Colin Garlick.

[Spunk Trumpet]

“We would like to place on record our sincere appreciation to Colin for his support and commitment, especially in the early days when we purchased the club, during which time his football administration knowledge, understanding of the industry and experience was invaluable to us.

“Colin is a good man, a friend and somebody we will always be grateful to for his advice and guidance when we became custodians in 2019. Colin and his family will always be welcome back at Vale Park and we wish both Colin and his family well in the future.

“I am really excited about the leadership team we have built and the plans we have in place, initially in the short-term in what will be our first full close season since we became custodians, and then also in the longer-term as we continue to grow and improve to fulfil the objective of becoming a Championship ready club, on and off the pitch.

“We will communicate further details on the new leadership group in the coming days and weeks. Clearly, it was important to us that we showed our gratitude to Colin and informed Vale supporters of the changes before Colin leaves us.”

On behalf of the staff and supporters, Port Vale Football Club would like to place on record its appreciation to Colin for his contribution and service to the club. We wish him and his family all the very best for the future.

Colin will also leave his role as a Trustee of the Port Vale Foundation.

This weekend, Colin will be at Vale Park for his final match at the club in an official capacity and will be on the pitch at half-time to receive thanks from staff and supporters for his dedication during his time at the club.

…………………………………………………………

This was announced on Friday 31st March last year. 
The man had 24 hours to then say a goodbye. 
No notice. Just basically get gone.

That was the statement.

This was two weeks before sacking Darrell Clarke as well. 
 

13 months down the line and it’s been a catastrophic error of judgement, or just a sheer power trip.

You don’t do 7 years service at a football club, get advertised you’re gone on the Friday, say your goodbyes on the Saturday and never to be heard of again.

Make of it all what you will but critical think these things. 
It’s why “we are where we are”.

 

 

[Bald Eagle]

We should rebrand as NDA Vale FC.

[MBE]

59 minutes ago, Spunk Trumpet said:

“We would like to place on record our sincere appreciation to Colin for his support and commitment, especially in the early days when we purchased the club, during which time his football administration knowledge, understanding of the industry and experience was invaluable to us.

“Colin is a good man, a friend and somebody we will always be grateful to for his advice and guidance when we became custodians in 2019. Colin and his family will always be welcome back at Vale Park and we wish both Colin and his family well in the future.

“I am really excited about the leadership team we have built and the plans we have in place, initially in the short-term in what will be our first full close season since we became custodians, and then also in the longer-term as we continue to grow and improve to fulfil the objective of becoming a Championship ready club, on and off the pitch.

“We will communicate further details on the new leadership group in the coming days and weeks. Clearly, it was important to us that we showed our gratitude to Colin and informed Vale supporters of the changes before Colin leaves us.”

On behalf of the staff and supporters, Port Vale Football Club would like to place on record its appreciation to Colin for his contribution and service to the club. We wish him and his family all the very best for the future.

Colin will also leave his role as a Trustee of the Port Vale Foundation.

This weekend, Colin will be at Vale Park for his final match at the club in an official capacity and will be on the pitch at half-time to receive thanks from staff and supporters for his dedication during his time at the club.

…………………………………………………………

This was announced on Friday 31st March last year. 
The man had 24 hours to then say a goodbye. 
No notice. Just basically get gone.

That was the statement.

This was two weeks before sacking Darrell Clarke as well. 
 

13 months down the line and it’s been a catastrophic error of judgement, or just a sheer power trip.

You don’t do 7 years service at a football club, get advertised you’re gone on the Friday, say your goodbyes on the Saturday and never to be heard of again.

Make of it all what you will but critical think these things. 
It’s why “we are where we are”.

 

 

It’s got  nothing to do with Colin. It was a  bit <ovf censored>  and very corporate though how he left. What was worse was how Colin was  left to his own devices at half time to say an emotional goodbye. Not a single soul on the pitch with him which I thought was very distasteful. This tells you everything how the club is run at the top.

Colin’s enjoying retirement in a sunny climate.

Edited April 17 by MBE

[Houston Valiant]

I think that Colin Garlick  wasn’t a yes man, so he was sacked, along with other hard working and experienced employees over a period of time. Then it all went to <ovf censored>. I’ve never seen Port Vale Football Club in such a pitiful state from top to bottom. Correct me if I’m ( eventually) wrong , but I think that Vale will be relegated next season as well. All the signs are there. No one knows what they’re doing at the club. Too many egos . 

[Packmoor_vale]

Go bed you have had a long night 

[Houston Valiant]

18 minutes ago, Packmoor_vale said:

Go bed you have had a long night 

Just about to , actually. I stand by what I’ve posted, though. 

