When will the takeover go through? The Waiting Game...

[Hadleigh-shrimper]

So another day no take over what is going on

 

[Shrimper]

Think people need to stop being impatient. It is what it is. We've heard no finalisation date but but we haven't heard anything that should garner mass hysteria either. Chill out read a book, do your jobs, enjoy the sun or what ever you do to pass the time but until we here anything in any capacity we need to relax.

It's not really surprising people are impatient though given it's been 7 months since the sale was agreed and 16 since the club went on sale. There's going to be a breaking point for some at some point

 

[Napster]

Just for context I was looking through some old messages and it was last May that things started moving with potential buyers

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

It’s ok, it will be Monday, maybe later in the week, or over the weekend. Or maybe next Monday. Rinse and repeat.

 

[AlfaShrimper]

Well they didn't say what Monday did they? Another day gone and no news..

 

[Barry.C]

The deal will be signed, sealed, delivered on a day that ends with y.

Is that a genuine 95% wallop?

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Surely all completed by Christmas I would think ..... not quite sure which Christmas though ....

 

[Thundersley Blue]

You'd have to have 3,750 full paying adults at a price of £400 to get that. I'd say quite a few will be concession season tickets so the more prudent figure for season tickets would be £1m.

The unknown quantity is how many people will be a season ticket once Ron has gone. They will know the hard core season ticket holders will snap them up and around 2,500 - 3,000 will be sold.

Could expect a 20% increase on season tickets potentially. More possibly increase in match day tickets for me rather than season ticket holders

One other factor, there will be no need for discounts to encourage early purchase. That must increase revenue a little.

 

[flangejackrabbit]

Think that will be quite a stretch, considering the last two seasons show season ticket sales of around c.£500k each in the companies house accounts.

4000 sold at an average of £250 would give us a £1m, which is a more reasonable target and a huge increase in itself.

I don't think we sold more than about 3600 even in League 1...

 

[Smiffy]

I don't think we sold more than about 3600 even in League 1...

Well we are in the 3,000s in the national league. So we aren’t a million miles away from topping that I wouldn’t have thought. Especially with some good news…

Our crowds in general are actually higher than our last season in League One. That’s with next to no away fans as well.

 

[Thor1]

It’s ok, it will be Monday, maybe later in the week, or over the weekend. Or maybe next Monday. Rinse and repeat.

Yeah, Its just another manic Monday.

 

[Paddypel]

So Friday it is then (next Monday)

 

[HUMBLEPIE]

Yeah, Its just another manic Monday.

I don’t like Monday’s .

 

[Linda Loan Shark]

Well we are in the 3,000s in the national league. So we aren’t a million miles away from topping that I wouldn’t have thought. Especially with some good news…

Our crowds in general are actually higher than our last season in League One. That’s with next to no away fans as well.

Our last season in league 1 we had the covid lockdown so a bit difficult to attend.

It was like during the time people were saying we had bigger crowds than Serie A but didnt think to look at the fact Italy had harsher restrictions for football games

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

1 or 2 were very clear a week or two ago to tell us it was DONE, I dont have the time to trawl through, but they certainly did, we now just need to possible realise these posters were fantasists pure opportunists and we just wait now,lilke you say until an official announcing is made .. Ian

The deal was and is done. Now it's in the hands of the lawyers. It's pure guesswork to say how long they take to get it signed, sealed and delivered. We also have to trust they don't bleed it dry by prolonging it, as most charge a small fortune for each letter or communication.

 

[Smiffy]

Our last season in league 1 we had the covid lockdown so a bit difficult to attend.

It was like during the time people were saying we had bigger crowds than Serie A but didnt think to look at the fact Italy had harsher restrictions for football games

Only 5 home games were lost to Covid in the 19/20 League One season. So a pretty fair reflection on the average attendance of 6,192. It wouldn’t have changed much in the last 5. If anything it may have dropped slightly bearing in mind the ****e we were watching that season!

 

[Harry_Constable]

Our last season in league 1 we had the covid lockdown so a bit difficult to attend.

It was like during the time people were saying we had bigger crowds than Serie A but didnt think to look at the fact Italy had harsher restrictions for football games

The fanbase is definitely bigger now i would say then ever in the last 10 years or so, speaking as someone who has only started supporting in the last 2 years. Theres hundreds of people like me who are supporting a more local club now which they feel more connected to rather then a big premier league club.

I mean look at the average home gate and the bumper crowds we got.. with restricted capacity!

 

[Tommy2holes]

Well we are in the 3,000s in the national league. So we aren’t a million miles away from topping that I wouldn’t have thought. Especially with some good news…

Our crowds in general are actually higher than our last season in League One. That’s with next to no away fans as well.

Pretty sure we sold over 5k for the championship season.

If we can get somewhere close to that in the national league it would be a great achievement.

Obviously, having to wait this long and such a short time before the start of the league has hampered any chance of hitting such a high target.

 

[Holy Joe]

The deal was and is done. Now it's in the hands of the lawyers. It's pure guesswork to say how long they take to get it signed, sealed and delivered. We also have to trust they don't bleed it dry by prolonging it, as most charge a small fortune for each letter or communication.

If it's not signed it's not done.

 

[Tyga]

While I am as keen as anyone to get official confirmation of the takeover I think any "update" now would only be bad news. Sometimes no news is a good thing.