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Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Wed Jun 26 2013 5:22 pm
by Glyn
Desperate isn't it.
And there was us all impressed when they came with Gazza as manager....
(well, not really...
)
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Jul 04 2013 11:53 am
by Glyn
Glyn wrote:Perton Pitman wrote:...but at the cost of having no ground in the city earmarked for them (Coventry). A nomadic existence awaits them - a warning to all clubs
More here
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/104 ... _Way_site/
Shame that stadium isn't going to be built - looks nice - maybe Coventry could take it over...
Coventry (who, as they're just saying on talkSPORT, were once a superbly-run, trailblazing club) to groundshare at Northampton then...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23163594
Unbelievable... or should I say Cobblers...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Jul 04 2013 12:03 pm
by Glyn
Aldershot need £50k in 24 hours, 50% chance of survival
https://mobile.twitter.com/nonleaguetwe ... eaguetweet
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Jul 04 2013 12:09 pm
by Perton Pitman
Another club that has run before it can walk. Even if they survive they will limp on for years going through the same boom and bust cycle (unless they learn from this experience)
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Jul 04 2013 3:41 pm
by Glyn
.. speaking of which I hear that Rushden & Diamonds' winding-up petition on Kettering has been dismissed, leaving them to limp on for a few more weeks/months
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Jul 05 2013 11:28 am
by Perton Pitman
AFC Wombourne have folded in what has been described in the local press as "a blow to non-league football in South Staffordshire"
they were ground sharing with AFC Wulfrunians and played in Div 1 of the WML
The article I read said that a cash injection of £5K would have enabled them to continue
They were formed in 2007
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Jul 05 2013 12:54 pm
by Glyn
Perton Pitman wrote:AFC Wombourne have folded in what has been described in the local press as "a blow to non-league football in South Staffordshire"
they were ground sharing with AFC Wulfrunians and played in Div 1 of the WML
The article I read said that a cash injection of £5K would have enabled them to continue
They were formed in 2007
Like you. Perton, I live within 5 miles of Wombourne and I have never heard of them.
On the face of it you'd think that some local benefactor could have stumped up a few (thousand) quid to keep them going (the local cricket clubs - Wombourne and Himley - both play, albeit they're near the bottom of, the Bham + District Premier Cricket League and are very well supported by local businesses) but one wonders how many people "supported" them and thus if it was ever a really viable proposition. Other non-league and League One clubs are available in the area...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Jul 05 2013 1:53 pm
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Mon Jul 08 2013 5:57 pm
by Glyn
Coventry Cobblers it is then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23233268
That's a very interesting comment about "... clubs should play in the towns or cities that bear their name"
Don't anyone tell Grimsby if they get back into the league...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 09 2013 7:27 am
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 09 2013 7:39 am
by PitmanKeith
A sad day indeed, many happy memories of past times playing Darlo.
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 09 2013 11:37 am
by The Beerhunter
PitmanKeith wrote:
A sad day indeed, many happy memories of past times playing Darlo.
The Club from where we signed Archie King (the first time).
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 09 2013 1:11 pm
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 09 2013 2:27 pm
by Glyn
And more:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/ ... ue-4891126
Loving that last para!
There's only one place you'll find "real football, real fans", and that's non-league football
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 09 2013 2:36 pm
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Jul 11 2013 11:44 am
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Jul 11 2013 1:07 pm
by Del
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Jul 12 2013 7:12 am
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Mon Jul 15 2013 10:52 am
by Glyn
Coventry's future still in a parlous state....
Let's sort out the most important things first though....
Nick Clitheroe @NickClitheroe
Football League email arrives. Update on Coventry City groundshare row? No, they have a new official pizza partner!
My reply on receiving said Tweet from the FL:
@football_league Every football league should have a pizza partner. For pity's sake....
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 16 2013 4:06 pm
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Jul 19 2013 6:23 pm
by Glyn
Coventry crisis - Bedworth see a silver lining
http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/inde ... &nid=95320
Nice one
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Mon Jul 29 2013 9:32 am
by Del
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Tue Jul 30 2013 3:34 pm
by Glyn
Latest here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23491885
I think they start the new season - if they do - on minus 15 points
Desperate isn't it...
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Thu Aug 01 2013 11:39 am
by Glyn
Re: Clubs in crisis
Posted: Fri Aug 02 2013 12:46 pm
by Glyn
Glyn wrote:Coventry's future still in a parlous state....
Let's sort out the most important things first though....
Nick Clitheroe @NickClitheroe
Football League email arrives. Update on Coventry City groundshare row? No, they have a new official pizza partner!
Latest on CCFC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23548760
Someone will write a book about it one day; and even though I used to be quite expert on Company Insolvency, I won't understand it.... or how they managed to sell Highfield Road without taking any financial stake in the Ricoh, or indeed earn anything from playing there apart from ticket sales and their own merchandise.
Or, indeed, why over 200 CCFC fans were daft enough to buy season-tickets to watch them play at Sixfields - a Coventry fan who lives in Northampton was on the radio about an hour ago saying he wouldn't go to watch them there, he enjoys his 88-mile round trip to the Ricoh!!
