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161 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 15 2020, 14:41
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
162 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 15 2020, 14:59
Sluffy
Admin
Natasha Whittam wrote:Sluffy, how about you have a day off from posting negativity.
Tell us about a special day in your life following BWFC, your favourite pair of slippers or your favourite meal. Anything with a positive vibe.
Real life is about facing up to reality and not running away from it by living in some 'pretend' world.
Shit happens you/we/me has to deal with it when it does.
If you class preparing for the inevitable is being negative, then I must be a negative person then as I just see it as being aware of what is coming my way.
The most special day in my life was the day my child was born.
I guess most parents would say the same about the birth of their children.
163 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 15 2020, 15:23
Cajunboy
Frank Worthington
Thanks for that, it looks as though Wigan are truly battered now!wessy wrote:Not sure if this is right but i recall that when David Sharpe (DW Grandson) was appointed chairman Wigan fans had a laugh because all he had ever run was a Chippy ? and i think he made a balls of that but grandads money bailed him out. So guessing the chippy was probably bought by DW so part of the assets when he sold it on.
If those figures above are correct then they are toast chippy or not.
Yes it just seen it was called Sharpy's Chippy near the DW now closed down
164 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 15 2020, 15:57
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
There are people like that. Live and let live.wanderlust wrote:
Sniffing leisure footwear.
165 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 15 2020, 21:21
Sluffy
Admin
Clutching at straws now.
— Harry Robinson (@RobboHarry) August 15, 2020
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It's confirmed that the administrators' 'Plan B' is a Supporters' Club takeover.
This would be under the proviso that we can clear the £4.3m football creditors debt and 25% of all other creditors' debts.#wafchttps://t.co/btNYZEr1El pic.twitter.com/7yOWDKJEnG
It needs noting that while things have quietened down, the administrators' investigations are still going on.
— Harry Robinson (@RobboHarry) August 15, 2020️�
All three UK directors have been immensely cooperative. If we can find an issue regarding the £24m NLF loan, that could be our best chance of survival... #wafc
166 Re: Wigan in Administration Sun Aug 16 2020, 11:00
Whitesince63
El Hadji Diouf
I think Sluffys right and I think everybody must accept that the league as we know it must change radically to survive. I think a PL2 is nailed on for the Championship but I’m not as pessimistic on L1 and L2 failing. Of course they have to change and I suppose the salary caps are a start towards that but I don’t think there’s any way they will just collapse, even if some individual clubs do. They will just have to cut their cloth accordingly and I still see owners who will want to fund them. I think we also have to remember that the total number of supporters of non PL clubs is much bigger than those in the top flight and with clubs being such an integral part of so many towns and city’s communities, I don’t believe that government can just ignore their importance and allow their demise.
I also believe there could yet be a change at the top. The leading PL clubs have as little concern for the smaller PL clubs and Championship clubs as they do those in L1 and L2. They would be just as happy to cast the Watford’s, Bournemouth’s and Burnley’s aside as Bolton’s and Barnsley’s, so a Euro League must still be a possibility. In many ways that would be the best scenario because just as Sluffy says, there is no going back, just finding the best way to go forward. As for Wanderers, whatever happens I believe we will survive because we have a loyal and large enough support, a ground that can really be used for so many revenue generating uses and now genuine and positive owners who have already shown us the commitment that’s been missing. We now just need to get back to the Championship as soon as possible to accommodate whatever happens in the future.
I also believe there could yet be a change at the top. The leading PL clubs have as little concern for the smaller PL clubs and Championship clubs as they do those in L1 and L2. They would be just as happy to cast the Watford’s, Bournemouth’s and Burnley’s aside as Bolton’s and Barnsley’s, so a Euro League must still be a possibility. In many ways that would be the best scenario because just as Sluffy says, there is no going back, just finding the best way to go forward. As for Wanderers, whatever happens I believe we will survive because we have a loyal and large enough support, a ground that can really be used for so many revenue generating uses and now genuine and positive owners who have already shown us the commitment that’s been missing. We now just need to get back to the Championship as soon as possible to accommodate whatever happens in the future.
