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That Sun article was supposedly written by their city editor, but appeared to be written by the tea boy on his lunch break. Purely speculative and their crack team of researchers couldn't even come up with who owns Cambridge United (who I bet only appeared on their radar after they were on telly...

If you had the money the Bristol guy has got surely you'd trust the current board with it though? You seem pretty keen on them.

But wimbledon rent their ground from kingstonian dont they? Maybe city could do a similiar deal with Wasps. ;-)

True. But Northampton Saints weren't always the draw they are to the wealthy village dwellers of Northants and the surrounding areas. I remember pre-professionalism when their ground was worse than Northampton Town's County Ground and they were attracting a couple of thousand. When the game...

You're right re their fanbase and I detest franchised sport in this country as much as the next man but they have managed to get a lucrative sponsorship deal out of it and have an asset to show for it. In that respect it was done for the "right" business reasons IE they didnt do it to try and...

He was horrendous at Northampton. Just awful and released loads of good players. We almost went out of the league. Also think hes spent a fair bit this season at Yeovil and look where they are. Certainly wouldn't be a yes man to SISU if he was in the job.

Still waiting for that much muted merger between the Cobblers and City. I'm not sure there really is a massive appetite for anymore franchising of football teams, every area in England has a plethora of local teams with loyal fans with the rest of them glory supporting man u, liverpool etc. MK...

BBC 3 counties radio and look east covered MK dons from the day the move was made permanent.

Its mad the way they brag about that as if it was a badge of honour where they achieved something. It didnt involve tens of millions of pounds of investment and must have only involved a couple of phone calls to set up. All it did was piss off your fanbase and the council.

http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/news/regional-daily-editor-to-leave-post-after-two-years/

I heard this on the way to the game (congrats by the way, unbelievable atmosphere) I actually don't think he even believes what he's saying anymore. It feel's like hes just putting out whatever message Joy has told him to that particular week.

Trust me this is the same at every club. People want the best for their clubs and success etc but when this leads to fans jumping on the bandwagon the longer standing fans feel aggrieved. Its like when a band gets big. Haven't got the stomach to look at the mk dons forum this week but I dare...

Very sopranos :)

If your fans don't care anymore why do they constantly feel the need to remind everyone that afc Wimbledon fans "gave up" on their club and why is there a section on your forum dedicated to things that Wimbledon fans say about you on their site? You all seem pretty obsessed with them.

As a cobblers fan that thread and a few others on there have been pretty embarrassing. Thankfully not all fans share that view. Its pretty depressing to think we had the first supporters trust who saved our club and later worked with clubs like afc wimbledon to help them set up their trust, then...

pleased for you guys, will definitely catch a game at the ricoh when im at the inlaws.

Sorry yeah thats what I meant. Whereas the walsall board considered the impact that sharing their ground would have on their own fanbase, Cardoza didn't, and he didn't consult, just went ahead and did it. I know for a fact that some long time trust members are not happy with the rent deal but...

I remember reading on the walsall forum that one of the reasons they turned sisu down was they didnt want to put their own fans through the experience of sitting in the away end at their own ground. Cardoza had no such qualms. Infact I don't think he ran the idea past our trust before agreeing...

With all that technology they didn't think about the heat: http://www.mercurynews.com/southbayfootball/ci_26360587/49ers-fans-complain-unbearable-heat-at-levis-stadium

The big clubs in germany are largely fan owned and sustainable.