So then, is.......

[Formic]

If we have not paid our manager, then we have broke his contract so i would assume JE is a free agent, therefore we have no manager.

You are using the words "assume" and "if" in what you are putting across as a factual statement.

[Pressman]

if it was a ground share then I ask again does the terms of the covenant allow this? I don't know the answer but it would be interesting to discover the answer!! It is going to be a difficult day.

[Trek]

if it was a ground share then I ask again does the terms of the covenant allow this? I don't know the answer but it would be interesting to discover the answer!!.

It would be interesting to see the actual terms of the covenant.

However, picking up on a comment in Tony Jones's book 'Ten of Diamonds' he said '....because the club (Irthlingborough Diamonds) owned the freehold of approximately nine acres of land, this constitued a valuable asset and it was agreed that this be put into an Irthlingborough Diamonds Trust Fund, separate from the actual football club'.

It would be interesting to know if the IDT still have an interest in this parcel of land?

[Dirty Boy]

Was it not mentioned, some forums ago, that the agreement was something like "sporting activities for the community"

[Dirty Boy]

In terms of the land, would it not be an option for the Council to purchase? is Sick Fields still owned by the council? The club is an asset to the community and brings much needed revenue to the area.

Before anyone comments, i am aware of the current economic situation we have in the world!

[davealbon]

I thought that you can't have two teams ground sharing in the BSP though, so which division would we be in?

Somebody got confused when making that statement - there is nothing stopping that happening - and indeed it would have happened had Woking been promoted, as Hayes & Yeading are using their ground next season.

Although there is nothing in the Conference rules to prevent ourselves and the scum from groundsharing (at the time of writing), it doesn't necessarily mean that they would let us. I think it's important that we clarify that; any groundshare would still need their approval and there is no guarantee of obtaining it.

[BartonRaz]

Although there is nothing in the Conference rules to prevent ourselves and the scum from groundsharing (at the time of writing), it doesn't necessarily mean that they would let us. I think it's important that we clarify that; any groundshare would still need their approval and there is no guarantee of obtaining it.

Unless i misread what was said when the situation was clarified a couple of weeks back, it would not be allowed if a team was groundsharing to avoid relegation. It's clearly up for debate but i'd argue that K*ttering would be doing it to avoid being chucked out the league.

[davealbon]

Although there is nothing in the Conference rules to prevent ourselves and the scum from groundsharing (at the time of writing), it doesn't necessarily mean that they would let us. I think it's important that we clarify that; any groundshare would still need their approval and there is no guarantee of obtaining it.

Unless i misread what was said when the situation was clarified a couple of weeks back, it would not be allowed if a team was groundsharing to avoid relegation. It's clearly up for debate but i'd argue that K*ttering would be doing it to avoid being chucked out the league.

That's correct, which is why I put "at the time of writing". ;)

I'm not sure when K*ttering's ground situation needs to be resolved by, but I don't think they are facing immediate relegation if the ground situation isn't sorted? There is some ambiguity around the "groundsharing to avoid relegation rule"; the only reason a club would wish to groundshare with another team is because it doesn't currently have its own stadium (for whatever reason, be it temporary or long term), and if a club doesn't have anywhere suitable to play then it faces being relegated. Therefore, any groundshare could be interpreted as an attempt to avoid relegation!

IMO I don't think the groundshare or merger options are really a possibility, but it's made for some interesting debate over the past few weeks!

(Watch those words come back to bite me on the arse!) :lol: