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    Posted: 26 Jul 2022 at 13:31
Moseley narrowly avoided moving to Oxford. 



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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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Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

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.

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.  Cry
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Originally posted by Richard Lowther Richard Lowther wrote:

Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

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.

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.  Cry

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.


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