Walking Down The Halbeath Road

[DA Baracus]

Bryan Jackson WILL NOT be there tonight, it is only the ParsUnited guys. However, their is a Q&A session to be done tonight, so hopefully some important answers can be given which helps us get everyone onside and saves our Club. For questions for BJ, he can be 'grilled' on Sunday at the Supporters' Convention which is being held at EEP. He has already said he's happy to come along and answer any queries the fans have.

What?! We can't have BOTH a supporter's convention AND ask questions! It MUST be one or the other! IT MUST!

[Pars fan]

why wouldn`t he,its a football forum and suppose some dunfermline supporters and many other supporters are interested n the goings on at your club

more likely the trusted person told raithie in the hope that it would be passed on.tend to find thats the norm

I dont think thats how it works. The fact that Bryan Jackson isn't even attending the meeting suggests the 'source' is talking pish. Will be waiting on an official statement from someone within the club.

[da_no_1]

thought it was open meeting for supporters to grill Jackson?

like whats the likelyhood of agreeing a CVA and exiting admin?who are our creditors and how much is owed and so on

it`ll be Bob Geldofesque

give us your fukin money

You seem to be desperate for us to die. Please leave us alone.

[Rovers_Lad]

I dont think thats how it works. The fact that Bryan Jackson isn't even attending the meeting suggests the 'source' is talking pish. Will be waiting on an official statement from someone within the club.

eh,dont see where anyone said that jackson was at the trust meeting

You seem to be desperate for us to die. Please leave us alone.

not at all but suffer badly yes

[vikingTON]

Oh goody, no-one does delusions of grandeur and laughable sums quite like a supporters' group. This will make Masterton seem like Geogre Soros by comparison.

[parslad]

Calm down. And pipe down.

No. Don't take orders from twats.

[dafcburty]

From Pars United meeting tonight, it included a question regarding the budget. Pars United responded by saying next seasons budget, for SFL2 hadn't been fully finalised yet as they hadn't taken over and it'd depend on which players were retained etc but their projections are;

1,000 ST holders, down from 1700 this season

2,500 crowd on average, including Rangers gates

6,000 average for the Rangers games.

Sensible budgeting, IMO. All realistic numbers and it gives us a chance to increase our capital if we get over the 1,000 ST holders; a good cup run or retain a lot of the newly found support from recent weeks.

[BishyTON]

From Pars United meeting tonight, it included a question regarding the budget. Pars United responded by saying next seasons budget, for SFL2 hadn't been fully finalised yet as they hadn't taken over and it'd depend on which players were retained etc but their projections are;

1,000 ST holders, down from 1700 this season

2,500 crowd on average, including Rangers gates

6,000 average for the Rangers games.

Sensible budgeting, IMO. All realistic numbers and it gives us a chance to increase our capital if we get over the 1,000 ST holders; a good cup run or retain a lot of the newly found support from recent weeks.

That seems to be about right if you are in the play-off/promotion hunt. If you are in a relegation battle/mid-table then you will probably struggle to make the 2,500 average. Could be wrong though!

[parslad]

That seems to be about right if you are in the play-off/promotion hunt. If you are in a relegation battle/mid-table then you will probably struggle to make the 2,500 average. Could be wrong though!

Would like to think we'd get that. Good spirit of unity at the moment but if we're struggling who knows. When Leishman took over in the 80's crowds were in the hundreds. Not impossible these dark days could return,especially if a certain fat ex banker is involved in some capacity.

[Only coo in the village]

Very sensible projections from The Pars group here. Always best to assume that gates will be lower than you would hope to achieve but budget on that basis. All extra income above that level is then a bonus. The current Cowden board tend to budget on the worst case scenario and it has worked out well in terms of balancing our books.

In the past the former Pars board budgeted on mad gate predictions and obviously that was unrealistic in the extreme. I'm sure that Dunfermline will sell a greater number of season tickets than predicted here but very sensible to be cautious.

