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As we speak Hereford are the headline news item on Midlands Today. Can't help thinking that they've mis-managed the club.

Poor management not to put money aside for the taxman. I can't believe they need 300K to see the month out. What are their outgoings on player's wages I wonder?

Perton Pitman wrote:As we speak Hereford are the headline news item on Midlands Today. Can't help thinking that they've mis-managed the club.

Poor management not to put money aside for the taxman. I can't believe they need 300K to see the month out. What are their outgoings on player's wages I wonder?

Just one player's?

(Sorry, OCD, can't resist... )

...it wouldn't surprise me if it was one player. On gates of 1600 surely they could cut their cloth accordingly. THey are a non-league side now!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26866750

...looks like they'll live to fight another day (in other words go through the same crisis in 2 or 3 years time)

Fair play to Omid Djalili for offering to do a gig for free

In some ways I think higher league clubs should step in to stop the clubs they use as talent farms from winding up...oh no...but they're in debt too, just with a few more zeros on the end...

bix_the_dog wrote:Fair play to Omid Djalili for offering to do a gig for free

In some ways I think higher league clubs should step in to stop the clubs they use as talent farms from winding up...oh no...but they're in debt too, just with a few more zeros on the end...

but wouldn't that mean that clubs would be tempted to live beyond their means, thus creating a situation similar to that we are seeking with NFU (being bankrolled by Hull)?

Perton Pitman wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26866750

...looks like they'll live to fight another day (in other words go through the same crisis in 2 or 3 years time)

It says in that BBC article that gates have halved in the last seven years.

HELLO WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE - you have had seven years to halve your wage bill accordingly.

No Sympathy from me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26925213

worth reading this in light of our push form promotion. Note the phrase "we've got no winding up orders or anything at the moment..."

The revalation that Salisbury has a budget of £400K (I'm speculating that we don't have a budget of 10K a week) on gates of 900 is interesting. YOu can already see the challenge for clubs that do get promoted - Telford may make it pay on gates of 1200 - 1500, but we are struggling to get 500 at games now which sends out alarm bells given the season we are having

Food for thought...

Perton Pitman wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26925213

worth reading this in light of our push form promotion. Note the phrase "we've got no winding up orders or anything at the moment..."

The revalation that Salisbury has a budget of £400K (I'm speculating that we don't have a budget of 10K a week) on gates of 900 is interesting. YOu can already see the challenge for clubs that do get promoted - Telford may make it pay on gates of 1200 - 1500, but we are struggling to get 500 at games now which sends out alarm bells given the season we are having

Food for thought...

I'm guessing but I think you can halve that. I'm also pretty sure that players on full time contracts would be paid for twelve months.

400k a year is pretty small for a Conference club, when Mansfield went up their budget was rumoured to be £33,000 per week (around £1.5M per year)

Leek CSOB on the hazard by the look of this

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/leekcsobf ... I.facebook

Hereford has paid the 78K debt off...

...let's hope they've learned from this experience, but I doubt it somehow

Rangers in crisis, again. They've "mismanaged £70m" since they were reborn after the liquidation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27142340

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27153739

How sad that this should be making the news when every Rangers fan should be mourning this legend

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27152271

Carlisle, relegation-bound and key player unavailable for Tuesday night's game for an, erm, unusual reason!

Blose fan but otherwise all-round great guy Ian Danter was just on talkSPORT discussing their crisis - only need four points from their last two games to avoid relegation, but they're at home to Wigan tonight and haven't won at home since October.

A listener then got in touch to point out that they had to produce a "legends" calendar for their 2014 offering as they couldn't be sure that any of their players would be with them throughout the year...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27282179

Can't be that skint after all...

Leeds, again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27309365

Kidsgrove Athletic

http://z3.invisionfree.com/KAFC_Online_ ... topic=2326

It's a lot to read but it's very entertaining, with a player and the manager joining in too!!

Lee K wrote:Kidsgrove Athletic

http://z3.invisionfree.com/KAFC_Online_ ... topic=2326

It's a lot to read but it's very entertaining, with a player and the manager joining in too!!

Makes B*rm*ngh*m C*ty look like a well-run club

BREAKING: Owner and sole financial backer Jason Clark has left Worksop Town Football Club.

UPDATE : http://m.worksopguardian.co.uk/sport/lo ... -1-6630395

FURTHER UPDATE : http://www.evostikleague.co.uk/worksop- ... lub-19677/

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/7 ... 599248.jpg

Hereford once again!

Some stories about Worksop applying to have their resignation rescinded?!



You'll follow it clearly here

https://mobile.twitter.com/SFCOfficial?p=s

Glyn wrote:Some stories about Worksop applying to have their resignation rescinded?!



You'll follow it clearly here

https://mobile.twitter.com/SFCOfficial?p=s

Worksop appeal rejected

Pelsall Villa



Shame.

Glyn wrote:Pelsall Villa



Shame.

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014 ... f-closure/

Sad indeed but with "crowds" of fewer than ten, do the local people really want/deserve the club to survive

I was there for a PSF v Rushall maybe 4 years ago, lots of young people there that evening, presumably they've found other ways to get their thrills

Hereford down instead of Chester?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27648903