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Post by midfieldgeneral on Sept 30, 2020 8:20:12 GMT
Looks like the National League are as pathetic as the government. No leadership whatsoever.
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Post by glosblue on Sept 30, 2020 8:20:15 GMT
If a grant for the NL, NLN and NLS of £20m is agreed it will be interesting to see how it is divvied up. With c.70 clubs across the 3 leagues a straight split would be c.£300k. I dare say we could scape by on that, plus other sources (fund, season tickets, streaming) for a season. Fairest would be turnover in last years' published accounts, though I dare say some clubs won't have those, and it would cripple clubs like Gloucester where a sugar daddy is funding it personally this season (we might get Akwasi back!). Least fair would be for the clubs to vote, where the voting structure would give the majority to the NL and peanuts to the rest.
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Post by Churton Blue on Sept 30, 2020 8:27:04 GMT
If a grant for the NL, NLN and NLS of £20m is agreed it will be interesting to see how it is divvied up. With c.70 clubs across the 3 leagues a straight split would be c.£300k. I dare say we could scape by on that, plus other sources (fund, season tickets, streaming) for a season. Fairest would be turnover in last years' published accounts, though I dare say some clubs won't have those, and it would cripple clubs like Gloucester where a sugar daddy is funding it personally this season (we might get Akwasi back!). Least fair would be for the clubs to vote, where the voting structure would give the majority to the NL and peanuts to the rest.The National League is badly in need of reform. Hopefully this grant has some strings attached. Namely one club one vote, FFP and a Salary Cap to be introduced as soon as possible.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Sept 30, 2020 8:27:21 GMT
If a grant for the NL, NLN and NLS of £20m is agreed it will be interesting to see how it is divvied up. With c.70 clubs across the 3 leagues a straight split would be c.£300k. I dare say we could scape by on that, plus other sources (fund, season tickets, streaming) for a season. Fairest would be turnover in last years' published accounts, though I dare say some clubs won't have those, and it would cripple clubs like Gloucester where a sugar daddy is funding it personally this season (we might get Akwasi back!). Least fair would be for the clubs to vote, where the voting structure would give the majority to the NL and peanuts to the rest. Needs to be done on attendance/ turnover. Us York Darlington Hereford are bigger clubs than some of the bankrolled teams, in the National league. Uf they do sny different then the NLN should as is ask for a government directive .
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 30, 2020 8:38:32 GMT
Now there’s local lockdowns across all of North Wales, added to some areas around the north west.
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Post by arthurmorris on Sept 30, 2020 8:56:23 GMT
If a grant for the NL, NLN and NLS of £20m is agreed it will be interesting to see how it is divvied up. With c.70 clubs across the 3 leagues a straight split would be c.£300k. I dare say we could scape by on that, plus other sources (fund, season tickets, streaming) for a season. Fairest would be turnover in last years' published accounts, though I dare say some clubs won't have those, and it would cripple clubs like Gloucester where a sugar daddy is funding it personally this season (we might get Akwasi back!). Least fair would be for the clubs to vote, where the voting structure would give the majority to the NL and peanuts to the rest. Needs to be done on attendance/ turnover. Us York Darlington Hereford are bigger clubs than some of the bankrolled teams, in the National league. Uf they do sny different then the NLN should as is ask for a government directive . I heard the owner and/or chairman of Aldershot being interviewed on Radio 4 this morning, he indicated that the the financial support would be based on a lost revenue basis which, I hope, will accord with your assertion.
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Post by dc2cfc on Sept 30, 2020 9:36:02 GMT
Yes i'd like to think it would divided up based on average attendance figures, previous turnover. Theres no way a club that averages 500 at home matches should be getting the same as a club that has 1800 on average at home.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 30, 2020 10:31:05 GMT
Official statement from Ithsmian League side Corinthian Casuals ahead of their FA Cup qualifier with National League South’s Dulwich Hamlet...
