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Death of a football club

July 2 2002 at 5:45 PM
Rob-C 

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It may not have been noticed by too many people down here, but Scottish 2nd Division club Clydebank went out of existence this week. They were sold by their administrator to a consortium that is changing their name and moving them to Airdrie - this was sanctioned by the Scottish Football League. I came across a forum at which messages of sympathy can be posted at http://www.ucsweb.freeserve.co.uk/

The SFL have justified this by stating "the key was a loss of a ground in their own community. The location of the club is central to success and, once you lose your home base, you tend to lose the core support, you tend to lose some of the connections with the community."

The selling of Wimbledon to Milton Keynes is a similar situation. I note that their fans have started up a new non-league club called AFC Wimbledon.

Has this any relevance for City? You bet. Don't take your club for granted. And don't ever give up your ground to play at someone elses.

 
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Lowlife

Note that..

July 3 2002, 12:45 PM 

...both of the clubs you mention have moved to locations outside their locality.. not quite the same as a move to a location 3 miles away in the same city.

Not that I care, I just like to see logical thought and valid comparisons.

 
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Rob-C

Re: Note that..

July 3 2002, 1:16 PM 

The point is that these teams sold their grounds and struggled thereafter. There are other examples in non-league football (Enfield, Wealdstone....) where the same has happened.

As Mr Logic, you will have by now realised that City fans are 100% against a move to the Abbey.

 
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