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Posted 22 February 2017 - 05:51 AM

Proact Group CEO and President Jason Clark and returning owner of Worksop Town dismisses the manager

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Mark Shaw plans to take legal action against Worksop Town after claiming he has been dismissed by the club.

The 38-year-old was suspended late in November pending an internal investigation. And he says the club informed him of his dismissal at 5.30pm last Friday, following a disciplinary procedure he has dubbed ‘unfair.’ Shaw, appointed by owner Jason Clark in April 2013, will appeal the club’s decision and believes it will end up in court.

He departs Tigers having led them to the Evo-Stik Northern Premier play-offs in his first season, before the club took a voluntary two-division drop to the Northern Counties East League Premier. Shaw’s Worksop finished in second, four points behind league winners Shaw Lane in the 2014/15 season and fourth last season.

His suspension and eventual dismissal was nothing to do with matters on the pitch, he claims, but because he set up Tigers Enterprises, a private limited company from which he ran a Worksop Town academy and community projects. That company was closed down last year and the club took control of the academy, which collapsed soon after. “I don’t understand why I’ve been suspended,” said Shaw.

“I don’t think there’s a link between the reasons why I’ve been suspended and my football manager’s contract.” The club did not make public the reasons for Shaw’s supension and he says he feels aggrieved that his reputation was left at the mercy of the rumour mill. “They’re saying they’ve dismissed me because I didn’t have authorisation to set up a private limited company,” he said.


“They’re saying I should haven’t paid myself from my private limited company and that I refused to hand over the projects when asked. “They said I used the Worksop Town name and that I haven’t provided them with evidence they feel they were entitled to. “Why they couldn’t have put that in the press release is beyond me, I don’t understand. “It left it very wide open, a lot of people were speaking about the rumours. “That’s especially disappointing having gone through everything we’ve gone through at the club.” Shaw maintains that Tigers Enterprises was set up to run in partnership with the club and although it experienced ‘teething problems’ the club benefitted through a share of profits and players coming through the ranks. He believes his dismissal is unfair.

“In July I had an email from Jason Clark asking me to pass over control of the academy to the football club. “He said he appreciated all the work that had been done. “Four days later the club put out a press release that said Tigers Enterprises had worked in partnership with the football club and not benefitted in any way. “But going through the process I’ve had to go through over the past three months they’re now trying to say that’s not the case. “They’ve created an unfair process with this suspension and not answered any of my questions as to how it creaches my contract.

“There’s no wording in my contract that says I can’t set up a limited company. “I’m going to be appealing and taking the club to court and it will cost the club a lot of money, more than is left on my contract, just to either clear their name or my name. “I feel like I’ve been unfairly dismissed and unfairly treated. “The club benefitted financially from Tigers Enterprises because they got a slice of the profits and have had players come through.

“I paid myself through my limited company, it didn’t cost the club any money and they got a cheque for the profits. “That’s profits they won’t get now.” Shaw wants to clear his name but says the club’s actions will hinder his progression as a football manager. “I feel extremely burnt by this,” he said. “Becoming Worksop Town manager was a very proud moment for me.

“That first season there were ups and downs, it was record breaking and we had such a delightful group of people. “I feel like I’ve had a delightful group of people throughout. “But it’s been overshadowed. “Love me or hate me but I stood up and said I’d help try to save the club. “I took it upon myself, with the backing of the people left at the club, to try and save it back in 2014. “I came up with the Team500 club and how we could build the foundations and the branding.

“It’s probably going to hinder my career because of what’s happened at the end of it. “I don’t know if there’s a club out there that can spark the passion back in me again. “My football record is probably quite good but I don’t think I’ll get jobs because of my record, I’m not going to get jobs – because of what’s happened.” And he’s hit out at those running the club, questioning the decision making at Sandy Lane and citing the recent closure of the ground over ‘unsafe’ changing rooms as an example.

“The people running the club are making a big mess of it,” he said. “Who signs a lease without realising the potential cost implications, where the ground is damaged and needs repair, and then puts it on the supporters? “What is the football club going to do? There’s rumours of a new chairman, I don’t think fans will get behind a membership scheme because they don’t know what’s going to happen with the money.

“I’ve been afraid of a lack of money so I kept the wage bill lower than it should have been this year. “And funnily enough the wage bill got cut.” And regardless of his appeal which he plans to lodge this week, Shaw is certain the situation will end up before the courts. “I don’t see the club compromising, they believe I’ve done something wrong. “I believe it will go to court. “I’ve been honest with everything that’s happened and I don’t feel it’s the way we should have parted.” Worksop Town FC has been contacted for a comment

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 06:10 AM

These development enterprises certainly cause a lot of trouble don't they?
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 10:51 AM

View Post60s 70s Spireite, on 22 February 2017 - 06:10 AM, said:

These development enterprises certainly cause a lot of trouble don't they?


