Our Suffolk friends and the ESL

[dylanisabaddog 4,858]

The new owners must be seething. Their business model of 2 promotions and a quick sale at a huge profit has just disappeared. Anyone want to buy a League 1 club?

[cambridgeshire canary 6,674]

When they fail to gain promotion don't be too surprised if the new owners have a change of heart..

[dylanisabaddog 4,858]

2 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

When they fail to gain promotion don't be too surprised if the new owners have a change of heart..

Wouldn't be surprised at all but they won't get back anywhere near what they paid. There will be a huge financial realignment if this goes ahead

[Drazen Muzinic 1,444]

https://www.suffolkgazette.com/sport/league-champions-and-european-cup-winners-turn-down-super-league-spot/

[lake district canary 4,531]

Hilarious. Mind you, that article contains a peach of a quote from Bobby Robson....

"What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.”

 

[Branston Pickle 3,632]

I’m surprised they weren’t included in the big 6 - perhaps as a ‘Magnificent 7’, what with all them-there stars on their shirts....

[ricardo 7,339]

55 minutes ago, lake district canary said:

. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.”

 

Indeed, and if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye and a lump in your throat then you need to find another passtime because football isn't for you.

[FenwayFrank 2,456]

1 hour ago, Branston Pickle said:

perhaps as a ‘Magnificent 7

They’d be the one that no one remembers that gets killed first 

[TIL 1010 4,718]

As i said on another thread if the big 6 leave and everybody moves 6 places up the football pyramid The Scum would still be in League One.

[C.I.D 302]

2 hours ago, lake district canary said:

Hilarious. Mind you, that article contains a peach of a quote from Bobby Robson....

"What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.”

 

Ah yes..............small boys in the park,jumpers for goalposts ...........Maaaaaaaaaarvellous - Ron Manager RIP

[Thirsty Lizard 3,155]

And as the article correctly points out - Ipswich have won the League more recently than Spurs. 🙂  

[First Wazzock 902]

***Norwich announce formation of East Anglian Super-duper League***

 

Today, Monday 19 April, the best clubs in East Anglia announced the formation of a new East Anglia League which will act as a showcase for the finest talent from the wash to the Waveney.

The six best clubs in the region - Norwich City, Cambridge United, Peterborough United, Colchester United, Kings Lynn and Lowestoft Town - will play for the newly minted ‘Broads cup’ and prize money expected to be in excess of £48.50.

Sponsorship opportunities have been snapped up, with Roy’s of Wroxham and Bewilderwood among the organisations bankrolling the venture.

The move was condemned by East Anglian strugglers, Ipswich Town, who said ‘These plans involve teams of players being able to kick a ball to each other for ninety minutes. Our experience tells us that this is impossible. It’s elitist nonsense, and would you mind lending me a fiver for the bus home?’