Great news.......................



Roll on February

The more you look at this deal the better it is. Shareholders have obviously looked at the profitablility of Saints going forward and decided they can get a good enough return through profit to relinquish the interest on any loan.



As for the bond and private debt scheme no one will know the terms of this other than the parties involvedcould be a loan at zero percent repayable over two hundred years could be at wonga.com rates. Either way I think the rater will be lower than what a bank could offer or they woulfd have just got it from a bank secured against the stadium.

Being totally honest if i ever won a considerable amount of money or was a self made millionaire, being a Saints fan i would donate a fair chunk of it to the club and expect nothing in return.....maybe a box or complimentary half time pie. Does anyone think this is the case with the shareholders?.....(The money side of it rather than the pie bit)

Just been reading up on Mr Coleman,like Mr McManus was born in StHelens and they both have more far eastern links than Jills chippy.One interview was titled 'The billion dollar interview',nice

Its entirely possible that it could be the case. But the whole point of the new stadium is to turn some kind of profit.

St Helens and Warrington have to be congratulated that they do own their own stadium and credit to St Helens that it is the better stadium, at first I had doubts about the 18.000 size, I felt 20,000 would have been better, but on reflection on the past few seasons it is better to have a stadium that is running to close capacity at the majority of games than such as The Giants in such a large football stadium looking more than half empty all the time.



Interesting over Mr Coleman, good on him, but when people are protesting outside St Paul's in London about the way money is made in financial circles we all soon are willing to close our eyes when we benefit.



Our owner in London has made his money in the oil markets, not a favourite industry with costs of petrol we pay, but the personal money he has pumped in is amazing and it even more next season. Currently we are looking at a 15,000 new stadium which is perhaps like Salford but like Warrington can be developed and extended as needed/



If I was a Wigan supporter I would be very disappointed now such a leading club and not owning their own stadium, many in London like being at The Stoop, but sadly the marriage has not worked and the sooner we leave the better and one day join St Helens and Warrington as stadium owners.

This is great news it basically gives the club a datum to become a profitable club from now onwards.

The two significant items in the statement! Is that we have No bank debt and No directors loans meaning no significant liabilities as we start the new season in the new ground.

The new business model must be very attractive to sponsors, lets hope the fans turn up in excess of 12000 to back up our directors financial commitments.

How did the Wigan Chairman tell the fans he had just paid back £2 million to DW (I think it was). How does that £2 million show up on Wigans finances.

All very nice, we are a mega bucks club, with owners richer than abramovich and the man city rag heads put together. But the important wquestion that I cannot believe hasn't yet been asked is...... Can we now afford cladding????

I dare you to tweet that question to @Saints1890! G'won! Dare ya!

I wonder if Rogues practices being bitter or if it comes natural being a Wiganer. It's great to be supporting a top club with great finances and a new wholly owned stadium we dont have to share with a football team. It's even better knowing plenty Wiganers living in Billinge helped us pay for it , even in just a small way.



I opened this thread and was just wondering how many posts in it would be before Rogues posted something that looked like a vague insult or negative insinuation about Saints.. I bet when he read the article he nearly choked on his mushed up evening meal.



Anyone ever seen the Liverpool video , '15 minutes that shook the world' ? Swap the Everton fans for Wigan fans and the Alex Ferguson parody for Rogues and you can imagine he's like that everytime Saints are on TV

... they even have a Rat Boy in that vid too

No I'm a coward at heart! You do it, you're a girl, can get away with it!