If you take out the debt interest charges, management fees and excessive staff charges, the club if dumped without actual debt must be running close to break even now. Costs have been cut to such an extent that a new owner could take over easy as long as not lumbered with SISU's debt legacy. The club would still have a restricted budget due to revenue streams being depleted but with a surge of optimism and increased crowds CCFC should be able to compete at least at this level. New owners might also engage positively with the landlords to investigate the possibility of negotiating access to other revenue activities. Improved marketing and the departure of SISU would also bring back much more local corporate sponsorship opportunities from companies who have seemingly shunned the Mayfair mob.
SISU are still interested for some reason, and of course we didn't have a stadium when they came in originally. With a lot of debt in the club I can't see anyone else coming in, we just need to wait until SISU's investors call it a day. When that happens I can imagine someone will think it's worth a go.
I remember that we got a crowd of around 9K for a first game of the season at HR in the mid-90's.
I'll be there as normal but those that walked out will be probably be doing something else.
Exactly what I was thinking mate. The decline in support started approx 7 years ago.
Good to hear, we need to all pull together!
See it as a set back following a couple of good results.
Need to look forward with belief and hope, onwards & upwards. PUSB
I remember that we got a crowd of around 9K for a first game of the season at HR in the mid-90's.
It failed because they looked at the books... and actually I think the stadium ownership problems may have been an issue (but may be imposing this memory!)
There were other options too, but point of order, the SISU bid wasn't welcomed by CCC.
In fact, none of the bids were! Including one from Shapiro who wanted a longer lease on the ground.
Glad to penny final drop, Ann Lucas & CCC & her cronies have no right and were not in a position to dictate and decided who potential owners are or who might be and never have been.
That's rubbish and you know it. Check the average gates at Highfield Road after 1989?
I'd love to think that just getting rid of SISU would see things improving but I think the sale of the Ricoh to Wasps was the killer blow, it might take a while to have it's full impact but it's the blow I can't see the club ever recovering from.
AgreeI'd love to think that just getting rid of SISU would see things improving but I think the sale of the Ricoh to Wasps was the killer blow, it might take a while to have it's full impact but it's the blow I can't see the club ever recovering from.
I absolutely agree. I can't see us recovering even when SISU leave. The selling of the Ricoh for 250 years was really the last thing we - or any future investor - will ever recover from.
So we are fucked then
I think so mate, at least we don't still have to live with the hope. We should embrace our new position in the footballing world. We are now the equivalent size of Barnsley/Doncaster in the footballing world, lets hope we don't drop further.
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