16 Sep 2020 17:20:42
I must say that I am getting more and more disgusted with the elite teams of the world. Macclesfield have been given a winding up order for debts of £500,000. Southends case has been adjourned and they could be next. Lower level teams need money pumped down the leagues to survive. What does it matter though, Chelsea spend nearly £200 million on players and we are talking about £90 on one. Too much money at the top table for me.

{Ed001's Note - so less than 2 weeks' wages for Aubameyang is enough to destroy a club? Sickening.}

1.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 18:13:14
Playing devils advocate but how can teams survive with gates of less than a few thousand?

I think an argument can be made that there are too many professional Clubs in England and that a re-structure of the 4 professional tiers of English football is almost inevitable in the not so distant future.

Macclesfield have an average attendance of under two thousand and unfortunately this just isn't enough to sustain a professional football Club!

Southend have an average gate of just over 6000. Sunderland average a shade over 30 000 and are in the same division. This is the reality of some lower league Clubs. Sadly some of them are just not financially viable and they can't all be saved.

The game will undoubtedly evolve over the next few years and some Clubs will be lost along the way!

2.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 18:16:50
Or one week for Sanchez, greedy sods whne this I hundreds of peoples livelihoods.

3.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 18:57:53
DLIB, they could all continue if the money in the game was spread out a bit more.

4.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 20:01:09
It's true that these smaller clubs cannot realistically survive in such low attendances but with the billions in the game it is a disgrace that money does not filter down to them.

As important is the possibility of small clubs and their supporters to dream and in some cases like Wigan to achieve the seemingly impossible.

Also if the lower leagues do kot exist it lots the influx of players able to break into the game and progress to the higher leagues. That's not beneficial long term for the game in this country.

Maybe in this C.V. era all league clubs and the governing bodies could for once put petty jealousies and self interest aside and work for the common good and bring in a sensible workable set of responsible financial guidelines so that clubs stop spending stupid amounts of money and lower league clubs do not go bust.

5.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 20:09:24
And we had some top level clubs furlough staff. and then spend millions on new players. Ridiculous- the FA must have some sort of provision to bail us clubs out. Sickening is bang on.

{Ed001's Note - it would have made sense if any club in the Prem that furloughed staff were simply banned from bringing in new players this summer. If they can't afford to pay the wages of staff, then they shouldn't be allowed to buy players. Surely that is the kind of thing FFP should be about?}

6.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 21:05:08
The professional game for 92 plus clubs is sustainable as it stands.
Rule changes require creative and intelligent thinking.
Premiership clubs should be allowed partner with clubs in div 3 and div2 and use them as feeder clubs supporting them with players coaching support and financially to some degree. Cutting ties if they achieve championship status.
Players will develop the stars at that level would imorove. Clubs will get the opportunity to develop a sustainable business model.
Until then a transfer spend tax should be in place whereby a % of each fee paid goes into a fund for the lower league clubs to help them stay alive.

7.) 16 Sep 2020
16 Sep 2020 22:37:53
Playing devils advocate even further, if we all supported the clubs where we were born, maybe they’d have more than 1,500 going per week. We are all to blame.

8.) 17 Sep 2020
17 Sep 2020 17:54:32
So what it means is not only can the top level clubs can easily help sustain the lower tier sides, even some of the more experienced players can easily save some clubs from administration/ dissolvation. Essentially a De Gea or a Mohamed Salah could easily help out let alone Man Utd or Man City etc.


Mind you I am not trying to throw shade at the players I mentioned or anyone else actually.