fozzie

Sorry, but you might want to double check the stats for Scone Thistle. An average of 322 doesn't sound remotely plausible.

Surely another Seamus alias? If so, best one yet Keep it coming!

They have their membership and honours: http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/club/airdrie-united/ I believe the current Clydebank have the rights to the name and crest only.

That's assuming a hell of a lot. i.e. that firstly, there's no transfer embargo, and secondly that there's a workable business plan in place to make it till the end of the season without going tits-up again. Both are very doubtful. The squad's already a skeleton and, if the club's losing money hand over fist (which it will in the 3rd) any player that can be sold for profit will be. Then, add to that injuries, suspensions and the fact that they're only be to sign teenagers and are shouldering a loss of hundreds of thousands week in, week out. It's not looking good for them without a sizable amount of investment or a huge amount of good will from a creditor. No sign of either on the horizon.

And where did your team start?

Have you read their website?

Unforunately, until 'Club 12' is confirmed we can't do that

Och well, I'm no expert... Calm down eh It's late, and anyway, as I said, if you go back to my original post; I do think they're f**ked too. I was just chucking a few ideas about.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not really disagreeing with you. It's quite clear that there's no way for them to break even. I'm just saying that it is 'technically' possible to keep them going. If Murray Park can be sold, it can be sold. The backroom staff and the high earners can and will be axed. They can mothball 3 stands and still get 10 000 a week in (Yeah, I know, we'll see how many actually turn up...) But let's face it, if Queen's park can run Hampden at a profit and climb out of Division 3 from time to time, there's hope for Sevco, police bills aside (I've heard they have sympathetic ears.)

Fair points. Their turnover will be more than the rest of the division put together, so they should be able to put together a side that can win it. They'll of-load any high earners at knockdown prices during the transfer window too. The asset will be the surviving club, not the material assets. If there is reconstruction, they could be back in the top flight and selling out every week within 2 years. Not that it'll be turning in a profit, but there will be enough bluenosed investors about to put a deal together. Plus, the 'club' will also have a certain amount of sentimental value. That deal will look a whole lot less attractive when their in admin again with a huge points penalty and a pile of football debt hanging over them.

A combination of factors: 1) The board forcing the agenda 2) The clubs only being able to force amendments 3) The clock running down fast 4) Everyone being p***ed of with the whole thing dragging on 5) A sense of self-preservation 6) Remaining open to the doomsday scenario 7) A sense of 'they've suffered enough' (in some quarters) Add all that up and everyone just thinks "F**k this! Let's move on."

Unfortunately, a lot of the checks that are in place seem to be 'discretionary' and the committees who need to ratify it are bent as f**k and have already decided. It's a foregone conclusion I'm afraid.

It simply has to be ratified by the SFL and SFA committees - a foregone conclusion (I take it you read the leaked e-mails). There's no rule obliging them to invite applicants.

Fingers crossed for the SPL meeting next week...

I'm not so sure. It'll be cat and mouse. Sevco will be looking to get out, that's for sure, but if they let the thing fold again, they leave at a loss. Keep it running at a loss, but just enough to win the 3rd Division (which'll cost hee-haw in terms of their, still large, turnover) and they still have a saleable asset which they can recoup a few millions on. On the other hand, anyone wanting to buy will know that the longer they wait, the more desperate Green & co. will be to sell and the cheaper it'll get, but on the other hand their upping the chances of the whole thing going tits-up again. A combination of a fan with deep pockets and league reconstruction could help them immensely, but without these, they'll wind up in admin again or hit the top flight crippled by debt again.