Thought I'd pose this....Does anyone know if the FL have any rules or guidelines, regarding a league club using the ground of a non league club, given the likelihood that Northampton will be in the conference playing Nuneaton....I suspect they wont care as long as the ground is fit for purpose...In addition is anyone aware of this happening before, or is this going to be another unwanted record for us, to go with a new one we will no doubt create with the percentage of empty seats...It's all very sad
Do AFC Wimbeldon play at a non league ground, wouldn't matter about rules or guidelines they just change them to suit themselves at the football league.
There are no rules about whether you can use a 'non-league' ground, the FL rules related to capacity and seating. For us as a full member it's 5k capacity with at least 2k seats.
http://www.football-league.co.uk/regulations/20130704/appendix-1_2293633_2128158
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http://www.football-league.co.uk/regulations/20130704/appendix-1_2293633_2128158
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
There are no rules about whether you can use a 'non-league' ground, the FL rules related to capacity and seating. For us as a full member it's 5k capacity with at least 2k seats.
http://www.football-league.co.uk/regulations/20130704/appendix-1_2293633_2128158
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What will the capacity be whilst they do the ground improvements with taxpayers money?
Capacity will be 10, 000 at the start of the new season.
Funds have come from a loan from NBC, repayable when new houses are sold...part of NTFCs overall development plans for the area...which they have a 150 year lease on.
Funds have come from a loan from NBC, repayable when new houses are sold...part of NTFCs overall development plans for the area...which they have a 150 year lease on.
What will the capacity be whilst they do the ground improvements with taxpayers money?
State funding on a football ground? Don't be silly, that's not allowed. They'll have the state funding police after them. ;-)
Will the non league side Northampton take priority over the FL side Coventry and play on Saturdays ?
We are slowly becoming a joke club.
We are slowly becoming a joke club.
I don't think that will be likely as they should be able to work the fixture list's around this with the advanced notice they have this time. If I remember correctly the FL's rule is the the team in the higher league take preference but timmy waved it for this season as part of the rent deal that sisu knew nothing about. It would be interesting if we go on a good cup run and need more Saturday's. Do the FL have jurisdiction over the conference? Can they insist that Northampton move their fixture list around to suit ours?
The fixtures were already published by the time we announced the ground share, hence the Saturday fixture clashes. Next season presumably the leagues will work around it with the two clubs playing alternate weekends at "home".
Is it just me or is CCFC coming less relevant in my life?
Another season starting in Northampton will be a big test for me.
Another season starting in Northampton will be a big test for me.
How about this scenario then .
Northampton relegated and SISU lose JR .
SISU Strike a deal with Cardoza to amalgamate the two clubs .150 yr lease ? . Long term payback of "investors"
10000 seat stadium ready to use, a football league team in Northampton . End of any attempt to get back to Cov.
You never know ............. Stranger things have happened in this sorry saga.
But we all know councils can't loan money for this kind of thing, expect SISU to launch a JR any minute now! To be serious if SISU were to win the JR would there not be a knock on effect for other stadiums that have received council funding / loans or plan to do so in the future?
The loan from NBC was at a (low) rate of interest hence not State Aid. MKBC bent over backwards to help Winkie franchise Wimbledon to their town.
It feels to me that CCC got themselves financially stuck into a situation that meant they were then unable to help their local football club and had to dig in and not offer a long lease or anything else.
