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Re: THE REAL PROBLEM AT STAINES

By Wakes13/1/2020 19:34Mon Jan 13 19:34:29 2020In response to Re: THE REAL PROBLEM AT STAINES

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The Thames club has been the making of and then the death of STFC. Unfortunately no sooner than it was built, Alan Boon had to make the decision sell as the debt was far too great to sustain. Sensibly he sold up to Sheffield United with the intention that the new owners would be sympathetic to the club’s needs and to make Wheatsheaf Park their base when playing in London. Sheffield United soon sold up however and it all started going down hill with no interest coming from the new owners.

The bitter truth is that the old Wheatsheaf Park with its cow shed for a main stand and ploughed field for a pitch is actually a million times better than what we have now because we actually owned the land it was built on and had a bar and function room that pulled money into the club. What we have in fact now become is a dead club walking, with our only assets now being the famous old name of Staines Town Football Club and a very nice stand to watch the game from.

Who would want to take us on now? Some credit at least must be given to Joe despite the mistakes he has made for being the only one to challenge the Thames club for all their wrongdoings. The only thing that can turn the club around now would be some kind of court ruling to give the club back what it’s lost or some very rich investors to pump at least a couple of million quid into reviving a lifeless corpse.

Edited by Wakes at 19:37:14 on 13th January 2020

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