Following an announcement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in conjunction with the FA, Corinthian-Casuals will be unable to admit supporters of Dulwich Hamlet to King George’s Arena for the FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying fixture on Saturday 3rd October. As the coronavirus is clearly clever enough to differentiate between supporters of Step 2 and 3 clubs, in their wisdom, supporters of National League clubs – which include Dulwich Hamlet – are banned from spectating. We have held back on the sale of tickets for the time being but will unfortunately have to limit these to Corinthian-Casuals and neutral supporters only. Please do not purchase tickets if you are a supporter of Dulwich Hamlet F.C. as both clubs have to adhere to these rules (we cannot believe we’ve had to type that).
We’d like to place on record that as a club, we are not in favour of this utterly baffling ruling, we believe it is wholly unnecessary and we are having to put in place these restrictions under duress.
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Post by chesterken on Sept 30, 2020 11:18:06 GMT
Official statement from Ithsmian League side Corinthian Casuals ahead of their FA Cup qualifier with National League South’s Dulwich Hamlet... Following an announcement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in conjunction with the FA, Corinthian-Casuals will be unable to admit supporters of Dulwich Hamlet to King George’s Arena for the FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying fixture on Saturday 3rd October. As the coronavirus is clearly clever enough to differentiate between supporters of Step 2 and 3 clubs, in their wisdom, supporters of National League clubs – which include Dulwich Hamlet – are banned from spectating. We have held back on the sale of tickets for the time being but will unfortunately have to limit these to Corinthian-Casuals and neutral supporters only. Please do not purchase tickets if you are a supporter of Dulwich Hamlet F.C. as both clubs have to adhere to these rules (we cannot believe we’ve had to type that). We’d like to place on record that as a club, we are not in favour of this utterly baffling ruling, we believe it is wholly unnecessary and we are having to put in place these restrictions under duress. Love the statement.
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Post by Blockhead on Sept 30, 2020 11:30:58 GMT
Tracey Crouch MP is due to ask an Urgent Question on National League football in Parliament after PMQs today (anytime now).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 11:40:09 GMT
Now there’s local lockdowns across all of North Wales, added to some areas around the north west. Wonder how this would / could affect re crowds. I know there’s a fair few from Mancott, Connahs Quay and Deeside in general. Not that I wouldn’t still go if fans allowed but for some it could be difficult. On a lighter note, anyone got an address in Worksop we can use incase it’s ticketed? 😂😂😂
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Sept 30, 2020 17:07:55 GMT
According to a debate in the commons today, funding will be based on gate reciepts, which is good news for us.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 30, 2020 17:12:12 GMT
According to a debate in the commons today, funding will be based on gate reciepts, which is good news for us. Can imagine those tiny clubs with millionaire backers fiddling their books somehow.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Sept 30, 2020 17:27:46 GMT
According to a debate in the commons today, funding will be based on gate reciepts, which is good news for us. Can imagine those tiny clubs with millionaire backers fiddling their books somehow. Looks like some of them may need deep pockets. Lol
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Post by avfo on Sept 30, 2020 21:15:35 GMT
Can imagine those tiny clubs with millionaire backers fiddling their books somehow. Looks like some of them may need deep pockets. Lol Gloucester City co chairman Alex Petheram - Like all clubs within the National League structure, I submitted on the weekend our financial support questionnaire. With our return home to Meadow Park these should be exciting times within the club and City, yet we find ourselves concerned over the lack of fans returning to our home back in Gloucester. I’m very grateful to our 448 season ticket holders and I’m hopeful that the 107 people that didn’t complete on the sale will come back once fans are allowed back in to “Elite Sports Grounds”. The sad fact is 555 (448 + 107) people will be missing out week after week on watching live sport at Meadow Park as a minimum, which clearly excludes away fans! We’re at a massive disadvantage to every other club in the National League structure, I have this afternoon watched Nigel Huddleston MP in the House of Commons state that “Funding will be focused on those most in need and it will be based on the loss of gate receipts”. This would mean Gloucester would be graded on gate and income receipts from years gone by, while we played at Evesham, some 45 minutes up the M5, where last season we had an average attendance of 441 including away fans. This just simply cannot happen … As a club and National League structure we received a grant of £15k (thank you) for support to undertake the new Covid protocols. Sadly, as we proved when we applied for the grant, our actual spend to get Meadow Park ‘Covid ready’ for a better phase, to allow fans in for the 01 Oct 2020, was triple the cost of the grant. We’ve spent money on extra toilets, line marking, new exit points, additional bar doors to allow a one way system to be installed, enough hand sanitizer to sink a battle ship etc etc … my fear is we’re about to relive this experience again … with us being forced to run the football club, which don’t forget has a company number, not a charity number knowingly insolvent. Due to the current times we’ve also lost all ground sponsors … all the stands are un-sponsored, the stadium naming rights deal fell through on the announcement of no fans and we’ve got no ground boards … As we were in contract, we’ve completed on the new LED scoreboard this week as we wanted to give fans a surprise for there return … now that just seems a waste of money!
