Stadium news

[Norfolk N Chance]

Doncaster Rovers remain determined to take control of the Keepmoat Stadium - despite being relegated from the Championship.


Attendances at the community stadium at Lakeside will almost certainly be lower next season - but the club still wants to take over the lease from the failing Stadium Management Company.

Business bosses also fear relegation will hit trade in the town on match days.

Dan Fell, spokesman for Doncaster Chamber of Commerce, said less will be spent in bars, cafes and hotels around the town.

He said: “It’s obviously disappointing for the town from a sporting perspective but you have to think about the further consequences.

“Football is a vehicle for bringing in thousands of visitors every couple of weeks and the loss of that is bound to have an impact on the economy.

“Football is also an important contributor to civic pride in the town.

“What we have to do is give the club great support and hope that they will rally next season and they can make it back into the Championship.

“I guess it will be the bars, restaurants and hotels that will suffer, so it is much broader business than the Rovers that will be affected.”

Rovers interim chief executive Gavin Baldwin said the club was ‘looking to the future’ despite relegation to League One after the 4-3 home defeat to Portsmouth on Saturday and still wanted to take over the Keepmoat.

He said: “While we are all extremely disappointed to have been relegated, we are looking to the future and will use the coming weeks to review our strategies in order to ensure that Doncaster Rovers is a club that both the fans and local community can engage with and feel part of.

“Our ambitions to take over the running of the Keepmoat Stadium, if a suitable deal can be done, remain resolute.

“We strongly believe the best future for the stadium and the people of Doncaster is one which sees the Rovers managing the community stadium.

“I am passionate about returning the stadium to the people of Doncaster.”

Mayor of Doncaster Peter Davies said negotiations between the council and club were ongoing and ‘nothing has changed’ despite Rovers’ relegation.

He added: “We are still talking to the Rovers because the SMC is getting no more money from us and this needs to be resolved sooner rather than later.

“We are disappointed that Rovers have been relegated. It’s not very good for the town and it’s sad for the club.”

Rovers will lose at least £500,000 in TV income and without the likes of former Premiership clubs West Ham United, Birmingham City, and Middlesbrough no longer bringing big followings, there will be fewer fans in the away end at the Keepmoat, meaning a loss in ticket revenue.

Richard McAvoy, proprietor of the Mount Pleasant Hotel on Great North Road, said they would suffer because they played host to Championship teams staying overnight before matches at the Keepmoat.

“It is regrettable because when you count up that revenue it’s quite a lot.

“We had started getting a lot of away teams staying here and as many of the lower teams don’t stay overnight we are expecting less business next season.”

But Craig Dowie, who runs the Crown Hotel in Bawtry, said he hoped Rovers would bounce back in the same way that Sheffield United have this season.

“United and Sheffield Wednesday are pacemakers in League One and that’s been good for the city so let’s hope Doncaster will be up there at the end of next season.”

[Rovin Reporter]

Amazing what you miss when it's gone shame they didn't appreciate it when it was there. Business around the town did little what ivan see to show support even the council back stepped on support but now they just won't shut of the stadium . Rovers always were fighting an up hill battle and that won't change and no one supports loosers ...traitors . 

[Sheepskin Stu]

Why would the manager of the Crown Hotel in Bawtry be asked for an opinion? 

[The Red Baron]

Why would the manager of the Crown Hotel in Bawtry be asked for an opinion? 

His business will be taking a big hit- but not just because we're being relegated!

[donnyroversfc]

Diouf is keeping them flush for a while. They'll be fine.

[Wellred]

Diouf is keeping them flush for a while. They'll be fine.

Give it a rest.

[donnyroversfc]

Diouf is keeping them flush for a while. They'll be fine.

Give it a rest.

Why? i'm not slagging anyone off.

[Wellred]

Diouf is keeping them flush for a while. They'll be fine.

Give it a rest.

Why? i'm not slagging anyone off.

You don't even know when you are doing it.

[donnyroversfc]

Cos i'm lazy innit.

I'll do it tomorrow.

[jucyberry]

Ok, something I noticed whilst you were all squabbling amongst yourselves..This passage..

'Mayor of Doncaster Peter Davies said negotiations between the council and club were ongoing and ‘nothing has changed’ despite Rovers’ relegation.

