In other news.........

[GEZMAN]

Sports journalist Ollie Turner has posted on Twitter "I can confirm that Alan Hardy is leading a consortium interested in buying Sc***horpe United".

Haven't they suffered enough?

[irishpete]

Probably with that dodgy chunt he nearly sold us to, that wanted him to stay on as chairman

[Kyle95]

Probably with that dodgy chunt he nearly sold us to, that wanted him to stay on as chairman

If you are talking about the dodgy bloke that wanted our ground it would make sense. I think their current owner owns the ground, but is willing to sell it for around £3.5 million. If Hardy gets involved, they'd have been better off going bust and starting again under fan ownership

[upthemaggies]

If Alan Hardy had done what he said he wanted to do in that press conference back in September 2018, Harry Kewell would still have another year and a half left on his contract.

[LaxtonLad]

If Alan Hardy had done what he said he wanted to do in that press conference back in September 2018, Harry Kewell would still have another year and a half left on his contract.

…and we could be in the Championship!

[frenchmagpie]

Sports journalist Ollie Turner has posted on Twitter "I can confirm that Alan Hardy is leading a consortium interested in buying Sc***horpe United".

Haven't they suffered enough?

At least the team is partially named after him

[countygump]

If you are talking about the dodgy bloke that wanted our ground it would make sense. I think their current owner owns the ground, but is willing to sell it for around £3.5 million. If Hardy gets involved, they'd have been better off going bust and starting again under fan ownership

That's the one:


The club has been up for sale for some considerable time, but it was reported in September that owner Peter Swann was on the verge of agreeing terms to sell the club to a consortium of local businessmen. This sale moved on to due diligence – essentially a pre-sale appraisal of the company to ascertain its commercial position and ensure that there isn’t anything too unpleasant lurking in a corner of the accounts or anything like that – and to begin the process of the transfer of ownership. It was confirmed at the start of December that all concerned had reached terms.

This confirmation came at the same time as altogether more unsettling rumours from BBC Radio Humberside that players and staff had not been paid on time at the end of November. A month earlier, Chief Operating Officer Lee Turnbull had to dismiss rumours that the club had struggled to pay October’s wages, adding there was no ’cause for concern’, despite wages arriving later than usual into bank accounts at the end of the previous month. Shortly before Christmas, interim manager Michael Nelson confirmed that the club were building an “extensive portfolio” of players to sign for when they are allowed to make transfers after their embargo was lifted.

But we’re now into the second week in January, and there has been no update on this since December 21. And in the meantime another name has been thrown into the ring: Norman Smurthwaite, the former owner of Port Vale.


https://www.football365.com/news/opi...re-to-be-saved

[laddo]

And in other other news .....

Some guy called Kyle Wootton has won League Two Player of the Month for December.

It may have taken a while but it looks like he's settled in to life in L2 now.

[matt_magpie]

Good luck to them, I bet former employees of Paragon and some of our previous suppliers are made up for him.

[Kyle95]

That's the one:


The club has been up for sale for some considerable time, but it was reported in September that owner Peter Swann was on the verge of agreeing terms to sell the club to a consortium of local businessmen. This sale moved on to due diligence – essentially a pre-sale appraisal of the company to ascertain its commercial position and ensure that there isn’t anything too unpleasant lurking in a corner of the accounts or anything like that – and to begin the process of the transfer of ownership. It was confirmed at the start of December that all concerned had reached terms.

This confirmation came at the same time as altogether more unsettling rumours from BBC Radio Humberside that players and staff had not been paid on time at the end of November. A month earlier, Chief Operating Officer Lee Turnbull had to dismiss rumours that the club had struggled to pay October’s wages, adding there was no ’cause for concern’, despite wages arriving later than usual into bank accounts at the end of the previous month. Shortly before Christmas, interim manager Michael Nelson confirmed that the club were building an “extensive portfolio” of players to sign for when they are allowed to make transfers after their embargo was lifted.

But we’re now into the second week in January, and there has been no update on this since December 21. And in the meantime another name has been thrown into the ring: Norman Smurthwaite, the former owner of Port Vale.


https://www.football365.com/news/opi...re-to-be-saved

Christ almighty what a mess. Smurthwaite or Hardy is like having the choice of a kick in the bollo***, or a needle in the eye...