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Alan TATE

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  1. abertawejack

    abertawejack Member

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    With everything going on at the club my thoughts recently have been about a club stalwart who,as far as I am aware has not had a testimonial?
    TATE gave everything to the club and unlike some,has not chased money or bad mouthed the club.
    Thoughts and ideas please.
     
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    abertawejack, Jan 29, 2016
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  2. Matthew Bound Still Lurks

    Matthew Bound Still Lurks Well-Known Member

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    It's down to the player to arrange not the Club so the balls in his court , I do hope there's some formal occasion to mark his long association with the Club .
     
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  3. toinfinityand beyond

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    Great servant and an honest good old fashioned defender,hope he gets what he deserves
     
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  4. trundles left foot

    trundles left foot Well-Known Member

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    I think nowadays Testimonials for PL players are a thing of the past with the good money they have earned over their career and I Know Tatey didn't play that long at the top but that is unfortunate, I think most Testimonials that are held are now normally for a charity.

    Nice to see a Tatey11 v Trundle 11, players who they have played with, Maybe they could walk out both holding the famous flag.

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  5. seabreeze

    seabreeze Well-Known Member

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    Agree with all you said except there was no money for Tate to chase. Played a big part in getting us to the top level he didn't belong in and I will be massively grateful for his part getting us there .Deserves his recognition that the club walked over imo .
     
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  6. Matthew Bound Still Lurks

    Matthew Bound Still Lurks Well-Known Member

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    I know of a very underused stadium not that far from us , I wonder <whistle>
     
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  7. London_Jack

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    Would Monk play? ;)
     
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  8. Sbulby

    Sbulby Well-Known Member

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    I speak to Tatey regularly but never mentioned his cancelled testimonial but I will ask him next week and hopefully get to the bottom of it. By the way he's a smashing fella, still talks fondly of the club.
     
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  9. LIBERTARIAN

    LIBERTARIAN Well-Known Member

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    I seem to remember a pre season testimonial had been arranged against Man.Utd.,but then the computer threw up the opening match of the new season - against Man.Utd. As a consequence,the testimonial was cancelled. So,Tate missed out on a pay day. It all went quiet and then he left.
     
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  10. swanseaandproud

    swanseaandproud Well-Known Member

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    There are 3 players who were entitled to a testimonials Monk,Tate and Leon but it is so difficult to find the time to play these games today and what clubs mostly do now is give the players a financial reward and thats what i think we have done tbh.
     
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    swanseaandproud, Jan 30, 2016

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