He added: “We are still talking to the Rovers because the SMC is getting no more money from us and this needs to be resolved sooner rather than later.'

If we can't for some reason find the cash, and Davies is determined not to release any more money either what happens to the stadium and us then?

[DavTrav]

I would assume that the SMC eventually gets placed into administration / receivership.  The outcome of this would not impact on Rovers lease on the stadium whatsoever, this would either be ran by the administrator / receiver or sold on.

[Norfolk N Chance]

Cos i'm lazy innit.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Bawtry's economy has done wonders due to Rovers ... I celebrate that!

Hope we have many more french over next year should make real difference in league one!

Maybe I could have one as a pen pal?

[donnyroversfc]

Cos i'm lazy innit.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Bawtry's economy has done wonders due to Rovers ... I celebrate that!

Hope we have many more french over next year should make real difference in league one!

Maybe I could have one as a pen pal?

  i pity any unsuspecting frenchman who ends up with you as a penpal!! 

[Norfolk N Chance]

Cos i'm lazy innit.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Bawtry's economy has done wonders due to Rovers ... I celebrate that!

Hope we have many more french over next year should make real difference in league one!

Maybe I could have one as a pen pal?

  i pity any unsuspecting frenchman who ends up with you as a penpal!! 

I heard your boyfriend slept with a french man and that's why your so bitter?

[donnyroversfc]

Cos i'm lazy innit.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Bawtry's economy has done wonders due to Rovers ... I celebrate that!

Hope we have many more french over next year should make real difference in league one!

Maybe I could have one as a pen pal?

  i pity any unsuspecting frenchman who ends up with you as a penpal!! 

I heard your boyfriend slept with a french man and that's why your so bitter?

You heard wrong then i'm afraid Norfolk.

Is it true that you once drunkenly tweeted one of our current (soon to be ex) french players asking him for a bit of sexual pleasure?

If so, what was his response?

[Norfolk N Chance]

Cos i'm lazy innit.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Bawtry's economy has done wonders due to Rovers ... I celebrate that!

Hope we have many more french over next year should make real difference in league one!

Maybe I could have one as a pen pal?

  i pity any unsuspecting frenchman who ends up with you as a penpal!! 

I heard your boyfriend slept with a french man and that's why your so bitter?

You heard wrong then i'm afraid Norfolk.

Is it true that you once drunkenly tweeted one of our current (soon to be ex) french players asking him for a bit of sexual pleasure?

If so, what was his response?

Not sure he had his mouth full at the time!

[donnyroversfc]

  He doesn't need his mouth to tweet a reply to you.

[Norfolk N Chance]

his hands were full at the time also!

[donnyroversfc]

I can sort of guess his response then   

[deebee]

If all these business's  are sad to see us down partly for selfish reasons why oh why did they not support them by way of match or player sponsorship I don't recall any player or match sponsored by either the Mount Pleasant or Crown Hotels can you?

[silent majority]

If all these business's  are sad to see us down partly for selfish reasons why oh why did they not support them by way of match or player sponsorship I don't recall any player or match sponsored by either the Mount Pleasant or Crown Hotels can you?

If all these business's  are sad to see us down partly for selfish reasons why oh why did they not support them by way of match or player sponsorship I don't recall any player or match sponsored by either the Mount Pleasant or Crown Hotels can you?

Spot on Deebee,

And then they can become VSC Commercial Partners too!!

[Filo]

If all these business's  are sad to see us down partly for selfish reasons why oh why did they not support them by way of match or player sponsorship I don't recall any player or match sponsored by either the Mount Pleasant or Crown Hotels can you?

If all these business's  are sad to see us down partly for selfish reasons why oh why did they not support them by way of match or player sponsorship I don't recall any player or match sponsored by either the Mount Pleasant or Crown Hotels can you?

Spot on Deebee,

And then they can become VSC Commercial Partners too!!

Has anyone approached them?

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The Crown is doing it's bit in supporting 'The Vulcan To The Sky' project with sponsorship. Many of the aircrew and groundcrew stay there.

 

[kittyslass]

"Rovers will lose at least £500,000 in TV income..."

How can we lose income from TV, when we hardly had any TV coverage?

[RedJ]

"Rovers will lose at least £500,000 in TV income..."

