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I see the PL clubs are having a meeting tomorrow re the Crouch report, I hope they understand the weight of support there is for the bulk of the recommendations. Note I said hope rather than expect and unfortunately there are a number of CEOs of PL clubs who haven't helped their case over the past week on various media.On a related note, SD Europe has released a 'Practical Guide to Supporter Liasion' - https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/026f-13cca3e5461b-a462a58818bb-1000/uefa_practical_guide_to_supporter_liaison.pdf - I have only skimmed it, but there looks to be lots of good examples from across Europe (at various levels) as to how a Supporter Liasion person / team can benefit both supporters and clubs, not sure SLOs or fan engagement feature highly on SC's 'things to do' list maybe, just maybe, they should. Not sure who he has lined up as his next guest on his podcast but Fair Game have been on numerous podcasts in the past couple of weeks so would be good to hear them discuss the issues with SC who I think probably has more in common with those PL CEOs
...A whole host of Derby County fans on Twitter have reacted furiously to find out their club could be liquidated.Derby have been hit extremely hard this season both on and off the pitch, as they have been deducted 21 points by the EFL which sees them sit bottom of the Championship and facing a £20m dispute with HMRC.
This season is now certainly about damage limitation for Derby and getting things sorted off the pitch, as they’re 19 points from safety and will almost certainly be in League One next campaign, but if they can get in some new and competent owners, they could embark on a new dawn.Football Club owners looking for others to pay their debts again.
Quote from: TonyM on December 02, 2021, 05:24:25 PMQuote from: Blue_and_Gold on December 02, 2021, 02:16:10 PM...A whole host of Derby County fans on Twitter have reacted furiously to find out their club could be liquidated.Derby have been hit extremely hard this season both on and off the pitch, as they have been deducted 21 points by the EFL which sees them sit bottom of the Championship and facing a £20m dispute with HMRC.This may sound uncharitable, particularly having been a fan of a team on the receiving end of an HMRC winding up order, albeit for a much smaller value, but I hope HMRC don't 'do a deal' as a line has to be drawn somewhere and being too big / too historic / too whatever to be allowed to fail is no excuse for not paying your bills and just strengthens the need for an independent regulator. For every Derby that has been spared there is always a Wycombe who have suffered.
Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on December 02, 2021, 02:16:10 PM...A whole host of Derby County fans on Twitter have reacted furiously to find out their club could be liquidated.Derby have been hit extremely hard this season both on and off the pitch, as they have been deducted 21 points by the EFL which sees them sit bottom of the Championship and facing a £20m dispute with HMRC.This may sound uncharitable, particularly having been a fan of a team on the receiving end of an HMRC winding up order, albeit for a much smaller value, but I hope HMRC don't 'do a deal' as a line has to be drawn somewhere and being too big / too historic / too whatever to be allowed to fail is no excuse for not paying your bills and just strengthens the need for an independent regulator. For every Derby that has been spared there is always a Wycombe who have suffered.
Just for a bit of balance, I don't think it is just football club owners who look for others to pay their debts, just look how many comments about Lynn this season have said we need a new owner who will 'invest' in the club(!!!), completely ignoring the level of debt we have accumulated financially doping our way to the NL
What other businesses do we know that owe HMRC 20 million or even 20000. You the public are picking up the tab paying YOUR taxes!...
Taking over a Football Ckub is where all sanity seems to go out of the window. Successful businessmen seem to lose al sense of reality and business accrument has no meaning.
Fair point Tony. However my interpretation of that is. The money needs to there to put together a competitive side. It’s proven the Lynn fans will turnout in decent number to watch a successful team. However a budget team that struggles will leave you with die hard fans.You pays your money and take your pick. Spend sod all and no one comes. A decent budget and you could well pull in some decent crowds.Teams that are successful are those spending the money.