[SpireiTed]

If we don't bounce back next year with the parachute payment and sales of Dennis and anyone else who is worth anything, then I think under the current ownership, sadly we will be destined for a long time in the lower leagues.
I’m being optimistic and hoping we will be back in one year and although I'm tempted to join the 'not a penny more' brigade, I will probably renew my season ticket.

[AllTownArentWe]

Four years in my opinion. It's a very hard league and it's obvious that the board have no idea whats coming.

[Tha Knows...]

AllTownArentWe, on 01 May 2018 - 10:27 PM, said:

Four years in my opinion. It's a very hard league and it's obvious that the board have no idea whats coming.

Well the first job for whoever is running the club is to get the right manager

[Spire-Heights]

14.

[SpireRam]

5-10

[starsky72]

Two.... 1st year consolidation and crap sorting, 2nd year promoted

[valemadness]

7

[Trigger]

1 or 6 years seems to be a common thing. Lincoln, Grimsby and Macclesfield took 6 off the top of my head. Bristol rovers and Cheltenham did it in 1.

[martatcross]

If DA stays and keeps AC at the helm probably 20 years to start a club in the central midlands league and work our way back up. New owners 5 to 10

[fishini]

Heart says straight back up, head says 5 years. So anywhere inbetween

[Nitrous Oxide]

Seriously hope we actually have a club to start next season.

[BlueLowen]

Prob do a Wrexham and it will be 10+ years if ever

[Benno Spire]

1 year after getting new owners who care

[Mr Mercury]

Coming season, actually getting new genuine owners in who can not only run the buisness correctly but care about the club so can stabilise, asses what needs doing both on and off the pitch and start to rebuild trust in the town and amongst the fan base.
Following season starting to build confidence in the team and, at this point, just as importantly, in local businesses etc to increase sponsorship income and revenue streams back to a level we know is more than achievable for the club.
Third/fourth season pushing on and getting back into the league....the club and town certainly have the infrastructure and fan base to recover from the total disaster that has been created here.
BUT...failure to sell, or lack of desire to sell, to genuine new owners and either the present regime remain, or sell to consortiums of convenience, then I seriously think CFC, in its present form, will struggle to survive the next 12/24 months.

This post has been edited by Mr Mercury: 02 May 2018 - 07:02 AM

[RubyRed]

Remember that documentary on Salford FC playing on park pitches for fun? Well they’re now a real threat in the Conference having just come up. Let that sink in.
Whilst we’ve been down here we’ve seen the likes of Fleetwood, Crawley, FGR amongst others being bankrolled in the hope of league football.

[Phil V 72]

Five years, but if we don’t sort this club out and stop spiralling, I’d have one eye on another relegation in the first couple of years

[jack'smyboy]

Five, and I'll consider my stance on my season ticket when they actually put the damn things on sale.

[CFC91]

Depends who is in charge as to whether we will come back soon or not, and whether I get a ST.

[azul]

I'd guess at 1 to 3 years of getting half decent new owners, as long as DA/AC don't preside over further decline in the meantime.

[Wooden Spoon]

Phil V 72 said:

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Five years, but if we don't sort this club out and stop spiralling, I'd have one eye on another relegation in the first couple of years

That’s where I am.


If Allen retains ownership with his puppet running the show then we won’t have hit bottom just yet.


The club is rudderless with no one in proper control, no one over seeing the finances, departments left to their own devices, with each department head just waiting in line to be thrown under the bus in turn.


Very few L2 clubs bounce back. Many L2 clubs struggle. The most recent dysfunctional club to drop, Torquay, have gone again. This could easily be our fate. Leyton Orient and Hartlepool both finished in the bottom half of the table, one after getting rid of poor ownership.

I’ve said it before, and I say it again. If you want an example in recent years of what happens to poorly run clubs with control over finances and who get managerial appointments spectacularly wrong, look over the tops at Stockport County.
Relegated to L2 in 2010.
Relegated to national league 2012.
Relegated to national north 2013.