Comments on: What Can Be Done To Save (F)Ailing Clubs? http://soccerlens.com/what-can-we-do-do-save-ailing-clubs/17315/ Football News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gary Andrews http://soccerlens.com/what-can-we-do-do-save-ailing-clubs/17315/#comment-107383 Gary Andrews Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:46:26 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=17315#comment-107383 Ahmed, that's an interesting question. When you consider Stockport, Exeter, and AFC Wimbledon all got promoted last season and are fan-owned, it certainly shows that fan/community ownership can work, at least at lower levels. Brentford, another Trust-owned club, is doing pretty well this season. I can see a few more Trusts taking control of their clubs, but the difficulty is getting in that door. Exeter and Stockport literally had to be at death's door before the Trust were handed control as a last resort. Look at Weymouth - their Trust was offered control but with so many strings attached, they had to refuse. There's quite a few chairmen who aren't fans of Trusts. I'm not sure if it could work in the Premier League though, although it would be interesting to see a club try. Ahmed, that’s an interesting question. When you consider Stockport, Exeter, and AFC Wimbledon all got promoted last season and are fan-owned, it certainly shows that fan/community ownership can work, at least at lower levels. Brentford, another Trust-owned club, is doing pretty well this season.

I can see a few more Trusts taking control of their clubs, but the difficulty is getting in that door. Exeter and Stockport literally had to be at death’s door before the Trust were handed control as a last resort. Look at Weymouth – their Trust was offered control but with so many strings attached, they had to refuse. There’s quite a few chairmen who aren’t fans of Trusts.

I’m not sure if it could work in the Premier League though, although it would be interesting to see a club try.

]]> By: BD Condell http://soccerlens.com/what-can-we-do-do-save-ailing-clubs/17315/#comment-107352 BD Condell Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:52:20 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=17315#comment-107352 Good point. If these clubs are vital to the community then why doesn't the community help them out? That's a measure of how vital they are. Overall, the point I would make, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, is: its entertainment, its business...and like any other, manage it to thrive or survive. Otherwise you may disappear. It's a brutal world but that's the reality. Good point. If these clubs are vital to the community then why doesn’t the community help them out? That’s a measure of how vital they are.

Overall, the point I would make, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, is: its entertainment, its business…and like any other, manage it to thrive or survive. Otherwise you may disappear. It’s a brutal world but that’s the reality.

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/what-can-we-do-do-save-ailing-clubs/17315/#comment-107344 Ahmed Bilal Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:47:00 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=17315#comment-107344 The FA is already in debt, the Premier League are as well, tbh, the Football League has its own problems. Gary, what do you think about fans helping non-league clubs? Not MyFC style, which brings in glory-hunters, but genuine fans / local communities? The FA is already in debt, the Premier League are as well, tbh, the Football League has its own problems.

Gary, what do you think about fans helping non-league clubs? Not MyFC style, which brings in glory-hunters, but genuine fans / local communities?

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