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The reality is, if Hilton doesn’t complete the GP purchase then Swann has engineered removing the ground from the club and having the ground to do as he wants development wise.
I don’t see how the numbers add up to give up on GP, rent a non league ground and build a new stadium which even at the most basic level will be £20 million.
I don’t know exactly what is going on but I think the fans are being played like a cheap fiddle. It’s unbelievable that aside from half a dozen twitter accounts the majority seem to be unaware or ok with it all.7 users thanked author for this post.
4) So is there a plan B if the GP plan doesn’t work?
“Yes, We signed an agreement on April 28th with a local club which meets league requirements and was approved by the league who have provided a licence for the current season. This is our plan B but is very much a contingency1 user thanked author for this post.
If we had more transparent updates from DH and the occasional interview with an independent journalist that asks more new questions and skirt round the edges less, Insider’s leaks might be redundant.
Spot on. I know there’s no actual local Iron reporter like the old evening telegraph days but surely Matt Dean or Olly “Bombshell” Turner should be all over the entire sufc story ?
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Because the said fan “reached out” to him, and he answered. There is no problem everything is in hand so no need for any official statement beyond that already issued 2 weeks ago.
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In summary then after trawling through this and twitter :
Hilton – “It is Swann”.
Dean – “It was the players”.
Turnbull – “zzzzzzzz”.Despite the easiest, actually legal, and least costly option being to just complete on the agreed purchase of GP from Swann, Hilton is going to back out mainly due to the presence of a ransom strip presumably owned by Swann.
Swann has no doubt created such a ransom strip to make sure any purchaser of GP can’t develop it as anything other than a football stadium without remunerating him.
This has annoyed Hilton so much that he is prepared to back out of the GP deal to the point of accepting he will be sued and will attempt to blag keeping the club at GP for as long as possible.
Luckily there is a site in Scunthorpe, which might be ok for a new ground and the council are ok with it. Somehow this will be financed and built within 2 years
(google LNER Stadium York for a reality check). Amidst all this a real good tilt at getting automatic promotion from NLN is being launched.
Something else was also said to allay any rumours about anything else, but nobody can quite elaborate on exactly what that was, some are ok with it, some aren’t.
Have I got the wrong end of the stick ? Because if not, ffs.Swann has caused the issues but SUFC can still play at GP next season ?
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That was a post WG not a response to being asked a question
If you look at the aerial image of the sites, look bottom right and notice the initials.
You are sharp. Attention to detail 👍
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My fear – The GP purchase has fallen through, everything moves to Ilkeston and we play there until the new ground, that he’s bought the land for already, gets planning permission, funds and finally is built. In other words X number of years later. Maybe.
My hope – The dude is minted beyond all belief and wants to build an awesome legacy for his family in the town of Scunthorpe. He’s buying GP as planned, we stay there until a new stadium and training facility is built when he will then develop GP and get some of his money back.
In the meantime all the embargo and other rumours are quashed and a squad capable of winning NLN is being assembled ready for a fantastic season, where we actually win for a change.6 users thanked author for this post.
SUFCofficial and radio humberside sports are my usual visits. Had a fair bit of my own problems this week and haven’t trawled into it enough to realise that had happened. It seemed to go from questioning Hilton with a couple of Nom de Plumes claiming to know him and I when I next looked it was all about payday…
Crazy and scary times indeed.1 user thanked author for this post.
Why would you worry that a some “haters” (whatever/whoever they are) would decide him to chuck it all in ? I’ve not heard any dissent at the matches, people even travelled to Dorking when we were already dead and buried and weeds growing on the grave.
If a few people on Twitter questioning his background are enough to make him give up then being a football club owner probably isn’t for him. From what I’ve seen this week at least a couple of Scunthorpe supporting twitter accounts that got involved have deleted themselves so obviously Twitter isn’t for them.
Spurs fans were chanting for Levy to get out of their club at Liverpool this afternoon and they have a fantastic team, stadium, near the top of the Premier League. I doubt Levy could give a tin shit what they think or be bothered to read their moaning on social media.
Deans planning for next season – good ! So am I, looking up where the feck Curzon, Chorley and Banbury are.2 users thanked author for this post.
Haven’t bothered listening myself, but he has spoken.
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