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You can't possibly know that as it was never placed on the open market. There were many who thought there would be no other interest apart from CCFC, turned out to be wrong so how can anyone assert with any confidence there wouldn't have been others interested? Even if there wasn't you only...

I can see the point you're making. That if it will cost us £20m for a new ground why not bid £20m for ACL. However that brings you back to the council's sale process. If it had been placed on the open market and muliple potential purchasers came forward it would have driven the price up and...

I imagine you would have everyone up in arms and thousands of people marching through the streets in protest.

To be fair she also said CRFC had been fully involved yet CRFC said they hadn't been.

By not playing on Saturdays so their fixtures don't clash. Oh hang on they went back on that after less than a year didn't they?

Bit harsh. We've been in the same position and I can't imagine this place being too positive if someone poached TM.

Reeves is still at CCC, this is from the CT earlier this year: and Chris West:

A council should achieve best value for the taxpayer but I suspect you could make an arguement for a council taking action, such as selling at a lower price, to someone like the cities professional football club - based in the city for over 100 years. Reeves and West are both still at the...

When that lunatic Orange Ken left I would have requested a meeting with SISU. Drawn a line under everything that had gone before and started from scratch. I would have been tempted to replace Reeves and West so it was new faces all round. The council should have asked SISU what their long term...

Are people really accepting 365 days revenue or are they asking to see full details of all options to make an informed choice? We have seen that we can't compete above L1 level staying at the Ricoh. Just look at our revenues compared to others when we were last in that division. We've also had...

Hucks and Dion would get my vote. Of course they were playing at the top level as well. Wallace and Ferguson were before my time.

Suspended as in too many yellows or has he done something?

It's not just old grounds. Not much in the way of parking at the Emirates or St Marys for example.

Not sure we're quite at the stage where we need to worry about the noise from midweek CL games ;)

Guess you could draw that conclusion. Things have been quiet on the naming rights renewal. Perhaps us not being signed up there is a bigger issue than some would have you believe. Throw out some scare stories and try and get some pressure on SISU to sign up so the rights can be renewed, its a...

Once again we come back to the same point. The vast majority of clubs don't have the facilities that the Ricoh has. What we need is to be on an equal footing with them. Sure it would be great to have a huge hall and conference rooms etc but how many grounds have?

Indeed but it means you'd be generating a lot less. Most venues won't let you bring in catering outlets so you'd have to use theirs and they would keep the profit. Similarly many places will insist you use their security, ticketing, staff etc. Plus you then have to pay a hire fee. You probably...

Exactly. Chesterfield play in a 10K capacity stadium with an average attendance of 7K. That gave them a turnover of £7.4m and a profit of £85K (before player sales). Their total debt is at £8m. They finished 6th in L1. We play in a 32K stadium with (for the last Ricoh season before Northampton)...

Fisher has confirmed that already hasn't he? They are looking over the boundary as they won't deal with CCC.

As crap as it may be the saddest part is if it makes them some cash they're doing better than us.