Phil Gardner to step down as Knights CEO

[jamesgould]

Its still operating as newcastle united sports club. Still looks the same old rundown venue it always was.

Was just gonna ask if it's still there, and what it is now!

 

[R_A]

It's hard to convey just how cash strapped we've been over the years. I remember near when I first started supporting the club they were having an art selling show to try and raise funds which didn't fill me with confidence, even as a teenager!

I think creating a Knights Leagues Club which then went bankrupt I think in under 12 months was a lowlight. Locals will know more about what went down with that than I do.

They even somehow survived without a major sponsor in 2005 for half a season as well.

 

[jamesgould]

They even somehow survived without a major sponsor in 2005 for half a season as well.

1994 we didn't have one for the whole season.

Then there were the Newpave years, a company that at the time didn't even seem to exist. I doubt they were paying a truckload.

 

[relicorange94]

They even somehow survived without a major sponsor in 2005 for half a season as well.

Apparently Gizmondo (A extremely short lived handheld video game console) was supposed to sponsor the Knights for the 2005 season before they cancelled the Australian release of the console and severed ties with the Knights following the incident in the 2004-05 Off-Season in Bathurst. Coal and Allied would later become their sponsor late in the season.