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A new era
Fortunately for everyone connected with difunct Scarborough F.C., a new club has been established. Same fans, same passion, same hopes under a different name, Scarborough Athletic Club. This is the new name members chose to carry out this new era.
If you hit on the links on your left you will see they are a decent side. Placed 6th in the Northern Counties East League, life seems to spring up for the seadogs. Even though they are far from the top of the table, they keep the highest attendance average in the season. If you want to know more about this enthrallling story, hit the links you have on your left such as their official site, info on wikipedia and so on..
If you hit on the links on your left you will see they are a decent side. Placed 6th in the Northern Counties East League, life seems to spring up for the seadogs. Even though they are far from the top of the table, they keep the highest attendance average in the season. If you want to know more about this enthrallling story, hit the links you have on your left such as their official site, info on wikipedia and so on..
The Beginning of the end
We can point out the beginning of the worst for the seasiders when Nick Henry was shown the door in 2005. The club was struggling at the bottom of the table. Neil Redfeam took over but he could not drag the Seadogs out of the bottom. The club finshed bottom, meaning relegation, but since Canvey Island resigned from the league and Altrincham were deducted 18 points for fielding an ineligible player, they occupied the last spot. In spite of that, the Conference board were not sure of Scaraborough solvency so they were also relegated to the Conference North.
The beginning of their life at the Conference North was tough indeed. Neil Redfearn resigned, leaving a club adrift with minus 10 points as the club had been in administration.Boro struggled again, finishing 20th.
Faded hopes
Debts and more debts were the most frequent word heard at the Mc Cain Stadium.The only hope for Boro to go on living was to sell the Mc Cain Stadium to a developer to finance the building of a new out of town stadium., but fate put a stroke on the wheel.
There was a covenant on the Mc Cain Stadium that limited its use only to sports practice, restricting a sell so that a third party gets a big profit from the operation. Scarborough Council made clear it was prepared to lift the restrictions but only when it is convinced that the sporting facilities will be replaced elsewhere.
Scarborough failed to show solid proposals to the Scarborough Council. Scarborough FC planned to sell the stadium to a housing developer and in that way they would collect the money they needed to build another grounds somewhere else and at the same time, face their debts.
Either way, time was running out for Scarborough. On June 12th, Scaraborough owners were given another chance to collect the money needed to face debts. On June 20th, Scarborough FC fans heard what they had never planned to hear: Scarborough went out of business with a £2.5 m debt.
As soon as this shocking piece of news was spread, both non and life-long Scarborough fans dropped their lines on different sites, such as the BBC, sharing their sorrow and belief. These are just a handful of them.
"A message to Scarborough fans. You'll Never Walk Alone. All us footie fans are with you all the way."
McFerrari, posted Jun 22, 2007.
"Very sad to see Scarborough go under. Lets hope they can form a new club that can rise from the ashes soon."
fredghostmaster, posted Jun 20, 2007
"Very very sad. the people at Scarborough are the "real" football people in the country not the fancy dans with their agents. It's a creaping virus and Scarborough wont be the last. What's the bet we will be saying the same thing about the likes of Wigan in a few years? The rich get richer and the grass roots can go to hell as far as the big boys are concerned. Where will the promising young English kids go then?"
kinglofthouse, posted Jun 20, 2007
"RIP Scarborough FC.Sad day indeed. I remember when my local team at the time, Maidstone United, went out of business. It's a hard thing to take. The Stones have been rebuilt and are now looking forward to life in the Ryman Premier. Good luck to Scarborough fans in trying to keep a team in their town!"
deejay, posted Jun 20, 2007
"I'm not a Scarborough fan but as a fan of footall it's very sad to see a club leave the game after 128 years. I feel for the fans I hope for them it won't be to long before they have another scarborough."
ArgyleAndy23, posted Jun 20, 2007
Aftermath
Reacting to the news of the liquidation of Scarborough FC, Simon Cope, Chair of the Seadogs Trust said: "Obviously this is a sad day for the club and its supporters, and one we all hoped would never come.What's died today is the company called Scarborough FC Ltd. Football in Scarborough will be continuing because there are supporters who love their football and the community needs a club. The Seadog Trust has been working on 'plan B' in case this day ever came, and we are very advanced in our preparations. We've applied to the Northern Counties East League as Scarborough Athletic FC and we hope to start the new season, where we will effectively be three divisions below where the club would have been. It will be tough, but we call on all those who care about football in the town to get behind us and build a new club and make it a success, not just on the pitch but off it. What happened today is effectively the culmination of many years of poor management and we will be making sure that those mistakes are not repeated and that the supporters of the club have a chance to make the new Scarborough something they can be proud of, and something the town can be proud of.