167 Re: Wigan in Administration Sun Aug 16 2020, 22:06
Sluffy
Admin
The tribunals findings have now been published and if I say so myself, the reason for rejecting the appeal was exactly as I though.
"The written reasons were compiled by an independent arbitration panel which heard Wigan’s appeal, brought by the club against the points sanction on the grounds of force majeure. Its verdict is dismissive, declaring: “The club cannot rely on force majeure because, far from acting with due diligence to avoid the happening of that event, at least one of the officials of the club – that is, Mr Kay – actively brought it about.”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/16/wigans-former-owner-kay-asked-about-administration-before-his-takeover#:~:text=Wigan%27s%20former%20owner%20Kay%20asked%20about%20administration%20before%20his%20takeover,-Au%20Yeung%20Wai&text=The%20former%20owner%20of%20Wigan,controversial%20takeover%2C%20key%20documents%20reveal.
Bleeding obviously really, I don't know why the Administrators even thought they had a chance???
I guess when it's not your money you don't mind a gamble - you might get lucky I suppose?
Sluffy wrote:To my mind the owner putting the club into Administration is not Force Majeure, it's a deliberate action which is definitely in control of a key involved party - but if it's got as far as the courts there must be something in their case to fight for.
"The written reasons were compiled by an independent arbitration panel which heard Wigan’s appeal, brought by the club against the points sanction on the grounds of force majeure. Its verdict is dismissive, declaring: “The club cannot rely on force majeure because, far from acting with due diligence to avoid the happening of that event, at least one of the officials of the club – that is, Mr Kay – actively brought it about.”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/16/wigans-former-owner-kay-asked-about-administration-before-his-takeover#:~:text=Wigan%27s%20former%20owner%20Kay%20asked%20about%20administration%20before%20his%20takeover,-Au%20Yeung%20Wai&text=The%20former%20owner%20of%20Wigan,controversial%20takeover%2C%20key%20documents%20reveal.
Bleeding obviously really, I don't know why the Administrators even thought they had a chance???
I guess when it's not your money you don't mind a gamble - you might get lucky I suppose?
168 Re: Wigan in Administration Sun Aug 16 2020, 22:46
Banks of the Croal
Frank Worthington
Don't really know/ understand the finer points and whether they'll survive or not but some of the things i've read elsewhere what some Wigan fans are supposed to have done up at our Stadium, makes it hard for me to feel sorry for them, remember being with another Bolton fan watching them play City in the cup final and we were both happy when they won, when i think about ourselves not really sure where our money is going to come from to keep us going, the way things are, uncertainty is the word that keeps going round in my head ?
169 Re: Wigan in Administration Sun Aug 16 2020, 23:25
Sluffy
Admin
Let me assure you for this season at least that Bolton should be fine.
Famous last words I know...!
In simple terms Sharron has put up £20m of her own money to run the club (we will be trading at a loss and have done so since she took over in fact we've probably been running at a loss before Eddie took over!) and Mike James has left £5m of his company's money in the business and in a way 'owns' the hotel.
We also have an investment fund where we can 'borrow' up to another £20m but on paper that needs paying back - if we do borrow - the following season - think of it like a 'bank' lending us money - but we probably pay higher interest on it if we do.
Obviously the pandemic wasn't planned for but for now we seem solid enough - sit back and enjoy the season, we are going to walk this and I think we might well have a serious punt at getting back in the Championship the following season but let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet.
Yes some/many Wigan fans behaved disrespectfully to us when things were at the darkest and they've lost a lot of compassion from many Wanderers fans now finding themselves in the same plight as we had.
Wigan seemed doomed to me though.
