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[Anonymous]

The question I ask myself is:

Why would I / You want to buy SUFC?

You ain’t going to make money owning a football club.

You will lose money owning a football club.

In the good times, the players & manager receive the accolades.

In the bad times, the board / chairman feel the heat.

SUFC will never win the Premier League or Champions League.

SUFC will never be a ‘big’ club.

Scunthorpe ain’t ever going to be a ‘metropolis’.
SUFC ain’t ever going to have big crowds as Scunthorpe doesn’t have a big population.

150 years ago, the population was only 278.

In 2016 the population was 82,000

Clubs attracting a 5% population participation at games are doing well.
Therefore, 4,000 home supporters is a good gate.

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson’s Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scunthorpe like this:

SCUNTHORPE, a township, with a village, in Frodingham parish, Lincoln; 7½ miles N W by W of Glanford-Brigg.
It has a post-office under Brigg, extensive iron-works, and a Wesleyan chapel.
Acres, 998.
Pop, 278.
Houses, 50.
The manor belongs to Winn, Esq.

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Scunthorpe isn’t a football hotbed in the way of the Mancs, Scousers, Geordies etc.

Recruitment will always be a problem – “where is it?” – at first team level and at the academy.

Every season, only one club in each of the Prem / EFL leagues can be crowned ‘champions’ – the rest, to one degree or another are all losers.

Chasing a dream isn’t a good strategy.
Man Utd’s current debt burden is £495M.
Their’s may very soon turn in to a nightmare?

Why would I / You want to buy SUFC?