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If I were “Transfer News Sponsor”, I’d be quite miffed at the lack of a mention either here or on the pages announcing Barrows’/Jones’s contract extensions…
What exactly are they getting for the money? (or have they failed to make the requisite payment, as evidently happened in their previous incarnation in respect of a number of creditors??)
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Mistake from me too – Barra it is.
As manager though, presumably?
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Dave Hill’s a few weeks older than me..
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Horton’s option was appearance-based and was triggered earlier in the season: https://x.com/HumbersideSport/status/2029874648788140444
Ewing said something along the lines of his option having a few criteria that needs to be met: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lwd6f2
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At least the Horton option gives the impression that somebody at the club understands how options are meant to work.
In the case of the Ewing one, an option that needs to be agreed by both parties might as well not exist. As Ewing himself said in that interview, “it’s effectively a one year contract”, which indeed it turned out to be.
For him to have stayed any longer, another contract was always going to be needed, except in the highly unlikely event that Ewing felt he was lucky to have the existing one and wanted to keep the same terms.
I’d genuinely welcome any explanation as to the purpose of the option that the club activated, given it had no validity unless Ewing inexplicably neglected to reject it in favour of negotiating new terms either here or elsewhere. Any ideas?
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Hes out of contract,the option exercised wasnt an extension it was an offer matching his current salary to at least make sure we get compo,which will be less than a proper fee.
If that’s right, it’s pretty disingenuous as that’s simply not an “option activated”, though that’s clearly stated here:
https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2026/may/iron-retained-list-2025-26/How is what you describe different from “offered new contract and currently negotiating”?
Not having a go, as it’s not really for you to answer; more for the club to explain how and why they should put out such clearly misleading comms if you’re right…
Having said that, it’s not the first time, as we’ve been told the debt has been largely paid off, when in reality it’s simply now owed to the directors rather than external creditors. Admittedly that’s a better position to be in, but it’s not the impression that was repeatedly given.
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Apparently the first ever player to score a Football League hat trick in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s.
Never did it for us though, despite 11 braces.
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Promoted.
That ‘late penalty equaliser’ wasn’t quite as late as it might appear; over fifteen minutes’ stoppage time was played in the second half.
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For anyone interested…
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/spalding-united-one-game-away-from-history-after-play-off-semi-final-success-8290894Real Bedford have significant investment from “tech bro” types including the Winklevoss brothers (who successfully sued Zuckerberg over Facebook) so might be a tricky match…
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Don’t forget Michelle told us the debt was almost paid down, only to be told it wasn’t quite the case at trust meeting where then remarkably an extra £65,000 a month was needed in the form of loans.
It’s certainly true that communication around this has been disingenuous at best, but I suspect that what Michelle meant was that external creditors have largely been paid off.
Clearly this is positive, as it’s external creditors who are likely to issue winding-up orders if not paid.
What wasn’t clear at the time was that director loans had been required to achieve this.
It’s a worry that the club appears to be far from sustainability given the current crowds (how many would there be if we were struggling?), but the amount of money loaned by the directors is worthy of praise. Even if repayment is expected down the line, these loans are interest free, and therefore at significant opportunity cost to the directors.
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Kieran Maguire’s take on the accounts. Slightly more positive than I’d expected, if I’m honest…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n9zmgz?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Each to his own Awaywego. You’ll be telling me you enjoy listening to Billy the Trumpeter (Barmy Army cricket) playing the same three tunes badly for five days in a row next.
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Prediction time
My starting 11Jones
JB Rb
Horton Lb
Evans n BoyceEwing Rowley Westbrooke
Beestin
Roberts Whall JonesApologies for pedantry, but that’s a starting 12!
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I’m of the opinion that they needed to go up this much, the last owner really screwed the business over with stupid pricing
Agreed. Season Tickets have been joke pricing (in fans’ favour) for the last few years.
Hard to make fair comparisons when our position has changed, but my season ticket for 2015-6 in the West Stand cost £360. I think it cost the same for a few seasons before that too but can’t find evidence of that.
Even allowing for the fact that we’ll be two divisions (hopefully one) below the division we were in then, the fact that an increase that some folk are complaining about doesn’t take us back to the prices of 11(+?) seasons ago suggests that the point above is correct.
For comparison, a mate’s renewal price for Rotherham in a similar seat in League One (as we were in 2015-16) cost him £485 this year (£535 for new ticket holders). However, his ticket next year will be cheaper than mine as they still operate senior tickets at 60+, which seems generous nowadays.
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A quick Google search suggests that FC100000 was such a cracking idea that no club ever got involved, founder Will Brooks has resigned from the company and a month ago the First Gazette notice for voluntary strike off was published, suggesting the company will cease to exist in a month or so’s time.
And still it’s easy to get the impression that some board members resent the ‘interference’ that effectively blocked their plans.
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