Bonus season - Please let's make it count
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 11:13 am
Getting away from how dreadful this season has been and let's be fair we have been dire, am I alone in thinking in a strange way it feels as if we've been promoted. No I'm not mad, just hear me out. We should be playing in the National League North next season but we're not so next season is effectively a bonus season.
We will start in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, and the first round proper of the FA Trophy and none of this of course would have happened if we'd gone down and we'll also play clubs like Chesterfield that will bring far more supporters than the likes of Spennymoor Town ever would.
I wonder how long if ever it would have taken us to get promoted if we had been relegated ? - I always remember Paul Casson coming out with a line when the Barrow AFC film project was being discussed about how it was important to record our time in the National League North because we wouldn't be there again. He's been right so far but it was one hell of a close call.
I'm actually feeling quite positive about the new campaign, if you look at most of the clubs in the National League they have massive turnarounds of playing staff at the end of every season - didn't the Grimsby Chairman say something along those lines a few years ago ? The days of building teams over a long period are gone. Football doesn't work that way - you more or less start from scratch each pre-season. So basically as stupid as it may sound. If Boreham Wood lose their first play off game against Fylde they'll effectively have as much to show for this season as we have. Nothing
One other point Paul Casson seems to come in for stick in some quarters about the use of what's been described on this forum as "a tax avoidance scheme" - The rules have changed slightly over the last few years but this is my understanding of how it works.
Many years ago Max Griggs who owned Doc Martens took over Rushden and Diamonds - The millions he ploughed into the club meant his company didn't have to pay as much in tax - I'm simplifying this big time but basically - if he say put three million pounds into the club - and his company were due to pay 10 million pounds in tax - His company only paid 7 million pounds in tax. 10 - 3. The problem is Max Griggs's company stopped making profits so the money he was putting in then was effectively his own. In contrast when Thea Bristow, a lottery winner, started putting money into Torquay, each pound was effectively her own. Interesting she's no longer involved with Torquay neither is Max Griggs with Rushden.
Most football club's owners use the dare I call it "tax relief scheme." Very few people would just invest money and effectively get nothing back- like Thea Bristow - as long as the owners company is making profits there isn't a problem, but when the owners company stops making profits that's when the alarm bells should start to ring
Anyway on wards and up wards - can't wait for the fixtures to come out ...
We will start in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, and the first round proper of the FA Trophy and none of this of course would have happened if we'd gone down and we'll also play clubs like Chesterfield that will bring far more supporters than the likes of Spennymoor Town ever would.
I wonder how long if ever it would have taken us to get promoted if we had been relegated ? - I always remember Paul Casson coming out with a line when the Barrow AFC film project was being discussed about how it was important to record our time in the National League North because we wouldn't be there again. He's been right so far but it was one hell of a close call.
I'm actually feeling quite positive about the new campaign, if you look at most of the clubs in the National League they have massive turnarounds of playing staff at the end of every season - didn't the Grimsby Chairman say something along those lines a few years ago ? The days of building teams over a long period are gone. Football doesn't work that way - you more or less start from scratch each pre-season. So basically as stupid as it may sound. If Boreham Wood lose their first play off game against Fylde they'll effectively have as much to show for this season as we have. Nothing
One other point Paul Casson seems to come in for stick in some quarters about the use of what's been described on this forum as "a tax avoidance scheme" - The rules have changed slightly over the last few years but this is my understanding of how it works.
Many years ago Max Griggs who owned Doc Martens took over Rushden and Diamonds - The millions he ploughed into the club meant his company didn't have to pay as much in tax - I'm simplifying this big time but basically - if he say put three million pounds into the club - and his company were due to pay 10 million pounds in tax - His company only paid 7 million pounds in tax. 10 - 3. The problem is Max Griggs's company stopped making profits so the money he was putting in then was effectively his own. In contrast when Thea Bristow, a lottery winner, started putting money into Torquay, each pound was effectively her own. Interesting she's no longer involved with Torquay neither is Max Griggs with Rushden.
Most football club's owners use the dare I call it "tax relief scheme." Very few people would just invest money and effectively get nothing back- like Thea Bristow - as long as the owners company is making profits there isn't a problem, but when the owners company stops making profits that's when the alarm bells should start to ring
Anyway on wards and up wards - can't wait for the fixtures to come out ...
