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Indeed, I am hoping to see part 2 of the infamous David Hilton article in The Athletic.
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What are the odds of the Scunthorpe faithful being treated to a “Let’s be havin you!” moment from Michelle?
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Forget the directorys and supporters, we should take a moment to think how the club staff must be feeling right now too. I suspect all will be frantically checking their bank balance tomorrow morning.
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I Hilton be like “Gainsborough Trinity are all lying trolls. I’m going to ban them from my ground, oh wait..”
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The way things are going, I doubt whether the club actually paid for the signage, never mind the ground.
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Reading through the above, the main points are:
1. The club have not decided about playing matches at Gainsborough (yet)
2. WHAM can no longer afford the legal battle with Swann, and he expects to lose if he does
3. It’s all the fault of everyone else that WHAM chose to buy the club and ruin is family’s inheritance
4. Some Scunthorpe supporters have said some nasty things about his daughter
5. Some Bury supporters said even worse stuff about his daughterMy gut feeling is that point 1 will happen because of point 2. As for his children’s inheritance, no one forced him to buy Scunthorpe United. That was his choice, and his choice alone. With regards to point 4, if true then he has every right to feel aggrieved, and as for point 5, that has nothing to do with Scunthorpe United and / or its supporters.
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You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the people they choose to surround themselves with.
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It is extremely unlikely that some knight in white armour will come in and save the club.
Let us be realistic, who would want to take on the debt of this club? With no assets of real value, bills mounting daily, and with no prospect that the club can meet the demands of the creditors we are technically insolvent. Add to that the winding up petition that we received today, and the one that is about to arrive from HMRC, and I suspect even administration will not save us.
All in all, David White-Hilton-Anderson-Mellors has managed to finish what Swann started. The light that was once a well respected, community club plying their trade in the Football League is about to be extinguished, and there is sweet FA we can do about it!
A sad day indeed!
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I cannot get over how many supporters are defending WHAM on the Fb cult page. They’re actually blaming anyone but Hilton for the fact that Hilton has not been paying the bills and doing what he said he was doing!
The easiest way for Hilton to stop the doubters was to pay the outstanding wages, pensions, tax, and creditors etc. If he had simply done that, none of these issue would be here today. It really is *that* simple. Trouble is though, I suspect (as I have for a while) that he has ran out of funds and he is using the keyboard warriors, the media, and those pesky creditors wanting payment as scapegoats.
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Maybe we should have live streamed a lettuce and a photo of David White-Hilton-Anderson-Mellors to see which lasts longer?
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Am I the only person who had the Simon Bates ‘Our Tune’ theme playing in their hard whilst reading Hilton’s statement?
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All this “but whole will fund Scunthorpe United if David White-Hilton-Anderson-Mellors pulls out” are presupposing that he has the funds to continue his funding if he stays. With all the issues around non-payment of wages / pensions, the mounting list of CCJs, and the lack of transparency around the source of his funds, I am left feeling that he doesn’t have a pot to p1$$ in and we are already doomed.
I hope I am proven wrong, but I suspect that unless something changes rapidly, regardless of whether David White-Hilton-Anderson-Mellors is at the helm, the club may not see the end of this season.
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Sadly I fear you are correct Siderite – we appear to be heading into oblivion and too many fans refuse to believe that David Hilton-White-Anderson-Mellors is not going to be our saviour. He bought us time and hope, and now we’ve ran out of both.
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Forgetting the ‘other stuff’ surrounding Hilton; failure to pay wages, taxes, and pensions should be enough to sound the alarm bells.
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Does anyone feel like this is a replay of what happened at Bury? David Hilton-Anderson-White-Mellors comes in, promises the world and when it all starts to fall apart, blames sections of the supporters, thus turning life long supporters against each other.
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This whole sordid debacle is easy to resolve.
1. Swann sorts out the ‘ransom strip’
2. David Hilton completes the purchase of the ground as agreed
3. Scunthorpe United Football Club Limited pay the outstanding pension payments
4. Scunthorpe United Football Club Limited pay the outstanding player / staff wages
5. David Hilton reveals the source of his wealthNot all those need to happen to resolve this however, the last three are most important for me, and if done would wipe the slate clean, allowing the club, supporters, and chairman to put this all behind us and move on.
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After seeing the way the Buxton staff and players reacted on Saturday I am currently p1$$ing myself laughing!
Sing after me “Where’s your 3 points gone, where’s your 3 points gone?”….far far away!
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The statement makes for an uncomfortable listen. Whilst I feel for him and his mental health challenges that he discussed on the statement, I feel that he did not fully addressed the issues raised by the Athletic.
David Hilton-White-Adnderson-Mellors didn’t address the multiple linked identities, the compulsory company winding up order, or the issue raised about the lack of transparancy around his current finances and where his funds are coming from. I fear this story is far from over, and if I am honest, I wouldn’t be surprised to see David Hilton-White-Adnderson-Mellor walk away from the club very soon.
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