupper that side of the club. |
If that's the case, I'm struggling to work out which other 'Senior Club Official' it could be.
If so, though, that particular person needs their P45 handing to them. | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:06 - Mar 24 with 1090 views | FrimleyBlue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:02 - Mar 24 by Reuser_is_God |
In my opinion there is no way Ashton would’ve sanctioned this.
He’s too concerned about commercial revenue to have let something like this happen that could seriously scupper that side of the club. |
There's no chance reform and farage were allowed to do what they did without his knowledge, no chance. | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:08 - Mar 24 with 1062 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 17:56 - Mar 24 by Zx1988 |
I'd guess either the Chairman or CEO. |
David Brent is sooooooooooo Reform! |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:08 - Mar 24 with 1067 views | wrightsrightglove |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:02 - Mar 24 by baxterbasics |
All this talk of Ashton being fired is way off the mark in my opinion.
I reckon the Gamechanger crew couldn't give less of a monkeys. *Unless* there turns out to be financial ramifications, like sponsors pulling out. Then they might notice.
In the US, money talks. The big corps will 'go woke' when it suits the bottom line, then turn on a pinhead the minute the wind changes. |
It will have financial ramifications won’t it? Maybe not sponsors pulling out immediately, but it absolutely weakens our position for future sponsorship, transfers, shirt production, everything. I can’t imagine Halo, MSC, Umbro, Ed Sheeran etc. want to be associated with this and the same will go for future deals | | | |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:10 - Mar 24 with 1033 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:02 - Mar 24 by Reuser_is_God |
In my opinion there is no way Ashton would’ve sanctioned this.
He’s too concerned about commercial revenue to have let something like this happen that could seriously scupper that side of the club. |
I agre that it does seem out of character with Ashton, he is an experienced bloke who when he spoke about the Nunez deal said he wouldn't have done it because ti would be "too noisy". If that was noisy this is deafening.
But who else would it have been. |  |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:10 - Mar 24 with 1026 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 18:14 - Mar 24 by SitfcB |
Have you seen the security to get in PR these days? I doubt he’d get that in!! |
Of course he would, there'd be a huge beep and they'd wave him through! | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:14 - Mar 24 with 976 views | bicester_blue |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:54 - Mar 24 by lowhouseblue |
and reading a statement is the same as sharing your opinion? |
I’m referring you your query (a) which was what % of the fanbase are aware. Virtually everyone I’d suggest… | | | |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:18 - Mar 24 with 948 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:17 - Mar 24 by lowhouseblue |
is there any evidence of the 'fanbase being divided'? what proportion of the 'fanbase' (a) know and (b) agree with you? does this go any further than a storm amongst 40 odd posters on twtd? |
F#ck me your true colours are really showing today! | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:18 - Mar 24 with 937 views | Reuser_is_God |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:05 - Mar 24 by Zx1988 |
If that's the case, I'm struggling to work out which other 'Senior Club Official' it could be.
If so, though, that particular person needs their P45 handing to them. |
There are plenty of people other than Ashton that are “senior” at the club.
The journo has just said senior the give a bit more oomph to the story. | |
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| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 20:20 - Mar 24 with 897 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| The Athletic say that a senior club official asked to meet with Farage on 19:22 - Mar 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Yeah. Bloke that’s overseen not only the biggest successes we’ve had for decades, but the biggest transformation in the club off the field since the Cobbolds.
Yeah, that’s him done. |
Days like today show the depths of people's substance! | |
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