I hope so. It will be a tricky one to position with the fans but hopefully most will have a bit of discretionary income available for non essentials they could spare if it meant the club could survive rather than not. Worry is the scale of the requirement could be significant.

Absolutely, but with a very modest contribution from all members, a reasonably large sum would be achievable.

Sunak unveils 100% state-backed loans for small firms

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I don't know if this changes anything for AP, but I think it would help a bit

I would imagine his loan application would have been for at least £250k,maybe more.

I wouldn’t want a season pass refund either.Michael Carter said in Forty20 tonight that pass refunds would be difficult to manage

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Reading today’s HDM , Pearson is at it again . Not very helpful comments.

I agree peoples lives are more important than any sport

I agree, with our fan base we should be able to raise a substantial amount.

The thing in our favour is our fanbase. Not just now, but whatever we face in the future.

Yes , we need to see what unfolds in the next few weeks .

Hopefully we shall be on a downward curve in say 5/6 weeks time.When and if fans are allowed to attend,all fans should at least be made to wear face masks

The Tories realise their loans to small businesses has failed and now covering 100% of all loans but banks remain the vehicle to get the money. As this article states deeply flawed.
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Money for Nothing: 100% State Backed Loans
I'm sure most of you will have seen the announcement that the Govt will now take on 100% of the risk of the CBILS loans to small businesses. By and large, banks have spectacularly failed in advancing loans to small businesses and I'm sure much damage as occurred as a result. Maybe that's because they don't have any real pedigree in making any loans to small businesses since they seem more interested in loaning against property instead, The whole idea of using banks as the transmission mechanism to get money (as loans) into the economy seems deeply flawed.

So now the chancellor has fixed it by offering 100% state guarantee of the loan, whilst paying (the no doubt exorbitant) interest and probably arrangement fees to the banks for the first year. So this is nothing more than a gravy train for the banks with no risk to their shareholders. The Govt can borrow at historically low rates (or choose to monetise if that's your preference) to fund the businesses directly, but we have this bankers subsidy scheme instead,

Small firms to get 100%-taxpayer-backed loans
Small firms are to get access to 100% taxpayer-backed loans after they raised concerns about

France has banned all sporting events, including behind closed doors, until September.

I honestly cant see how the season can restart - I think its game over for this season and longer term i think the game is on a knife edge for survival