Guy

There are two reasons I can see for not offering Memberships. 1) The scheme would cost more to run that the income it generates, perhaps so few memberships were sold last season, they'd expect even less to be sold for League 1. 2) The club wishes to put all home games on general sale from the word go in order to kick start cashflow into the new business. Otherwise it's Money for Jam, with many fans (and I'd include myself) being willing to fork out £10-20 for not much more than a piece of plastic with a number on.

How much detail does the administrator have to put into the public domain by law, to show he has done his job properly?

A good point, compared to a UK based buyer someone with Euros to spent will be getting an even better deal on the purchase price and the better chance of being able to sell at a profit in the future if/when the Pound strengthens against the Euro.

The only way having No Memberships makes sense would be for the ticket office to put every home game on General Sale from Day1, they'd then hope to boost the initial cashflow by selling tickets rather than x,000 memberships. I suspect we sold very few memberships in the last couple of years, I certainly let mine lapse once it wasn't a necessity to be sure of getting tickets.

For Shame!

Not sure I'd agree with this. If Barnsley, Norwich or Plymouth win their next game and any of the 47 pointers fail to get a point, then they'd be back in the relegation battle. I'd suggest that even the teams on 50 points will still be looking over their shoulders until winning at least one more game.

Expect the club to insist the Police move on anyone "loitering" around the stadium after kick-off, so protesting during the game would have to be at a neutral venue.

Don't forget there's a decent number of walk-ups these days. Myself and a mate will be 2 extras tomorrow. There's no danger of not getting a ticket anymore, it saves a quid's worth of booking fee and you've not wasted any money if you get struck down by lightning between booking and 3pm Saturday.

If there's any water in your sink and you plan on taking off the U-bend, have something larger than a washing up bowl ready. I blocked my sink and even with a couple of inches of sink water it almost filled a bucket up. Also, if you bung a kettle full of boiling water into the sink, leave it for a few minutes, then you can feel along the pipes to see where the 'hot' ends and there's your blockage.

So, the Number of members is less than the outstanding number of tickets available before general sale. This means there's no need to buy a twinned ticket to be sure of getting one. A bit sneaky really. I'm surprised at the small number of members, there must have 20-30k members back in the premiership days.

I've had another check of the OS, and it's definitely not just the Forest game for twinning.

Any one know what number of Season Tickets and Memberships we've sold this season? I suspect those of us who have risked not renewing our memberships are not going to get a chance of buying a ticket, as it looks like you can twin any game, so even a member who can't commit to many games a season could find a second game that fits their schedule.

A more limited range of mortgauges is the major factor. Some Part Ownership schemes have an expensive rental rate for the remaining percentage owned by the Housing Association, others are much cheaper. Another downside is a possible stigma attached to certain developments if it's considered a bit too 'council' rather than a majority private estate. When it comes time to sell you usually have to give the housing association first refusal to find a buyer at a price decided by an assessor of their choosing, unless you can get a short term mortgauge to buy the remaining percentage and sell on the open market (perhaps unlikely in the current climate). I currently own a flat at 70%, I could have just about afforded a similar flat at 100% market rate a year ago but would be stuffed if the mortgauge rates go up significantly. If the market collapses I can also pick up the other 30% for a song...

Asda and Waitrose sell root beer.

Enterprise will come and collect you from home/work.