In simple terms they have no one in the background helping them out like we had with Eddie Davies Trust and Mike James £5m.
They have to find a buyer PDQ and there doesn't seem anyone with deep enough pockets to do that.
What I think seems to be happening, or at least what they hope might - would be for their Supporters club (think BWSA rather than BWST equivalents) to take on the football club and that somebody (probably someone like Wigan Rugby/Wigan Council) buy the stadium and rent it to them.
Some big hurdles first though.
Football Creditors have to be paid before anything can happen and so Admin needs to keep on selling players to do that.
August wages need to be paid.
Even more player sales needed.
THEN IF the stadium, training ground and chippy (don't forget the chippy!) can be sold, this money can be used to pay off so much in the £ to the unsecured creditors.
This MIGHT be enough to let everything go through BUT if the 'so much' in the £ is LESS than 25p, then Wigan takes another 15 points penalty.
Then the supporters club HAVE to be able to show proof that they have sufficient funds to run the club for the next two years during which time they have no assets (players and stadium/training grounds/chippy sold) and no match day income when games are played behind closed doors.
To be honest it is a huge ask and frankly it seems no more than wishful thinking to me.
Can't see it happening for them myself but as they say, where's there's life, there's hope.
Famous last words I know...!
In simple terms Sharron has put up £20m of her own money to run the club (we will be trading at a loss and have done so since she took over in fact we've probably been running at a loss before Eddie took over!) and Mike James has left £5m of his company's money in the business and in a way 'owns' the hotel.
We also have an investment fund where we can 'borrow' up to another £20m but on paper that needs paying back - if we do borrow - the following season - think of it like a 'bank' lending us money - but we probably pay higher interest on it if we do.
Obviously the pandemic wasn't planned for but for now we seem solid enough - sit back and enjoy the season, we are going to walk this and I think we might well have a serious punt at getting back in the Championship the following season but let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet.
Yes some/many Wigan fans behaved disrespectfully to us when things were at the darkest and they've lost a lot of compassion from many Wanderers fans now finding themselves in the same plight as we had.
Wigan seemed doomed to me though.
In simple terms they have no one in the background helping them out like we had with Eddie Davies Trust and Mike James £5m.
They have to find a buyer PDQ and there doesn't seem anyone with deep enough pockets to do that.
What I think seems to be happening, or at least what they hope might - would be for their Supporters club (think BWSA rather than BWST equivalents) to take on the football club and that somebody (probably someone like Wigan Rugby/Wigan Council) buy the stadium and rent it to them.
Some big hurdles first though.
Football Creditors have to be paid before anything can happen and so Admin needs to keep on selling players to do that.
August wages need to be paid.
Even more player sales needed.
THEN IF the stadium, training ground and chippy (don't forget the chippy!) can be sold, this money can be used to pay off so much in the £ to the unsecured creditors.
This MIGHT be enough to let everything go through BUT if the 'so much' in the £ is LESS than 25p, then Wigan takes another 15 points penalty.
Then the supporters club HAVE to be able to show proof that they have sufficient funds to run the club for the next two years during which time they have no assets (players and stadium/training grounds/chippy sold) and no match day income when games are played behind closed doors.
To be honest it is a huge ask and frankly it seems no more than wishful thinking to me.
Can't see it happening for them myself but as they say, where's there's life, there's hope.
170 Re: Wigan in Administration Mon Aug 17 2020, 11:31
Banks of the Croal
Frank Worthington
Thanks for that Sluffy, feel a bit more reassured far as we are concerned.
Looks grim for Wigan.
Looks grim for Wigan.
