Bolton and Bury

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Statement on behalf of Paul Appleton, joint administrator for Bolton Wanderers | Bolton Wanderers FC

It is with a combination of outrage and disgust that I have to inform Bolton Wanderers fans that the deal to sell the club to Football Ventures has been temporarily suspended in the last hour.

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Shit times for Bolton.

(Yes I know they’re not in the Championship).

 

[bocadillo]

Statement on behalf of Paul Appleton, joint administrator for Bolton Wanderers | Bolton Wanderers FC

It is with a combination of outrage and disgust that I have to inform Bolton Wanderers fans that the deal to sell the club to Football Ventures has been temporarily suspended in the last hour.

www.bwfc.co.uk

Shit times for Bolton.

(Yes I know they’re not in the Championship).

Bury are not in the Championship either, I know. But it's impossible to ignore the comparison between the fortunes of the two big clubs in Manchester and the precarious position of their two neighbours.

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[pork pie fox]

Bury are not in the Championship either, I know. But it's impossible to ignore the comparison between the fortunes of the two big clubs in Manchester and the precarious position of their two neighbours.

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Yes I’ve been following that story too. I heard their owner talking about their plight the other day and he seemed to feel that the EFL weren’t being helpful to their efforts.

 

[Jeff]

(Yes I know they’re not in the Championship).

Do you not know how to start a new thread?

I'll do it for you.

 

[pork pie fox]

Do you not know how to start a new thread?

I'll do it for you.

I thought about it, but figured it was good to keep you busy.

 

[bocadillo]

Do you not know how to start a new thread?

I'll do it for you.

He's good that Jeff, you know. What would we do without him?

 

[tedfoxxx]

So how has Bassini managed to get a court to agree to block the sale?

He seems like a ****ing nutter of the highest order.

 

[Robin127]

The bloke has a history of business failures and broken promises, he's not particularly popular at Waford either.

 

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Bolton postpone match against Doncaster

Bolton Wanderers postpone Tuesday's League One game against Doncaster Rovers over welfare concerns.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Bury game at Rotherham suspended by EFL

Bury's game against Rotherham on Tuesday is suspended by the EFL, their fifth successive game to be called off.

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Bury seemingly have a deadline of this Friday to avoid expulsion from the EFL.

 

[Brown Nose]

It's remarkable to me how long many smaller clubs have survived. There will surely be far fewer professional teams in another twenty years.

Both Bury and Bolton are about as far from Manchester as Loughborough or Hinckley are from Leicester. The massive gravitational pull of the two Manchester sides will inevitably kill some of the clubs in their vicinity.

Yes, both sides have been managed very poorly. But the real issue is a bigger one. Kids won't support those sides when they could support a Manchester one. Their path to oblivion is set already.

Leicester are very fortunate in having a tremendous geographical dominance. When we were hopelessly mismanaged and in a state, we had the potential to rebuild. Why would anyone save these sides when their decline is already inevitable?

 

[RHYDAL]

It's remarkable to me how long many smaller clubs have survived. There will surely be far fewer professional teams in another twenty years.

Both Bury and Bolton are about as far from Manchester as Loughborough or Hinckley are from Leicester. The massive gravitational pull of the two Manchester sides will inevitably kill some of the clubs in their vicinity.

Yes, both sides have been managed very poorly. But the real issue is a bigger one. Kids won't support those sides when they could support a Manchester one. Their path to oblivion is set already.

Leicester are very fortunate in having a tremendous geographical dominance. When we were hopelessly mismanaged and in a state, we had the potential to rebuild. Why would anyone save these sides when their decline is already inevitable?

So, to summarise, DOOMED.

 

[jb5000]

Loughborough had a league club which went under iirc in the twenties, I don't think Hinckley ever got that far but they were a very decent non-league side for a long time - meanwhile in the northwest there is a culture of having far more locally suppported clubs in towns that aren't very big - Blackburn and Burnley are considerable smaller than Leicester, there's all the clubs orbiting around Manchester (of which Bolton and Bury are only two), and Accrington is absolutely tiny. But these clubs flourished when Loughborough and Hinckley did not, so there must be something that gives them a hope of survival now.

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

Loughborough had a league club which went under iirc in the twenties, I don't think Hinckley ever got that far but they were a very decent non-league side for a long time - meanwhile in the northwest there is a culture of having far more locally suppported clubs in towns that aren't very big - Blackburn and Burnley are considerable smaller than Leicester, there's all the clubs orbiting around Manchester (of which Bolton and Bury are only two), and Accrington is absolutely tiny. But these clubs flourished when Loughborough and Hinckley did not, so there must be something that gives them a hope of survival now.

Bolton and Bury are firmly within the cradle of the Northern and Midland heartlands of professional association football. Despite the transformation of the game into a world wide commodity, traditions persist, as the predominance of NE, scouse and Manc accents in Prem dressing rooms (not least our own immortals) testifies. We’re geographically barely on the edge of this, our success and eminent players is something to be very proud of, in an area where the egg chasers are so strong.

I think the old Football League and the wider society gave the English game a hundred years of stability, now partially broken down, so the future will be more like the instability in the Italian and Spanish leagues with old city clubs (like Fiorentina) going tits up and then reforming. Let’s face it when Brexit ****wittery really hits its stride, the whole country will resemble 1970s Italy, why should footballl be immune?

One interesting back to the future thing is the piling up of rich man’s hobby clubs atNational and League 1/2 level. Fleetwood, Salford, Forest Green, AFC Fylde and the like may well thrive as long as they are bankrolled, then go the way of Rushden and Diamonds, Glossop North End and Loughborough Town pdq once the tap is turned off. Meanwhile the “old” clubs like Notts and Chesterfield will find it fearfully difficult to climb back up the ladder, and for Bury and Bolton they may sink fast and rise very slowly too.

 

[jb5000]

Aside from misspelling '1930s', I agree with every word of that

 

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Parkinson resigns as Bolton manager

Bolton Wanderers boss Phil Parkinson and assistant Steve Parkin resign from their positions with the League One club.

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[homer]

And so it ends

Feckin tragic

 

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'Limited progress' made by Bury, says EFL

There has been "limited progress" made in Bury's bid to avoid expulsion from the English Football League, says the organisation.

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[Jeff]

 

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Bolton could face league expulsion

Bolton Wanderers are given a deadline of Tuesday to complete the sale of the club or face expulsion from the English Football League.

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