How can we lose income from TV, when we hardly had any TV coverage?

it's shared amongst the teams in the division I think - correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the TV deal signed with the division as an entity (not sure I've worded that correctly) rather than the clubs?

[WBDRFC]

"Rovers will lose at least £500,000 in TV income..."

How can we lose income from TV, when we hardly had any TV coverage?

it's shared amongst the teams in the division I think - correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the TV deal signed with the division as an entity (not sure I've worded that correctly) rather than the clubs?

The last I heard, a large portion of it is split between all clubs in each division equally (more to Championship, with less to L1 and even less to L2), and then an amount per game is paid to the home club for each live game (used to be about £200k per game). But that was from a couple of years ago, and I don't know if it still applies to the current contract. Next season, the Football League's revenue from TV drops by 26% under a new contract, so this obviously affects every club.

Relegation will see us getting less, as the percentage of money allocated to L1 is less than the Championship.

[The L J Monk]

Posted this a while back...it's still accurate to the best of my knowledge.

The TV deal for 2011/12 for the Championship is £2.933 million, per club, per season.
The TV deal for 2012/13 for the Championship is £2.166 million, per club, per season.
Solidarity Payments for the Championship are on average £2.2 million, per club, per season.

The TV deal for League One for 2011/12 is £440,000, per club, per season.
The TV deal for League One for 2012/13 is £325,000, per club, per season.
Solidarity Payments for League One are on average £325,000 per club per season.

So, survival in the Championship would have seen a fall in income of 766k as the new TV deal kicks in.

However, relegation brings a fall in income of £2.68 million in TV revenue and around £1.85 million in Solidarity Payments. Roughly £4.5 million.

[bedale rover]

"Rovers will lose at least £500,000 in TV income..."

How can we lose income from TV, when we hardly had any TV coverage?

it's shared amongst the teams in the division I think - correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the TV deal signed with the division as an entity (not sure I've worded that correctly) rather than the clubs?

The last I heard, a large portion of it is split between all clubs in each division equally (more to Championship, with less to L1 and even less to L2), and then an amount per game is paid to the home club for each live game (used to be about £200k per game). But that was from a couple of years ago, and I don't know if it still applies to the current contract. Next season, the Football League's revenue from TV drops by 26% under a new contract, so this obviously affects every club.

Relegation will see us getting less, as the percentage of money allocated to L1 is less than the Championship.

but as long as we are doing better than this year we may actually get more than 1 game

we even got mopre games when we were in league 1 than we got in the championship

[WBDRFC]

"Rovers will lose at least £500,000 in TV income..."

How can we lose income from TV, when we hardly had any TV coverage?

it's shared amongst the teams in the division I think - correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the TV deal signed with the division as an entity (not sure I've worded that correctly) rather than the clubs?

The last I heard, a large portion of it is split between all clubs in each division equally (more to Championship, with less to L1 and even less to L2), and then an amount per game is paid to the home club for each live game (used to be about £200k per game). But that was from a couple of years ago, and I don't know if it still applies to the current contract. Next season, the Football League's revenue from TV drops by 26% under a new contract, so this obviously affects every club.

Relegation will see us getting less, as the percentage of money allocated to L1 is less than the Championship.

but as long as we are doing better than this year we may actually get more than 1 game

we even got mopre games when we were in league 1 than we got in the championship

It would be nice, but I think unlikely. There are only a couple of L1 and L2 televised games per month, split between 48 teams.

[silent majority]

Posted this a while back...it's still accurate to the best of my knowledge.

The TV deal for 2011/12 for the Championship is £2.933 million, per club, per season.
The TV deal for 2012/13 for the Championship is £2.166 million, per club, per season.
Solidarity Payments for the Championship are on average £2.2 million, per club, per season.

The TV deal for League One for 2011/12 is £440,000, per club, per season.
The TV deal for League One for 2012/13 is £325,000, per club, per season.
Solidarity Payments for League One are on average £325,000 per club per season.

So, survival in the Championship would have seen a fall in income of 766k as the new TV deal kicks in.

However, relegation brings a fall in income of £2.68 million in TV revenue and around £1.85 million in Solidarity Payments. Roughly £4.5 million.

Those figures are spot on LJ.