doncaster set : Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:03 pm  

itsatry! wrote:

Thats true it is a damn shame for Donny , did you feel sorry for Widnes when we took three of theirs though

You really can,t count TKL even Widnes fans now realise that.

Re: Doncaster set to go into Administration : Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:27 pm  

DParky wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8081841.stm

Sad time that for the Dons, but I guess we might have an announcement from our club in the not too distant future....

Hope you mean on a signing front and not the other And good luck to Donny hope they pull through this bad time they are having.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:44 am  

What puzzles me about Donny, was they knew they had financial problems, so why did they accept promotion in the first place?

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:49 am  

i wonder if red hall will step in and save them like they did with london

i would nt hold my breath come on red hall do somthing positve for once

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:30 am  

I don't feel sorry for any club going into administration (i do for the fans) fact is if you spend too much, and more than you can afford this is what happens (we should know) Going into administration is the easy way out of debt Oldham showed the rest what should be done by paying off their debts over a period of time not shutting shop and re forming under a new name!

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:44 am  

Ron Burgundy wrote:

If the announcement is the prop then that is good news for us as he is what we are missing in the front row, its just a shame we would be taking him from Dony, feels like where kicking them why there down.

Way of the world,sadly. Halifax wern't too upset when Steve Simms left us and took Rowley and co for.......?

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:29 am  

cleggy wrote:

i wonder if red hall will step in and save them like they did with london

i would nt hold my breath come on red hall do somthing positve for once

Wont happen because if your team are based in Yorkshire or Lancashire you'll get no help.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm  

Hopefully it won't happen but if Donny folded altogether and their results expunged from the records we would be sitting 7th in the table below Sheffield on points difference.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:32 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."

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:24 am  

Money problems are beginning to bite hard throughout the Championship, just ask one or two of our reserve team players