And there could be a lot less than £69,999 to go. The problem is no one knows.

If thats the case Mark you would think we need to raise a chunk to gain an extension of time to pay. and if we do raise a massive chunk of what was owed that must go for us as they will see there is a good chance they will get their money, rather than closing us down. That we have tried to pay the debts and are worth giving a few months to raise the rest.

I just hope the players get fired up and go out and kick arse as that will bring in extra fans.

Any chance of a big friendly vs Spurs or West Ham etc? That could bring in 20k

Yes I agree.....It is a bit like people who get into debt....the creditors like some being paid

BUT

And here is the rub

If we lost 50k in 2008/9

and

50k in 2009/10

We need to stop us losing 50k in 2010/11

We need a buyer asap....I just wonder whether someone will come in now thinking they will get it cheap

God Knows who the mystery benefactor is/or was....but to trail the club along and then pull out is ****!!!!

I am trying to be positive...!!!!

I agree I hope the team really does it on the pitch...if nothing else it would make us a better buying option.....rather than a team at the bottom with no prospects!!!

Still....roll on Saturday....get behind the team and the club and hope....many other teams have come through this

Get another 200 on the gate a week Mark and you arent losing 50k a year. Or bite the bullet and reduce the budget for 1000 a week and try and build off the pitch and become reborn.

Posters, Advertising, Press getting behind us, Local radio adopting us, News articles on London TV. Sponsors. Its possible but we have to get some connection with the local community and also the local businesses.

We can do it by getting fans in. We need to be more professional more media and marketing savvy and get every bean we can.

The best support we can give is to turn up to every match, buy a program and some merch or at least a cup of tea, anything else is a bonus. If everyone tries to bring an extra friend/family member that will be the start of a recovery although we do need to know how much is left, it must be at least as much as we have already paid. Good luck to the boys on saturday, hope this doesn't undo the good work on the pitch.

No chance of getting a game on with West Ham due to what happend with Millwall thugs a couple of years ago.

I've just come back from a couple of days away at a funeral, so have only just looked at the site. What a total shock! I always thought that this would never hapen to us, as we've always been a low-spending club (apart from those heady days of the late 80s and early 90s when we actually used to pay transfer fees).

If the 500 core fans can donate £100 each then that'll cover most of the debt. I suspect, however, that this is lot of money in one go for most people (and there'll also be a few people who'll want a bit more transparency of how the club is run before donating sums), but I reckon we could easily get 100 of us to give £100. Okay, it's not the full £55k owed, but it's £10k to put towards the sum and would demonstrate to the court that there is a lot of work and willingness to pay the debt.

It's not too late for the club to have the suggested draw for a sponsor, although with our financial plight now being public knowledge, some businesses may not be as keen to participate. I'm also expecting that we'll get zero help from Bexley Council - if they couldn't help us when they had a big budget they sure as hell won't help us now.

I think the only way to raise such money quickly is for fans of other clubs to help us out. Despite all the banter, I think that fans of most other clubs know that we're a club who hasn't tried to buy success, who has tried to live within their means, and I'm sure that most decent fans will do all they can to help us. I certainly appreciate that Charlton fans (and I never thought I'd say that) who have pledged to come to our home matches.

I wasn't going to buy a season ticket this time, but I might just give the club a call now and get myself one for the Exec lounge. Every little helps. Which actually gives me an idea that with a big Tesco moving into the town, I wonder if they would be interested in some positive PR for helping out the local club?

We've obviously been losing money for some time, or avoided losing money by not paying some of the bills where deadlines could be avoided or extended or missed.

My worry is that even if we raised the 55k that is needed what will stop us losing more money as the season goes on, and next season, etc etc.

The income into the clubs coffers off the field is so poor compared to many others in the league its a joke. Ive visited almost every away ground in our division this season and we are in the bottom half when it comes to the maintenance of the ground, the bar, sponsorship, club shop, etc etc etc.

Even the very limited appeal of the club bar, club shop, etc only exists because people volunteer.

THERE NEED TO BE MASSIVE CHANGES. However, there is no time.

Lets raise the money and save our club and show what a decent group Welling United really is BUT lets also make sure that this never happens again.

No more talk of changes, lets bloody do it. If we can all suddenly rally together for this, then why not continue to do it monthly throughout the coming seasons and take Welling United up a level. This is what will bring people through the gate more regularly.

We all have a big part to play.

-- Edited by Kevin on Friday 13th of August 2010 01:43:53 PM

Which raises the conundrum of whether you would actually want him now given what has happened. Immediate desperation versus long term uncertainty? A nice dilemma. NOT!

cj wrote:

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Still in shock and still angry the Hobbins had let it get so bad.We could have been informed earlier instead we get two weeks to sort their mess out.

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 To be fair CJ - they thought they had a buyer and problems would be resolved. In which case there was no need to let us know (you could argue about transparacy but Welling are a private company and we have no actual right to know). As it turns out they were badly let down at the last minute leaving us in this mess.

Do your homework now young man!

Dogme, ignore people like that. Bruno has had to ban someone for having 2 or 3 accounts for constantly having digs at Welling and making out they support Welling over a number of months.

It was odds on they would come back to try and stick the knife in on a fresh account

Id have a big bet at odds on that them back again trying to stir. Bruno will deal with it if he finds anything out.

Just ignore them we have bigger fish to fry at the moment.