We are looking at streaming games still … we have just spent more money undertaking the required infrastructure and equipment upgrades. But again, this is more outgoing money and I can’t help but feel going to Las Vegas and going all in on ‘Red or Black’ would have been a better business model … hang about … I couldn’t fly … make that Blackpool … or is that also now a no go … I’ve lost track! As it stands, we’ve Christchurch away Saturday in the FA Cup … I’ve told the lads the solution is simple, let’s go and win the FA Cup! Always believe … there’s always one more round!
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Post by Si on Sept 30, 2020 21:39:17 GMT
Looks like some of them may need deep pockets. Lol Gloucester City co chairman Alex Petheram - Like all clubs within the National League structure, I submitted on the weekend our financial support questionnaire. With our return home to Meadow Park these should be exciting times within the club and City, yet we find ourselves concerned over the lack of fans returning to our home back in Gloucester. I’m very grateful to our 448 season ticket holders and I’m hopeful that the 107 people that didn’t complete on the sale will come back once fans are allowed back in to “Elite Sports Grounds”. The sad fact is 555 (448 + 107) people will be missing out week after week on watching live sport at Meadow Park as a minimum, which clearly excludes away fans! We’re at a massive disadvantage to every other club in the National League structure, I have this afternoon watched Nigel Huddleston MP in the House of Commons state that “Funding will be focused on those most in need and it will be based on the loss of gate receipts”. This would mean Gloucester would be graded on gate and income receipts from years gone by, while we played at Evesham, some 45 minutes up the M5, where last season we had an average attendance of 441 including away fans. This just simply cannot happen … As a club and National League structure we received a grant of £15k (thank you) for support to undertake the new Covid protocols. Sadly, as we proved when we applied for the grant, our actual spend to get Meadow Park ‘Covid ready’ for a better phase, to allow fans in for the 01 Oct 2020, was triple the cost of the grant. We’ve spent money on extra toilets, line marking, new exit points, additional bar doors to allow a one way system to be installed, enough hand sanitizer to sink a battle ship etc etc … my fear is we’re about to relive this experience again … with us being forced to run the football club, which don’t forget has a company number, not a charity number knowingly insolvent. Due to the current times we’ve also lost all ground sponsors … all the stands are un-sponsored, the stadium naming rights deal fell through on the announcement of no fans and we’ve got no ground boards … As we were in contract, we’ve completed on the new LED scoreboard this week as we wanted to give fans a surprise for there return … now that just seems a waste of money!
We are looking at streaming games still … we have just spent more money undertaking the required infrastructure and equipment upgrades. But again, this is more outgoing money and I can’t help but feel going to Las Vegas and going all in on ‘Red or Black’ would have been a better business model … hang about … I couldn’t fly … make that Blackpool … or is that also now a no go … I’ve lost track! As it stands, we’ve Christchurch away Saturday in the FA Cup … I’ve told the lads the solution is simple, let’s go and win the FA Cup! Always believe … there’s always one more round! Haven’t got a lot of sympathy. They knew we were in a pandemic months ago and all the uncertainty that goes with it, yet spunked out silly wages for Asante amongst other respected players at this level. You can’t make those sort out outlays knowing the world we are in, and then cry when the government don’t help as much as they want. Stop crying and crack on with it.
