Administrators have called for the compulsory winding up of Scarborough FC...

more soon.

 

From the beeb....

<font size="2">Non-League Scarborough are likely to be wound up at the end of the season - unless a deal saves them from closure. </font>

The Conference North club have debts of over &pound;2m and administrators are petitioning to force the club to close. </p>

Boro face a compulsory winding-up order because their voluntary agreement with creditors appears to have failed. </p>

The club's directors say they will fulfil this season's commitments but Boro will not take part in competitive football in the 2007/08 season. </p>

Administrators Begbies Traynor will force the closure unless there is a valid appeal in the next 14 days. </p>

The club's chairman, Ian Scobie, met with the administrators this week, but he has so far not commented on the outcome of those discussions. </p>

It is thought a request from the club to extend their credit agreement was refused by creditors. </p>

Boro had planned to sell their McCain Stadium ground for about &pound;4m which would have enabled them to clear their debts and build a new stadium on the outskirts of Scarborough. </p>

But it appears time has almost run out for the former Football League club who played Chelsea just three seasons ago in the FA Cup fourth round. </p>

Scarborough lost their League status in 1999 when they were relegated with the last kick of the season. </p>

They were expelled from the Conference last season after going into administration for a third time and placed in Conference North with a 10-point deduction this season. </p>

The club are facing relegation to the UniBond League with just a handful of games remaining. </p>

Fans are hoping to find out more about the latest crisis at Saturday's home match against Nuneaton Borough.</p>

 

I heard that :'( gutted to see my home town team fold

 

Maybe....

....iffolk like you hadsupportedtheir home town team instead of glory-hunting with big clubs like Barnsley, they'd have been alreight.

 

Hmmm..

Yeah because one fan makes a difference. *****.

 

Whooooooooooosh

(popcorn)

 

I can't believe....

......that you didn't spot the obvious irony in my reply. ***** yourself.

 

Allegedly the Directors at Scarborough....

Have been wanting this to happen for some time and I heard about it a couple of years ago.</p>

Apparently they will start up again in a lower division without any debts.</p>

Over time they had realised that they were never going to be able to pay of the debt the club had found itself in so by shutting down and restarting they get a clean slate.</p>

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The Chairman in 1999 was an old freind

Put up a lot of his own money before being forced out by a few 'get rich quick' board members who thought they would clean up with the 4 million the ground was worth.

If you recall he appeared on TV with a bottle of Champagne celebrating their survival in the league until somebody told him Carlisle goalkeeper had scored in injury time to send them down.

 

You are right - one person doesn't make a difference

I counted 5 seperate "one persons" in town wearing Liverpool shirts earlier.

 

bloke who owns our caravan site is on the board

or used to be anyway

how could this happen with such big money behind them?

I knew they were getting desperate when a couple of years ago he offered trials to a couple of lads he'd seen playing on the site - seriously