70's Mike

Rocky , the story of a punch drunk football club

A GOOD EARNER, clubs going into Administration. Strange i specialise in corporate recovery work and we cannot charge what it costs for admin work

Burnley small crowds but a classic example of get it right on the field with a small first team squad of good solid players , not a huge squad of average players

a very good question and other than rapid promotions and then offer to buy , or laundering money i cannot think of a good business reason unless you could turn the Hospitality Suites into a nightclub and Dell Bar into a popular pub

think it goes back to that season we were 8 points in front with only a few games to go and they pipped us for promotion after Charlie Wayman was injured, before my time so not 100% sure

i know they gave me a good hiding in 71 at White Hart Lane

A TRAINING GROUND or stadium?

sums up my feelings

when i read the thread title i thought we had been kicked out of the football league

the plumber should be here to mend my shower

LESS than an hour to go but feel it will be cancelled because someone will remember it is not Friday

lots of lateral thinking needed now by some , the club will NOT be the same again after this. Any new owner , at an £8m purchase, is not going to have vast sums to buy players etc, we will need to exist like most clubs on gate income and other commercial income, hence why the Rugby world cup news is good

The report on Solent was prefixed by "the BBC understands" no facts until Fry opens his mouth in a public place with witnesses

sounds about right except to get promoted we will need a good start so your average up to November will be at least 16k

Not sure if i am or not. a lot depends on whether we get a good start or not, good start gates of near 20k momentum builds but bad start 14k and the "do not give a dam" thoughts will emerge. Realism needs to kick in for many, we are likely to have little money, unknown players whose committment will be their strength rather than skill. It is going to be a lot different more than many expect

hopefully a wage cap will beintroduced in football and utd and co throw their toys out like Ferrari

are you stalking me? no i am not his agent but i have been impressed with his team this season, whilst they did not gain promotion, they played the sort of football we will need to get out of div 3. They mixed up skill and strength, he knows the players in the lower leagues and non leagues

but if we had won a few more home games earlier in the season, gates would have been up , income up and no administration. As the Finance Director said the 81% wage to turnover was a temporary blip which was already on its way down at the end of June last year(2008), Ultimately, imo, the decision taken over the manager and team selection method was what led to admin because of the attendance drop. Everyone keeps concentrating on cost cutting but any businessman in the private sector will tell you that is only half of the equation , the other is maintaining income or increasing it.

arn't the fiscal and football decisions linked , just like SLH and SFC ? Other than SFC what other decisions were there, whilst he always said it was a results driven business he forgot that it was results on the field that ultimately effect the fiscal ones

Thats 4 signatures

But richer than the other two idiots

at what level? imo he would be a good solid division 3 player, which is what we are in now.

Do not panic , it is tuesday not friday

we have all been lambs to the slaughter as we charge into the valley of death over the last 6 years

all to complicated i will just wait for the news conference or my preferred method of looking at big yachts in Ocean Village