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Post by rcb on Sept 30, 2020 22:16:29 GMT
Gloucester City co chairman Alex Petheram - Like all clubs within the National League structure, I submitted on the weekend our financial support questionnaire. With our return home to Meadow Park these should be exciting times within the club and City, yet we find ourselves concerned over the lack of fans returning to our home back in Gloucester. I’m very grateful to our 448 season ticket holders and I’m hopeful that the 107 people that didn’t complete on the sale will come back once fans are allowed back in to “Elite Sports Grounds”. The sad fact is 555 (448 + 107) people will be missing out week after week on watching live sport at Meadow Park as a minimum, which clearly excludes away fans! We’re at a massive disadvantage to every other club in the National League structure, I have this afternoon watched Nigel Huddleston MP in the House of Commons state that “Funding will be focused on those most in need and it will be based on the loss of gate receipts”. This would mean Gloucester would be graded on gate and income receipts from years gone by, while we played at Evesham, some 45 minutes up the M5, where last season we had an average attendance of 441 including away fans. This just simply cannot happen … As a club and National League structure we received a grant of £15k (thank you) for support to undertake the new Covid protocols. Sadly, as we proved when we applied for the grant, our actual spend to get Meadow Park ‘Covid ready’ for a better phase, to allow fans in for the 01 Oct 2020, was triple the cost of the grant. We’ve spent money on extra toilets, line marking, new exit points, additional bar doors to allow a one way system to be installed, enough hand sanitizer to sink a battle ship etc etc … my fear is we’re about to relive this experience again … with us being forced to run the football club, which don’t forget has a company number, not a charity number knowingly insolvent. Due to the current times we’ve also lost all ground sponsors … all the stands are un-sponsored, the stadium naming rights deal fell through on the announcement of no fans and we’ve got no ground boards … As we were in contract, we’ve completed on the new LED scoreboard this week as we wanted to give fans a surprise for there return … now that just seems a waste of money!
We are looking at streaming games still … we have just spent more money undertaking the required infrastructure and equipment upgrades. But again, this is more outgoing money and I can’t help but feel going to Las Vegas and going all in on ‘Red or Black’ would have been a better business model … hang about … I couldn’t fly … make that Blackpool … or is that also now a no go … I’ve lost track! As it stands, we’ve Christchurch away Saturday in the FA Cup … I’ve told the lads the solution is simple, let’s go and win the FA Cup! Always believe … there’s always one more round! Haven’t got a lot of sympathy. They knew we were in a pandemic months ago and all the uncertainty that goes with it, yet spunked out silly wages for Asante amongst other respected players at this level. You can’t make those sort out outlays knowing the world we are in, and then cry when the government don’t help as much as they want. Stop crying and crack on with it. I haven’t got any sympathy! Typical chancer deserves all he gets. Exploited the Covid situation to steal Akwasi from us. The lad was happy here, but had his head turned by the “pieces of eight” offered by the pirate. The whole concept of gambling means there are more losers than winners. He gambled and lost. Simple as that.
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Post by scotty on Sept 30, 2020 22:25:35 GMT
I'm not sure that an allocation by attendance is the right way to go. I imagine that most clubs have similar 'do nothing' costs. If we mothballed for a year and cancelled all contracts, we may still have to pay, a complete guess, maybe 350K on rates, minimum maintenance, security, insurance etc. If other clubs in our league are mostly similar, then some kind of minimum should be put in place. For a team with average attendance of 2000 to get five times as much off the taxpayer as one with attendance of 400 just can't be right. In a 'do nothing' scenario, one club has a surplus, the other goes under.
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Post by mcseal on Oct 1, 2020 0:21:07 GMT
I'm not sure that an allocation by attendance is the right way to go. I imagine that most clubs have similar 'do nothing' costs. If we mothballed for a year and cancelled all contracts, we may still have to pay, a complete guess, maybe 350K on rates, minimum maintenance, security, insurance etc. If other clubs in our league are mostly similar, then some kind of minimum should be put in place. For a team with average attendance of 2000 to get five times as much off the taxpayer as one with attendance of 400 just can't be right. In a 'do nothing' scenario, one club has a surplus, the other goes under. But every club would have had to meet those standing costs anyway. The only thing clubs are missing out on is match day income netted off by the saving in in not having to provide stewards, turnstile operators etc. So it seems perfectly fair to me that net match day income should form the basis of any grants. NB: I doubt the standing costs come to anything like £350,000. I think there is a rates holiday this year anyway because of Cv19.
