Off-field redundancies - have there been any?

[FoxSinceBirth]

On 17/07/2023 at 20:27, Wymsey said:

Perhaps some of the catering/waiter staff etc. on matchdays?

 

Some of them didn't seem to know what they were doing last season.

 

Saw one put a bit of lemon into a glass of red wine..

We're branching out into cocktails, did you not know?

[PaulW]

On 17/07/2023 at 16:21, Freeman's Wharfer said:

Usually when a team get relegated we hear about the collateral damage of back office/off-pitch job roles being made redundant but I haven’t heard anything on this so far this time around.

Have there been any? Does anyone know?

 

A couple of things made me think about this. Firstly, I read some quotes from Darragh MacAnthony (Peterborough chairman) about how impressed he was with the training ground when they played us the other day and he mentioned that we have 55 ground staff. Secondly, I watched the Northampton friendly on LCFC TV and they had a presenter, a commentator and two pundits (Matt Elliott and Matty Fryatt).

 

Both things feel like a Premier League operation still in cost. That training ground and 55 ground staff can’t be sustainable in The Championship and having 4 salaries for a friendly watched by about 10,000 viewers seemed overkill.

 

So what’s the plan? To maintain everything as it was in the Premier League and hope it’s just a one-year hiatus or are those in charge making the difficult decisions that usually have to come after a relegation?

Wouldn't take anything Darragh MacAnthony says as gospel.