Lofarl Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Give Bolton and Bury footballers wages! I’ve some sympathy for the supporters, but the cries of the EPL or FA should do something are reminiscent of the deal that HMRC should have done to save Glasgow Rangers. The FA like the SFA won’t lift a finger to save one of the little fishes of the leagues. If a Man U, Tottenham or heaven forbid Chelsea go tits up, perhaps then you would see some action. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 34 minutes ago, ForzaDundee said: Why are people all over twitter blaming the EFL? If a club can't complete fixtures then it's only fair that they are booted out and one of the many non-league clubs gets it's place in the football league. They're being blamed for not doing their job properly in their Fit and Proper Person Test being a joke, letting crooks take over clubs and sitting back letting them get on with destroying said clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 23 minutes ago, ajwffc said: most seam to think that the EFL, FA, Premier League and other teams and players should give them money to keep them going. Sewing thread for this pish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Hopefully this is just the start and the house of cards begins to tumble. The more that go bust the better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, ForzaDundee said: Hopefully this is just the start and the house of cards begins to tumble. The more that go bust the better. How’s that ? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rab B Nesbit said: How’s that ? Just think it would be funny and make me quite happy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 3 fresh offers for Bury according to SSN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ForzaDundee said: Just think it would be funny and make me quite happy. Fair enough. Others misfortune gets some people by I suppose. Edited August 27, 2019 by Rab B Nesbit -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Just now, lichtie23 said: 3 fresh offers for Bury according to SSN. Offers from: 1. Ex-Gateshead chairman - a non-starter due to his previous, club would be gone in a year 2. Local MP who quit Labour due to Corbyn anti-semitism - non-starter as the guy is obviously a looney. 3. Swiss company - could have legs as a money laundering operation 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Bury should be left to sort out these new bids as a non-league club. That they even got this far into the season while unable to fulfil any fixtures is a total farce. Punt them into whatever northern English league will take them on a provisional basis for next season instead of handing out yet another meaningless 'deadline'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, virginton said: Bury should be left to sort out these new bids as a non-league club. That they even got this far into the season while unable to fulfil any fixtures is a total farce. Punt them into whatever northern English league will take them on a provisional basis for next season instead of handing out yet another meaningless 'deadline'. I don’t think anyone is really going to complain if it was extended a wee bit further if there’s deals on the table but they’d need to be quick. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Hopefully this is just the start and the house of cards begins to tumble. The more that go bust the better.Why!? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I don’t think anyone is really going to complain if it was extended a wee bit further if there’s deals on the table but they’d need to be quick. I will complainProfusely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Rab B Nesbit said: I don’t think anyone is really going to complain if it was extended a wee bit further if there’s deals on the table but they’d need to be quick. It has already been 'extended a wee bit further' from last week until today at 5pm: another joke 'deadline' that has been missed. It is now the last week of August and Bury have fulfilled no fixtures at all. A competent football organisation would have required both Bury and Bolton to put a bond to show that they could fulfil their fixtures: if they couldn't do that then they should have been papped down to the lowest level willing to take them before the season even started. Even the old SFL managed to handle this situation with far greater competence by sending Livingston down to the Third Division under similar circumstances. Edited August 27, 2019 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Bury have had six games postponed in a league that already has a lot of midweek games scheduled. Quite frankly, they have already had more than enough time and it's a farce the EFL has tolerated this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 The problem with any sort of "fit and proper person" test is that these sort of owners are often coming in at a point where the club is already teetering on the abyss, and there will be a lot of pressure on the authorities in such scenarios.Suppose some dodgy f**k came in to try to buy Bury now. If the EFL or FA blocked the purchase they'd inevitably be accused of killing the club off. It's much easier to enforce the rules when the selling club are in a healthy state, but that is rarely the case in football club takeovers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I feel really sorry for the old timers (and everyone else) who have supported these clubs all their lives. Bury's gone, and looking like Bolton will follow. Very sad.That is the saddest part, people who have followed these clubs all their life now having to do something else in footballing terms to fill that Saturdays that will never have the same resonance as following their team. Sadly I don't see them being the last as there are other basket cases out there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 3 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: I feel really sorry for the old timers (and everyone else) who have supported these clubs all their lives. Bury's gone, and looking like Bolton will follow. Very sad. That is the saddest part, people who have followed these clubs all their life now having to do something else in footballing terms to fill that Saturdays that will never have the same resonance as following their team. Sadly I don't see them being the last as there are other basket cases out there. They can (and I'd imagine will) support the inevitable phoenix clubs which will appear in whatever tier of English football lets them in. Shite having to drop down to following a team in tier 10 or whatever, but there will still be a team for them to support on a Saturday. The the likes of Bolton and Bury would climb to a relatively decent level, where you'd hope they would then become self-sustainable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Don’t know why but - and I’m not one to advocate it, but with the clamour for us two cheeks to go/f**k off south - why isn’t there the prospect of a Bolton Celtics and Bury Rangers? (Insert you’re own witty riposte here). Surely that must be an avenue that has been explored? I await the resident PnB QCs to come shoot me down imminently.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 They can (and I'd imagine will) support the inevitable phoenix clubs which will appear in whatever tier of English football lets them in. Shite having to drop down to following a team in tier 10 or whatever, but there will still be a team for them to support on a Saturday. The the likes of Bolton and Bury would climb to a relatively decent level, where you'd hope they would then become self-sustainable.Hope that will be the case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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