According to twitter they have been put up for sale £14m

Excellent, sounds like the Wilkinsons owner has grown bored. Their wage bill was over £5m I think I read somewhere, totally unsustainable without backers. Lets hope they plummet and parity will soon be restored.

Happy days.

Back where they belong

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Anyone any idea how much swan as ploughed in ? But looks like he’s had enough

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Anyone any idea how much swan as ploughed in ? But looks like he’s had enough

No clue, should have come to the only club in Lincolnshire

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Anyone any idea how much swan as ploughed in ? But looks like he’s had enough

£350kpa was the figure I think.

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£350kpa was the figure I think.

If it's only that, that isn't a lot at all.

Quoted from LH

£350kpa was the figure I think.

Think it was more like £300k per month!!!

A few players on £6, 7 & 8k per week!

Shouldn’t gloat, but I will.  :K)

Struggle to sell at any price, lot bigger clubs more potential out there , only option i can see is rich fan but law of percentage says not much chance on their average attendance .

Not seen anything official yet but if true where do they get a valuation of £14m from, the article in the Mail on Sunday says they only have assets of £6m so how does that work?

He was interviewed on Hullberside yesterday and was talking of extending the ground, playing in the championship, didn't sound like he was fed up, but I do believe he has a  casino in Blackpool so with the Oystons popularity over there he may be looking at buying them.

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Think it was more like £300k per month!!!

A few players on £6, 7 & 8k per week!

Sorry yes I meant to put per month. Obscene money to be pumping into a club that doesn’t meet it’s target year after year.

Christ what will their gates drop to when they are struggling - they're bad enough now

Chairman has denied it all.

Another Mail exclusive that was all made up.

Quoted from psgmariner

Chairman has denied it all.

Another Mail exclusive that was all made up.

Maybe he  has found out there is no mug out there with £14 million to throw away. ;D

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He was interviewed on Hullberside yesterday and was talking of extending the ground, playing in the championship, didn't sound like he was fed up, but I do believe he has a  casino in Blackpool so with the Oystons popularity over there he may be looking at buying them.

Thought they had the go-ahead to build a new stadium???

Mind you the amount of support they get does not warrant it they are the lowest supported team in league one despite being on the fringes of promotion for the past few seasons..

Had problems with the new ground plan and the decided to redeveloped Glanford Park.

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Had problems with the new ground plan and the decided to redeveloped Glanford Park.

Think it was something to do with the club having to pay for a new road of the M181, that's if the motorway could be downgraded to an A road.

£14m 😂

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Thought they had the go-ahead to build a new stadium???

Mind you the amount of support they get does not warrant it they are the lowest supported team in league one despite being on the fringes of promotion for the past few seasons..

Seem to recall that N Lincs Council pulled out of the proposed development project at Seven Lakes or whatever it was called which subsequently scuppered his plans.....did read he was going to be trying to claim all his costs to date back from the council as the agreement was in place and he had accrued costs.

Scunny isn’t worth 14 pence never mind 14 million pounds.

Swan is deluded the Mrs has finally shut the purse.

He’s denying it now but I have a feeling he was putting the feelers out there but 14 mill (lol)(lol)(lol)

No smoke without fire

14 chuffing million, I'd laugh even if you said 1 million.

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I Imagine their team is worth a few quid.

Not hearing anything on this except he isn't putting any more money in . 4mill a year I heard

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I Imagine their team is worth a few quid.

Was*

They sold Conor Townsend and Duane Holmes last week and the replacements appear to be loan signings from what I can gather.

Can see an early change of manager at Glanford Park.

Much changed team from last season and a lot weaker

I’m friendly with one of their academy coaches and although he didn’t give much away I got the feeling all is not well at glumford park

3-0 down inside 21 mins at home to Fleetwood tonight.

Think Daws will be gone in the morning, Mr Swann not known for his patience

Now 4-0 down(hehehe)

4-0
... he is not putting money in anymore so I hear so they are doomed

Wouldn't it be funny if we got promoted and they got relegated ;D

Ched Evans nailed two past them, didn't even realise Fleetwood had signed him till now, that's his 4th of the season already.

If there’s one thing more embarrassing in football management than being 4-0 down at home inside 30 minutes, it has to be getting schooled by Joey Barton.

Combining the two - now that’s a doozie...

Them girl privates better not come sniffing round Jolley

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3-0 down inside 21 mins at home to Fleetwood tonight.

Think Daws will be gone in the morning, Mr Swann not known for his patience

I see Carl Boyeson is the ref their tonight

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Them girl privates better not come sniffing round Jolley

Especially as we've got him tied down on a long-term contract .......

0-5   ;D

Swann puts on £3 million of his own money cough cough.
He runs the show he bought Margetts off us just went to his manager here’s a striker that never featured and the player ended up tweeting how bored he was not playing.
So I can see he won’t stand for anything like what’s happened to them.