171 Re: Wigan in Administration Mon Aug 17 2020, 12:43
Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
Just seen this on the BBC website, apparently the owner asked about administration before the takeover was even complete 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53807173
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53807173
172 Re: Wigan in Administration Mon Aug 17 2020, 13:13
Sluffy
Admin
Norpig wrote:Just seen this on the BBC website, apparently the owner asked about administration before the takeover was even complete
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53807173
It's all here in the full transcript of the appeal hearing.
https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/1920-judgements/wigan-athletic-v-efl.pdf
Cut a long story short, the appeal panel feels sorry for Wigan and has serious doubts about the new owner but going by the rules it was the new owner saying he was going to fund Wigan's debt which led to them directly going into Admin and that automatically triggered the 12 point penalty.
The only way to appeal that was to say it was outside of the clubs ability to prevent that happening.
As the owner of 100% of the club put it into Administration, that clearly could not be the case - so the 12 point penalty deduction stands.
Tbh that's the least of their problems - they need someone to buy them NOW and the club doesn't seem an attractive company to buy right now!
Although Nixon is saying this -
Reveal ... not relegation. Spellcheck. https://t.co/sejvdIoufu
— Alan Nixon (@reluctantnicko) August 17, 2020
173 Re: Wigan in Administration Mon Aug 17 2020, 19:04
Sluffy
Admin
First the good news for Wigan...
The bid is from the bloke who owns the rugby club - Ian Lenagan, Nixon confirms in a later tweet.
(This doesn't mean the bid is for the football club though - could just be trying to buy the stadium for instance)
However now the bad news...
Seems the Wigan Supporters club is still their best bet for survival but but I can't see how it is possible that they could run the running of the football club even if the were able to buy it for £1.
Apparently some big news tomorrow, let's see what it is?
One guy was over. Another has a bid on the table. But there really needs to be something further down the line. Fast. Feck all else matters. https://t.co/PV1YlyCUAg
— Alan Nixon (@reluctantnicko) August 17, 2020
The bid is from the bloke who owns the rugby club - Ian Lenagan, Nixon confirms in a later tweet.
(This doesn't mean the bid is for the football club though - could just be trying to buy the stadium for instance)
However now the bad news...
EFL owners test would presumably take place before the case is resolved. Would they approve someone who has a huge tax fraud case hanging over them? Cellino at Leeds failed the owners test initially due to a tax conviction in Italy.
— Dylan Harris (@dylanharris) August 17, 2020
Seems the Wigan Supporters club is still their best bet for survival but but I can't see how it is possible that they could run the running of the football club even if the were able to buy it for £1.
Apparently some big news tomorrow, let's see what it is?
174 Re: Wigan in Administration Tue Aug 18 2020, 12:02
wessy
El Hadji Diouf
Sorry only just come back and saw this, i accept your analysis and the analagy, of course i know how it works and can see that anyone with a vested interest would look after number one.Sluffy wrote:It doesn't work that way though mate.
I know you were into athletics at one time so let me try to use that as an example to demonstrate,
Say your athletics club was run by a collection of people who specialised themselves in separate athletic disciplines say for instance a sprinter, a long distance runner, a shot putter and a javelin thrower.
You are part of the English Athletics Association and you are one of the best clubs around and seem to attract all the star athletes.
The TV company likes to show athletics and with your club providing all the stars you feel a bit hard done by that you only get the same share of what the TV company pays to broadcast the athletics as every other club in the country - even when you and your mates have put an awful lot of time and expense making the athletes the best they can whilst many other clubs are run by the old guard who don't want to change their ways from Victorian times and they all vote against you all the at the English Athletics Association AGM's.
Then someone comes up with an idea that you cut the middleman out and go directly to the TV company yourself!
This happens, the TV company wants to see YOUR star athletes and you run your own events.
You start up your own competition - 'Premier League Athletics' and breakaway from the EAA.
English AA still run their events but the TV company are not interested because it is rubbish without your stars so they only pay them buttons to show highlights nobody apart from the teams themself want to watch.
Your club starts to become very rich but also your stars want a share of it and a big one at that!
On top of that each of your disciplines - sprint, distance, shot and javelin turn into specialist clubs themselves, with their own facilities, staff, coaches, tracks, etc and get an equal amount of what the TV company pays you and an equal vote in things.
