League 1 - Bolton, Bury & Coventry

[NottsYellow]

Next season, League 1 could be a disaster zone with Bolton, Bury and Coventry in it. Surely all 3 are already looking relegation candidates that is if they survive their financial and internal problems.

 

[sadoldsod1778]

Think Cov ok financially just no ground.

 

[beyondthefourth]

Think Cov ok financially just no ground.

I mean, essentially they aren't going to have any home games next season. Their 'home' support is going to be drastically reduced, they'll sell fewer season tickets which will mean less summer income to work with.

They won't be broke but it's going to have a big impact on their season. I think it could be a lower mid-table finish from what should be a playoff chasing club.

 

[Marked Ox]

I mean, essentially they aren't going to have any home games next season. Their 'home' support is going to be drastically reduced, they'll sell fewer season tickets which will mean less summer income to work with.

They won't be broke but it's going to have a big impact on their season. I think it could be a lower mid-table finish from what should be a playoff chasing club.

Considering they have already sorted one of their main problem areas on the pitch by signing Donny's keeper Marosi and also signed a young lad from Chelsea, Fankaty Dabo and Kyle McFadzean from Burton then they'll be fine playing wise. They also haven't sold any of their main players (yet) either. I suspect they will be up there again as Robins has got them playing how he wants and they've mainly built the squad using their youth system anyway.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Cov in for Bright Enobakhare from Wolves - one of the most technically gifted players I saw in L1 last season.

Coventry chief makes feelings clear about Wolves striker Bright Enobakhare

Bright Enobakhare did not play a Premier League game for Wolverhampton Wanderers last season but he shone on loan at Coventry City. Coventry City are...

www.hitc.com

 

[tonyw]

Coventry only had three more points at home than on their travels last season.
And the way they've started the summer, doesn't seem like they've slashed the budget.

They are a good team, and they'll be a serious threat next season.

Bolton & Bury on the other hand...….

 

[Deleted member 222]

Bury FC supporters pleading for extra time in bid to save club

SUPPORTERS of Bury FC are pleading for extra time in a bid to rescue the club from extinction.

www.burytimes.co.uk

Looks very desperate now at Bury. If their case isn't adjourned tomorrow then the mostly likely outcome is the club will be wound up. This is all going on while the EFL sit back and do nothing. Yet they were happy for a man to take charge without doing a fit and proper persons test.

 

[Peterdev]

Unbelievable that a club promoted might end up extinct in hours

 

[Marked Ox]

Bury gets another 6 week adjournment. I'll be surprised if they get another unless the sale is close to completion. Unless administration pre-empts further court action.

 

[frenchconnection]

REVEALED: Bolton Wanderers' £25m of company creditors

A REPORT issued by Wanderers’ administrators has revealed an eyewatering £25million in company creditors.

www.theboltonnews.co.uk

 

[Marked Ox]

REVEALED: Bolton Wanderers' £25m of company creditors

A REPORT issued by Wanderers’ administrators has revealed an eyewatering £25million in company creditors.

www.theboltonnews.co.uk

I bet they have no leeway with the HMRC anymore regardless of who are owners.

I feel really sorry for the small unsecured creditors who will lose out on 65% of what is owed when the owner who screwed them over will get paid.

If I was a local trader, I would be expecting payment upfront (at least until I get some trust back) before providing products or services.

 

[OUFCGav]

Interesting to read that the person who took over Bury has not even submitted requested paperwork for, never mind passed the fit and proper persons test. The EFL are a joke.

 

[Essexyellows]

Bury takeover went through without full Football League approval

The December takeover of Bury by Steve Dale was completed without being fully approved by the EFL under its regulations, the league has said

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sarge]

Bury takeover went through without full Football League approval

The December takeover of Bury by Steve Dale was completed without being fully approved by the EFL under its regulations, the league has said

www.theguardian.com

maybe the Football Association should investigate to define if those at the top of The EFL are fit and proper people to 'run' EFL affairs? ... not that they will do ... too much of an old boys club the lot of them IMO

 

[oldabingdonian]

Even in a culture of greed and cronyism, surely the penny has to drop and those in charge at the EFL (or the FA?) have to start preventing takeovers by unsuitable owners. Even if this means the club concerned going bust, at least it puts down some kind of marker.

 

[holdsteady]

Even in a culture of greed and cronyism, surely the penny has to drop and those in charge at the EFL (or the FA?) have to start preventing takeovers by unsuitable owners. Even if this means the club concerned going bust, at least it puts down some kind of marker.

Can they do that? If someone comes in proposing to pay debts that will go unpaid if that club goes to the wall I can’t see the FA/FL stopping them, even if it is all hokum.

 

[Concretebob]

Interesting to read that the person who took over Bury has not even submitted requested paperwork for, never mind passed the fit and proper persons test. The EFL are a joke.

Yet another Shaun Harvey failure. The man is an utter joke. More bothered about league cup draws in stupid places and destroying lower league football.

 

[outsidethebox]

Yet another Shaun Harvey failure. The man is an utter joke. More bothered about league cup draws in stupid places and destroying lower league football.

The problem is that he appears to be made of teflon.

 

[beyondthefourth]

The problem is that he appears to be made of teflon.

Well, you can't spell teflon without EFL.

