Greatest story in football,sold to Chelsea , dear oh dear... would rather go into administration 🙄

Chelsea women playing at PL would be the end of our women's team. I do think ground sharing could be a viable solution to our issues. What happened to the rumours about London Irish?

It’s nice that we’re thinking about selling to a club with owners and ethics very similar to ours. ***checks notes, Clearlake Capital… oh… ****

Didn't the news stories about the Broncos suggest they were looking to move elsewhere after the coming season?

I don't see we have much of a choice if the finances are true. Just seems like Groundhog day to me. I'm not sure I want Chelsea in our stadium and I have season tickets for both teams. I see it as a needs must and might give us breathing space while we work out who we sell to. As long as it's a deal that we can get out of if we get on a better footing then we are going to have to agree to this

“Sell, sell, sell!!! Nooooo, not to bloody Chelsea!!!” 🤪😂😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️

I think the Chelsea women link up at plough lane would be a great idea - sell them a stake in the stadium and let them add us the extra 5,000 or so seats that would accommodate their crowds

Non League was fun as a journey when we reformed, but if we chose it as a destination because we thought that we had to cut wage costs so much "in order to stay fan-owned" then I personally wouldn't be interested in that. If we did decide to settle back into non league permanently then we certainly wouldn't need a ground the size of PL - maybe we would sell it to Chelsea women and go back to KM again. As I say, not for me at that stage.

Should add, that they will play 80% of games at PL and put their prime games at Stamford Bridge.

STOP PRESS -We will become tenants in our own (@ present) ground,. They will build stands and we will get an income boost in the process.

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"... only way to save us from local derbies against Walton Casuals and the like again. I don't know if I could face watching that again." Walton Casuals has dissolved. But Walton & Hersham is a succes story, and plays good football.

Trips, well maybe they can do something about that ...

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It only adds a few thousand to their gate and they’re looking for double digit growth. Not gonna happen.

A ladies team would be the ideal ground share, much less damage to pitch than the men's team or the egg-chasers. For CFC ladies. 8,600 cap would be decent for Prem but do they get more for European games?

We’ve waited so long to have a stadium of our own and I dont want loads of Chelsea signage around our stadium. But let’s face it Chelsea will want something for their investment and knowing our financial predicament puts them in a strong position to hold us to ransom. I don’t like the idea at all.

That’s the catch Meadow. From KM capacity to PL capacity isn’t enough for Chelsea to invest. The numbers just don’t add up for them.

I absolutely despise Chelsea but less so their women. If they were willing to invest a significant amount into our ground, I'd take it.

We should ask the club board.

Trigs i heard we still have a financial interest in Rudoni. No idea how much of an interest though it was just pre match chatter.

I'd also be amazed if this rumour was true but I wouldn't be averse to it. Currently. aside from sliding into administration and hoping to be bought out and not subsequently ripped off, the only way to continue in existence is to cut costs (mostly playing budget) to a level our revenue will allow (which will be lower than what it currently is if we end up in non-league because we would lose income from EFL-related stuff and we would have lower crowds). Our constitution prevents us selling out, however much it may be the only way to save us from local derbies against Walton Casuals and the like again. I don't know if I could face watching that again.

How would people feel if Chelsea bought a minority but significant stake in the stadium itself, which cleared our debts, provided capex for the training ground development we keep hearing is required and provided a commitment to contribute towards the expansion of the stadium when it is required?

*not a criticism of Rudoni he’s far and away our best creation under the AFCW banner but if he gets picked up by Bournemouth for £30m we’ll get zilch.

Yes I was being tongue in cheek about a sell on clause for KM seeing as we historically (pre-Cope) haven’t managed to do anything significant along those lines in terms of decent clause or decent player to make a clause worth it.* I’d be amazed if Chelsea really wanted to play their women’s games at Plough Lane given the small increase in capacity versus what Arsenal women have shown they can do at their own stadium.