is this the end

I think it reflects the sad state of football. when a "lower league" team gets forced into administration over what £10 million. yet Premier League clubs can splash double that amount on a player...whilst being 100's of millions in debt. the lower teams get forced out of existance whilst the bigger "richer" clubs who are actually in huge debt 10x worse that the other clubs.

the worst thing is that it is all to do with profits... the clubs with the bigger debts bring in more interest payments so its beneficial that they are not put into admin because of the finances that can be drained out of the club by exterior sources.

money is really ruining the game. everyone knows about the stupid millions man city pay out... but that is just the tip of the iceberg. the real damage is done with the debt these clubs are allowed to build up and effectively get away with admin just because they are a gold mine for the banks.

 

were they in the league then or blue square,it's going to happen one day and it'll be a massive wake up call.found this list and it's shocking how many have gone into administration

Complete list of football clubs that have entered administration or a CVA in the last 25 years*:

Charlton 1984
Middlesbrough 1986
Tranmere 1987
Newport County 1989
Walsall 1990
Northampton 1992
Kettering 1992
Aldershot 1992
Maidstone 1992
Hartlepool 1994
Barnet 1994
Exeter 1994, 2003
Gillingham 1995
Doncaster 1997
Millwall 1997
Bournemouth 1997, 2008
Darlington 1997, 2009
Chester 1998, 2009
Hereford 1998
Portsmouth 1999, 2010
Crystal Palace 1999, 2010
Oxford Utd 1999
Barrow 1999
Swindon 2000, 2002
Scarborough 2000
Hull 2001
QPR 2001
Chesterfield 2001
Leicester 2002
Barnsley 2002
Carlisle 2002
Notts County 2002
Bury 2002
Bradford 2002
Port Vale 2002
Lincoln City 2002
Swansea City 2002
York 2002
Halifax Town 2002, 2008
Derby 2003
Ipswich 2003
Huddersfield 2003
Oldham 2003
MK Dons 2003
Wimbledon 2003
Wrexham 2004
Cambridge 2005
Crawley Town 2006
Rotherham 2006, 2008
Leeds United 2007
Boston United 2007
Southampton 2008
Luton 2008
Stockport 2009
Salisbury 2009

 

Didn't Chester go out of Business???

 

HMRC hit them with a winding up petition just like Plymouth

 

The thing with Salisbury is that they actually cleared their debts (mostly because they wanted to keep Matt Tubbs and paid him League 1 wages to stay) and still got demoted!

That really pissed me off! The FA, Football League just love to and salt to the wounds and don't give a flying **** what happens to the club(s) afterwards. Everything the clubs build over the years (literally from the ground up) and the sacrifices that they have to go through just gets thrown out of the window and they have to start all over again (unless your lucky enough the someone with enough money and business sense comes in and takes over the club)

 

unfortunately football is a business and there is no sentiment in business it's going to take one of the big boys to go into administration for the FA to step in and i doubt they'll do anything then.
seems a bit off that a club can vanish over debts of 5 to 10 mil when some clubs are 100 millions in debt and continue to operate the bubble will burst soon surely

 

Crystal Palace went into administration,it was meant to help them but now look where their at now.

 

Thanks for your support guys. Much appreciated at the moment. Well we've sunk about as low as its possible to go and need a buyer within the next couple of weeks. Apparently there are 3 interested parties so fingers crossed one of them is a decent individual or group. The non playing staff and small local businesses are the ones I feel most sorry for and unfortunately many jobs will be lost because of this. If the slimeball from Japan who never even attended an Argyle game and was just trying to make a quick yen out of us loses everything, I wont be losing any sleep!

 

Very sad for the fans.

Green Army.

 

Will never forget how they played 'We Are The Champions' when we won the league at their place , even though that game condemned them to League 1.

Great club and fantastic supporters.

GREEN ARMY

 

Agree wholeheartedly! Top knotch bunch of supporters.

By the way 5 goals, my ticket for Stoke came this morning.

 

Feel sorry for any team that goes into admin. The Green Army fans are fantastic and I have the utmost respect for them for the way they carried out the end of last season.

On another note, my 5-A-SIDE football team is called The Green Army so you can come and support us if you like! We're not very good mind!

All the best Plymouth!

Just out of curiosity...which pub will you be going to before the match...if your going to one, and can you drink on the backpage coach service?

 

Still haven't received mine but should have it soon.

 

I'm not going to a pub before the game as I arrive in Stoke quite late.

 

You're not supposed to be able to drink on the BP coaches Nobbys Trumpet but some have tried in the past.

Check out with them for certain though.

They have an advert on NUFC.com

 

Cheers AB! Think I'll be getting the train down then! Even though its probably more expensive it means I can decide when I want to go and return, which in return means more time in the pub and more time drinking!

 

Guttering news! The away game last year summed up the absolute class of lower league teams: bar Cardiff I don't think I met sounder fans anywhere than in the Championship.

You lot were truly amazing home and away (and of course on the forums) and it really does demonstrate what is wrong with the game today.

What ****s me off the most is the fact that the players can move on, the owners can sell up, even the tea lady can head elsewhere, but what you can't do, as a fan, is simply up sticks and change allegiances! It's the old cliche, but at the end of the day, the only people who truly suffer are the only ones who truly matter!

 

Thanks toon army, you have been magnificent as have been the wednesdayites - even though we beat them today

It aint over 'till the fat lady sings

COYG
AWTL

 

4-2, fantastic result! I will be at Hartlepool and Carlisle cheering you on!

Green Army!!

 

A little of topic here, but what part of Wiltshire do you come from?