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Sheffield Wednesday - Into Administration (p44)

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  • TelMc32 said:
    msomerton said:
    fenaddick said:
    Glad he’s also put the stadium company into admin, just hope the administrators are sensible and sell the assets and club together 
    If they aren’t I won’t be surprised if there will be government intervention on that. 
    it is up to the administrators to get the best value for the creditors, I believe that is a legal requirement.
    So if they get more money for selling the ground separate from the football club then they must do so, or leave them selves open to being sued. 
    There’s still a £7.4m charge, secured over the stadium, in favour of New Avenue Projects Limited, unless Chansiri managed to pay it (or roll it forward) when it was due on September 30th. I suspect that he’s been forced to include the Stadium Company in the Administration as the only way to raise enough to at least cover that, HMRC and any football debts. That in turn means that any other creditors will almost certainly be very limited in what they get. When I used to look after the Professionals sector in work, the average return on an administration was about 6p in the £.
    Yes from what i've read they were calling in the loan........which he obviously couldn't repay. So a combination of that and the HMRC bill has forced Chansiri to put both the club and the stadium company into administration. Which is effectively great news for Wednesday as now a buyer will be getting both.

    Probably but far from certain. 
  • Davey said:
    Find it strange that he put the stadium-owning company into admin too, must want a clean break, which is miles better for Wendies.  They could've had their own little Thai Roland the Rat to deal with..............and don't think I'd even wish that on this Massive club :o/
    How is his taxi company doing?
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,841
    Something I guess we already all know but found it sad to hear that the administrators have said

     "Like many football clubs, it has been trading at a significant loss for many years, with those losses historically funded by the owner. Mr Chansiri is no longer willing to provide that financial support"

    and this the football authorities, the TV companies, the richest clubs in the premier League and the government still do nothing about to relieve this pressure on so many historic clubs. Of course this is a global game and we need other leagues and countries involved but surely the richest football nation should be setting an example and being first to address these issues. How they do that I don't exactly but the way it's going it's not sustainable. 
  • addickson
    addickson Posts: 892
    fenaddick said:
    The Chansiri seats are being removed already. A cosmetic change but a good one
    Surely they can't be allowed to spend money on something so petty if they are in admin?

    12 points is very lenient. In Scotland it's a 15 point deduction (with 10 less games in a league season) with a further 5 points deducted the following season.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,584
    addickson said:
    fenaddick said:
    The Chansiri seats are being removed already. A cosmetic change but a good one
    Surely they can't be allowed to spend money on something so petty if they are in admin?

    12 points is very lenient. In Scotland it's a 15 point deduction (with 10 less games in a league season) with a further 5 points deducted the following season.
    If they've taken them out without breaking them the could just jumble the blue and white seats up. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,721
    So what happens to the 6 transfer embargoes already in place  ?   Do they get wiped clean once a new owner takes over ?  If so, what's stopping a new owner paying peanuts for the club then spending millions on new players in January ?

    Isnt that what Southampton did about 10/12 years ago ? 
    They are currently under 5 embargoes and 1 fee restriction. The embargoes, that prevent them from adding to their player costs, get lifted  once the breach has been rectified. The fee restriction doesn’t get removed - they can’t pay a fee for a player until the summer 2028 window, but they can pay free agents any salary they want, assuming the embargoes are lifted. 

    They can appeal the fee restriction. 
    Then I'd expect any new owner will appeal the fee restriction & the EFL will agree to it. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,721
    addickson said:
    fenaddick said:
    The Chansiri seats are being removed already. A cosmetic change but a good one
    Surely they can't be allowed to spend money on something so petty if they are in admin?

