Doncaster set for administration : Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:35 pm  

feel sorry for donny , i like the club and the supporters a good bunch of people, hope it all turns out ok for them http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 081841.stm

feel sorry for donny , i like the club and the supporters a good bunch of people, hope it all turns out ok for them http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 081841.stm

[triran]

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:33 am  

very sad indeed

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:38 am  

Some posters on their forum seem to think they may not be able to finish the season.

Very Sad News, Ive always liked Trips to donny, the fans are all genuine RL fans, and I'll definatley miss trips there, I am genuinely saddened that it seems to be the end of the road for Donny. Hope they can pull through, perhaps a Rochdale Hornets style resurrection...?

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:49 am  

Brew wrote:

Some posters on their forum seem to think they may not be able to finish the season.

Very Sad News, Ive always liked Trips to donny, the fans are all genuine RL fans, and I'll definatley miss trips there, I am genuinely saddened that it seems to be the end of the road for Donny. Hope they can pull through, perhaps a Rochdale Hornets style resurrection...?

Are those posters guessing or are they in the know ? I've only ever briefly met Jemmo so don't know any of them.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:07 am  

hope they come out of it and bounce back.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:56 pm  

I think all the details are on the Sheffield Star or Donny Free Press websites.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:10 pm  

not looking good at all








Tonight's Doncaster Reserve fixture against Dewsbury Rams has been postponed until further notice due to Doncaster being unable to raise a team.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:29 pm  

CASH-STRAPPED Dons were placed in administration today to try to save the club from going out of business.
Although the club was not faced with a winding up order chief executive Dave Marshall yesterday called in financial experts who declared that it was insolvent leaving directors with no alternative but to move into administration.

Jeremy Bleazard of Cleckheaton based XL Business Solutions has been appointed as the club's administrator.

He said: "After reviewing the financial position of the club, it was clear the company was insolvent.

"The directors faced a difficult decision but the only real alternative available to them was to place the club into liquidation which would spell the end of Doncaster rugby league club forever.

"Administration will give the club a lifeline until a buyer can be found."

But he warned: "The cash flow for the club is extremely tight and the company will need an injection of funds to continue trading to the end of the season."

Marshall said: "The plight of the club has been well publicised recently.

"Like many other professional sporting clubs across the country the current economic downturn has affected our income.

"We have taken steps to reduce our overheads and have tried to secure income from others sources.

"Unfortunately it has not been sufficient to turn the club around."

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:40 pm  

So now thats one team relegated as im sure they will be docked points, leaves others fighting it out for 2nd or 3rd bottom (dependant on where Toulouse end up).... widnes/Leigh/Sheffield beware!!!!!!