Scunthorpe served winding up order (11 Viewers)

[You'll Never Beat McPake]

Scunthorpe United: National League side served with winding-up petition

Scunthorpe are served a winding-up petition by HM Revenue and Customs over an alleged unpaid tax bill.

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[Nick]

Bottom of the national League as well. Madness.

 

[Sick Boy]

Aren’t they bottom of the Conference? It’s crazy what’s happened to them - i remember they always seemed to do well against us.

 

[alexccfc99]

Can’t believe their downfall! Always seemed a well run little club

They always seemed to turn us over back in the day as well

 

[stupot07]

Can’t believe their downfall! Always seemed a well run little club

They always seemed to turn us over back in the day as well

They were spending well above their means in league one. 150% of their turnover in players in 2018

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[Nick]

They were spending well above their means in league one. 150% of their turnover in players in 2018

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Ambition

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Mad that Oldham are 5th from bottom aswell

 

[fernandopartridge]

Aren’t they bottom of the Conference? It’s crazy what’s happened to them - i remember they always seemed to do well against us.

I only went to see Cov play there once, we lost and Reda Johnson got sent off

 

[fernandopartridge]

Mad that Oldham are 5th from bottom aswell

Having lived nearby for 12 years it was only a matter of time. Their fortunes reflect those of the town they're in.

 

[MusicDating]

Ambition

It's just their millionaire owner losing money though

 

[alexccfc99]

I only went to see Cov play there once, we lost and Reda Johnson got sent off

I went a fair few times, 6 actually

Only two wins - One in the snow and Marlon King scored and the other being Pressley’s first game

rest were all defeats

 

[SkyblueDad]

Tip of the ice berg lot of well known clubs on the brink, some a lot higher up the pyramid than Scunthorpe.

 

[ms639]

Think I watched them beat us with 9 men once if my memory serves me correctly


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[shmmeee]

Think I watched them beat us with 9 men once if my memory serves me correctly


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Crowds really were poor at Sixfields…

 

[Jesse Carver]

Their demise has ruined my favourite bit of football trivia too.

There are (were) only three clubs in the league with a profanity in their name...

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Their demise has ruined my favourite bit of football trivia too.

There are (were) only three clubs in the league with a profanity in their name...

Who are the other 2 out of interest?

 

[Jesse Carver]

Who are the other 2 out of interest?

ARSEnal and Aston Fucking Villa

 

[Jesse Carver]

ARSEnal and Aston Fucking Villa

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

Saw them beat us in league one in what I think was Michael Doyle’s final game for us.
Collecting tickets from their club shop before the game overhead two older female Scunthorpe fans discussing our club. For context Robins had managed them after Huddersfield in a team with Jordan Clark and Gary McSheffrey.

“See they’re managed by Mark Robins? I’d forgotten about him”,
“Oh god yes. What a boring bastard he was!”

 

[Cobi Jones's Dreads]

Strangely enough was talking to my friend about this and our record against them, did a bit of research and it’s actually shambolic.

 

[djr8369]

They were spending well above their means in league one. 150% of their turnover in players in 2018

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If only they’d invested a few more million, and I’m not talking mega bucks here, they might have got promoted to the big leagues and would be laughing all the way to the bank. That’s how it works, right?

 

[fernandopartridge]

Robins managed them when they beat us at their place in the Mowbray season where we'd started well

 

[Theonlywayisskyblue]

Strangely enough was talking to my friend about this and our record against them, did a bit of research and it’s actually shambolic.

Not the only team in claret and blue that we can never beat

 

[Robinshio]

Not the only team in claret and blue that we can never beat

roll on Saturday!

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

McSheffrey played for them too, and didn't one of our youth keepers go there on loan recently?

 

[MAFF]

remember they had a good side 16/17 season and somehow didnt go up. josh morris and kevin van veen- didnt they turn down a ridiculous offer from china for him??

 

[13th_choice_seamer]

I only went to see Cov play there once, we lost and Reda Johnson got sent off

that doesn't really narrow it down tbh

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

I'll always remember that pompous twat Nigel Adkins in charge of them. We played them and lost (unsurprisingly) and he came out afterwards banging on about how the bigger clubs treat them like 'little Scunthorpe'. It was a strange rant.

 

[robbiethemole]

I went a fair few times, 6 actually

Only two wins - One in the snow and Marlon King scored and the other being Pressley’s first game

rest were all defeats

the snow one where Mcsheffrey threw snowballs and the goal went in off Joe Murphy's arse. The car froze up on the way home, it was so fucking cold

 

[ProfessorbyGrace]

the snow one where Mcsheffrey threw snowballs and the goal went in off Joe Murphy's arse. The car froze up on the way home, it was so fucking cold

Interesting fact here:

I know someone who went to secondary school with McSheffrey, and his two brothers, and apparently he used to hurl snowballs at people with stones in the middle.
Funny that, I always remember that, and it was a good 28 years ago.

 

[Evo1883]

One of the worst places to go in recent years as a city fan , I think we won once in about 6 or 7 attempts

I wish them well

 

[Robinshio]

Interesting fact here:

I know someone who went to secondary school with McSheffrey, and his two brothers, and apparently he used to hurl snowballs at people with stones in the middle.
Funny that, I always remember that, and it was a good 28 years ago.

is that like people with Gall stones / kidney stones etc ? how would he know who they were ?

 

[ccfctommy]

Just discovered they are second bottom of the national league. Six points of safety with five games to go. Gateshead who are out of the bottom four have a better GD and have three games in hand - they will be in National League North with (hopefully) Leamington next season. They have announced they will train 70 miles away to attract players and are scrapping their academy set up.

Also, noticed other relegation places are held by ex Championship Yeovil Town and ex League club Torquay United!

 

[Evo1883]

A ground I hated us playing at , we generally struggled there .. I wish them all the best

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Just discovered they are second bottom of the national league. Six points of safety with five games to go. Gateshead who are out of the bottom four have a better GD and have three games in hand - they will be in National League North with (hopefully) Leamington next season. They have announced they will train 70 miles away to attract players and are scrapping their academy set up.

Also, noticed other relegation places are held by ex Championship Yeovil Town and ex League club Torquay United!

That league is a weird mix of teams being bankrolled beyond their means, a few semi pro clubs, and former League sides on hard times. Wrexham's Hollywood owners having to pump in millions to cover their losses. Hopefully Notts beat them to the punch