    12 points is very lenient. In Scotland it's a 15 point deduction (with 10 less games in a league season) with a further 5 points deducted the following season.
    If they've taken them out without breaking them the could just jumble the blue and white seats up. 
    Or paint them 
  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,324
    Something I guess we already all know but found it sad to hear that the administrators have said

     "Like many football clubs, it has been trading at a significant loss for many years, with those losses historically funded by the owner. Mr Chansiri is no longer willing to provide that financial support"

    and this the football authorities, the TV companies, the richest clubs in the premier League and the government still do nothing about to relieve this pressure on so many historic clubs. Of course this is a global game and we need other leagues and countries involved but surely the richest football nation should be setting an example and being first to address these issues. How they do that I don't exactly but the way it's going it's not sustainable. 
    Maybe  they should be supported (financially) to be able to complete their fixtures for the season by the FL/PL. Then pull the plug. The car crash ha been coming for while now, there should be some plans in place in the EFL...... if not, why not?
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,092
    I'd expect John Textors name to come up again. Maybe another American group that owns a few clubs too. 

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  • Someone with lots of money buys them. Tons of room under FFP and spends £20M in Jan. Not impossible

  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,179
    Hopefully there will not be many people losing their jobs, this is normally a consequence in these cases, coupled with how hard creditors will be hit.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,665
    addickson said:
    fenaddick said:
    The Chansiri seats are being removed already. A cosmetic change but a good one
    Surely they can't be allowed to spend money on something so petty if they are in admin?

    12 points is very lenient. In Scotland it's a 15 point deduction (with 10 less games in a league season) with a further 5 points deducted the following season.
    There will be any number of Wednesday fans who would be happy to swap the seats around for free. Some of them might even offer to pay to be allowed to do it. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,771
    I presume the HMRC order will have forced this. What I don't understand is why Chansiri didn't sell the club for a nominal amount. The debts could be too high but any new owner is going to face a points deduction which may apply next season if they go down in their own right this season. It sounds like they are far from being out of the woods.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,277
    I think our owners should buy the club to run as feeder/reserve team and buy Hillsborough to swap with Roland for the Valley.

    Do they have a scoreboard?
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,064
    I presume the HMRC order will have forced this. What I don't understand is why Chansiri didn't sell the club for a nominal amount. The debts could be too high but any new owner is going to face a points deduction which may apply next season if they go down in their own right this season. It sounds like they are far from being out of the woods.
    The 12 point deduction is automatic as soon as the EFL are advised of the Administration.  It’s already been done and they’re now on -6.
  • Why do the seats spell out Chansiri?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,960
    clive said:
    Probably bad news for Oxford who visit on Saturday,  as I imagine there will be a much bigger and more united crowd there now 
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,323
    This will turn out great for them, some rich blokes will come riding in and buy the lot on the cheap and invest on the pitch. I have no doubt about it. 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,072
    I presume the HMRC order will have forced this. What I don't understand is why Chansiri didn't sell the club for a nominal amount. The debts could be too high but any new owner is going to face a points deduction which may apply next season if they go down in their own right this season. It sounds like they are far from being out of the woods.
    Not even a nominal amount, wasn’t offered decent money even up to fairly recently? 

    It’s a very weird situation. 

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  • clive said:
    Probably bad news for Oxford who visit on Saturday,  as I imagine there will be a much bigger and more united crowd there now 
    Best thing that could have happened for Wednesday fans. Club will be bought and with new owners and I’d wager that next season they’ll be flying, albeit a division down. With Sheff Wed now on -6 points I suppose that we if being ultra cautious about our season hope Wednesday win this one. I think they will regardless.
  • J BLOCK said:
    This will turn out great for them, some rich blokes will come riding in and buy the lot on the cheap and invest on the pitch. I have no doubt about it. 
    Welcome to Hillsborough, Mr Satt Mouthall. 
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,989
    So what happens to the 6 transfer embargoes already in place  ?   Do they get wiped clean once a new owner takes over ?  If so, what's stopping a new owner paying peanuts for the club then spending millions on new players in January ?

    Isnt that what Southampton did about 10/12 years ago ? 
    The embargoes can be renegotiate by any new owner. Except for the fee restriction which will continue until summer 2027.
  • Someone with lots of money buys them. Tons of room under FFP and spends £20M in Jan. Not impossible

    Doesn’t admin automatically mean a three window ban?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,277
    J BLOCK said:
    This will turn out great for them, some rich blokes will come riding in and buy the lot on the cheap and invest on the pitch. I have no doubt about it. 

