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It’s alright to put a sign up saying land acquired by Scunthorpe United FC but it isn’t acquired until its paid for and signed up. As we know a price and deal agreed means nothing until its signed and paid for. Let’s be honest our Club is in a right mess at present and many of us supporters don’t trust Swann or Hilton. Neither are on speaking terms and it appears to me they could be playing one another. If Hilton has the money surely it would have made sense to pay Swann and then the stadium and land would be secured. If Hilton doesn’t have the money then how will he pay Onward Holdings for their land and also the other company for the mysterious land supposedly for the training pitch. The man must be nearly a billionaire or its pie in the sky.
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This all sounds pie in the sky to me. I can’t see Swann agreeing to anything now with Hilton as Hilton said they aren’t speaking. Swann said he wanted the Club, stadium and land all sold as complete and now I would imagine he is very angry as it looks like the payment will not be made by the 24th. If Hilton is playing cat and mouse with our Club he is playing a dangerous game. Why would Swann do as Hilton says as he has always put himself before our Club anyway. Can’t see any if this happening.
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Our midfield has been in decline over the past few seasons but I strongly believe this is the worst midfield we have had over the last sixty odd years. Can’t understand why Pugh has been given a contract, he’s a liability and didn’t understand why Dean let Whitehouse go out on loan. I hope we keep Whitehouse and Butterfield and do hope Ogle stays. Robertson looks promising as does Shrimpton but I don’t believe that they are good enough or have enough experience to be first choices. I’m not sure on Beeston although he did look to be improving until injured and I think if O’Malley plays definitely not as full-back but played more as a winger, his crosses and free kicks are his best attributes.
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We won 4 – 1, played reasonably well. What did Jimmy Dean do? He brought in two new midfielders, Rance already carrying an injury apparently and Thomson a youngster learning his trade and in my opinion not as good as Whitehouse. He also dropped Butterfield who was starting to control the midfield with Shrimpton by his side. Now we can’t even score a goal, not in five matches. I hope Whitehouse comes back but not sure if he is just on loan or not. No.wonder the players aren’t playing for him. He is a totally clueless manager. You only need to listen to him on the radio to know that. I can’t make head nor tail of what he says. He should be gone.
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No wonder so few of the 1899 have been sold. You can’t buy into something that is not yet owned by Hilton. Swann still owns the stadium and surrounding land. To be a success it should have been announced once everything is fully signed over. That is the stadium, car park znd surrounding land. Even then I wouldn’t buy into it because we have no idea what will happen once he has paid Swann off, that is also if he pays Swann off.
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I agree Sharp Shooter. We too would rather support a phoenix club run by people like Simon and Ian who love SUFC. than what Hilton has planned. Our supporters support our Club and our Club should support our town, not support Ilkeston Town over 70 miles away. He is also taking money away from our town, making redundancies and staff losing their jobs. This will cause a knock on effect financially with food outlets and accommodation as players will be renting accommodation at Ilkeston rather than at Scunthorpe. What makes Hilton think all our players will live around Ilkeston. I feel its excuses and not reasons that he is giving for what he intends.
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Why invite the panel to look around the facilities at Ilkeston and why could he not have attended the podcast at SUFC. Ilkeston facilities will not make a blind bit of difference to how we will play on a matchday, in fact it will in my opinion disassociate our Club from our town and supporters. I wish we had gone down the route of a Scunthorpe United phoenix club owned by Simon and Ian, staunch fans who have our Club at heart, not another property developer.
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We would definitely rather have and support a phoenix club based in Scunthorpe than a club based at Ilkeston.
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Totally agree Rene. Simon and Ian are the two to have taken over our Club. They could have bought our Club, the same as Hilton has done. They were told it had all to be sold as one, the club name, stadium and land. Hilton still hasn’t bought the stadium and land. It appears Swann is still pulling the strings.
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We’re very nervous now regarding buying season tickets. Thought it was a two way thing, benefiting fans and club. Gets money in for the club during the summer and allows loyal fans who like to keep their seats, which they have probably sat in for years. There can’t be hardly any chairman don’t want to sell season tickets. Let’s all buy them and tell him to shove Ilkeston. I’m sick of him speaking the word Ilkeston, we are SUFC. If he can’t move on from them he should have stayed there. Swann still owns everything bar our Club name. If Swann had suggested moving training away from our ground there would have been uproar. Still no mention of improvements to Glanford Park which are needed and still just the talk of buildings going up around our stadium on the car parks and training pitch. Just tell me what’s changed to the benefit of our Club. In my opinion nothing. No academy, no car parking and no training at GP. Just buildings going up on our club’s land and I fear everything will eventually be moved to Ilkeston.
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All of our training facilities have been fine previously and that is including when we were promoted to division one and also twice to the Championship. I think Hiltons motives are very questionable. Couldn’t believe the number of times he kept saying ILKESTON in his statement. We are not Ilkeston Town and do not wish to be, we are Scunthorpe United FC and I am sure most of our supporters do not wish to be connected to them. If he takes our Club away from our town he will lose a lot of the fan base. We are now feeling hesitant at renewing our season tickets and feel the club could be taken away from us.
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Glad she has gone, one of Swann’s crew. She was responsible for cutting the matchday programme etc. She won’t be missed!!!!
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Lee Turnbull should not be left as CEO at our Club as I do not believe he has the knowledge or skills to run the administration of our Club.
Lets face it all he done recently is exactly as he has been directed to do, a puppet, anyone could hsve done that. Neither does he have the communicating skills to communicate successfully with our supporters.If David Hilton wishes him to stay could his role be Club Scout?
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Yes let’s have all the stay-aways back on Saturday. I’m beginning to get the excitement and enthuiasm back for looking forward to Saturday’s match. This has been missing during the last three seasons whilst we have been watching The Iron. Onwards and upwards!!!!
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At the last forum which Lee Turnbull organised why was Tony Gosling, Chairman of the Trust, chairing the meeting.
Chairman usually are impartial if the meeting is held by different groups ie: club and supporters.
Surely on the night the Trust Chairman should have been speaking for its members on the night and asking questions, not being impartial.2 users thanked author for this post.
A sports legislator for football clubs is certainly required but it may be too late for our beloved Scunthorpe United.
This will affect generations of families if our Club goes into extinction.
All this because of one person alone, SWANN.1 user thanked author for this post.
Is it legal not to pay HMRC whilst gambling money away and not paying staff members wages.
Maybe it’s legal but it’s certainly obscene.
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I think there should be a meeting and a new committee and chairman elected. Time for a clearout@
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