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Coast Football Ramble Podcast

Corsair

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Back at it again this afternoon for the weekly Ramble!

We’ll recap Round 1, the derby that wasn’t, and we’ll be catching up with the founder of the CCM Supporters Trust, Mark Brogan!

Questions? Comments? Drop them here ?
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Ironbark

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He called us dogshit didn’t he? He wasn’t even remotely wrong though.
That's right, and he was bang on.

I know Macca personally and he was hurting as much as the rest of us fans during that period. He was angry at the way the club was being left to anchor to the spoon and the culture destroyed.

Macca is a Newcastle boy and I asked him pretty directly about his allegiance once. He told me that he supports both clubs, but that he will always back CCM over NU and that CCM is 'his' team. He said his time with us was a pretty special time in his heart and he loves the club.
 

FFC Mariner

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As for the Supporters Trust. My understanding from what Mark was saying is that there are in effect 2 pots of money.
Pot A, I pay (say,) $500 to become a member of the cooperative and that pool of cash is used to buy an equity stake in CCM.
Then there is pot B where I pay (say) $200 a year and that money is used to support the running of the club.
If that's the deal shut up and take my money.
However, a fund with no ownership (however small) that just funds the club?
Tough sell and I wouldn't go near it.
Trust has to buy in as a part owner or it's just a crowd fund for the owners
 

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