Grant Holt appeared on talkSPORT yesterday afternoon, and one of the conversations saw him name a specific League Two club’s ground which he has said is “still rubbish”.
The former experienced footballer, who is currently an academy coach at Norwich City, was on Jim White’s show and criticised his ex hometown club Carlisle United’s Brunton Park as well as the Cumbrian side’s board.
The chat came on a day where the English Football League had a meeting to discuss matters relating to Blackpool, Charlton, Coventry and Bolton, which ended up frustrating fans when they found out what action the league organisation was going to take on them.
Holt said: “Everyone’s got trouble, haven’t they? Everyone tries to keep up, that’s the trouble you have got.
“I have probably been one of the worse people as a Carlisle fan to bash the Carlisle board for a long, long time, but at least they know.
“Our ground is still rubbish. It’s not getting any better.
“The only thing that was still half-decent – the Carlisle pasty – they have got rid of, they have done everything to annoy me.
“The thing is at least we know where we are [with them].
“That’s the danger, I think there are too many people coming in, chucking money here, there and everywhere, and you can’t sustain it.
“Wages are going up. You were saying this morning about people going for £100m, [Gareth] Bale is on £650,000 a week, it’s just getting phenomenal now, isn’t it?
“The lower-leagues just can’t cope. Unless you get a businessman who is going to come and chuck all his money into it, you can’t do anything – that’s the scary thing.”
Last 30secs of this section of the show for anybody who wants to hear: https://t.co/cYQv93Nfvi
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