Don’t tell him Pike would be my answer

RK - they just want a reply. The Premium Bond people spent years sending me letters asking me what my address was. Same principle.

REPD, I wasn't saying we should move. I like it at Plough Lane. I was merely pointing out we should consider everything so as not to restrict thinking. If Plough Lane is the issue then we can't ignore it. If we did have to move it may not mean build a ground from scratch but redevelope an existing one. I just want there to be a bit more focus on the stadium as after 5 years we ought to know what generates profit and what haemorrhages cash.

They have shown they’re willing to go against the constitution. Rule 121 ignored for best part of a year and now 2 Rule 121 appeals running concurrently. And then the big one… “Rule 10”.

I've just received an email from Airbnb asking me to confirm my email address. Am I going bonkers?

JAW, don't forget annual depreciation charges are just short of £1m!

RK, interest payments are £400k so even without that we’re still losing money.

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We certainly couldn't sell land without the membership's approval, I think it would be one of the strongest restricted actions. If we really thought we owned land that it turns out we didn't, somebody should fess up about it!

Thanks but wasn’t me. Was really the Bonds - or rather the people buying them - wot dunnit

repd - iirc it wasn't that we couldn't expand, but if we did expand we couldn't get to 20,000 it would be (a bit?) lower. Something to do with the land behind one of the stands not being ours after all. Anyway as things stand right now it's all a bit academic.

Well done for all your hard work at that time Doobs. I'm sorry if often doesn't get the credit it deserves. You and others definitely helped put the foundations in place (literally!) for our amazing recent success.

Treebs marked the start of a long and sad line of board resignations.

There was some absolutely bonkers stuff going on around then. I joined the board after the whole ‘sell or non-league’ meeting. Just before that, iirc, we’d had the whole ‘use stadium money for the playing budget’ stuff - that was based on us being in the stadium a year before we eventually were. Then there was Boris Johnson calling the whole thing in, costing us a year (during which the price of steel escalated). From the standing start of that 2019 meeting, and the launch of the Bonds, I think it’s fair to say there were months we were living hand to mouth, month to month. Contractors will often want to order in steel or whatever for the project and we couldn’t commit to that. Also think it’s fair to say the aim at that time was just to get a stadium built - and in some ways Covid (no crowds) was a huge help as we more or less had a shell and it bought us time. PLB2 was launched to get the trimmings done. Mad times

I recall some talk about an enabling development to upgrade the East stand into a perm stand (eg with foundations) and contribute towards the 20,000. The development would be a hotel od something

Sure we were going for a 11/12k capacity with permission for 20k if and when. We cut cost for the 9k ground which has probably cost us in the long run hence 5th year(4th with massive crowds) and can't break even at the very least.

Naz - I was privy to a conversation when Brighton played at Withdean, while they were waiting to move into the Amex, between their top media bod and someone involved with their marketing. Basically the stadium had to be redesigned because so many people wanted to pay for hospitality that they could make shit tons more from it. Brentford have likely done the same for the same reasons

....Lurker I remember talking to you on here many moons ago as some were loudly backing the clubs plans for the white elephant stand 'oh this part of Surrey/outer London has such little facilities it'll be a massive winner'

I guess you were another mushroom in the dark from then on, Leddy..............👌

I think we would have heard much more about not being able to expand PL if it was a definite no-go

OI/RK - I really can't remember, but it was knocking around at the time. Something about we can never get to 20,000 now even if we had the money. Possibly just speculation, I don't know. Someone else will know.

As long as we have the Trust living in a cosy cocoon and ignoring the world around us we will stuggle to attract outside investors who require nothing in return .Along with some posters on here with a glass half full attitude not much will change until we fail to pay debt off when due.

Iirc the planning permission for £20,000, but I'm not aware of any land being sold to Gallards. Thought we still owned freehold to the entire stadium footprint (ex the flats)

Where is the story about us selling land Naz?