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Post by rcb on Oct 1, 2020 7:33:38 GMT
I'm not sure that an allocation by attendance is the right way to go. I imagine that most clubs have similar 'do nothing' costs. If we mothballed for a year and cancelled all contracts, we may still have to pay, a complete guess, maybe 350K on rates, minimum maintenance, security, insurance etc. If other clubs in our league are mostly similar, then some kind of minimum should be put in place. For a team with average attendance of 2000 to get five times as much off the taxpayer as one with attendance of 400 just can't be right. In a 'do nothing' scenario, one club has a surplus, the other goes under. In your scenario, pre-Covid I assume the club with 400 average attendance survived on that level of income, and lived within its means, affording both fixed and variable costs. Logically these costs would be smaller than a club five times the size. Allocation by attendance is the logical way to go.
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Post by Blockhead on Oct 1, 2020 8:13:09 GMT
I'm not sure that an allocation by attendance is the right way to go. I imagine that most clubs have similar 'do nothing' costs. If we mothballed for a year and cancelled all contracts, we may still have to pay, a complete guess, maybe 350K on rates, minimum maintenance, security, insurance etc. If other clubs in our league are mostly similar, then some kind of minimum should be put in place. For a team with average attendance of 2000 to get five times as much off the taxpayer as one with attendance of 400 just can't be right. In a 'do nothing' scenario, one club has a surplus, the other goes under. Of course it's right.
The idea is that any grant replaces lost revenue due to fans not being able to attend. It's not to prop up teams that budgeted to make a loss without Covid. Higher average attendances equates to more lost revenue.
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Post by Wortleyblue on Oct 1, 2020 8:32:55 GMT
I'm not sure that an allocation by attendance is the right way to go. I imagine that most clubs have similar 'do nothing' costs. If we mothballed for a year and cancelled all contracts, we may still have to pay, a complete guess, maybe 350K on rates, minimum maintenance, security, insurance etc. If other clubs in our league are mostly similar, then some kind of minimum should be put in place. For a team with average attendance of 2000 to get five times as much off the taxpayer as one with attendance of 400 just can't be right. In a 'do nothing' scenario, one club has a surplus, the other goes under. Of course it's right.
The idea is that any grant replaces lost revenue due to fans not being able to attend. It's not to prop up teams that budgeted to make a loss without Covid. Higher average attendances equates to more lost revenue. Totally agree Blockhead just look at the Furlough Scheme 80% of your income not the same amount for everybody
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Oct 1, 2020 10:16:41 GMT
Looks like some of them may need deep pockets. Lol Gloucester City co chairman Alex Petheram - Like all clubs within the National League structure, I submitted on the weekend our financial support questionnaire. With our return home to Meadow Park these should be exciting times within the club and City, yet we find ourselves concerned over the lack of fans returning to our home back in Gloucester. I’m very grateful to our 448 season ticket holders and I’m hopeful that the 107 people that didn’t complete on the sale will come back once fans are allowed back in to “Elite Sports Grounds”. The sad fact is 555 (448 + 107) people will be missing out week after week on watching live sport at Meadow Park as a minimum, which clearly excludes away fans! We’re at a massive disadvantage to every other club in the National League structure, I have this afternoon watched Nigel Huddleston MP in the House of Commons state that “Funding will be focused on those most in need and it will be based on the loss of gate receipts”. This would mean Gloucester would be graded on gate and income receipts from years gone by, while we played at Evesham, some 45 minutes up the M5, where last season we had an average attendance of 441 including away fans. This just simply cannot happen … As a club and National League structure we received a grant of £15k (thank you) for support to undertake the new Covid protocols. Sadly, as we proved when we applied for the grant, our actual spend to get Meadow Park ‘Covid ready’ for a better phase, to allow fans in for the 01 Oct 2020, was triple the cost of the grant. We’ve spent money on extra toilets, line marking, new exit points, additional bar doors to allow a one way system to be installed, enough hand sanitizer to sink a battle ship etc etc … my fear is we’re about to relive this experience again … with us being forced to run the football club, which don’t forget has a company number, not a charity number knowingly insolvent. Due to the current times we’ve also lost all ground sponsors … all the stands are un-sponsored, the stadium naming rights deal fell through on the announcement of no fans and we’ve got no ground boards … As we were in contract, we’ve completed on the new LED scoreboard this week as we wanted to give fans a surprise for there return … now that just seems a waste of money!
