Happy New Year all

HNY all - I’m expecting a 3-0 defeat today, anything better than that would be a moral victory for us… 🤪

Happy new year folks... What Trigger said + not dealing with £400,000 question that is shrouded in secrecy hardly inspires financial acumen.

OTD - Mick Channon.

NNY and 3 pts NYD

Careful what you wish for. This is Hamilton Academicals: Hamilton Accies need your help. Yesterday, their new director announced that players and staff would not be paid, despite injecting a huge amount of cash into the club through his payday loan firm. He has since said that if players refuse to play, he will liquidate the club. Hamilton are closer to the edge than ever.

Happy New Year my fellow Wombles.

Thankfull to have made it through 2025. Let's hope 2026 sees improvements all round. HYN everyone.

We don’t need money we own our own club.

Happy New Year to all. May we get some points and some money in 2026

I didn't reralise there was a 5 person vote on reviewed decisions by the Premier League and some of them are odd. Arsenal v Everton, in all given the referee and VAR official plus the panel 4 out of 7 think it wasn't a penalty but the headline says it should have been. Chelsea and Newcastle the panel think it should have been a penalty (3-2) but when it wasn't given think VAR was right to keep out of it (3-2). [Link]

As you know, OI, the problem comes from the people who are responsible for looking at the options considering fan ownership as sacrosanct and therefore aren’t able, even if they were capable, of researching, presenting or delivering a balanced set of potential solutions.

The positive idea is to look at all alternatives, not just restrict it to those that involve continued fan ownership. So look at what selling out would involve from all aspects, what safeguards we might build in for the pitch, name etc. Then show potential financial outcomes for various scenarios over the next 5 to 10 years. Then ask the 'owners' what they think is best.

And with the results being made available to everyone and not just the board 😅

.. and without "proxy votes held by the Chairman"!!

It would be actually good to know DT members actual views with a proper poll (without a misleading / twisting statement to front it)

Again what spit said, plus there's scope to increase revenue and business support around the ground, in the way of property in stands if built.

Laurence - if you want my take on this situation, we have two alternatives (1) while we are solvent, look for an investor who will take control of the club and commit to funding its ongoing losses (2) do nothing and wait until we drift into administration, at which point the club will either fold up or be bought out by someone over whom we have no control. There is no third alternative to suddenly make the club, or any other club outside the PL, sustainable/ profitable (if there was then someone else would have put it into practice). Apologies if you think that that is "negative" - to me it's just facing reality.

What Spit said.

Exactly if Hartlepool can find a rich yank,surely we can with the greatest story,, location and the wimbledon name should attract many buyers.

Hartlepool been bought by another yank I see landon smith ?

We were royally shafted up the backside a generation ago. To attract new supporters we need a successful football team being able to compete in league football. I don't suppose many new supporters are too interested in the good deeds the club and volunteers do around the local area.

All very depressing chat to see out the year! Hopefully 2026 will be prosperous for club and all fans alike ! COYDs!

It isn't even treading water if the amount of subsidy that owners of clubs are expected to pump in continues to rise.

My take on all of this is that as shown with the WAWF, members are just not into this donation lark anymore when it’s simply to cover the loss per season and even then the debt will get larger if we want to be competitive in L1 or even L2.