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Ah OK. Just that somebody mentioned tier 9 and I know Sphinx are tier 9.

But next season is going to cost them a fortune, why would they chuck more money at this mess only to walk off into the sunset? With what? Surely, they either genuinely believe they can build a new ground, or probably more likely that they can secure a return to the Ricoh on much more...

That's the same level as Sphinx I think.

Reading between the lines though, I think they are saying name and colours could be changed if that was the will of shareholders/members.

What level are they playing at next season out of interest?

True. Although it still hurts my feelings when people shout at my anonymous internet identity. I need to man up..

Genuine question, why do you think this is franchising by the back door? What large urban conurbation without a football team could they possible relocate to where they could generate 32,000 for a JPT game or 10K average in division 3? Nowhere, so of what benefit would a permanent relocation...

That's weird then, it shows as public for me and all usernames are showing. Clear your browser cache!

Yup. Double it and add your shoe size and you're about there. If you're lucky.

Sorry, I don't know what you mean! It is a public poll no? All I am saying is that the fact your username appears against your selection might put a few people off voting. It might, it might not. The votes could well be an accurate reflection, I'm just saying I don't think it's particularly...

Agree. I can see this lasting one season before they come back to the Ricoh. If they don't, then a Phoenix club will probably be formed in time for the 2014/15 season, and then the prospect of a return becomes more unlikely. It'll be one season if that.

Not really. People just don't like the idea of seeing their name under the 'yes' vote for fear they'll be called scabs or something else equally hysterical, so they abstain from these sort of polls. 2000-3000 is my guess, but that's all it is. I'm not planning to go to Northampton as it...

It really is lose-lose for you! I'm a bit numb really. Never expected it to come to this. What I do know is that I will find it very hard not to go. It's what I do. Perhaps the club might consider producing a new range of balaclavas so that those people who travel get to do so anonymously...

I am not sure those figures are entirely correct. They have our highest number of away fans as 4009 - when we took a handful short of 5000 to MK Dons (as announced by MK Dons themselves). Our unofficial average and the end of the season according to those who take the time to follow these...

It beggars belief that people persist with this rubbish. That deal was done long before the council had any involvement in the stadium itself. The club did all the leg work - secured a price to buy the land and had a buyer lined up, and all the council did was leverage it and their involvement...

Absolute rubbish. The funding sources for the stadium are clearly defined. Even if we take your extremely simplistic take on how that deal panned out, you admit that the profits from the deal were used, and therefore the net contribution from the council (public funds) was 0. It is widely...

ACL. They effectively sold the future profits from revenues generated by one if its tenants to a third party. Why the club allowed that to happen I've no idea. It isn't unusual for catering rights to be sold in this way, but clearly this should have involved the club as it was its customers...

If he going to come out with that sort of stuff then he is wasting his breath. The council didn't even own the land that was sold to Tesco. The purchase and sale was all wrapped up in the same deal effectively and the profits were used to help fiance the building of the stadium, so effectively...

That isn't what is being said, by 'doing well out it', this refers to the fact that have an asset they own which is worth a lot of money. We all know that no dividends have yet been paid. The entitlement comes from the fact that the stadium would not exist at all without the club and was...

I accept your last point, but the problem is people use that fact to defend and justify the stance that the council/ACL took during the rent dispute.