It's happening. 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/17405193.bolton-wanderers-close-to-takeover-from-uk-based-consortium/

Thank fuck

2 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

So if it takes that long to sort out a buyer and we don't have anything in place by August then what happens with the team management and players for the forthcoming season?

Really hope we don't start with PP and his donkeys 

PP is the least of our worries, it will be hard getting a full team out if this drags on and we lose our best youngsters.

42 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Can’t knock the set up in terms of quick service, beer selection ok although no andi  peters so boo 

food is nothing special and is heavily marked up and selection pretty poor 

If they get andi peters it will be another nail in the coffin 

24 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

What's Andi peters?! I'm almost scared to ask  

Dark Fruits

14 minutes ago, tomski said:

If they get andi peters it will be another nail in the coffin 

Boo

clog do it il get you petered up 

 

 

thats proper shit

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

 

 

thats proper shit

So from May 13th 

Might be shit but it's also not unexpected

If they are lucky, new owners will be able to keep them all on and maybe even pay some of their lost pay

Its definitely not for the administrator to be paying any more than they have to

Hardly a surprise.

From what I understand, this means that the staff can be paid by the government. I think the government pays the staff from the point that they're not paid until the point that the business goes into admin. I might be wrong though. 

If true, it's good news for the staff. But it's still mental that the taxpayer will pay for Ken Anderson's inability to manage his own affairs. 

21 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Boo

clog do it il get you petered up 

I’ll go clog but I’ll never drink that shite ha

4 minutes ago, Casino said:

Might be shit but it's also not unexpected

If they are lucky, new owners will be able to keep them all on and maybe even pay some of their lost pay

Its definitely not for the administrator to be paying any more than they have to

No we know who’s gig that should of been

Just now, BIGBW said:

From what I understand, this means that the staff can be paid by the government. I think the government pays the staff from the point that they're not paid until the point that the business goes into admin. I might be wrong though. 

If true, it's good news for the staff. But it's still mental that the taxpayer will pay for Ken Anderson's inability to manage his own affairs. 

KA will have managed his own affairs perfectly well

3 minutes ago, tomski said:

No we know who’s gig that should of been

I'm still amazed he didn't make folk redundant

 

4 minutes ago, tomski said:

No we know who’s gig that should of been

Aye Burden leisure limited 

6 minutes ago, BIGBW said:

From what I understand, this means that the staff can be paid by the government. I think the government pays the staff from the point that they're not paid until the point that the business goes into admin. I might be wrong though. 

If true, it's good news for the staff. But it's still mental that the taxpayer will pay for Ken Anderson's inability to manage his own affairs. 

I would've thought they were creditors of the business and would need to join the queue

Again, might be wrong

6 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Aye Burden leisure limited 

Legally aye but sits with one wanker only

8 minutes ago, Casino said:

I'm still amazed he didn't make folk redundant

 

Because then he wouldn’t have his free labour. Classless turd

It would've been cheaper to reduce headcount 3 years ago

Just don't know why he didnt

19 minutes ago, BIGBW said:

From what I understand, this means that the staff can be paid by the government. I think the government pays the staff from the point that they're not paid until the point that the business goes into admin. I might be wrong though. 

If true, it's good news for the staff. But it's still mental that the taxpayer will pay for Ken Anderson's inability to manage his own affairs. 

Think they will be entitled to statutory redundancy pay 

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

It would've been cheaper to reduce headcount 3 years ago

Just don't know why he didnt

I think he’s not as smart as people think. In fact I’d hazard a guess he’s a bit of a wally

26 minutes ago, bwfc2003 said:

Think they will be entitled to statutory redundancy pay 

Correct. 

They will not get a bean in reality for the wages they have accrued and not been paid sadly. So they should have withdrawn labour and or found other employment but that’s easier said than done and also I guess a lot of them are supporters of the club and didn’t want to walk out

very sad story and I hope all of them find new better employment soon if that’s the path they choose. 

1 hour ago, Casino said:

It would've been cheaper to reduce headcount 3 years ago

Just don't know why he didnt

Non playing wages are small beer at the end of the day, making them redundant would have saved two bits of fuck all 

The main issue was he signed dozens of shit players, many of which barely saw the light of day 

 

29 minutes ago, birch-chorley said:

Non playing wages are small beer at the end of the day, making them redundant would have saved two bits of fuck all 

The main issue was he signed dozens of shit players, many of which barely saw the light of day 

 

He couldn't make them redundant anyway as he had a football game for them to arrange; selling tickets, programmes, Golden Gamble tickets, operate turnstiles, wear orange coats, serve drinks, etc. If they'd been made redundant it would be directly KA's fault if the game couldn't go ahead because of the lack of staff. As it happens, the game got called off anyway by the league following the playing staff strike.

To me it makes sense to keep catering and other add-ons in house providing it's managed well and even more sense if the empty seats are filled, especially with kids who are the fan base of the future when we're all dead.

Always been an advocate of "kids for a quid" and schools & community liaison etc because they all want food. drink and maybe the occasional shirt or replica Wanderers v AC Milan coffee mug. Tying in with education and apprenticeship programmes would be a winner. Only downside is that bigger crowds may incur additional policing costs but all that can be negotiated if the management have a brain. And if you can show that it's a proper family club policing bills can be negotiated down.

Changing the fan profile and keeping profits in house has been a massive success in other sports and in other countries e.g American Football where you have a captive audience who need feeding for 3 hours or more. Community family friendly club with free/cheap tickets for target markets is the way forward to sustainability I reckon - providing there's some top notch retail management in place. There's so much more that can be done eg a half time show of local talent who would be delighted for the opportunity to perform and bring their families/friends/fans along - just needs a bit of creativity to boost profits.

Macron is supposed to be a community facility. Why not make it one?

They stopped things like kids parties 5yrs ago as a cost cutting excercise, look how well that worked, and then the fan zone went although in fairness it was only a half arsed operation at times, and that worked well, so they haven’t really given two hoots about the fan base for years.

Why dont they do kids for a fiver and then stick a unit outside the main turnstiles selling replica shirts, t shirts et etc at decent prices and try and create a new “club” like City have dint with their citizens scheme. It’s not rocket science ffs.