Bolton Wanderers receive winding up petition

[dadams2k11]

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14138033.BREAK/

Accepting a 12 pt deduction which confirms their destiny surely.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Fire sale early in the transfer window ?

 

[supaseagull]

Shame. Never forget when Gartside tried to stop promotion and relegation to the premier league.

 

[TomandJerry]

Shame

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Sad day for football.

 

[Driver8]

Why the hell should the government intervene when a football club has deliberately lived beyond its means? Whose fault is that?

 

[atfc village]

Ah the memories of relegating Bolton to Div 4 [ Lge 2 kids] they'll be back there soon

 

[severnside gull]

Gartside is a bully and a tosser of the first order and everyone connected with the club and every fan has known for years they were living beyond their means. No sympathy.

 

[KT17]

HMRC take a hard line these days. Great old club, what a desperate state of affairs for its fans, genuinely gutted for them.

 

[Triggaaar]

Gartside is a bully and a tosser of the first order and everyone connected with the club and every fan has known for years they were living beyond their means. No sympathy.

He is. But what about the fans, it's not their fault. The same could have happened to us.

 

[severnside gull]

He is. But what about the fans, it's not their fault. The same could have happened to us.

They will still have their club to follow - just one league down! - and as we have seen with our friends up the road, going bust can be the door to a better future.

Even Pompey (best fans in the world doncha know!) have survived

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Should be relegated out of the league, that would stop this administration lark. Sympathy for the fans, bad owners destroy football. Now where's my car sticker.

 

[Blue and White Tiger]

Are there any players we should be looking at?
Zach Clough looks good, but possibly injury prone?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Jussi
A young Ben-Haim
Kevin Nolan
Hierro
Jay Jay Okocha
Djorkaeff
Ivan Campo
Stelios Gianakopoulos
Gary Speed
Gary Cahill
Anelka
MICHAEL RICKETTS

Those were the days

 

[Munkfish]

Zach Clough is probably the only player that will be picked up by a championship club.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Jussi
A young Ben-Haim
Kevin Nolan
Hierro
Jay Jay Okocha
Djorkaeff
Ivan Campo
Stelios Gianakopoulos
Gary Speed
Gary Cahill
Anelka
MICHAEL RICKETTS

Those were the days

hidetoshi nakata!

 

[Keith Patel]

Jussi
A young Ben-Haim
Kevin Nolan
Hierro
Jay Jay Okocha
Djorkaeff
Ivan Campo
Stelios Gianakopoulos
Gary Speed
Gary Cahill
Anelka
MICHAEL RICKETTS

Those were the days

hidetoshi nakata!

Jared Borgetti!

 

[scamander]

He is. But what about the fans, it's not their fault. The same could have happened to us.

mustering sympathy for them is trickier than normal. As I've commented on another thread when Coyle left and pointed to their finances as one of the reasons a fair few Burnley fans countered by outlining how much debt they were in (and how exposed they would be if either Davies called the debt in or they got relegated). It was only a dialogue with a few of their fans but they were quite happy living in debt.

The sadder thing is that it won't inform the opinions of many fans of all clubs who'll continue to berate their club for not acting outside its financial capabilities.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Sam Allardyce & Phil "brown" Brown was on 5 live this morning saying that they couldn't figure out that a club who earned a profit of at lest £50,plus parachute payments, mill in 12 years in the premier league could end up £147m in debt to their chairman and £600k in debt to HMRC in the time since relegation. I do. Reckless overspending trying to get back up, ridiculous mismanagement and falling revenues. Bolton, like we did,need to learn the hard way what being a proper club entails.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Gartside is a bully and a tosser of the first order and everyone connected with the club and every fan has known for years they were living beyond their means. No sympathy.

Thats a tad OTT if you don't mind me saying so, Phil Gartside isn't exactly my favourite chairman either, but this isn't about him, it's about Bolton Wanderers Football Club, one of the oldest clubs in the country, and founder members of the Football League.

The fans certainly don't deserve this, and I wish them well.