What would happen to the stadium if a club went bust?

[Icy Gull]

Been wondering what they would do with somewhere like Darlington or Southampton's St Mary's or God forbid Falmer if we went bust after it was completed.

Another team use it or knock it down and build houses which I doubt they could do with Falmer?

I can't imagine they'd just leave it to deteriorate, although that is exactly what happened to the Valley before Charlton managed to move back their, even though they hadn't gone bust.

Other solutions?

 

[portlock seagull]

Did you wake up after a having a nightmare and start this thread?! At 06.59 the best advice I can give for such a posting is go back to bed!

 

[Collar Feeler]

Maybe it could be used as landfill for pointless threads?

 

[Taybha]

could be used as a raiders of the lost ark type thingy storage facility for all the antique fridges ect in the gardens of scoomb ?

 

[dougdeep]

Very little chance of us going broke, when we have Dick Knight at the helm.

 

[little al]

Plough Lane, Wimbledon is just rotting as far as |I know.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Would be sold as an assett i presume?

 

[Chicken Runner61]

The council will get it and use it for community stuff

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

they could put a glass roof on it and use it to grow tomatoes

 

[dougdeep]

Plough Lane, Wimbledon is just rotting as far as |I know.

No, all redeveloped now.

 

[skipper734]

Club, stadium should all be separate companies. Land is owned by the council, so some mug lover of football and B&H Albion, would come along, put a few bob in a new company and off we go again, Brighton & Hove FC.

 

[little al]

No, all redeveloped now.

I didn't know that, its a long time since I have been there. I am sure that it was originally bought by Sainsburys, but they didnt get planning permission to build a supermarket on it. What is it now then?

 

[dougdeep]

I didn't know that, its a long time since I have been there. I am sure that it was originally bought by Sainsburys, but they didnt get planning permission to build a supermarket on it. What is it now then?

Ugly flats. Poor old Wombles.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

It already happened twelve years ago, were you not there?

Goldstone Ground - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As long as we keep the greedy money men away from the board we should survive.

 

[Spider]

Isn't Millmoor just sitting there waiting for Rotherham to sort out the financial issues?

Also, isn't Feethams just sitting there rotting - bet the fans would rather be watching matches there than where they are now.

 

[gullshark]

Apparently Rotherham are gonna build a new ground after Millmoor's landlords wanted rediculous amounts for rent.

 

[Cian]

Isn't Millmoor just sitting there waiting for Rotherham to sort out the financial issues?

Also, isn't Feethams just sitting there rotting - bet the fans would rather be watching matches there than where they are now.

Think Feethams burnt down in the end.

Over here, Athlone's old stadium (St. Mels) is just rotting down, grass is about three foot high on the pitch now. Suspect the plan was to put houses on it but the economy intervened in that.

 

[e77]

All that would happen is there would be a 23,000 seater stadium without a team to play in it, at least until the Football League allowed Brighton and Hove Albion (2012) Ltd to take the original clubs place with a 4,000 point deduction.

 

[Nottseagull]

Plough Lane, Wimbledon is just rotting as far as |I know.

I thought it was still used for greyhound racing.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The council will get it and use it for community stuff

I very much hope that this is the correct answer. The City Council should ensure that the paperwork is done NOW to guarantee that no future owner of the football club can repeat the asset stripping that we saw happen to the Goldstone Ground.