brakespear
Doctor Worm
I'm not a Hereford fan but it's sad to see any club struggling when there's so much cash sloshing around the top end of the leagues.
Peter Ward, Ronnie Radford, bullocks, jumpers for goalposts, aaaaah.
I'm not a Hereford fan but it's sad to see any club struggling when there's so much cash sloshing around the top end of the leagues.
Peter Ward, Ronnie Radford, bullocks, jumpers for goalposts, aaaaah.
TB hasn't invested anything like £200m in the football club.
He has you know, add up all the losses accrued since he took over, the cost of the stadium, and training complex/academy and I bet it's pretty close.
Not that I ever want to back up a Palace fan, but I reckon he's about right. We are incredibly lucky.
The stadium and the training complex are not owned by the football club.
17 odd years ago Hereford United tried in vain to get Brighton & Hove Albion expelled from
The Football League. Just sayin.
Splitting hairs there Alex, they are both owned by Tony Bloom.
No, I'm being factually correct. There are business and football reasons why the football club shouldn't own these assets. What's being a shareholder (majority or otherwise) in any number of companies got to do with SE20's point?
17 odd years ago Hereford United tried in vain to get Brighton & Hove Albion expelled from
The Football League.
Just sayin.
We lost 14 million quid last year, at what point does it become acceptable?
Because Tony Bloom would NOT have spent 150 million quid on both of them had he not been a Brighton fan.
Dress it up any way you want to, but we have benefited from Tony Blooms wealth and generosity.
Se20's contention, on which I initially commented, is that some may feel that the Albion is gaining an unfair advantage from TB's £200m investment in the club. He also commented that two previous CP chairmen had been financially ruined by their tenure at Palace.
1) TB has not invested £200m in the Albion (ie BHA FC Ltd = the football club = the member of the Football League).
2) The £120m?+ investment in the stadium and training complex, including any future losses incurred, have nothing to do with the Football League because the Football Club (the FL member) doesn't own them.
3) This Club/Stadium split was set up by the Board under DK in the early 2000's.
4) Renting the stadium is exactly what Palace did under Goldberg and Jordan so I can't see where Se20, or anyone else, has cause to gripe about unfair advantage.
All valid points Alex.
But just like a problem child of wealthy parents, we are living in their beautiful house, with all mod cons, huge garden and massive reception room rent free.
Rent is £1m, isn't it?
Which hasn't been paid, and isn't likely to be either as Tony Bloom has written it off.
Are you sure? I thought the last accounts showed it as paid.
Rent is £1m, isn't it?
Which hasn't been paid, and isn't likely to be either as Tony Bloom has written it off.
Aldershot dropped from Div 4 to Ryman Div 3 which was 5 divisions,NewportWhen Telford United went bust in 2004 the team were given a triple-relegation due to insolvency by the Football Conference. They went from the Conference league to the Northern Premier League Division One.
Think that's what happened to both Newport County and Aldershot Town too.