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In future this sort of deadline should apply to all clubs and be fixed on a date before each season starts. If you can't prove that you can complete the coming season, then you're out.We can't have this circus happening again, not knowing whether fixtures are actually going ahead from one week to the next - especially as it unfairly affects clubs who play by the rules.
Statement on behalf of Paul Appleton, Joint Administrator For Bolton WanderersAt 5pm on Friday August 23, the completion of the sale of the football club and the hotel had been agreed by all parties and undertakings had been issued by all solicitors except those of Ken Anderson.Devastatingly, on Saturday morning that deal collapsed. At this stage, there seems little point in apportioning blame because that makes no difference to the staff, players, management, supporters and the community who have once more seen their club taken back to the brink. My team have spent the last 48 hours working around the clock, striving to get a deal back on track and trying to convince the parties still in conflict that the very fate of Bolton Wanderers depends on them finding a compromise. The EFL have made their position clear by insisting on a 5pm deadline on Tuesday for a deal to be completed or give compelling reasons for an extension. They have also written to everybody concerned in the process to underline that sense of urgency. On Sunday evening, there was some tentative dialogue but we are still some way from reaching a solution. Therefore, I am appealing to those parties whose position seems intractable to do everything to reach a compromise. In just over 24 hours, the club will have its membership of the EFL revoked. Over and above that, the club is currently not in a position to carry on trading and, as such, the process of closing down the company will commence on Wednesday. This will ultimately lead to its liquidation, the expulsion of the club from the EFL and the inevitable loss of over 150 jobs. More than that, it will devastate a community for whom the football club is a beacon of hope and expectation. I reiterate, unless there is a change of position from any of the parties involved, the process of closing down the club and ultimately placing Bolton Wanderers into liquidation will begin this week.
Liquidation process begins on Wednesday if they can't get a sale done then.It's pathetic that it's come to this, sounds like everything was in place and then Anderson has pulled plug for God knows what reason.
They're both a shambles who should never have been allowed to complete this season
Quote from: esdailles left foot on August 26, 2019, 04:46:19 pmThey're both a shambles who should never have been allowed to complete this seasonThey might not complete this season.
Quote from: idler on August 26, 2019, 04:54:09 pmQuote from: esdailles left foot on August 26, 2019, 04:46:19 pmThey're both a shambles who should never have been allowed to complete this seasonThey might not complete this season.They might not, but shutting down football clubs is the last thing we should be thinking of.
At the moment poor old Bury volunteers are preparing their stadium for a match which may or may not go ahead, and may or may not be expunged if it is played. What a mess.
Can they negotiate Brexit.