Lincoln City

I suppose it's just possible that the game plan is to get Lincoln into the Prem, where they would have gigantic TV and sponsorship income, and then sell the club for a substantial profit. Bournemouth got up there with a 12,000 capacity stadium. At that level the gate receipts are not the the most significant income stream.

Premier league clubs sell for hundreds of millions, and in some cases billions. So investing 50 million or so to get there might be a bold though risky strategy. But you can see an end game. Even if you don't sell the club you could plunder it for huge dividends each year.

You can buy yourself out of L1. The problem is getting out of the championship. Derby spent £200 million a few years and didn't make it. Well, they did. But not in the direction they had hoped for.

Quoted from Mappers

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The only way these stakeholders will see a return on their investment is if Lincoln go right through you would have thought , maybe that's their plan I suppose we will get a better indication if they make it to The Champ whether these high net worth individuals are willing to throw serious money at it to chase the dream or if it's just a bit of fun with what is pocket money for them .

Right through to the Prem?  Unless you get unbelievably lucky that isn't happening without chucking tens and tens of millions at it.  This is from a couple of years back but the weekly losses are eye watering!  



The majority of clubs at that level, even the struggling ones, spend more on wages than they bring in.  Let's not even mention other costs, that's just on wages.  For a club of Lincoln's size and ground capacity to be remotely competitive they would need to spend 200% of turnover, minimum.  That couldn't come from ongoing investment from Landon Donovan's mates.

If it did, if Landon keeps finding happy go lucky blokes in San Jose who are willing to chuck a few million in here and there to bridge that gap it just adds up as money invested into the club.  £10mill becomes £20mill, soon becomes £50mill....£100 mill...they're investors, they'll want their money back and then some profit when it comes to selling.  Who's buying Lincoln City for that amount of money?

The whole game is broken.  It might be exciting at the minute for Imps fans but I can't see a long term happy ending here (and I take no pleasure in saying that, nor would I for any football club).  I'm not saying the investment group are out to a) do the dirty on Lincoln or b) run them as badly as Peter Swann.  But it's a business move for these guys, they'll have a timeframe where they expect to get their return.  If they don't, they won't intercourse about.

Not saying what’s happening at Lincoln is good or bad, but where are the league experts in this, if a club is for sale then prospective owners have to pass some sort of test to in theory prove they are genuine and have the funds, but as at Lincoln and various other clubs that have suddenly gone “ bust” , Bury for one, are  the league checking up on how current owners are managing their clubs, or is it basically once you’ve got your hands onto the club then nobody in authority cares any more. Just asking  as I think a few on here are sceptical about what’s happening now and how it may pan out in the for Lincoln eventually.

To reply if i was hoping to buy a stake then sell ,the stated aim is actually the championship not the premier league ( at the moment) i would want my money as a loan .However everybody has taken this as shares/equity in the holding company and not as loaning the club millions.

All i can say is we will see what the future brings BUT honestly knowing the people involved and what has happened so far in there tenure i and everybody i know at the club trust them 150million % .

LOL

Up yours Lincoln

Quoted from David Frazer

To reply if i was hoping to buy a stake then sell ,the stated aim is actually the championship not the premier league ( at the moment) i would want my money as a loan .However everybody has taken this as shares/equity in the holding company and not as loaning the club millions.

All i can say is we will see what the future brings BUT honestly knowing the people involved and what has happened so far in there tenure i and everybody i know at the club trust them 150million % .

We’ve been dog excrement for 20 years and yet here you are still in touching distance in the league above . Your club will crash and burn in 5 years

Lmao I’m sure David Fraser and the rest will be along soon to update us on their result today, the same as they do every time they win? … right?

Bottlers is all that needs to be said, they always end up bottling it haha.

Look forward to reading their match thread later, always a hoot.  Starts with...don't care what happens, I'm so proud of my team, we could lose but it won't take the shine off the last couple of months....
FT: That was excrement! The ref was against us, and they were yobs, the worst team EVER  to play us since the last worst EVER team, they may be promoted but I wouldn't swap places with them blah blah....