LIVE: Peterborough United fans’ forum as club owners discuss stadium plans, transfer policy and the future of the London Road terrace
Follow the evening live on the PT Blog below...
Posh fans’ forum
Key Events
- Co-owners Darragh MacAnthony, Dr Jason Neale and Stewart Thompson in attendance
- New stadium plans expected to crop up
- Expect questions on potential sales and signings
- Taking place in front of a sellout crowd in the Caroline Hand Executive Suite
Will Fergie be a Premier League manager with Posh? Blimey. We can dream says Jason. Why can’t we be like Coventry or Luton next season and have a chance of promotion says Darragh.
Ooh technical stadium question. My head hurts. Preferred financial model for Randy is a 100 year lease, city owning a piece of stadium that faces the university, Darragh says making naming rights deal would help get it started, also sell a player, £70 million project. Randy says business plan is sound. Jason would rather own the land rather than have a lease. No dramas though.
Darragh re-states club got recruitment right in the summer. Paying £1 million over 5 years for Joel Randall. Could sell Jack Taylor to a top four Championship club tomorrow.
Fan wants experienced players. Darragh not that interested. Some experienced players want a release clause if relegated says Darragh. Darragh going through all the top players in the Championship who started lower down. Cites progress of Coventry with a similar recruitment strategy.
Randy says club in Championship with 9000 fanbase. Owners love the growth. Jason says we are the only club in Championship never to have been in top-flight, I think they are justifying the admission prices.
Season ticket prices question. Are they going up next year by 20% again?! That would be harsh says Darragh, but there could be a rise in line with inflation. Don’t want to cane fans who supported club through Covid.
Randy says club shouldn’t organise a grassroots movement to influence local politicians. Now if the supporters took it upon themselves to organise something....
Randy now talking in metaphors re owners behaviour/finances/. Gist is club can do better business with stadium owned separate to club. Happy to have integrity checked. Insists always acting in interests of Posh.
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