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It's embarrassing that two league clubs were on the precipice and now one has folded. Would be sick to my stomach if we we're Bury today. Feel for the fans, that's what it comes down to, your club just wiped out like that.

Glad Rahic wasn't sole owner of us, imagine that catastrophe.

 

It still could be us and lots of other clubs:

They're two sides to a fence:

1) An owner that buys a club on the cheap for a return but unable to manage debt.

2) An owner that loans a club money and then wants to pull out or want his money back.

The true way to measure owners in my eyes is if they're looking to improve the club by adding assets, making improvements, taking the community forward etc

If unable to do the above then they should sell up quickly. Parky was saying that Anderson should of sold Bolton when in the Championship and I agree. If you can't afford to run the club or take a hit in the pockets then you need to get out or seek investment ASAP.

 

I'm sure I won't be by myself in wishing Bury all the best for the coming season and watching out for the Bury results on a Saturday evening, good luck you guys, great little friendly club and the Fishpool Liberal Clubs not bad either, I've had some great days out at Gigg Lane in my many years of watching Bradford City, no football fan should go through what you guys went through although we have plenty of past experiences with administrations and wind ups, and not just on here.

 

I think the Nevilles are life long supporters. I dont know how much Bury need to keep going, but you would like to think that the Neville family would be doing their best to keep them afloat.

Feel for the fans today. I remember feeling sick to the pit of my stomach all day, when we nearly went under, and were saved at the very last hour.

Hope they are saved. One of the oldest clubs in the world, FA Cup winners twice, it would be sad for the Football League family to lose them, in my opinion. Of course, most fans that follow their Premiership neighbours, wont give a toss, which is sad.

I remember Avenue going under, not nice for their fans, or our City generally, at the time, despite no love lost between City and Avenue fans at the time

 

I think this sums it up well. Concerns were raised straight away when Day, the chairman at the time, started signing what were big names for league 1, including the likes James Vaughan. He’s either got big pockets or tue likely scenario that hes a con merchant were amongst other like for like comments. The fact his tenure and Steven Dales happened under the rules of EFL ownership prove it and they are not fit for purpose.

 

The EFL now need to stick with the deadline for both Bury and Bolton otherwise this is just silly. This is turning into a football brexit.

 

43 out of 51 businesses Steve Dale has been associated with have been liquidated yet he was allowed to take ownership of Bury. Absolutely baffles me.

 

Such a shame but sadly coming for years, this hasn’t just jumped up out of nowhere. Finances in football have been shocking for a long time, this could easily have been us. Thankfully atm all we have to worry about is wanting the manager sacked after one league defeat, but any club is susceptible to this in the future it could be the first of many.

Feel for the fans, and it’s a shame as it’s an away day I’ve always enjoyed and made the effort to attend. Probably not play them again unless some Phoenix club does a Wimbledon.

Probably Bolton next unfortunately.

 

It is such a sad day, and every club in the land should not only feel the pain of the fans of the two clubs, but seriously question the FA and the EFL who have allowed thieves and carpet baggers into our clubs?

In my view we sold our football soul when we allowed ie FA to split the PL and the Football League. Then the PL has been allowed to do virtually anything it wants, and the football league sit under the table waiting for the crumbs! Now we have a whole army of ‘entitled’ PL owners and fans who have no interest whatsoever in the effects of them having everything and throwing the rest the crumbs and be grateful oh and by the way there are conditions to the crumbs we let you have.

It is up to the fans and supporters of the football league to not only demand better governance of our league, but also transparency of the individual clubs accounts. It is alright ppl saying Bury Fans did nothing while the spending nilly willy on the credit card, went on, how are they suppose to call their owner out?

This is the shock wave for all football fans in this country, I have no idea how many clubs are in a similar position, but there will be a few.

My understanding of Bolton’s position regardless of the EFL decision to start the clock ticking, is the Administrator was saying there was no money left to operate from Wednesday, so unless somebody has put money in to keep it going while they find somebody to buy it, they could be liquidated today. My knowledge of this is sketchy, but the administrators have a duty to not allow any business to operate without funds.

 

Bar 1....!!

 

Its not looking good for the club, got to feel sorry for the fans

 

I hope for the Bury supporters that this deal goes through but if Dale makes any sort of profit from this, it sets a dangerous precedent. How many other potential unscrupulous buyers will see this as an opportunity to acquire a struggling club for peanuts, not fulfill any financial obligations, push said club to the rink of extinction and then accept a bid at the 11th hour and walk away quids in. The EFL cannot allow him to get away with this.

 

I think just 1 club would be relegated from league 2 .
I really hope Bury survive though feel for their fans and enjoyed away trips there.

 

I feel for their fans, however more needs to be done to regulate the spending of all EFL clubs. Every man and his dog could see what was happening at Bury over the last 3 seasons with the amount they were spending in player wages alone, yet the EFL and the FA did nothing but sit by and watch. it will happen more and more, but to Championship clubs as they chase the Premier League Dream. This shall become the norm unless its regulated unfortunately.