{"id":753217,"date":"2026-08-29T04:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/753217\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T04:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:30:14","slug":"maldon-tiptree-matches-postponed-as-fans-worry-club-could-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/753217\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldon &#038; Tiptree matches postponed as fans worry club could close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The JFA also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheJammersFA\/status\/2093408326067352003\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted on social media on Friday, external<\/a>, saying: &#8220;We are aware a selection of supporters have today received an email from the club&#8217;s representatives regarding their intent to liquidate Maldon &amp; Tiptree FC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We have written to the club and requested information and will provide an update as soon as possible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fans have also launched an online crowdfunding appeal trying to raise money to go towards a &#8220;potential takeover&#8221; or to support &#8220;a possible phoenix club&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The team has already played four matches this season, which included a 4-1 victory over Leatherhead in Surrey last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, and Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32, of Southwood Chase, Danbury, are due to enter pleas to the various charges in September. A provisional trial date has been fixed for 18 January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their defence barrister, Oliver Snodin, said the pair &#8220;strenuously denied&#8221; the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Do you have a story suggestion for Essex? Contact us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The JFA also posted on social media on Friday, external, saying: &#8220;We are aware a selection of supporters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-753217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}