I don't know the ins and outs of their circumstances, but you can genuinely see things spiralling very quickly for Scunny if they're not careful. They've been averaging crowds about in line with the bottom half of league two despite years of relative success and over-acheivement and you'd have to imagine these dropping very quickly if things started to turn south (even more so if they were to get relegated to league two where away crowds are probably around half of what they are in league one).

Falling crowds and a wage bill approaching double their turnover (according to the recent BBC report) would be an absolute recipe for disaster if the financial propping-up of the club was to suddenly cease.

Heard whispers of this for a while so not overly surprised. However, while I’m not up to data with the price tag of average League 1 clubs, the figure reported does seem excessive. Although when contrasted against the reported cash injections then perhaps a somewhat accurate representation. Very little financial incentive once the passion wears off, similar to us in some ways.  

Can’t help but think the desire to sell up represents the state of football within N.E. Lincs at present. Alive and kicking but without pulling power either on or off the pitch.

Oh and hi, first post!

Hi conocoloco. Ace username.

Would love love to have Scunny back in the same league as us, hopefully league one as a preference.

Despite huge sums pumped in by Swann there is little interest in football in the Town of Scunthorpe. Barely 3000 home fans this evening.

Giving Alexander huge spending power nearly led to promotion but it was a huge gamble, and one which was unsustainable

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Hi conocoloco. Ace username.

Would love love to have Scunny back in the same league as us, hopefully league one as a preference.

Town, Hull and Scunny in league 1 would be bliss. Just like the old days.

Quoted from ginnywings

Hi conocoloco. Ace username.

Would love love to have Scunny back in the same league as us, hopefully league one as a preference.

Imagine a division with us, Scunny, Lincoln and Hull all in it. I'm not sure whether that's ever happened in history before but it's not beyond possibility that it could happen next season.

Would certainly keep the old bill busy, that's for sure.

Getting all goose bumpy thinking about it.

Three clubs suffering acute grimsbyitis....
Perhaps throw Donny, t'millers and t'wednesday in the mix as well

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Town, Hull and Scunny in league 1 would be bliss. Just like the old days.

Has it ever happened? I remember 71-72 when is, Lincoln and Scunny were promotion rivals.

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Has it ever happened? I remember 71-72 when us, Lincoln and Scunny were promotion rivals.

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Hull , Scunny , Lincoln and Town have never been  all together in a league division

We played Scunny , Lincoln in the league and Hull twice in the league cup in 89

flipping scunny. I have them to be promoted in my accy :/ 5-0!!! Fleetwood!!!

Hammered 5-0 at home with 3500 there 😂😂😂 I bet super iron who posts on the majority of the Grimsby town telegraph write ups stays quiet for a bit

As the bubble finally burst ?

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I’m friendly with one of their academy coaches and although he didn’t give much away I got the feeling all is not well at glumford park

After last night to a town little more than a village,I hope they have got private health insurance  How on earth can a team concede 4 or 5 goals at home at the start of a season  8)

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Town, Hull and Scunny in league 1 would be bliss. Just like the old days.

Bliss would be Scunthorpe non-league !!!

Quoted from rancido

Bliss would be Scunthorpe non-league !!!

You never know. I doubt many Chesterfield fans the season before last thought they'd be kicking off in The National League this season.

Just watched the goals . No atmosphere, you can hear the managers clearly .... id love scunny in the fa cup

I'd love scunny in league 2 and we send them down on the last game lol

If Swan sells his stake in Scunny, he might well just look to another local club to invest in.

Any idea which local club is available at the right price that is well run (financially) and has a good level of support should they do Well?

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If Swan sells his stake in Scunny, he might well just look to another local club to invest in.

Any idea which local club is available at the right price that is well run (financially) and has a good level of support should they do Well?

Cleethorpes

The rumour in Scunthorpe is that he has been siphoning money out of the club for some time. Currently, the sacking of Alexander looks a strange one.

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Just watched the goals . No atmosphere, you can hear the managers clearly .... id love scunny in the fa cup

just watched the highlights myself....quiet as a mouse apart from the odd bout of booing...Scunny defensively looked non existent......mind you hats off to them for one thing.....at least they didnt open the whole stand behind the goal for just a handful of away supporters but instead using a section of seating in the side stand.....they might as well do that for their home end as well now  ;D

RH reporting this morning that Daws has just been sacked.

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RH reporting this morning that Daws has just been sacked.

He has

Quelle surprise. Is this the start of the fall?

Steady as you go Scunny, you're at a crossroads now in terms of management choice. Choose the wrong way and everything is in place for a disastrous spiral down into non-league, accompanied by debts, leading to poor player signings and ever falling (?) attendances. That's how much is loaded onto your next management choice.

I suggest Russel Slade 8)

Russell Slade`s Claret and Blue Army ;D

One club he would love to manage, a safe pair of hands, knows league one, good contacts with players etc etc.
They need to move fast though ;)

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The rumour in Scunthorpe is that he has been siphoning money out of the club for some time. Currently, the sacking of Alexander looks a strange one.

What like siphoning his own money back do you mean ? 🤪

Stuart McCall appointed