The whole development sides/ college course sides have been a disaster since they began.
It's 16 year olds still thinking they have a chance to be a pro footballer (and sold that dream) whilst studying for a Btec which a pet monkey could pass. Chuck in a level 1 FA coaching course.

Not one player has come through the system and in London alone each club has about 3 links with colleges.
It's just part of the government objective to keep 16-18 year olds in education and using football as a tool.
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 10:58 AM

Worksop Town's situation is a sad one. Such a mess.
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 12:16 PM

View Postcalvin plummers socks, on 22 February 2017 - 10:51 AM, said:

The whole development sides/ college course sides have been a disaster since they began.
It's 16 year olds still thinking they have a chance to be a pro footballer (and sold that dream) whilst studying for a Btec which a pet monkey could pass. Chuck in a level 1 FA coaching course.

Not one player has come through the system and in London alone each club has about 3 links with colleges.
It's just part of the government objective to keep 16-18 year olds in education and using football as a tool.


Yep, usual massaging of unemployment figures.

Universities are chronically over-subscribed, especially on sports science degrees, even though they know there are a limited number of jobs out there.

Same with some teaching degrees. At the moment there is one PE teaching job in the whole country, one! Yet, universities have no shame in advertising these PGCE courses and taking on students. There are graduates with masters degrees who are working in schools as technicians, on 12k a year....

That reminds me, how's Espial doing? 😃
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 01:18 PM

View Postmoondog, on 22 February 2017 - 05:51 AM, said:

Proact Group CEO and President Jason Clark and returning owner of Worksop Town dismisses the manager

http://www.worksopgu...ction-1-8401708


Mark Shaw plans to take legal action against Worksop Town after claiming he has been dismissed by the club.

The 38-year-old was suspended late in November pending an internal investigation. And he says the club informed him of his dismissal at 5.30pm last Friday, following a disciplinary procedure he has dubbed ‘unfair.’ Shaw, appointed by owner Jason Clark in April 2013, will appeal the club’s decision and believes it will end up in court.

He departs Tigers having led them to the Evo-Stik Northern Premier play-offs in his first season, before the club took a voluntary two-division drop to the Northern Counties East League Premier. Shaw’s Worksop finished in second, four points behind league winners Shaw Lane in the 2014/15 season and fourth last season.

His suspension and eventual dismissal was nothing to do with matters on the pitch, he claims, but because he set up Tigers Enterprises, a private limited company from which he ran a Worksop Town academy and community projects. That company was closed down last year and the club took control of the academy, which collapsed soon after. “I don’t understand why I’ve been suspended,” said Shaw.

“I don’t think there’s a link between the reasons why I’ve been suspended and my football manager’s contract.” The club did not make public the reasons for Shaw’s supension and he says he feels aggrieved that his reputation was left at the mercy of the rumour mill. “They’re saying they’ve dismissed me because I didn’t have authorisation to set up a private limited company,” he said.


“They’re saying I should haven’t paid myself from my private limited company and that I refused to hand over the projects when asked. “They said I used the Worksop Town name and that I haven’t provided them with evidence they feel they were entitled to. “Why they couldn’t have put that in the press release is beyond me, I don’t understand. “It left it very wide open, a lot of people were speaking about the rumours. “That’s especially disappointing having gone through everything we’ve gone through at the club.” Shaw maintains that Tigers Enterprises was set up to run in partnership with the club and although it experienced ‘teething problems’ the club benefitted through a share of profits and players coming through the ranks. He believes his dismissal is unfair.

“In July I had an email from Jason Clark asking me to pass over control of the academy to the football club. “He said he appreciated all the work that had been done. “Four days later the club put out a press release that said Tigers Enterprises had worked in partnership with the football club and not benefitted in any way. “But going through the process I’ve had to go through over the past three months they’re now trying to say that’s not the case. “They’ve created an unfair process with this suspension and not answered any of my questions as to how it creaches my contract.

“There’s no wording in my contract that says I can’t set up a limited company. “I’m going to be appealing and taking the club to court and it will cost the club a lot of money, more than is left on my contract, just to either clear their name or my name. “I feel like I’ve been unfairly dismissed and unfairly treated. “The club benefitted financially from Tigers Enterprises because they got a slice of the profits and have had players come through.

“I paid myself through my limited company, it didn’t cost the club any money and they got a cheque for the profits. “That’s profits they won’t get now.” Shaw wants to clear his name but says the club’s actions will hinder his progression as a football manager. “I feel extremely burnt by this,” he said. “Becoming Worksop Town manager was a very proud moment for me.

“That first season there were ups and downs, it was record breaking and we had such a delightful group of people. “I feel like I’ve had a delightful group of people throughout. “But it’s been overshadowed. “Love me or hate me but I stood up and said I’d help try to save the club. “I took it upon myself, with the backing of the people left at the club, to try and save it back in 2014. “I came up with the Team500 club and how we could build the foundations and the branding.

