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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Fri 13 Jun 10:08
Supporters Direct Scotland :
“With two League One clubs in administration, the season just finished marked a new period of instability for Scottish football clubs after more than a decade without any insolvency events. There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel for both Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dumbarton, but following developments in recent weeks it seems that another may be in even deeper trouble.
In Inverness, agreement has been reached for Caley Thistle to exit administration after almost 8 months. Earlier this week, a Creditor’s Voluntary Agreement was reached with 100% support which should see the club begin the new season under the ownership of Alan Savage.
Meanwhile, we learned yesterday that an old name has returned to senior football in the north… Inverness Thistle, one of the two clubs who merged in the 1990s to form ICT and who re-formed last year, have been accepted as the 13th club in the North Caledonian League (at tier 6, one level below the Highland League). We wish them well for the coming campaign.
In Dumbarton, it was reported yesterday that the Sons will take an alternative route out of administration. A plan is in place that will see the existing company liquidated, and a newco (Dumbarton Football Club 1872 Ltd, wholly owned by Canadian businessman Mario Lapointe) has been formed with approval from the SPFL to compete in League Two next season.
As reported last week, we attended a lively meeting of the newly formed Accies Supporters Association. The future for Accies is precarious, with no certainty where they will call home next season. With the publication of the fixture list imminent it must raise the question of whether they will be able to compete at all. Time is fast running out, and we hope the club owners and stadium owners can set aside their differences to keep the club in the town, or if not that an agreement can be reached for the club to relocate in time for the new season.”
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: parsmad68
Date: Fri 13 Jun 10:41
Quote:
buffy, Fri 13 Jun 10:08
Supporters Direct Scotland :
“With two League One clubs in administration, the season just finished marked a new period of instability for Scottish football clubs after more than a decade without any insolvency events. There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel for both Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dumbarton, but following developments in recent weeks it seems that another may be in even deeper trouble.
In Inverness, agreement has been reached for Caley Thistle to exit administration after almost 8 months. Earlier this week, a Creditor’s Voluntary Agreement was reached with 100% support which should see the club begin the new season under the ownership of Alan Savage.
Meanwhile, we learned yesterday that an old name has returned to senior football in the north… Inverness Thistle, one of the two clubs who merged in the 1990s to form ICT and who re-formed last year, have been accepted as the 13th club in the North Caledonian League (at tier 6, one level below the Highland League). We wish them well for the coming campaign.
In Dumbarton, it was reported yesterday that the Sons will take an alternative route out of administration. A plan is in place that will see the existing company liquidated, and a newco (Dumbarton Football Club 1872 Ltd, wholly owned by Canadian businessman Mario Lapointe) has been formed with approval from the SPFL to compete in League Two next season.
As reported last week, we attended a lively meeting of the newly formed Accies Supporters Association. The future for Accies is precarious, with no certainty where they will call home next season. With the publication of the fixture list imminent it must raise the question of whether they will be able to compete at all. Time is fast running out, and we hope the club owners and stadium owners can set aside their differences to keep the club in the town, or if not that an agreement can be reached for the club to relocate in time for the new season.”
Oh that doesn’t sound good for the Accies. I hope they can be organised as time is really very short. Only seems like a couple of weeks ago watching their delighted supporters after beating us at East End. Football is a cruel game in more ways than one.
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Topic Originator: DunfyDave
Date: Fri 13 Jun 10:49
Time for a rethink I think 🤔
The whole pyramid scheme needs revamped from top to bottom and I feel that the teams with the broadest shoulders should be contributing more to ensure
1st. The safety of the Scottish game
2nd. The quality of the Scottish game
3rd. Improve competitiveness
4th. Improve the National team
DunfyDave
Post Edited (Fri 13 Jun 10:50)
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Fri 13 Jun 10:58
Quite like the thought of Inverness Thistle making a comeback
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: shellypar
Date: Fri 13 Jun 11:15
I feel terrible for the fans of these clubs, the staff, the players, must be a terrible stress and worry as a player aswell, hope everything goes ok, as much as i dislike teams, i`d never want to see them go bust etc, even that team who have 6 fingers, its a horrible time for people involved
COYP
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Fri 13 Jun 13:11
We’ve been there, and we know exactly how it feels. It’s great news for ICT and Dumbarton, but things are looking really concerning for Hamilton just now. Hopefully they can find a way through it, but without a ground or a strong community around the club, it’s going to be a real uphill battle.
PS – I thought they were meant to be playing at Broadwood for the next couple of seasons? 2 or 3 years, wasn’t it?
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Fri 13 Jun 13:20
I think the owners are wrestling with the fans about Broadwood. It’s a conundrum for travelling there and the fans probably just want something to happen in Hamilton and not elsewhere.
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Fri 13 Jun 13:23
Thanks Buffy, totally get the fans frustration on this one
Post Edited (Fri 13 Jun 15:09)
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Topic Originator: shottslass
Date: Fri 13 Jun 14:44
The current Accies board have been unable to provide proof of a lease for Broadwood. New league rules stipulate that a club cannot move from its home town without the backing of the supporters. So they’ve no lease and no backing for a move. My husband was at the supporters meeting a couple of weeks ago, it’s all pretty grim, although there was more than 200 fans in attendance, so there’s plenty of fight there.
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Fri 13 Jun 16:41
Quote:
DunfyDave, Fri 13 Jun 10:49
Time for a rethink I think 🤔
The whole pyramid scheme needs revamped from top to bottom and I feel that the teams with the broadest shoulders should be contributing more to ensure
1st. The safety of the Scottish game
2nd. The quality of the Scottish game
3rd. Improve competitiveness
4th. Improve the National team
Good post, DD, but don`t hold your breath. The biggest stumbling blocks are two Glasgow clubs, aided and abetted by most of the other Premiership clubrs. None of them appear to grasp that football is not like any other business, in that the aim is not to eliminate competition but to help it thrive.
The media don`t help either. When Therangers were playing in the lower leagues, many journalists bemoaned the fact, often repeating that "Scottish football needs a strong Rangers and a strong Celtic." Eh, no it doesn`t. It needs a strong Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen, etc to provide healthy competition and perhaps a team from outwith Glasgow winning the occasional title.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sat 14 Jun 16:45
As someone who lives a short distance away from Stenhousemuir, knows people in the youth academy and who has known players that have playing in the first team, I always did wonder how they were able to fund what they have been doing.
Granted, they do make a lot of money off the pitch, and with East Stirlingshire heading back to Ochilview, that’ll be another income stream for them, but for the last 10 years they have seemed to have been paying wages and doing community initiatives that made you wonder where the money has come from.
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