Cowling: Why training ground is so important (From Essex County Standard)
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Cowling: Why training ground is so important
7:33pm Wednesday 17th October 2012 in News
Cowling at the training ground
U's chairman Robbie Cowling says failure to extend the hours the club can use its Tiptree training ground could scupper the hopes of potential professional footballers in Colchester.
Colchester Council planning officers are set to recommend Colchester United's application for extra hours be rejected.
Mr Cowling speaks out about the importance of the facility in an exclusive interview in tomorrow's Gazette.
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crazy comments
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9:44pm Wed 17 Oct 12
Feisty CBC
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7:11am Thu 18 Oct 12
crazy comments wrote:A couple of cockerels wouldn't go a miss either.
If the council refuse the planning then Robbie should stick pigs on the site. Let the stuck up knobs have a whiff of that. Ha ha .
Bert_Stimpson
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9:08am Thu 18 Oct 12
Still, he just needs to threaten to take the Council to court and they will back down and the conditions will be amended. If memory serves me right, that's how planning permission was granted in the first place.
This saga could get interesting when he starts building his housing estate and we get to see what's happening in terms of the finances and profits from the project.
Problem is, it is very difficult for a Col U fan to look at this in a neutral way - any perspective is clouded by emotional attachment to the club. So they will accuse Tiptree residents of nimbyism or worse.
It's a mess that could have been avoided.
crazy comments
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5:38pm Thu 18 Oct 12
Say It As It Is OK? says...
8:04pm Wed 17 Oct 12
Now, as he has done before, when he said jobs will be lost, he's using scare tactics in saying potential professional will suffer. They won't if they are good enough!