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Bournemouth Finances
- Thread starter Smirko
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Assuming that by best you mean highest placed, in which case how long ago do you have to go into history for Brighton to be the highest placed south coast club? I don't know the answer but it's probably many years ago.
17th September 2011...
Albion - 2nd in Championship
Saints - 3rd in Championship
Pompey - 18th in Championship
Bournemouth 17th in League One
http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2011-2012/table/2011-09-17
Only because Southampton played the next day but point taken!
I hadn't noticed that, but you only have to go back a Saturday to still find the Albion on top on equal terms.
http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2011-2012/table/2011-09-11
Most definetly a whiff of envy on this thread. It's not unlike some of the criticism we were getting during our first 2 seasons or so at The Amex from certain quarters concerning our 'sugar daddy' We were the upstarts then. If they break the rules I,m sure they'll get their sanctions implemented.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Agreed.
Bournemouth have just showed us how much the albion have messed it up over the last 3.5 years.
Still, at least we saw Vicente, and had the St Patrick's Day Massacre, so not all bad.
Our time will come soon, and it will be magnificent.
stevejoneslegend
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- Jan 20, 2011
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That was the figure bounded around some time ago, but I imagine it is slightly higher now... Regardless, after a lot of feasibility studies done, on new ground locations, it was deiced that we were best placed where we are, at DC... One reason was that the £380k, although seen as dead money, is a lot cheaper than any kind of mortgage they would have to get to part fund the build of a new stadium...
We have tried to buy the ground back, about a year or so ago, but our 'friendly' landlord wanted too much than we felt it worth... There are many schools of thought about the whole landlord and land thing, however, it is widely believed that the land on which DC sits on has a covenant, preventing anything other than sporting facilities to be built on it... However, this is in dispute, with some fans, so I don't know if this actually still stands...
Whilst I would obviously rather we owned the ground, I think we're in 'reasonably' safe hands... I very much doubt our owner got his millions by being mugged over, and I am positive he has done his research on the whole ground situation...
So nothing to worry about guys
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That was the figure bounded around some time ago, but I imagine it is slightly higher now... Regardless, after a lot of feasibility studies done, on new ground locations, it was deiced that we were best placed where we are, at DC... One reason was that the £380k, although seen as dead money, is a lot cheaper than any kind of mortgage they would have to get to part fund the build of anew stadium...
We have tried to buy the ground back, about a year or so ago, but our 'friendly' landlord wanted too much than we felt it worth... There are many schools of thought about the whole landlord and land thing, however, it is widely believed that the land on which DC sits on has a covenant, preventing anything other than sporting facilities to be built on it... However, this is in dispute with some fans, so I don't know if this actually still stands...
Whilst I am would obviously rather we owned the ground, I think we're in 'reasonably' safe hands... I very much doubt our owner got his millions by being mugged over, and I am positive he has done his research on the whole ground situation...
So nothing to worry about guys
Good luck for the rest of the season (apart from when you play us of course), as you have Woodingdean boy Tommy Elphick in your team.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We have tried to buy the ground back, about a year or so ago, but our 'friendly' landlord wanted too much than we felt it worth... There are many schools of thought about the whole landlord and land thing, however, it is widely believed that the land on which DC sits on has a covenant, preventing anything other than sporting facilities to be built on it... However, this is in dispute with some fans, so I don't know if this actually still stands...
Whilst I am would obviously rather we owned the ground, I think we're in 'reasonably' safe hands... I very much doubt our owner got his millions by being mugged over, and I am positive he has done his research on the whole ground situation...
So nothing to worry about guys
Watch that one. It was only 5 years ago that Plymouth were in the Championship. They had a covenant on their ground preventing anything other than sporting facilities. They had a fight on with their board at the time who didn't care about them being relegated and were involved with the ground. It all went pear shaped when England didn't get the World cup. Eventually they got their chairman kicked out but have suffered in league two ever since.
stevejoneslegend
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- Jan 20, 2011
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I'm not sure that Plymouth and us would be in the same boat though, as Plymouth's ground is in amongst a reasonably built up area... DC is in situated in Kings Park, which is (I think) purely for sporting use... (Cricket Pavillion, Athletics Stadium, DC and training facilities, and several football pitches for Sat/Sun league)... Whilst I agree, everything has a price, the covenant (again, I think) stretches back to when the Cooper Dean family owned a lot of this part of Bournemouth and I think is still in place, and someone would need to move heaven and Earth to get the land where DC is, available for housing for example... or anything else for that matter...
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Lady Astor bequeathed the land where Home Park is. It was definitely in the covenant that it should only be for sporting purposes, but the previous owners promised the fans that world cup matches would be played there and even started building a stand for a new stadium next door. It was all a mess. I remember us playing on tv, wearing green for Plymouth to give them publicity for their fight. Fortunately our away kit was green in 2011.
nicko31
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Question re: B'muff...
How did they get £6m for Adam L when the club had already been in administration. Surely one for the FA to look at in the rule book
How did they get £6m for Adam L when the club had already been in administration. Surely one for the FA to look at in the rule book
stevejoneslegend
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- Jan 20, 2011
- 102
I dont understand your Q mate... The one thing the Administrator would not give up, during the administration period, was the sell-on contract... We kept it, we got 25%, we got 6.25 million...( or around that)... I am sure the administrator would not go against any FA regulation... Why would the FA need to look into anything...
Nottseagull
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I'm struggling to think of a 5-lettered verb that fits.
Or Dorset, to where the town was shunted in 1974.
Whoops, I thought this was a bounced thread, which I left open on a tab from a couple of days ago. I now remember it was there as a result of a Google search. Oh well, .....
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I stand by my comments.
BensGrandad
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Anything that gets Eddie Howe his come uppance I am in favour of as I am not sure who is the most odious him or Billy Davies both horrible little weasels.
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
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What level is the fine expected to be
BensGrandad
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If the same as QPR forget it.
£124.56. Payable in 10 annual instalments of £12.46. That will show em.