Wingman Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said: Brilliant night at the clubs speakers night at Inchyra (In Sheera if you are Peter Martin) last night. Just shy of 400 there which was phenomenal. £16k made from the auction alone they said and the final total from tickets & raffle etc to be confirmed. John McGlynn & Paul Smith attended until around 9pm to get home ahead of today. Some ex players there too Joe McLauchlin, Andy Lawrie, Neil Oliver & Jimmy Gilmour. Roughie was good although no new material. Peter Martin was very funny & off the cuff although I’m sure some won’t have liked his material at parts, in the world we now find ourselves in. Brilliant night though, well organised & sets us up for today nicely. Well done FFC . Yes, totally agree. Top marks to the Inchyra staff for dealing with the huge numbers. Martin was great but would be quickly binned off P&B. Roughie was ‘okay’. Really sad times we live in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Disco Duck said: We weren’t exactly in a position of strength How much of Brockville and the land did we own and how much did we make from the Morrisson’s deal. I’m not being arsey I just don’t know. The deal we are currently tied into seems terrible and is costing the club a lot of money yearly. Do other clubs like Livingston, St Mirren etc who have new stadiums have the same kinds of costs as us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 20 minutes ago, Harry Kinnear said: How much of Brockville and the land did we own and how much did we make from the Morrisson’s deal. I’m not being arsey I just don’t know. The deal we are currently tied into seems terrible and is costing the club a lot of money yearly. Do other clubs like Livingston, St Mirren etc who have new stadiums have the same kinds of costs as us. We really are raking over old ground here. Livi went bust at least once because of their ground, and Smurn won a watch when Tesco bought their old ground from them AND built them a new ground. Neither is comparable. We are lucky we avoided all the Masterton Stadia Investments stuff - never mind paying high rents, we might not be around any more. we are where we are. Maybe SA will donate something at some point, but we can’t assume that. Maybe the council will give us part of the stadium in the fullness of time, but it’s going to be very low down their list and any council officer seen to give anything away for undervalue when the council is already bust will very quickly lose their job. We just need to concentrate on moving up the leagues and generating more revenue. But I’m more interested is seeing us play decent football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 32 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Is that land not on a 175 year lease tho? At something daft like £1 a year? The club do effectively own the land That’d be fairly typical in the circumstances - ground lease at nominal rent. It means the council will have a restriction on what we can use it for, but in practical terms it’s ours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Harry Kinnear said: Who negotiated the deal for the stadium on behalf of the club, seems like we have been well and truly shafted on most fronts. The deal was re-negotiated a few years ago because the stadium company was loosing money. Initially the club owned 51% of “Falkirk Community Stadium Ltd” but that was then carved up with the assets being separated out between the council and the club. Council took on the debt but basically now own all the internal money making facilities in the main stand bar the changing rooms so the club now pays a service charge to use any of the corporate, hospitality or catering facilities. Club owns the seats, concourse catering area and the pitch with SA owning the south stand and the club owning the north stand. Edited March 4, 2023 by LatapyBairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Harry Kinnear said:Do other clubs like Livingston, St Mirren etc who have new stadiums have the same kinds of costs as us. St Mirren own their ground outright and was funded by the sale of Love Street. Livingston own nothing of theirs, and pay rent on a sliding scale depending on what league they are in. I don’t know about now, but 7 or 8 years ago, their stadium cost them peanuts. In return, the council had/have a hospitality box all to themselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 hours ago, LatapyBairn. said: The deal was re-negotiated a few years ago because the stadium company was loosing money. Initially the club owned 51% of “Falkirk Community Stadium Ltd” but that was then carved up with the assets being separated out between the council and the club. Council took on the debt but basically now own all the internal money making facilities in the main stand bar the changing rooms so the club now pays a service charge to use any of the corporate, hospitality or catering facilities. Club owns the seats, concourse catering area and the pitch with SA owning the south stand and the club owning the north stand. Do we definitely own the North Stand? I was looking through some of the accounts the other day and noticed this regarding North Stand payments from our 04/05 accounts. Doesn’t appear to be mentioned since though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latapythelegend Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Good to see the north stand at 1.39% capacity today. In terms of football, they will collapse after the first goal but getting that first goal looks improbable so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some_guy Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just seen a few kids trying to celebrate at the advertising board and get photos of the team celebrating, one steward tried to push them back from there, with a second coming to join a few seconds later. Wtf is wrong with these rent-a-polis cretins? They were literally kids, trying to enjoy a goal and make memories, there was no danger of a pitch invasion or anything untoward - how dare these kids try to celebrate and have fun! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 minute ago, some_guy said: Just seen a few kids trying to celebrate at the advertising board and get photos of the team celebrating, one steward tried to push them back from there, with a second coming to join a few seconds later. Wtf is wrong with these rent-a-polis cretins? They were literally kids, trying to enjoy a goal and make memories, there was no danger of a pitch invasion or anything untoward - how dare these kids try to celebrate and have fun! Luminous jacket syndrome. Some wee jumped up Fannies who think they’re something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Jeff Stelling didn't even try to pronounce Max's name lol He just said Falkirk are 1-0 up over Peterhead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Hilly watching this with a smile I bet - unbelievable goals on FTV 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkirkBairn2021 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Ooh ya b*****d we've got a fucking team at last 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairn in Exile Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, FalkirkBairn2021 said: Ooh ya b*****d we've got a fucking squad at last FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Brilliant for the goal difference too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 52 minutes ago, some_guy said: Just seen a few kids trying to celebrate at the advertising board and get photos of the team celebrating, one steward tried to push them back from there, with a second coming to join a few seconds later. Wtf is wrong with these rent-a-polis cretins? They were literally kids, trying to enjoy a goal and make memories, there was no danger of a pitch invasion or anything untoward - how dare these kids try to celebrate and have fun! I guess it’s a bit jobsworth, but you have to take into account that these are minimum wage people, and won’t be exactly the most insightful of individuals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Stewards kicked a guy out for standing up along the East end of the stand, when the whole top corner at the West end stands the whole match Anyway, the anti Falkirk agenda c***s must think we are thick.... Giving us a penalty to finish a 5 goal rout at home immediately before going away to Dunfermline.... Absolutely at it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Rugster said: Luminous jacket syndrome. Some wee jumped up Fannies who think they’re something. Notice that life long Bairn Crumb got huckled out of the South Stand today. Bizarre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Van_damage said: Do we definitely own the North Stand? I was looking through some of the accounts the other day and noticed this regarding North Stand payments from our 04/05 accounts. Doesn’t appear to be mentioned since though. I asked the question at an AGM once and was told we do yea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Disco Duck said: We really are raking over old ground here. Livi went bust at least once because of their ground, and Smurn won a watch when Tesco bought their old ground from them AND built them a new ground. Neither is comparable. We are lucky we avoided all the Masterton Stadia Investments stuff - never mind paying high rents, we might not be around any more. we are where we are. Maybe SA will donate something at some point, but we can’t assume that. Maybe the council will give us part of the stadium in the fullness of time, but it’s going to be very low down their list and any council officer seen to give anything away for undervalue when the council is already bust will very quickly lose their job. We just need to concentrate on moving up the leagues and generating more revenue. But I’m more interested is seeing us play decent football. Livis ground had nowt to do with it.it was spending money they didn't have that cost them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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