Ajax Treesdown Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 This is from the 606 football forum ................ The team I've supported for 31 years - Scarborough Football Club - is in severe danger of folding and I'm wondering if people can help with the survival bid? Boro will be extinct very soon unless the club sells its McCain Stadium ground for housing and builds a new ground on the outskirts of the town. The plan is to sell the old stadium for about £4m and with the proceeds build a new one for £2m and use the remaining £2m to pay off all the debts and pay the bills. The problem is that unless Scarborough Borough Council agrees to the proposal - and transfers the covenant that decrees the McCain Stadium site must be used for sporting purposes to the new stadium - the club will be liquidated. Boro, who were relegated from the Football League in 1999, were chucked out of the Conference last season because of their financial problems and made to play in Conference North this season. The Conference then added on a 10-point penalty and surprise, surprise, Boro find themselves bottom of that division and facing a drop into the UniBond Premier League next season. That is if they survive that long. Scarborough's hardcore fans have responded to this crisis by using the internet to get support from around the nation. If football is about community and the social benefits a club can bring to a town then hopefully the council will back the club and allow the ground move to take place. The club's fans have set-up an online petition to urge the council to support the ground move and and they've also formed a Trust with a view to taking over and running the club in the future. A couple of mentions on national TV last week brought a rapid increase in the number of people signing the petition, many of them with no links whatsoever to Scarborough. There were some great emotive postings on the Surfing Seadogs messageboard, such as this from a fan who watched Boro's 2-1 win at Burscough in the FA Trophy on Saturday: "Going to Burscough today was odd because we had no idea whether it would be our last game ever or just a continuation of our long and proud history. Towards the end I was torn between wanting the game to end, so we’d win, and not wanting it to end ever! We can only hope and pray that things go right for us." I certainly hope things do go okay and the creditors who are circling around the club give the council the time it needs to make the right decision for the town of Scarborough. In the meantime, I'd be grateful if fans out there from all clubs would consider signing the on-line petition. by Howard N - BBC Sport Football Editor Petition Surfing Seadogs
lcfc_jme Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Signed it myself. Not a huge fan of Scarborough but actually have nothing against them. Signed it because I'm nice and I'd want as many people as possible to sign a petition were this to ever happen to us!! **touches wood and prays it doesn't**
OriginalRobboFOX Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Signed aswell!! Me too... Good luck Boro
The People's Hero Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Okay. I'll donate seeing as you lot helped save Maidstone Uni.... Hang on a minute....
Lord Nibblington Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Mccain do some nice chips. Also. I wonder what would happen if Scarborough folded? Would you fold it in half? Or in quarters? Has any thought of the logistics? Oh. And Yeah. Petition Signed.
The People's Hero Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Mccain do some nice chips. Also. I wonder what would happen if Scarborough folded? Would you fold it in half? Or in quarters? Has any thought of the logistics? Oh. And Yeah. Petition Signed. I think you'd pick the place up, score it in half, fold slightly and then tip it all in to the sea before replacing it and starting again, learning the lessons of last time.
Ultra Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Signed, and added a message of support. The petition is currently increasing by around 500 signatures an hour. The more fans that sign it, the better!
Durnerz Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Pass around a plate on matchday, everyone can CHIP in!......... .........*grabs coat*
Lord Nibblington Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 I think you'd pick the place up, score it in half, fold slightly and then tip it all in to the sea before replacing it and starting again, learning the lessons of last time. You wouldn't try folding it and making a swan? Some city oragami perhaps?
Joe. Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Had to sign really It's not nice to see a club fold. I know it would be horrible for me if ours ever did.
Daggers Posted 28 November 2006 Posted 28 November 2006 Pass around a plate on matchday, everyone can CHIP in!......... .........*grabs coat* We could let them have Low and Kelly to help them out of their plight. Or is that just being cruel?
Ultra Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 Well at least one of them will be out of a job soon... The petition is up to 8500 signatures now. Let's hope the bandwagon keeps rolling!
Thracian Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 Close to my heart. My father is buried in Scarborough. He would be appalled by this.
Durnerz Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 We could let them have Low and Kelly to help them out of their plight. Or is that just being cruel? No need to kick them while they're down.
Katy Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 In totally gutted about this, Scarborough have been a club close to my heart since I was a kid (having spent many a summer there) I saw the feature on Gillette Soccer Saturday and signed the petition then. I really hope it's not too late
Leonisco Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 I've signed up. Terrible when this happens, especially as there's no other teams to go watch for miles around. Mccain do some nice chips. Also. I wonder what would happen if Scarborough folded? Would you fold it in half? Or in quarters? Has any thought of the logistics? Oh. And Yeah. Petition Signed. Someone on here's set up a second account.
dandannieldanok Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 We could let them have Low and Kelly to help them out of their plight. Or is that just being cruel? Final nail in the coffin, do you hate them that much?
Scarby Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 i had to sign it really didnt i! i miss it, the beach, the sea, the really really really odd people that inhabit the area.
vanfox12 Posted 29 November 2006 Posted 29 November 2006 Signed too. If fans really care about football they should sign.
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