Well CJ came up with the idea for this poll, so blame him.
Just remember how much KT/DB have out into the club to keep it running, if you go for Local/Fan ownership those figures do not magically disappear.
AND DON'T ANY OF YOU BUGGERS TURN THIS INTO ANOTHER REDEV THREAD.
Did I?...Dont know whether to be flattered or what?!
I asked the question, at what point would a phoenix club be a serious consideration for a majority of fans (opposed to that scenario being forced upon us).
I asked because I am probably in the minority in the sense that I support and have supported the club for many years but have no other direct links to Northampton. To me the club is Northampton Town Football Club opposed to NORTHAMPTON Town football club if you get the distinction. The Cobblers are the closest league club to where I have lived for the majority of my life (arguably Coventry but I would never have been allowed to support them given the pretty strong family links to Villa), and I live in Northamptonshire, just, which I'm pretty firm about but I have no relatives, friends or ex wives hanging out in the town or any other reason to visit really.
So if NTFC went to the wall I wouldnt see it as a loss to the fabric of Northampton or the Town losing part of its heritage in the way most might, and I know Melbourne would.
So if a Phoenix club formed independently or not of the collapse of NTFC, that would to me be an appropriate thing if the majority of fans felt the same. It would not work for me if it was a takeover of an existing junior club like Sileby or ON Checkniks though. We would need to start again and in doing so deliberately pull whatever was left from under the feet of the old club. I wouldn't be drowning in my beer at the demise of NTFC, I would be angry that two guys preceded by a father and son amd others before them had all held to club I had heavily invested in over the years to ransom in order to line their own pockets, but I would be more excited at the prospect of something rising in its place which truly represented your town free from exploitative property developers and the like. Whether it was fan owned or owned by a local consortium would not initially be a serious consideration for me.
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