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Here's a question. If K*ttering can afford to play at Nene Park, then what in gods name is this Pickering fella charging? Must be astronomical.

Good idea fund raise all year to pay the rent and then get volunteers to cut the grass paint the stands and clean the seats, then every other Saturday we could go and pay to sit and watch the grass grow. :lol:

BartonRaz wrote:Here's a question. If K*ttering can afford to play at Nene Park, then what in gods name is this Pickering fella charging? Must be astronomical.

Pickering's charging 17% of their gate receipts and if they were to re-negotiate with him for another lease it would probably be more since I think he wants to build housing on it. K*ttering would be getting 700 max at NP and would have to be paying the £50k rent (or possibly more), that's not sustaining full-time football so Ladak would have to be propping them up and no one seems to know whether he's got any cash left.

BartonRaz wrote:

Dukes wrote:KC says he has spoken to Max re KTFC playing at NP next season and Max approves...at least the stadium will be used for football rather than be mothballed for the foreseeable future as RDFC, even if we re-emerge in the Southern League Premier, can't afford the £1000 a week overheads. Apparently KTFC can..!

We've raised 50k. IF we better advertise the pixels, plus explore other fundraising avenues for a WHOLE YEAR, surely we can afford to pay this £52k a year? Admittedly i'm not sure about the playing budget but at least we'd have NP ;) .

KC says we've only raised 8K... :?

f*** it all. :(

Dukes wrote:

BartonRaz wrote:

Dukes wrote:KC says he has spoken to Max re KTFC playing at NP next season and Max approves...at least the stadium will be used for football rather than be mothballed for the foreseeable future as RDFC, even if we re-emerge in the Southern League Premier, can't afford the £1000 a week overheads. Apparently KTFC can..!

We've raised 50k. IF we better advertise the pixels, plus explore other fundraising avenues for a WHOLE YEAR, surely we can afford to pay this £52k a year? Admittedly i'm not sure about the playing budget but at least we'd have NP ;) .

KC says we've only raised 8K... :?

8K?! The fans game plus Mad Dog's (generous) donation account for 1/8th of that.

So it looks like the clubs creditors will be getting exactly...hang on lets work it out...multiply by 7... dived by...... VAT at 20%...take away discount....NOTHING!

KC says he's the biggest creditor ;)
Seems to me he saw this coming and that's why he made the 'business' choice in the Beasants.
Diamonds go bust, other debts written off, he is left with the stadium, grounds etc and then can dispose of them, possibly recouping his loses - maybe and allegedly

someone said the ground is worth 9 million!, KC will be ok when he sells it.

bozzer wrote:someone said the ground is worth 9 million!, KC will be ok when he sells it.

I think it's quite easy to transport stands now, I suppose he could sell them individually.