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Giornate davvero buie per il Southampton, difficili come mai ve ne sono state nella storia del club. I biancorossi, che hanno subito una penalizzazione di dieci punti per irregolarità amministrative, sono retrocessi per la prima volta dal lontano 1960, nell’ anonimato della “League One”. In realtà esiste una remota possibilità che in appello la decisione di punire la caduta in amministrazione controllata del club venga ridimensionata ma, alla luce dei precedenti, la prospettiva appare lontana e, comunque, la salvezza sarebbe ugualmente tutt’ altro che certa anche con una parziale riassegnazione dei punti decurtati. Per quanto il quadro possa apparire complesso, la retrocessione in ” League One” non è lo scenario più preoccupante per i supporters del Southampton. Infatti una parte degli stipendi arretrati dei giocatori sono stati pagati solo grazie a 130mila sterline raccolta tra i tifosi i quali, dopo il pareggio interno con il Burnley, hanno perso definitivamente la pazienza invadendo il campo e lanciando poi oggetti verso il settore ospiti. Questo comporterà una sicura sanzione pecuniaria a carico della società i cui conti sono in profondo rosso e che qualora non trovasse un acquirente entro otto giorni scomparirà.
Southampton will fold in eight days without a buyer
• Club’s holding company went into administration last month
• Players paid last week only after fans raised £130,000
- The Guardian, Monday 27 April 2009
Southampton’s FA Cup-winning manager, Lawrie McMenemy, asked fans for more rescue funds before Saturday’s match. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/EMPICS Sport/PA Photos
“Southampton will go out of business in eight days unless they find a buyer, according to a source at St Mary’s. The Championship club, whose holding company went into administration last month, were relegated to League One on Saturday, the first time since 1960 they will have been in the third tier. The players are understood to have been paid last week thanks only to £130,000 raised by fans under a Save Our Saints appeal.Southampton will play their final game of the season at Nottingham Forest on Sunday but the source says they will be forced to fold two days later unless one of the consortiums which have expressed interest in the club completes a deal. Two buyers are said to be keen. Adding to Saints’ worries is the pitch invasion at the end of Saturday’s 2–2 draw at home to Burnley, which saw home supporters throw objects at the visiting fans and exposes the club to a possible fine from the Football Association. “I just hope they don’t punish us for that as well because the club has to find a buyer and any further threat of punishment will not help us to do that,” said Mark Fry, the joint administrator.Southampton already face the prospect of starting next season with a 10-point penalty. That was imposed last Thursday by the Football League, which ruled that the holding company, Southampton Leisure Holdings plc, the stadium company and the football club were “inextricably linked as one economic entity”.The penalty was such that, if they pulled out of the relegation places, it would apply this season and so take them down; or, if they did not escape by their own means, it would apply next season. The draw with Burnley condemned them to relegation regardless. “I am not condoning the invasion,” said Fry, “but after the announcement on Thursday emotions were bound to be running high.”Southampton will appeal against the 10-point punishment. “Our main concern has to be the appeal,” said Fry. Lawrie McMenemy, the club’s FA Cup-winning manager in 1976, appealed to fans before Saturday’s match, for further rescue funds. It looks a case of now or never.”