There's no signature because it's from the whole team and it may be poorly written, but it's definitely genuine.
Bury FC: Everton chairman in £1m offer to help stricken club https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-50184255
The EFL well and truly getting the blame for the situation at Bury (and other clubs) and a suggestion that they owe them compensation from the resulting expulsion from the league... https://www.parliament.uk/documents... to Debbie Jevans EFL re football inquiry.pdf
Bit late to seeing this, but this quote stood out quite a bit: "However, such gifts would be forbidden by Premier League rules made to prevent conflict of interest between clubs." Now, while I get that that rule makes sense as a lack of it could lead to a lot of what could become franchising, for this particular occasion and this scenario involving Bury, indeed any club in trouble, there should be exceptions made on the grounds that THE CLUB WILL ****ING DIE WITHOUT IT.
Macclesfield players have told EFL that they will not play against Crewe on Saturday, due to unpaid wages and various other issues.
EFL Statement: Macclesfield Town v Crewe Alexandra Macclesfield Town has informed the EFL that they will not be in a position to fulfil Saturday’s League Two fixture against Crewe Alexandra. As a result of this formal notification, the League has been forced to suspend the game and under EFL Regulations, the Club is now deemed to be guilty of misconduct and will be referred to an Independent Disciplinary Commission. The EFL will now consider the matter of determining when the fixture will be played. The EFL had met members of playing staff at Macclesfield Town alongside representatives of the PFA earlier on Friday and during that constructive meeting it was made clear that the health and wellbeing of both the players and staff had been adversely affected by the ongoing late payment of wages and, as a result, would be unable to focus on on-the-pitch matters. The EFL has considerable sympathy with the difficulties faced by all those affected at the club and is continuing to offer appropriate support to players via the PFA and to staff through our partnership with mental health charity Mind. At the meeting the EFL also outlined its position, the options available in respect of taking action and stressed the responsibility it has in ensuring the competitions are governed correctly. In addition to the existing and potential future regulatory action being taken, the EFL will continue to work on assisting in attempting to secure an appropriate resolution to the overall challenge facing the Club. It has been utilising central payments to ensure players and staff were paid whilst the owner has looked to find a sustainable longer term solution to the ongoing issues. It does remain the obligation of the Club to find a way to deliver on the commitments it has made to its players, staff and other stakeholders, including the EFL and its member Clubs. Last month Macclesfield Town was charged with misconduct under EFL Regulation 63.7 and referred to a Disciplinary Commission for failing to pay its players on the applicable payment due dates, with a hearing to be held later this month.
There's now two Bury's, the High Court dismissed the winding up petition against Bury FC, so they'll aim to start up again, but a new phoenix club, Bury AFC, has also been formed and has applied to play in the 9th/10th tier next season.
The decision to suspend Bolton Wanderers' five-point deduction over unfulfilled fixtures has been upheld by an arbitration panel following a failed appeal by the English Football League. The deduction, suspended for 18 months, related to games against Brentford last season and Doncaster Rovers this term. The EFL argued the points suspension and fine was "lenient". An independent arbitration panel, however, concluded the punishment was "proportionate".
Absolutely disgraceful More Bolton mess The employment of Peter Kenyon as an adviser is not even the most shocking news to come out of Bolton this week. That would be the £600,000 owed to a football adviser for work last summer. What business, on the brink of bankruptcy, pays £600,000 for advice? And wouldn’t the soundest advice be to stop spending on advisers?
Bury’s owner Steve Dale has defaulted on the company voluntary arrangement (CVA) he agreed last summer to settle the club’s £5m debts, having failed to provide the money required to fund it. The deadline passed on Tuesday and the supervisor of the CVA, the accountant Steven Wiseglass, confirmed that the funding had not been provided to service it. Dale’s failure makes it almost certain that the 135-year-old club, expelled from the Football League in August because Dale did not provide convincing evidence that he had the money to fund it for a season, will go into liquidation.
Anyone know whether he agreed to settle the debts BEFORE they were expelled or not from the EFL? All in all a bloody mess caused through a number of years of mismanagement. Dale doesn't come out of it well (understatement!), neither does his predecessors