Play-offs
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to be fair, if the South Africans, New Zealanders or whoever want to claim him then crack on!
there has been mention that e-on will fund it for sponsor rights. i dont know if that is true or not but all i know that it will be funded without it being a loan.
Quite naive aren't we, CJS.
if you say so
I sincerely hope not. My electricity bills are high enough without them throwing good money down the toilet
thankfully our thirst for auto promo will be satiated on 13.9.11, when we puncture the gas air ballon, 2-0 at the memorial ground. whilst there do try their pies, no veg little meat but a delicate pastry that melts in your hands and not your mouth.
the e-on rumour is just that then a rumour. here is the link to a new post on our OS from our chairman confirming in brief the details about our 'debt free' future
read question and answer section at the bottom - question 1 and 2
http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/StadiumRegeneration/0,,10328~2398034,00.htmlThe main impression one gains from this is of no time scale. Once various processes have been undertaken it could be a few years before building would commence and that is speaking from our own experience. The community/supporter involvement is similar to our own. In the intervening years, how will the debt be managed? By more personal loans and will they be entirely covered by the sale of the Memorial Ground?
according to the chairman, we would be starting the building work as soon as the council gives the go a head and apparently that will be as soon as jan. chairman is looking to be in the new stadium by 2012/13 season. if we lose another million like the last year, that will still be covered with the sell of the mem. even if it takes 3 years, we are covered
All these projections fail to take into account the NIMBYs. Even with the consultations that are taking place, you will always get a proportion that will manage to prolong the process. They are amenable to having a Sainsburys on their doorstep but not a football club.
As fans, you need to encourage your Chair to stop the club losing 'another' million. Not paying as many high wages, having less players or backroom staff, encouraging more fans, increasing ticket prices, earning other revenue from the club, sponsorship, etc.
when you get to your new ground it will not be in a built up areas and the opportunities to raise cash through gigs and concerts will be there. such classics as no milk today from hermans hermits, dedicated to dunfords dairies, and other modern bands/ singers will keep the tills jingling.
Is this the same bloke who used to play on the wing for Manchester United? or am I thinking of Gordon the Gopher?
we are having open sessions with the locals wher ethe new stadium will be to get the opinions to take their concerns into account when the plans get put forward to the council in an effort to get the locals on side.
we were going to re-develope our current stadium and the locals were against it and have been fighting it. now a retail park will be having the stadium, the locals seem happier to have that instead of a football/rugby stadium. things looking good.
we have. new manager has brought in new belief. we will have a higher average attendance than last season, our high earners have been shown the door and the sell or our top striker hoskins has helped. however my point was it makes no difference if we continue to lose a million a year as we will end up being debt free anyway.