FC United Thread

[Platt Lane 59]

Reading between the lines, it's obvious that someone at the council has been given a brown paper bag or two. It's the only logical reason why this loan would ever get given and then be allowed not to be paid back. It fuckin stinks like them rotting pallets.

Consider the massive increase in the amount of people (not sure how many) who have moved into the City centre in the last decade.
Where has the increase in Council Tax income gone ?
Has there been any/much increase in social housing or schools or Manchester City Council outlay ?
It would appear that the "old guard" of City council leaders are still in the senior positions.
Manchester has far more building projects than any other UK city I have visited in the last few years, yet MCC seems to be potentially in financial trouble ?
Doesn't seem to add up ?

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I'm not sure. I think it's quite possibly enough that certain key figures on Manchester City Council gave enthusiastic backing to this clearly doomed ventures with a bunch of no-hope wannabe clowns, so would suffer severe political embarrassment if the venture fell apart. Whatever the reason, though, it's disgraceful in the current difficult economic climate that public money should be wasted in this way.

Hard to think of any suitable club, whether in football or another sport, who'd want a ground of that size in that location. Perhaps, if MCC were to see sense and repossess it, City could take a lease, paint it all blue and white, and run it as some sort of City in the Community hub? Probably pie in the sky, but surely better than letting these mugs limp pathetically on.

I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Dirty scruffy bastards. It'd need fumigating before they did anything with it.

 

[Mostonisblue]

The council lent them the emergency extra £150k as they were well aware that nobody else would loan to them and the alternative was they went bust & the council lost all their investment. Here’s the update from November 23 confirming that also confirms they wouldn’t ask for anymore. Confirms the council deferred the interest payments due on the loan as mention above & also the council dropped a lot of lease restrictions that the club agreed to but were beneficial to the council that would have seen the council coffers gain a lot of extra cash. The talks are still ongoing 2 years later and the suspension of interest payments continues

 

[Gone for a Burton]

This matter is simply an unacceptable mis use of tax payers money....end of.

An independent public enquiry should be campaigned for with all the MCC decision makers/splitters executives subpoena to give evidence under oath.

All and any inappropriate financial or material gain should be recovered under the proceeds of crime legislation along with fines and sentencing.

The good name and reputation of Manchester is being traduced by this raggy bunch of charlatans.

A 'friendly' MP should be briefed for action.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Can somebody who's got a good idea how these things work start a petition and send it to parliament. Mismanagement of funds etc.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

This matter is simply an unacceptable mis use of tax payers money....end of.

An independent public enquiry should be campaigned for with all the MCC decision makers/splitters executives subpoena to give evidence under oath.

All and any inappropriate financial or material gain should be recovered under the proceeds of crime legislation along with fines and sentencing.

The good name and reputation of Manchester is being traduced by this raggy bunch of charlatans.

A 'friendly' MP should be briefed for action.

Isnt Lucy Powell a blue whose constituency covers or borders the area of the stadium. Perhaps she could make some enquiries to MCC.

 

[petrusha]

Just looking at the National Audit Office website for guidance on complaining about a local authority wasting public funds. Not got time to go through it properly now as I'm due to have a few beers with a mate, but it looks as though the first port of call has to be contact with the local authority in question.

This really should be pursued. Looks as though the Council want to sweep it under the carpet, but what @Mostonisblue is revealing is outrageous, and far more important than just our antipathy to this hapless mob's football allegiance.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Just looking at the National Audit Office website for guidance on complaining about a local authority wasting public funds. Not got time to go through it properly now as I'm due to have a few beers with a mate, but it looks as though the first port of call has to be contact with the local authority in question.

This really should be pursued. Looks as though the Council want to sweep it under the carpet, but what @Mostonisblue is revealing is outrageous, and far more important than just our antipathy to this hapless mob's football allegiance.

We should wait until the Freedom of Information Request has been replied to.
Then the hard facts of how much and timescales set can be assessed and further questions then can be worked out.
Do Private Eye still have their Rotten Borough feature?

I’m surprised a journalist who specialises in reporting on clubs being mismanaged hasn’t covered this, someone like the renowned journo David Conn for example….

 

[JASR]

Do Private Eye still have their Rotten Borough feature?

yes

 

[Blue Mist]

The council lent them the emergency extra £150k as they were well aware that nobody else would loan to them and the alternative was they went bust & the council lost all their investment. Here’s the update from November 23 confirming that also confirms they wouldn’t ask for anymore. Confirms the council deferred the interest payments due on the loan as mention above & also the council dropped a lot of lease restrictions that the club agreed to but were beneficial to the council that would have seen the council coffers gain a lot of extra cash. The talks are still ongoing 2 years later and the suspension of interest payments continues

Would a small business, employing a similar number of people, get such preferential treatment, not a chance.