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billesleyexile
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Posted: 26 Jul 2022 at 13:31 |
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Moseley narrowly avoided moving to Oxford.
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Mark W-J
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Our yearbook for the 2002-03 season, which has a section providing directions to all of the clubs in the league, had a page dedicated to Oxford Eagles, with directions to the Kassam. Ironic that moving there, while not the final nail in the coffin, certainly precipitated our decline.
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Richard Lowther
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I don't remember/hadn't realised that the Oxford based team had been named. A couple of years later Wakefield were subjected to the same approach.
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billesleyexile
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Luckily it came (at Mose) down to a vote - including (or possibly entirely, it's a long time ago now) creditors. IIRC the margin in favour of rejecting (or against accepting, depending on which way you look at it) was extremely narrow - something like 2%. But it was enough. The consortium got over the line. Onwards and upwards.
Edited by billesleyexile - 27 Jul 2022 at 08:49 |
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