New beginnings - 25% Truth, 80% Bollocks

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Another one to add to the collection

Rumour has it that a consortium Led by Ex Swindon Goal keeper Nicky Hammond interested buying Swindon! I bloody hope so!

[RobertT]

It is worth remembering that an STFC P&L loss on paper does not need to have a negative personal impact on the wealth of the owner.

There are some very criminal ways that a loss making business can work out well for an individual.

There are legitimate ways of running a business which are morally bankrupt (pardon the pun), which can insulate an individual against a loss making business they own.

Clem himself has been accused by a Liquidator of "shady dealings" shall we say, of moving money between business at the expense of the creditors, then liquidating said businesses.  In essence, the business recorded a large loss, but the creditors didn't get their money they were owed.  In such an event, it's impossible to tell the individual financial impact it had for Clem.  He could be quids in, or covered his losses, who knows.

It's also entirely feasible that money that he owed creditors was used to fund STFC.  He liquidated those businesses and pulled the rug on the creditors.  He moved the money through other entities, so STFC owes him/his business, and has no liability to those creditors (his hope).  The debt then moves to a new owner, who in turns pays Clem back his money.  Not saying that has happened, it's just what the Australia case/winding-up issue hints at.

[A Gent Orange]

court backlogs catching up from COVID?

Courts and the whole criminal justice system have been gutted over the last decade.

[Robinz]

The people who still have belief that STFC are in safe hands need to read Roberts post very clearly.

In my opinion STFC is currently in its most vunerable position ever.

Suggest Power was, in the end lightweight and possibly a bit dumb.

These guys don't seem to care.    

[tans]

Another one to add to the collection

Rumour has it that a consortium Led by Ex Swindon Goal keeper Nicky Hammond interested buying Swindon! I bloody hope so!

Tansmedia started that rumour a few years back about Nicky Hammond taking over the club

[Frigby Daser]

This is where the Trust should come in. Contact people who know people (like Hammond) and put out the call for help. If we don’t do that, we end up with what we have or more of the same from the underworld.

[iParadise]

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/24187733.county-ground-the-tenth-dangerous-stadium-england/

County Ground 'the tenth most dangerous stadium in England'... Is it really that bad? I've never really encountered any trouble outside of the townend.

[Nemo]

High risk of dying of boredom I guess?

Seriously though, I think this "study" appears to be absolute nonsense designed to mislead and generate clickbait:

A study conducted by Live Football Tickets to find which stadiums were the most dangerous by looking at the number of reported incidences of crime within a one-kilometre radius of the stadium, using data from data.police.uk, compared with the average number of spectators at games across the last three years.

So as I read this, it's looking for the amount of crime within one kilometre of the stadium AT ANY TIME (so not around game time) and without any actual link to football being required, hence:

Across the three-year period, there were 8,835 crime events by the County Ground, with violent and sexual offences being the most common crime, with 2,334 incidents of them, closely followed by 2,241 incidents of anti-social behaviour.

I'm not saying that STFC has no issues, but I don't think there have been 2,334 sexual or violent crimes at the CG in the last three years.

What I'm fairly sure this data is actually reflecting is... that the CG is in the centre of town so a kilometre radius around it contains a lot of housing and people. A kilometre radius around Colchester's ground (for example) is basically just a road.

On the other hand, this just makes the whole thing appear like it's nonsense based on bad data:

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Old Trafford was deemed the safest ground with just four reported incidents of crime around Manchester United games.

Pretty sure I've just spent far too long looking at this when I should have done something more useful.

[4D]

I'm violently sick after most games

[Bob's Orange]

Some of our play at the CG has been criminal at times over the last few years, particularly the defending.

[4D]

55 years ago today ring a bell? Nothing about it on the club site.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

They know jack

[Bob's Orange]

55 years ago today ring a bell? Nothing about it on the club site.

Was it the moon landings?

[4D]

Was it the moon landings?

 

[Bob's Orange]

Woodstock?