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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
York City have taken a big step to taking back ownership of their Bootham Crescent ground. As reported on their official forum, an agrrement has been reached with the current owners, Bootham Crescent Holdings, to purchase 75% of that company and, thereby, take control of the ground. At the same time, the deal sees a charge (in effect a mortgage) being granted to the Football Stadia Improvement Fund in respect of loans made to ensure that the ground is up to Football League standard.
The York City board also confirmed that they need to move from Bootham Crescent within 10 years and have plans in hand to build a 10,000 seat stadium on a different site in the city for occupation by 2014. We wish them well.
The York City board also confirmed that they need to move from Bootham Crescent within 10 years and have plans in hand to build a 10,000 seat stadium on a different site in the city for occupation by 2014. We wish them well.
Labels: York City
Thursday, November 28, 2002
The potentially perilous financial state of English football is again highlighted in today's Guardian with a story that produces two examples of decline. The first is the revelation that ITV feel that they paid too much for the deal to televise Premiership football, meaning that it is unlikely that England's top division will receive such a good deal again. Secondly is the news from York that chairman John Batchelor has handed over his shares to the club's Supporters Trust in an attempt to achieve stability. Of course events at Lincoln and elsewhere show that supporters control is no guarantee of financial stability, but doubtless similar organisations throughout the league will be watching events at Bootham Crescent very closely to see if it provides a successful, replicable model.
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
York City's somewhat eccentric, and fairly dangerous, chairman John Batchelor, who is in the running to be chairman of the Football League, is talking about restructuring the format of the Nationwide League, including inviting Rangers and Celtic to join, according to a report on the Nationwide League web site. Batchelor wants the new league to start next season. One sensible idea he's come up with is ensuring that clubs are trading profitably before being allowed to enhance players' wages, which would otherwise be paid from a central pot. Let's hope that all this talk about inviting clubs to join leagues without starting at the bottom of the pyramid is cast aside by more sensible chairmen.
Labels: Celtic, Football League, Rangers, York City
