| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side 15:57 - Aug 19 with 1387 views | MalcolmMeatballHead |
Say, Hadleigh utd, Brantham or Ipswich Wanderers for example how much do you reckon it would cost to get them into the football league?
Edit: I haven't won the lotto, I just have too much time to think about such situations [Post edited 19 Aug 2022 15:59]
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| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 16:01 - Aug 19 with 1342 views | hype313 |
Given the Salford approach you're looking a £3-5M, then you have to suck up the losses, they are doing £91k a week.
So, if you've had a little £10 scratchard win, it might take a few more of those. |  |
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| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 17:59 - Aug 19 with 1153 views | factual_blue |
| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 16:01 - Aug 19 by hype313 |
Given the Salford approach you're looking a £3-5M, then you have to suck up the losses, they are doing £91k a week.
So, if you've had a little £10 scratchard win, it might take a few more of those. |
As the saying goes.
'You can make a small fortune from a football club. Just start with a large fortune.' |  |
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| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 18:46 - Aug 19 with 1066 views | jontysnut |
I would say with those clubs little chance whatever you spend. You need a club base - I watch Farsley Celtic in national league North. They're a suburb of Leeds. Spent big, got into Conference and went bust. Even now they're probably a league above where they should be. Ideally you need to be a largish town/area with an identity that will get people in. Forest Green might be an exception but they got that corner of Gloucestershire behind them. |  | | |
| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 18:58 - Aug 19 with 1031 views | clive_baker |
| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 18:46 - Aug 19 by jontysnut |
I would say with those clubs little chance whatever you spend. You need a club base - I watch Farsley Celtic in national league North. They're a suburb of Leeds. Spent big, got into Conference and went bust. Even now they're probably a league above where they should be. Ideally you need to be a largish town/area with an identity that will get people in. Forest Green might be an exception but they got that corner of Gloucestershire behind them. |
Think what you say is right in order for it to be sustainable, rather than just bankrolled. If someone felt inclined to put £50m into Hadleigh or Sudbury I dare say they would have a good crack at getting to the football league but it certainly wouldn’t be an investment.
To your point I think Maidstone is a good example. Population isn’t dissimilar to Ipswich and while it’s not the nicest town, Kent is affluent. You’ve got Gillingham in L2 but it’s a tiny place and other than them there’s nobody decent until you get to south / SE London Charlton / Palace etc which is a very different patch. You would think Maidstone could be a sustainable football league club for sure. I can see the logic behind investing in a club like that. They’re a young club and slowly but surely rising through the leagues. |  |
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| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 19:54 - Aug 19 with 952 views | bournemouthblue |
| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 18:58 - Aug 19 by clive_baker |
Think what you say is right in order for it to be sustainable, rather than just bankrolled. If someone felt inclined to put £50m into Hadleigh or Sudbury I dare say they would have a good crack at getting to the football league but it certainly wouldn’t be an investment.
To your point I think Maidstone is a good example. Population isn’t dissimilar to Ipswich and while it’s not the nicest town, Kent is affluent. You’ve got Gillingham in L2 but it’s a tiny place and other than them there’s nobody decent until you get to south / SE London Charlton / Palace etc which is a very different patch. You would think Maidstone could be a sustainable football league club for sure. I can see the logic behind investing in a club like that. They’re a young club and slowly but surely rising through the leagues. |
Locally I'd say Lowestoft would be worth a crack, they probably could sustain a fanbase up to that kind of level |  |
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| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 21:04 - Aug 19 with 891 views | BlueForYou |
| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 18:58 - Aug 19 by clive_baker |
Think what you say is right in order for it to be sustainable, rather than just bankrolled. If someone felt inclined to put £50m into Hadleigh or Sudbury I dare say they would have a good crack at getting to the football league but it certainly wouldn’t be an investment.
To your point I think Maidstone is a good example. Population isn’t dissimilar to Ipswich and while it’s not the nicest town, Kent is affluent. You’ve got Gillingham in L2 but it’s a tiny place and other than them there’s nobody decent until you get to south / SE London Charlton / Palace etc which is a very different patch. You would think Maidstone could be a sustainable football league club for sure. I can see the logic behind investing in a club like that. They’re a young club and slowly but surely rising through the leagues. |
Nearly all football fans in the Maidstone area support Charlton. |  | | |
| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 07:49 - Aug 20 with 696 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Histon beat Leeds relatively recently and got within spitting distance of the league which isn’t bad for a village side. On that basis you could give Leiston a try - or the housing estate formerly known as Saxmundham - they are least are small towns. |  |
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| Supposing you came into big money and wanted to invest in an amateur side on 08:49 - Aug 20 with 630 views | Pippin1970 |
Hahaha joke of the day we all skint with everything shooting up in prices. | | | |
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