Save Stirling Albion

MIFTHEBINO · Improver

Save Stirling Albion

MIFTHEBINO · Improver

We are collecting old mobile phones for recycling for the campaign. Not only does it help the environment but our cause will benefit by at least £5.00 when you donate your old mobile. It is easy and it costs you nothing to do.

Send as many old mobiles (removing sim card first) as you can find to:

FREEPOST
RRRA-CZXK-UKEK
Stirling Albion
Vulcan Road North
Norwich
NR6 6AQ.

Most people have old phones tucked away in their homes so please send as many away as possible as this could earn the campaign a lot of money. It doesn't matter if they are broke as we will still get money for them.

There is now a full campaign update for June here-

http://redwebforum.com/rw/index.php?opt ... 0&Itemid=1

The Hoose · Satellite level

MIFTHEBINO wrote:

Andy is obviously a local guy and we are hoping we can add his name to Ronaldo's, Carlos Alberto, Gary Caldwell, Steven Caldwell, Nick Nairn and Stephen Hendry who are backing oujr campaign to save his local club.
Doesn't Andy support Paraguay?

-- Edited by The Hoose on Friday 19th of June 2009 11:06:55 AM

MIFTHEBINO · Improver

lol, I haven't a clue.

Andy and Jamie have both signed up for memberships and are backing the campaign. The guys are obviously very busy at the moment, but we are hoping they can help us more. This is fantastic news and hopefully it will persuade some of his fans to sign up and help us too. May thanks to both of them and his grandad who helped make this happen.

Full story here-

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2009/06/22/andy-murray-signs-up-to-help-save-stricken-albion-rovers-the-team-his-grandad-played-for-86908-21461231/

To read more about the campaign-

http://www.buystirlingalbion.org.uk/

The Hoose · Satellite level

Well done for getting Andy and Jamie on board!

mjd · Challenger qualifying

I notice the address for the phones -
Vulcan Road North
Norwich
NR6 6AQ.

Now that seems like a good idea to me as The Canaries could do with 'a few quid' themselves now they are down to div 1 wink

Ratty · County player

Sorry to be a party pooper, but the website is inadequate in explaining what you want to achieve, other than some sentimental guff about community spirit.

You want 20,000 people to subscribe £35 each. That is £700,000 in total. The club is apparently £1.5 million in debt. Plus there seems to be some indication that more cash is needed to buy the shares of the existing shareholder, although very strangely no mention of the amount is made (*). To pay off the debt and buy the shares (say £500,000 minimum) will cost nearly 3 times as much as you are trying to raise.

And a club run by a committee of football supporters. You're having a laugh? What precedent is there for showing that this will lead to anything other than a few years of vitriolic arguments, inability to agree on important decisions, and eventual failure?

Oh well, I guess one shouldn't get too po-faced about £35.

(*) Is this deliberate? It won't look too good for the campaign if it is spelled out that the fat cat owner walks off with £1 million (or whatever) of the fans' cash.

MIFTHEBINO · Improver

Ratty- we are aiming for 20,000 people at £40 each (you get £35 if it doesn't work).

The club is £1.5m in debt- of which £1.2m is owed to the current owner who will need to wipe this for the x amount he sells the club for.ie. he will lose a lot of money. The rest of the debt will be paid off with the money we raise, making us debt free.

The club hasn't been involved in the community for 30+ years- we are going to change that.

We have been in talks with the 12 richest companies in Stirling and have their financial backing when we take over. We have also been in talks with the council (who own our stadium) and we have a system in place which will reduce the rent to 1 or 2/7 of which it is just now if we give them access to the whole ground (we own the grass- it's a bit complicated lol). We are currently looking for a company to sell our name to them for the next 5 years .ie. McDonalds Stirling Albion, but will revert back to Stirling Albion after 5 years for £250k- we are talks with 3 companies. There is several other things under wraps we are doing as well. We have a long term business plan to make kids free and build the local support over 10-15 years. Overall, we are on the ball, all we need is the club lol.

indiana · Tennis legend

I noticed an Andy Murray article, with a reference to Stirlling Albion, in the Guardian so looked up the article online : http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jun/24/andy-murray-ernests-gulbis-wimbledon

The relevant part is in the final paragraph :

"Murray revealed that he and his brother, Jamie, had agreed to buy a share in Stirling Albion for whom their grandfather played. "I went to watch them a few times when I was younger and we used to play five-a-side at their training facility. It would be nice if they could stay alive but it's so tough nowadays. And it's not like they are doing a whole lot of winning either." Unlike him."

MIFTHEBINO · Improver

Woo Hoo, we did it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...on/8746637.stm

Many, Many, Thanks to everyone on here who helped by buying a membership/sending in phones,etc,etc. Members now own part of a club.

Our new community website will be getting updated on a more regular basis in the coming months so look out for updates on there-

http://www.buystirlingalbion.org.uk/

For anyone still wanting to be a member- you still can! Memberships are still £40 and can be purchased from the above website. £40 to say you own part of a senior football club- what a topic starter when you in the pub lol.

We are currently doing an online spot the ball competition where, for a quid, you could win up to £100k. In the same time, you will be helping to stabilise the club. If you thought, I would like to help, but £40 is too much", then here is your chance to help us for only a quid and in turn, have the chance of winning some serious cash.

http://www.spot-the-ball.net/

We effectly went from £1.6m of debt to about £300k of debt through buying the club and it's our goal to get this to £0 in the next 3 years to secure the future of the club. We will be bring SAFC to the communtiy and will be tapping into the uni here as well as the business community. After three years, kids will get in free so we can build a future support.

Drew · Jul 16, 2010

Well done