Things About Football Clubs Which Annoy You

[missunderstood]

Alan,what football club forced that person you know to go under?

 

Portsmouth, 3 or 4 years ago, he is also owed money by the now defunct Leyton FC and a company that specialises in stadium construction projects and is now having problems due to clubs not paying monies owed. Also know a guy who supplies to the catering trade and refuses to deal with football clubs.

Edited August 5, 2012 by missunderstood

[The Mayor Of Simpleton]

I will re-iterate what I said before i.e. if you force the club under then everyone loses. If someone falls behind on their rent, do you take what little they have and kick them out onto the street or negotiate with them to get the money back in affordable amounts? And as AdamKing says, a full police investigation into the running of these clubs would be a good idea (cost withstanding) and the real culprits found.

 

I owned a second property and my last tenants thought they could pay their rent when it suited them. I was running a business not a charity so they was kicked out as it was costing me money and putting my families financial security at risk.

 

Not much point in having police investigating into the running football of clubs because British law is loaded heavily on the side of so called entrepreneurs who care little for the small businesses and lives they destroy.

 

That is disgusting. I too know of somebody who had a butt-hole of a tenant once. He was ok at first but then was late paying, disappeared owing £1,500 and when the landlord went to put an enforcement notice up the fraud squad were rifling through the mailbox of the tenant as he'd conned £250,000 out of people through a phoney IVF website.

 

I lived in an apartel for a while, which was far easier than being a tenant (basically you pay £300 a week to stay in a serviced apartment).

 

If the police don't investigate Portsmouth, then a forensic scientist should.

[missunderstood]

I will re-iterate what I said before i.e. if you force the club under then everyone loses. If someone falls behind on their rent, do you take what little they have and kick them out onto the street or negotiate with them to get the money back in affordable amounts? And as AdamKing says, a full police investigation into the running of these clubs would be a good idea (cost withstanding) and the real culprits found.

 

I owned a second property and my last tenants thought they could pay their rent when it suited them. I was running a business not a charity so they was kicked out as it was costing me money and putting my families financial security at risk.

 

Not much point in having police investigating into the running football of clubs because British law is loaded heavily on the side of so called entrepreneurs who care little for the small businesses and lives they destroy.

 

That is disgusting. I too know of somebody who had a butt-hole of a tenant once. He was ok at first but then was late paying, disappeared owing £1,500 and when the landlord went to put an enforcement notice up the fraud squad were rifling through the mailbox of the tenant as he'd conned £250,000 out of people through a phoney IVF website.

 

I lived in an apartel for a while, which was far easier than being a tenant (basically you pay £300 a week to stay in a serviced apartment).

 

If the police don't investigate Portsmouth, then a forensic scientist should.

 

My last tenants were professional people with impeccable references but left the property in a filthy state. I also sometimes help my son who has a contract with a letting agent and am never ceased to be amazed by the filthy conditions that some people live in.

[cup of tea]

I will re-iterate what I said before i.e. if you force the club under then everyone loses. If someone falls behind on their rent, do you take what little they have and kick them out onto the street or negotiate with them to get the money back in affordable amounts? And as AdamKing says, a full police investigation into the running of these clubs would be a good idea (cost withstanding) and the real culprits found.

 

I owned a second property and my last tenants thought they could pay their rent when it suited them. I was running a business not a charity so they was kicked out as it was costing me money and putting my families financial security at risk.

 

Not much point in having police investigating into the running football of clubs because British law is loaded heavily on the side of so called entrepreneurs who care little for the small businesses and lives they destroy.

 

Clearly, I wasn't specific enough - I'll rectify that now. Council owned property with responsible tennants (okay maybe in arrears but paying it back).I suspect we both know that's what I meant.

 

As for letting - It's a lottery with who you get unfortunately. My brother lent his flat to two people that he already knew and that worked out fine (we had to do a bit of cleaning after they left). I wouldn't have thought you were doing that badly if you could have afforded two properties though - some people can't afford one.

 

We do need to change the law and make it easier for entrepreneurs to be held accountable particularly with football clubs - as I said before they are easy targets for the less than honest.

Edited August 6, 2012 by cup of tea

[missunderstood]

Because of the demise of decent company pensions I would think its essential for the more astute members of society to own more than one property in order to safeguard their financial future in old age. I only own one now and enjoy a worry free retirement.

 

Returning to the original theme, the big financial problems are also partly caused by the fact that very few clubs own their main salable asset, their stadium, which is technically own by a separate company so that when the club gets into unsustainable debt they know they can reform and still benefit from their facilities that arguably should have been sold to repay creditors.

 

Also the fact that the football authorities insist that football creditors have the highest priority means companies will often inflate their prices because of the risk factor involved. I remember when football was a decent working class sport run by decent people and not the bean-counters and spivs that are now bringing the game we all love into such disrepute.

[cup of tea]

Yep, agree with all of that.