IanfromDoncaster
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The 'split' wasn't recent. CCFC Holdings has existed since 1907 and would have held the original share. CCFC Ltd was formed in 1995, but CCFC Holdings has continued to be the trading company and it is difficult to understand why the GS is with CCFC Ltd as ACL believe (and the FL have apparently confirmed). It was suggested earlier the confusion may be about the original name of CCFC Holdings which was CCFC Ltd (The). Who knows, but others claim in 2001 the share was reissued to CCFC Ltd. No idea. As Coundon says though, it is the company reg number that is the important factor, and this must surely be documented.
Either way, I don't think there is anything sinister here.
Clear as mud then. It is easy for an outsider like me to hypothesise that there may have been wrongdoing, but surely the company that holds the FL share and player registrations should always be one and the same, regardless of whether this is named after the popular name for the football club or after a parent/holding company.
I apologise for my ignorance here, but I still can't understand why the FA, FL, the CCFC and CCFC Holdings aren't all signing off the same hymn sheet with regards to who owns what. No matter how complex the arrangements are, surely the actual details must be known???