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I think it would be incredible if the magnificent fans of GTFC could help our Stricken Neighbours down the 180. It's time to put rivalry aside and help them by showing our support. After all what is football with out a rivalry. Get on their Scunny Fans Facebook group and show them some love

Cruel

In all seriousness, rivalry is what we love. Scunny go by the way side, we don’t have a rival. I’d rather play scunny every season than someone like Stevenage or Crawley.

I work with a genuine scunny fan and have been fiends with a scunny fan since school and those poor illegitimates are going through the wringer because of Swann. Neither are the loser types that mocked us either.

In fact, both times we’ve gone up, my mate from school has been the first to congratulate me. I think some support from other fans is actually important right now. Their plight is horrible and I suspect, had they been positioned geographically nearer a big city they’d be getting significantly more coverage…

Wouldn't be surprised if they stay up after their convincing win over Maidenhead, it must have lifted the confidence and mood in the camp but it's still a tall order.

Quoted from aldi_01

In all seriousness, rivalry is what we love. Scunny go by the way side, we don’t have a rival. I’d rather play scunny every season than someone like Stevenage or Crawley.

I work with a genuine scunny fan and have been fiends with a scunny fan since school and those poor illegitimates are going through the wringer because of Swann. Neither are the loser types that mocked us either.

In fact, both times we’ve gone up, my mate from school has been the first to congratulate me. I think some support from other fans is actually important right now. Their plight is horrible and I suspect, had they been positioned geographically nearer a big city they’d be getting significantly more coverage…

Bang on the money, old pal. The vast majority of their fans are no different to us; loyal supporters of a not very good football team from a maligned town with largely spent industry.

For what it’s worth, I’d happily stick a tenner in a bucket for them, or the digital equivalent thereof, but satisfying the HMRC is merely the veneer of the problem. As long as Swann is in charge of the club, it is doomed to fail, because it’s quite literally worth more dead to him than alive.

I would imagine to buy him, and the ground out, you’d be looking at north of £5m. Ain’t no crowdfunder in the world raising that sort of cash (not withstanding the moral dilemma that raising funds for Scunny fans would in effect mean raising funds for Swann).

If the Iron Trust had launched a campaign of some sort with some discernible end goal then I’m sure a lot of Town fans would support it, for all the reasons above. But in the absence of that, it’s difficult to know what to do.

I’d argue that phoenixing the club might be the best option at this stage, but yet again you’d be playing straight into Swann’s hands. It’s looking a lot like checkmate for them.

Quoted from aldi_01

In all seriousness, rivalry is what we love. Scunny go by the way side, we don’t have a rival. I’d rather play scunny every season than someone like Stevenage or Crawley.

I work with a genuine scunny fan and have been fiends with a scunny fan since school and those poor illegitimates are going through the wringer because of Swann. Neither are the loser types that mocked us either.

In fact, both times we’ve gone up, my mate from school has been the first to congratulate me. I think some support from other fans is actually important right now. Their plight is horrible and I suspect, had they been positioned geographically nearer a big city they’d be getting significantly more coverage…

Absolutely. I take no joy from this. I really hope they can get rid of that twit and get sorted out. I'd like them to have a bonfire for us to urine on.

With Poojah here, putting into a bucket now is just delaying the inevitable and I'd argue is cruel to eek this out any longer than it needs to.

He's got them over the barrel and I don't see a way out, sadly.

I work in Scunthorpe and, like others, love to gloat... But there's a line where a bit of friendly rivalry goes out the window.  I'd happily donate to them, but for when they inevitably become a phoenix club. At least that way it's not just going down the (excuse the pun) swanny.

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Their plight is horrible and I suspect, had they been positioned geographically nearer a big city they’d be getting significantly more coverage…

The silence from the likes of Kevin Keegan and Club President Ian Botham is staggering.

Botham was guest editor on The Today Programme on Boxing Day, a huge opportunity to get this issue aired on a credible national platform.

Silence. Absolute silence.

We were fortunate that, despite the fact we're even more out on a geographical limb, we got the airtime and attention we needed when we needed it.

Scunny aren't getting that when it perhaps should have been easier to do so.

I agree with all of the above . I’ve spent a lot of time working in Scunthorpe and know a good few of their fans. Despite the rivalry they’re very similar to us , an unfashionable club in a run down town who punched above their weight before falling from grace thanks to poor leadership.
If it wasn’t for a tip off to the telegraph regarding the Alex May saga it could have been us.
I’ve never supported a prem team , for me football is all about the grass roots. My dad took me to my first match in the late 70,s now I take my lad . I’ve seen us play at over 80 grounds, from beating Liverpool at Anfield to seeing us lose in a glorified chicken coup at Tamworth ! GTFC has always been a big part of my life and I’ve always felt a great sense of pride and belonging and togetherness throughout all the ups and downs we’ve had, I wouldn’t want to deprive anyone of that, whatever team they support.
For me, last seasons play offs were our greatest achievement, better than the double 98 Wembley wins. To beat 3 teams as underdogs in the manner we did was unbelievable. I was also humbled by all the good luck messages on social media and donations for tickets for the final from Wrexham fans after we had beaten them in the way that we did . They really showed their class and I’d like to think we could do the same towards our nearest rivals.
Suffer in the national league for a good few seasons like we did yes I’d like that , but to go bust no.
There’s been far to many clubs ruined by egotistical owners. All fans should stand together against owners like Fenty and Swann . Football is for the fans not the money men .

Looks to me like they will have to start again from scratch, a phoenix club. But they have a reasonable fan base and will eventually be able to get back to some level of professional football. It make take a few years, but the likes of AFC Wimbledon and Aldershot have managed it.