"If the scheme is a success, it would give the club a solid financial foundation, upon which to build for the future of Plough Lane"

Doesn't say what will happen if it's not a success. Sounds like someone took out a secured loan with no solid plan of how to pay it back. We all know what happens to your house when you don't pay the mortgage. Still, you could sell tickets to your neighbours to come and sit in your front room, cook themselves a meal in your kitchen, romp in your bed or have a bath once ever 2 weeks for 25 years and see how many take up the offer.