    Perhaps but look at Bolton post-Admin or our succession of bad owners 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,899
    Something I guess we already all know but found it sad to hear that the administrators have said

     "Like many football clubs, it has been trading at a significant loss for many years, with those losses historically funded by the owner. Mr Chansiri is no longer willing to provide that financial support"

    and this the football authorities, the TV companies, the richest clubs in the premier League and the government still do nothing about to relieve this pressure on so many historic clubs. Of course this is a global game and we need other leagues and countries involved but surely the richest football nation should be setting an example and being first to address these issues. How they do that I don't exactly but the way it's going it's not sustainable. 
    you want premier league clubs to relieve the pressure on badly run EFL clubs ?

    Do you want McDonalds to stump up and save the badly performing restaurant up the road?

  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,665
    The BBC have got video of the seats spelling out Chansiri being removed. Looks like volunteers or staff members rather than external contractors.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckg427g2ey2o
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,665
    The BBC have got video of the seats spelling out Chansiri being removed. Looks like volunteers or staff members rather than external contractors.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckg427g2ey2o
    Actually, cancel that - I've seen a Wednesday fan saying the word locally is that it was the Administrator's idea, because of the priority of getting as many people as possible back at matches so they can cover costs while they look to sell the business.
  • stevexreeve
    stevexreeve Posts: 1,391
    Something I guess we already all know but found it sad to hear that the administrators have said

     "Like many football clubs, it has been trading at a significant loss for many years, with those losses historically funded by the owner. Mr Chansiri is no longer willing to provide that financial support"

    and this the football authorities, the TV companies, the richest clubs in the premier League and the government still do nothing about to relieve this pressure on so many historic clubs. Of course this is a global game and we need other leagues and countries involved but surely the richest football nation should be setting an example and being first to address these issues. How they do that I don't exactly but the way it's going it's not sustainable. 
    Administration is surely a good way to address some of these issues. It effectively lets a club (or any other business) wipe its most of its debt and become a "viable" business again.

    Shef Wed without debt are always going to be a viable business even if they are dumped into the 9th tier of the pyramid!

    As we learnt from Southall, it is owners who simply take company money and spend it on themselves that need to be legally stopped. But this applies to all businesses (including schools) not just football!
  • Masterbrew
    Masterbrew Posts: 266
    TelMc32 said:
    I presume the HMRC order will have forced this. What I don't understand is why Chansiri didn't sell the club for a nominal amount. The debts could be too high but any new owner is going to face a points deduction which may apply next season if they go down in their own right this season. It sounds like they are far from being out of the woods.
    The 12 point deduction is automatic as soon as the EFL are advised of the Administration.  It’s already been done and they’re now on -6.
    It's applied straight away, so a team that has enough points to stay up otherwise would be at risk of relegation. However, if the club does not have enough points from matches and is relegated, the deduction is carried over to the next season. See, from the EFL Handbook:

     12.4 Subject to the provisions of Regulation 12.5 below, where the Club becomes subject to or suffers an Event of Insolvency, or the Board impose a deduction in accordance with Regulation 12.3:
    12.4.1 during the Normal Playing Season but prior to 5.00pm on the fourth Thursday in March, the points deduction shall apply immediately; SECTION SIX | EFL REGULATIONS 260 33
    12.4.2 during the Normal Playing Season but after 5.00pm on the fourth Thursday in March, Regulation 12.5 shall apply; and 12.4.3 outside the Normal Playing Season, the points deduction shall apply in respect of the following Season such that the Club starts that Season on minus 12 points (including in the National League if appropriate).

    12.5 Where the circumstances set out in Regulation 12.4.2 apply and at the end of that Season, having regard to the number of championship points awarded (ignoring any potential deduction):
    12.5.1 the Club would be relegated in accordance with Regulation 10.1.2(b) or 7.7, the points deduction will apply in the next following Season (including in the National League if appropriate); or
    12.5.2 the Club would not be relegated as aforesaid, the points deduction will apply in that Season and Regulation 10.1.2(b) or 7.7 will then apply (if appropriate) following imposition of the points deduction. 12.6 For the avoidance of doubt, where a Club and/or Group Undertaking is subject to more