by Gulliball » 10 Dec 2015, 20:35
We can recover from relegation. Even spending what we generate we can be a Conference level club, ticking along and waiting for a breakthrough - be it a new owner, investment, big cup draw, managerial genius or unearthed gem. You never know what it around the corner, and that is part of the excitement of supporting a club like ours.
Lose our ground and we lose any future. What is the cost of buying land and building a decent enough stadium? Well FC United's new ground cost £6.5m for a 4400 capacity, and that's pretty much the lowest cost of any recent new build. That's a sum of money we would never, ever generate. We would be groundless and there is not even a local stadium that we could ground share at - it would be the end of us. We'd cease to represent Torquay or be the club that generations of us have followed.
Any investment offer that comes with a condition of owning the freehold must be rejected. Once it's out of our control then we no longer have a guaranteed future. Even if he is well intentioned, what if he dies in five years time and his next-of-kin would rather have a pot of money than a football stadium? What if his business collapses and he needs to generate quick money from his assets? We simply have to retain control of our future, or there no point us going on.
I'm amazed that any fan would want to give up our long-term future for an influx of money now. There's no point finishing 20th this season if it comes at the cost of our future.
We can recover from relegation. Even spending what we generate we can be a Conference level club, ticking along and waiting for a breakthrough - be it a new owner, investment, big cup draw, managerial genius or unearthed gem. You never know what it around the corner, and that is part of the excitement of supporting a club like ours.
Lose our ground and we lose any future. What is the cost of buying land and building a decent enough stadium? Well FC United's new ground cost £6.5m for a 4400 capacity, and that's pretty much the lowest cost of any recent new build. That's a sum of money we would never, ever generate. We would be groundless and there is not even a local stadium that we could ground share at - it would be the end of us. We'd cease to represent Torquay or be the club that generations of us have followed.
Any investment offer that comes with a condition of owning the freehold must be rejected. Once it's out of our control then we no longer have a guaranteed future. Even if he is well intentioned, what if he dies in five years time and his next-of-kin would rather have a pot of money than a football stadium? What if his business collapses and he needs to generate quick money from his assets? We simply have to retain control of our future, or there no point us going on.
I'm amazed that any fan would want to give up our long-term future for an influx of money now. There's no point finishing 20th this season if it comes at the cost of our future.
