Another one bites the dust

Yep, Blue Square North. They were in the BSP / Conference a couple of seasons ago but the cost of trying to compete in that league put them in a huge amount of debt.

Sad day. We've already played them (and they beat us 3-4)
 
Jeff Lynne said:
Yep, Blue Square North. They were in the BSP / Conference a couple of seasons ago but the cost of trying to compete in that league put them in a huge amount of debt.
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If you can't sensibly afford to compete, you don't. It's pretty simple.

Feel sorry for their 20 fans, though.
 
When you look at the money in the game it's criminal that clubs like this should be allowed to fold, the money earned by the FL fining managers and players for stupid reasons could have kept them afloat for years giving them a chance to at least sort out their finances.
 
mmj_uk said:
When you look at the money in the game it's criminal that clubs like this should be allowed to fold, the money earned by the FL fining managers and players for stupid reasons could have kept them afloat for years giving them a chance to at least sort out their finances.
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So because other companies make money, its criminal that badly run small clubs that can't afford to continue operation, shut down?

Likewise its criminal that Woolworths went bust, because Microsoft make billions?

Its a business, with employee's and an income, at some stage the books have to balance, if they can't they can't operate, the same rules every other company in the world live and die by, what excludes football clubs from that exactly?

I also have no clue why "history" is brought into the equation everytime something like this happens. Because the clubs been around longer, people should simply throw cash at them to keep them going, because people have known their name longer than another club or business?
 
Well, maybe not at this moment as they might've been saved. Their game at Stalybridge Celtic is now on tomorrow :)

But yes, I believe that the riches at the top of the game should be filtered down the pyramid.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Its a business, with employee's and an income, at some stage the books have to balance, if they can't they can't operate, the same rules every other company in the world live and die by, what excludes football clubs from that exactly?
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If our government can bail out banks then I don't see why the Football League or some other body can't help small clubs struggling during these economic times, it's in our national leagues interest to protect grassroots football.

We bailed out the banks (businesses who couldn't balance their books btw) and now they are cutting off credit to good honest businesses, you said it yourself at some stage their books should be balanced which is why I proposed they should be protected until the economy gets going again, it's no fault of their own that banks won't lend and people aren't going to football because they've lost their jobs and can't afford to.
 
would the effect of a bank going under be the same as that of a football club? a non-league football club such as farsley celtic play a small role in a local community. also, i reckon that the FA and other football associations do have a role to play in the running and maintenance of football clubs, but this should be an advisory role (particularly in a financial sense), and should not be called upon to bail out clubs when they get themselves into trouble.

also, aren't the FA facing a shortfall of about 70m quid in setanta FA cup money that's not going to come through? if they're in such a position, why should they be bailing out clubs that can't run themselves. if a club can't compete on it's budget then it should face up to the likelyhood of falling down the leagues, as opposed to risking everything by living a life it can't afford.
 
If there are enough fans to care, they will buy the ground and/or start their own club from the ashes. If there aren't, then was it really worth the fuss?
 
I'm hoping the temporary repreive lasts, otherwise we'll have no footy to watch at Xmas as we play them boxing day and new years day!
 
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