Macclesfield FC

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Sad day for the fans. History is not all about trophies and Macc had nearly 150 years. Sad they couldnt find some benefactors in an affluent area to keep them afloat but the issues probably run deeper and Covid wont have helped.
Went to watch them for a day on the ale once when they first made the FL, got into a bar at HT which served Kilkenny (remember that?) in glass pint pots.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

This must be fake news as FFP means that things like this can't happen.

Maybe the powers that be could come up with some sort of mad bizarre scheme that includes such ridiculous notions as controlling club debt and encouraging owners who put money into the game rather than leeching it out.....
.....call me crazy!

 

[BlueTG]

On a more optimistic note, Macclesfield will reform debt free and gain possession of Moss Rose again. Chester, Halifax, Hereford, Scarborough, Bury... All doing it.

Very sad, nevertheless.

Not an easy ride though.

Always liked Macc.

 

[peoffrey]

Sad day for the fans. History is not all about trophies and Macc had nearly 150 years. Sad they couldnt find some benefactors in an affluent area to keep them afloat but the issues probably run deeper and Covid wont have helped.
Went to watch them for a day on the ale once when they first made the FL, got into a bar at HT which served Kilkenny (remember that?) in glass pint pots.

£500,000 debt. Why would you clear that if you were self-made and it wasn't your money owed? It's good money after bad. Reform debt free at a lower level and they'll be playing Conference football again soon.

Clubs like Harrogate and Barrow are playing league football now which is good to see.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The local council own the ground. There might be a sporting covenant on it? The fans could make it an ACV.

Covenants mean nothing. Just ask the good folk of Moston.....

 

[BrianW]

We are headed for a second wave of Covid and, in 2021, the worst recession since the early 1930s. This is just one of many to come.

 

[peoffrey]

Covenants mean nothing. Just ask the good folk of Moston.....

I followed Hereford United’s demise and their Trust put an ACV on the ground to try and prevent development.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Its an argument that comes up regularly when clubs fold but is it now time for the lower leagues to be split in to North and South? I'm just looking at the next 2 fixtures for Rochdale in League 1. Portsmouth at home and then Ipswich away. The travel costs alone for clubs making those sorts of journeys week in week out must be significant.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Its an argument that comes up regularly when clubs fold but is it now time for the lower leagues to be split in to North and South? I'm just looking at the next 2 fixtures for Rochdale in League 1. Portsmouth at home and then Ipswich away. The travel costs alone for clubs making those sorts of journeys week in week out must be significant.

Been saying for years merge the L1, L2 and Conference into North, Midlands & South.

When 3 Championship sides come down just move the boundaries if needed slightly.

It's not rocket science.

 

[big gaz]

Sad day to see a club fold.

 

[Silva2121]

Sad day to see a club fold.

True.
There is one club i would happily see fold though

 

[I'm With Stupid]

League One and Two clubs get £27m of solidarity payments from the Premier League between them. In League Two, they get less than half a million per club. The PL could double that with cash they've found down the back of the sofa.

 

[big gaz]

True.
There is one club i would happily see fold though

I'm sure you refere to the SCUM :-)

 

[PinkFinal]

Just seen one of their fans on BBC news channel saying they've been relegated 9 divisions and that they hope to found a phoenix club.

 

[manimanc]

The FA have a lot to answer for.
Very sad day for football.

 

[bluealf]

The first of many this season, the football league as we know it may well be over by 2021.

Shame really.

 

[chesterbells]

bigger clubs than macc will fold over the next year or so, football league and the FA should be getting hold of football and try to stop this happening because of covid-19, maybe letting clubs go semi professional in the football league

Yep, semi-pro is the sensible way forward for quite few teams. No sustainability otherwise.

 

[dickie davies]

Awaits ‘City’s owner could’ve given them that money from his loose change’ comments

It's alright
Gordon Taylor's going to help them out from his £2million a year salary

 

[ancoats]

Yep, semi-pro is the sensible way forward for quite few teams. No sustainability otherwise.

sadly for many lower league clubs its the only way they can carry on, maybe league 1 and 2 teams will have to look at being semi-pro and the football league has to change the rules and even revamp the lower league system

maybe the championship could become premier league 2 and then the football league can become semi-pro and make 3 new leagues, because some of the non league clubs are better run then the league clubs, i could easy see 60 clubs making 3 new leagues, even if they have to be semi-pro i think football and their fans will rather see that then nothing at all

 

[chesterbells]

sadly for many lower league clubs its the only way they can carry on, maybe league 1 and 2 teams will have to look at being semi-pro and the football league has to change the rules and even revamp the lower league system

maybe the championship could become premier league 2 and then the football league can become semi-pro and make 3 new leagues, because some of the non league clubs are better run then the league clubs, i could easy see 60 clubs making 3 new leagues, even if they have to be semi-pro i think football and their fans will rather see that then nothing at all

Spot on mate; agree with that wholeheartedly.