[Wrex]

Yes, it was around January 2023 when strange things started to happen at the club. This being a classic example. It's a bit simplistic to say it was all Flitcroft's doing. Whatever the root cause all the pigeons are coming home to roost now.

[NW9Valiant]

If 4 went down from L2, I'd be minded to say we're in danger of a double dip. 

Will take some doing. Don't think the club would recover from such a disaster though.

1 hour ago, Wrex said:

Yes, it was around January 2023 when strange things started to happen at the club. This being a classic example. It's a bit simplistic to say it was all Flitcroft's doing. Whatever the root cause all the pigeons are coming home to roost now.

Yeah I'm 100% behind this. Before then, things looked professional, competent, fan engagement was good. 

For all the support Carol has gotten and gets, there has to be a bit more to the story about what's going on.

[Tamworth]

On 17/04/2024 at 11:34, NW9Valiant said:

If 4 went down from L2, I'd be minded to say we're in danger of a double dip. 

Will take some doing. Don't think the club would recover from such a disaster though.

Yeah I'm 100% behind this. Before then, things looked professional, competent, fan engagement was good. 

For all the support Carol has gotten and gets, there has to be a bit more to the story about what's going on.

There's clearly other things going on that would explain the whole vibe of the Club, both on and off the Pitch, changing as it has. We're not in a good place and what happens over the Summer will be crucial to the future of the Club.

Edited April 21 by Tamworth

[Bald Eagle]

7 hours ago, Wrex said:

Yes, it was around January 2023 when strange things started to happen at the club. This being a classic example. It's a bit simplistic to say it was all Flitcroft's doing. Whatever the root cause all the pigeons are coming home to roost now.

It started when DC went off script by saying we’d had an awful January window just days after Madame Chair had done the Corporate Glossy staged propaganda of what a good window we’d had.

He was no longer ‘on the bus’ and had to be removed.  Sometimes Carol someone else on the bus might just have a better view and can see the cliff edge!

Everything since has been big brother speak telling us what we should be thinking of what’s going on, and should ignore what we can see going on, culminating in the ‘don’t you dare say that about my Flicker’ defence document.

To date she has not redacted from formally this written statement - probably because she still thinks she was correct, but ultimately he had to go to negate any negative press, and to hopefully help shift season tickets.  Even SMURF was big enough to say the Bruno experiment was all on him, even if The Shanahans and us ultimately paid the price.

 

[Wrex]

2 hours ago, Bald Eagle said:

It started when DC went off script by saying we’d had an awful January window just days after Madame Chair had done the Corporate Glossy staged propaganda of what a good window we’d had.

Well Clarke was right, it was a poor January window. Which is why I said things began to turn in the January. It was that window that did for Clarke, but instead we were told how he was a broken man and had to go. Fiddlesticks. As you say he had gone off script and was contradicting the powers that be, which is why he got sacked at the earliest opportunity.

Askey, Crosby and then Flitcroft himself by contrast were kept well beyond the point where fans were calling for them to go.

[Guitar Ray]

What’s to be gained from dragging this old chestnut up?  Whatever the circumstances behind CG leaving he isn’t the reason we’ve been relegated.

[Bede]

13 hours ago, MBE said:

Colin’s enjoying retirement in a sunny climate.

Salford?

[Valiant62]

I think as time goes on, you can't describe Carol as inexperienced or not knowing what she's doing, so that would explain the "letting go" of experienced senior employees. All of which is fine except the jury is out at present on the current "powers that be". For me the model of trying to develop our own production line is going ok but lags behind the needs of the first team. Going down means it's going to be more difficult to attract the Arblaster / Devines of this world and Weir and the anonymous lad from Man U have been completely inadequate replacements.

[Spunk Trumpet]

27 minutes ago, Guitar Ray said:

What’s to be gained from dragging this old chestnut up?  Whatever the circumstances behind CG leaving he isn’t the reason we’ve been relegated.

It’s not an “old chestnut” though is it? It’s still raw considering it was only one year ago. 
The point being that from that point, give or take a few weeks, the club has been sinking like a ship ever since. 

Good people at this club have been tossed aside like yesterdays news. Colin being one.

I said all along Carol was being gaslighted by Flitcroft. I’ll stand by that forever and a day. And it’s not an easy thing to come to terms with once you realise it. 

Her relationship with Colin always seemed strong. And especially Clarke. 

It was a sad end and the start of our ultimate demise unless an absolute miracle happens on Saturday.