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Quote from: Hessian on February 21, 2011, 02:20:46 PM

Quote from: Rainbow 6 on February 21, 2011, 01:48:47 PM

My local team, Plymouth Argyle, have now gone into administration, thanks to the foreign owners who took over 2 seasons ago, when we we just missed out on a place in the play offs for the premiership a club that made a small profit every year now has debts of around £10 million, no good players left, they we're all sold and will be relegated for the 2nd time in 2 seasons.

Ouch! That sucks...

In the Bundesliga there are many sponsorship deals and two clubs are "supported" by large companies(Bayer 04 Leverkusen by Bayer and VfL Wolfsburg by Volkswagen) but over here in Germany it is usually not possible to outright buy and purchase a football club, because clubs are not corporations but associations, for which I am quite thankful.
I do not wish to ever experience a situation like FC Liverpool found itself in...

Ciao
Hessian

Yeah, i've seen how the Bundesliga is organised for team ownership, wish we could have the same here 

Crawley seem to have it right - they are in the Conference but they've got money. The problem seems to be that everyone wants to be in the Premier yesterday and trys to buy their way there. Just look at how much the big clubs are really in debt, if you take away the Oil Millions which hold them up.

Arsenal seem to be better, but that model needs to be followed elsewhere. I know that Ashley is a dick as far as footbal goes, but a 35£Million profit on a local lad ain't bad. A few of those and we might have a club again.

It seems as though people need to lose a lot before they get sensible - Leeds, Southampton, etc. Thankfully they've got big grounds and a good supporter base. Hope that Plymouth get turned around mate.

Ouch...10 points deducted even before administration is official. Here's hoping Reidy can get the boys motivated to pull back the seven point gap. Pretty difficult though

Quote from: Rayo Azul on February 22, 2011, 05:08:43 AM

Ouch...10 points deducted even before administration is official. Here's hoping Reidy can get the boys motivated to pull back the seven point gap. Pretty difficult though

Well it gives the club a 10 day window to find a buyer, had to be done as the tax man was due to ask for another £300,000 that they are owed today. I don't think the club could survive a 4th winding up order. 

True...hope it works out...although you need someone new I think...

Yeah i'd say that sounds about right to me, just hoping Liverpool can get past Sparta Prauge tonight.

1-0! Dirk Kuyt 85min header!!! GET IN!

And city and the 'gers! Great result for them in Lisbon.

The schedule for the Eighth-finals is as follows:


10.03.

Benfica Lissabon
 - 

Paris St. Germain


17.03.

Paris St. Germain
 - 

Benfica Lissabon



10.03.

Dynamo Kiew
 - 

Manchester City


17.03.

Manchester City
 - 

Dynamo Kiew



10.03.

FC Twente Enschede
 - 

Zenit St. Petersburg


17.03.

Zenit St. Petersburg
 - 

FC Twente Enschede



10.03.

ZSKA Moskau
 - 

FC Porto


17.03.

FC Porto
 - 

ZSKA Moskau



10.03.

PSV Eindhoven
 - 

Glasgow Rangers


17.03.

Glasgow Rangers
 - 

PSV Eindhoven



10.03.

Bayer Leverkusen
 - 

FC Villarreal


17.03.

FC Villarreal
 - 

Bayer Leverkusen



10.03.

Ajax Amsterdam
 - 

Spartak Moskau


17.03.

Spartak Moskau
 - 

Ajax Amsterdam



10.03.

FC Liverpool
 - 

Sporting Braga


17.03.

Sporting Braga
 - 

FC Liverpool


Quite a few interesting matchups in my opinion.

Ciao
Hessian