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[kieran]

can anyone confirm the signing of greame mattinson? he is in workington town's photo album 'squad 2012' on the facebook page??

[wonky]

Can also add a young lad called jack Gaskell to the list.

[town88]

He signed a 2 year contract last year

[Keith T]

Can also add a young lad called jack Gaskell to the list.

Is that the young 16 year old that signed last season?

[wonky]

Is that the young 16 year old that signed last season?

I think so Keith. He's in the squad photos

[town88]

He that's him

[scott]

heard a rumour that dalton form haven could be signing

[bobg]

Got told at work today that Pedley was talking to Halifax as well as Barrow, also told that he was about to re sign for Town, rumours abound, need to get the hooker role filled with a quaility player.

[wonky]

Got told at work today that Pedley was talking to Halifax as well as Barrow, also told that he was about to re sign for Town, rumours abound, need to get the hooker role filled with a quaility player.

If mattys back we dont need a replacement, just a back up

[unicorn106]

Heard today that Pedley is deffo signing for Barrow after turning down a very good offer from Town. Best of luck to all the leaving Barrow lads, they were superb for us the past couple of years. It could have been worse, they could have been going down the road (no doubt one of them will be on here shortly telling us they aren't good enough)

Any one Know how Barrow are financing these deals ? I thought they were in massive debt !!!

[SRC]

Any one Know how Barrow are financing these deals ? I thought they were in massive debt !!!

All businesses have debt. As long as they can be managed and paid, they run as normal. At the public meeting it was stated that the debt will be spread over 10 years (against the ground) - making it manageable. I would think that the Goldrush Lottery income, gate receipts, sponsorship, corporate sales, bar takings, RFL cash and season ticket sales would comfortably cover the £150,000 maximum salary cap. I think we should average at last 800 gates next season. Times that by 11 home games at an average of £9 a head and you've got nearly £80,000 for starters. The money from the RFL will take that figure up to the £150,000.

[town88]

So what do you pay your other staff? The running of the stadium?

[unicorn106]

All businesses have debt. As long as they can be managed and paid, they run as normal. At the public meeting it was stated that the debt will be spread over 10 years (against the ground) - making it manageable. I would think that the Goldrush Lottery income, gate receipts, sponsorship, corporate sales, bar takings, RFL cash and season ticket sales would comfortably cover the £150,000 maximum salary cap. I think we should average at last 800 gates next season. Times that by 11 home games at an average of £9 a head and you've got nearly £80,000 for starters. The money from the RFL will take that figure up to the £150,000.

So the income you have shown will just about pay the players wages, what about the outgoings such as utility bills, insurance, ground maintenance, insurance, travel etc, etc ? And surely you need a profit at the end of the seson to pay a chunk off the 10yr debt !! Could you not have gone about it the Haven way, by sticking two fingers up at your creditors and starting with a clean (but very tainted) slate ? Or is there a good reason why your club couldn't do that ? (apart from having the moral fibre and self respect not to behave that way obviously)

[Keith T]

So the income you have shown will just about pay the players wages, what about the outgoings such as utility bills, insurance, ground maintenance, insurance, travel etc, etc ? And surely you need a profit at the end of the seson to pay a chunk off the 10yr debt !! Could you not have gone about it the Haven way, by sticking two fingers up at your creditors and starting with a clean (but very tainted) slate ? Or is there a good reason why your club couldn't do that ? (apart from having the moral fibre and self respect not to behave that way obviously)

I would imagine that by owning their own ground, if they had gone into administration or liquidation the ground would have been sold to pay off creditors.

[SRC]

So the income you have shown will just about pay the players wages, what about the outgoings such as utility bills, insurance, ground maintenance, insurance, travel etc, etc ?

For fear of repeating myself ...... the Goldrush Lottery income, sponsorship, advertising, corporate sales, bar takings and season ticket sales amongst other things.

[pensioner]

For fear of repeating myself ...... the Goldrush Lottery income, sponsorship, advertising, corporate sales, bar takings and season ticket sales amongst other things.

All well and good SRC but what about the other £225,000 you need. The salary cap limits payments to 40% of relevant income as well as a finite limit of £150,000 so to pay players £150,000 you need an income of £375,000.

[SRC]

All well and good SRC but what about the other £225,000 you need. The salary cap limits payments to 40% of relevant income as well as a finite limit of £150,000 so to pay players £150,000 you need an income of £375,000.

I don't have all the facts and figures to hand, but the Goldrush lottery probably covers the extra £225K on it's own, and also remember that my figure of 800 average attendance was a minimum (based on our last 3 seasons in NL2 - 2006: 900, 2007: 1,300+, 2008: 1,400+).

[wonky]

Barrow confirm signing of jack pedley on loverugbyleague.com. Good luck jack, will be a great signing. At least we now know everyone who is leaving/staying and can begin to rebuild our squad.

[scott]

need some good replacements for likes of jack but if mattinson is back all we need is a player to sub on and give him a rest what about jamie marshell.
ive heard rumours that town are ment to be signing a few aussies and PNG'S

[wonky]

need some good replacements for likes of jack but if mattinson is back all we need is a player to sub on and give him a rest what about jamie marshell.
ive heard rumours that town are ment to be signing a few aussies and PNG'S

Theres been the same rumours for the past 2-3 years and nothing comes of it. I wonder what Chris young is up to? I think were deperate for a real creative player, someone who can change a game in an instant.