Wezbid Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Genie said: If I were a Wrexham fan I’d be extremely worried about this. These things never end well. They'll be revealing their plans to the club owners/Supporters Trust members very soon for members to vote on. As things stand, the club are looking at losing £500k this season due to Covid and the lack of income from fans. That is huge at National League level and could result in the club going bust. I've backed fan ownership but it's got the club nowhere in the last decade. 12 years in the National League/Conference for a club of Wrexham's size has taken its toll on the fanbase and most are ready for change. The club has massive potential, there are no teams in mid/North Wales to realistically compete with. A successful North Wales side could have a very large catchment area. Around 700,000 in North Wales. If the club progressed, they could easily sustain 15,000 plus in the Championship/League 1. The club have averaged around 4-5000 in non-league. It's absolutely right to be weary but there's also reason to be excited by it. There's nothing in it for them in terms of knocking down the stadium and taking the money and I honestly can't see 2 huge stars screwing their reputations up by shafting the club. There's talks about Peter Moore, the ex Liverpool CEO taking up that role at Wrexham. He lives in the town when not in America and he has all the knowledge to run the club on their behalf. If the option is going bust this season in the National League or taking a chance on these 2, I think most would take a chance rather than withering away like now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, Wezbid said: If the option is going bust this season in the National League or taking a chance on these 2, I think most would take a chance rather than withering away like now. Of course, any alternative to going bust is worth a punt but I just don’t like the look of this. I suspect if they follow through and buy the club there will be a load of fanfare. They’ll put some money in but then slowly get bored with the lack of glamour of owning a non-league team when the media move on to something else. The risk is that they’ll vanish back to the USA without a trace and leave the club to free fall, possibly with bigger debts than now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 The class of 92 found the amount of money needed to run a football club overwhelming and needed extra muscle in Peter Lim to fund the club, I imagine Reynolds and McElhenney have other projects that pump their money into, I really hope if the buy they bring in footballing men/women with them to run the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: The class of 92 found the amount of money needed to run a football club overwhelming and needed extra muscle in Peter Lim to fund the club, I imagine Reynolds and McElhenney have other projects that pump their money into, I really hope if the buy they bring in footballing men/women with them to run the club. I wouldn't say Salford have shown that amount of money is needed, they've just tried to Man City their way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 They’re don’t care about applause, they want gasps 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Good for Wrexham fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) On 24/09/2020 at 09:28, Genie said: Xia had a willingness to spend on Villa which exceeded his actual wealth. These guys are fairly wealthy but there is no indication really how much they want it blow on a football team. They know nothing about the sport or the country. It will be a disaster. You say that but when Rexham are two down deep in the final quarter of the World Series and being forced into the Endzone when up pops their MVP to TOUCHDOWN HOT DIGGITY Edited September 25, 2020 by Follyfoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted September 26, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 24/09/2020 at 09:28, Genie said: They know nothing about the sport or the country. It will be a disaster. How do you know they nothing about football or the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Rds1983 said: How do you know they nothing about football or the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 So, a fair few months on and they're starting to flex their pulling power sponsorship wise! https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/commercial-tiktok-becomes-title-sponsor-of-rob-mcelhenney-and-ryan-reynolds-wrexham-afc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThunderPower_14 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 That's a very clever sponsorship. Send every tiktok star with more than 10million followers a Wrexham shirt and immediately win over the youth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 They've got Kings of Leon doing 2 shows there in may 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I loved the show. They are great owners 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted March 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: They've got Kings of Leon doing 2 shows there in may Lower league Man City. How are other clubs in that league (or even several leagues higher) meant to compete with things like this (or documentaries or social media sponsors). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Lower league Man City. How are other clubs in that league (or even several leagues higher) meant to compete with things like this (or documentaries or social media sponsors). The same how alot of us can't compete with city though to be fair mate. You could even argue about championship clubs trying to compete with PL clubs If it inspires more wealthy people to buy smaller clubs like wrexham to help them run then im all for it. They get absolute peanuts in the lower leagues Edited March 2, 2023 by Demitri_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Lower league Man City. How are other clubs in that league (or even several leagues higher) meant to compete with things like this (or documentaries or social media sponsors). Difference is if Man City win the league, we still have to compete with them next year. If they do a great job with Wrexham then most teams only have to challenge them for a season or two anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted March 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 2, 2023 If it wasn't for the owners being likeable celebrities and putting out great marketing materials (which they are) nobody would be wanting them to do well. What would people be saying if some Billionaire bought a Championship club, got sponsorship from Twitter/Amazon or something and suddenly convinced players like Haaland to drop down a division (which is an exaggerated version of what they have done). I love lower leagues football (am off to Wembley for the Papa John's final soon). They are driving up wages/fees in these leagues in a very financially challenging league. That is not a good thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Fair play to them but its bad for the clubs lower down. I could easily imagine clubs around them hating them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 But that's the thing, the liklihood of your club being bought by people who want to plough money in higher than the liklihood of you naturally growing your club and catching those above you I've got more chance of winning the lottery than I've got of my career paying me £100m, I see FFP as the equivalent of the owner of your company banning you from buying a ticket because he doesn't want you to ever be richer than him **** that, it's luck and it'll always happen to other clubs and not yours but it's still a fairer system that what we've got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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