The beginning of their life at the Conference North was tough indeed. Neil Redfearn resigned, leaving a club adrift with minus 10 points as the club had been in administration.Boro struggled again, finishing 20th.
Faded hopes
Debts and more debts were the most frequent word heard at the Mc Cain Stadium.The only hope for Boro to go on living was to sell the Mc Cain Stadium to a developer to finance the building of a new out of town stadium., but fate put a stroke on the wheel.
There was a covenant on the Mc Cain Stadium that limited its use only to sports practice, restricting a sell so that a third party gets a big profit from the operation. Scarborough Council made clear it was prepared to lift the restrictions but only when it is convinced that the sporting facilities will be replaced elsewhere.
Scarborough failed to show solid proposals to the Scarborough Council. Scarborough FC planned to sell the stadium to a housing developer and in that way they would collect the money they needed to build another grounds somewhere else and at the same time, face their debts.
Either way, time was running out for Scarborough. On June 12th, Scaraborough owners were given another chance to collect the money needed to face debts. On June 20th, Scarborough FC fans heard what they had never planned to hear: Scarborough went out of business with a £2.5 m debt.
As soon as this shocking piece of news was spread, both non and life-long Scarborough fans dropped their lines on different sites, such as the BBC, sharing their sorrow and belief. These are just a handful of them.
"A message to Scarborough fans. You'll Never Walk Alone. All us footie fans are with you all the way."
McFerrari, posted Jun 22, 2007.
"Very sad to see Scarborough go under. Lets hope they can form a new club that can rise from the ashes soon."
fredghostmaster, posted Jun 20, 2007
"Very very sad. the people at Scarborough are the "real" football people in the country not the fancy dans with their agents. It's a creaping virus and Scarborough wont be the last. What's the bet we will be saying the same thing about the likes of Wigan in a few years? The rich get richer and the grass roots can go to hell as far as the big boys are concerned. Where will the promising young English kids go then?"
kinglofthouse, posted Jun 20, 2007
"RIP Scarborough FC.Sad day indeed. I remember when my local team at the time, Maidstone United, went out of business. It's a hard thing to take. The Stones have been rebuilt and are now looking forward to life in the Ryman Premier. Good luck to Scarborough fans in trying to keep a team in their town!"
deejay, posted Jun 20, 2007
"I'm not a Scarborough fan but as a fan of footall it's very sad to see a club leave the game after 128 years. I feel for the fans I hope for them it won't be to long before they have another scarborough."
ArgyleAndy23, posted Jun 20, 2007
Aftermath
Reacting to the news of the liquidation of Scarborough FC, Simon Cope, Chair of the Seadogs Trust said: "Obviously this is a sad day for the club and its supporters, and one we all hoped would never come.What's died today is the company called Scarborough FC Ltd. Football in Scarborough will be continuing because there are supporters who love their football and the community needs a club. The Seadog Trust has been working on 'plan B' in case this day ever came, and we are very advanced in our preparations. We've applied to the Northern Counties East League as Scarborough Athletic FC and we hope to start the new season, where we will effectively be three divisions below where the club would have been. It will be tough, but we call on all those who care about football in the town to get behind us and build a new club and make it a success, not just on the pitch but off it. What happened today is effectively the culmination of many years of poor management and we will be making sure that those mistakes are not repeated and that the supporters of the club have a chance to make the new Scarborough something they can be proud of, and something the town can be proud of.
Memories from the Mc Cain Stadium
It is not big fun to open the morning newspapers just to learn your life-long team has disappeared. The team you have supported blindly both home and away is gone for ever. Years and years of poor finances have led this 128-year-old side to a dead-end street. Fans mainly, made all they HAD to do to save their beloved club. The last nail on the coffin was nailed by the High Court in Leeds, on June 20th, 2007.
The aim of this work is to help people realize the way football clubs are currently managed is not the correct. Endless debts, poor budgets, docked points, administration, etc are the common words these days. This is meant to avoid another loss, the loss of a club, the loss of an identity, the loss of a name. The message behind all this is that we all have to fight against this capitalized football that ends up with football clubs.
The aim of this work is to help people realize the way football clubs are currently managed is not the correct. Endless debts, poor budgets, docked points, administration, etc are the common words these days. This is meant to avoid another loss, the loss of a club, the loss of an identity, the loss of a name. The message behind all this is that we all have to fight against this capitalized football that ends up with football clubs.
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