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Andy Burnham backs Trust Everton
  • ToffeeCup
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    http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2012/02/08/everton-fc-supporter-s-trust-plan-gets-backing-of-shadow-health-secretary-andy-burnham-100252-30287302/

    Everton FC supporter’s trust plan gets backing of shadow health secretary Andy Burnham

    SHADOW health secretary Andy Burnham today endorsed the Everton
    FC supporters trust that aims to buy the club’s Finch Farm training
    ground.


    Trust Everton plan to use membership subscriptions and donations to
    buy the £15m Halewood-based complex, which is currently owned by
    Essex-based Hudson Capital Properties.


    Everton FC pay £1.1m rent a year to use Finch Farm after selling it
    in 2007, and Trust Everton want to become the new landlords and use any
    profits to help the club and perhaps eventually fund a new stadium.


    Mr Burnham, who is a former Labour Party leader candidate and has a
    season ticket at Goodison, said: “From the moment that David Moyes first
    uttered his famous ‘People’s Club’ line I’ve always felt that an
    Everton supporters trust was the perfect extension of that.





    “A trust fits completely with Everton’s tradition and ethos, and in
    this mad world of modern football it really could act as an anchor for
    the fans.


    “It’s long overdue – I’ll certainly be joining and so will my dad and brothers.


    “The idea of buying Finch Farm is interesting and worthy of
    discussion because of how crucial the training ground is to the club’s
    future.


    “I have also often wondered whether it’s worth discussing whether a
    trust could even help with the cost of redeveloping our Goodison Park
    home.”


    Trust Everton, who have met with Goodison officials, have launched an

    online survey to gauge interest at  http://trusteverton.com/


















  • ToffeeCup
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    This looks top be a very good and much more manageable idea as opposed
    to buying the club or a new stadium. Hopefully people will get involved
    and make it happen





    (the title is invisible and the formatting is shot to ****....and I couldn't post under the article without it looking like my post was part of it as it ignores any spaces you put in, so I've put it in a second post.....in short, the forums formatting goes to **** when you copy and paste anything as it takes not only the text but also the formatting data which isn't the same as that used by the forum)
  • Galway Blue Nose
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    Had a quick look at the site but will give it more attention this evening. In principle I think it could work but would need a lot of advertising to get it our to the fan base outside of the UK.
  • tickets11
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    seen it before when the Rs fans tried to buy out their club with their "millions of fans around the world". 

    It shouldnt be up to the fans to clean up the boards mess, they knew exactly what the deal would be when they negotiated the deal in the first place and they should live by that.

    At 10% yield per annum its an excellent investment and would have been snapped up within days, the reason it hasnt been snapped up is because no one can guarantee we will be in the premier league for the next 10 years for the owners to recoup there money

    and even if the idea did get the go ahead and eventually everton bought it off the fans for a reasonable price, what stopping Bk to mortgage off finch farm to get a loan.  how would the fans feel then having worked so hard to get it only for Bk to **** it up again.



    These guys can come up with all sort of projections and ffigures they want Bottom line when it comes to parting with money no one wants to do it. 

  • ToffeeCup
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    weapon
  • tickets11
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    lethal weapon 2 was the best one, the one with the south Africans



    DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY, brilliant

  • koolhandluke8
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    tickets11 said:

    seen it before when the Rs fans tried to buy out their club with their "millions of fans around the world". 

    It shouldnt be up to the fans to clean up the boards mess, they knew exactly what the deal would be when they negotiated the deal in the first place and they should live by that.

    At 10% yield per annum its an excellent investment and would have been snapped up within days, the reason it hasnt been snapped up is because no one can guarantee we will be in the premier league for the next 10 years for the owners to recoup there money

    and even if the idea did get the go ahead and eventually everton bought it off the fans for a reasonable price, what stopping Bk to mortgage off finch farm to get a loan.  how would the fans feel then having worked so hard to get it only for Bk to **** it up again.



    These guys can come up with all sort of projections and ffigures they want Bottom line when it comes to parting with money no one wants to do it. 


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    Totally unfrigginbeleivable.....

    In one post you've just

    A)Totally contradicted everything you,ve said on here for years about how bad Everton are at raising funds
    B) contradicted everything you,ve ever said about how super the reds fans are at raising funds or getting buyers for their club !
    C) doomed Everton to relegation
    D) sold finch farm back to the club before the fans have even put the scheme together
    E) re mortgaged finch farm before they,ve even bought it
    F)Put Everton back in debt
    G) dissed bk for fkking it up before the fans have it, sold it back,remortgaged it and cocked it up again...
    H) totally discredited legitimate business people
    I) totally dissed a scheme before it,s even been muted


    It,s a very sad world you live in boy !!!

  • tickets11
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    "how super the reds fans are" hahaha when did I say that, there scheme of buying the club went well didnt it, and  the board are bad at raising funds, why should the fans have to dig deep into their pockets to bail out a project put together by BK.


    "how bad everton are at raising funds" i dont see Bk involved in this.


    the fans are voting with their feet, look what the attendance was against city

  • ToffeeCup
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    weapon
  • koolhandluke8
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    tickets11 said:

    "how super the reds fans are" hahaha when did I say that, there scheme of buying the club went well didnt it, and  the board are bad at raising funds, why should the fans have to dig deep into their pockets to bail out a project put together by BK.


    "how bad everton are at raising funds" i dont see Bk involved in this.


    the fans are voting with their feet, look what the attendance was against city


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    You're always bleeding on at how good they are...you've even just done it in this post !!!
    Their scheme to buy the club didn't go well no ! If you believe a few dickheads marching with stupid banners got the buyers in your as delusional as them !!

    The fans "don't have to dig deep" if they don't want to ! I'll bet you don't !
    The "project" hasn't been put together by BK !!! It's been put together by a fans group....so they're not actually bailing anyone out really are they !

    What's the attendance got tondo with anything ? Your just trying vainly to deflect a poor argument.....

    Those same fans " voting with their feet" will be the same glory hunters who come back in droves once we start winning again or we have a good cup run !!!!
  • escla
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    God forbid that shower of halfwits should ever get back into power ! Supposed to be a shadow minister and speaks like a spotty 12 year old, worrying !
  • koolhandluke8
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    Please don't lower this thread into a political party argument ! It's bad enough with tickets diatribe !
  • escla
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    I believe that my post is relevant to the person named in the title f the post so get over it !
  • koolhandluke8
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    No it's not he's not linked in a political "scenario" but in a "football fan" scenario.....he just happens to have a job in politics
  • escla
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    Whatever, hes still a halfwit though!

  • koolhandluke8
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    Hahahaha I think tkts is alright myself !!!M
  • HOWIE8
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    £15 MILLON, jeeez, Everton in the Community struggle to get fans to put money in their buckets outside the ground, and were expecting us to raise £15milloin !!!!!!?????
    Here's the result of the survey..............not a chance in hell...
  • Snowcone
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    Its only 30,000 people throwing in 5 ton each Sir Howard of Flintshire. To be honest though, I'm out.
  • ToffeeCup
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    Some fans have suggested, a couple on here too, that the fans form a group to buy the club (£150 million if aimless speculation is to be believed) or a new stadium.

    In all honesty, its probably a much better idea to start off with a much smaller project of 15 million which would under its current contract offer a decent return which a bank could look at as security for any short fall in the groups efforts to raise the total outright.

    Which ever way you look at it, this has more chance of working than any of the other fan based ownership ideas but I still won't be giving them any of my cash.


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