I knew Withdean was draining our resources but...

[Titanic]

this is much worse than I thought!

http://www.northstandchat.biz/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96822

"We actually suffer a loss at Withdean, even if the ground is full. So it is impossible to give a break-even figure as such. Over the years, these losses have been met by the club's directors."

 

[Barrel of Fun]

to the board for keeping us afloat and giving us 3 years of Championship football. Maybe now some people will give the board a bit of a break before castigating them after every defeat. It is not easy propping up a business with a minimal amount of assets.

 

[byf]

So in theory by staying away...the fans are actually causing some form of financial downfall on the club...God Im a Wanker!

 

[Diatribe]

So in theory by staying away...the fans are actually causing some form of financial downfall on the club...God Im a Wanker!

That was obvious all along. The financial bit, not the wanker bit, I don't know about that.

 

[Titanic]

Which mean the 3500 empty seats are costing the directors, out of their own pockets, the best part of £70,000 each home game ??

BLIMEY

 

[Titanic]

Which mean the 3500 empty seats are costing the directors, out of their own pockets, the best part of £70,000 each home game ??

BLIMEY

Or put that another way £2,000,000 a season

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Or put that another way £2,000,000 a season

That would mean it was more financially viable for us to rent at Gillingham.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

That would mean it was more financially viable for us to rent at Gillingham.

Would it? There would be an elevation of costs and I am not sure what sort of crowd we would get at Gillingham. Ticket prices would have to fall...

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Maybe I should increase my debt and renew next season after all.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Would it? There would be an elevation of costs and I am not sure what sort of crowd we would get at Gillingham. Ticket prices would have to fall...

I was just going by the figure that we are losing £2,000,000 a season.

IIRC we paid about £500,000 for the first season renting at Priestfield and about the same the next.

If the figures are correct, and assuming the costs surely wouldn't have increased 400%, Gillingham would be the cheaper option.

 

[Uncle C]

God Im a Wanker!

Best post today

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I was just going by the figure that we are losing £2,000,000 a season.

IIRC we paid about £500,000 for the first season renting at Priestfield and about the same the next.

If the figures are correct, and assuming the costs surely wouldn't have increased 400%, Gillingham would be the cheaper option.

This was a post from Insider over two years ago...

http://www.northstandchat.biz/showthread.php?threadid=33061&highlight=break

 

[Titanic]

I was just going by the figure that we are losing £2,000,000 a season.

IIRC we paid about £500,000 for the first season renting at Priestfield and about the same the next.

If the figures are correct, and assuming the costs surely wouldn't have increased 400%, Gillingham would be the cheaper option.

£2m is the potential loss from gates of 5500 rather than the 9000 capacity at Withdean.

I don't know what the actual loss is with gates of 5500, but that is what you would have to compare with Gillingham.

 

[byf]

Best post today

But if your all honest so are you in some form

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I was thinking about this in the car, on the way home. We can presumably cover the costs of a match at Withdean. I can't remember the actual jargon, as A-Level Economics seems like a lifetime ago.

We have overheads - long term rent of stadium, wages etc. Presumably it doesn't cost a great deal to stage a match. Just that we have Falmer to fund, interest to pay, wages etc. Having said that, we desperately need bumper crowds!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Only two of the eight scowling stewards at H Block ever do anything other than stand there scowling at the paying customers. There's an immediate potential saving...

 

[C.Gull]

Think what a worse mess we would be in if Falmer was a reality.A 22,000 capacity ground with a 12000 crowd required to pay the interest on the loan.
Falmer must be a fantasy now.

 

[bailey]

I'm not sure this is such a startling revelation. The Club have been saying this, or certainly heavily hinting at it, for years.

It all boils down to the thing we all know - we absolutely need a new stadium for the club to survive.

Get your postcards off to Ruth.....

 

[dougdeep]

Falmer must be a fantasy now.

No it's on the map. That dump around the pond.

 

[parks]

doomed, i tell ya were doomed....

maybe not but what a great series!!!