FRIGHTENING

[yogi bear up the cagire]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/28/chesterfield-relegation-national-league

More than frightening........terrifying, seeing our present state! Just how quick a fall frome grace can take and how you can never be sure the bottom has been reached. I remember going to Chesterfield in 2013 when we lost to a late goal from Gnanduillet.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Interesting how Chesterfield's owner Paul Allen's comments echo those of SUFC's Chairman.

"As of 30 June the club owed £9.2m to Allen, even after he wrote off £2m in loans. He has put the club up for sale several times since his attempts to lift them to the Championship failed. “The one thing I have done, I’ve supported the club because I’ve kept putting money in every month to pay the wages, which nobody in Chesterfield’s willing to do,” he has said."

 

[rigsby]

Shame for them as they have a real good ground. Real decent bar in the main stand, large screen and sliding doors for easy access to good seats. Everyone stayed after as they were a friendly bunch and the MOM was presented etc.

They wont be the only ones who end up in this situation.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Shame for them as they have a real good ground. Real decent bar in the main stand, large screen and sliding doors for easy access to good seats. Everyone stayed after as they were a friendly bunch and the MOM was presented etc.

They wont be the only ones who end up in this situation.

Yes, I liked the ground as well. Good pubs and great fish & chips only a few minutes walk away. I have to ask the question whether, these days, a club with a ground capacity of about 10,000 can realistically aspire to Championship football?..........unless, of course, it can easily be enlarged.

 

[blues exile]

According to legend, apparently the crooked spire on that church will straighten up the day a virgin is married there, but that has now been updated to the day the football club get a new, financially viable chairman.

 

[rigsby]

Yes, I liked the ground as well. Good pubs and great fish & chips only a few minutes walk away. I have to ask the question whether, these days, a club with a ground capacity of about 10,000 can realistically aspire to Championship football?..........unless, of course, it can easily be enlarged.

They can't but you have tell fans that otherwise they sulk. loads of lower league clubs, like Mansfield have a 5 year plan to get into the Championship and end up overspending. You only have to look at the bottom of the table to know those clubs could never survive in the modern overpaid Championship

 

[RobM]

Yes, I liked the ground as well. Good pubs and great fish & chips only a few minutes walk away. I have to ask the question whether, these days, a club with a ground capacity of about 10,000 can realistically aspire to Championship football?..........unless, of course, it can easily be enlarged.

Bournemouth managed!

 

[AndyT]

The most obvious recent example is Burton Albion who have an excellent set-up.

However, it was short lived and their crowds are very poor (less than 2,000 against us the other night).

It's not impossible to reach that level on a smaller structure. Shrewsbury nearly achieved this the other season, as well, but to maintain these days at that level for any period of time is extremely difficult I think.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Every season, at every level the leagues seem to get harder and more expensive in chasing "dream" promotions, which once only meant Prem but know is, in reality, the Chumps and a cup run at the Coca cola cup.
And there is no role for a loose set up, Chesterfield are proof of that and a warning to many.

 

[AndyT]

This is why, under Brown, we had a good set-up developing. A solid base in League One. Good crowds and a set-up through the youth ranks that was stable and producing some talented youngsters. A steady ship, following the difficult years under Sturrock.

But it wasn't enough. The Championship was the next goal and the sooner the better. We haven't reached the Icarus levels of Chesterfield, but it's a warning shot to others, as @Massimo Giovanni says above.

Be thankful for what you've got when it's going OK and just enjoy the ride, because it's a big cliff if you go too quickly and lose control.

 

[kaymac]

Bournemouth managed!

Actually they knowingly broke the FPP rules on at least two occasions (if not three) to get to where they are today. They are financial cheats, big time.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

This is why, under Brown, we had a good set-up developing. A solid base in League One. Good crowds and a set-up through the youth ranks that was stable and producing some talented youngsters. A steady ship, following the difficult years under Sturrock.

But it wasn't enough. The Championship was the next goal and the sooner the better. We haven't reached the Icarus levels of Chesterfield, but it's a warning shot to others, as @Massimo Giovanni says above.

Be thankful for what you've got when it's going OK and just enjoy the ride, because it's a big cliff if you go too quickly and lose control.

I never got the desperation to reach the championship so quickly under PB as we wouldn’t have survived up there. I like lower league football personally, have no interest in the Premier League with VAR and the rest. As I’ve said previously I think a lot of our fanbase started watching when we were at that level (second tier) and believe that to be our natural home.