Potential Buyers

[TommyGunn]

Regarding the new owners of Torquay United

I hope I'm wrong...but I think if they are a complete new team with no previous connections to TUFC, then surely an announcement should be made before tomorrow's game .

Looking Ahead

No-one at Plainmoor can pretend that 2023/24 has gone how we would have wanted or planned, and amid the celebrations and relief shown in Somerset was the determination that this night will go on to serve as a springboard for future success.

Although securing our status in the division was an achievement in itself, given the setbacks and uncertainty of the past three months, Torquay United AFC is a Club that continues to aspire to play its football much higher up the footballing ladder, and with you, the supporters, firmly behind us, we will continue to strive towards the success we all crave. No supporters throughout the land deserve it more.

Last week, the Club announced that a preferred bidder to take over the club had been identified, and we are pleased to inform supporters that discussions are continuing regarding concluding the sale. As soon as we are able to provide a further update regarding the purchasing process, we will, of course, update our supporters accordingly.

In the meantime, we thank you for your continued support & patience, and most of all, for standing with us.

There’s every reason to be optimistic about the future.

[knightmaregull]

With Clarke now officially outed by Companies House records as having only been interested in a property windfall, I keep thinking back to the farce of that online fans forum.

Leaving aside thoughts as to Clarke's character and what karma may hopefully have in store for the future, and ignoring George as, presumably, his obedient lap dog, that leaves Mel. She sat there acting as the face of the fans and upholding the desires and intentions of her fellow directors. She comes from a family of loyal supporters after all.

I can just about make peace with greedy business people looking to use the club for personal greed but how can Mel justify her role in it all? Can we really believe she was not aware of the grand plan, when it had been so obvious even to casual supporters all along? Was she really unable to stand up to them regarding their aggressive stance in dealing with TUST, travel club and fans as a whole?

Just one of many unanswered questions and perhaps she will seek to clarify her role off the back of the Companies House detail soon.

Bringing it back on topic though, I personally just hope she and the others are not seen at the club again, let alone part of the new owner.

[Southampton Gull]

Agree wholeheartedly.

She was the Trojan horse as I've intimated time and time again. I'm glad someone else has chosen to highlight/ponder her role in the whole sorry saga.

[Gull84]

I have heard that James Watt was at Saturdays game, can anyone confirm this?

[TommyGunn]

Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, have just invested $4.5m (about £3.6m) into Bedford town who intend to become a football league club within 10 years This is just the sort of investment Torquay need
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The Bitcoin podcast owner of a non-league football club has said a county town where it is based can "support a team in the Premier League".

Peter McCormack, who comes from Bedford, said "patience" was needed to get "Real Bedford" into the top flight.

He took over Bedford FC in 2021 and on Tuesday secured a second successive promotion and will compete in the Southern League Division One Central next season, which is the eighth tier of the English football league pyramid.

He said with plans for Universal Studios to open a theme park in the area, the town "is only going to get bigger".

Mr McCormack said the club was "relentless about success" and "we're trying to build a club for the football league".

He said he was trying to do "something different" and create an international brand.

"We're seen as the Bitcoin club and if you're a Bitcoiner anywhere in the world you will be aware of our club," he said.

He said because of that it has access to sponsors, including Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who have just invested $4.5m (about £3.6m) into the club, to become co-owners.

"Everything is on track... having them as co-owners is a gift to the town," he said.

"Our ambition is big; we want to approach this professionally, do it right and that means investing in the club."

He said it was making a profit and has two audiences - people in Bedford who "want to support a team and are excited by the project"

Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winkl ... e bigger".

The other is its US fanbase, which he said was 60-70% of the total, who are able to watch live coverage on streaming services.

The club's McMullen Park ground, just off the A421 near Cardington and right next to Bedford Town's ground, is owned by Bedford Borough Council and the lease runs out in two years.

Mr McCormack said he was negotiating an extension, but the long-term plan was to move "somewhere bigger".

[brucie]

Apparently not Brewdog.

[happytorq]

"bitcoin club" seems like a hiding to nothing, honestly, because that $4.5m could be worth half that next year (equally, could be twice as much; crypto is a little bit too volatile and opaque for my tastes).

Bedford is going to be very well placed to grow as a town in the next 5-10 years, though. The Universal Studios theme park hasn't been officially confirmed yet (still very much in the planning phase) but if it happens they'll see a huge influx of visitors, *and* it's fair to assume that there will be a lot of peope moving close by for work.

[TommyGunn]

"bitcoin club" seems like a hiding to nothing, honestly, because that $4.5m could be worth half that next year (equally, could be twice as much; crypto is a little bit too volatile and opaque for my tastes).

Bedford is going to be very well placed to grow as a town in the next 5-10 years, though. The Universal Studios theme park hasn't been officially confirmed yet (still very much in the planning phase) but if it happens they'll see a huge influx of visitors, *and* it's fair to assume that there will be a lot of peope moving close by for work.

Well I wish they were investing in us. We need some news fast! 8 weeks to go to the AGM?

I know Bedford quite well and it's a commutor town 45 mins London and on the planning arc of towns from Oxford -Milton Keynes -Bedford to Cambridge. New expressways and rail lines. There will be a lot of well paid work in these areas and seems a shewd move. And of course Bedford has a non league football history. They were for many years in what is now the national league until the brewery evicted them from a rather nice stadium.

[Nick Potkins]

Apparently not Brewdog.

What are you trying to say with this comment?

[UnitedinDevon]

What are you trying to say with this comment?

Hes copying a post from BTPIR admin Merse

"Not Brewdog or The Range
2. It's a South West based consortium
3. Takeover should be completed by mid May
4. Playing staff will be contracted full-time.

I've had a couple of individuals suggested to me as well as their lines of business and if those are accurate; I would imagine one of those gentlemen will be very frustrated indeed at the slow pace of due diligence when set again his obvious entrepreneurial and selling skills."

[Admiral]

Hes copying a post from BTPIR admin Merse

"Not Brewdog or The Range
2. It's a South West based consortium
3. Takeover should be completed by mid May
4. Playing staff will be contracted full-time.

I've had a couple of individuals suggested to me as well as their lines of business and if those are accurate; I would imagine one of those gentlemen will be very frustrated indeed at the slow pace of due diligence when set again his obvious entrepreneurial and selling skills."

Any chance we could have that in bold and big letters?

[desperado]

[UnitedinDevon]

Any chance we could have that in bold and big letters?

You win POST of the DAY

[knightmaregull]

Key question is whether that consortium includes any of the current lot for me.

A mid May target date leaves us extremely exposed should they pull out. I hope the administrators have confidence they won't.

[brucie]

Yes - completely shafted if it goes tits up.