Edited May 22, 2013 by Only coo in the village

[da_no_1]

Agreed however I was a wee bit concerned that even allowing for these far more realistic budgets they still think we'll "burn money"

[Pars fan]

Got confirmation from a Pars Trust member that there was a meeting last night at the Alhambra and that Pars fans are to expect bad news. Major cut backs will be in operation ahead of the new season with Jefferies heading out the door along with many first team players. Trust and Jackson also not confident that Dunfermline will be out of admin by the start of next season with the possibility that they won't be able to fulfil all fixtures whilst in the 2nd Division. Rumours from this meeting are that Craig Dargo may be appointed as player/manager.

Not fishing here and from what I'm led to believe this has not been made public knowledge as of yet. Just going by what I was told from a Trust member.

This trust chap seems like he has a poor sense of humour, or just talking pish. The meeting seemed reasonably positive, considering.

I think we will end up being ok in a few years, and end up a mid table first division team for a few years ,there after.

We need to stay positive and look at this as a fresh start. Hopefully we can rebuild relations with other clubs and start playing on an even playing field.

[dafcburty]

1,000 ST holders might be realistic, until / if Pars United become new owners. A few people that I've read online have said they'll rather donate to BuyThePars

and PATG rather than buying a ST then someone like Masterton or Massone taking over.

(Did I hear correctly tonight - there are rumours of Masterton and / or Massone putting a bid(s) in? Or were they names just being used as examples?)

[dafcburty]

Website is now live:

www.buythepars.org

[Thistle_do_nicely]

From Pars United meeting tonight, it included a question regarding the budget. Pars United responded by saying next seasons budget, for SFL2 hadn't been fully finalised yet as they hadn't taken over and it'd depend on which players were retained etc but their projections are;

1,000 ST holders, down from 1700 this season

2,500 crowd on average, including Rangers gates

6,000 average for the Rangers games.

Sensible budgeting, IMO. All realistic numbers and it gives us a chance to increase our capital if we get over the 1,000 ST holders; a good cup run or retain a lot of the newly found support from recent weeks.

Any mention of the pricing for these tickets, out of curiousity?

[Parscelona]

Nevermind, just noticed the bit underneath. So the difference between donating less than £100 and a minimum of £100 is a certificate basically.

Edited May 23, 2013 by Parscelona

[parsforlife]

Any mention of the pricing for these tickets, out of curiousity?

Season tickets are £215 , and PATG is £15, their is more detail on the official site tho.

Those prices aren't set by pars united, but they probably were consulted.

Edited May 23, 2013 by parsforlife

[RoversMad]

Nevermind, just noticed the bit underneath. So the difference between donating less than £100 and a minimum of £100 is a certificate basically.

Aye,

But it's a BIG certificate

[Swainy]

Any mention of the pricing for these tickets, out of curiousity?

Season tickets are £215 , and PATG is £15, their is more detail on the official site tho.

Those prices aren't set by pars united, but they probably were consulted.

The certificate also gives you a PST vote.

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[Shandon Par]

Is it all worth it? £500K seems an awful lot of money to plough in to nothing other than the right to run the team. The ground wouldn't be ours. None of the money raised through events would be ours. We'd have rent to pay. Unless Lloyds got tough with Masterton and repossess East End then it's hard to see how this scenario could change.

We got in to this mess by throwing around six figure sums of cash and this just seems to be carrying on where we left off.

If DAFC was to die, Masterton would have a useless football stadium on his hands. Some of that 500K could go towards paying off the other creditors the full amount due, rather than the peanuts they will receive after Masteron snaffles up 90% of the money from a CVA.

We could reform, ask to join the third tier, play anywhere that will have us then when LBG repossess East End we can step in as ideal new tenants or owners.

The idea of just handing over huge pots of cash to appease the major creditor (Masterton) for the pleasure of playing in 'his' ground, paying him rent and seeing money drain away to his family from event hosting just seems a meek, spineless solution.