One thing though is that not all the four disciplines are as popular as each other and the TV company likes say sprints more than shot put, in other words they get 'ranked'.
One of the EAA clubs develops a very good pole vault team - and the TV company likes pole vaulting.
So you have a vote and vote out the shot put people in your club and invite the pole vault people to take their place - and a share in the big money!
The shot put people get allowed back into the EAA but now have massive overheads, so much so they have to slash their costs, let people go and generally go down the tube until they can balance their new existence to the trickle of money they now receive.
Covid strikes and all the smaller EAA clubs suffer - Bury EAA club goes bust and Wigan's look likely too.
Do you think your club should be worried though - you still get the big money from the TV company.
The EAA suggests you help them out - but by doing so it means you take a cut in your income - which you have budgeted and need to receive and spend on the athletes wages and the stadium, facilities, youth teams, etc, etc, for each of the four disciplines that have a vote - sprint, distance, javelin and pole vault.
You've all seen what's happened to shot when they no longer had the same money but had the the expenditure commitments until they had to drastically downsize.
Do you think the four disciplines would want to harm themselves to save clubs with frankly no relevance to them other than they 'play' the same sport at a much lesser standard?
Do you think the government should step in and legislate - it's nothing to do with them.
The EAA have no claims to your TV money, they have their own deal but it's a bit shit because they don't have any stars people want to watch.
It's simply market driven, supply and demand.
The market has too many suppliers and the demand is for premium goods.
Unless smaller clubs/suppliers/teams can find niche markets and sustain themselves then the bigger clubs/suppliers/teams aren't going to vote to financially harm themselves to help them.
They might chuck them a bone of sorts but the realism is that the PL will keep the lion share of the income that is paid to THEM - and not 'football' in general.
Hope this gives you a better understanding of why things are like they are.
My main point is that if there was a genuine will to support the structure of 92 clubs rather than the 20 PL teams then maybe they should think outside the box for the greater good.
Football existed before the premier league, i find the money side of the of the top Europeam leagus almost obcene, Do i think it will change hell no, do i think it would be healthier for all concerned if it did yes.
Football belongs to the community, each club being just as important to its fanbase despite size or popularity, i just think it is sad that these great institutions are going to disappear.
175 Re: Wigan in Administration Wed Aug 19 2020, 22:47
Sluffy
Admin
A miracle perhaps?
Or is this more likely to be Nixon selling a few more papers?
Can't see it myself but who knows, I still can't understand why FV bought us!
Or is this more likely to be Nixon selling a few more papers?
Can't see it myself but who knows, I still can't understand why FV bought us!
Wigan. Bid team is Gauthier Ganaye with the funds of Randy Frankel and Michael Kalt. Hopeful of being rated best offer. All connected with Oostende in Belgium. Frankel and Kalt want an English team. Got a few bob
— Alan Nixon (@reluctantnicko) August 19, 2020Also have Tampa Bay Rays baseball side. Can Wigan be this lucky?
176 Re: Wigan in Administration Thu Aug 20 2020, 15:10
Sluffy
Admin
Seems it was about Nixon selling papers - who'd have thought it!
As for the waiving of the £25m loan and the £10.7m internal loan, no one was ever going to be paying those, so it makes sense to take them off the table altogether.
The plan still seems to be for someone to buy the stadium - probably Wigan Council and the rugby team.
I can't see Wigan Council having the powers to buy and run the football club so it needs someone to put up a sum equivalent to whatever the Administrators would get from selling off all the assets if they liquidated everything.
Let's assume the stadium is bought separately then what would be the land value of the two training grounds (and chippy) which presumably have planning restrictions on them to prevent development?
Let's for the sake of argument say it is £4m (I've no idea if that is a realistic amount or not?) whoever buys the club would then have to add on top of that the costs to run the club for the next season - let us say another £4m and whatever unsecured creditors have amounted to at 25p in the £ - say another £1.5m?
