Exeter City

[Birdman]

I’ve just been watching Exeter v Nott’m Forest in the FA Cup. 2-2 at the end of normal time so it’s gone to extra time. Match was held up for about 20 minutes due to injuries so I haven’t bothered watching the rest. When I started watching late in the first half I heard a comment (didn’t catch it all) about supporters paying £19 pm to go towards a new signing.
That last bit reminded me about this article that I found on the BBC about them which I found quite interesting :- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... xenezvx03o

[CH]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

[Banbury Shot]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

You beat me to it! What a fairy tale! File with Wrexham etc

[lowerbourneshot]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Yep completely took the p1ss out of people then potted a golden egg twice ,never forget that .

[ShotOnTarget]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Disgraceful as that was, that was a different administration. They changed ownership and if I recall correctly the fans became heavily involved. I might be wrong but they were either Trust owned at one point or had a very strong Trust which helped steer their club away from the clutches of a BoD who were proven in retrospect to be quite useless.

[Ascot Shot]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Yep completely took the p1ss out of people then potted a golden egg twice ,never forget that .

Yep, and I still haven’t forgiven them for the way they treated us when we were drawn away in the FA Cup all those years ago. We warned them we would be bringing 2000 fans down to them. They scoffed at the idea and then tried to cram all of us on that poxy terrace behind the goal leading to a crush after the game had started as the referee wouldn’t delay the ko. They then tried to blame us for the chaos as the game was delayed for 20 minutes to allow fans to be relocated around the pitch.
So, I was more than happy to see them knocked out last night.

COYS.

[Aldershot_Rob]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Disgraceful as that was, that was a different administration. They changed ownership and if I recall correctly the fans became heavily involved. I might be wrong but they were either Trust owned at one point or had a very strong Trust which helped steer their club away from the clutches of a BoD who were proven in retrospect to be quite useless.

They are Trust owned in a similar fashion to Wimbledon I believe. Certainly moved well away from how they were once run and very much a club with their fans at the forefront.

[brian bloomfield]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Yep completely took the p1ss out of people then potted a golden egg twice ,never forget that .

Yep, and I still haven’t forgiven them for the way they treated us when we were drawn away in the FA Cup all those years ago. We warned them we would be bringing 2000 fans down to them. They scoffed at the idea and then tried to cram all of us on that poxy terrace behind the goal leading to a crush after the game had started as the referee wouldn’t delay the ko. They then tried to blame us for the chaos as the game was delayed for 20 minutes to allow fans to be relocated around the pitch.
So, I was more than happy to see them knocked out last night.

COYS.

As bad a day that turned out to be, it was well before the Trust were in control. I have no jealousy against the club just because they became lucky. We drew Manchester United at home and the start of us going pop was just months later.

[NTR_12]

Are we the only club in history to go into administration AFTER playing Man Utd?

[ShotOnTarget]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Disgraceful as that was, that was a different administration. They changed ownership and if I recall correctly the fans became heavily involved. I might be wrong but they were either Trust owned at one point or had a very strong Trust which helped steer their club away from the clutches of a BoD who were proven in retrospect to be quite useless.

They are Trust owned in a similar fashion to Wimbledon I believe. Certainly moved well away from how they were once run and very much a club with their fans at the forefront.

Thanks Rob......it might catch on. How refreshing to mention the word 'Trust' without Aldershot's answer to Comical Ali fan-splaining that it never works and what we have at ATFC is as good as we will ever get.

[Weybourne Shot]

Exeter have an ownership model and supporter involvement that we can only dream of.

[brian bloomfield]

Exeter have an ownership model and supporter involvement that we can only dream of.

The sad thing is there has been more than enough like minded people to see a Trust successful at Aldershot. Our current debt is squandered money in my opinion.

[Birdman]

Strange they couldn't raise the money to pay more than 1p in the pound to their creditors all those years ago before almost immediately cashing in on 2 games vs Man Utd.

Re their CVA, I’ve just been trying to find how much ‘in the pound’ they had to pay and it was 10p although the commonly held belief at the time was 7p. The total amount that they had to find was around £300k. This Guardian article from 2005 is helpful :- https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... acup200405

[ShotOnTarget]

Exeter have an ownership model and supporter involvement that we can only dream of.

The sad thing is there has been more than enough like minded people to see a Trust successful at Aldershot. Our current debt is squandered money in my opinion.

I worked closely with the chap who was overseeing the Trust bid whilst I was on the Trust board. He shared the same opinion as to the likely success of a Trust run club. He was very enthusiastic. The naysayers have a lot to answer for.

[Birdman]

Exeter have an ownership model and supporter involvement that we can only dream of.

The sad thing is there has been more than enough like minded people to see a Trust successful at Aldershot. Our current debt is squandered money in my opinion.

I worked closely with the chap who was overseeing the Trust bid whilst I was on the Trust board. He shared the same opinion as to the likely success of a Trust run club. He was very enthusiastic. The naysayers have a lot to answer for.

I’m not knocking what you’re saying, SOT, but here’s a question. If there had been no consortium in 2013 and the only bid on the table had been The Trust’s do you believe that they would have had enough money to put in a serious offer that would’ve been acceptable to all of the creditors? Also, do you know how much The Trust had to hand at that time?