The idea of fans directly running the club is laughable and always ends in disaster, and people suggesting that don't really understand the concept or support/community ownership. The successful way to do this (for instance AFCW's model, and also the model of a community-owned professional club I'm ...

Depends where a space can be conveniently found with least "disruption" so it would likely be tier 9/10. Bury and Macclesfield both started at Tier 9 (NWCLPremier) which, down here, would equate to the Hellenic Premier or, more likely, the CCL Premier North with progression being most lik...

Knowing a little bit about insolvency protocol one massive no no is hiving off assets prior to any form of insolvency process beginning. If D*I thinks he can flog Bearwood for mega money (or any money!) and then he walk away HMRC take the dimmest view known to man on people who do that. They will p...

A community-owned team.

If there's a selling process happening already, all the campaigning and publicity-gathering in the world won't speed that up...

Warnock resigns at Aberdeen The club's a mess but the general consensus of the fans is that he walked in there and thought he'd piss it without putting in any effort. That's a seriously underperforming squad they've got and 2pts in 6 league games tells it's own story. Alternatively, as he's a Morto...

I did get up to 84 of the 92, but have let it slip since I moved away from the South so not been to places like West Ham & Spurs recently. Impressive numbers. Had a look at doing West Ham. Would be able to get down to their game against Freiburg next Thursday (17:45 kick-off), but saw ticket pr...

Also, i'm not an expert in this, but in the case of administration I think that Dai does still have to agree to the sale. The votes on whether a proposed sale or any other settlement are amongst the creditors, with the number of votes for each creditor being proportional to how much each is owed. S...

Winston Biscuit Most expensive lowest cost PL season ticket increased by another £50 to £854. They've also decided to scrap over 65's concessions.

Simply outrageous.

151 grounds in total, 74 of the current 92. I did get up to 84 of the 92, but have let it slip since I moved away from the South so not been to places like West Ham & Spurs recently. Here's my profile from http://www.footballgroundmap.com - which is a brilliant way to keep track of grounds visit...

iirc the idea of clubs being docked points for going into administration was only brought in because Leicester went into admin to help clear debts as they were on their way to promotion about 15-20 years ago. I remember there being a lot of unhappiness at the time of how they went about doing this....

NAT AFC Fylde 4-1 Maidenhead United – ‘Magpies’ slip back to 19th and possible bother as those immediately below them have games in hand. That’s 5 defeats in 6 now. It's fascinatingly close at the bottom - only eight points separate Hartlepool in 10th place and Kidderminster in 23rd! Most clubs sti...

When is the next HMRC bill due? I assume this is for employer tax and Ni contributions so if he doesn't pay the players then no tax and NI is due. So in theory if they didn't pay any wages but instead gave all the players and staff an interest free loan, they might be able to defer tax and NI... co...

Was talking to a friend who is involved in board of a national league team - and he told me what virtually all teams in the league are loss making and need a financial injection of around £1million each year. I found that staggering .. Don't want to be rude, but are you new here? Football's financi...

Maybe the EFL should have the power to divert TV revenues to the tax man and/or player wages in situations such as those we've found ourselves in and then to get most clubs on board with that idea, further divert them to pay outstanding transfer fees owed to other EFL and non league clubs. Might do...

P*xford United release plans for their proposed new stadium https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2023/october/new-stadium-details/ https://www.oufc.co.uk/contentassets/ec0e89a5bf154f86b16963fbde51078c/new-stadium-1.jpg https://www.oufc.co.uk/contentassets/ec0e89a5bf154f86b16963fbde51078c/new-stadium-5.jpg

Not defending the whole points deduction system as I've been a critic of it for many, many years - but one argument that made fot it actually impacting an owner is that they decrease the value of the owner's asset if they want to sell it - e.g. a L2 club has a lower market value than a L1 club. Of c...

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Dirk Gently If my opinions have been covered and I’m clearly wrong then ignore this.

They have. You are. I will.

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[quote]If my opinions have been covered and I’m clearly wrong then ignore this.

They have. You are. I will.

Mid Sussex Royal Anyone know if wages are confirmed as having been paid today?

I believe Dai has scheduled the payment for 31st February...