Football Ventures

[Tonge moor green jacket]

7 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Do we know how Luton are doing it then?

No snark, I'm genuinely interested as they're surely bucking that trend

Quite.

Come from non-league, may have some additional funding (I don't know) but good folk, good processes and everyone pulling together is a powerful thing.

[Mounts Kipper]

24 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Do we know how Luton are doing it then?

No snark, I'm genuinely interested as they're surely bucking that trend

Just checked last accounts they pre tax profit was -6.6 million, cannot see that being sustainable for to long.

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Mounts Kipper

[Tonge moor green jacket]

It does say covid influence. Like ours do.

I would imagine every club has had to account for big income drops over that time.

Don't think it will necessarily detract from their mission.

[Super Bock]

54 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Do we know how Luton are doing it then?

No snark, I'm genuinely interested as they're surely bucking that trend

Their property arm Luton 2020 have just sold a load of land on the M1 which will be developed into Industrial and Logistics space. Land that close to the M1 goes for mega money in the South East. You’re talking £2m per acre plus.

Gary Sweet and Co are extremely savvy (And he’s also a top bloke).

[Tonge moor green jacket]

49 minutes ago, Super Bock said:

Their property arm Luton 2020 have just sold a load of land on the M1 which will be developed into Industrial and Logistics space. Land that close to the M1 goes for mega money in the South East. You’re talking £2m per acre plus.

Gary Sweet and Co are extremely savvy (And he’s also a top bloke).

Sounds like another quality set up.

[Dr. Feelgood]

2 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Do we know how Luton are doing it then?

No snark, I'm genuinely interested as they're surely bucking that trend

A very fair point, & they are. Bravo to them.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

2 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Just checked last accounts they pre tax profit was -6.6 million, cannot see that being sustainable for to long.

 

I suppose these things are always relative to income and the owner's personal finances but the losses - particularly for where they are in the league - aren't as astronomical as seens elsewhere

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

1 hour ago, Super Bock said:

Their property arm Luton 2020 have just sold a load of land on the M1 which will be developed into Industrial and Logistics space. Land that close to the M1 goes for mega money in the South East. You’re talking £2m per acre plus.

Gary Sweet and Co are extremely savvy (And he’s also a top bloke).

Very savvy

Surely the Brittan's have some land they can flog down in High Wycombe? 🙂

[Jol_BWFC]

Maybe we could persuade Thogden to donate 5% of his YouTube revenue 🤑

Edited April 16, 2023 by Jol_BWFC

[Tonge moor green jacket]

2 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said:

Maybe we could persuade Thogden to donate 5% of his YouTube revenue 🤑

Isn't his dad an accountant?

No chance!

[MancWanderer]

Lot of folk in our head office are Luton fans

They talk about their owners the way that we talk about ours 

Decent, honest people. No big rush. Small steps. Working to a long term vision

[little whitt]

The £100k loan to iE 

was it not a Bouns for going up 

but put down as a Loan so no 

MAD MAX paid 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

No more iFollow

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Well, they're certainly not letting the grass grow under their feet. Always looking at innovation and advancement.

[Casino]

2 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

No more iFollow

 

Better be on dodgy

[FrancisFogarty]

2 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

No more iFollow

I could never get the fucker to work on my laptop but it could have been my settings. I could never find out if it was going to work or not so I paid my tenner, complained and got my tenner back. Not the same though.

 

[nantwichwhite]

wonder if you still can use a vpn to watch

[little whitt]

43 minutes ago, Casino said:

Better be on dodgy

i am Hoping so

who was it Away this season 

used there Own 

And i got that 

[tomski]

Just now, little whitt said:

i am Hoping so

who was it Away this season 

used there Own 

And i got that 

Yep charlton and derby use their own and no issues

[burnden]

 

[desperado]

Love this bit:

Let me promise you something: that progress will not plateau. 

Ian is a born winner and we as a Board won’t leave any stone unturned in matching his ambition by taking this Club back to where it belongs.

 

[FrancisFogarty]

The last few years have been a great time to be a Wanderer under Sharon and FV. In 50 odd years I've never felt so engaged and part of it. And the best part of it for me is, as I've said before, we only ever feature on the sports pages these days. I am blissfully unaware  of anything unsavoury behind the scenes, and that's how I like it.

And if I ever get to see her, I'll tell her. Am I the only person never to have had the pleasure (of meeting her) ?

Edited May 22, 2023 by FrancisFogarty

[FrancisFogarty]

58 minutes ago, burnden said:

 

And she's always got nice clean specs on. Mine are like looking through a bus's back window.

[Traf]

9 minutes ago, FrancisFogarty said:

And she's always got nice clean specs on. Mine are like looking through a bus's back window.

Cleaned with jizz allegedly.

[FrancisFogarty]

27 minutes ago, Traf said:

Cleaned with jizz allegedly.

In Sharon we trust, even with unconventional eyewear cleansing habits.