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Tempi duri per il Southampton dopo che la “Southampton Leisure Holding” ha ammesso di neccessitare di nuovi introiti per potere continuare a tenere in vita il club calcistico biancorosso da essa controllato. Le azioni della società di riferimento sono state sospese per eccesso di ribasso e le banche, in un momento di crisi finaziaria globalizzata, non sembrano disponibili a concedere nuovi finaziamenti. Il Southampton,cadendo in amministrazione controllata,rischierebbe una forte penalizzazione (si ipotizzano dieci punti ) come già accadde a Leeds e Luton,con gravi ripercussioni anche di classifica qualora le sanzioni dovessero avere decorrenza dalla stagione corrente.L’amministratore Mark Fry ha chiamato i tifosi a raccolta dicendo che il loro sostegno in questa seconda metà stagione, sarà cruciale sia da un punto di vista finaziario che sportivo.La speranza del club è, comunque, quella di trovare un acquirente entro l’inizio della prossima stagione per potere adempiere agli obblighi previsti per l’ iscrizione al prossimo campionato.La tifoseria è da sempre vicina alle sorti del club,con lo “zoccolo duro” della stessa rappresentato dalla “firm”dei “The Unglies”.Poche settimane fa un tifoso del Cardiff venne ricoverato in gravissime condizioni dopo una rissa scoppiata in un pub circa trenta minuti dopo il calcio d’inizio dell’incontro tra le due squadre,in quello che non è stato ancora chiarito se fosse un appuntamento prestabilito da entrambe le fazioni o un agguato dei sostenitori di casa a quelli gallesi.Entrambe le società misero subito in atto una raccolta fondi per permettere alla famiglia del giovane di sostenere le spese della trasferta da Cardiff per prestare l’assistenza al giovane e per potere ricorrere ad alcune cure mediche necessarie ed urgenti.Forse tra i pochi soldi ben spesi dal Southampton negli ultimi anni….
Southampton future ‘in jeopardy’
Southampton moved to the St Mary’s Stadium in 2001
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“Southampton’s future is seriously under threat, according to the man appointed to run the club’s owners.Southampton’s parent company was placed in administration on Thursday and chief executive Rupert Lowe has resigned.Trading in Southampton Leisure Holding (SLH) plc’s shares was suspended on Wednesday after the company admitted it needed extra money to have a future.”The finances are interlinked therefore the future of the club is in serious jeopardy,” said administrator Mark Fry.”The holding company owns the football club. The football club is an asset.”The holding company has been put into administration with debts of £27.5m, reportedly made up of financial liabilities of £23.1m and an overdraft of £4.4m.
It is possible that putting the parent company into administration could save the club from a 10-point deduction.
Fans’ reaction to financial newsHowever, BBC Sport understands it could still be at the discretion of the League, which meets on Tuesday, whether the penalty is imposed.If a significant proportion of the club’s debt is wiped out by putting the holding company into administration, it would be sure to provoke anger from clubs such Leeds and Luton, who were hit with a points deduction after going into administration.Lowe, Saints chairman Michael Wilde and director Andrew Cowen have resigned from the company with immediate effect, although a statement from SLH said the club is “unaffected by these insolvency proceedings”.The business is heavily in debt after spending more than £30m on the 32,000-seat St Mary’s Stadium, which they moved to from The Dell in 2001, before being relegated from the Premier League in 2005.
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The administrators will now try and find a buyer for the club although Fry, who is joint administrator, admitted that has been an-on going process for the directors.”The directors have tried to sell or seek investment for a considerable amount of time, which they have been unsuccessful in doing,” Fry said.The controversial Lowe was chairman at the club for 10 years until his removal in 2006 but linked up with Wilde, the man who initially replaced him, to return to the boardroom last summer.But despite introducing a number of cost-cutting measures, including loaning out big earners and closing parts of St Mary’s on match days, the south-coast club remain in desperate financial trouble.In an earlier statement Fry insisted the club “could be an extremely attractive investment for the right buyer”.He added: “We are working hard to preserve the value of the football club and produce a positive outcome for all stakeholders.”I ask that fans continue to show their support for the team for the remainder of the season as we seek to show the best face possible to potential investors.”Last October, SLH’s bank Barclays significantly reduced the company’s overdraft facility.The Saints are second from bottom of the Championship, three points adrift of safety.And it means they are now threatened by liquidation and could drop out of the Football League, if SLH fails to attract new investment by the end of the summer” (BBC)