You Lanacashire Reds/ Moving from Oakwell

Yep....just need a rumour that in honour of our neighbours down the M1 well be rebranded as
Grove street Thursday FC ..then stand back and watch the fireworks..

 

It would be the same scenario as Wimbledon/MK Dons.
The phoenix club of AFC Wimbledon (not quite sure of their actual title) are the true owners of the history of the team that fought its way up from non league and went to the top division and won the FA Cup. MK Dons are a club with a short and fairly undistinguished history.
Barnsley playing in another town wouldn't be Barnsley unless it was a definite temporary measure. For me it would also be a case of starting a phoenix club in the lower leagues to become the new Barnsley FC.
That said I think this story that has undoubtedly been leaked by the owners is just a ruse to pressure the owners of the missing 50 percent.
Once again though they are massively failing in any attempt to get the fans on their side.

 

Lancashire being touted.

Gauthier Ganaye and some of the other owners at Oostende bid to take on Wigan Athletic - though don’t include a bid for the DW Stadium in their bid. They remain the likeliest to take Wigan on. The DW stadium remains on sale, very cheap, and Barnsley FC, majority owned by some of Oostende’s other owners, are struggling to get a deal done to buy their home ground and are exploring other options - including games in Lancashire.

Coincidence?

I’m not on board with putting 100% blame for this on the majority owners. I can’t see any evidence that the actions of the Cryne’s are 100% honourable, I hope they are but we don’t know - and I certainly don’t trust that the council are acting solely in the interests of the club and it’s fans, as that isn’t what they have to do to be fair - they have to prioritise the whole borough and what’s best for the town as a whole, or at least whatever those making the decisions deem to be best for the town. That won’t necessarily be protecting the football club.

But if the owners do decide to take the club out of barnsley, especially if it’s that far and long term rather than temporarily, it will kill the club. Stone dead. They can’t be allowed to do that - and the Cryne’s and the council could easily prevent it.

My continued support of the club isn’t dependant on staying at Oakwell. I’d prefer that, but if they built a new ground somewhere I’d go. Not if it is in Lancashire though. So either sell them the ground so they can do it up, or sell it to them so they can develop and let them build a new one somewhere in Barnsley. Otherwise we lose the club.

Like these owners or not, they’re here, and they aren’t going to walk away losing money. They might be selling players but they haven’t been taking money out of the club, we’re not in millions of debt, we need to be very careful what we wish for. They weren’t queuing up to buy when PC was gravely ill and desperate to offload it.

 

I agree mate.

 

I hope the powers that be and other clubs tell them no way to ground sharing when they have a perfectly good stadium they can play in.

 

No

Don’t believe for a minute FA would agree to allowing BFC to play from Wigan, it’s too far.

 

If that did happen I'd be with you. But in that scenario there's no way theyd be playing at Oakwell, not as we know it. Maybe the same land but the ground would be bulldozed.

 

they let Wimbledon play from Milton Keynes but suspect this is all just posturing.

 

There needs to be an official statement denying this pretty soon.

 

It’s about 60 miles to Wigan.

It’s also about 60 miles from Wimbledon to Milton Keynes.

 

wouldn’t necessarily ground share the Wigan consortium don’t want to buy the ground. Joking btw.

 

Like said to other poster, completely different scenario.
The owners of Wimbledon applied to relocate the club on the basis of there was no club in MK and would help on a commercial perspective.

Oh and the FA did reject the proposed move to MK it was an independent panel that approved on appeal.

 

I’m pretty sure the article never suggests this would be a permanent move. So many people basing their opinion on the fact that this would be permanent when, in fact, any such move would be commercial suicide for the ‘brand’ that is Barnsley FC. Although the owners have made some ‘strange’ decisions, I can’t see this being one of them.

I suspect, as others have already alluded to, that this is a threat to those refusing to sell. It’s throwing the teddy out tactics.

The current owners of the ground could put so many barriers in place for purchase and development that the owners of the football club have no choice but to consider building a new stadium. The council could then sell the ground for housing and claim it wasn’t their choice. This is Barnsley Council remember, nothing is beyond the realms of possibility with them! As I’ve mentioned before, I think there’s clearly some kind of condition that comes with the purchase of the ground that the owners aren’t happy with, and I genuinely do not think it’s something we’re aware of.

 

Crynes at it again , I’m surprised they haven’t started up their own club already AFC Cryne Grove Street to undermine the owners .....like last time

 

I know, I know. It's just this sh1tstorm started happening when this lot come in the back end of 2017.

But you never know how other sides (i.e. the Crynes) react until they have been antagonized. Fight fire with fire or take it lying down?

Like I say, I don't know what the fu.ck is going on anymore at my football club, and I certainly don't know who to believe anymore.

By the way, we've got a football game tonight.

You Reds

 

This is my thinking, too.

Surely, though, those sorts of problem(s) would have been discovered prior to New City Capital coming in, and if they were not, those whose job it was to find it/them, or those who should have disclosed it/them, would be in an unenviable legal position?

 

Arise AFC Barnsley.
Based at Oakwell.
Owned by the Cryne family.
Start again from scratch.
Barnsley FC at a purpose built stadium somewhere on the outskirts of Barnsley with 2000 attending each home game.

 

Playing devil's advocate- and I am no fan of the owners to be very clear- could this just be contingency planning in case this matter can't be resolved?

If it is any more than that then it is an utter disgrace.

 

Why do they have to go running to the press though? Juat strikes me as bully boy tactics, like they tried in Scotland when they were after a club up there.