We are looking at streaming games still … we have just spent more money undertaking the required infrastructure and equipment upgrades. But again, this is more outgoing money and I can’t help but feel going to Las Vegas and going all in on ‘Red or Black’ would have been a better business model … hang about … I couldn’t fly … make that Blackpool … or is that also now a no go … I’ve lost track! As it stands, we’ve Christchurch away Saturday in the FA Cup … I’ve told the lads the solution is simple, let’s go and win the FA Cup! Always believe … there’s always one more round! Cheek on this fella. Paying Asante £1000 plus a week, you've already gone all in on Red or Black pal.
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Post by Lobster on Oct 1, 2020 10:21:08 GMT
The only thing wrong about allocating funds by attendance is that it contradicts the National League's lack of any attempt to get clubs to live within their means.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Oct 1, 2020 10:58:38 GMT
Looks like some of them may need deep pockets. Lol Gloucester City co chairman Alex Petheram - Like all clubs within the National League structure, I submitted on the weekend our financial support questionnaire. With our return home to Meadow Park these should be exciting times within the club and City, yet we find ourselves concerned over the lack of fans returning to our home back in Gloucester. I’m very grateful to our 448 season ticket holders and I’m hopeful that the 107 people that didn’t complete on the sale will come back once fans are allowed back in to “Elite Sports Grounds”. The sad fact is 555 (448 + 107) people will be missing out week after week on watching live sport at Meadow Park as a minimum, which clearly excludes away fans! We’re at a massive disadvantage to every other club in the National League structure, I have this afternoon watched Nigel Huddleston MP in the House of Commons state that “Funding will be focused on those most in need and it will be based on the loss of gate receipts”. This would mean Gloucester would be graded on gate and income receipts from years gone by, while we played at Evesham, some 45 minutes up the M5, where last season we had an average attendance of 441 including away fans. This just simply cannot happen … As a club and National League structure we received a grant of £15k (thank you) for support to undertake the new Covid protocols. Sadly, as we proved when we applied for the grant, our actual spend to get Meadow Park ‘Covid ready’ for a better phase, to allow fans in for the 01 Oct 2020, was triple the cost of the grant. We’ve spent money on extra toilets, line marking, new exit points, additional bar doors to allow a one way system to be installed, enough hand sanitizer to sink a battle ship etc etc … my fear is we’re about to relive this experience again … with us being forced to run the football club, which don’t forget has a company number, not a charity number knowingly insolvent. Due to the current times we’ve also lost all ground sponsors … all the stands are un-sponsored, the stadium naming rights deal fell through on the announcement of no fans and we’ve got no ground boards … As we were in contract, we’ve completed on the new LED scoreboard this week as we wanted to give fans a surprise for there return … now that just seems a waste of money!
We are looking at streaming games still … we have just spent more money undertaking the required infrastructure and equipment upgrades. But again, this is more outgoing money and I can’t help but feel going to Las Vegas and going all in on ‘Red or Black’ would have been a better business model … hang about … I couldn’t fly … make that Blackpool … or is that also now a no go … I’ve lost track! As it stands, we’ve Christchurch away Saturday in the FA Cup … I’ve told the lads the solution is simple, let’s go and win the FA Cup! Always believe … there’s always one more round! Tough. They shouldnt have been throwing silly money around, in the middle of a pandemic Not looking such a good move for Asente now is it,
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Post by mcseal on Oct 1, 2020 11:02:27 GMT
I'd be very disappointed if we (Av attendance 2,019 last year) didn't get a grant that was nearly 3 times what Boreham Wood (Av attendance 724 last year) will get.
