Scunthorpe.

Quoted from supertown

I hope they get through this period but my gut feeling is this ‘takeover’ is not the end by a long way . I think the commercial lady is just a name and nothing more (no money) . They need to reduce the wage bill somehow to help balance the books and secure the ground , otherwise I still don’t see them seeing the season out

Agreed, it’s very wishy washy. It sounds very much like the Hilton “an agreement has been reached, and it includes the ground” - that was an outright lie.  Not saying this woman is lying, but she’s not said any facts yet - they still don’t have a ground, and apparently their wage bill is 160% of their income. It sounds just like the Swann days but without his money bankrolling it.

No they are going to have to cut their cloth massively as I'm assuming none of them on the board are incredibly wealthy -- it will have to be some sort of long term payment plan on the ground you would have thought (or the council buying it and renting it to them ? doubtful probably )

I do have a feeling they will survive, but extremely doubtful that they will be a football league club again in the next decade .

It will be interesting when the firesale (release)of players occurs and they drop down the NLN table of the fans turn up in there numbers or they go back to 2-3k fans which is about their regular +1k more if in the league .

Quoted from Mappers

No they are going to have to cut their cloth massively as I'm assuming none of them on the board are incredibly wealthy -- it will have to be some sort of long term payment plan on the ground you would have thought (or the council buying it and renting it to them ? doubtful probably )

I do have a feeling they will survive, but extremely doubtful that they will be a football league club again in the next decade .

Council have already said they will help in any way …..except financially 😂

Quoted from Mappers

No they are going to have to cut their cloth massively as I'm assuming none of them on the board are incredibly wealthy -- it will have to be some sort of long term payment plan on the ground you would have thought (or the council buying it and renting it to them ? doubtful probably )

I do have a feeling they will survive, but extremely doubtful that they will be a football league club again in the next decade .

It will be interesting when the firesale (release)of players occurs and they drop down the NLN table of the fans turn up in there numbers or they go back to 2-3k fans which is about their regular +1k more if in the league .

Looking at the state of local councils all over the country I doubt N Lincs can afford to buy GP. It's most likely going to be a rental agreement with Swann. Well at least they got rid of David 5 names. What an absolute moron that guy was.

I wish them the best of luck in their survival, however, the wilderness years have begun.

Quoted from supertown

Council have already said they will help in any way …..except financially 😂

That was a great statement from NLC...." obviously we can't offer any money as that's not the councils job but if they have any paperwork, planning applications or want to know what day the blue bins get picked up we are there for them"

Quoted from ginnywings

They have got Mr Wham out of the picture. That is a step in the right direction.

Yes, one giant leap in the right direction for scunnykind.

To be fair to North Lincs Council they can be a massive help without giving the club financial support.

If they are clear they won’t grant planning permission for anything other than a football ground at the Glanford Park site it forces Swann’s hand and brings down the price he can get for it.

Quoted from male private Johnson

To be fair to North Lincs Council they can be a massive help without giving the club financial support.

If they are clear they won’t grant planning permission for anything other than a football ground at the Glanford Park site it forces Swann’s hand and brings down the price he can get for it.

I'm not sure that they can ultimately do that, there are rules around planning permission and even if they did there is an appeals process that eventually goes to the Sec of State.
Ignoring politics, the current government is also set on simplifying planning permission and making it easier to build houses so the council could be overruled.

They would need a copper bottomed reason to refuse planning permission (and make it stick) and I doubt 'we want a football club on this site' is good enough.

Good news that they are rid of 6 names,

BUT

It's going to be a long road back even !longer if the new owners have no wealth .