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Sad to say, there have been very few “highs” but very many “lows”. As a shareholder, I am not happy with the way the Club has been run, and that starts with the inward-looking Board which has no room for outsiders (except for the C.E.O. who, of course, is pais by the Board.
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For me there have been no highs,just empty promises none of which have been realised.
When he came in Swann mocked the way the club was run under Wharton .
Yes Wharton did lack ambition but the club over achieved and i never once feared for its future.
After 3 years of trying to find a suitable buyer Wharton`s health forced him to sell and along came Swann .
Since then it has been a mixture of ego trip and incompetence.
Firstly running the club with the expenditure of a lower championship club and the income of a mid table league 2 club which was unsustainable.Sadly it took Swann 6 years to realise that by which time the club`s balance sheet was embarrasing.
Now he is blaming covid for everything and slashing the playing budget.
When he first came he said that if he left he would leave the club debt free.! actually believed that because i understand he did that at Gainsborough Trinity.
What he failed to tell us was that in exchange for that he would take ownership of the club`s fixed assets,an act which has signalled the end for me until he has gone assuming that there will still be a club in existence by then.8 users thanked author for this post.
I would say that, on the pitch, there’s probably been as much good as bad with some seasons at the top of League One & some at the bottom of League Two. One promotion in 8 seasons, not terrible. Though I think I’m right in saying this is now our longest period without a promotion since 1990, when we’d gone 7 years without one after 1983.
Off the pitch, I have many more questions. Promises unfulfilled and even simple things like sorting out the Iron Bar & the catering or the shop haven’t been resolved when surely they were quick wins which would have gone a long way to getting fans onside?
Yes Wharton did lack ambition but the club over achieved and i never once feared for its future.
I disagree with this statement. “Lacking ambition” is often a synonym for “not spending more” when running a club & within its means is ambitious in itself.
that starts with the inward-looking Board which has no room for outsiders (except for the C.E.O. who, of course, is pais by the Board.
I definitely think that any organisation would benefit from a wider range of voices on its board. Even if they were non-executive directors, that would surely be helpful.
Absolutely nothing, in fact the club has gone backwards and has become a bit of a joke.
I bet Stelling is having a good giggle.6 users thanked author for this post.
I do find Swann’s comments about Wharton running the club like a hobby amusing.
We have an individual so ill-suited to be a football chairman that he is not fit to clean Wharton’s shoes.
He reminds me of the boy who is given £20 spending money from his mother for his 2 weeks holiday and spends it all on the first day on fizz bombs then sulks and moans because he has no money left to spend – only this time he blames fans/Covid/council/developers/contractors/max bell/ Telegraph
So what has been achieved?
An asset strip
A depleted squad
A closed/inward looking family board
A disdain for the fans
Some good entertaining games about 5 years ago at Alexander’s height but outweighed by the utter dross of the last 3 years(I am aware how many fizz bombs £20 would buy!)
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I echo most of what has been posted above…I’ve been a fan of Scunthorpe United since 1983, and in all my year supporting and watching Scunthorpe, this is the lowest and most concerned I’ve ever felt.
Do I trust Swann and the board? No, not really.
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Dobson’s Fizz Bombs.
The guy who started the business lived just down the road from where Mrs NI grew up. He made a fortune.
His house and grounds were bought by a certain A Shearer and converted into a gaudy mansion!
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A promotion and a couple of years battling at the top of league one would usually be achievements to be lauded and looked back fondly upon, however unlike previous successes, it has ultimately been paid for with the ground/training pitch and subsequently our long term sustainability as football league club.
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How not to do it ?
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