Of course they don't have to pay the unsecured creditors at all - but would be hit by a 15 point penalty if they didn't.
So at these rough figures you are still looking at something like £8m plus to buy the club and run it for a season (plus show say another £2m more as proof you can run it for the required second season also.
Clearly whoever buys it can sell off the land and get their £4m back and even sell/get rid of a few players to bring money in/reduce running costs, but the point is they have to have the money to show in the first place.
I would think Wigan Supporters club couldn't finance such running costs so who else is there?
It's doable for someone who loves the club to save them by spending their own personal wealth but is there anyone out there to do that?
The simple solution would be for the council to safeguard the stadium by buying it and Wigan football go out of business and start again as a phoenix club lower down the leagues. Maybe in a few years they could claw their way back and still have a stadium they could rent when they get the crowds back again?
UPDATE | STATEMENT FROM THE JOINT ADMINISTRATORS - 20.08.20
"The Joint Administrators have previously made references to the club owing debts of £25.3 million and £10.7 million to Next Leader Fund, L.P. and Wigan Athletic Holdings Limited respectively. There has been much speculation, both on social media and elsewhere, regarding these debts and to what extent they would need to be repaid in the event of a successful sale of the club. We should like to clarify this matter and to now inform fans that the Administrators have been in discussions with Mr Yeung, who has cooperated fully for the benefit of the club and who has agreed, in order to ensure the survival of the club and to give the Administrators the best possible chance to agree a sale, to waive his rights to the repayment of the debts owed to him and to his companies. He has given the Administrators the powers necessary to put this into effect and to use all monies for the benefit of the club. By waiving all his rights Mr Yeung has also made it much more possible to pay the necessary 25p dividend to the creditors and thus avoid a further 15 point penalty next season.”
“The Joint Administrators note that in the Sun article of the 20 August, its professional journalist Mr Alan Nixon goes into great detail about a bid from Randy Frankel and Michael Kalt. Firstly, we would point out that release of any information by them (or someone in their group) is a complete breach of the non-disclosure agreement. Secondly, we would inform fans in the light of this breach that no credible bid has been received from this organisation that would lead to the saving of the football club. Talks, however, are continuing with serious bidders with a view to bringing a successful sale to fruition.”
On 1 July 2020, Paul Stanley, Gerald Krasner and Dean Watson of Begbies Traynor were appointed joint administrators.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2020/august/Update-Statement-From-The-Joint-Administrators-20-08-20/
As for the waiving of the £25m loan and the £10.7m internal loan, no one was ever going to be paying those, so it makes sense to take them off the table altogether.
The plan still seems to be for someone to buy the stadium - probably Wigan Council and the rugby team.
I can't see Wigan Council having the powers to buy and run the football club so it needs someone to put up a sum equivalent to whatever the Administrators would get from selling off all the assets if they liquidated everything.
Let's assume the stadium is bought separately then what would be the land value of the two training grounds (and chippy) which presumably have planning restrictions on them to prevent development?
Let's for the sake of argument say it is £4m (I've no idea if that is a realistic amount or not?) whoever buys the club would then have to add on top of that the costs to run the club for the next season - let us say another £4m and whatever unsecured creditors have amounted to at 25p in the £ - say another £1.5m?
Of course they don't have to pay the unsecured creditors at all - but would be hit by a 15 point penalty if they didn't.
So at these rough figures you are still looking at something like £8m plus to buy the club and run it for a season (plus show say another £2m more as proof you can run it for the required second season also.
Clearly whoever buys it can sell off the land and get their £4m back and even sell/get rid of a few players to bring money in/reduce running costs, but the point is they have to have the money to show in the first place.
I would think Wigan Supporters club couldn't finance such running costs so who else is there?
It's doable for someone who loves the club to save them by spending their own personal wealth but is there anyone out there to do that?