 

[outsidethebox]

Well, you can't spell teflon without EFL.

Very good!

 

[West Oxon U’s]

 

[FalmouthOx]

Looks to me like Bury will go into admin and be deducted points - they will be lucky to have a team on the first day as everyone has been told free to leave and are jumping ship. Bolton same thing re points deduction looking likely. So we could have 2 teams starting on a big minus. The lower leagues are a car crash and all about lack of money. Need the FA to pop £1m to every L1 and L2 club now - crazy that the FA is so rich when the clubs are going bust. This needs to happen if grass roots is to survive. Very sad. How soon before half the teams start with deductions and the safety zone is then 35 points - oh and slight swerveball - why don't Sunderland just announce they are interested in every player who ever kicked a ball and save us from the endless dross/copy newsies articles every day. On the OUFC page of newsnow, the news aggregator, generally 50% of the articles are about bloody Sunderland!

 

[yellowbow]

Probably the first time a team has been made up entirely from the same family?

 

[WokinghamYellow]

Looks to me like Bury will go into admin and be deducted points - they will be lucky to have a team on the first day as everyone has been told free to leave and are jumping ship. Bolton same thing re points deduction looking likely. So we could have 2 teams starting on a big minus. The lower leagues are a car crash and all about lack of money. Need the FA to pop £1m to every L1 and L2 club now - crazy that the FA is so rich when the clubs are going bust. This needs to happen if grass roots is to survive. Very sad. How soon before half the teams start with deductions and the safety zone is then 35 points - oh and slight swerveball - why don't Sunderland just announce they are interested in every player who ever kicked a ball and save us from the endless dross/copy newsies articles every day. On the OUFC page of newsnow, the news aggregator, generally 50% of the articles are about bloody Sunderland!

Why should the FA help clubs with donations that have taken too many risks finacially and/or been financially mismanaged? if Bury tried to operate within their means then they wouldnt be in this situation. lower league clubs need to be more inventive at increasing income and cutting costs on transfer fees, agents and player wages.

 

[Scotchegg]

The last time that many people were on trial, Tommy Robinson was filming the courtroom!!!

 

[NottsYellow]

Bolton v Bury in early September has been selected by SKY.

 

[FalmouthOx]

Why should the FA help clubs with donations that have taken too many risks finacially and/or been financially mismanaged? if Bury tried to operate within their means then they wouldnt be in this situation. lower league clubs need to be more inventive at increasing income and cutting costs on transfer fees, agents and player wages.

Lower league clubs are asset stripped/raped by those above. They cannot generally produce enough revenues from often poor communities to ever pay more than £2-3k per week in wages to players and that guarantees we all stay exactly where those above want us - with our girls (always for sale at the right price) touted in the cheap shop window which is L1/L2. Every community deserves to have a football club.

Why should they help with "donations"??? Huh are you serious? It is the Football Association - what they should be about is promoting soccer at grass roots and making sure the gap isn't too wide for young players to then step up. Instead they sit on millions which are distributed amongst themselves. It would not hurt the Championship clubs and Premiership clubs one jot, if for example they lost £2m each in share of TV revenue so that every L1/L2 club got say £1.5m more each and Conference teams got £500k each. How hard is it for the FA to step in and demand more for lower league clubs to keep the game alive? The fish stinks from the head

P.S I think agents are the scourge of most managers - not much you can do to cut their fees without them taking the player elsewhere - cut player wages and the quality gap gets wider and resigns us to life down under. Sure, clubs need to be wise and not take too many risks - maybe the FA should hold owners personally liable for the clubs debts when they leave, and not simply allow them to be restructured in consideration for a £1 sale price, which then kills the club once the assets have been stripped

 

[Marked Ox]

Probably the first time a team has been made up entirely from the same family?

They'll all be from Scotland as it seems a popular surname up there.

 

[Sarge]

Lower league clubs are asset stripped/raped by those above. They cannot generally produce enough revenues from often poor communities to ever pay more than £2-3k per week in wages to players and that guarantees we all stay exactly where those above want us - with our girls (always for sale at the right price) touted in the cheap shop window which is L1/L2. Every community deserves to have a football club.

Why should they help with "donations"??? Huh are you serious? It is the Football Association - what they should be about is promoting soccer at grass roots and making sure the gap isn't too wide for young players to then step up. Instead they sit on millions which are distributed amongst themselves. It would not hurt the Championship clubs and Premiership clubs one jot, if for example they lost £2m each in share of TV revenue so that every L1/L2 club got say £1.5m more each and Conference teams got £500k each. How hard is it for the FA to step in and demand more for lower league clubs to keep the game alive? The fish stinks from the head

P.S I think agents are the scourge of most managers - not much you can do to cut their fees without them taking the player elsewhere - cut player wages and the quality gap gets wider and resigns us to life down under. Sure, clubs need to be wise and not take too many risks - maybe the FA should hold owners personally liable for the clubs debts when they leave, and not simply allow them to be restructured in consideration for a £1 sale price, which then kills the club once the assets have been stripped

good post that ^ @FalmouthOx ... it would be brilliant if the FA did implement at least some of those suggestions.... in the real world, sadly, its far too heavily slanted in favour of the PL & Championship clubs

 

[Whingit]

Bury on -12 now, too.