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View Poll Results: What's your preferred outcome from the financial problems over at Yam land?
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23-06-2013 02:46 PM #22081
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23-06-2013 02:49 PM #22082
Whats the scenes like down Gorgie way today? I imagine it will be reminiscent of the Istanbul or Brasilian protests with riot police and water cannon on the streets just to control the crowds!?!?!?
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23-06-2013 03:00 PM #22083
Just went past 10 mins ago and was quite shocked to see huge groups of 1 person milling around. They're well on course I'd say :-)
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23-06-2013 03:05 PM #22084
I seem to recall that when things went pear shaped for Rangers that some of their players took wage cuts but the lost monies were repayable at a later date. I just wondered if this was the case at Hearts with McDonald etc. No-one seems to have asked that question as far as I have seen. I also find it hard to believe that in a re-negotiated contract the players agents haven't inserted a few safety clauses which would allow them to get out if another club came calling....
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23-06-2013 03:13 PM #22085This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 03:25 PM #22088
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From the grauniad in March, many similarities.
Stockport County's proud 106-year stay in the Football League ended when they finished bottom of League Two in 2011. Now, they travel to local rivals Macclesfield Town on Saturday facing a second relegation in three years and the ignominy of dropping into the Conference North.
The recent history of a club that little more than a decade ago was in the former First Division is pockmarked by civil war between fans and hierarchy due to chronic instability and a chaotic back-of-house operation. This has caused near-liquidation, the loss of their ground and training facility, and the employment of 16 interim and permanent managers since the turn of the century. For a club whose colours have been sported by George Best and Mike Summerbee, and who attracted a Champions League winner, Didi Hamann, to take charge two years ago, it is a dismal fall from grace.
On one side is the fervent support that still pushes gates past 3,000 on a regular basis and that has become weary of the broken promises on the slide towards English football's sixth tier. On the other is a board, chaired by Lord Snape, a former Labour MP, which is led by Ryan McKnight – at 30, British football's youngest male chief executive.
McKnight espouses commonsense ideas about building a continental-style long-term structure and philosophy for County. But his lack of experience of running a club, plus a penchant for "football specific" business-speak, has provoked scepticism from fans.
While sources at County claim there is no debt beyond what is owed to shareholders, the prime anger for supporters is rooted in the draining of assets. Brian Kennedy, a Scottish millionaire who also owns Sale Sharks – which until last year ground-shared before moving to the City of Salford Stadium – sold the club in 2005 to the supporters' trust for £1. But Kennedy retained Edgeley Park for which County pay rent to his company, Cheshire Sport, with the current sum around £12,500 a month.
When the club's financial problems reached the nadir of administration in 2009, the training ground was put up for sale. County currently use Woodley Sports Centre in nearby Romiley. In 2010 after drawn-out negotiations, the club was taken over by the 2015 Group, with Alwin Thompson appointed chairman and Snape as a director.
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23-06-2013 03:26 PM #22089This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
With the club in Administration and cuts being made to wages, the original contracts are effectively terminated.
Players have the right to walk out if they want.
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23-06-2013 03:33 PM #22091This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 03:37 PM #22092This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 03:41 PM #22093This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
"As regards the club itself, we can only express our deepest condolences to its supporters, who have been lied to for so many years.
"It had to happen sooner or later. They have lived beyond law and all morals, and should now be declared beyond the pale."
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23-06-2013 03:42 PM #22094This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Sorry don't think they have.
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23-06-2013 03:47 PM #22095This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 03:51 PM #22096
I understood that the entire playing squad were effectively up for sale so I would think that the present contracts are not worth the paper they're printed on. And of course we're still waiting with baited breath on the deluge of offers that they expect for their so called crop of talented young players.
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23-06-2013 03:57 PM #22097This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 04:00 PM #22099
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23-06-2013 04:04 PM #22101This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 04:19 PM #22104This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If they're looking in, then all I have to say is smugqq.png
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23-06-2013 04:20 PM #22105This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 04:27 PM #22108This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Davie Weir wants him at Sheffield. Think Weir played next to him for a season at the oldco.
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23-06-2013 04:27 PM #22109This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-06-2013 04:40 PM #22110This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"We know the people who have invested so far are simple fans." Vladimir Romanov - Scotsman 10th December 2012
"Romanov was like a breath of fresh air - laced with cyanide." Me.
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