The simple solution would be for the council to safeguard the stadium by buying it and Wigan football go out of business and start again as a phoenix club lower down the leagues. Maybe in a few years they could claw their way back and still have a stadium they could rent when they get the crowds back again?
UPDATE | STATEMENT FROM THE JOINT ADMINISTRATORS - 20.08.20
"The Joint Administrators have previously made references to the club owing debts of £25.3 million and £10.7 million to Next Leader Fund, L.P. and Wigan Athletic Holdings Limited respectively. There has been much speculation, both on social media and elsewhere, regarding these debts and to what extent they would need to be repaid in the event of a successful sale of the club. We should like to clarify this matter and to now inform fans that the Administrators have been in discussions with Mr Yeung, who has cooperated fully for the benefit of the club and who has agreed, in order to ensure the survival of the club and to give the Administrators the best possible chance to agree a sale, to waive his rights to the repayment of the debts owed to him and to his companies. He has given the Administrators the powers necessary to put this into effect and to use all monies for the benefit of the club. By waiving all his rights Mr Yeung has also made it much more possible to pay the necessary 25p dividend to the creditors and thus avoid a further 15 point penalty next season.”
“The Joint Administrators note that in the Sun article of the 20 August, its professional journalist Mr Alan Nixon goes into great detail about a bid from Randy Frankel and Michael Kalt. Firstly, we would point out that release of any information by them (or someone in their group) is a complete breach of the non-disclosure agreement. Secondly, we would inform fans in the light of this breach that no credible bid has been received from this organisation that would lead to the saving of the football club. Talks, however, are continuing with serious bidders with a view to bringing a successful sale to fruition.”
On 1 July 2020, Paul Stanley, Gerald Krasner and Dean Watson of Begbies Traynor were appointed joint administrators.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2020/august/Update-Statement-From-The-Joint-Administrators-20-08-20/
177 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 22 2020, 00:09
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
As regards the Nixon bid article there must have been something in it if there was a NDA to breach as admin claims.
178 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 22 2020, 00:36
Sluffy
Admin
wanderlust wrote:As regards the Nixon bid article there must have been something in it if there was a NDA to breach as admin claims.
Everyone the Administrators have let see the books will have signed an NDA, that's at least five parties leading up to the appeal they lost, the Administrators have indicated some of since dropped out and new ones come to the table.
No one denies that they have shown an interest but clearly from the Administrators statement above they certainly haven't been very impressed with them.
Iirc Nixon told us during our protracted Administration quite a few things such as Kenyon was interested, FV hadn't the money and Bassini was going to buy us.
Non of those things happened but no doubt there was just enough in it for him to write several articles for the papers and get paid for them - that's how he earns his living - he's a master of it to be fair - doesn't mean though that he knew there was actually nothing 'in' the articles at the time he wrote them!
As they say you shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers - for that very reason!
179 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 22 2020, 19:24
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
The truth is out there!
Just not in the newspapers or on social media.
Presumably the telly is a bit dubious as well?
And I’m convinced my missus has told the odd porkie from time to time.
Just not in the newspapers or on social media.
Presumably the telly is a bit dubious as well?
And I’m convinced my missus has told the odd porkie from time to time.
180 Re: Wigan in Administration Sat Aug 22 2020, 21:46
Sluffy
Admin
wanderlust wrote:The truth is out there!
Just not in the newspapers or on social media.
Presumably the telly is a bit dubious as well?
And I’m convinced my missus has told the odd porkie from time to time.
Well you believe what you want.
As far as I'm concerned you have an official statement from the clubs Administrator (you know, the ones actually doing the job) saying one thing and a newspaper hack on Twitter (who makes his living by writing articles for The Sun newspaper) tweeting something the opposite on social media.
I've chosen to believe the Administrator and you've gone for Nixon, we'll find out soon enough which of us backed the right horse won't we?
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