“It’s probably going to hinder my career because of what’s happened at the end of it. “I don’t know if there’s a club out there that can spark the passion back in me again. “My football record is probably quite good but I don’t think I’ll get jobs because of my record, I’m not going to get jobs – because of what’s happened.” And he’**** out at those running the club, questioning the decision making at Sandy Lane and citing the recent closure of the ground over ‘unsafe’ changing rooms as an example.

“The people running the club are making a big mess of it,” he said. “Who signs a lease without realising the potential cost implications, where the ground is damaged and needs repair, and then puts it on the supporters? “What is the football club going to do? There’s rumours of a new chairman, I don’t think fans will get behind a membership scheme because they don’t know what’s going to happen with the money.

“I’ve been afraid of a lack of money so I kept the wage bill lower than it should have been this year. “And funnily enough the wage bill got cut.” And regardless of his appeal which he plans to lodge this week, Shaw is certain the situation will end up before the courts. “I don’t see the club compromising, they believe I’ve done something wrong. “I believe it will go to court. “I’ve been honest with everything that’s happened and I don’t feel it’s the way we should have parted.” Worksop Town FC has been contacted for a comment

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He refers to paying himself from the ltd co and sharing the profits with Worksop, yet the company was dissolved without submitting any accounts to Companies House!

Graham,

I understand Doncaster College were a partner of the ltd. Co. Is there more to come out of this story?

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 01:33 PM

View PostMisnomer, on 22 February 2017 - 12:16 PM, said:

Yep, usual massaging of unemployment figures.

Universities are chronically over-subscribed, especially on sports science degrees, even though they know there are a limited number of jobs out there.

Same with some teaching degrees. At the moment there is one PE teaching job in the whole country, one! Yet, universities have no shame in advertising these PGCE courses and taking on students. There are graduates with masters degrees who are working in schools as technicians, on 12k a year....

That reminds me, how's Espial doing? 😃


What's Espial?
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 01:45 PM

When it was first announced Doncaster College were on board, but then when it eventually launched it was a different company.

I dare say more will emerge.

MP John Mann's statement to Parliament...

"A major scandal is emerging of private companies running 16-to-18 football and other sports academies funded by the Department for Education. For example, a company called Gemeg, which operates in my area, is behind a football academy serving Worksop Town football club. We and the public were told that the company was run by Doncaster College, but when it collapsed, we found that it had been run by the College of West Anglia, which is 100 miles away. West Anglia claims that the operation took place for five months in Nottingham, but I can find no evidence that anyone ever went to Nottingham for five months. That involves 23 different students, and what I do know is that zero qualified in English and zero qualified in maths, and that the FA’s safeguarding policies in schools were being breached. I make this offer to the FA. We in my area, with the local authority, the schools and the local FA, can provide best practice in safeguarding in football. At present, the systems at the grassroots are shambolic and must be overhauled.
Let me put in a word in defence for the FA. It was the FA that took action on Anelka and the quenelle. It is the FA that has taken action on racism. It is not the FA that is responsible for football clubs not employing black and Asian coaches. It is the premier league clubs, the Football League clubs, and the league clubs in other structures that is failing to do so. The FA actually has been training people up. It is the FA’s work that has led to the huge development of women’s football.

The insidious power not least of the Premier League, but also of the other professional clubs, in running the FA for their own purposes is a fundamental weakness. We should not forget people like Jack Tarr in my area, who drew up the fixtures that made sure that Bassetlaw has more kids playing football in schools than anywhere else in Britain. We are asking the FA and the Government to give us some of this resource. If only the equivalent of the taxpayers’ bill for policing just one premier league fixture of major consequence could be put into facilities in my area. Some 600 people watched Retford versus Worksop last Saturday, but neither club owns its own ground and neither club can get investment to develop its facilities. Give us the chance to do that. These problems run deep in football, where the money runs very thick.

On safeguarding, we should use the money as leverage. We should use it as leverage on diversity and on bringing women and girls into football. We are delivering the youths; give us the chance to develop the sport. That is the real challenge for the FA. Of course its structure is outdated, but let us have some of that money from the professional game and clubs into the grassroots."
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 02:30 PM

View Postcalvin plummers socks, on 22 February 2017 - 01:33 PM, said:

What's Espial?

Its the football academy\coaching set up thing that Jules and co set up having left CFC isnt it?

Believe its still going with teams at various age groups.

http://www.espial-fc.co.uk/
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 03:37 PM

View PostJonB, on 22 February 2017 - 02:30 PM, said:

Its the football academy\coaching set up thing that Jules and co set up having left CFC isnt it?

Believe its still going with teams at various age groups.

http://www.espial-fc.co.uk/


My son was at Espial.

I was sceptical from the start, too good to be true and only the all too clichéd 'management speak' to reassure.

The Lad's course folded eighteen months into it's proposed two year duration.

Unlike the DS it cost me nowt, infact he received a monthly payment, but I do view it as a couple of wasted years.

For the record the former CFC staff originally associated with Espial left long before it went t*ts up and were in no way responsible for it's demise.
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