'SPIREITES FACE £7M DEBT WOE' said the headline.
Mondays AGM revealed that the club were in debt to the tune of £7 million and the chairman Dave Allen wants to reduce this by over half and insists that the club can operate as a business with a constant deficit of £3 million. Unbelievable.
Firstly they build a new stadium a few years ago which clearly they couldn't afford, then they borrow money from the local council to help. The article also reveals that the club are now in talks with the council to write off an outstanding £960,000 loan! So residents of Chesterfield who aren't fans see our council lose a cool million which impacts on loacl services, p*sses off the people who have lost their jobs due to cutbacks and also may lead the council to recoup the money in other ways which usually means putting up prices. I'll be writing to the council about this and the paper too. Disgrace!
All this on top of the fact that the Proact stadium is dual purpose and not only do they host England youth and U'21 games there but they also are a venue for concerts, Elton John being the most recent act to do a gig there. So the revenue streams other than matchdays are there, far more than any other club at our level. Add to this the fact that the first season in the new stadium attendances doubled all season and they got promotion meaning extra bums on seats and extra money. Where the f*ck has it all gone?!! Oh, and they also made half a mil from selling Jordan Bowery to Villa.
On top of this they were paying Craig Westcarr upwards of £4k a week ( from a good source i know ) and he wasn't even playing and God knows what the others are on! They signed Luis Boa Morte who did p*ss all and Christ knows what he was on a week and they also somehow found the money to pay off John Sheridan when he was sacked and appoint Paul Cook on a decent contract. They have recently signed 4 players also whilst we run ourselves properly and have so little cash we might as well sign Connor Sammon!
They also go on about becoming a selling club to make ends meet. You are surrounded by the two Sheffield clubs, Barnsley, Donny Rovers, Derby and Forest. YOU ARE ALREADY A SELLING CLUB AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS! Ideas above their station and the new stadium went to their heads. The sooner they realise they are a medium sized league 2 club the better.
In the words of Emet, it makes my p*ss boil!!
I will spit in their car park th next time i'm a tesco and i shall take a dump outside their club shop in a dirty protest!
I want a new song like
WE ARE TORQUAY AND WE'RE RUN PROPERLY
WE DON'T SIGN PLAYERS FOR CASH BUT ONLY ON A FREE
APART FROM BILLY BODIN
WHOSE BEST WE'VE YET TO SEE
BOWERY TO VILLA? FOR ROUGHLY HALF A MIL?
HOW COME WHEN WE SELL OUR PLAYERS, OTHERS CLOSE IN FOR THE KILL
EUNAN GONE FOR PEANUTS, BOBBY LEFT US TOO
THANK F*CK I SAY FOR POKEY, OR WE'D BE IN THE POO!
THERE'S NO POINT IN ME CRYING, POKEY WILL BE NEXT
ALL OUR GOOD PLAYERS LEAVING MAKES ME QUITE PERPLEXED
IT GALLS ME MORE THAN EVER, EVEN MORE THAN THIS
WHEN WE PLAY BY THE RULES AND OTHERS TAKE THE P*SS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO GO AND FIDDLE THE SYSTEM, YOU CHEATING SPIREITE TW*TS
VIP'S ON MATCHDAYS WITH SUITS, TIES AND CRAVATS
YOU'VE ENJOYED THE HIGHS OF MONEY AND YOU KNEW IT WAS NOT YOURS
SO GET DOWN ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES NOW AND BEG US ON ALL FOURS
THE CASH IS GONE AND YOU NEED SOME HELP, SO WITH CAP IN HAND YOU GO
TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND THE OTHER CLUBS WHO MIGHT HELP WITH YOUR CASH FLOW
THEY SAY NO AND THEY SHAKE THEIR HEADS AND SAY YOU SHOULD HAVE CUT YOUR CLOTH
SO DON'T BE SAD WHEN THE TIDE IS TURNED AND WE TELL YOU TO F*CK OFF!!!!!!