Is it possible that we could be better off than we would in a non covid world ? Will government grant plus season ticket money not reclaimed by supporters plus possible streaming income exceed what we would have taken in normally?
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Oct 1, 2020 11:06:36 GMT
Exactly, if it leads to some of the bankrolled minnows going bust, so much the better They have been living beyond their means for years
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Post by Lobster on Oct 1, 2020 11:56:08 GMT
Gloucester City co chairman Alex Petheram - Like all clubs within the National League structure, I submitted on the weekend our financial support questionnaire. With our return home to Meadow Park these should be exciting times within the club and City, yet we find ourselves concerned over the lack of fans returning to our home back in Gloucester. I’m very grateful to our 448 season ticket holders and I’m hopeful that the 107 people that didn’t complete on the sale will come back once fans are allowed back in to “Elite Sports Grounds”. The sad fact is 555 (448 + 107) people will be missing out week after week on watching live sport at Meadow Park as a minimum, which clearly excludes away fans! We’re at a massive disadvantage to every other club in the National League structure, I have this afternoon watched Nigel Huddleston MP in the House of Commons state that “Funding will be focused on those most in need and it will be based on the loss of gate receipts”. This would mean Gloucester would be graded on gate and income receipts from years gone by, while we played at Evesham, some 45 minutes up the M5, where last season we had an average attendance of 441 including away fans. This just simply cannot happen … As a club and National League structure we received a grant of £15k (thank you) for support to undertake the new Covid protocols. Sadly, as we proved when we applied for the grant, our actual spend to get Meadow Park ‘Covid ready’ for a better phase, to allow fans in for the 01 Oct 2020, was triple the cost of the grant. We’ve spent money on extra toilets, line marking, new exit points, additional bar doors to allow a one way system to be installed, enough hand sanitizer to sink a battle ship etc etc … my fear is we’re about to relive this experience again … with us being forced to run the football club, which don’t forget has a company number, not a charity number knowingly insolvent. Due to the current times we’ve also lost all ground sponsors … all the stands are un-sponsored, the stadium naming rights deal fell through on the announcement of no fans and we’ve got no ground boards … As we were in contract, we’ve completed on the new LED scoreboard this week as we wanted to give fans a surprise for there return … now that just seems a waste of money!
We are looking at streaming games still … we have just spent more money undertaking the required infrastructure and equipment upgrades. But again, this is more outgoing money and I can’t help but feel going to Las Vegas and going all in on ‘Red or Black’ would have been a better business model … hang about … I couldn’t fly … make that Blackpool … or is that also now a no go … I’ve lost track! As it stands, we’ve Christchurch away Saturday in the FA Cup … I’ve told the lads the solution is simple, let’s go and win the FA Cup! Always believe … there’s always one more round! Tough. They shouldnt have been throwing silly money around, in the middle of a pandemic Not looking such a good move for Asente now is it, Maybe we could take Asante back from them? I think a small administrative fee for the inconvenience would only be fair.
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Post by rcb on Oct 1, 2020 12:07:07 GMT
Tough. They shouldnt have been throwing silly money around, in the middle of a pandemic Not looking such a good move for Asente now is it, Maybe we could take Asante back from them? I think a small administrative fee for the inconvenience would only be fair. Elliott, Waring, Marsh-Hughes,and now Goodwin scoring for fun, where would Akwasi fit in? How about we take him on loan, with Gloucester paying 60% of his wages. That’ll save a few bob for them.
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Post by g1 on Oct 1, 2020 12:22:00 GMT
Well well well no sympathy for the likes Gloucester no doubt Curzon and Fylde among other clubs who spend beyond there means will follow there were a lot of chester fans on here having a go at the management duo for not making signings splashing money that we don't really have about well I think they have played a superb hand and got signings for nothing we will be fine
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