FFC 1876 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 45 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said: Yep, heard he is being interviewed for one of the Commercial roles. The same Connor Greene we had in our academy way back when. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unused sub Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Can anyone tell me how much the main stand at the stadium cost to build. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Can anyone tell me how much the main stand at the stadium cost to build. Pretty sure I heard the number £6M but I think it was part funded by the council.However there are others ITK who can confirm…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyBlueArmy1876 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 1 hour ago, unused sub said: Can anyone tell me how much the main stand at the stadium cost to build. From wikipedia 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unused sub Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Thanks guys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Is he going to QP ? Apparently their capacity next season is 1000. Imagine choosing to play in that environment for a few extra pounds [emoji23].Or maybe the chance to play in a higher league [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, Aufc said: Or maybe the chance to play in a higher league Did they go up? I'm sure @cb_diamond was under the impression you lot were going up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 From wikipedia £9m? Considering the total debt that would have forced them straight into liquidation was about £1.5m, where did the rest go?https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12302040.taxman-puts-falkirk-fc-in-hands-of-liquidator/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, kiddy said: £9m? Considering the total debt that would have forced them straight into liquidation was about £1.5m, where did the rest go? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12302040.taxman-puts-falkirk-fc-in-hands-of-liquidator/ Think the debt might have been closer to 2m we had to pay the guy Healy, also at a guess still we also then obviously had the north stand to built after the “first stage” was completed. The way we operated at the time with the club being proped with MSG soft loans any time there was a tight year may also have meant there was some additional debt to clear at that end. Not sure how accurate Wikipedia is either, I had it in my head the final cost of the stadium came to 11 million excluding the south stand. I’m sure that was quoted at the time. Edited May 18, 2022 by LatapyBairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Fuck me, £3million from the council. We get it tight from County fans for getting 900 grand off the council for our ground 25 year ago. Apparently that's not ok but getting £1.5 million of debt written off every year is fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 47 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said: Did they go up? I'm sure @cb_diamond was under the impression you lot were going up? You find me a single post I've made at any point showing I was under that impression and I will never darken this thread again. Otherwise the beyond played out "swing and a miss" patter applies for you here. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, TheScarf said: f**k me, £3million from the council. We get it tight from County fans for getting 900 grand off the council for our ground 25 year ago. Apparently that's not ok but getting £1.5 million of debt written off every year is fine. Was hardly a gift, the council own and use a large part of the main stand, the club only have the outside pitch facing facilities (the seats!) and the changing rooms. In fact the council actually charge the club to use the catering facilities and function rooms. Pretty decent deal they have ended up with! Edited May 18, 2022 by LatapyBairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbairn Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Was hardly a gift, the council own and use a large part of the main stand, the club only have the outside pitch facing facilities (the seats!) and the changing rooms. In fact the council actually charge the club to use the catering facilities and function rooms. Pretty decent deal they have ended up with! I’m pretty sure that the deal with Morrisons included land owned by the council. We only got a fraction of the total cash from the sale of Brockville and the surrounding land. The council did stuff us though. If the Camelon mafia in the Labour group got their way, we would have got no council cash at all to build the Stadium. In hindsight, might actually have been a good thing in the long run. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 38 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Was hardly a gift, the council own and use a large part of the main stand, the club only have the outside pitch facing facilities (the seats!) and the changing rooms. In fact the council actually charge the club to use the catering facilities and function rooms. Pretty decent deal they have ended up with! I didn't imply it was a gift. I was merely pointing out the ribbing we get for getting a third of that amount. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Hope I’m totally wrong but I reckon this will be your season. The timing in terms of the strength of the competition means McGlynn probably just needs to do a decent job, not work miracles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 hours ago, LatapyBairn. said: Think the debt might have been closer to 2m we had to pay the guy Healy, also at a guess still we also then obviously had the north stand to built after the “first stage” was completed. The way we operated at the time with the club being proped with MSG soft loans any time there was a tight year may also have meant there was some additional debt to clear at that end. Not sure how accurate Wikipedia is either, I had it in my head the final cost of the stadium came to 11 million excluding the south stand. I’m sure that was quoted at the time. The Main Stand was a Falkirk Council demand and an ego trip for them. Far to big for what the club needed and could have had 2 stands half the size give a better atmosphere and spectator experience. Awful place we don't own but we are stuck with it and the council will screw the club year on year. They know the club have nowhere else to go and there is no way they would give planning permission even of we got a gift of land and a wealthy fan funding the stadium. The boards long term ambition should be is to buy out the council and own the stadium and surrounding land. Then with a bit of imagination try to improve the place. Filling in the corners. New lower roofs that keep the weather out. Last stand built. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Puddefoot Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 hours ago, cb_diamond said: You find me a single post I've made at any point showing I was under that impression and I will never darken this thread again. Otherwise the beyond played out "swing and a miss" patter applies for you here. Does the 'cb' in your name stand for Clydebank ? 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 59 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Hope I’m totally wrong but I reckon this will be your season. The timing in terms of the strength of the competition means McGlynn probably just needs to do a decent job, not work miracles. I won't be as optimistic as you are until we see what kind of squad he builds. The current contracted players don't give him much to work with so really on the park we're in as much of a mess as the rest at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I don't think we'll go up this year but if we've got a team who actually look like they can play football a bit, have a bit of dig and effort, a bit of tactical awareness and are managed by a competent manager I'll take that as progress. Playoffs minimum. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 37 minutes ago, Syd Puddefoot said: Does the 'cb' in your name stand for Clydebank ? No, no it doesn't. -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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